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| Marc |
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| forty deuce = 42. 42nd st. n.y. |
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| Mr. Brownstone |
| Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 8:35 am |
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| I was gonna say Sin City. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 8:49 am |
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One night my ex and I decided to rent a room in Manhattan for a fun and sex filled weekend away from the kids. We started out by going to one of the theatres on 42nd that was showing a XXX double feature. Boy, were they boring. I still remember one of them which was a lesbian themed B/W with intellectual pretensions. The sex was less explicit than you could see in mainstream movies at the time, and the narration (probably a bunch of Sapho's poetry) was akin to listening a congregation going through 99 Hail Marys. This would have been '68-'69.
After the double bill (I don't think we made it all the way through), our libidos were almost eradicted. It took a while, but cruising the sex shops on 42nd. repaired some of the damage and the weekend wasn't a total loss. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 9:41 am |
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Marc wrote: forty deuce = 42. 42nd st. n.y.
Sorry to be so dense. Actually I thought you were talking about San Francisco or Oakland back from your days as the Young Hippie.
You sure got around a lot.
My first and only time watching movies there was Cassavetes' SHADOWS. Great movie, but I was kind of scared to be by myself in the theater. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 9:47 am |
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Which makes perfect sense to me.
42nd Street long ago stopped being the kind of place where Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell would hang out. |
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| bart |
| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 12:22 pm |
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| After our recent discussion re time travel in films, I rented something cheesy called The Butterfly Effect, which seemed to have all the usual logic problems, but enough female nudity (thank god for the frame advance feature on DVD players) that I didn't much care. The DVD comes with a short documentary on chaos theory, but the screenwriter apparently didn't watch it or seem to have the slightest understanding of its implications. One of those rentals where the added features are more interesting than the movie. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 3:05 pm |
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Glad to hear good reports on The Family Stone. I just watched it and was surprised to like it, too. Though Sara Jessica just can't do anything the way she did Carrie. I liked the unruliness of the interactions.........thought the plot was out of the realm of the expected. Never saw Diane Keaton with a cynical side. Rachel McAdams was a firecracker. Best thing I've seen Luke Wilson in.
Home for the Holidays remains on top........but I think I like Holly Hunter in everything. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 3:49 pm |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 9:14 pm |
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bart wrote: After our recent discussion re time travel in films, I rented something cheesy called The Butterfly Effect, which seemed to have all the usual logic problems, but enough female nudity (thank god for the frame advance feature on DVD players) that I didn't much care. The DVD comes with a short documentary on chaos theory, but the screenwriter apparently didn't watch it or seem to have the slightest understanding of its implications. One of those rentals where the added features are more interesting than the movie.
I saw this movie in a theater...but don't remember it too well.
I rented CASANOVA with Heath Ledger. It's quite a delightful romp with some of the most beautiful location shots of Venice I have ever seen. I admired the production design - breathtaking interiors with lovely old glass windows and luxurious decor.
This is one time when I wish I hadn't trusted the reviews (which were negative) and had seen this movie in a theater. To fully appreciate its stunning visuals, it NEEDS to be seen on a big screen.
BTW, Ledger does a perfectly fine job of playing a likeable and enchanting Casanova. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 9:22 pm |
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ehle64 wrote: Living Out Loud
I'll Say! |
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| Mr. Brownstone |
| Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 3:58 am |
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To follow Wade's Current post, Dog Day is such a phenomenal film, and Joe's comparisons & contrasts earlier this year to Brokeback Mountain were very enlightening.
I break down Pacino performances into three categories: brilliant, forgettable, and insane cat pissing all over your walls.
Brilliant Pacino: The Godfather, Serpico, The Godfather Part II, Dog Day Afternoon, Scarface (which borders on insane cat pissing on wall, but what else are you to do with that script but embrace it?), Sea of Love, The Godfather Part III, Glengarry Glen Ross, his one scene with DeNiro in Heat, Donnie Brasco, The Insider, Insomnia.
Forgettable Pacio: Panic in Needle Park, Scarecrow, Bobby Deerfield, Author! Author!, Revolution, Any Given Sunday, The Recruit.
Insane Cat Pissing All Over Your Walls: And Justice for All, Cruising, Dick Tracy, Scent of a Woman, Carlito's Way, the rest of the Heat. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 5:24 am |
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There are so many movies on that list I haven't seen, and need to, but I agree with you on everyone that I have (though I do have to sort of split-the-difference with Serpico, which I think contains a good performance, but as a movie is ineptly made).
Dog Day Afternoon is beyond words for me. Too good for any of the compimentary words I might use. An amazing movie. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 8:01 am |
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Tim--I agree with most of your list, but would elevate Carlito's Way and Any Given Sunday. And Scarecrow IMO is not only Pacino's worst ever but one of the worst performances ever given by a major actor. (One of the other worst is Gene Hackman in Scarecrow.) If you want a working definition of actors masturbating, this is the movie for you.
Heat is such a terrible movie that the De Niro/Pacino scene doesn't work for me either.
And of course there's Scent of a Woman, which is worse than imaginable, and a testament to Pacino's egocentricity, which surfaces only occasionally, but when it does, watch out!!! (Looking for Richard, anyone?)
I thought Al was very kewl in Gigli, btw. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 8:07 am |
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| Stay is a pretentious movie with over-the-top direction by Marc Forster but sometimes good acting, mainly by Naomi Watts in a small role which she makes interesting. It's impossible to talk about the movie without giving stuff away or making it sound unwatchable. It's not unwatchable, but comes close at times. Suffice it to say that it's a psychological would-be thriller with many, many "overtones." Ewan Macgregor and Ryan Gosling and Janeane Garafolo and Bob Hoskins. How interesting does that sound? Very, right? Wrong. But worth a look for buffs. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 8:24 am |
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I agree with Billy about Carlito's Way. I thought Pacino'sperformance was terrific. And so was the movie. And I certainly agree with him about Heat. One of those movies that isn't just bad, but annoying to the point of pissing you off.
No one seems to have seen Frankie and Johnny. A very good movie with lovely performances by Pacino and Pheiffer (I know that can't be spelled correctly, maybe?). |
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