Talk About Movies: Part 4
Somehow threads merged, so here's part 4 of our ongoing movie discussion.
Twitter was clearly a tool to broadcast and not for discussion from the brief look I had at it, so supremely useless for actual dialogue.
it's so cute you think that you engage in dialogue here instead of just constant repeated ranting and insults
X is an incredible tool if you follow the right people or sources. No better place to get up to date information
Yeah I look at it when some news is breaking. Also follow some traders and sports stuff and entertaining stuff. I can't see any upside to actually "tweeting" or engaging or getting anywhere near the toxicity of griters or politard clickbaiters.
Like Phat Mack says lists are the key. No ads and hopefully no morons just the absolute things you want to follow.
i think this was the tv thread we were talking about planning and unexpected changes and characters in bb and bcs are mentioned here
X is an incredible tool if you follow the right people or sources. No better place to get up to date information
Agree. You just have to get your feed in order.
Man, The Running Man SUCKED. What a mess of a movie. I liked Powell and the other actors, but WTF was Edgard Wright thinking? His movies are at least decently written - this one was just awful.
Running Man was terrible, agreed. Marginally equal to the original in terms of campiness but just way way worse somehow. Pretty much everything that is miserable with modern Hollywood remakes and reboots.
There was never be action stars again like there with Schwarzeneggar, Stallone, etc.
Just speaking in general terms, i’ve had far more engaging insightful educational & enjoyable dialogues & conversations on Twitter than I’ve had on 2p2—and i’ve been here since day one albeit with long breaks—though I’ve had more than a few good ones here, and more than a few bad ones there.
I hate zombie stuff, but I’m thinking about seeing Bone Temple because the trailer reminds me of both Kurtz’s compound and The Serpent & The Rainbow.
Two movies recently available to stream (Apple TV, probably others):
If I had Legs I’d Kick You Rose Byrne crushes it in this well-crafted harrowing tale. Has stuck with me in a major way. I am very curious if her Golden Globe win aids her case for an OScar nom, which would be well-deserved.
Rental Family is awesome. We loved it.
Agree. Pleasantly surprised. It was really well paced too.
The Killer (1989) dir John Woo
Catholic chapel, soaring music, crucifix and stained glass windows, Thousands, thousands of white candles, fore and aft!: it’s Chow Yun-fat!
Business-suited, silk scarf wearing, contemplating: Chow Yun-fat!
Who is singing the opening theme? Is this Sally Yeh? It looks like her! Yes it is! No doubt about it: Sally Yeh!!! *
Kick-the-table, flip-the-gun-up, catch-the-gun & waste-the-bad-guy: Check!
We're 6 minutes into the movie and Sally is already blinded: How come you're so blurry?
Mug-the-blind-girl Fu! Garbage-can Fu!
What could I know about her heart condition?: People complained me on every case!
We're twenty minutes in and CYf is playing Harmonica!: Harmonica played by Charles Bronson, played by CYf!
The bullets have been modified to suit your taste: Fondles Beretta, chased by a bear!
There's no corneas. Why don't you try a broad ?: Old Red Skelton jokes!
Now we have what appear to be Hong Kong war canoes!
Now CYf is in what appears to be a cigarette boat: Checking out the war canoes and clocking a pleasingly plump businessman!
As mentioned elsewhere: When CYf drives a cigarette boat, he sports a fake mustache!
CYf waves at a little girl in pigtails, but the little girl spots a sniper rifle by the glint from its scope. Now CYf spots the sniper rifle: There's going to be big trouble soon!
Diving-pistolero on sniper violence: The sniper loses!
Now we set fire to a fuel dump with a pistol shot: This guy's a badass!
Pigtails has been hit!
CYf to the rescue!
Now the cops are here!
Everybody shooting it out!
CYf steals a car, grabs the little girl!
And they're off!
Don't worry! It'll be fine! : Says he, as he stanches the gaping chest wound with a bandana!
Now in the emergency room with the little girl!
CYF brought her here!
Now the cops have shown up right behind him!
He's got to skedaddle!
CYf really likes emergency rooms!
Don't disrupt the doctor. Put your gun down: Heroic CYf!
The little girl is going to live -- her fingers are moving !: Cue the she’s-going-to-live music!
Now we've got a hospital escape foot-chase: Just like in Bullit! Frank George played by CYf!
He has a masculine quality: Quite a bit different from the average assassin!
We have codes in the underworld: We call these codes, The codes of the underworld!
That gun is empty : But this one isn't!
[One thing I will give these guys, they go down firing: And they wait patiently for their turn to be shot!] **
You don't even know if you have any bullets left : Dirty Hairy played by CYf!
A Volvo and a 4wd Suzuki Jimny in a car chase, complete with shootout: You don't see that everyday!
She'd never lie to me : They are in the airport!
Now CYF has a goatee and a mustache: Like a very young Vladimir Lenin being shipped back to Moscow in a sealed railway car.
Best airport Baggage-Cart Fu: until Chunking Express’s Bridgette Lin airport scene!
The classic You-Are-Transferred-Off-This-Case Fu!
We're back to Bullit with a car-chase scene, except this time it's three cars. We've got a cop, and we've got an amigo, and we've got a bunch of triad killers, and we're bumping each other around!
And now we have a Bullit-drive-the-car-off-the-cliff scene (but no burst-in-flames) and we're down to two cars, the cop and CYf’s buddy!
These guys really emote when they know their friends are dying!
Don't worry, your eyes are fine: It's going to rain today!
CYf's wound cauterized with gunpowder taken from a shotgun shell : Save my corneas for Jenny!
Slow motion violence: Sam Peckinpaugh played by John Woo!
Madonna witnesses it all:And then collapses in flying shards of ceramics!
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Played by Little B and Shrimp Head!
Rosebud! : Played by Chow Yun-fat!
Twenty minutes too long.***
I always refer to John Woo as a genius, but he’s not my favorite Hong Kong film director. And The Killer is not my favorite John Woo, despite the fact that everybody raves about it. But having said that, and after seeing it a handful of times, my opinion of it grows with each viewing. What’s more, when I watch it, it is as though I am watching a new movie, not simply a new version, but a completely new movie! To me this is a sign of a great movie. Or maybe it’s just encroaching senility. Who knows? Mandatory viewing! Check it out!
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Spoiler
Sally Yeh is so appealing, so compelling, that she's almost a distraction from the chaos that is the real business of the movie. [Although I've never understood the ending where CYf and Jenny crawl past each other, so I am probably missing something important about her. ]
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Spoiler
Let's do some quick math. Let's take the population of Hong Kong when this movie was made in 1989, 5,540,570, and, using standard United Nations population metrics, multiply it by 60% to get the approximate number of adults, which is 3,324,342.
Now, conservatively, let’s assume each Hong Kong adult fires 100 rounds of ammo a day in the course of their everyday lives. Then, setting aside adjustments for leap centuries, say there are 365.25 days in a year…
How many rounds of ammunition is expended each year in the city?
121,421,591,550 per annum. (Always underline your answer.)
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Spoiler
I say the movie is twenty minutes too long, but I may not understand the market as it existed at that time. These Hong Kong guys are not trying to impress film majors, they're trying to sell tickets. John Woo, as did Mozart and Sam Peckipaugh before him, witnessed some of his signature licks become cliches through the constant imitation of his admirers. So when I think I’ve seen this before, I have may seen later imitations of Woo’s work -- and specifically, what we are talking about here is his work as a choreographer of film mayhem!
corpus - i heard this on npr last week and was losing it with laughter thinking of your deedle dee posts
just listen to it, it needs to be listened to...
important to listen to the actual piece at bottom of the image below, not an ai summary at the top
also, this is the first time i heard ireland mentioned in years on npr, i think last times were the ira and google/apple dodging taxes there
Rachel McAdams get a star on the Hollwood Walk of Fame. Love her.
And at age 47, may be the most beautiful woman on the planet.
F1 for Best Picture? Seriously?
Sinners is now the most nominated film in Oscars history. Some of these noms it got are ridiculous.
I saw something how No Other Choice was snubbed for best international film. I haven't seen it yet, but it looks good. I'd have that in over F1 for best picture.
corpus - i heard this on npr last week and was losing it with laughter thinking of your deedle dee posts
just listen to it, it needs to be listened to...important to listen to the actual piece at bottom of the image below, not an ai summary at the top also, this is the first time i heard ireland mentioned in years on nprLmao thanks for that. "I saw them all sshhcattered!" 😆 Also lol at "we didn't have tie to think", they're crabs, not cartoon roadrunners or Tasmanian devils. 😆
F1 for Best Picture? Seriously?
Sinners is now the most nominated film in Oscars history. Some of these noms it got are ridiculous.
I'm the target audience for movies like F1 and not even I can defend the BP nom. Maybe the Apple producers gave the ol secret handshake to a lot of folks? I try not to care about the Oscars every year but they do kind of matter.
F1 in IMAX was amazing entertainment and spectacular looking. No one says Best Picture noms can't be fun and not-so-serious.
Watched the 2022 Italian documentary, Ennio, about composer Ennio Morricone, and directed by the great Guiseppe Tornatorne. Holy cow, this is a great film about an even greater artist. One of my favorite movies I've seen in a long time.
Makes we want to do a deep dive on Italian films and music from the 60s and 70s, too.
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