Black Cat Bone

Exactly what was called for.

You're not wrong.

driftin wrote:

Just lovely.

We watched this yesterday.

It really is.

White Boy Rick (2017)

Interesting true-life crime story about a teenage boy in Detroit who became an informant in the FBI's war against drugs. Good performances by Matthew McConaughey and newcomer Richie Merritt.

Watched it last night on AMC. I've seen it before a couple times.

Great scenes, but (maybe) not a great film - right?

https://vimeo.com/283467024

Notorious for the ways in which director Çetin İnanç edited footage from Star Wars into his own film, along with music from Raiders of the Lost Ark and Flash Gordon, Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (1982) is the “holy grail” of remakesploitation cinema.

The Man Who Saves the World revolves around two Turkish space pilots who crash- land on a desert planet enslaved by an evil wizard. Memorable sequences involve the heroes battling robots inspired by Battlestar Galactica and Forbidden Planet — plus mummies, skeletons, and multi-coloured yetis. Another sees them in starfighter “cockpits,” wearing motorcycle helmets, as footage from the Star Wars Death Star battle is projected behind them.

Saw this at the cinema. Horribly incompetent, weird, cheap, stupid, illogical... and amazing.

Eddie Shah environment wrote:Great scenes, but (maybe) not a great film - right?

I'd agree. The ending seems too easy and quick a resolution for me. It's startling, but leaves a lot of stuff hanging.

Yeah.

driftin wrote:

https://vimeo.com/283467024

Notorious for the ways in which director Çetin İnanç edited footage from Star Wars into his own film, along with music from Raiders of the Lost Ark and Flash Gordon, Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (1982) is the “holy grail” of remakesploitation cinema.

The Man Who Saves the World revolves around two Turkish space pilots who crash- land on a desert planet enslaved by an evil wizard. Memorable sequences involve the heroes battling robots inspired by Battlestar Galactica and Forbidden Planet — plus mummies, skeletons, and multi-coloured yetis. Another sees them in starfighter “cockpits,” wearing motorcycle helmets, as footage from the Star Wars Death Star battle is projected behind them.

Saw this at the cinema. Horribly incompetent, weird, cheap, stupid, illogical... and amazing.

That sounds awesome.

Gone Girl



I had to switch it off after 7 minutes the dialogue was so corny and affected.

Eddie Shah environment wrote:Great scenes, but (maybe) not a great film - right?

I get where you're coming from. You wouldn't call it a particularly great story..but the performances and the kind of raw guerilla shooting that Scorcese was pioneering (albeit heavily influenced by Cassavetes) make it a classic of its kind for me.

pcqgod wrote:

driftin wrote:

https://vimeo.com/283467024

Notorious for the ways in which director Çetin İnanç edited footage from Star Wars into his own film, along with music from Raiders of the Lost Ark and Flash Gordon, Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (1982) is the “holy grail” of remakesploitation cinema.

The Man Who Saves the World revolves around two Turkish space pilots who crash- land on a desert planet enslaved by an evil wizard. Memorable sequences involve the heroes battling robots inspired by Battlestar Galactica and Forbidden Planet — plus mummies, skeletons, and multi-coloured yetis. Another sees them in starfighter “cockpits,” wearing motorcycle helmets, as footage from the Star Wars Death Star battle is projected behind them.

Saw this at the cinema. Horribly incompetent, weird, cheap, stupid, illogical... and amazing.

That sounds awesome.

It's right up your alley I reckon. There's lots of bad bootlegs available everywhere, even YouTube, but if possible try and see this with lots of other people at the cinema. The raucous laughter and atmosphere just makes all the ineptitude much more entertaining.



Look at this. How brilliantly dumb is this?

Blue Collar

Paul Schrader's greatest film still resonates precisely because its message concerning union corruption is relevant today. As a teacher, I thank God for unions and the protection they provide, but I'd be blind if I said that corruption isn't widespread across America and hasn't been for decades. This, from the glory days of the 1970s, is prescient in a way I couldn't have predicted as a kid. Pryor (in a career best), Keitel, and Kotto (wasn't he great?) all deliver virtual career bests (okay, maybe not Harvey) in a picture that was fine in 1978, but is remarkably modern in its tale of three friends who are under the thumb of bills and monthly payments and decide to rob their union office and consequently suffer the ill effects of their actions. This region B blu is more proof positive (as if I needed more) that we all need a region-free disc player for home video satisfaction. Do you hear me, bitches?

Family movie night.

The worst thing I've seen since Moulin Rouge, and it's possibly even worse than that.

The kids loved it, and it reminded me that when I was a kid, my dad took me took me to see Tod Browning's Freaks, so I guess I have to do better for my kid.

Snarfyguy wrote:
Family movie night.

Then worst thing I've seen since Moulin Rouge, and it's possibly even worse than that.

The kids loved it, and it reminded me that when I was a kid, my dad took me took me to see Tod Browning's Freaks, so I guess I have to do better for my kid.

I saw that on HBO. I don't recall seeing a musical with such unmemorable songs before. I think I would have preferred a story about P.T. Barnum the huckster, rather than P.T. Barnum, the magical sprinkler of fairy-dust into our mundane lives.

Matt Wilson wrote:
Blue Collar

Paul Schrader's greatest film still resonates precisely because its message concerning union corruption is relevant today. As a teacher, I thank God for unions and the protection they provide, but I'd be blind if I said that corruption isn't widespread across America and hasn't been for decades. This, from the glory days of the 1970s, is prescient in a way I couldn't have predicted as a kid. Pryor (in a career best), Keitel, and Kotto (wasn't he great?) all deliver virtual career bests (okay, maybe not Harvey) in a picture that was fine in 1978, but is remarkably modern in its tale of three friends who are under the thumb of bills and monthly payments and decide to rob their union office and consequently suffer the ill effects of their actions. This region B blu is more proof positive (as if I needed more) that we all need a region-free disc player for home video satisfaction. Do you hear me, bitches?

It's been ages since I've seen that, but it's one of those films that's always stuck with me. Saying it's Pryor's best film performance is almost underselling how good he is in a largely straight part, it seems a shame he never took on other roles of this quality. I mean, I guess he'll always have something of a reputation in comedy to fall back on [/understatement], but he really showed how he could relate to the audience in a part with something to say.

In rereading my review, I notice I used the phrase 'career best' twice. Precisely the kind of thing an editor would've caught because I'm too lazy to read the whole thing before I hit 'submit.' But yeah, the three leads were interesting. And it's particularly fascinating to note that they hated each other while filming. Fighting was (even physical altercations) rampant during production. Schrader had a bit of a meltdown one day right in the middle of work. Pryor called him a pussy!

The wife bought this DVD to watch while on holiday, and we forgot about it. Sadly, we found it the other day, and chose to watch it last night. There's absolutely no point to it being in London, nothing is made of the location apart from some really shoddy CGI set-pieces. The plot is stupid beyond belief, and the levels of sheer xenophobia and Islamophobia are mental.