Movies you just saw

[dshans]

Classics are all that and such shans... but you know you are allowed to watch movies during the last 30 years.... right?

Mother Night is from '96 ... does that count for anything?

Just trippin' down memory lane.

 

[UmphreakDomer]

saw pain and gain today. it was a typical micael bay onslaught to the senses with video game style editing. but, for a real story where awful stuff happned, it was surprisingly funny and the rock was hysterical.

i enjoyed it although it wasnt a "great movie". fun. not a must see in the theatre.

 

[BGIF]

I'm trying to milk the 6 month Netflix gift my son gave me. Here's my list:

Zorba the Greek
Dr. Strangelove
The Last Waltz
Harvey
A Clockwork Orange
Cool Hand Luke
Catch-22
Adam's Rib
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Slaughterhouse Five
Woodstock
Mother Night
Yellow Submarine

Harold and Maude, King of Hearts, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Gandhi and others on the way. This could make for an interesting psychological/personality profile. Maybe better than an MMPI.

I thought you were spending your time cribbing for the MMSE.

 

[dshans]

I thought you were spending your time cribbing for the MMSE.

A few beers and a tall Burgundy would be all I needed for that ...



Oh, wait. That's my pre-ND-game "crib." I'll have to get back to you ... I might need to put in a stock of fine Cognac and Tequila to be that "cool" for an MMSE – once I find out what it is.

 

[RuntheBall]

I'm trying to milk the 6 month Netflix gift my son gave me. Here's my list:

Zorba the Greek
Dr. Strangelove
The Last Waltz
Harvey
A Clockwork Orange
Cool Hand Luke
Catch-22
Adam's Rib
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Slaughterhouse Five
Woodstock
Mother Night
Yellow Submarine

Harold and Maude, King of Hearts, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Gandhi and others on the way. This could make for an interesting psychological/personality profile. Maybe better than an MMPI.

One of my favorites...

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[dshans]

One of my favorites...

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I must say, having read the book well in advance of the movie, I had my doubts. I had a much larger and burly image in mind for McMurphy, but Jack did the scrappy, free-spirited and defiant character proud.

It's always a difficult task to winnow a book into a workable and honest screenplay.

A great book, a great movie and a great scene.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

The story of us!

"They been feedin' me 10,000 watts a week, first woman I get my hands on is going to light up like a pinball machine, and shes gonna pay off in silver dollars!"

 

[UmphreakDomer]

if you guys want to see what i've been up to (and why i havent been on much lately)--

youtube: amazing spiderman 2 rochester.

there's tons of little vids taken by the news, the paparazzi, and locals.

check it out if youre bored and a fan of the series.

 

[Black Irish]

I'm trying to milk the 6 month Netflix gift my son gave me. Here's my list:

Zorba the Greek
Dr. Strangelove
The Last Waltz
Harvey
A Clockwork Orange
Cool Hand Luke
Catch-22
Adam's Rib
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Slaughterhouse Five
Woodstock
Mother Night
Yellow Submarine

Harold and Maude, King of Hearts, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Gandhi and others on the way. This could make for an interesting psychological/personality profile. Maybe better than an MMPI.

I'll give it a shot:

-Patient want to consume life to its fullest
-Patient thinks nuclear war is hilarious
-Patient is about to be very disappointed that "The Band" doesn't actually play waltzes
-Patient needs to create imaginary friends to cope with reality
-Patient may be psychotic and has an impressive collection of bowler hats
-Patient feels imprisoned by life and plays a mean game of 7-card stud
-Patient may have a fear of flying, and war
-Patient enjoys watching old Hollywood icons bicker and flirt
-Patient has a problem with authority and electro-shock therapy
-Patient will be disappointed to learn that this is not the sequel to "Animal Farm"
-Patient may be a damn, dirty hippie
-Patient should stop being lazy and just read Vonnegut's books already
-Patient is doubling down on damn, dirt hippiness

Prognosis: Patient is fascinated by the dark and the macabre and needs to watch some musicals to cheer himself up.

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

Watched Usual Suspects last night. I saw a couple minutes on cable, so I busted out the VHS and watched it unedited. Yeah, that's right I said VHS! Great characters and plot.

 

[dshans]

I'll give it a shot:


-Patient may be a damn, dirty hippie
-Patient should stop being lazy and just read Vonnegut's books already


Prognosis: Patient is fascinated by the dark and the macabre and needs to watch some musicals to cheer himself up.

Damn hippie, yes; dirty hippie, no.

I read Vonnegut's books (as well as Kesey's) long before the movies were made.

Hmmm, now that you mention it, I should add "Hair" to my list ...

You are one keen observer of life and its affect on some of the many aberrant denizens of this planet ...

 

[connor_in]

if you guys want to see what i've been up to (and why i havent been on much lately)--

youtube: amazing spiderman 2 rochester.

there's tons of little vids taken by the news, the paparazzi, and locals.

check it out if youre bored and a fan of the series.

For the YouTube fans out there...a couple of things...
- Some studios have their movies on there, but most just went to $$$ to be able to see them
-- There are a couple of series of vids that are pretty good:
---- How It Should Have Ended - mostly for newer and more popular movies, but a few movie classics get the treatment too
---- Cinesins - they try to point out various plot holes and things


Watched Looper and Safe this week (also Jerry Lewis in "Who's Minding the Store?")

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Damn hippie, yes; dirty hippie, no.

I read Vonnegut's books (as well as Kesey's) long before the movies were made.

Hmmm, now that you mention it, I should add "Hair" to my list ...

You are one keen observer of life and its affect on some of the many aberrant denizens of this planet ...

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[Bogtrotter07]

(Breakfast of Champions, baby!)

 

[dshans]

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I may have told this story before, but what the hell ... I tend to repeat myself. More so as I get older. Just ask my son and enjoy the sight of his eyes rolling up into the sockets.

Some thirty years ago I was on a volleyball team that included a couple of doctors and nurses. We played in a "league" at a bar with an indoor court. At the urging (there's a play on words there if you hit a dictionary) of the medical folk we named ourselves Tenesmus.

I designed and had printed T-shirts with the Wheaties graphic "Breakfast of Champions" on the front. On the back was "Tenesmus" and a re-creation of Vonnegut's spare rendition of a rectum. It was something of a double pun.

The typical bar goer there had no clue, as was intended. The St. Paul Pioneer Press sent a reporter to the bar doing research for a story on the trend of indoor V-ball based in bars. Unfortunately she interviewed one of our team members (non-medical) who regularly arrived well in advance of game time to pursue his personal "warm up" routine. When asked what "tenesmus" was he spilled the beans rather than being coy and evasive. The article danced around our team name stating that it was "not appropriate for a family newspaper."

I was p¡ssed that we lost an opportunity for an inside joke for the few (if any) medical folk "in the know" who read the article.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

What a moving experience! But that was kind of shity of you! (Double word score; pun, plus using shity which escapes the sensor tool.)

Our best were the old high school planetary cheer, "Up Earth; Up mars; Up Uranus!"

Or the summer league bball team, known as the "NADS!" Worked just fine untill we cheered "Go, ___!"

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

I played on an adult league basketball team at a local church. Our t-shirts had an American flag with an image of the Statue of Liberty and two basketballs and our team name - two words "Free Ballers." It took about 3 games before someone got wise.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

I played on an adult league basketball team at a local church. Our t-shirts had an American flag with an image of the Statue of Liberty and two basketballs and our team name - two words "Free Ballers." It took about 3 games before someone got wise.

So phallic of you, what it didn't smack 'em in the face?

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

So phallic of you, what it didn't smack 'em in the face?

Sadly, it probably would've only felt like a little prick. (see what I did there?)

 

[ACamp1900]

I played on an adult league basketball team at a local church. Our t-shirts had an American flag with an image of the Statue of Liberty and two basketballs and our team name - two words "Free Ballers." It took about 3 games before someone got wise.

For a church league???... lol

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

For a church league???... lol

Yeah, I suck. It wasn't a Catholic church if that makes it any better...

 

[Black Irish]

Damn hippie, yes; dirty hippie, no.

I read Vonnegut's books (as well as Kesey's) long before the movies were made.

Hmmm, now that you mention it, I should add "Hair" to my list ...

You are one keen observer of life and its affect on some of the many aberrant denizens of this planet ...

Thanks for the compliment, but it's more likely that I just watch too many damn movies.

 

[UmphreakDomer]

For the YouTube fans out there...a couple of things...
- Some studios have their movies on there, but most just went to $$$ to be able to see them
-- There are a couple of series of vids that are pretty good:
---- How It Should Have Ended - mostly for newer and more popular movies, but a few movie classics get the treatment too
---- Cinesins - they try to point out various plot holes and things


Watched Looper and Safe this week (also Jerry Lewis in "Who's Minding the Store?")

no no no no no---im literally talking about scenes we just filmed over the past 2 weeks in rochester NY, doubling as manhatten for the brand new Amazing Spider Man part 2, due out in theaters next june '14.

im not speaking of watching full length films on youtube. watch some cool stuff of chase sequences i literally just shot! you know, if you're interested. i'd guess most peeps on this board arent comic book guys.

 

[connor_in]

no no no no no---im literally talking about scenes we just filmed over the past 2 weeks in rochester NY, doubling as manhatten for the brand new Amazing Spider Man part 2, due out in theaters next june '14.

im not speaking of watching full length films on youtube. watch some cool stuff of chase sequences i literally just shot! you know, if you're interested. i'd guess most peeps on this board arent comic book guys.

I know that was not what you were referring to but stream of consciousness brought it to mind.

BTW watched the footage...cool...haven't seen that many cop cars in a chase scene since Blues Brothers or Smokey and the Bandit

 

[greyhammer90]

no no no no no---im literally talking about scenes we just filmed over the past 2 weeks in rochester NY, doubling as manhatten for the brand new Amazing Spider Man part 2, due out in theaters next june '14.

im not speaking of watching full length films on youtube. watch some cool stuff of chase sequences i literally just shot! you know, if you're interested. i'd guess most peeps on this board arent comic book guys.

Umphreak I know this has been discussed, but what exactly do you do on set?

 

[UmphreakDomer]

Umphreak I know this has been discussed, but what exactly do you do on set?

im an Assistant Director--which is a DGA (directors guild of america) designation. my credit is actually "Add'l 2nd Assistant Director" (on this film). and on spiderman my job was to sign in, get through hair make up and costumes, then put in motion on set, and finally sign out ALL of the extras. i had 3 production assistants working with me. as we had 150 extras everyday for 2 straight weeks.

large groups are kind of a forte for me. all of the huge BG scenes in the hunger games were mine, as well as the final two episodes of eastbound and down season three--all of the stadium background. among tons of other things. 4 years of the show "24", "six feet under" but that was when i was a PA. been doing this a long time.

 

[UmphreakDomer]

I know that was not what you were referring to but stream of consciousness brought it to mind.

BTW watched the footage...cool...haven't seen that many cop cars in a chase scene since Blues Brothers or Smokey and the Bandit

on the story boards we literally called some the shots looking back at all the cops, "blues brother shot"

lol!

 

[Black Irish]

im an Assistant Director--which is a DGA (directors guild of america) designation. my credit is actually "Add'l 2nd Assistant Director" (on this film). and on spiderman my job was to sign in, get through hair make up and costumes, then put in motion on set, and finally sign out ALL of the extras. i had 3 production assistants working with me. as we had 150 extras everyday for 2 straight weeks.

large groups are kind of a forte for me. all of the huge BG scenes in the hunger games were mine, as well as the final two episodes of eastbound and down season three--all of the stadium background. among tons of other things. 4 years of the show "24", "six feet under" but that was when i was a PA. been doing this a long time.

Do you tend to watch movies with a professional eye or are you able to take off your AD hat and just sit back and watch?

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Sadly, it probably would've only felt like a little prick. (see what I did there?)

Yeah that is great, and ACamp, Go can tell you how hard it is to play basketball with brass balls.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

no no no no no---im literally talking about scenes we just filmed over the past 2 weeks in rochester NY, doubling as manhatten for the brand new Amazing Spider Man part 2, due out in theaters next june '14.

im not speaking of watching full length films on youtube. watch some cool stuff of chase sequences i literally just shot! you know, if you're interested. i'd guess most peeps on this board arent comic book guys.

I like the ones that you literally shoot better than the ones you figuratively shoot!