Old_Man_Adam

43 minutes ago, Bird said:

True Grit bugs me as I said earlier, I am a big John Wayne fan and I thought many of the characters were playing the earlier versions of themeselves. They use the same speech rhythms and such and I found that lazy, a great example is Strother Martin (failure to communicate actor for those who do onot know the name) has a role and the new version actor tries to sound like him I thought. Same with Hallie Stanfeld, I thought she was too close to the earlier version. And Jeff Bridges too.

Millers Crossing is one I should see again. I also only saw men who watched goats once, will give it another viewing. Burn Before Reading is growing on me, Pitt is trying too hard to be quirky in that one IMO.

AND WHAT, NO BARTON FINK? This was an early favorite but on rewatching the ending drives me crazy...absolutely no resolution to the story and it only leaves open questions. But a wonderfully acted movie, Turturro is amazing (waking up screaming, dacing away like a lunatic, etc.)

I gotta watch Barton Fink again .  As a fellow NJian - you’ll appreciate Burn After Reading’s “ gym scenes “ were  filmed at the former Tower Records in Paramus 

14 hours ago, Bird said:

wifey and I went to see Barton Fink when we were a'courtin' and have loved their work ever since. I can get excited about most of them, although not so much Ladykillers (its growing on me) and Man who wasn't there (gotta rewatch again perhaps). But the one I love and wifey is bleh on is Intolerable Cruelty...I think it is brilliant. Clooney enjoys playing the fool in the Coen movies and he does it so well, and I think Tom Hanks tried too hard to do something similar in Ladykillers. Clooney clearly doesn't take himself too seriously which is on clear display in his work in O Brother and Intolerable Cruelty.

 

Coen Brothers are one of my favorites still actively making films , my hit list being :

O brother where art thou, fargo, big Lebowski ,blood simple, raising Arizona , millers crossing, true grit - and my personal fave : no country for old men

31 minutes ago, Capn17 said:

Some other movies (not sure have been added or not).

Army of Darkness

Batman: Year One

Blue Thunder

Good Morning Vietnam

Heat

Léon: The Professional

Ronin

Great stuff here , Ronin is largely forgotten - but a very good lower budget heist . Heat is THE standard for bank robbery movies ( “ the town “ does a great job a decade plus later ) and Leon is amazing !

Army of Darkness is awesome incarnate ...

really a great list !

24 minutes ago, Capn17 said:

For some cheesy, entertaining, not thinking fun:

Ice Pirates

 

The Wraith (made my wife watch it, and she didn't get it  ).  

I loved that Car !!!

51 minutes ago, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

This would or will probably be pulled at some point with all this cancel culture.  

Maybe they will rename it , “the Native American baseball player from Cleveland ?”

4 minutes ago, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

This is a GREAT topic! As other have said , WAY too many to just list , but so far the list has a TON of great ones so far. Some more that do deserve a watch ( although sure most have already seen them at least once.) 

Great list - brining back my 80’s youth ( minus “ Never ending Story “) the “Mac and Me “scene with the wheelchair and subsequent “ Mystery Science Theatre” rendition is priceless 

7 minutes ago, Namtak said:

The car wash scene was as legendary too

So was the egg scene ... I’m ashamed to admit I knew the sampled words from the Guns N Roses “Civil War” song Before I saw the actual Newman Film 

7 minutes ago, Namtak said:

Never saw the beyond what kind is it zombie,demon,great effect or not?

Italian giallo / horror - part of Fulci’s gates of hell trilogy - campy and obscure - but fantastically gory ! 

There’s just too many - sorry for the barrage 

1 minute ago, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

What's the deal with you and rope?  

Part 2 was also good. 

And now that you mention it yes most of Charlie Bronson's movies and this one with Tom Hardy. 

Tom hardy is the man ! Loved Charlie Bronson in “White Buffalo” and the basis for the Punisher “ Death Wish”..

Boondocks pt 2 always made me nervous it would ruin The greatness of 1 ...so I avoided it 

11 minutes ago, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

I’m not the rope toting Charlie Bronson wannabe 

12 minutes ago, sledgehammer said:

I don't even remember 190 and 191.

Now, I'm dying to know if The Incredible Hulk was able to defeat "The Toad Men".

Throw back to issue # 2

On 3/9/2021 at 9:54 AM, www.alexgross.com said:

its pretty clear that the first appearance of the most popular superhero team of the 80s, 90s and beyond is far more significant than the first appearance of j jonah jameson. 

Unfortunately I can’t “ laugh 😂 at this - but I concur - and spot on 💯 

Love that cover , I recently sold a few of my DC / horror keys this year and that was one of them - for the most part it’s been funds to complete runs and continue with Marvel keys - but always a sought after book 

Wow - and I always thought that was playful pranking with him and Holland ( who roasted him good saying “ Falcon” never had a movie ) that being said ... he was the villain in 8 mile 

To be honest ... of ALL the announced Disney streaming series : Loki, Hawkeye , WandaVision and Falcon/ Winter soldier - I was the most excited about this - hoping they continue in the vein of The Winter Soldier film which is still probably my favorite MCU movie ... I equate it to Tom Clancy doing Marvel comics 

4 minutes ago, Namtak said:

Heres my hat hanger

Love the post death 90’s mullet supes! It’s good to know after we die we all resemble Eastern European hockey players 

20 minutes ago, csaag said:

The Karl Urban Judge Dredd remake ( much better than Stallone's version) was clearly based on this ( a very wise move too)

 

This movie blew my mind - no stop action and one of the best 2/1 fight scenes I’ve ever seen ... nice to know these guys have finally branched over to US films ( and a small cameo in Force Awakens )

3 minutes ago, Bird said:

No Seagal? I kid but I enjoyed those movies up until, and including, Under Siege. I think Out for Justice is my favorite due to the villain (William Forsythe), who is excellent in the role.

I saw a comedian once talk about those Seagal movies...the title is exactly what you get in the movie. And very little other than that. He is a joke now but those movies were raw and rough and a lot of fun.

I was always more of a Van Damme guy than Seagal...

My top 5 favorite action movies ...

and yes I chose Road Warrior over the more obvious Lethal Weapon ...Also Predator over T2 and Conan 

22 minutes ago, GeeksAreMyPeeps said:

Funny that you say outta nowhere. I've been waiting for this for a year.

I guess I’m more out of the loop than I thought - I only read a handful of moderns, to be honest 

7 minutes ago, Bird said:

My wife and I went to New York City to see the naked lunch in the theater it is quite an odd movie you are correct there
 

And another visit we saw a documentary called my brothers keeper. That’s an odd one too you will not expect what happens

Yeah Naked Lunch is not for the faint of heart , alot of not so subtle references - it’s almost an autobiographical account of William S Burroughs life , and Peter Weller is the man !

Just now, Namtak said:

What was your top 3?

Criterion collection ? Very tough with 1400 movies - too many sub genres to choose from - I would recommend ... a few movies that really make you think ..

The Seventh Seal 

Onibaba 

Man Bites Dog 

If...

Naked Lunch 

and Aguirre the Wrath of God ... and criminally NOT on Criterion last I checked 

these movies are odd , you have been warned -  

5 hours ago, bentbryan said:

I thought Overlord was an underrated movie. Straight forward and fun nazi zombie horror flick. 

 

Horror stuff was very good , almost like a “wolfenstein” movie , WW2 militaria was not accurate though , but as is the norm with most Hollywood war flicks ....