Anyone else catch Chronicle yet? Great concept I thought. Sort of a superhero origin story crossed with a lot of teenage angst, a "how would it really go down" angle. I liked it. Mrs Meatballs, not so much.
Also caught Hunger Games. Alright, but I was expecting more action. Supposed to be part of a trilogy but, so I guess Ill be watching the others when they come.
Also, the newest American Pie. Ugh. More of the same, poop jokes and LOL DONGS!!1! Better than the original I guess, but only marginally and only because it's that much more...self aware? Anyway, Mrs Meatballs loved it. Me, not so much.
(cough.)
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[Re: J Geoff]
#645593 05/01/1212:36 AM05/01/1212:36 AM
With the summer blockbuster season upon us, lets look back 30 years ago with all the releases which came out between May 1 and the end of August 1982, in order:
Conan the Barbarian Annie Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid The Road Warrior Rocky III Visiting Hours Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Poltergeist Hanky Panky E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Grease 2 Firefox Author! Author! The Thing Megaforce Blade Runner Forced Vengeance The Secret of NIMH Tron A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy Summer Lovers The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas The World According to Garp An Officer & A Gentleman Night Shift Things Are Tough All Over Fast Times at Ridgemont High Pink Floyd The Wall Friday the 13th Part III-D Beastmaster Class of 1984
Well mixed in there we have alot of classics, some good movies, and lots of shit.
Out of that list, what was your favorite from that summer?
I think THE THING and BLADE RUNNER are the better movies, and CONAN is just as good, but my ballot is cast for STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN.
Just think: BLADE RUNNER and THE THING opened on the same weekend. (Neither was #1 that weekend, E.T. was #1.)
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[Re: J Geoff]
#645607 05/01/1203:04 AM05/01/1203:04 AM
(Man, even *I* hated that one, and I love GREASE!)
Pacino's Author! Author! kinda blew. Poltergeist was good, tho. Blade Runner is one of my faves, and Fast Times should get a nod. Annie isn't a great movie, but a guilty pleasure -- and of course The Wall needs a few joints on hand.
Besides Blade Runner, I think I'd have to go with Road Warrior or ET on that list....
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol
Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy?--Peter Griffin
With the summer blockbuster season upon us, lets look back 30 years ago with all the releases which came out between May 1 and the end of August 1982, in order:
That was one hell of a season for movies! I had gone to see "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" (I enjoyed it a lot) and got to see a "sneak preview" with it. That unknown free movie was "E.T."!!
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[Re: J Geoff]
#645809 05/02/1203:55 PM05/02/1203:55 PM
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Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Out of that list, what was your favorite from that summer?
I think I only saw six of those at the theaters, and I thought they were all at least okay. I'd rank them:
Wrath of Kahn Poltergeist ET Rocky III Night Shift Garp
Garp was based on John Irving's big book. The movie bore no resemblence to the book, but it still was pleasant. It's director, George Roy Hill, was one of the really underrated directors.
"All of these men were good listeners; patient men."
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[Re: mustachepete]
#646435 05/07/1202:10 PM05/07/1202:10 PM
Out of that list, what was your favorite from that summer?
I think I only saw six of those at the theaters, and I thought they were all at least okay. I'd rank them:
Wrath of Kahn Poltergeist ET Rocky III Night Shift Garp
Garp was based on John Irving's big book. The movie bore no resemblence to the book, but it still was pleasant. It's director, George Roy Hill, was one of the really underrated directors.
That was the summer after I graduated high cshool. The only three movies of those that I saw in the theatre were:
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Fast Times at Ridgemont High Friday the 13th Part III.
After watching Dead Men..., I mentioned to my friend that there were two or three scenes taken from older movies whereupon I learned that most of the movie was a string of old clips.
For Ridgemont High I, of course, remember Phoebe Cates getting out of the swimming pool.
For Friday 13th I just remember going with my brothers and sister and wearing the 3D glasses.
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[Re: J Geoff]
#646479 05/07/1207:45 PM05/07/1207:45 PM
Pentagon refused to co-operate with THE AVENGERS production because it was "unrealistic."
Quote:
Moviegoers and comic fans know that S.H.I.E.L.D., led by Samuel L. Jackson’s super-spy Nick Fury, is an international peacekeeping/global surveillance/crisis response/quasi-military organization. But its relationship with the United States is murky. And that basically stopped the U.S. military, which is normally eager to cooperate with the film industry on blockbuster movies, from teaming up with the Avengers.
“We couldn’t reconcile the unreality of this international organization and our place in it,” Phil Strub, the Defense Department’s Hollywood liaison, tells Danger Room. “To whom did S.H.I.E.L.D. answer? Did we work for S.H.I.E.L.D.? We hit that roadblock and decided we couldn’t do anything” with the film.
But they helped the TRANSFORMERS movies, you know those totally realistic pictures about talking alien robots who transform into cars and toasters?
And having seen AVENGERS, everybody at S.H.I.E.L.D. and that team were Americans, including their boss. Even the "Russian" Black Widow was the very American Scarlett Johansson who doesn't even bother with a rubbish accent, so I'm assuming she's an American just with a Russian heritage.
OK Thor, an alien. That's one exception. But that's it.
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[Re: J Geoff]
#646838 05/10/1212:40 PM05/10/1212:40 PM
I'm sad that LUCK was cancelled and HOUSE is ending, but other than that I'm good: Touch, Comic Book Men, Fringe, Glee, Bones, Grimm, X-Factor, Family Guy, The Mentalist, Top Chef, The Simpsons, The Cleveland Show...
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol
Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy?--Peter Griffin
Honestly, I was surprised to see a show like "Alcatraz" on Fox. It had to be a very expensive show to produce, but I thought they were committed to it. I'm really sorry to see it go.
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[Re: J Geoff]
#647110 05/12/1209:18 PM05/12/1209:18 PM
Speaking of biopics, currently a movie detailing the production of PSYCHO is being shot with ScarJo as Vivian Leigh and Sir Anthony Hopkins as Mr. Hitchcock.
I assume you mean "Janet" Leigh. I have heard of this film and it does sound like it will be interesting.
Speaking of Hitchcock, Antenna tv has nightly showing of his tv show. I get a kick out of watching and recognizing certain actors. My parents use to think his antics before/after the show were silly. They were right, but I still like him.
TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
LOL, now there's an interesting storyline..... Scarlet O'Hara meets Norman Bates.
TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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[Re: J Geoff]
#647230 05/13/1209:53 PM05/13/1209:53 PM
Speaking of Hitchcock, Antenna tv has nightly showing of his tv show. I get a kick out of watching and recognizing certain actors. My parents use to think his antics before/after the show were silly. They were right, but I still like him.
I loved his wicked dry humor.* Like DeMille and later Tarantino, he was a natural born public pitch salesman for his own movies. For the show's syndication in foreign language markets, Hitchcock filmed bookend scenes in French and German, since he was fluent in both languages.
*=Classic was the trailer he made for PSYCHO. Talk about screwing with the audience.
I remember that clip but it's been years & years since I've seen it. I still remember my parents coming home after seeing that movie. They kept talking about how shocking/surprising the ending was.
Btw, wasn't this the movie that Hitchcock didn't want anyone to be admitted in theater in the middle? It was to be seen only from the beginning? Back in the olden days it was common to walk in the middle and then stay for the film to see what you missed. I doubt anyone does that anymore.
TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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[Re: J Geoff]
#647419 05/15/1208:02 PM05/15/1208:02 PM
Oliver Stone has a new July movie coming out based on the book Savages which I reviewed here.
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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[Re: J Geoff]
#647466 05/16/1211:14 AM05/16/1211:14 AM
They are making a movie of the Broadway Musical of 80's rock groups, called "Rock Of Ages." The film stars of, all people, Tom Cruise as a rocker, Stacee Jaxx. I never saw the play but my daughter and SIL did while they were in NYC and loved it.
Anyway, they took a phone poll on the radio this morning and FWIW all the calls they got were positive on Cruise in the role. I'm not a huge Cruise fan but thought this role was an interesting choice for him.
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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[Re: J Geoff]
#647492 05/16/1201:35 PM05/16/1201:35 PM
They showed a few clips of it on "American Idol" (probably because Ryan Seacrest's girlfriend is in it) and it looked interesting. I haven't seen the play, but, as you said, those I know who have certainly liked it.
President Emeritus of the Neal Pulcawer Fan Club
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[Re: J Geoff]
#647528 05/16/1209:22 PM05/16/1209:22 PM
I wonder what the protocol is for a movie taking the title of one that already exists.
For example, there's My Blue Heaven from the early 50s I think and the one from the 90s with Steve Martin. It's not a remake. Then I noticed that there's a Woody Harrellson movie from 2008 entitled The Messenger, but there's also one from 1999 with Milla Jovonovich and there completely different plots. I've noticed several others over the years. Does anybody know?
"Generosity. That was my first mistake." "Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us." "Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read."
Better than the original I guess, but only marginally and only because it's that much more...self aware? Anyway, Mrs Meatballs loved it. Me, not so much.
lol
