What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

Paedantic Basterd · 11-03-2017, 08:36 PM

We watched the Mummy last night, just for ****s. This is one of those "it's so bad it's good" films. It's campy and it's cheesy, but it's also self-aware enough to get away with it. E.g., Brendan Fraser's response to literally every situation is to shoot a gun at it. The film doesn't take itself seriously at all. And honestly, the characters and the plot are sound, even if they are silly.

I feel like Hollywood has kind of forgotten how to make action-adventure comedies like the Mummy and Indiana Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean is the last one I can think of, and they're still making them but the franchise has gone on far too long. I guess Guardians of the Galaxy counts too). Hollywood lost its sense of humour and has produces dozens and dozens of flops as a result.

The Batlord · 11-04-2017, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Paedantic Basterd

We watched the Mummy last night, just for ****s. This is one of those "it's so bad it's good" films. It's campy and it's cheesy, but it's also self-aware enough to get away with it. E.g., Brendan Fraser's response to literally every situation is to shoot a gun at it. The film doesn't take itself seriously at all. And honestly, the characters and the plot are sound, even if they are silly.

I feel like Hollywood has kind of forgotten how to make action-adventure comedies like the Mummy and Indiana Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean is the last one I can think of, and they're still making them but the franchise has gone on far too long. I guess Guardians of the Galaxy counts too). Hollywood lost its sense of humour and has produces dozens and dozens of flops as a result.

They also forgot how to make horrendously awful and fun disaster action movies. When was the last time any of them reached the heights of Independence Day and Armageddon? And that's a hell of coincidence, as I just watched The Mummy a few days ago. Evie has the best hair. Would marry.

Psy-Fi · 11-04-2017, 07:50 AM

[B]The Killers - (1946)

The Killers (1946) - Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien (720p)

Classic film noir featuring Burt Lancaster in his debut as a movie actor. Hit men, robbery, femme fatale, double-cross, an insurance investigator obsessed with discovering the truth behind a case. Told in a series of interviews and flashbacks, leading up to the final revelation.

Chula Vista · 11-05-2017, 09:04 PM

Going on a 90s Oscar winner (movie, actor, or actress) binge. Today was Fargo and Philadelphia.

Both such great films. Fargo has actually aged just a tiny bit. Still classic Coen Bros. Anyone who thinks the accents are overblown just needs to watch a couple of episodes of Making a Murderer.

After Jonathan Demme did Silence of the Lambs he caught a lot of criticisim because of the portrayal of the homosexual character in the film (a lot of people didn't know that he was just following Harris' novel). This was the era when AIDS had hit mainstream media, and lots of folks painted it as a "queer" disease associated only with deviants. Buffalo Bill reinforced that predudice.

Demme's response? Philadelphia. The first major Hollywood motion picture to deal directly with AIDs. Years after its release some say that it did more than anything else to humanize the disease and eliminate a lot of the stereotypes. Really beautiful film with some amazing acting, especially by the two leads. Impossible not to tear up during the final scene backed with Neil Young's Philadelphia.

**Janszoon** · 11-05-2017, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Going on a 90s Oscar winner (movie, actor, or actress) binge. Today was Fargo and Philadelphia.

Both such great films. Fargo has actually aged just a tiny bit. Still classic Coen Bros. Anyone who thinks the accents are overblown just needs to watch a couple of episodes of Making a Murderer.

After Jonathan Demme did Silence of the Lambs he caught a lot of criticisim because of the portrayal of the homosexual character in the film (a lot of people didn't know that he was just following Harris' novel). This was the era when AIDS had hit mainstream media, and lots of folks painted it as a "queer" disease associated only with deviants. Buffalo Bill reinforced that predudice.

Demme's response? Philadelphia. The first major Hollywood motion picture to deal directly with AIDs. Years after its release some say that it did more than anything else to humanize the disease and eliminate a lot of the stereotypes. Really beautiful film with some amazing acting, especially by the two leads. Impossible not to tear up during the final scene backed with Neil Young's Philadelphia.

I like both movies, but Philadelphia has aged way, way, way more noticeably than Fargo.

Chula Vista · 11-05-2017, 10:10 PM

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I like both movies, but Philadelphia has aged way, way, way more noticeably than Fargo.

Oh, agreed. I just thought that Fargo would never show signs of it.

**Frownland** · 11-05-2017, 10:15 PM

Fargo and The Shining are movies that I could throw on any time of the day. What about it do you think is dated? I don't exactly disagree, just curious.

Chula Vista · 11-05-2017, 10:24 PM

Hard to describe. Not dated in a calendar sense. More-so in a Coen bros sense. They just keep getting better and better. With stuff like Fargo, Raising Arizona, and The Big Lebowski, it's pretty easy to see their fingerprints.

Fast forward to No Country and True Grit. They've refined their work to the point that it's hard to quickly identify them - which I think is a good thing.

I also could watch Fargo once a week for life.

**Yac** · 11-06-2017, 04:58 AM

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Don't undersell them, old Polish movie posters are amazing. So many are really unique and creative. I used to have the Sunset Boulevard one as my avatar here.

Underselling wasn't the plan, it's just... well, this:

/offtopic

**Janszoon** · 11-06-2017, 06:15 AM

lol

11-05-2017, 09:04 PM	#20464 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Going on a 90s Oscar winner (movie, actor, or actress) binge. Today was Fargo and Philadelphia. Both such great films. Fargo has actually aged just a tiny bit. Still classic Coen Bros. Anyone who thinks the accents are overblown just needs to watch a couple of episodes of Making a Murderer. After Jonathan Demme did Silence of the Lambs he caught a lot of criticisim because of the portrayal of the homosexual character in the film (a lot of people didn't know that he was just following Harris' novel). This was the era when AIDS had hit mainstream media, and lots of folks painted it as a "queer" disease associated only with deviants. Buffalo Bill reinforced that predudice. Demme's response? Philadelphia. The first major Hollywood motion picture to deal directly with AIDs. Years after its release some say that it did more than anything else to humanize the disease and eliminate a lot of the stereotypes. Really beautiful film with some amazing acting, especially by the two leads. Impossible not to tear up during the final scene backed with Neil Young's Philadelphia. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Fargo and The Shining are movies that I could throw on any time of the day. What about it do you think is dated? I don't exactly disagree, just curious. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

11-05-2017, 10:24 PM	#20468 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Hard to describe. Not dated in a calendar sense. More-so in a Coen bros sense. They just keep getting better and better. With stuff like Fargo, Raising Arizona, and The Big Lebowski, it's pretty easy to see their fingerprints. Fast forward to No Country and True Grit. They've refined their work to the point that it's hard to quickly identify them - which I think is a good thing. I also could watch Fargo once a week for life. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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11-03-2017, 08:36 PM	#20461 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	We watched the Mummy last night, just for ****s. This is one of those "it's so bad it's good" films. It's campy and it's cheesy, but it's also self-aware enough to get away with it. E.g., Brendan Fraser's response to literally every situation is to shoot a gun at it. The film doesn't take itself seriously at all. And honestly, the characters and the plot are sound, even if they are silly. I feel like Hollywood has kind of forgotten how to make action-adventure comedies like the Mummy and Indiana Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean is the last one I can think of, and they're still making them but the franchise has gone on far too long. I guess Guardians of the Galaxy counts too). Hollywood lost its sense of humour and has produces dozens and dozens of flops as a result.