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Movie You Hadn't Seen In Forever Which Ages VERY Well

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Ben_Hecht, Oct 11, 2011.

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  1. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    If we go a bit more recent, I will add The Princess Bride. Will be a great movie in any time.
     
    The Big Ragu, Oct 12, 2011
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  2. Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)

    Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L) Active Member

    The Town
     
    Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L), Oct 12, 2011
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  3. Bodie_Broadus

    Bodie_Broadus Active Member

    I just saw that movie for the first time like two years ago.

    The main character reminded me of about 15 guys I went to HS with.
     
    Bodie_Broadus, Oct 12, 2011
    #51
  4. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    I have seen this several times, and each time I watch it, I become more and more convinced that the last 30 minutes of Se7en are the most cliff-hanging, edge of your seat ending sequences in a movie.

    Fucking Freeman absolutely nails that part.
     
    Chef2, Oct 12, 2011
    #52
  5. Bodie_Broadus

    Bodie_Broadus Active Member

    WHAT'S IN THE FUCKING BOX!!?!?!?!?
     
    Bodie_Broadus, Oct 12, 2011
    #53
  6. PCLoadLetter

    PCLoadLetter Well-Known Member

    I've probably mentioned this before, but I absolutely love the first two-thirds of this movie.

    Then they chickened out and told us he had a bad history of anger issues, and really, he wasn't an average Joe pushed over the edge after all. Lame.
     
    PCLoadLetter, Oct 13, 2011
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  7. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    I didn't like Falling Down at all. A lot of horseshit white man angst, much of it about crap that wasn't really worth getting pissed about.

    I think its theme ages very well, but the things Douglas bitches about in the movie don't.

    The movie plays like some right-wing fantasy, but that wasn't its intent at the time. I wonder whether hard-core right wingers would identify more today with Michael Douglas or the white supremacist played by Frederic Forrest that he killed in the movie?
     
    Bubbler, Oct 13, 2011
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  8. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    Blazing Saddles.
     
    qtlaw, Oct 13, 2011
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  9. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    Camptown Races Sing This Song . . . Doo-Dah . . . Doo-Dah . . .

    I know more than one person who loves it as much as I do, but can't watch it at work because all he can do is crack up.

    It likely remains one of the three great American comedies, with a more original broad idea than The Producers (the latter being broadly-based on one of the oldest legit-theatre jokes of them all . . . oversell shares in a stiff, and rake it in -- whoops).
     
    Ben_Hecht, Oct 13, 2011
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  10. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    YOU FORGOT THE BRIEFCASE!!!!!!
     
    da man, Oct 13, 2011
    #58
  11. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    Have mentioned this movie after seeing it receltly, but "The Fabulous Baker Boys" is still fabulous, 22 years after its release. The male-female dynamic between both brothers and Michelle Pheiffer, and the sibling rivalry, are timeless story lines.

    I suspect "Ordinary People" would also hold up well because people face the same mental health issues today.
     
    micropolitan guy, Oct 13, 2011
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  12. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Not sure about Ordinary People, but I am so out of the mainstream on this, because everyone in NYC is seeing four therapists. My thinking is that there was more "stigma" attached to seeing a shrink in 1980 than there is today.
     
    The Big Ragu, Oct 13, 2011
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