Kindergarten Cop was also filmed in Astoria, Oregon btw.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Friday, 23 September 2011 02:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
my dad used to live in Astoria, I bought a necklace there
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 23 September 2011 03:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
I've also never seen the Goonies and am deeply fucking suspicious of the assertion that not having seen it is any kind of blot on any cinemaphile's rep
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 23 September 2011 03:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
Thinking that Starman is John Carpenter's best film is.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Friday, 23 September 2011 03:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
One point awarded to Alex in SF. Total likely to inflate greatly if Spielberg whiffs it twice in two weeks this December. Which he will.
― michael assbender (Eric H.), Friday, 23 September 2011 03:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
henceforth it should be a requirement that anyone who wishes to post on a film thread must do the truffle shuffle
― hipster axes of evil (latebloomer), Friday, 23 September 2011 03:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
if Spielberg whiffs it twice in two weeks this December. Which he will.
Eric, The Real Morbs
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Friday, 23 September 2011 11:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
also, Kurt Russell's best film is The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Friday, 23 September 2011 12:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
Damn my flat stomach!
― michael assbender (Eric H.), Friday, 23 September 2011 12:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
I really wanted this to be better than it actually was. Cool soundtrack though.
― Number None, Saturday, 24 September 2011 02:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
I enjoyed this.
― Blind Diode Jefferson (kingfish), Saturday, 24 September 2011 02:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
I feel bad for that dog
― straight fire beautiful cake (admrl), Saturday, 24 September 2011 06:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
i saw this on the plane over and fucking loved it
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 15:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
i love the way it slips actual serious points into the dialogue in a completely casual, natural way. (and also fixes little things that have always bugged me about action films - like the scene when the girls kill the monster instead of being rescued by one of the boys - it's weird, when you see a scene like that you kind of realise how rare it is)
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 15:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah I saw this the other day and really liked it.
― dog latin, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 16:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
This was great
― da croupier, Saturday, 24 March 2012 03:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
otm
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Saturday, 24 March 2012 06:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, really good fun all the way through.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 24 March 2012 07:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol @ Starman talk on this thread - its a somewhat underrated item in the Carpenter filmog that for sure!
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 24 March 2012 09:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
just awesome
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Saturday, 24 March 2012 15:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
why wasnt this more of a commercial success
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Sunday, 25 March 2012 03:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
sorry for british
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 25 March 2012 03:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
domestically it did ok but doesnt seem to have done anything in the rest of eu, jp, aus etc
so idk how this works in industry terms even if 'ppl' rate it
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Sunday, 25 March 2012 03:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
imdb feebs have it at 6.8
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Sunday, 25 March 2012 03:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
lot of people on imdb angry abt the glorification of youthful thugs who would be better shot by george zimmerman, iirc
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Sunday, 25 March 2012 05:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
it really wasn't that good
― Number None, Sunday, 25 March 2012 05:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'd like to see you do better
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― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Sunday, 25 March 2012 05:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
I wanted it to be good
― Number None, Sunday, 25 March 2012 06:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
what were yr problems with it iyo
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 25 March 2012 06:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
tell them to my HAND
this was a great cool as hell little movie!!
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 25 March 2012 06:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Not funny enough
― Number None, Sunday, 25 March 2012 06:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
like gold is "not shiny enough"
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Sunday, 25 March 2012 06:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah. I have a feeling this probably worked better for mericans on some exoticism shit
― Number None, Sunday, 25 March 2012 06:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
thats prob true
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 25 March 2012 06:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
""south london"" = ""foreign projects"" etc
yee gods, it's a funny, exciting action flick about kids fighting monsters. location and culture are important to the film, therefore important to its appeal, i suppose, but that doesn't necessarily = "exoticism shit". it made more on its opening weekend in the UK than its entire US run.
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Sunday, 25 March 2012 06:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm glad it did well (Joe Cornish deserves it). I just didn't like it that much
― Number None, Sunday, 25 March 2012 06:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
It was excellent.
― polyphonic, Sunday, 25 March 2012 07:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
location and culture are important to the film, therefore important to its appeal, i suppose, but that doesn't necessarily = "exoticism shit". it made more on its opening weekend in the UK than its entire US run
i mean lets not play
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 25 March 2012 07:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
you see surely how sentence two belies sentence once
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 25 March 2012 07:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
*one
it did well, though not as well as it might've, largely because those to whom it effectively spoke were those who were prepared for a story for south london, that is to say, not vinton, iowa.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 25 March 2012 07:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, but that doesn't mean that those mericans who did dig it were "on some exoticism shit". i just dislike that phrasing, which seems terribly loaded and disdainful.
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Sunday, 25 March 2012 07:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's mildly surprising to me that this has an international audience at all, that kind of setting/humour doesn't usually travel well - can't think of any other instances
― lex pretend, Sunday, 25 March 2012 07:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
i mean i think the necessary converse (that it wasn't made for "vinton, iowa") means it was made for people prepared for a tale alien to their american experience (neither vinton, iowa nor ny, ny, so to speak), which this surely was in at least a couple of ways.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 25 March 2012 07:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
and let met clarify when i say "made for a people prepared for a tale alien to their experience" that i just mean that a non-british audience imo is p clearly included in its storytelling
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 25 March 2012 07:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, totally. might also appeal to americans with some familiarity with the world outside their front yard. i'd prefer to speak of the curious and/or open-minded than those "on some exoticism shit", which has p clear negative connotation.
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Sunday, 25 March 2012 07:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
I was kind of being a dick with that phrasing. I just wanted it to be better!
― Number None, Sunday, 25 March 2012 07:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
i was kind of defending your wanting-to-be-a-dick
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 25 March 2012 07:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't know, i do that a lot lately, idk