TV/Movies Megathread

[Ideologue]

Sam Jones' understated turn is undervalued, too. 

It's throwaway comments like this that make Ide's reviews worth the price of entry for the comedy gold they return.

He draws the viewer in.  Why can't we all work together to overthrow Ming?  Because we've been played against one another for so long.  He's pretty great as the outsider who sees clearly.

[The Minsky Moment]

Little known fact: Sam Jones was sued in a trademark case by the Lumber Industry of America for his performance in Flash, due to his uncanny impersonation of a wooden board.

[Siege]

Whoa, Minsky have a sense of humor?

[Ideologue]

Little known fact: Sam Jones was sued in a trademark case by the Lumber Industry of America for his performance in Flash, due to his uncanny impersonation of a wooden board.

You think Batman is better than Superman, don't you?  You know, because he's "deep" and "complex."

Not every hero has to have layers and tragedy and blah blah blah.  Nor do I argue Jones is a good actor.  But like Stanley Kubrick with Ryan O'Neal, Mike Hodges turned Jones' disabilities as an actor into an advantage for the character.

The point is, Flash Gordon is a two-dimensional cartoon, and Sam Jones plays him thus; this is to the good, because then the straightforward message of the tale is communicated clearly.  It also lets the morality play stay out of the way of the true point of the film, which is the visual splendor of expending exorbitant amounts of cash for amped-up serial-style production and costume design rendered in some of the most glorious Technicolor ever seen.

Of course, you have said, in essence, that you hate visuals if they're not "supported" by a "complex" and "realistic" story.  Well, they've invented a new medium just for you, Joan.  It's called "the book."

I kid you, old soul.  You're a good egg.

[CountDeMoney]

Sam Jones' understated turn is undervalued, too. 

It's throwaway comments like this that make Ide's reviews worth the price of entry for the comedy gold they return.

He draws the viewer in.  Why can't we all work together to overthrow Ming?  Because we've been played against one another for so long.  He's pretty great as the outsider who sees clearly.

"Pee Wee Herman's baroque and poetic performance in Pee Wee's Big Adventure is a tour de force of raw emotive draw in the best tradition of Stanislavski."

[Scipio]

I cannot help but admit that I love Flash Gordon and John Carter.

I also liked Ironclad, although historically speaking it's highly offensive, like Gladiator, Dances with Muslims, and Braveheart.

Some movies are just outside of aesthetic judgment. When something plumbs the depths of bathos, and the heights of narcissism at the same time, and produces a wretchedly awesome spectacle, it's like watching a pizza delivery man wake up from an 18 year coma and dance a jig.

He's a man who managed to bring joy to everyone he ever met.

Except the haters. Fuck the haters.

[11B4V]

Sam Jones' understated turn is undervalued, too. 

It's throwaway comments like this that make Ide's reviews worth the price of entry for the comedy gold they return.

He draws the viewer in.  Why can't we all work together to overthrow Ming?  Because we've been played against one another for so long.  He's pretty great as the outsider who sees clearly.

"Pee Wee Herman's baroque and poetic performance in Pee Wee's Big Adventure is a tour de force of raw emotive draw in the best tradition of Stanislavski."

Fuck it I think I'll revisit "The Prisoner" series. The original not the newer assburger one.

[Admiral Yi]

Was Ironclad the movie in which the handsome Templar defeats King John and his evil Danish mercenaries?

That was definitely quite bad.

[11B4V]

Was Ironclad the movie in which the handsome Templar defeats King John and his evil Danish mercenaries?

That was definitely quite bad.

Couldn't roll with that one.

[The Minsky Moment]

Seeing Flash Gordon is one of my strongest childhood memories.
My grandfather took me.  It was in one of these old-time baroque movie palaces like an opera house.  Uptown.  You paid your general admission and went in whenever.  The clientele was to sort that like to talk to the screen.  Loudly and demonstratively.  That with Queen echoing through the massive room.  Fun times.

[CountDeMoney]

Fuck it I think I'll revisit "The Prisoner" series. The original not the newer assburger one.

I watch "Get Smart" reruns.  

NOT THE CRAW...THE CRAW!

http://youtu.be/ftgAG3Vnif8

[The Minsky Moment]

Little known fact: Sam Jones was sued in a trademark case by the Lumber Industry of America for his performance in Flash, due to his uncanny impersonation of a wooden board.

You think Batman is better than Superman, don't you?  You know, because he's "deep" and "complex."

Don't be silly.  I don't do comparative depth measurements of comic book characters, my calipers aren't that precise.

[Josephus]

Flesh Gordon.

[CountDeMoney]

Flesh Gordon.

Pfft.  Even weaker.

[Eddie Teach]

You think Batman is better than Superman, don't you? 

Doesn't everybody?