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#361 Re: The Sunset Strip » Ray Liotta died » 161 weeks ago
Around 2000 is probably when he did his best work. Cop Land, Hannibal, Narc. Classic movies with parts that suited him. Too unlikable I guess to be a big leading star, but he could act.
This decade has and will see a lot of great names kick the bucket. Clint is not seeing past 2030 I can't imagine, De Niro and Pacino will be approaching 90. Pesci, Nicholson, Keitel. And directors, Scorsese, Coppola, De Palma, Lucas, Spielberg. All of them very old.
Hannibal is a decent popcorn thriller. The problem is that is has the weight of following Silence of the Lambs and it was never going to top that at all. But it is a fun globe trotting adventure/thriller movie.
I hate to be macabre but you gotta add Gene Hackman to the list, he's like 90. Luckily, he retired and lives in New Mexico, became an artist/novelist and seems happy there.
#362 Re: Guns N' Roses » Slash confirms “one or two” new songs by June » 161 weeks ago
I'm getting too old for this mystery crap. They are no longer the world's biggest band (or even close to it). It's just music. I realize that Slash's camp is probably not to be blame for this.
#363 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 161 weeks ago
i'm speechless at this latest round of revalations. They are police officers who are fucking supposed to protect and serve the population. That police chief or whomever does the training needs to be fired.
Oh, I really hate to mention this, but man I remember Columbine in 1999 and that was a huge deal. But these shootings have turned into common place and that rubs me the wrong way. It's like ho hum, another month, another public shooter who killed people.
#364 The Sunset Strip » Ray Liotta died » 161 weeks ago
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This one fucking hurts. He will probably be best known for the Mob/Tough guy roles. I can't explain why this one bums me out so much. I'm gonna watch Something Wild in his honor today.
Like Lofton says, it's another one of those guys you've watched growing up pass away.
RIP, Ray. You brought a lot of joy to people.
#365 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 161 weeks ago
I love that Eastwood had to use a BP vest, and Malkovich kind of laughs. It was a test to see if Frank could really take a bullet and he couldn’t do it.
That was one of my favorite villains ever. Next to Gary Oldman in The Professional.
He really is great in that and is more or less the stronger character in the movie than Frank. When I was watching it the other day, the one part with the bank teller came up. It's the part where he lies about being from Minneapolis. He gets caught on it and you can see in his face, "oh I fucked up". I don't think Malkovich has ever topped this perfomance.
Luck, is the tv series with Hoffman, right? I never got why they cancelled it.
#366 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 161 weeks ago
People won’t be able to afford food
Yeah this should be breaking news instead of the trending topics of the day.
I notice an increase every time I go to the store. I went to Safeway yesterday as I like buying my meat there and holy shit....15 bucks for a pound and a half of olive loaf! Can you imagine? A small pack of the brand of bacon I eat was $12.49....and it's only enough for a couple pita sandwiches.
This isn't sustainable.
The price of Chuck is bat shit insane.
I rarely drink milk...only use it for grape nuts....but I went on Amazon and bought a huge can of milk powder. It's only a matter of time before there's milk shortages as well.
A can of that will probably last me a year.
It's insane if you go out and eat at local joints too. I'm not talking about fine dining shit either. I go occasionally to this joint to eat some Mediterran wrap. It used to be $7 and change. Now it's closer to $11.
You probably know this but take advantage of the app coupons or Friday specials at Safeway. They routinely have bacon for $5 on Friday. Might not be your favorite brand though. I drink almond milk, but even there are shortages on that. The Walmart I go to never has it in stock.
Add in the ridiculous gas prices and it's pretty bad in the short term.
#367 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 161 weeks ago
Now that I've finally watched this, it makes me wish he had done more films in this style...he's almost always a loner type. Even in movies where he's traveling with a gang... there's Clint...and then everyone else.
God I just love the look of mid-late 70s film. It will never be replicated.. It will never come close....even Quentin's just feel like facsimiles.
Funny you should mention this. I rewatched In the Line of Fire the other day and he's a loner in that one too. Which is why he is so similiar to the Mitch character. This film would not have worked with any other two actors. Malkovich and Eastwood give it something special and unique. DeNiro was once attacthed as the villan of this film and it would just be a rehash of his Cape Fear character. Film still holds up 30 years later. There's actually a fair amount of romantic stuff in the first half and Russo has great chemistry with Eastwood otherwise it wouldn't have worked.
It's the grit of the mid-late 70s stuff. Hard to explain but it's definitely not as cheery or clean as the 80s and the 90s doesn't come close. There's something that just scream toughness or you gotta be on your wits with those 70s films.
Ransom: fairly dull and predictable thriller w/Sean Connery and Ian Mcshane. Both men did far better films in the 70s. This one is just there and has no intensity or interesting parts.
Hannah and Her Sisters: There's something about this Woody Allen film that I rewatch every few years. I'm glad that they didn't give the Michael Caine character to Woody Allen. Caine nails his part and so does Allen. Wiest seems to have found a niche in that time period of playing a neurotic.
#368 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 162 weeks ago
Oh man, you guys gotta watch Thunderbolt and Lightfoot. It works as both a heist film, buddy picture, mentor/student picture as well as a look at small town Americana during the early 70s. Oh wait there's also an age/culture clash between the WWII greatest generation vs flower power generation.
Watched Havana w/Redford and Olin. Watchable and decent but nothing more. I'd like to give it a higher recommendation since it's well made and Redford is fabulous in it . But I can't since the Olin character Roberta doesn't seem like she's in love with Jack (redford's character) as much as he is with her. And that's a big deal since it's a central part of the story. This is sort of a variation on the old Casablanca movie. I have to admit I enjoyed the scenes with Redford and Alan Arkin (who's basically playing the Louis character here).
#369 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 162 weeks ago
Following Lofton's review here, I finally checked out Cop Land. What a film. Great cast. Patrick is excellent as one of the corruptish cops. I can't stand Michael Rappaport and even he is great here. I almost wish Stallone took more chances (guess he sort of did those comedies he did in the late 80s-90s) and did stuff like this. I'm almost tempted to go rewatch Assasins.
Kill Me Again: the first of John Dahl's Neo Noirs of the 90s. And this one is the weakest but it's still pretty good. Set in the Southwest. I think one of the weakness is that Joanne Whalley (Val Kilmer's wife at the time) isn't very good. I think she's ok. But someone else would have played the femme fatale role better (side note: Fiorentino killed that role in The Last Seduction and won an Oscar). Still it's fun watching Val as the schmuck lawyer who gets sucked in and Michael Madsen as the menacing dude.
Scorpio 70s conspiracy thriller starring Burt Lancaster and Paul Schofield. This one is sort of a guilty pleasure I watch. The plot is solid, not great. The part about the CIA agents being replaced by machines (the Cold War warriors getting pushed out to pasture) was accurate. Side note: There is one scene that is set at an 70s old school Safeway. I used to live near one of those, so whenever I watch this I get a nice flashback down memory lane.
Hard Boiled: the last of Chow Yun Fat and John Woo HK collaboration. Honestly, I think this one is overrated. The story is sort of absurd and really just a set up for the gonzo action sequences. And it does deliver on that aspect. You want bullets, corpses, gun play? This one has a ton of it. I think it runs too long too. But it probably does have the best soundtrack of the Woo/Fat films.
I may follow Lofton's suggestion and watch some Clint film, maybe a western like Joe Kidd, High Plains Drifter, The Beguiled or Coogan's BLuff.
#370 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 163 weeks ago
The culture wars just keep getting worse. This "Don't Say Gay" thing is bat shit crazy. How can there be two sides to this? Why would anyone want their 4-7 year old child being forced to learn about transgender, non-binary, and sex?
This is beyond fucked up. You know what 4-7 year old kids should be focused on? Recess, napping, learning really basic stuff (like art, addition), watching Sesame Street/Dora, playing at recess, making new friends. In short to enjoy the "innocence of childhood" before reality kicks in. They have TONS of time to learn about sex, transgender that other stuff. Which person realistically thought that 4-7 year old kids should be focusing on those issues is beyond me.
Oh, on that incident where the 3 kids were accused of sexual harrasement, where the hell was the teacher or the admin (guidance councelors etc) on this? They could have easily defused this and maybe made it go away by just explaining that the kids didn't know or maybe were a little insensitive. Seriously, what the hell do they pay these people at these schools to do?
Common sense is dead in this country. Someone told me this weeks ago, and I sort of refused to believe this. I lean left but some of this stuff is really indefensible at this point.
