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Those are some really, REALLY, odd people.

I will never achive a "Kill Screen" on Donkey Kong

Thanks for the advice. didn't get any of them in the end - ended up seeing Once (the Irish one), and totally fell in love with it. Such an incredible carefree spirit about it; why it's not nominated for Foreign Movie is beyond me.

I think I'm going to pick up Garcia later today and then Once Upon a Time in the West next week some time. Really looking forward to both of them.

Oh shit, I was complimenting your avatar. Sorry for the confusion.

Not to derail, but how do they ruin the ending? Surely they don´t mess up the perfect final shot, do they?

Tommy will be playing tonight at a local theater. I've only seen parts of it and what I've seen was awesomely weird, like The Acid Queen sequence. But I've got a ton of work to do it and I could always get it on DVD. Is it worth going or not?

FURNACE arrived yesterday. Shall I spend the evening with Tom Sizemore and Danny Trejo or my wife?

Sizemore/Trejo comes but once in a lifetime.

That's because people usually kill themselves right after.

Don't do it, Past BobClark... Future BobClark says it's terrible!

Sorry to derail:

Has Tom Sizemore and Michael Madsen ever been in a movie together?

The print was gorgeous. Not pristine but damn close. Nowhere near the faded-scratched look I expect from a typical archival presentation. It was better than black-and-white; it was ink-and-silver. Not to mention, there's something cool about seeing great old noir the way it was intended, projected in a cinema space; as my moviegoing companion said, you've got this shimmering jewel of nastiness surrounded by pitch black. Makes for a very different experience, compared to home video on TV.

Also, I read your link, and I agree, that fight sequence was just great. The old Greek wrestler is just a towering man-god of pure masculinity. He's like Lawrence Tierney with all the pussy removed.

And speaking of Tierney, Gene is simply sex on legs. Rowr.


P.S. Don't want to continue the hijack, so back in the spirit of the thread: Tomorrow night, I'm finally going to see Idiocracy for the first time. Don't know what's taken so long, but it's on the docket.

The great thing about Night and the City is that (according to Wikipedia anyway) is that Dassin basically knew when he was making it that he was about to be blacklisted, and I think it was his last film made within the US studio system. Selznick basically told him it was going to be his last picture, and it was also Selznick who made Dassin cast Tierney so she wouldn't kill herself. (She was a pretty fucked up broad with a sad life. Also, JFK nailed her.) I'm having a Dassin double feature this weekend with Thieves' Highway and Rififi, neither of which I've seen yet, myself.

Anyway, not to continue the derail, but you should definitely check out the Naked City if you haven't. It's like Night and the City, but a little lighter and it's just as great. I sort of wrote about it here.

Anyway, I am considering renting Shoah from Netflix. All nine hours of it. Will I hate myself afterwards?

You know that "perfect final shot"?

They add like three more minutes of movie after it.

I think tonight I might finally be watching Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, so I'm excited about that.

Other potential films on the docket for the evening: Children of Men, Lady Vengeance, The Fountain, Mousehunt, and Singin' in the Rain. I've seen all these, but some of the others that I'll be hanging out with haven't, so it all depends on what the group finally decides on.

They both appeared in Pauly Shore Is Dead playing themselves.

Im about to see The Company of Wolves. Never seen it before and have only read the Netflix synopsis.

You haven't even seen the poster art? Man, I envy you the surprises you have ahead.

Film's something or a personal favourite. Beautiful to look at, and it expands nicely on what was fairly thin source material.

King of Kong and Why Did I Get Married (my wife's choice)

There is an upcoming screening of Hondo, in 3D, one of John Wayne's numerous westerns filmed around my town. Ron Shelton, Mick Garris, Walter Hill, John Landis, and Gretchen Wayne will be there for a Q&A.
Here's the thing: tickets are $55. And I have a couple exams I need to study for around that time.
I've heard very little about the film but it sounds great, especially with the directors showing up. Should I go?

Fuck yes. You may never get another chance-- the Wayne estate never lets the 3D version out. Where's it playing?

Edited to add-- Well maybe not never. According to this they ran a digital-projection version in LA last November. I'm guessing your presentation will be digital too? Still, nothing beats watching a 3D film in a theatre.

It was quite a surprise. All I really knew about it was it was a werewolf film. Had no idea Neil Jordan directed it.

I liked it a lot.

It's playing at the Fox Theater in Tucson. It's a nice place that was recently re-opened after an extensive renovation. I haven't seen any reference to digital projection but I wouldn't be surprised if it was. What sucks is that at the LA screening tickets were $5. Here, it's 11 times that.
But, yeah, I think I'll try to make it.

Edited to add that I just found out that no one wants to see this with me for that price. Guess I'll miss it. Fuck.

I forgot to chime in before I watched Gone Baby Gone.

Wow. This movie really hit home for me. I have known so many Helene McCready's in my life.

I'm about to watch There Will Be Blood.

I've been meaning to for a while now... I wanna see Daniel Day-Lewis in his award winning role.

Oh god ohshit no why didn't anyone stop me why?
Where were you, Moltisanti? WHERE WERE YOOOOU?!

Ahem, check out post #58.

Anyway, watching SWEENEY TODD later. It's been a while since I've seen a Tim Burton movie that's actually Tim Burton-y.

You just blew my mind, man.

Oh blessed Chudracle, should I see The Brave One tonight?

Only if you are without alternatives. And yes, sundawn counts as one.

As the resident "cranky movie guy" at work, everyone is telling me that I should watch "Across the Universe", just so they can "hear what you think of it." I kind of know that I am going to hate it, although I really enjoyed Frida and Taymor's The Lion King on Broadway. And I do like crazy musicals like Streets of Fire and Moulin Rouge and All That Jazz. Is it really worth my two hours, or is this a "having the discussion" movie only?

P.S. I still want a ruling on whether I should subject myself to Shoah, too.

Watch Romance & Cigarettes instead. That way you can keep your indie cred at work and personally enjoy a better movie at the same time.

I've been meaning to see that one for a while, plus, I generally trust the BobClark seal of approval. Thanks.

Don't take this the wrong way, but I know recently we were talking (maybe in chat) about how lately, circumstances necessitate you watching movies in multiple sittings. That being the case, wouldn't it would take you months to get through Shoah?

If I watched it, I would watch it straight through. I would make the time for that.

About to watch The Long Kiss Goodnight. Well not really about to watch, but viewing it tomorrow evening. It's been a rough week so far and I'm in the mood for SLJ and Gina Davis spitting some Shane Black to Renny Harlin.

I hope it's everything I expect it to be.

I haven't seen it, but a hardcore filmgeeky friend of mine, whose opinion I trust, says: "It's probably not the worst movie ever made, but while you're watching it, it's hard to imagine anything being more terrible."

Awesome.

Movies I've got, that I've never seen and should probably get on instead of watching Masters of the Universe for the 300th time (but damn I love that movie):

Miller's Crossing, Butch Cassady and the Sundance Kid, Volver, Waking Life, the Bridge..

also, Punch-drunk Love showed up in the mail yesterday, Kaidan and Attack the Gas Station (have a vcd of it but the quality is less than ideal) should be here by the weekend.. where am I going to find the time between all this and the 20 discs worth of MMA I still need to burn through?

I guess I better stop wasting time with that sleep nonsense.

I'm about to pop in the new Justice League dvd...anyone see this yet? it's either that or i put in titanic...yes, i own that movie..and i do enjoy it

Across the Universe has it's moments but it is pretty terrible. It's a decent collection of music videos edited together though...

You are in for some treats good sir.

I'm waiting to get it myself but I've heard nothing but good to amazing things.

I started (perhaps inappropriately) a Post-Release discussion thread for New Frontier after catching it at WonderCon. It's good but not great-- the running time is just too damn short for the story to develop organically. If you've read the graphic novel, though, you'll find many of the best scenes translated extremely well.

Not watching FURNACE, I'll tell ya that.

Orgazmo, thanks to Netflix's WATCH IT NOW feature. Rawk.

Man, this movie sucks.

Stick with it.

This is in my CHUD DVD review queue. It sounds like it's going to be another in a long line of thrashings.

Why should I have stuck with "Orgazmo"? It was terrible, all the way to the end. Kinda makes me want to second guess my love for "Cannibal The Musical!", which I have always dreaded doing.

Anyway, washing it down now with my very first viewing of "Escape From New York". What the fuck have I been doing with my life that I considered myself a Carpenter fan without ever seeing this? I'm halfway through it, and it's predictably awesome, exactly the type of movie I've always wanted to make myself.

I remember seeing the banner ad for FURNACE on this site a couple weeks back and I thought of starting a thread to see if any of the horror freaks around here had given it a shot. Seeing Sizemore and Trejo together gave me HEAT-flashes but Ja Rule's mug was enough to keep me away.

I wanna support the comeback of Sizemore as much as I can, I guess just not as much as BobClark.

I think it's worth it for the Hamster Style sequence, and "I am Sancho."

Congrats on getting Carpentered, anyway.

It's short. Pretty silly as far as plot goes, but it's a scathing look at anti-intellectualism and consumerism. With sight gags!