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A powerful ending.
I'd rate Pulp Fiction as his best film and Kill Bill Vol 1&2 although somewhat silly and unbelievable, excessive, still epic and enjoyable to absorb.
A powerful ending.
I'd rate Pulp Fiction as his best film and Kill Bill Vol 1&2 although somewhat silly and unbelievable, excessive, still epic and enjoyable to absorb.
I love Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill 1 and 2 as well. Jackie Brown is another Quentin movie I enjoy a lot
I agree, those are all good ones, though I've never seen the Kill Bill's before. The previews never appealed to me to actually take the time to watch. Plus, I'm not a big Uma Thurman fan either.
I have to say that I really love Jackie Brown, (cool, badass, middle aged, female, black lead, great cast, first rate dialogue, cool mid-life understated romance, terrific heist ..what is there not to like?) - it is possibly my favourite among Quentin Tarantino's work, and really liked Pulp Fiction.
Kill Bill 1 & 2 didn't really do it for me, but I will say that I hugely enjoyed Django Unchained.
I saw Jackie Brown at the same theater they filmed the movie theater scene in at Manhattan Beach. just fyi
I should watch Jackie Brown.
I think it - Jackie Brown - is possibly Quentin Tarantino's most under-rated movie. What a wonderful cast, Samuel L Jackson (who is brilliant), Robert de Niro (excellent), Bridget Fonda (fantastic), Michael Keaton (very, very good) and Robert Forster (a revelation as a jaded man rediscovering himself in middle age yet retaining his core principles) and of course the absolutely wonderful Pam Grier as the eponymous Jackie Brown.
Movies with female leads are rare enough, but movies with clever, brave, badass middle aged (and black) female leads are exceptionally unusual. And movies which depict a sweet (well, slightly bitter sweet, with the integrity of art and life but yet lovely to behold) middle aged romance (and I love the scenes between Robert Forster and Pam Grier) are rarer still. When you are middle aged, you get tired of movies which depict nothing other than young love. Middle aged people dare to dream, too…..
And those scenes at both the beginning at the end……….Pam Grier striding along confidently at the beginning, in an airport, in uniform, her confident public persona at odds with the private reality which unfolds, all to the fantastic soundtrack of Bobby Womack (Across 110th Street) and closes with her driving off in Ordell's (Samuel L Jackson) Mercedes coupe, to a bitter sweet future, with 'Monte Carlo Nights' (by Eliot Easton's Tiki Gods) playing as she drives. Brilliant.
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The World's Fastest Indian.. Excellent movie starring Anthony Hopkins
"The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle -- a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967."
"The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle -- a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967."
Now I am on to the best classic sci-fi film of all time,
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Bela Lugosi died in the process of making that move. One of the all time worst (in a good way) horror movies ever made
Wow man, we have the same taste in these old horror/sci-fi movies! I haven't seen this one in a long time! Always loved Vincent Price movies.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I'm a sucker for these things!
So am I pal
What a coincidence, I watched The Equalizer last night as well. I thought Denzel did a great job and I enjoyed the way the movie told the origin story of the character.
Flies and their music from the 1950s
I haven't seen that in decades. When I saw it as a child I thought it was a decent sequel. Black and white, as I recall.
Yesterday I quietly read people's posts about 'The Fly' (1958). It tickles me that "Help me!", spoken in a squeaky voice in the 21st century, can be understood by some people – without the need for explanation – more than fifty years after it was first heard in cinemas.
As a child my favourite part was, unsurprisingly …
When I last watched the film, as an adult, I had a greater appreciation for the few minutes that followed the shock horror moment. Credit to Paul Sawtell for a musical score that allowed the viewer to 'get' the on-screen emotions, swung from horror to tenderness, inso short a period less than sixty seconds. CD: Blob (and other creepy sounds), The (1958) : KQEK.com describes the title music as underrated. In 13: THE FLY / 20th Century Fox - 1958 / Music by Paul Sawtell: "… Composer Paul Sawtell has an awesome resume of work that starts in the '30s …" (and visual spoilers, for those of you who haven't seen the movie). Via The Fly / Return of the Fly Soundtrack (1958, 1959) I found a gem:
Lush
From the site above: http://www.kritzerland.com/Fly_webtrax/01 Main Title.mp3 – less than one minute, listen to the last thirty seconds.
I haven't seen that in decades. When I saw it as a child I thought it was a decent sequel. Black and white, as I recall.
Yesterday I quietly read people's posts about 'The Fly' (1958). It tickles me that "Help me!", spoken in a squeaky voice in the 21st century, can be understood by some people – without the need for explanation – more than fifty years after it was first heard in cinemas.
As a child my favourite part was, unsurprisingly …
"It has worked, hasn't it?
"You'll be alright now. I know it's worked!"
– followed by the greatest combination of screaming and violins, in the history of cinema and TV to date. "You'll be alright now. I know it's worked!"
When I last watched the film, as an adult, I had a greater appreciation for the few minutes that followed the shock horror moment. Credit to Paul Sawtell for a musical score that allowed the viewer to 'get' the on-screen emotions, swung from horror to tenderness, in
Music from motion picture Soundtracks: "The Fly" and "Return of the Fly" with music by Sawtell & Shefter – limited to 1000 copies only. I don't expect to find it on the iTunes Store or Spotify so I just purchased it secondhand with Amazon. Around £20 new in the UK. I'm drinking sparkling rosé and it's my 50th next week so a slightly drunken treat to myself is appropriate.
so I just purchased it secondhand with Amazon. Around £20 new in the UK. I'm drinking sparkling rosé and it's my 50th next week so a slightly drunken treat to myself is appropriate.Lush
From the site above: http://www.kritzerland.com/Fly_webtrax/01 Main Title.mp3 – less than one minute, listen to the last thirty seconds.
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Badlands - disturbing but beautiful, otherworldly movie. instantly fell in love with it.
couple of giallos - never get old and the good ones just get better the more i watch them
Aren't gialli just awesome like that? I was thinking the very same thing myself.
Well, I finally saw The Hobbit The Battle of the Five Armies tonight and I enjoyed it a heck of lot more than I thought I would < Richard Armitage and Christopher Lee were fun/superb. I felt Richard was finally playing Thorin as I knew him in the novel too, which made it even better for me. And, yes, I cried...I did not expect to, but darn it...I did. >
The VP movies that stand out are The Pit and the Pendulem , House on Haunted Hill, The Tingler, House of Wax, The Fly, and a later movie The Abominal Dr Phibes (1971).
The VP movies that stand out are The Pit and the Pendulem , House on Haunted Hill, The Tingler, House of Wax, The Fly, and a later movie The Abominal Dr Phibes (1971).
I have most of the ones you mentioned on DVD including Edward Scissorhands. I don't have The Abnormal Dr Phibes. I don't remember ever seeing that one.