matt wrote: Holy fiddlesticks.
Yup. People suck.
Séamas wrote: Bedazzled 1967
I'm convinced that good comedies rely on simple, familiar plots. This one plays on the Faust legend with pretty imaginative results. Dudley Moore plays the hapless loser who sells his soul to Satan (Peter Cook) in hopes of romance with his co-worker. Peter Cook's depiction of the horned one is fun as hell. Add a star if you like Raquel Welch, who got a high billing even though she had a pretty small part. Nice scenes of swingin' London.
Pithecanthropus wrote:Raquel Welch sure has some nice parts!!
user wrote: :: scratches a new vinyl record, puts it back in the sleeve and returns it to the store ::
"Just a bit of minor mischief."
Séamas wrote: No Way Out 1987
Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young
This was aired on PBS on Saturday night.
I was kind of taken aback by this as it seemed quite different from other movies they show.
I think the beginning and very end of this movie suffer, but once we got 1/4 through it, the thriller nature of it really got quite good. Love the early computer stuff, and the fact that in a few years the need to rush to a pay phone would be a thing of the past.
I was just reading that it is a remake of sorts of the movie the Big Clock. I've never seen this, it is based on the book--a book I haven't read either, but feel that I should as my friend's dad (who I've known since I was 3) wrote a definitive book on the author.
user wrote:Séamas wrote: No Way Out 1987
Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young
This was aired on PBS on Saturday night.
I was kind of taken aback by this as it seemed quite different from other movies they show.
I think the beginning and very end of this movie suffer, but once we got 1/4 through it, the thriller nature of it really got quite good. Love the early computer stuff, and the fact that in a few years the need to rush to a pay phone would be a thing of the past.
I was just reading that it is a remake of sorts of the movie the Big Clock. I've never seen this, it is based on the book--a book I haven't read either, but feel that I should as my friend's dad (who I've known since I was 3) wrote a definitive book on the author.
I was completely fooled and the ending was a shock. They did a nice job.
user wrote: That's just an anecdote.
Séamas wrote:user wrote:Séamas wrote: No Way Out 1987
Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young
This was aired on PBS on Saturday night.
I was kind of taken aback by this as it seemed quite different from other movies they show.
I think the beginning and very end of this movie suffer, but once we got 1/4 through it, the thriller nature of it really got quite good. Love the early computer stuff, and the fact that in a few years the need to rush to a pay phone would be a thing of the past.
I was just reading that it is a remake of sorts of the movie the Big Clock. I've never seen this, it is based on the book--a book I haven't read either, but feel that I should as my friend's dad (who I've known since I was 3) wrote a definitive book on the author.
I was completely fooled and the ending was a shock. They did a nice job.
Hmm
I don't know why, but I saw it coming.
Having not seen the remake but having seen the original, that's a pretty good compliment.Robert B. wrote:
That was a good remake that I felt rivaled the original.
matt wrote:Having not seen the remake but having seen the original, that's a pretty good compliment.Robert B. wrote:
That was a good remake that I felt rivaled the original.
This film is based on the story of the capture of computer hacker "Kevin Mitnick".
Séamas wrote: Young Frankenstein
I've seen it dozens of times, but this was the first time we showed it to the kids (my wife and I consider this a sacred rite of passage).
My son (8) likes absurdity in his comedy--so he really liked it even though he really doesn't know anything about the source material (we have a dvd of the 1931 one).
He is often easily scared in movie, but he was fine with this one. Our daughter is usually not frightened by movies but found this movie scary.
I think this is the very best of Mel Brooks' movies. His jokes are almost always pretty terrible on their own, so if he has a good cast, it'll be a good movie.
Trivia: the set and props of the laboratory is the same as from the '31 movie.
Pithecanthropus wrote:Séamas wrote: Young Frankenstein
I've seen it dozens of times, but this was the first time we showed it to the kids (my wife and I consider this a sacred rite of passage).
My son (8) likes absurdity in his comedy--so he really liked it even though he really doesn't know anything about the source material (we have a dvd of the 1931 one).
He is often easily scared in movie, but he was fine with this one. Our daughter is usually not frightened by movies but found this movie scary.
I think this is the very best of Mel Brooks' movies. His jokes are almost always pretty terrible on their own, so if he has a good cast, it'll be a good movie.
Trivia: the set and props of the laboratory is the same as from the '31 movie.
It ends with a dick joke. Love it!
Metacell wrote: I love it when the crowd starts throwing vegetables at The Monster when he forgets the choreography.
Ribtor wrote: Kelly's Heros.
Really not very good.
And what was the thinking behind Sutherland's character?