The B Action Movie Thread - Page 1635

 

I'm sold based on what I bolded. I mean, what a phrase I never thought I'd see.

 

Alright, so I have calmed down from last night. I'm still not happy this whole situation even had to happen but what Milkyway speculated might very well be true, I have so little faith in the major studios in Hollywood; at least it did get changed, though.

 

In more news that'll make people happy, April 13 is going to be an AMAZING day. Besides that being when Lockout comes out, that's when The Raid: Redemption gets its widest release. I know this as the official site has up which cities are getting the movie and on which dates. Of course it's not going to be in South Florida the weekend I'll be down there so I have to wait until 4/13 like most everyone else, but just knowing I'll be able to see it on the big screen... bulge in my pants! It just sucks that people like Rene have to make a big roadtrip to try and see it when my drive will be less than an hour long.

 

I imagine I can't be the only person around here who is thinking of trying to see those two movies back to back.

Didn't really have a problem with Reynolds. Guess my biggest gripe with GREEN LANTERN was that I hate when a film's main villain is just some entity. Tough to get real riled up over needing to defeat a dark cloud with an evil face.

Yeah, The Green Lantern was probably the worst movie I saw last year. Barely kept my attention. The only good thing was Sarsgaard.

 

Watching The Crew right now. I remember the trailer when it came out back in 2000 and it looked funny, but I never got around to seeing it until now. Yeah, I'm enjoying it. Burt Reynolds working in a Burger King and breaks the fingers of the kid supervisor before he's thrown out. He threatens a girl with a bat, and gets knocked on the head with a cane by an old man who then says "WE LIKE JELLO!"

 

Plus Jennifer Tilly is in the movie, and she makes everything all the more great.

THE CREW was Reynolds first big thing after his BOOGIE comeback. Never seen it. It's got Dreyfuss too, right?

the villain in Green Lantern is a bunch of long turds attached to a face.

 

Martin Campbell is such a weird director.

I also saw CASA DE MI PADRE. I thought it worked as a super-dramatic telenovela and a weird comedy for the most part.

 

And I'm not 100% sure, but I think they used actual squibs in this film. Strange to see that in a movie these days. Modern Hollywood bullet hits are supposed to look really digital and crappy!

She sure wasn't Lively, thats for sure.

 

The Trailer for the STARSHIP TROOPERS: INVASION CGI Film.

 

 

 

Dreyfuss, Dan Hedaya, and Seymour Cassel. It's a harmless movie. Not a bad afternoon film.

Not to mention Carrie Anne Moss as well.

Whatever happened to her? she was in The Matrix films and Memento, and then poof! She disappeared.

She was a woman of a certain age.

It wasn't long before she was stuck playing moms.

She was in Suspect Zero with Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley. Damn fine movie, imo.

I don't know how many fans of Run Ronnie Run there are here, but I watched it again the other night. Here's a clip featuring thread legend R. Lee Ermey:

 

Rene (Mr.Eko), Moss was...CARRIEd onto NBC during the final season of...Chuck!

Last time I saw Moss was opposite Sam Jackson in UNTHINKABLE, which of course also co-starred all around swell guy Brandon Routh!

Ah. Nice to know she's still getting work.

 

Started watching the Pilot to Game Of Thrones. Not very entertained so far. I can only assume it gets better judging by what I've read.

Fuck Michael Bay.

 

Guess what Platimum Dunes is planning to do with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot?

keep up with it Rene.  its quite dramatic.

 

its not as fantasy based as one might lead you to think though...my understanding is that future books really ramped up the sworcery, magic, fantasy shit.

felix, It is not a...Big Deal!  I don't care if the Turtles are...Gasp...Aliens, as they do...Fight Aliens.  Krang is an...Alien Warlord!  There are other...EEEEEEEvil Aliens in the series.  I think it is a bigger deal on...Why April O'Neil is a...Teen in the new TMNT Cartoon on Nicktoons.  Apparently there are some in Nicktoon management that felt...Uncomfortable with an...Adult, hanging out with Teenagers, she barely knows.  Priceless...That Is!  Still with a...New TMNT Film and Series, all I can say is...COWABUNGA!  TURTLE POWER!

Don't listen to Rene. I only told him about the movie, not that it was good.

"The Walking Dead" finally lived up to its potential tonite.

 

CREEPSHOW is on Retro, gonna watch that next.

 

Geek Out Q of the Day: Here's a Q for you Action fans, favorite Stephen King adaptation? I know Rene will say MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE lol

Actually I would say The Shining. Favorite King adaptation. Just below it is The Mist, Christine, The Dark Half, or...Maximum Overdrive. Heh. I've also got a fondness for Graveyard Shift.

I'm not a huge King fan, but I like The Shining and The Dead Zone the mostest. Oh, and The Running Man! (I know that pisses King fans off)

 

So yeah, Bad Lieutenant 2 was pretty good. We don't get to see TRULY INSANE Nic until the scene in Xhibit's (real name: Alvin. Ha!) house: "Shoot him again!" "What the fuck for? He's dead." "His soul is still dancing!" And the stuff with the lizards was funny. But it sure didn't end like I thought it was gonna.

 

I'm going to be in the Austin area the weekend of 4/13. I don't know if I'll get to see either The Raid or Lockout that weekend. I'm still waiting for The Alamo Drafthouse to put up their April calendar; hopefully there will be an event or showing that I just can't turn down.

Damn, I forgot about The Running Man. I'd put that just behind The Mist then.

Another good one for her is Snow Cake.  Completely dramatic, though.  It stars Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver (Galaxy Quest Reunion!!).  I really like it, but it is an acquired taste.

I've been a lot more forgiving of Walking Dead then others around here.  I've actually rolled with wherever they've gone and enjoyed it.  I look forward to viewing this season's finale.

 

There are so many great Stephen King adaptations, more then people realise.  I love Carrie, Misery, Stand By Me, Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Shining, The Dead Zone and The Mist.  Christine isn't a masterpiece, but it is possibly the best film that could be made from the material.  Keith Gordon really did a great job.  I really hope The Dark Tower series if it ever happens live up to the vision of the books.  As Frank Darabont has shown a couple of times, it is possible to improve on King's endings.  The big red light is the Howard/Goldsman team working on adapting it. Bardem is a great actor, but is wrong for the lead role.  I'd take Jackman or Olyphant (Justified makes it unlikely).

 

Less successful are the TV mini-series adaptations.  I haven't seen many but I saw the recent Bag of Bones with Pierce Brosnan.  What a load of crap.  If any of King's books needed the mature approach of HBO, it was that one.  Instead, we got a heavily abridged story with far less impact.  Does anyone have any love for King's TV adaptations?  I'd be keen to watch any that work.

 

It is probably the one really solid tv miniseries of King's work, and even that one was condensed and of course reworked for network tv. Still, it's frightening. I remember seeing it back when it first came out and it scared me silly.

The only miniseries I outright despise is Rose Red. That one was BORING.

 

I agree with Fazer, stick with it Rene! It gets much much better, and I haven't read the books (thank god), but I can't wait for season 2.

 

And Rene, Graveyard Shift?! Come on man! jk, still love ya buddy.
 

 

YES!

 

Apparently they'll be a re-print of the Aliens Colonial Marines Technical Manual. I've been looking for this Tie-in book since forever.

 

I still prefer the Old Cover though. New Release Date - May 29th 2012

 

Edited by felix - 3/19/12 at 4:39am

I don't want to play conspiracy theory with the Expendables 2 rating thing.  I just want the movie to be great.  This at least makes me feel better about seeing it.

 

Looks cheap, but I am liking all the damage being done.

I liked The Stand, but it can hardly compare to the scope of the book. 

Fat Elvis, Schwarzenegger's Classic...The Running Man...Runs Roughshod, over all other...KINGly Adaptions!  The Shining is the other King Adaption I enjoy!

Did anybody like Dreamcatcher? Because that was one weird book/movie.

It's worth it for Morgan Freeman's eyebrows alone.

Supposed to shoot in June. Either it better be a really good surprise or I'd rather another project DL had been offered called BAD AXE, kind of an original slasher meets David Lynch meets comic book anime (some sequences) with a $15 million budget...

Trish Stratus' (WWE) BOUNTY HUNTERS? Yay or nay?

 

 

I used to spank my shit to Stratus back in the early aughts, brah. Shit I used to whip it out to the Smackdown (original playstation) loading screens that featured her. UNNFFF.

 

Gonna get the Aliens Bluray today. Never seen the film before...

WOW...never seen ALIENS...you are in for a treat.

The blu-ray transfer for all of the flicks is top notch...granted the last two films in the "quadrology" are shit.

Celebrate one of our favorite Action Hero's birthday with these Bruce Willis Russian bank ads!

 

http://badassdigest.com/2012/03/19/die-hard-in-a-bank-commercial/

First review of Cung Le's DRAGON EYES is up.

http://www.blogomatic3000.com/2012/03/19/dvd-review-dragon-eyes/

 

It's good. And JC's son has a small role in it.

Yippie Kai Birthday Mother Fucker.



Yeah, yeah, Prometheus is all interesting and that, but they're reuniting Riggs and Murtaugh!

EDIT: Google Alerts;

Jason Statham dislikes Kim Kardashian.
Edited by dude hallenbeck - 3/19/12 at 4:43pm

That cover is doing Noomi Rapace no favors. She looks old in that picture.

 

On Trish Stratus, yeah. I would. Don't know about that movie though.

A reminder that I'll be returning to the Director's Club Podcast for a discussion on Kathryn Bigelow very soon. We're recording Wednesday, should be up shortly after. I just revisited Point Break last night. Still nothing short of great. Had a lot of fun with Patrick and Jim last time, can't wait to talk with them again.
 

Shawshank, obviously. It's my favorite movie of all time and was my gateway to him as a writer. The Shining, The Dead Zone, The Mist, Misery, and Stand by Me behind it.

 

Silver Bullet and Maximum Overdrive are my guilty pleasures.
 

I was just thinking about if they'd do a Lethal Weapon reunion and Prometheus looks fucking awesome. Life is good.

 

Daniel Craig dissed them too? That's awesome.

HOLY FUCK! How in the name of Gary Busey did I forget about Silver Bullet? Yet another to add to the list.

 

That sounds like a strange combo... but also interesting.

 

I don't remember where but somewhere recently I came across a review which slammed the movie pretty hard, so maybe expectations shouldn't be too high for it.

 

Wow... to both statements, actually. Although I do agree that at least back then (not so much so now), she was a hot wrestling personality. And hopefully you enjoy that movie as much as I do.

 

Here's some comedy I know everyone will enjoy. Just days ago I referenced having seen a movie as a kid titled HAMBURGER: THE MOTION PICTURE. Believe it or not I was able to track down a copy and for the first time in many years I watched it, as I imagine it would lead to some comedy (as in laughing at it) and boy was I not proven wrong.

 

First off, the movie has a title song about hamburger joints. It's every bit as glorious as you'd imagine. It's a typical cheesy (no pun intended) 80's song-complete with guitar solo-that's about hamburgers. Really, the musical score is one of the best parts of the movie, because it's exactly what you'd expect from a 1986 film.

 

At least the movie doesn't take long to show you some bare titties; I was fine with that!

 

The plot of the movie is that some rich douchebag kid (who looks to be about 30) keeps getting kicked out of colleges because he would rather goof around and bang chicks than attend classes. His parents (Not Charles Grodin and Not Lynda Carter) get pissed so they send him to Busterburger University to get a degree. That's about it in terms of the plot!

 

Really, the big problem is that no one is likeable at all, especially the asshole protagonist. To give an example, early on an old lady tries to order something from a Busterburger Drive Thru, she gets into an argument with a guy on the other end who talkes like Snagglepuss, and out of nowhere, she has a heart attack and dies; yes, that was the punchline! I was more horrified than anything else.

 

By the way, Busterburger U has its own theme song, and thankfully it's on YouTube, as it's the typical goofy jingle.

 

 

Dick Butkus trains everyone and he acts like a drill sergeant, because hey, why not? Strangely enough, in his universe, his real name would be considered normal. To tell you what sort of movie this is, characters have such names as Dr. Mole, NACIO HERB ZIPSER (he plays a nerd character, believe it or not), Lyman Vunk, Fred Domino, Prestopopnick, and MAGNETO JONES. I swear to Christ this is all true.

 

Magneto Jones is the guy who is the Rick James ripoff and he gets sent to Busterburger U after he gets arrested, as a form of punishment... and also because of affirmitive action! He's also part Prince so of course he gets called a faggot almost right away; sigh...

 

I will say that thread legend Randi Brooks does show off her boobies in low-cut outfits on a constant basis. That's a positive. Later on you see her topless; I know, a major shocker there. Also shocking is that her chest does look great. The horrid acting you get from most of the people in this motion picture... not so much. The movie is also one of the least subtle flicks I've ever seen, no exaggeration.

 

Dick Butkus calls someone “ketchup crotch” and “pickle prick”, because why not?

 

The protagonist and his pal sneak out of the campus and they meet up with Randi Brooks and her cute stepdaughter. The two guys enjoy this. Oh, and for some reason Randi speaks just like Madeline Kahn from Blazing Saddles! Anyhow, that's when the one scene I remembered happened and the pal performs cunnilingus on Randi; she gets all hot and sweaty and her nipples do get hard, so there's that.

 

A few times during this movie, things get REALLY weird. I mean, I have no explanation for it except the phrase “mountains of cocaine”, which I imagine were on the set. I mean, how else can I possibly explain the weird scientist Dr. Mole turning Nacio into someone who has the brain of a chicken but still talks?! Mountains of cocaine! I don't think this is a parody but sometimes it acts like one. And there's no real reason for that to happen, either. Or how the place has its own church and there's some obvious (but also slightly blasphemous) humor regarding that...

 

Things happen, romances take place, fat people jokes happen (including them eating a lot of food and farting; see what I mean about this being God-awful?), and a biker gang and a swarm of police somehow get invovled, and it's just so insulting and stupid, I can't lie and I'll admit I fast-forwarded or just did not pay attention to it. I mean, after all, the ending of the movie is just insulting to a 4 year old and there's a joke based on wordplay and The Flying Nun that doesn't even need to be said. Some other stuff happens and man does this take a nosedive in the final act.

 

Overall, while the movie did have some things I laughed at, it was just way too stupid and ridiculous to me, due to how absurd it was. Maybe others would think differently, but I am happy in having watched that movie only twice, and no more than that. Not even the strange shit makes it worth watching, and you can watch just about any other Randi Brooks movie to see her topless.

 

Although, now I think that if I could go back in time, my forum name would be Nacio Herb Zipser due to sheer ridiculousness.

Perhaps I should double feature this with Hot Dog... The Movie.

HunterTarantino, If you watch that...Double Feature, don't forget to wash them down with a refreshing glass of Roy Scheider's...The 7 Ups!

@ The Perfect Weapon and HunterTarantino:

 

Yes!  Bask in the bizarre wonder of HAMBURGER: THE MOTION PICTURE!  And by all means follow it up with HOT DOG: THE MOVIE, which is actually the far better of the two.  HOT DOG has the edge thanks to it's fun skiing sequences, more relatable characters, stronger filmmaking in a more interesting locale, David Naughton-ness and the beautiful moment when Shannon Tweed seductively commands of the good-guy male lead, "Let's take off our clothes... and fuck our brains out."  HOT DOG does not have the insane perfection of a Randi Brooks in it, but it comes very close with it's 1984 vintage Shannon Tweed, screwing the hero in a secluded mountain resort all Playboy Channel style.  Which works. Pity HAMBURGER isn't available properly on widescreen DVD or blu.  Sure, few would buy something like that.  But I'd happily donate to a Kickstarter that could make that happen.  As long as the DVD would have a commentary track by and new interviews with the director Mike Marvin (also directed The Wraith and co-produced Hot Dog: The Movie), Randi Brooks, Dick Butkus, Chuck McCann and  Chip McCallister (Magneto Jones).  You hear me, Lionsgate?  You put out a special edition for The Wraith.  Let's make Hamburger: The DVD happen, too!  :)

 

Also: Watched James Bridges' seminal 80's films PERFECT (John Travolta, Jamie Lee Curtis) and BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY (Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland) yesterday for the first time since they were released.  Funny double feature.  BRIGHT, based on the Jay McInerney novel, hates the New York 80's with its cocaine lifestyles and flash over substance, where PERFECT embraces the California - of only three years before - in fitness clubs, hot bodies, Jermaine Jackson tunes and its own decadence (Boy George fans taking over a hotel, Jann Wenner and Lauren Hutton making ice-cream with liquid nitrogen - though that scene takes place in NY, come to think of it).  BRIGHT is the better film, if only for being about something more intense (drug addiction, facing up to yourself) and building a real-feeling atmosphere of excess and personal dread.  But PERFECT is by far the more fun.  Here you get Travolta as a Rolling Stone reporter back from when Rolling Stone and magazines still mattered, Lorraine Newman (from SNL), Marilu Henner (Taxi), Kenneth Welsh (Windham Earle from Twin Peaks) and the burning sex firestorm that is Jamie Lee Curtis.  I mean, she is heat incarnate in this movie, she trained for months and ate only one meal a day during filming... and gives a solid performance.  Why is the movie more fun?  Mostly because of her flirting gym and workout scenes with Travolta.  If you hated the rave scene in The Matrix: Reloaded maybe you'll not be impressed with this nearly five-soild-minute detour into crotch thrustin' silliness.  But these aerobic montage seductions are preposterous, hysterical, sexy and one way or another truly unforgettable.  The way an 80's flick should be.  

 

(Warning: Clip Not Safe For Work, Probably.)

 

 

And on a side-note, I watched PERFECT while working out on the cardio machine and nearly doubled my routine without even realizing it.  That's a pretty good thing, too. 

Wow, Eko with STAYING ALIVE last week, and now Engineer with PERFECT. We in this thread love the good, bad, & the ugly of John Travolta. He truly is a thread sensation! Well I'm watching BLOW OUT tonite just to keep up with you guys (and balance out the crap).

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And here it is.  So wrong in all the right ways...  "Hamburgers! Born In America!"

 

 

But it's nothing compared to the nutty opening theme and sequence to...  JOYSTICKS!  ("Totally Awesome Video Gaaaaaames!")  I think it might even be the same singer.  Must investigate.

 

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I have been wanting to watch FACE/OFF or SWORDFISH again for a while now.  And PULP FICTION is a favorite of course.  In fact, near me is a new eatery called "Tasty Burger," named after the Samuel L. Jackson line ("That is one tasty burger!") in that film.  And when you walk into the place, you see this on the wall...   :)

 

Edited by Engineer - 3/19/12 at 9:04pm

I've been wanting to revisit Blow Out as well. Maybe soon.

 

 

I've seen Hot Dog: The Movie and I can vouch for it being a decent sex comedy. Although I love Meatballs III. That one is hilarious. Used to see it whenever they aired it on USA Up! All Night and it is sorely lacking a dvd.