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Post by drunktusken99 on May 20, 2024 11:56:00 GMT -5
i watched Club Dread on Tubi last night. Still a funny movie even though I prefer Super Troopers and Beerfest. still need to track down Broken Lizard's first movie Puddle Cruisers
also on Tubi the rest of this month Im watching the old Super Fuzz movie along with rewatching George Carlin 1990 and 1993 and sometime in June im binging through Pacific Blue
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Post by berkley on May 20, 2024 12:45:08 GMT -5
I haven't seen Cobra or Tango & Cash - a little to my surprise, since I mostly like Stallone's movies and used to try to see them when I could. I must have missed them at the time and then just never got around to watching them on video. I'll add them to my 1980s movies list now that I'm reminded of them.
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Post by codystarbuck on May 20, 2024 21:17:25 GMT -5
I haven't seen Cobra or Tango & Cash - a little to my surprise, since I mostly like Stallone's movies and used to try to see them when I could. I must have missed them at the time and then just never got around to watching them on video. I'll add them to my 1980s movies list now that I'm reminded of them. Tango & Cash is pretty fun.....stupid, but fun. Nice cast, too, with Stallone, Kurt Russell, young Teri Hatcher, Michael J Pollard, Brion James, Jack Palance, James Hong (Rutger Howard and Harrison Ford didn't make the cut), Lewis Arquette, Clint Howard (working for someone other than Big Brother Ron) and Michael Jeter. Prepare yourself for the sight of Kurt Russell, in drag! Of the two, Kurt was the more likely to pull it off (as much as either of them could). Hatcher was pretty good, for a rookie and this was before Lois & Clark. Teri Hatcher matched with Alison Moyet & Vince Clarke. Good soundtrack in this, with Harold Faltermeyer handling things (which is probably why Yaz/Yazoo was used, since they had broken up 6 years before and the song was from their first (of two) album, Uptown At Eric's (a classic!). The film has issues, starting with the director fighting with Jon Peters, the producer (you know, the "giant spider in the third act" guy) and then other people brought in to finish it and handle post-production. Stallone and Russell have great chemistry, though Stallone tries a little too hard to sell the comedy (he did it better in Demolition Man). I saw them on Oprah, promoting the film and Russell joked about Stallone working out with his trainers and dieting, while Kurt was eating cheeseburgers. Some woman in the audience asked Kurt if he still had the Cobra tattoo, from Escape From New York and asked him to prove it, when he said no. He just laughed. Basically, they are two top cops, who, individually, are hurting Palance's criminal empire. He frames them on phony murder charge (of an undercover FBI agent) and they get sent to prison and then have to break out to both survive (Palance puts a hit on them, in the prison) and clear their name. Pollard is the weapons and equipment expert who provides them a tricked out 4x4 and Clint Howard is a creepy con who is Stallone's cellmate. Brion James is Palance's muscle.
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Post by Hoosier X on May 21, 2024 10:36:08 GMT -5
Roger Corman Appreciation Night -- Not of This Earth (1957)Corman was hugely prolific during the period where he worked for American-International Pictures, churning out 9 films in 1957 and another 9 in 1958. The pick of the crop was this highly entertaining sci-fi horror film about an alien visitor to Earth who constantly requires blood transfusions to survive. Shot on a shoe-string budget with plenty of dodgy day-for-night shots, Corman excels at maintaining a tight narrative focus. Paul Birch is eerily convincing as the alien visitor, who uses mental telepathy to control his victims' minds and has piercing eyes that burn right through a man's skull. The film is not without sympathy for Birch's character, whose home world appears to have been devastated by nuclear war, but ultimately there are allusions made to emotionless, foreign invaders and there's no prizes for guessing where they came from in the 1950s. The film is tightly focused until the end, and there is a terrific climax and resolution, which is another reason why this is a cut above the typical B-films of the era. Great stuff. I watched The Raven (1963) last night. I haven’t seen it for a while. It’s such a great movie. Apparently Peter Lorre was improvising a lot.
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Post by berkley on May 21, 2024 15:51:34 GMT -5
The same movie theatre here that's doing the four Alain Delon movies this month will be showing four Roger Corman movies in June but they haven't announced which ones yet.
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Post by Batflunkie on May 23, 2024 17:08:12 GMT -5
Watched Blue Thunder (1983), yet another bucket list movie Plot revolves around a vietnam vet currently serving as a helicopter pilot for the local PD getting the opportunity to test a souped-up attack chopper nicknamed "Blue Thunder", but he soon finds out that there's much more going on under the surface politically speaking. Thought it was pretty good, though I felt like it was just on the cusp on being a Paul Verhoeven movie, which would have made it much better overall I think. Dan O'Bannon did co-write the script, so there's that
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Post by codystarbuck on May 23, 2024 20:38:12 GMT -5
Watched Blue Thunder (1983), yet another bucket list movie Plot revolves around a vietnam vet currently serving as a helicopter pilot for the local PD getting the opportunity to test a souped-up attack chopper nicknamed "Blue Thunder", but he soon finds out that there's much more going on under the surface politically speaking. Thought it was pretty good, though I felt like it was just on the cusp on being a Paul Verhoeven movie, which would have made it much better overall I think. Dan O'Bannon did co-write the script, so there's that I can never get past the premise of the police having a gunship. Of course, that was before the police started getting armored personnel carriers and surplus military gear straight from the government. Man...if they let Vehouven loose on that thing...........you'd probably have to cut an hour out of it to get it down from an X to an R rating.
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Post by Batflunkie on May 23, 2024 20:48:44 GMT -5
I can never get past the premise of the police having a gunship. Of course, that was before the police started getting armored personnel carriers and surplus military gear straight from the government. Man...if they let Vehouven loose on that thing...........you'd probably have to cut an hour out of it to get it down from an X to an R rating. My problem is that the movie was more so devoted to espionage rather than Blue Thunder itself, which is fine. There's somewhat of good mix of both to an extent, but I kind of found it lacking overall. On the topic of Verhoeven, there's plenty of sleazeball T&A, but it's rather mum on the blood and gore and there's not really much satire or social commentary (all of which could have improved it). But Malcolm McDowell's in it as the antagonist, so it's not a total lost cause (has he ever played a role where he's not the bad guy? Kind of feel like he got kind of type-casted after Clockwork Orange and Caligula) Speaking of Cody, how do you feel about Airwolf?
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Post by Prince Hal on May 23, 2024 21:45:31 GMT -5
I can never get past the premise of the police having a gunship. Of course, that was before the police started getting armored personnel carriers and surplus military gear straight from the government. Man...if they let Vehouven loose on that thing...........you'd probably have to cut an hour out of it to get it down from an X to an R rating. But Malcolm McDowell's in it as the antagonist, so it's not a total lost cause (has he ever played a role where he's not the bad guy? Kind of feel like he got kind of type-casted after Clockwork Orange and Caligula)
Try "Time After Time," (1979), directed by Nicholas Meyer, in which he plays a rather unsophisticated H.G. Wells going back to the future to thwart one of Victorian England's most diabolical villains. A wonderful, unpretentious movie, and McDowell is great as Wells.
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Post by Hoosier X on May 23, 2024 22:17:40 GMT -5
Watched Blue Thunder (1983), yet another bucket list movie Plot revolves around a vietnam vet currently serving as a helicopter pilot for the local PD getting the opportunity to test a souped-up attack chopper nicknamed "Blue Thunder", but he soon finds out that there's much more going on under the surface politically speaking. Thought it was pretty good, though I felt like it was just on the cusp on being a Paul Verhoeven movie, which would have made it much better overall I think. Dan O'Bannon did co-write the script, so there's that I saw it on cable when it was a relatively new film and I remember thinking it was pretty cool. But that was 40 years ago and I don’t really remember specifically why I liked it. I’m looking at that cast. Wow. The only one I remember was Roy Scheider. I might have to see if the library has this.
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Post by berkley on May 23, 2024 22:41:42 GMT -5
Watched Blue Thunder (1983), yet another bucket list movie Plot revolves around a vietnam vet currently serving as a helicopter pilot for the local PD getting the opportunity to test a souped-up attack chopper nicknamed "Blue Thunder", but he soon finds out that there's much more going on under the surface politically speaking. Thought it was pretty good, though I felt like it was just on the cusp on being a Paul Verhoeven movie, which would have made it much better overall I think. Dan O'Bannon did co-write the script, so there's that I saw this at the theatre but don't remember much about it. My impression is that it was entertaining enough to pass the time but not much else. Was it the inspiration for a tv show about a high-tech police helicopter? I seem to have some vague recollection of something like that.
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Post by codystarbuck on May 23, 2024 22:42:24 GMT -5
I can never get past the premise of the police having a gunship. Of course, that was before the police started getting armored personnel carriers and surplus military gear straight from the government. Man...if they let Vehouven loose on that thing...........you'd probably have to cut an hour out of it to get it down from an X to an R rating. My problem is that the movie was more so devoted to espionage rather than Blue Thunder itself, which is fine. There's somewhat of good mix of both to an extent, but I kind of found it lacking overall. On the topic of Verhoeven, there's plenty of sleazeball T&A, but it's rather mum on the blood and gore and there's not really much satire or social commentary (all of which could have improved it). But Malcolm McDowell's in it as the antagonist, so it's not a total lost cause (has he ever played a role where he's not the bad guy? Kind of feel like he got kind of type-casted after Clockwork Orange and Caligula) Speaking of Cody, how do you feel about Airwolf? Prince Hal beat me to Time After Time, which is a wonderfully charming film. McDowell and Mary Steenburgen fell in love, for real, on the set and it filled their performances (they later divorced, though). Plus, David Warner plays Jack the Ripper. He is also not a villain in the Mick Travis trilogy of films, from Lindsay Anderson (If..., O Lucky Man and Britannia Hospital) nor (exactly) in Royal Flash, where he portrays George MacDonald Fraser's Harry Flashman, in a satire of The Prisoner of Zenda. Flashman is a rogue, but Otto Von Bismark is more of the villain of the piece. He is also not a villain in Aces High. In regards to Airwolf....F@#$ing-A! Love the pilot movie and the first season. Premise works better for a government super helicopter and nice bits of espionage. The logistics of maintaining and fueling the helicopter don't bear scrutiny. Less interesting when it turned into the Lone Ranger-with-a-helicopter, as String & Dom help out people in trouble. I do have to say, though, someone really had it in for Hughes Aviation, as they blew up a Hughes OH-6 helicopter about every episode. Great theme song, too..... Sad how Jan Michael Vincent destroyed his career, with drugs and alcohol. He was capable of being a damn good actor, when he was sober and motivated. If you have never seen it, check him out in Bite the Bullet, as The Kid, a young punk cowboy & gunfighter wannabe, involved in a long distance horse race, against Candace Bergen, Gene Hackman, Ben Johnson, James Coburn, Ian Bannen and several others. He gets to show some growth over the course of the film, with teaching from the others, after he has some sense knocked into him (mostly by Hackman). In regards to Verhoeven, I still haven't seen Katie Tippel or Spetters; but, his Dutch films are a bit different from his Hollywood films. From what I have read, Spetters is probably closer to the Hollywood films. Soldier of Orange and Black Books are terrific wartime dramas (with Soldier of Orange based on actual people and Black Books inspired by several real resistance people). Derek de Lint appears in both, as a young Dutch SS soldier in Soldier of Orange, as a young man, and as an older resistance fighter and organizer, in Black Books, which was filmed nearly 30 years later.
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Post by codystarbuck on May 23, 2024 22:44:54 GMT -5
Watched Blue Thunder (1983), yet another bucket list movie Plot revolves around a vietnam vet currently serving as a helicopter pilot for the local PD getting the opportunity to test a souped-up attack chopper nicknamed "Blue Thunder", but he soon finds out that there's much more going on under the surface politically speaking. Thought it was pretty good, though I felt like it was just on the cusp on being a Paul Verhoeven movie, which would have made it much better overall I think. Dan O'Bannon did co-write the script, so there's that I saw this at the theatre but don't remember much about it. My impression is that it was entertaining enough to pass the time but not much else. Was it the inspiration for a tv show about a high-tech police helicopter? I seem to have some vague recollection of something like that. Yup, short-lived, lasting 11 episodes, with Roy Scheider replaced by James Farentino and Dana Carvey(!) as his tech man (what we called a RIO, Radar Intercept Officer, in Naval Aviation). Airwolf got 3 seasons out of Vincent and Borgnine and then a season, on the USA Network, with Barry Van Dyke (who also helped kill off Battlestar Galactica, with Galactica 1980)
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Post by codystarbuck on May 23, 2024 22:54:10 GMT -5
ps If you haven't seen the Anderson films, they are great, dark satire, though If... will F with your head. The main question is whether some of the events are real or just the fantasies in Travis' head.
Monty Python parodied it, slightly, back in the day....
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Post by Hoosier X on May 26, 2024 10:48:36 GMT -5
Last night I watched Final Destination 2.
It’s easy to see why the highway wreck is iconic.
But mostly, these movies are wonderfully silly with their portrayal of Death as a rather whimsical, creative entity who is a stickler for procedure and schedule, who also likes to construct complicated, Goldbergesque contraptions in its relentless pursuit of anybody who manages to evade the snare.
I’ve now seen the first two and I actually really liked these movies. I think I will probably pursue the franchise, but not very quickly. It’s fun to watch one every six months or so.
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