TV/Movies Megathread

[Barrister]

Rushmore.  10/10.  Wanted to watch Last Temptation, tho, or The Searchers.  Having a girlfriend is very restraining.

You should put a link to your movie blog in your sig. 

Watched Last Temptation of Christ and 12 Angry Men last night.  8/10 and 10/10, respectively.  Love that Sidney Lumet, and that Scorsese fellow isn't bad either.

It's a good thing you changed that 9/10 for 12 Angry Men...   

[Ideologue]

It's kind of on the border, entertainment-wise (not that a 9/10 suggests anything less than "really ducking great"), but as it's really quite flawless I couldn't give it less than a perfect grade.

I think I like Fail Safe better, tho.  Deathtrap's first act is better.  I like Lumet.

You're all religious and shit, what'd you think of Last Temptation?

[citizen k]

You're all religious and shit, what'd you think of Last Temptation?

Cool soundtrack.

[Ideologue]

You're all religious and shit, what'd you think of Last Temptation?

Cool soundtrack.

Hell yeah, cool soundtrack.

[Queequeg]

I've just started watching Cop Rock.

Oh.  My.  God.

Inspired by My Year of Flops? http://www.avclub.com/article/baby-selling-case-file-41-cop-rock-221713

[Eddie Teach]

I've just started watching Cop Rock.

Oh.  My.  God.

Inspired by My Year of Flops? http://www.avclub.com/article/baby-selling-case-file-41-cop-rock-221713

Did anyone mention this article?

[Ideologue]

Holy cow.  I don't think I'd ever heard of that till now.  Sounds like it'd be fun as a movie, but a TV show?

[The Brain]

13 Assassins
Kung Fury
Children of Men

But damn there's a lot of dogs in Children of Men!!

[FunkMonk]

Wasn't there a poll here some time ago about which decade of movies was the greatest? Was it the 1970's that won the poll?

[Ideologue]

Naturally, it should be the 1950s or 1980s.  But, knowing this crowd--in their 40s and 50s, and pretentious--I'd have bet on the 1970s.

[Eddie Teach]

Godfather, Godfather 2, and Star Wars make for a good solid non-pretentious base. I think a good case could be made for any decade between 1940-2000.

[Ideologue]

I was going to say 1930s, although at that point you kinda have to account for volume.

[celedhring]

Godfather, Godfather 2, and Star Wars make for a good solid non-pretentious base. I think a good case could be made for any decade between 1940-2000.

Jaws, Alien, Apocalypse Now, Taxi Driver, Chinatown, some of the best Woody Allen flicks... plus many others... yeah, the 70s can put forward a damn good case without going too snobbish. 

The snobbish pick is definitely the 60s: Nouvelle Vague, Fellini, Antonioni, Bergman... all at the top of their game.

[Eddie Teach]

I was going to say 1930s, although at that point you kinda have to account for volume.

Look at the films they thought were the best. Much as I disliked Crash, it was a better movie than Cavalcade, Cimarron, The Great Ziegfeld or The Life of Emile Zola. They did make some good comedies, though.

[Malthus]

Hey Ide, I thought your review of Watership Down was spot-on and an awesome read.



Do you take review requests? If so, I'd be interested in your review of Leon The Professional, which we saw the other day.