Movies, favs and duds

[Tom K.]

Not a movie, but we enjoyed the limited series "All The Light You Cannot See" on Netflix.

Superb book, also!

 

[skiJ]

since 2020, I keep going back to the last two-thirds of Seabiscuit -

Butch and Sundance remains a favorite though I don't watch it anymore
( Dances with Wolves, similarly

( " now, how come he don't write? ' ( Timmons. the mule driver ) has become a lasting, favorite line ) )

Butch and Sundance - Newman and Redford - icons of my lifetime...

and again, from the other similar thread,
Rocky.
and Rocky III ( Mr.T and, 'Eye of the tiger' ).

though for me, 2006's RockyBalboa put a nice Close on the franchise.

Sylvester Stallone. Rocky and Rambo ( seems like there is a third franchise ) and a whole series of leading roles. a lot of forgettable movies, but he has worked.
I respect his career.

another movie I have enjoyed repeatedly over the last five years is 'Open Range' with Duvall, Costner, and AnnetteBenning.
The first two-thirds, and the final scene, have a nice storytelling touch to me.


Thank you for this thread.

skiJ

 

[Philpug]

We just watched The Princess Bride the other day, it still hold up to the test of time.

 

[scott43]

We just watched The Princess Bride the other day, it still hold up to the test of time.

Of course it does. Now sleep well and dream of large women..

 

[Paul Lutes]

Belated response to the request for Aussie westerns: The Proposition. Pretty brutal, but those were brutal times, and an absolutely incandescent cast. Also, Quickly Down Under: much more lighter, but might be Tom Selleck at his peak. Ok, Quigley's a bit of a hybrid Aussie-US thing.

Can't believe no one's mentioned The Fifth Element yet.

 

[Tom K.]

Last Night's Dud: RIPD with Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds.

Old, but popped up as recommended for you, and we thought it might be fun.

It either needed to be a lot better, or a lot worse. Either would have worked.

 

[pete]

Just watched a week+ back Field of Dreams, but a few days later caught on Svengooli, "Killer Klowns from Outer Space" ...

these are opposite sides of the spectrum, didn't make it through Killer Klowns ...

cast of Killer Klowns had a good number of recognizable actors ...

 

[Don in Morrison]

"Hey, Fozzie, I want you to turn left if you come to a fork in the road." The image that formed in my head when Kermit said that was replicated seconds later on screen exactly as I had imagined it.

I was having trouble articulating to my wife why I didn't want to see Pearl Harbor. So we went and saw it, on Sept 10, 2001. The next day she understood why I didn't want to go.

 

[cantunamunch]

, or a lot worse. Either would have worked.

Challenge accepted. I present to you ... Turkish Star Wars (not the actual title)


Yes, all the space effects shots were literally ripped off - in one night! - from a projection copy of The New Hope. Extra credit for picking up on the movie soundtracks that were ripped off.

 

[chip inderhol]

You guys have listed so many great movies. A couple that I haven’t seen listed; Pulp Fiction, really any Tarrentino movie. Unforgiven, I think Clint’s best western (and that’s saying something), Willy Wonka, maybe Gene Wilder’s best. But the movie I have seen the most times might be The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

 

[Tom K.]

Unforgiven

If you like westerns, I cannot recommend the limited series Godless highly enough.

 

[surfsnowgirl]

Just watched the many saints of newark and it was pretty good. Really explained the relationship between many of the characters on the Sopranos. Heard David Chase is looking into doing a sequel to the moving showing Tony Soprano in his 20s.

 

[Wendy]

Oppenheimer was the best movie we've seen in a long time. As good as the book it's based upon, American Prometheus. I read that while interning at Los Alamos, which was apropos.

 

[Paul Lutes]

Baghdad Cafe: brilliant quirkiness plus good feels.

 

[cantunamunch]

Three Body has dropped - love it so far.

(Though I did want Captain Shi to be more of a self-philosophising thug than they're showing him as)

The trick of showing architecture to indicate time frame of a flashback - brilliant.

We know @Tony Storaro won't be watching. Anyone else?

 

[Bad Bob]

The Barrial. Saw it last night on Amazon Prime. Very good screenplay based on an actual court case, done by an excellent cast.

 

[Wendy]

Three Body has dropped - love it so far.

(Though I did want Captain Shi to be more of a self-philosophising thug than they're showing him as)

The trick of showing architecture to indicate time frame of a flashback - brilliant.

We know @Tony Storaro won't be watching. Anyone else?

Haven't heard of it, will look it up!

 

[cantunamunch]

Haven't heard of it, will look it up!

It's the serialisation of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three-Body_Problem_(novel) <- spoilers at link.

 

[Paul Lutes]

It's the serialisation of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three-Body_Problem_(novel) <- spoilers at link.

I'm seeing it dropping on Netflix in March 2024 ...... are we deep in a worm hole??

I'll give it a whirl if and when it is indeed available, but ..... not high on my list of good hard SF.

 

[cantunamunch]

I'm seeing it dropping on Netflix in March 2024 ...... are we deep in a worm hole??

The Chinese version is on Prime _right now_