The MOVIE thread

[Oh Haha]

On TGM last night:

"Boy, did I get the wrong number!" with Bob Hope and Elke Summer(samokin' hot!!).


"Two for the guillotine" with Connie Stevens(hottie), Dean Jones and Cesar Romero.

[Baz]

Thanks, Wayne! Missed it but I do love Bob Hope and of course Elke....

[Oh Haha]

She looked amazingly similar to Barbara Eden. I had to check the credits as I thought Barbara was speaking funny.

[techweenie]

Worth going to the theater to see The Martian.

[Oh Haha]

We watched "SPY" tonight.

Laugh out loud funny! Jason Statham's character is very funny.

Lots of F bombs and even a couple of dick jokes so not really safe for the kiddies.

[john70t]

The greatest film that never was. It got to production stage and the studio halted it.
The story was remade by David Lynch.

Here is the documentary:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodorowsky's_Dune
In 1973, film producer Arthur P. Jacobs optioned the film rights to Dune but died before a film could be developed. The option was then taken over two years later by director Alejandro Jodorowsky, who proceeded to approach, among others, Virgin Records, with the prog rock groups Tangerine Dream, Gong and Mike Oldfield before settling on Pink Floyd and Magma for some of the music; artists H. R. Giger, Chris Foss, and Jean Giraud for set and character design; Dan O'Bannon for special effects; and Salvador Dalí, Orson Welles, Gloria Swanson, David Carradine, Mick Jagger, Amanda Lear, and others for the cast

[techweenie]

At least one of the Giger designs made for Jodorowsky ended up appearing in Prometheus as a structure

https://nathanditum.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/giger-prometheus.jpg

[Oh Haha]

Watched The Bad Seed last night on AMC. My daughter came down about halfway through and watched the rest with me. She said "that little girl is kind of a brat". Ya think?

Absolutely loved the ending scene.


The Bad Seed (1956) Synopsis - Plot Summary - Fandango

[Baz]

With the passing away of Maureen O'Hara I thought I would post a couple items to commemorate her legacy.

I loved her a several different movies......here's one:

The Rare Breed with James Stewart and Brian Keith.

[Baz]

This scene from Spencer's Mountain - the ending - always makes me tear up a bit....it's those dang violins!

[john70t]

"Whiplash" -overbearing drum teacher crosses the line. maybe.

"Nightcrawler" -nutjob finds his place in a journalism job.

"Tangerines" -estonian farmers deal with war in russian georgia.

[Baz]

Watching the end of "American Reunion" on FXM...next up at 8 eastern is "Hall Pass"....

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by techweenie

Worth going to the theater to see The Martian.

Agree.

I don't understand the political dynamics and who or what drives movie making, but it just seems someone said to Ridley Scott, "Here's a hundred million. Can you please just make a cool, entertaining movie that makes sense? Just this one time? We don't need another Prometheus right now. Please."

I do have one rub with it and that is using Matt Damon and "Murf", both from Interstellar.

I would have rather seen "Skinny Pete" from Breaking Bad as the lead and Miranda Cosgrove (ICarly) as the ship captain.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by techweenie

At least one of the Giger designs made for Jodorowsky ended up appearing in Prometheus as a structure

https://nathanditum.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/giger-prometheus.jpg

Wow. Good eye.

[Steve Carlton]

I liked Prometheus a lot, even though understanding it is difficult and some of the plot is unexplained. I thought The Martian was ho-hum by comparison.

[URY914]

One of my favorite movies.....

[strupgolf]

Originally Posted by techweenie

Worth going to the theater to see The Martian.

We saw it this week. My wife liked it but I thought it was lind of corney near the end, cartoonish. But oh well, what do I know.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

I liked Prometheus a lot, even though understanding it is difficult and some of the plot is unexplained. I thought The Martian was ho-hum by comparison.

Oh, me as well (liking Prometheus). Look at my post. Not beating on Prometheus one iota. We are on the same page.

Watched Prometheus probably five times, scrounged DVD extra treats, hours of youtube critiques ad nauseam and web write-ups. Waiting for P2 anxiously.

That said, The Martian is very satisfying and we are well entertained. He (they) did a great job

Scott's directing skills are extraordinary. Top five of all time? He is in the small cluster lagging Kubrick. My take. Clearly debatable. Saving Private Ryan (SS) has to be one the best movies of all time.

You know what the difference is between the movies? I am not seeking an opportunity to watch The Martian again.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by strupgolf

We saw it this week. My wife liked it but I thought it was lind of corney near the end, cartoonish. But oh well, what do I know.

Plenty of corney. Like the dude not knowing who the head of NASA was. Although the stapler scene was pretty funny.

Astronauts moving huge distances outside the ship untethered. The capture.

The visqueen and duct tape thing was a bit of a stretch.

But for entertainment, it worked for me. Way more than Gravity.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by strupgolf

We saw it this week. My wife liked it but I thought it was lind of corney near the end, cartoonish. But oh well, what do I know.

They should have kept the original ending.