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Re: A New Movie Rating System
« Reply #30 on: June 05, 2006, 05:34:52 pm »
I was 3 when Princess Bride came out, but I love it to pieces. Generations can be misleading.
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Re: A New Movie Rating System
« Reply #31 on: June 05, 2006, 11:11:43 pm »
Quote from: jough on June 05, 2006, 03:23:18 am
I wasn't really "sold" on Hobot completely until I learned that she was a Star Wars fan.  I mean, the whole "I dig both ladies and fellows" sucked me in, of course, but the Star Wars clinched it.

Also my love of Stanley Kubrick, as I recall.
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Re: A New Movie Rating System
« Reply #32 on: June 06, 2006, 03:02:10 am »
Oh! Oh!  Stanley Kubric.  I was recently very sad because I was thinking about Stanley Kubric and how movies like his wouldn't get made in today's market - too much of a risk for a big studio, too expensive for a small studio.  A Clockwork Orange is the movie for me.  It is the movie.   

(Also, as a side note, my very first short-film screenplay, "The Restaurant for Lonely People" is currently in preproduction, and will be shooting on Father's day.  Characters include The Three Sisters of Infinite Sorrow, Snake Boy, The She-Hermit, Hansel and Gretel, and of course, The Waiter.  It is very low budget, but has a lot of potential.  All the actors are age 9 - 17 it was cast on Sunday.)
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Re: A New Movie Rating System
« Reply #33 on: June 06, 2006, 03:39:51 am »
Quote from: Hobot on June 05, 2006, 11:11:43 pm
Also my love of Stanley Kubrick, as I recall.

And you love Radiohead as I recall.

A Clockwork Orange sits in my DVD player even now.  Awaiting.  Saw Full Metal Jacket over the weekend.  Would have rented 2001 had Blockbuster had it in stock.  I'm binging on Kubrick right now.  I just watched the Shining about 6 months ago, should I see it again?  Yeah, I think so...

Kubrick is the Man.

Hobot, have you seen his early films?  I highly recommend the Killing.

Oddly enough I've never seen Barry Lyndon.  It's in my Netflix queue, I think i'll bump it to the top.

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Re: A New Movie Rating System
« Reply #34 on: June 06, 2006, 04:03:20 am »
No love for Doctor Strangelove? Arguably the best cold-war-apocalypse-military-political comedy every produced?
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Re: A New Movie Rating System
« Reply #35 on: June 06, 2006, 04:18:36 am »
There is obviously much about Hobot for which to build a case.

I have much love for Dr. Strangelove.  I just watched "Fail Safe" for the first time over the weekend and was amused by the parallels.  Also, Fail Safe was hard-fuck*ng-core.  Good stuff. Like a serious version of Strangelove.  In fact, so much so that the author of the novel sued the dude who wrote the book on which Strangelove was based.

Columbia Pictures, who owned the options to both films (and put them both out in 1964) was the only real winner there (well, other than us, who get to see both great films).
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Re: A New Movie Rating System
« Reply #36 on: June 06, 2006, 04:40:16 am »
Quote from: Doc on June 06, 2006, 04:03:20 am
No love for Doctor Strangelove? Arguably the best cold-war-apocalypse-military-political comedy every produced?

Yes of course.  I saw that last year as well.  I'll bump it up in the queue as well if it makes you happy Doc.

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Re: A New Movie Rating System
« Reply #37 on: June 06, 2006, 07:32:44 pm »
Quote from: jough on June 06, 2006, 04:18:36 am
There is obviously much about Hobot for which to build a case.


I find if you cut them into small enough pieces, you don't need a case - a sturdy bag will do the trick.
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Re: A New Movie Rating System
« Reply #38 on: June 06, 2006, 08:01:41 pm »
Quote from: AlohaDawg on June 06, 2006, 07:32:44 pm
I find if you cut them into small enough pieces, you don't need a case - a sturdy bag will do the trick.

*fingers my jaw stabbing knife briefly*

But for the record you wouldn't even need to go that far, for Mme is very wee.   Not that I've... researched... or anyth- I SHOULD GO! *runs out of room*
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Re: A New Movie Rating System
« Reply #39 on: June 06, 2006, 08:47:49 pm »
Quote from: Doc on June 05, 2006, 05:41:08 am
Princess Bride on the other hand is goddamn awesome; it is the perfect perfect fairy tale that neither talks down to it's audience or needs to make fun of itself to be enjoyable

I agree and also apply this (perhaps in a different angle) to The Neverending Story, although I understand that not everybody feels the same way.
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Re: A New Movie Rating System
« Reply #40 on: June 06, 2006, 10:51:18 pm »
Quote from: misterqueue on June 06, 2006, 08:01:41 pm
*fingers my jaw stabbing knife briefly*

But for the record you wouldn't even need to go that far, for Mme is very wee.   Not that I've... researched... or anyth- I SHOULD GO! *runs out of room*

Damn, I miss all the fun now that I've started my internship.  Jough is generous with his compliments, AD thinks about killing and bagging me (NOTE: I prefer being wrapped in a fine oriental rug), and Q is, well... some things never change.
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Re: A New Movie Rating System
« Reply #41 on: June 06, 2006, 11:59:34 pm »
Quote from: Hobot on June 06, 2006, 10:51:18 pm
(NOTE: I prefer being wrapped in a fine oriental rug)

A tasteful choice, and good for concealing those pesky bloodstains.
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Re: A New Movie Rating System
« Reply #42 on: June 07, 2006, 12:17:08 am »
Rug schmug.  Industrial Barrels of Lye leave no evidence!  Or beetles and a compost pile; takes longer but is less conspicuous. 


Er.. I'm just saying. 
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Re: A New Movie Rating System
« Reply #43 on: June 07, 2006, 12:59:47 am »
My reference movie is The Big Lebowski.  A good to great film will score a -174.1 at best.
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Re: A New Movie Rating System
« Reply #44 on: June 07, 2006, 01:11:37 am »
Quote from: Hobot on June 06, 2006, 10:51:18 pm
Damn, I miss all the fun now that I've started my internship.  Jough is generous with his compliments, AD thinks about killing and bagging me (NOTE: I prefer being wrapped in a fine oriental rug), and Q is, well... some things never change.

I'm not wrecking a fine oriental rug for that purpose. You get a K-mart area rug. The real low pile, itchy kind in pastel pink.
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