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Post by brutalis on Jun 10, 2020 18:07:31 GMT -5
If you are going to watch a Batman movie then the 66' Batman movie is the best ever of the bunch! Great minds think alike as I am watching it right this moment! The best villains & they are all spot on & have their own moments. Love it when poor Bat's runs all over with nowhere to dispose of the bomb because of civilians at every turn. So tru that some days you just can't get rid of a bomb!
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jun 10, 2020 19:13:51 GMT -5
If you are going to watch a Batman movie then the 66' Batman movie is the best ever of the bunch! Great minds think alike as I am watching it right this moment! The best villains & they are all spot on & have their own moments. Love it when poor Bat's runs all over with nowhere to dispose of the bomb because of civilians at every turn. So tru that some days you just can't get rid of a bomb!That's a saying that I still use to this day. |
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Post by shaxper on Jun 10, 2020 22:10:57 GMT -5
Watched The Big Lebowski for the first time in at least ten years tonight, and it did not disappoint. The symbolism is a mess of mixed ideas, but every aspect of the production is genius. Definitely my favorite film from Joel and Ethan Coen (Barton Fink is a close second), and if they're not a dynamic enough duo for you, The Dude and Walter are positively iconic together.
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Post by berkley on Jun 11, 2020 0:38:33 GMT -5
I hope the Coen brothers count beause I'm planning to watch one of their movies sometime soon and it might be the only one I'll see this month that qualifies.
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Post by shaxper on Jun 13, 2020 7:42:16 GMT -5
Introduced my girlfriend to one of my favorite cinematic duos last night, Frank Capra and Jimmy Stewart, with Mr. Smith Goes To Washington. While I love Stewart in pretty much anything, Capra always drew the absolute best from him.
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Post by shaxper on Jun 13, 2020 15:06:07 GMT -5
We are on a romantic getaway and watching far too many films from the hot tub, so here come two more that meet our theme this month:
Singles (1992): the film that defined my teen years, and I hadn't watched it since then. Watching it now, and being older than the late 20-somethings I once aspired to be, was a strange experience. Back in the day, I identified with the central characters. Now, watching again, it's the dynamic duo of Bridget Fonda and Matt Dillon that truly make the film. They are screen magic together by the close.
The Matador (2004): really flew under the radar upon its release and deserves more recognition. It's about an unlikely friendship between a burnt out professional assassin (Pierce Brosnan) and a down-on-his-luck everyday Joe (Greg Kineer). The writing is adequate, but the directing and the screen chemistry between Brosnan and Kineer are priceless.
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Post by shaxper on Jun 13, 2020 21:07:18 GMT -5
Snuck in It Happened One Nighr, another Frank Capra favorite of mine, this time starring Claudette Colbert and a pre-Rhett Butler Clark Gable. One of very few romantic comedies that actually sells me on two people with absolutely nothing in common truly evolving into a dynamic duo by the close.
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Post by shaxper on Jun 13, 2020 22:24:53 GMT -5
Here Comes Cookie (1935). I love the idea of Berns and Allen, but I've yet to hear a skirt on their radio show or see a film of theirs that was actually anything memorable. Here Comes Cookie really didn't change that. I love their personalities, but I've yet to see their comedy really work. Oh well.
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Post by shaxper on Jun 13, 2020 23:37:42 GMT -5
Mark of The Vampire (1935). Two dynamic duos in this film, as it reunites Bela Lugosi and director Tod Browning for the first time since Dracula, and Lugosi's vampire is accompanied by Luna, his vampire daughter. Man, I love this film...aside from the nonsensical twist ending.
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Post by brutalis on Jun 15, 2020 8:41:18 GMT -5
It was a B-Movie weekend focusing on producer pairings of movies I watched as a youth growing up.
Sid and Marty Krofft's HR Pufnstuf Movie from 1970 kicked things off. Talk about your movies to watch while stoned! Talking dragon for a mayor, a golden talking flute as your best friend. And the best part: the witches 3! Mama Cass Elliott as With Hazel, Martha Raye as Boss Witch and Billie Hayes as Witchiepoo (best ever witch in a show I instantly remember!) in a story to steal Jimmy's magical flute as Jimmy pretends to being Boss Witch to steal Freddie the flute back. Psychedelic funnery!
Hanna Barbera's Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park from 1978. A real silly favorite as I enjoy KISS the band and their theatrical concert shows turned into a Saturday morning kids movie that plays like a traditional HB cartoon production. Probably NOT what the band had in mind (who would turn to HB productions for a movie like this?) seeking to turn their dollar signs into movie magic. Quite a turn of your brain, sit back with a bucket of popcorn and enjoy the schmaltz. Even bad movies can be fun and entertaining!
Rankin Bass animated production The Hobbit from 1977. Phooey on Peter Jackson's bloated live action version because everyone knows THIS will always be the BEST version of the Hobbit to experience. Orson Bean's voice is Bilbo and John Huston as narrator and Gandalf is a grand while Richard Boone provides a grand Smaug the Dragon. A perennial favorite which I can watch anytime (and that I usually do just about once a year in the fall as a Thanksgiving treat) and enjoy it just as fresh as the 1st time seeing it on television!
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 16, 2020 11:20:22 GMT -5
Back to the Laurel & Hardy well with 1932's two-reel short Towed in a Hole. The boys are successful fishmongers who decide to cut out the middle men and buy a boat so they can catch and then sell the fish. They purchase a boat at a junkyard and the film centers around the shenanigans that ensue as they try to make the boat seaworthy. You know what you're going to get with a Laurel & Hardy short...seriously funny slapstick comedy.
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Post by brutalis on Jun 17, 2020 7:42:57 GMT -5
Another unique pairing that somehow works, capturing the fun and thrills and silliness all together: DC and Lego Superhero movies! I have grabbed up several DVD's on the cheap ($5 and under) over the last year and finally put one in for watching last night. Went with 2013 the LEGO BATMAN movie! This fulfills the inner child for me greatly and is probably one of the best Batman movies, far surpassing any of the more current dark knight stuff from Warner Bros. Just a wonderful delight filled with visual gags, movie jokes and lots of Batman mythos. Looking forward to delving into further Lego/DC movies.
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Post by shaxper on Jun 18, 2020 6:47:33 GMT -5
I often put on classic horror movies in the background while attending to chores in the house. Last night, I put on The Ghoul (1933), a film I'd never seen before and didn't have much expectations for. I should explain that among my favorite horror films of all time are Bride of Frankenstein and The Old Dark House". In both films, Boris Karloff and Ernest Thesiger utterly steal the show. However, in both films, the two actors don't get much time to interact. I wasn't aware Thesiger had done more horror films, or I would have sought this one out a long time ago. He and Karloff get so much time together in this film in which Thesiger is his servant attempting to appease him even once Karloff has died and risen from the grave, and it's FANTASTIC. Didn't care much about the film as a whole, but seeing Thesiger and Karloff get this much time together was so utterly enjoyable.
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Post by brutalis on Jun 18, 2020 7:48:10 GMT -5
Watched a movie featuring a pair of aging criminals pairing Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas for the final time in 1986's Tough Guys. Puts the old men in their out of time place providing laughs along the way watching these elder gangsters find out that the straight and narrow path of goodness just isn't something they can do. Watching them adjust to modern day life after so many years in lock up provides most of the giggles but seeing 2 old friends doing what they do best united once more is a pure delight. Such a team Burt and Kurt are and glad to have this in my collection.
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Post by brutalis on Jun 18, 2020 20:10:12 GMT -5
Unwinding after a busy day of work I watched 1938's teaming of Gene Autry & Smiley Burnett in Man From Music Mountain where Autry swing dwindled from buying land with a valueless gold mine. Turns out the the outlaws trap Gene in the depths of the mine where he discovers hidden veins of gold. Plenty of songs, gun shootings & genial Gene the singing cowbody provides the entertainment.
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