actually in all honesty maybe this is just a bigger ish in general: ddl is just inherently hilarious to me, by existing
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 19 December 2008 17:43 (fifteen years ago) link
i <3'd twbb btw
and robocop
and the pacino speech in ags
― Dr. Yakubius (and what), Friday, 19 December 2008 17:44 (fifteen years ago) link
schef I haven't seen the football movie but Screaming Al is spot-on funnyserious in Angels in America
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 19 December 2008 17:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Dr Morbius, aren't YOU supergay?
― the pinefox, Friday, 19 December 2008 17:44 (fifteen years ago) link
not to change the subject or anything but I would rep for batman 1966 over burton batschlang
that stuff is pure gold
― Edward III, Friday, 19 December 2008 17:45 (fifteen years ago) link
xp: except for the last 20 mins, which just stink― Dr Morbius, Friday, December 19, 2008 5:42 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Dr Morbius, Friday, December 19, 2008 5:42 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
this is obviously otm. there are loads of films that are ruined by their ending. but are there any where the ending saves a film that would otherwise be terrible?
― caek, Friday, 19 December 2008 17:46 (fifteen years ago) link
morbius you should probably not watch "the football movie" because it is the definition of a movie you'd hate.
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 19 December 2008 17:46 (fifteen years ago) link
also saying ddl is any more inadvertantly hilarious than al fucking pacino who in fact invented the game is kinda nuts
― Edward III, Friday, 19 December 2008 17:47 (fifteen years ago) link
"I wanna watch scarface but pacino seems to be overacting a little"
― Edward III, Friday, 19 December 2008 17:48 (fifteen years ago) link
i hated batman begins
man that's too bad, this is a tight movie. it's only half-heartedly a batman movie tho
― joule kilcher (goole), Friday, 19 December 2008 17:48 (fifteen years ago) link
LIFE...IS A GAMEOFINCHES. SO IS FOOTBALL. BECAUSE...INEITHERGAME...LIFE OR FOOTBALL...THE MARGIN OF ERROR IS SO! SMALL!
xpost i find ddl more inherently hilarious than al pacino because i have never seen anything in which ddl wasn't just a completely ludicrous presence to me whereas i have seen movies in which al pacino was not just like lol-worthy what is this
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 19 December 2008 17:49 (fifteen years ago) link
i mean i know pacino invented this game but i've never seen ddl not be playin it. plus he does it in this poncier fashion by dint of having a different face and voice than pacino.
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 19 December 2008 17:50 (fifteen years ago) link
THAT'S WHAT LIVIN IS...THE SIX INCHES IN FRONT OF YR FACE!
^^^ btw that's what she said, al pacino!
that was sneaky of him having a different face and voice than pacino
― Dr. Yakubius (and what), Friday, 19 December 2008 17:51 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't mind middling comic-book movies, but graphic-novel movies do make me long for Adam West.
I dunno schef, I dislike skateboarding and drag queens but liked Lords of Dogtown & Paris Is Burning.
DDL is funnier in interviews: "I researched oilmen from 100 years ago so I could do a John Huston impression for 3 hours"
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 19 December 2008 17:51 (fifteen years ago) link
why do you ppl never have 2-year threads about Chinatown?
― the pinefox, Friday, December 19, 2008 12:44 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
this is cracking me the fuck up right now
― Dr. Yakubius (and what), Friday, December 19, 2008 12:51 PM
i wish he wouldn't do that basically
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 19 December 2008 17:52 (fifteen years ago) link
morbz do u like north dallas 40? c'mon mac davis + football it's golden!
― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 19 December 2008 17:53 (fifteen years ago) link
um internet was not around in 1973 yo
― There was even a brief period when I preferred Sally Forth. (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 19 December 2008 17:54 (fifteen years ago) link
morbius i could go revive the chinatown thread and move our al pacino v ddl conversation over there if you like
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 19 December 2008 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/arpanet-5.jpgcheck it out dave, some asshole is saying he's glad LBJ died
― Dr. Yakubius (and what), Friday, 19 December 2008 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
what's wrong with YOU today Shakes? Chinatown is around now. New is the new boring.
I never saw North Dallas 40 OR Semi-Tough. Paper Lion, yes.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 19 December 2008 17:58 (fifteen years ago) link
how about little giants?
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 19 December 2008 17:58 (fifteen years ago) link
why don't we all stay here and talk about chinatown
man does that one scene make my nose hurt
― Edward III, Friday, 19 December 2008 17:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Chinatown carries on existing in...Chinatown
― grinchyschneider (some dude), Friday, 19 December 2008 18:00 (fifteen years ago) link
I watched The Last Detail last night if you wanna talk about that.
― caek, Friday, 19 December 2008 18:00 (fifteen years ago) link
don't bother, it's chinatown
― Dr. Yakubius (and what), Friday, 19 December 2008 18:01 (fifteen years ago) link
the original longest yard is unfuckwitable too, but i'm pretty pro-70s burt reynolds in general
― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 19 December 2008 18:01 (fifteen years ago) link
in hell satan will make morbz watch remember the titans for 6000 years
― Edward III, Friday, 19 December 2008 18:01 (fifteen years ago) link
hey look I love Chinatown and have seen it many times but there's like 30 years worth of stuff written about it already.
― There was even a brief period when I preferred Sally Forth. (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 19 December 2008 18:01 (fifteen years ago) link
the best football movie is far and away gus, the tale of an eastern european donkey coming to america to join don knotts's football team to become its star placekicker. johnny unitas and dick butkis are in this movie, and of course the donkey is a natural star. i really highly recommend this film, it's a good fable. about donkeys and football.
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 19 December 2008 18:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Bloggers have written 30 years worth of stuff about TDK in the last 6 months.
I like The Longest Yard, but then it's a Robert Aldrich film about Watergate, right?
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 19 December 2008 18:05 (fifteen years ago) link
I saw gus at the drive-in
why does everything come back to donkeys with you
― Edward III, Friday, 19 December 2008 18:06 (fifteen years ago) link
don knotts had such a good run in the 70s
apple dumpling gang, no deposit no return, gus
he's like the john cazale nobody talks about
― Edward III, Friday, 19 December 2008 18:09 (fifteen years ago) link
my mom once owned a donkey, it's an area of mystery and folklore to me
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 19 December 2008 18:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Gus might be left out of TCM's shitload of live-action Disney films this month. isn't Ed Asner in it?
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 19 December 2008 18:12 (fifteen years ago) link
yes lou grant is indeed in gus
I wish my parents had owned barnyard animals but no, just some lowly sea monkeys
― Edward III, Friday, 19 December 2008 18:18 (fifteen years ago) link
There's a really, really grating, obvious, fuck-up cut / edit / synch issue in the conversation between Alfred and Bruce near the start when Bruce is stitching up his dog-bite. Really irritates now. Why leave this blatant bad edit in an otherwise fastidious film?
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 16:35 (fifteen years ago) link
We did the Batmarathon last night, btw; Batman Begins and The Dark Knight back-to-back. Unsure which I prefer.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 16:38 (fifteen years ago) link
ethans trolling here is C- fwiw
n-e-wayz i think the cell phone thing didnt bother me at all, i didnt see it as a last-minute jump for political relevence but the logical endpoint of the entire movie's struggle to define the boundaries of batman's ethical behavior, to what degree he operates within the confines of morality but outside of the system we've set up that is supposed to be enforcing our own morality ... it felt pretty logical w/in the grounds of every successively difficult decision batman was forced to make the more joker ratcheted up the ethical dilemmas ... i also think that this is perfectly 'comic book'-ish approach, & a good friend whose real into this stuff said something about how Nolan had Batman building a precursor to Brother Eye which i guess means something if u read lots of comixx
― choom gangsta (deej), Sunday, 4 January 2009 11:08 (fifteen years ago) link
i definitely prefer tdk to batman begins
― choom gangsta (deej), Sunday, 4 January 2009 11:09 (fifteen years ago) link
i dont really get anything remotely 'andy dick' about heath ledger in this movie at all -- weirdly enough it reminded me of tom waits voice & mannerisms in interviews
this was The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance for amoral 12-year-olds.
― Dr Morbius, Saturday, 17 January 2009 20:26 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah!!!! cool, huh?
― WmC, Saturday, 17 January 2009 20:36 (fifteen years ago) link
in an otherwise fastidious film?
loooooooooooool
― Dr Morbius, Saturday, 17 January 2009 20:53 (fifteen years ago) link
how did you feel about The Prestige, Morbius?
― ryan, Saturday, 17 January 2009 23:18 (fifteen years ago) link
didnt see it.
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 19 January 2009 23:26 (fifteen years ago) link
http://63.134.213.184/_media/imgs/articles/a318_c1.jpg
― "Set phasers to thrill!" (latebloomer), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 04:48 (fifteen years ago) link
omg, I knew Ledger's Joker reminded me of someone specific, but never realized who until I stumbled on a post-Oscar blog comment:
http://www.nndb.com/people/476/000022410/Franken_Al.jpg
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 9 March 2009 00:11 (fifteen years ago) link