Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 196

Not Afraid · 04-23-2007, 07:11 PM

I think I'd see Heathers again. I don't seem to mind that Tom Cruise with the sex on a train film (which I seem to lump in with those other ones).

Alex · 04-23-2007, 07:14 PM

I didn't see Risky Business (Tom Cruise, sex, train) for the first time until a few months ago. It was ok. Not what I expected. I was nine so it was a little bit early for me.

Babette · 04-23-2007, 07:23 PM

Only nine? Am I older than you? We used to rent Risky Business, and a VCR (before they were a household appliance) every weekend at our sleepovers. NM had never seen it so we rented a few months ago (DVD on our own player). Some classic quotes and still entertaining, but not quite the same as I remembered from when I was 13.

"I have a trig midterm tomorrow and I'm being chased by Guido the killer pimp!"

Alex · 04-23-2007, 07:35 PM

If you were older than 9 in 1983 then yes, you are older than me. (Just checked its release date and I was still 8 when it come out, but only for a month or so).

innerSpaceman · 04-24-2007, 05:21 PM

Not being familiar with the films being parodied in Hot Fuzz, I doubt I will be able to fully appreciate it.

Oh, I'm sure I would find it amusing, but could you really enjoy Young Frankenstein knowing nothing of old skool Universal horror films, or High Anxiety absent a familiarty with Hitchcock??

Ghoulish Delight · 04-24-2007, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Not being familiar with the films being parodied in Hot Fuzz, I doubt I will be able to fully appreciate it.

Oh, I'm sure I would find it amusing, but could you really enjoy Young Frankenstein knowing nothing of old skool Universal horror films, or High Anxiety absent a familiarty with Hitchcock??

As Pru mentioned, no need to have knowledge of anything other than the basic cliches of the genre to enjoy the movie. Don't know if you saw Sean of the Dead, but that's definitely something they got right in both films. Plenty of very funny and very well placed nods/references/homages to the classics, none of which were integral to the story, character or humor. Just added bonuses for knowledgeable fans.*

And for the record, I had the same misgivings through most of the movie as EH. Definitely leaned heavily on the snap edits, and the twist was obvious to me (though it's more noteworthy when a movie's twist isn't obvious as I seem to naturally pick up on those things). But the non stop comedy and payoff in the end made up for it and left me feeling very satisfied. I'll still rate SotD higher, but considering that Sean of the Dead was a near perfect film in my eyes, that's hardly a knock on Hot Fuzz.

* For the record, when I first saw both Young Frankenstein and High Anxiety, I was barely aware of their respective genres. Having never seen one of the classic horror films and having maybe seen Psycho once, I knew nothing more about them than what one sees in the likes of Bugs Bunny spoofs and the clips they showed for lifetime achievement awards. And yet I thoroughly enjoyed both.

Prudence · 04-24-2007, 05:36 PM

I have next to no familiarity with the films referenced in Hot Fuzz, but I still enjoyed it.

(And Young Frankenstein (the musical) is making its stage debut in Seattle. Yeehaw.)

blueerica · 04-25-2007, 08:26 PM

I caught the last half of The King and I (the 1956 version) this morning and it reminded me how much I love movies from that time. Though they seem silly, they're just so relaxing... innocent, even.

wolfy999 · 04-25-2007, 08:44 PM

Night at the Museum....just bought the DVD....such a fun movie!

innerSpaceman · 04-25-2007, 11:06 PM

Heheh, speaking of The King and I ... I had an odd movie thing happen over the past week.

zapppop called me just after seeing 300 for the first time. His roommate, Gemini Cricket, wanted to see it again on Imax for some unfathomable reason

, and took zapp with him. I got a text after the movie to the effect of, "that was so homo." And the person I was with when I got the text (my daughter, Shanti) got into a conversation with me about how flaming-queenlike the Persian Emperor Xerxes was portrayed in that film.

Even though Xerxes was shown to have nothing but female sex slaves in his rather debauched traveling hareem, it was pretty clear to us that he was as gay or gayer than the typical beefcake-loving fan of the movie 300.

What does this have to do with The King and I? Well, nothing ... precisely. But just after that conversation about gay Xerxes, I come home to find in my Netflix envelope a movie called One Night with the King. It's the story of the Jewish holiday of Purim, and the legend of Esther - who marries the Persian King and uses her influence to save all the jews in Persia from an extinction edict.

Oddly, though ... they changed the King in the movie from Ahasuerus to Xerxes ... the same Xerxes from 300 (though played decidedly less gay, and much more gay-appealing Spartan-bodied) - even though this movie was made about a year before 300.

I just found that a very odd thing to do, and certainly a very odd coincidence. And I found blueerica's noting of The King and I another tiny coincidence when I came to this thread to post about One Night with the King.

That is all.

oh, except that I was also surprisingly entertained by A Night at the Museum ... really a much better movie than One Night with the King.

04-23-2007, 07:11 PM	#1
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04-23-2007, 07:14 PM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I didn't see Risky Business (Tom Cruise, sex, train) for the first time until a few months ago. It was ok. Not what I expected. I was nine so it was a little bit early for me.
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Babette Snubbed Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: cupcake heaven Posts: 433	Only nine? Am I older than you? We used to rent Risky Business, and a VCR (before they were a household appliance) every weekend at our sleepovers. NM had never seen it so we rented a few months ago (DVD on our own player). Some classic quotes and still entertaining, but not quite the same as I remembered from when I was 13. "I have a trig midterm tomorrow and I'm being chased by Guido the killer pimp!"
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04-23-2007, 07:35 PM	#4
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	If you were older than 9 in 1983 then yes, you are older than me. (Just checked its release date and I was still 8 when it come out, but only for a month or so).
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04-24-2007, 05:21 PM	#5
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Not being familiar with the films being parodied in Hot Fuzz, I doubt I will be able to fully appreciate it. Oh, I'm sure I would find it amusing, but could you really enjoy Young Frankenstein knowing nothing of old skool Universal horror films, or High Anxiety absent a familiarty with Hitchcock??
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04-24-2007, 05:36 PM	#7
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	I have next to no familiarity with the films referenced in Hot Fuzz, but I still enjoyed it. (And Young Frankenstein (the musical) is making its stage debut in Seattle. Yeehaw.) __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	I caught the last half of The King and I (the 1956 version) this morning and it reminded me how much I love movies from that time. Though they seem silly, they're just so relaxing... innocent, even. __________________ Tomorrow is the day for you and me
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04-25-2007, 08:44 PM	#9
wolfy999 Eyes like Sapphires! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: 2.4 miles from Disneyland Posts: 1,523	Night at the Museum....just bought the DVD....such a fun movie! __________________ Diane "Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy." - George Carlin 1937-2008 DISNEY IS FINALLY PAYING ME BACK......STILL OWES ME ABOUT (oh, wait....way too much)!
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04-25-2007, 11:06 PM	#10
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Heheh, speaking of The King and I ... I had an odd movie thing happen over the past week. zapppop called me just after seeing 300 for the first time. His roommate, Gemini Cricket, wanted to see it again on Imax for some unfathomable reason , and took zapp with him. I got a text after the movie to the effect of, "that was so homo." And the person I was with when I got the text (my daughter, Shanti) got into a conversation with me about how flaming-queenlike the Persian Emperor Xerxes was portrayed in that film. Even though Xerxes was shown to have nothing but female sex slaves in his rather debauched traveling hareem, it was pretty clear to us that he was as gay or gayer than the typical beefcake-loving fan of the movie 300. What does this have to do with The King and I? Well, nothing ... precisely. But just after that conversation about gay Xerxes, I come home to find in my Netflix envelope a movie called One Night with the King. It's the story of the Jewish holiday of Purim, and the legend of Esther - who marries the Persian King and uses her influence to save all the jews in Persia from an extinction edict. Oddly, though ... they changed the King in the movie from Ahasuerus to Xerxes ... the same Xerxes from 300 (though played decidedly less gay, and much more gay-appealing Spartan-bodied) - even though this movie was made about a year before 300. I just found that a very odd thing to do, and certainly a very odd coincidence. And I found blueerica's noting of The King and I another tiny coincidence when I came to this thread to post about One Night with the King. That is all. oh, except that I was also surprisingly entertained by A Night at the Museum ... really a much better movie than One Night with the King.
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