Off day, off topic: Movies
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 26, 2010 2:05 PM PDT
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PrintSat at the computer for ten minutes, but my muse was stranded on third when Torres grounded out.
Until then, movies. Pick your favorite from each genre:
- Science Fiction/Fantasy:
- Western:
- War:
- Sports:
- Documentary:
To which I'd answer: Primer, High Noon, Saving Private Ryan, Hoop Dreams, and Hoop Dreams. Please note that:
- I will delete any comment making fun of the Private Ryan choice. It hurts my film nerd cred to list it, but I can't really put Paths of Glory up there just to be cool.
- I probably enjoyed both The Two Towers and Empire Strikes Back more than Primer, but it would have hurt my film nerd cred to list those, so I put Primer up there just to be cool.
- It's pretty lame to list Hoop Dreams twice. So, uh, put Raging Bull on there for sports, even though that's probably cheating.
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Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 26, 2010 2:09 PM PDT reply actions
/thread over
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 26, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
1. Terminator 2
2. The Wild Bunch
3. Full Metal Jacket
4. Slap Shot
5. Beyond the Mat
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
Is it the general consensus that Terminator 2 was better than Terminator? I couldn’t stand Sarah Connor in Terminator 2, and I thought John Connor was annoying and whiny, though the two Terminators were pretty cool. Overall though, I really liked Terminator 1 better (though it might depend on which you saw first)
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
from anything other than an effect standpoint
1st one was the best. Best writing. Best Plot.
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wild bunch totally overrated
Great beginning, great ending,but crap in the middle!!
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
With some pretty offensive Mexican stereotypes, and I’m not Mexican.
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by gallo del cielo on Aug 26, 2010 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions
best Mexican stereotypes
Touch of Evil
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
True enough, del,
which includes Heston and his pencil thin.
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by gallo del cielo on Aug 26, 2010 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
and one of the greatest tracking shots in history!
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Weren’t you pimping another tracking shot earlier?
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Wasn't the one in "The Magnificent Ambersons" . . .
. . . supposed to be something special?
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T2
The second one grates just because Ah-nold used his star power to come back as a hero.
"The two worst things in football are: 1) They think that a 30-year old professional athlete has to be locked up in a hotel room, with a curfew, the night before a qame; and 2) They're right."
- Cowboy safety Cliff Harris
I watched the 3rd one as sort of campaign material for Arnold’s first gubernatorial bid (you know, the one where he was running against Gary Coleman). Sadly, his efforts against the Skynets were not enough to trump his total lack of political experience in my eyes, so he didn’t get my vote.
by Murray, Present on Aug 26, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
1. Westworld
2. Westworld
3. The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming!
4. Bull Durham
5. The Princess Bride
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein
Yul Brynner, baby!
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 26, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
points for Jonathan Winters!
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by SimpleJaquez on Aug 26, 2010 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Where's the Comedy category?
"I wanted to pick a Rockie. But I dislike the Rockies. They're not bona fide." — Jon Miller on the postgame wrap, 7/1/10
by Giant Fan in Singapore on Aug 26, 2010 2:14 PM PDT reply actions
Grant don’t take no comedy seriously, unlike Primer.
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by gallo del cielo on Aug 26, 2010 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
1. Lord of the Rings Trilogy (three for the price of one; I cheated.)
2. The Original 3:10 to Yuma, though the new one is pretty cool too.
3. Saving Private Ryan
4. Rudy
5. It Might Get Loud
just watched new 3:10 to Yuma for the 2nd time… really good movie.
Thing A
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It's really good.
I think the acting in that movie is incredible. Crowe and Bale together was the best.
Exploding horse!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
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I was a little disappointing with It Might Get Loud. I felt the Edge should not have been in the movie. I also would have loved to seem them play some more and swap more stories.
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
I'm a U2 fan
so the Edge being in it didn’t bug me too much. He’s not the greatest, but a fine choice.
You are right about the playing and stories thing though. Those were the best parts of the movie.
I’m a huge Jack White fan (listening to the Dead Weather right now, actually), so that biased me.
i love Jack White and Jimmy Page (but hate U2….sorry) The Edge even said it himself, he wasn’t sure why he was there. Also, he showed the extent to this abilities, continuously changing the same 2 chords but using an effect pedal… I’m sorry i know it’s my opinion but I’m sure JW and JP and the doc/audience could have benefited from someone in their style of guitar
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
Well the thing about that was that the Edge was the worst guitarist of the three, but he was the most engaging character. Jimmy Page is off his rocker, and Jack White is kind of interesting but also pretty creepy.
The scene where Jack White plays Led Zeppelin waaaay better than Jimmy Page is probably the best part of the movie.
i'm indulged in JW's creepiness. and JP gets a pass because he is a GOD!
lol
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
Saying that The Edge is not a good guitarist because he is after creating a sonic landscape is like saying the beginning of Voodoo Child is not amazing because Jimi uses a wha-wha pedal.
You don’t have to like U2 to respect what The Edge has done.
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Aug 26, 2010 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I might say he’s not a particularly good guitarist, but I distinguish that from whether he’s a good musician. I think he is interesting and innovative as a rock musician.
He wins the Mark Knopfler Award.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I think his Sultans of Swing solo is worthy of a top-25 of all time ranking.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, but he himself has said he can’t really compete with the million notes/second, technically proficient soloists and is instead interested in just making good music.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions
In other words, he’s the anti-Ingwe.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he’d be very happy playing in Mumford & Sons, yeah.
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I just saw them on the TV at the gym this morning… didn’t hear a thing because I had my iPod on. It was VH-1 and I saw a dobro and was like WTF?
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I think most fretboard hammering results in useless noise anyway, so I can definitely agree.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I see we have some fellow gee-tar players here
“Dude, let’s put the band back together.”
I think we need a top five guitarist list (maybe keep it to pop/rock?). I’ll go from the top of my head but reserve the right to change.
1. Hendrix
2. Van Halen (not a huge fan but he sort of changed the world)
3. Jimmy Page
4. Jeff Beck
5. Shawn Lane (had to throw in an obscure one)
Damn that was hard. It feels inadequate…so many missing.
Johnny Ramone
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Those are my favorite kinds of players
Knopfler, Mike Campbell, Lindsay Buckingham, Jerry Garcia, Ry Cooder… none of ’em speed demons by any means.
"The two worst things in football are: 1) They think that a 30-year old professional athlete has to be locked up in a hotel room, with a curfew, the night before a qame; and 2) They're right."
- Cowboy safety Cliff Harris
I didn’t say he was a bad guitarist, but i will go further into it. First off, it’s not at all like comparing Voodoo Child. To even bring up Jimi in the mix with The Edge is a sin. Jimi had more sole in a single note than the Edge has in his whole catalog. (i know that’s harsh and not necessarily true but it is) Had Jimi played any of his song without a wha-wha they would still be kick ass and kicking. Let me put it this way, you can do what the Edge does on a keyboard….easily…..
Secondly i don’t like U2 and i still don’t have to respect what The Edge has done. I think U2 is overrated. I may be ignorant about the band and their impact but they didn’t do anything that wasn’t done before except exploit poppy rifts and melodies. I don’t know much about their music but I’ve heard enough of their songs to hear his guitar work and I’ve never been impressed. I’m not saying everyone has to be as good as Hendrix or Page to be a great guitarist or have an impact on the band or music, i just think you could easily replace the Edge and still get the same effect.
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
disclaimer....drunk and unedited. sorry
yes sole like the fish…and kick ass and kicking! yeah!
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
Made perfect sense to me. And I even agree about U2.
/sober and edited . . . as always /
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by gallo del cielo on Aug 26, 2010 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy:5th Element
2. Western: Tombstone
3. War: Full Metal Jacket
4. Sports: Major League
5. Documentary: Why We Fight
These are off the top of my head so they may change once I am reminded by others’ selections.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
"Hell is coming with me!"
Great line, great movie.
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
It’s an obvious choice but Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday > All
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My faves — cheese edition:
1. Avatar
2. Young Guns
3. Gone with the Wind
4. Remember the Titans
5. Modern Marvels: Cheese
I admit, I’ve never seen the last one.
Yeah,
I think it won something like seven Oscars. Didn’t see how important this was? Critics cried phoenix tears after watching it.
TWSS
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I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
"I told the family lovingly slide"
1. Children of Men
2. Once Upon a Time in the West
3. Bridge on the River Kwai
4. Eight Men Out
5. Fog of War
2. is pretty much the only clear-cut choice for me.
There’s lots of war movies that I like, but very few sports movies. Eight Men Out wouldn’t be in my top 100.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
I almost made Children of Men my choice.
Great premise, great storyline.
But Serenity…
"I wanted to pick a Rockie. But I dislike the Rockies. They're not bona fide." — Jon Miller on the postgame wrap, 7/1/10
by Giant Fan in Singapore on Aug 26, 2010 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
theo dying and dylan reference a little heavy handed. maybe it’s bc i’m a huge clive owen fan (dang he was good in closer).
I am a big fan of him too.
I have been calling for him to play James Bond for a while now. I think he would do a good job.
Him dying was the way to do it. All symbolical and shit. He has to give up his life for a new life. I thought it was powerful.
I like the concept in Serenity but not the execution. Some great moments, and a great villain, though.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
yeah! Children of Men is wayyyy underrated. One of the better films to come out this decade
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
Cúaron is fantastic
I was very bumbed they only let him direct one Potter film. He made the only one that is actually good on it’s own.
"A new day will dawn for those who stand long." - Led Zeppelin
by The Wisdom Cow on Aug 26, 2010 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Children of Men was STUPID!
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Aug 27, 2010 7:30 AM PDT up reply actions
1. Serenity
2. Serenity
3. Serenity
4. Serenity
5. Serenity
"I wanted to pick a Rockie. But I dislike the Rockies. They're not bona fide." — Jon Miller on the postgame wrap, 7/1/10
by Giant Fan in Singapore on Aug 26, 2010 2:16 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I saw that, actually, and just decided to go full steam ahead.
"I wanted to pick a Rockie. But I dislike the Rockies. They're not bona fide." — Jon Miller on the postgame wrap, 7/1/10
by Giant Fan in Singapore on Aug 26, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I also really liked V for Vendetta
Anyone else?
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by Giant Fan in Singapore on Aug 26, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
/banned
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by Giant Fan in Singapore on Aug 26, 2010 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I'm a big fan.
I just felt the movie slowly lost life along the way. Don’t get me wrong, I liked it a lot. It’s just not the best Sci-Fi.
certainly had relevance during our nations last facist spasm. might be relevant again after november elections…
Choppin' broccoli
by SimpleJaquez on Aug 26, 2010 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
You could have posted a baseball article and it would have ended up on this topic anyway.
- 2001
- The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
- Dirty Dozen
- 8 Men Out
- The Decline of Western Civilization
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by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 2:16 PM PDT reply actions
I’ve read just about everything Clarke has ever written.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I watched 2001 and had no idea what the hell was going on, or why anyone not on drugs would think this was a film classic.
So I looked online to find out just what the hell I was supposed to be watching, and saw this whole thing about how man became master of his planet, then he went into space and became like a child (had to learn how to use the potty, ate baby food, etc), couldn’t control his toys, evolved or something…
The description made a degree of sense, but I still hated the movie.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
You should read the book before seeing the movie
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
That helps some, Lars,
but not that much. The movie would have to carry its own take on the ending. I do love the movie, but I think the ending is self-indulgent by the director.
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by gallo del cielo on Aug 26, 2010 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I think the ending is self-indulgent by the director.
Well, Stanley Kubrick was known to be a tad self-indulgent.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
That ending made no sense. Dave gets to Jupiter, is looking at it, then suddenly we’re looking at a space baby? What the deuce happened there? (I might not remember that bit exactly)
I imagine reading the book would have helped, which is really funny… How often do we say that reading the book first will only ruin a movie for you?
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Perhaps. But . . .
. . . it’s not really terrible or anything. For all the critical foofaraw, I think the gravamen of the movie is plain and simple: modern man is become so dehumanized that his machines are more human than he is, and some sort of spiritual re-birth is urgently needed. Most of the movie is “boring” precisely because its thrust is to show how boring and bland and almost inhuman the ship’s crew (representative of humankind generally) is—a bunch of nearly emotionless automatons. HAL, on the other hand, is a real personality. The ending, implying the need for a re-birth (the figurative rendered literally for emphasis), is indeed a bit OTT, but I’m not so sure something shorter would have proparly emphaszied the difference between the boring “as is” and the psychedelic “could be” aspects.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Excellent analysis.
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but that...
does not make it any more watchable.
by Captain Leebeard on Aug 26, 2010 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
This
I found 2001 impossibly boring.
It’s great that others were able to get what they did out of it, and I certainly don’t begrudge anyone that! But I didn’t get it, and wished I could have those 3 hours back.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
It depends . . .
. . . I guess, on what you’re watching for.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
the good, the bad, and the ugly and the dirty dozen?
you win
slowly dying, one giants game at a time
by SirPsycoSexy on Aug 26, 2010 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
yay!
Science Fiction/Fantasy: 2001. Maybe Solaris. Probably 2001. OK, definitely 2001. Primer was damn good.
Western: Pick any one of the Dollars Trilogy.
War: Apocalypse Now
Sports: Breaking Away
Documentary: Some Kind of Monster
Ask me tomorrow and every entry on this list will be different.
Favorite overall film, today-only edition: Antonioni’s The Passenger
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
yeah man. that movie. it’s like a drug for me. so amazing.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Trippy soundtrack.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Lots of Garcia
"The two worst things in football are: 1) They think that a 30-year old professional athlete has to be locked up in a hotel room, with a curfew, the night before a qame; and 2) They're right."
- Cowboy safety Cliff Harris
you really don't
it’s pretty terrible.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I'm with delorean here, and I was tripping when I first saw it,
then later when I wasn’t, then again when I was in my thirties, and it was dreadful, even laughable, each time. Do not waste two hours watching Zabriskie Point. Watch a MST-3000 instead. Any.
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by gallo del cielo on Aug 26, 2010 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Shift-A
I missed this thread yesterday and shoulda been part of it.
I’m here to agree with the consensus on this subthread: The Passenger‘s amazing, and Zabriske Point kinda blows. And I’m an Antonioni nut too.
by Duelling Brandos on Aug 27, 2010 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions
high five
let’s hang out
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
if only...
I would’ve happily been at the meetups, only (sad trombone) I now live in Dallas, TX. For work reasons, obviously. I doubt many other fans of Il grido around here.
Should the Rangers and Giants meet in the series, I’ll gladly bust out the sleeping bags and host some McCoven when the games shift to Arlington!
by Duelling Brandos on Aug 27, 2010 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Breaking Away
Great call. That movie rules!
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
1. Spaceballs
2. Dead Man
3. Apocalypso Now
4. Over The Top
5. Spinal Tap
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 2:19 PM PDT reply actions
Apocolypso
The AN remake by Mel Gibson?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Dead Man
I love the soundtrack, Stupid White Man.
"A new day will dawn for those who stand long." - Led Zeppelin
by The Wisdom Cow on Aug 26, 2010 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Roger Ebert: “[…] had it not been for the unfortunate score by Neil Young, which for the film’s final 30 minutes sounds like nothing so much as a man repeatedly dropping his guitar.”
I agree with TWC on the soundtrack and JDisaster on the selection of the film. Kudos squared.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Neil Young craps bigger than Roger Ebert, metaphorically speaking.
Choppin' broccoli
by SimpleJaquez on Aug 26, 2010 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions
they should def have a doc. about Spinal Tap
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
also the doc. about Apocolypse now is just as good as the movie if not better
if you haven’t seen it already. Heart of Darkness.
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
what about
Pork Lips Now!???
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1. 12 Monkeys
2. 3:10 to Yuma (new one)
3. Braveheart (I may be stretching it here)
4. Dodgeball
5. Dear Zachery
Rec'd for 12 Monkeys!
Great movie!
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 26, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Love 1-4. I’ve never seen Dear Zachery.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
the full title is “Dear Zachary: A letter to a son about his father.” The less you know about what really happened to this family the better the movie is, but it’s both tragic and uplifting.
by NateEveryday on Aug 26, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
my list is *yawn* obvious
1. Blade Runner
2. The Unforgiven (close 2nd was Good/Bad/Ugly)
3. Apocalypse Now
4. Hmmm… Rounders? Rollerball? Dodgeball? Major League? Blood of Heroes? Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome?I don’t really like sports movies.
5. Spinal Tap, if you will.
When this .sig was awaiting the Final Sabean Apocalypse, I never once in a million years suspected it would be a "good" Apocalypse. Bengie... Don't let the door hit you IN YOUR GIANT ASS on the way out!
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Unforgiven was fucking great.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
+109
Dammit, choosing just one movie is ridiculously difficult and fraught with doubt
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 26, 2010 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, Unforgiven is awesome.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
This was almost my choice. Great movie.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
No denying Unforgiven, but like most westerns after 1960 or so, it relies on various parodies of our expectations based on previous westerns. That’s the point, to some extent.
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by gallo del cielo on Aug 26, 2010 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think parody is the correct word. There is definitely “iconography”. Westerns are the most iconic of film genres, and Clint Eastwood is one of the most iconic of Western actors. It is a post-modern film, playing on the audiences perceptions of what a Western, and what a Eastwood staring Western should be. This is part of it’s appeal. Additionally it is also a fabulously made movie.
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Aug 26, 2010 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
You are both right.
I said that badly. Parody is the wrong word. Its power comes from its references, and those need not be known to feel that power.
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by gallo del cielo on Aug 26, 2010 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions
oh sports movie has to be
Barton Fink
“It’s a wrestin’ picture. Whaddya need, a road map?”
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1. Groundhog Day (close enough, right? Okay, fine 2001,)
2. Seven Samurai (if that’s not western-y enough, Stagecoach)
3. Letters From Iwo Jima
4. Hoop Dreams
5. Man on Wire
Seven Samurai, great choice. It’s mine too. Magnificent Seven had Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen, but Toshiro Mifune pwns both of them.
by Murray, Present on Aug 26, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I like the Magnificent Seven too, but you’re right, Toshiro Mifune and Seven Samurai wins.
by scotterduder on Aug 26, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Mifune
is such an attractive clown. How does he pull it off? I always hate him first.
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by gallo del cielo on Aug 26, 2010 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Man on Wire was so great
Jeez, choosing a favorite documentary is REALLY tough.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
I know!
That was a tough one for me. Even if you look at just the last 10 years, there have been so many great documentaries.
by scotterduder on Aug 26, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Science Fiction/Fantasy: The Empire Strikes Back
Western: High Noon
War: Apocalypse Now
Sports: Bull Durham
Documentary: It’s really a tie for me between Man on Wire and Riding Giants
Croix De Candlestick: You'll be a better person for reading | My adopted Giant: the next Buster Posey, Johnny Monell
I can’t believe I didn’t even think of Star Wars.
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A world defense schemd dreamt up by a really old movie actor
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 26, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL @ commies
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
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by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 26, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
INORITE
I would probably change from 5th Element to any of Star Wars IV -VI. A New Hope is my favorite of those.
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I just assumed you were on drugs
5th Element isn’t even top 20 sci fi movies
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You are probably right. I know it’s cheesy and dumb but for some reason I always watch it when it’s on. Plus I don’t really know sci fi very well. My other choices were going to be LOTR or Even Horizon.
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I liked the 5th Element
It’s decent. Not great or anything. But decent and watchable.
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I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
"I told the family lovingly slide"
it has really terrible moments and really great moments. Not much in between.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
great stunt-casting
Tiny Zeus Lister as President of the World or whatever? Stellar.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Plus it's pretty funny IMO.
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I actually watched "Dick Tracy" when I go home yesterday
I hadn’t seen it when I was kid. Holds up kind of well over the years.
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What, no romantic comedies? No screwballs? No animated films? No samurai movies? No Euro art films? No silent comedies? No heist flicks? No Wallace Beery wrestling pictures? I need more genres.
Primer’s pretty great. If I watch it just one more time, I’ll figure out what happened.
Shame about Saving Private Ryan, though.
1. Matrix (first viewing)
2. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly [though I really want to argue Kill Bill (both combined as a single movie) should qualify as a Western].
3. The Thin Red Line
4. Caddyshack
5. Ferhenheit 911
"A new day will dawn for those who stand long." - Led Zeppelin
Funny
You get +1,000,000 for Caddyshack, but -1,000,000 for Thin Red Line, which was horrid.
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Yeah I fell asleep watching Thin Red Line.
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I’ll even confess I am hopefull there is one day a director’s cut for The Thin Red Line because of the near 7 hours of footage left on the editing room floor.
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by The Wisdom Cow on Aug 26, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Thin Red Line was the worst war movie I’ve ever seen.
Thing A
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I’ll see your Thin Red Line and raise you Pearl Harbor.
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah but the remade effects from Tora! Tora! Tora!
were nice…
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Hard to choose which is worse
Two horrible, horrible movies
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by SnowLeopard on Aug 27, 2010 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Code Talkers was absolutely the worst war move I have ever seen.
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by Badly Browned on Aug 27, 2010 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions
You could at least qualify that by plot or whatever. Technically, it was a masterpiece of cinematography and sound editting. I get that the poetry and introspection doesn’t sit with everyone, but it is hard to deny that the movie was well made.
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by The Wisdom Cow on Aug 26, 2010 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
it made me fall asleep
I reserve the right to challenge the assertion that any movie that made me fall asleep was unequivocally “well made”.
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The best part of Thin Red Line (which isn’t saying much) is the new DVD packaging, which prominently features George Clooney as if he’s in it for more than a Rick Pitino sexual experience.
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Sci Fi: Empire Strikes Back (lame I know, but like Grant I enjoyed this more than Primer, even though I enjoyed Primer a lot once I finally understood it)
Western: A Fistful of Dollars
War: The Patriot
Sports: Miracle
Documentary: King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (with This Film is Not Yet Rated a close 2nd, only being beaten by my love of videogames)
The Patriot was terrible
And I’m not saying it just because Mel Gibson was in it. I recently saw Apocalypto and I enjoyed it.
by Murray, Present on Aug 26, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I don't like the Patriot
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Nearly Walked Out
I haven’t walked out of a movie in my entire life, but The Patriot almost drove me to it. It’s one of the worst films I’ve ever seen – brutal abuse of history that makes Braveheart seem like a textbook. I do love the scene where they come upon the empty village, whose denizens have all been recently crispy crittered together in the church by Lucius Malfoy, and they’re all confused about where everybody went. Open your nostrils dumbass!
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why does everyone hate SPR?
i thought it was a damn good movie
too mainstream / cliche to get film nerd points
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For me, the prelude & coda alone are enough to disqualify it from being the best of anything. I literally facepalmed on the dissolve to Old Matt Damon at the end.
Beyond that, I’m offended by the way the movie starts off by demolishing the idea of war-as-entertainment, then spends the final 90 minutes rehabiliting that same idea. This isn’t really fair, I know, but it sticks in my craw.
Hmmm….I have to disagree with you on that. I actually wrote about SPR for a film class, and I gained a great deal of appreciation for it (albeit, the misdirection about the identity of the old man was typical Spielberg emotional manipulation – and totally unnecessary). The platoon is made up of your typical stock war film characters, but most of them don’t meet the expectations of the stereotypes (did you expect Upham to sit there and have a panic attack while his friend was being murdered? I didn’t). It isn’t a perfect film, but I felt that Spielberg really made the viewer identify with the waste and sacrifice of war, far more than a piece of shit like Pearl Harbor; I definitely felt no excitement during either major battle in the film, and I was disturbed by the brutal end and the implications that humanity toward your enemy in war will only get you killed.
Is it my favorite war film? Not a chance (Paths of Glory is definitely my #1), but I’m sick of the film nerd backlash towards Spielberg just because it became extremely fashionable to hate him after Dawson’s Creek made it so easy. And trust me, I still consider him to be one of the most overrated filmmakers of this generation.
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I thought the bookends were useless, but also inconsequential. Pick your favorite album, and slap a 30-second throwaway song on either side. It’s still your favorite album.
And I’m a bit more forgiving toward Spielberg, which makes me sicker of the backlash toward SPR.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 27, 2010 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Sci Fi: Star Wars
Western: Who Shot Liberty Valence
War: The Hurt Locker
Sports: Caddyshack
Documentary: The Office
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Hurt Locker…seriously?
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by positiveuphemism on Aug 26, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
did a pretty good job of capturing some of the hardest to capture emotions in modern war…. but still managed to be very hollywood and completely unrealistic. Overall still a good movie though.
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
even though its innacurate its an incredibly tense, well made film that really sucks you in (or most people obviously, film taste is not universal)
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Thats like saying don’t judge Any Given Sunday or The Fan for being unrealistic. When you see a three man E.O.D. team running around and doing the job of an entire infantry squad or even platoon and just generally being way more bad ass than the special forces unit in the movie it makes it pretty hard to take the film seriously.
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
Hurt Locker seems like an “important” film, but the more the setting if fictionalized, the more it becomes entertaining tension porn, little different from a well-made horror film (which is fine, if all you’re aiming for is entertainment). If you set a movie during a current, ongoing war, there’s an expectation that you’re going to portray that setting faithfully. The less real the setting, the less relevance it lends to anything you’re trying to say in the movie, and more it looks like the case of of not doing your homework.
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I think the “important” part comes from everybody not making the movie. At worst, the producers who financed the film and are looking to sell it for a profit would push it as such, certainly the media elite who want to make popcorn entertainment “relevant” to “normal people” would also want to make the film something it’s not, but I never saw it as anything more than tension porn. The theme of the movie is right there at the beginning: war is a drug. Viewed through that lens, all the risky behavior the lead engages in and all the tension makes total sense.
For me the “war is a drug” line at the beginning of the movie might as well have said “this movie is going to be important”
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
It just felt like the presentation of a thesis, giving the impression that their explanation of said thesis was going to be very important and much more than entertainment.
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
that was the thesis, and i thought it did a good job of showing how stupidly addicted to danger Will James was
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I think when a movie presents a thesis, especially when its presented through the lens of a current war, its trying to be kind of important. I thought Will James’ danger addiction was a cartoonish exaggeration, but I was ok with that. I just think it was unnecessary to do the same thing with so much of the rest of the movie.
Thing A
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STFU and STFD
And which one were you in? If you weren’t than you have absolutely no fucking idea what you’re talking about.
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by Giant Torture on Aug 27, 2010 7:18 AM PDT up reply actions
I haven't seen this movie
but big claims require a big delivery
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
Heres my spiel on the Hurt Locker. There is an incredible tension to a war like the one we are in. bombs could blow off anywhere, insurgents could be anywhere. Its not a war that takes place out on a battlefield. The filmmakers wanted to convey that tension of the Iraq war and used fictional stories that are in no way realistic to get across the feeling of Iraq. Its the same thing Apocalypse Now did. It showed Vietnam to be a confusing, haunting place without exactly giving you how it happened.
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meh
I think thats all true, but they didn’t HAVE use such a completely fictionalized story to get that feeling across.
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
maybe, personally I loved it, and was soooooo happy it beat Avatar in everything. I know its trendy to hate on Avatar but did they really have to make it so cliche. Challengeus mentally not just visually Cameron! Thats what the true greats do!
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Oh I was very happy it beat Avatar too. I thought Hurt Locker did enough things really well to offset how ridiculously unrealistic it was.
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
Hurt Locker is guilty of bending it’s setting to serve the story and underlying theme, but Avatar is (shocking for SciFi, I know) just making shit up. I love SciFi, but if you have something insightful to say about modern life, you shouldn’t need a completely contrived situation to beat us over the with it.
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I cringed every time I heard someone say they changed their ways to be more eco friendly because of Avatar. I mean thats great that they did that, but c’mon that really changed your life?!?!?!
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yes, yes they do. I read an article about James Cameron dumbing down his message to change the world.
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It’s very realistic and subtly deals with a lot of actual issues that we have to deal with, like being in Baghdad or Kabul one day and at home doing the dishes the next. Would have picked Full Metal Jacket, but the second half of the movie is such total and utter bullshit that I couldn’t bring myself to do it.
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by Giant Torture on Aug 27, 2010 7:16 AM PDT up reply actions
A bomb disposal expert sneaking out of his base on a one man commando mission is realistic? Or traipsing off through back allies without backup (even though there’s a ton of other soldiers on the scene he could have gathered up)? Or suddenly becoming an elite sniper/spotter team? You’re right that the tension and dislocation are absolutely realistic, but then there’s a bunch of extraneous stuff thrown in for no good reason beyond the rule of cool, and it detracts from the more serious underlying themes of the film.
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SciFI: Donnie Darko
Western: The man who shot liberty valence
War: Schindlers list (does this qualify? if not, Saving Private Ryan)
Sports: Baseketball(just kidding…its gotta be bull durham)
Documentary:I dont watch a whole lot of documentaries, but i liked fog of war and even enjoyed ken burns’ baseball documentary a lot.
+109 for Donnie Darko
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That backlash sucked!
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"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein
LOL "my lovely her"
WTF?
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 26, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
word
i’m not a big sci-fi guy, but that movie kept me entertained the whole way through… even in spite of the fact that it was an 11pm show after a couple of drink!
Nice.
I was so impressed, I have seen it three times. I’m even writing an essay on it right now (English major with hopes of Grad. school, so I like to write). The movie just gets the gears in my brain turning. I love of Nolan’s movies actually.
havent seen one i didn't love yet
where u go to school?
havent seen that yet
finished ucla a few years ago, and somehow LA has kept me here. probably to help the gods fight the battle against dodger fans
The Prestige >>> The Illusionist
two similar movies coming out around the same time
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
i saw the illusionist, not prestige
everyone i know told me illusionist was better.
prove it.
It is fact.
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It should now say, “The Prestige is a 2006 mystery thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan, and it better than The Illusionist.”
I felt the other way, the Prestige was too soap opera ending, HE HAS A TWIN!
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The Prestige wasn't perfect.
But I just didn’t think the Illusionist was any good.
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Sci Fi/Fantasy: Flesh Gordon
Western: Silverado
War: The Deer Hunter
Sports: The Final Yard
Documentary: Best in Show
Hahahahah Flesh Gordon
I saw that at some theater in San Jose in 1976 as I recall. Great T&A movie. “Yes your assholiness”.
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 26, 2010 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
+109 for Silverado, somehow I forgot about that one.
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by Giant Torture on Aug 26, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Evil Dennehey wuz evil.
Choppin' broccoli
by SimpleJaquez on Aug 26, 2010 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
The “star vehicle” that made Jeff Fahey’s B-movie career possible?
by non sequitur on Aug 26, 2010 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions
1. Alien
2. Red River
3. Grand Illusion, maybe? I feel like there’s something else I’m forgetting.
4. Can’t think of a sports movie I really love. Raging Bull doesn’t qualify in my book, though I’m not sure why.
5. The Man with a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov)
I like old stuff.
Alien
is probably the best HORROR film of all time. It’s “only” top 5 sci-fi
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Aliens > Alien atmo
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by delorean on Aug 26, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
You get a Rec for this.
I love Alien, but sorry gays, Aliens is better.
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Is the Alien
a camp favorite, like Judy Garland, Rock Hudson, and Ethel Merman?
Learn something new every day.
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They’re totally different genres!
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Alien = slasher film in space, Aliens = WW2 movie in space
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by SnowLeopard on Aug 27, 2010 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
My dad prefers Alien, I'm partial to Aliens
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by Giant Fan in Singapore on Aug 26, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
They all run together for me.
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whaaa?
they’re completely different genres
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I don't know about that
Different directors, different approaches. I would say they are kind of like an anthology of stories by different authors about the same subject.
For my part, Alien>Aliens.
by Murray, Present on Aug 26, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess I would just argue
that they seem to fit together so seamlessly, which is pretty rare for sequels and such when handled by multiple directors. I agree with what you say, I just think they did a great job keeping the story and setting together.
I'm actually watching Grand Illusion right now
Was not a big fan of The Rules of the Game (blasphemy!) but Grand Illusion is great so far.
by scotterduder on Aug 26, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I loved Grand Illusion, hated Rules of the Game. I feel like you can’t really enjoy Rules of the Game until you analyze it and pick out all the symbolism, while Grand Illusion is more entertaining.
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Fools and Sages
great list
I’m not surprised. Red River is a thing of beauty.
by Duelling Brandos on Aug 27, 2010 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Science Fiction/Fantasy: Plan 9 from Outer Space (1958)
Western: Shane
War: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Intense—put it in your queue.)
Sports: Bend it Like Beckham
Documentary: Fog of War (though The Cove is sitting downstairs in a red envelope, unwatched)
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas was really good. It’s pretty rough considering you know what’s coming throughout the movie.
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
but did he live or not?
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by positiveuphemism on Aug 26, 2010 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
what the cove! tears
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
Watched The Cove last night and it made me cry tears of anger. A very entertaining documentary, but if you have any concern for treating animals (including fellow humans) with compassion, this will make you sick.
Particullary poignant in light of the recent egg “recall” and the tainted deli meat at Walmart.
Consider my documentary updated to include The Cove.
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I’m normally a fan of the unintentionally bad movie. But I find that one more depressing than amusing.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
In some ways.
But I think it’s still generally ranked The Worst Film Ever Made, which is no mean accomplishment, considering the competition.
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MANOS
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Wikipedia tells us that . . .
. . . "The book Hollywood’s Most Wanted lists Manos as the #2 in the list of “The Worst Movies Ever Made”, following Plan 9 from Outer Space." For what that’s worth.
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They obviously haven’t seen Blood Orgy of the Leather Girls.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Death Bed
Troll 2
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Gigli.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Star Wars (the original trilogy (yeah I’m taking 3 too, sue me.))
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Generation Kill (miniseries is close enough, right? If not, Three Kings)
Field of Dreams
This Film is Not Yet Rated
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I have had This Film recommended to me countless times. What the hell is it even about? People just ask if I’ve seen it but never explain…
It's basically
about the MPAA and how they have way too much power as far as what movies can show.
from wiki:
The film discusses disparities the filmmaker sees in ratings and feedback: between Hollywood and independent films, between homosexual and heterosexual sexual situations, between male and female sexual depictions, and between violence and sexual content.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Sci Fi/Fantasy: Empire Strikes Back
Western: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
War: Platoon
Sports: The Natural
Documentary: Not really sure to be honest
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: Inception (seen thrice, and counting?)
2. Western: Unforgiven
3. War: The Thin Red Line
4. Sports: The Natural
5. Documentary: Trinity and Beyond – The Atomic Bomb Movie
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
Inception did have a pretty sweet hour along action scene. That was pretty intense.
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
When I try to describe that movie to other people, that’s the only scene that pops into my head. So, people don’t really understand what the movie’s about when I try to explain it. I love that scene.
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think I have a favorite Western movie
Does that make me a bad person?
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
All Musical Edition
SciFi/Fantasy: Rocky Horror Picture Show
Western: Oklahoma
War: South Pacific
Sports: Damn Yankees
Documentary: Buena Vista Social Club
YES
I really want to see this.
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Comedy was not one of the options
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
this falls under WAR sir...
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Science Fiction/Fantasy: Sunshine
Western: I really need to watch more Westerns. Wild Wild West
War: I know it’s a series, but Band of Brothers
Sports: Major League
Documentary: Into the Wild
With Science Fiction, I had really high hopes for I Am Legend (though I haven’t seen The Omega Man). Starship Troopers is always awesome. And I know there are more sports movies that I like (Eddie!) but I can’t think of them right now. The Sandlot would be WAY better if Benny wasn’t a freakin Dodgers fan.
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 2:36 PM PDT reply actions
Have you seen The Pacific yet?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Nope, I haven’t, I don’t have HBO right now. I’m really looking forward to it though. Have you seen it? Does it measure up?
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
It defiinitly measures up.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I’ll have to check it out. I work with a lot of vets, so I’ve heard a lot of stories about World War 2 battles in the Pacific. I’m excited to see it.
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
meh
I thought it was really good, but I wouldn’t be placing BoB level expectations on it. I thought they really coulda made a much better series, they had truly fascinating historical events to work with there that a lot of people don’t know much about at all.
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
You guys are just big David Schwimmer fans.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I hate David Schwimmer
Which is why he was perfect for the role of the incompetent boob unit commander with a napoleon complex.
In some ways he’s better than FMG the drill dergeant, because I can’t help but like Lee Ermey even though we’re supposed to hate the character.
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Well...
Ermey is badass
Sobel in BoB was incompetent and pathetic..
The San Fransisco 49ers, where got Dix, VD and Crabs!
by Badly Browned on Aug 27, 2010 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought Generation Kill was better.
The Pacific is too disjointed (Band of Brothers was a little disjointed too, but the Pacific is almost like 4 different movies cut together).
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Disjointed feels right in war movies, though. I would imagine that’s kind of what war would be like, so I don’t mind too much.
Band of Brothers felt like legitimate war movie “you never know what might happen” disjointed, The Pacific is more like the creators wanted to fit in more stuff but couldn’t really make it work disjointed. Bob is episodic within an overall framework of setting and character, The Pacific feels like a couple almost unrelated miniseries[es?] cut together.
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I think that is a legit criticism,
and is one of the reasons why BoB was better than the Pacific. I just don’t see this as making Pacific a bad mini-series. I still really enjoyed it. Though, looking at your comments, it doesn’t seem like you were calling it bad, per se.
I don't think it was bad.
As said below, I think it would have benefited from being a longer series or a better edited, more focused one. Not being as good as Band of Brother isn’t much of a criticism, since (IMO, at least) BoB is the best miniseries ever made (yes, I’ve seen Roots).
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I did like that the Pacific was able to show the soldiers dealing with life away from the war (ie coming home after, or spending time in Australia, or Basilone touring around and banging starlets). You didn’t get that in BoB.
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
honestly, The Pacific just needed to be a much, much longer series. Really would make for a fantastic full 2 or 3 season show.
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
This
it really felt like they were constricted with only 10 episodes.
The San Fransisco 49ers, where got Dix, VD and Crabs!
by Badly Browned on Aug 27, 2010 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I loved it but was disappointed by the ending.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I can see that. It’s kind of a weird movie in general.
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m a big fan of Danny Boyle, and I like Cillian Murphy a lot.
A couple other good science fiction movies off the top of my head: 28 Days Later and District 9.
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Whoa . . . .
make sure you throw a Later on the end of that.
"A new day will dawn for those who stand long." - Led Zeppelin
by The Wisdom Cow on Aug 26, 2010 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Funny scene in the episode of The Office when Pam decides to watch 28 Days Later alone at night, scaring herself shitless in the process while wondering where the fuck Sandra Bullock is.
For about two years, my cable DVR’s guide screen would end at 28 days, cutting off the Later. I swear at least 15 times, I changed the channel only to see a rehab center. I never learned.
"A new day will dawn for those who stand long." - Led Zeppelin
by The Wisdom Cow on Aug 26, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
28 Days Later
had perhaps the best musical score for a sci fi/horror/action movie evah.
When this .sig was awaiting the Final Sabean Apocalypse, I never once in a million years suspected it would be a "good" Apocalypse. Bengie... Don't let the door hit you IN YOUR GIANT ASS on the way out!
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game totally stalled and basically dead at this point
Sunshine was fantastic!
it just felt like somewhere through the production of the film, the studio or test audiences wanted more cheesy BS for the ending. It was great until it started to get all Event Horizon on us. It didn’t need any of that
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
“Into The Wild” ain’t a documentary. Documentaries (almost exclusively) aren’t populated with professional movie actors and SAG members.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Oh dang. It’s a documentary on his life though isn’t it? Maybe I’m making a fool out of myself, I thought it was though.
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
No worries. It is a very good film and certainly doesn’t seem, or look, like a typical Hollywood movie.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Haha and you’re right. I guess I had heard somewhere that it was a documentary (I really liked the book, but it isn’t exactly a biography of his life), but they made a separate documentary called The Call of the Wild (not the Jack London book). Oh well.
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
HOW DID I MISS THAT??
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
“Well… the dip sucked!”
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Wild Wild West.
Wild Wild West.
Wild Wild West.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
1. Pre-Inception: 2001. Post-Inception: Inception.
2. I haven’t watched a Western movie. Not a big fan of the Western genre for some reason.
3. Platoon.
4. Remember the Titans.
5. Food Inc.
Somewhere in the minor leagues, Joe Paterson is pitching.
Science Fiction/Fantasy: District 9
Western: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
War: The Thin Red Line
Sports: The Damned United
Documentary: Fog of War
I haven’t seen the Damned United yet, but I always wish there were more great soccer films. Victory was kind of laughable.
by scotterduder on Aug 26, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I really liked District 9. A lot of my friends hated it, but I thought it was really well done.
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Hm...
1 – Princess Bride
2 – High Noon
3 – All Quiet on the Western Front or Dr. Strangelove (1 is definitely a war film, the other is more of a satire of the effects of a cold war…so not 100% a war film)
4 – Bull Durham or Caddyshack (neither is really a sports movie, but they fit under the genre
5 – Endless Summer (or Endless Summer Revisted for a “true” documentary)
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by positiveuphemism on Aug 26, 2010 2:39 PM PDT reply actions
Shit!
- should be Bridge on the River Kwai.
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by positiveuphemism on Aug 26, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Dr. Strangelove! Good one.
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Love Dr. Strangelove. That movie single-handedly made me interested in studying the Cold War. Sure, I’m not actually studying the Cold War, but seeing how all of my friends view that as the most boring phase in US history, it’s something.
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
Ted knight chevy chase and bill murray masterful in caddyshack.
by iamwhatiam on Aug 27, 2010 12:16 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
1. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
2. Seven Samurai
3. Platoon
4. Rudy
5. Waiting for Guffman
by Murray, Present on Aug 26, 2010 2:40 PM PDT reply actions
Guffman is my favorite movie of all time. Period.
Choppin' broccoli
by SimpleJaquez on Aug 26, 2010 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Science Fiction/Fantasy: The Empire Strikes Back
Western: Unforgiven
War: Apocalypse Now
Sports: Field of Dreams
Documentary: Spinal Tap
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grahamo01.shtml
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s awesome.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
that's what make this movie
plus he’s a giant!!!
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
No true Giants fan can like “Field of Dreams”! Please read the book that it’s based on – “Shoeless Joe” by W.P. Kinsella. Besides the fact that the book is 100 times better than the movie, the a$$hole director of the movie changed the team that the recluse writer was in love with as a child from the NY Giants (in the book) to the Brooklyn Dodgers (in the movie) – for no known reason. In the book the character has a very poignant line where he says something to the effect, “I once was a baseball fan, then they tore down the Polo Grounds and ripped my heart out.” Needless to say, this didn’t make it into the movie.
Read the book and you’ll be disgusted with the movie.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Just to be clear
In the movie the recluse author (a doppleganger of JD Salinger) was replaced by a recluse civil rights agitator (played by James Earl Jones).
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
hated the book
hated the movie
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I'm disturbed that I am so consistently
in agreement with delorean. I read the book earlier this very summer and I was encouraged early but soon felt robbed, like I was victim of a good con.
Yes, it is quite different from the movie in important ways, but both deceive in the bad way. The book more so, but I won’t go on here.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 26, 2010 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
None of that
makes me disgusted with the movie.
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
"I told the family lovingly slide"
Save for its concept, the book sucked balls
With the movie, the characters stopped being sniveling wimp morons. I literally hated them all a they were written, and started wishing for a meteor to wipe them all out, preferably landing smack dab on top of the repulsive lump of spineless moron goo, Annie. No offense to spineless goo. I would have asked for her to be blown to bits like Jenny on All My Children, but I figured I’d gotten one death wish fulfilled—don’t be greedy.
The Terence Mann character in the novella was JDSalinger, but the movie gurus fortunately changed that. Fortunately, because it was a lot more fun and interesting to have James Earl Jones as the disillusioned dreamer than yet another pasty whitbread dolt of an actor. And the selection of JEJ also explains the change to the Dodgers: A young idealistic black male in the late 40s and early 50s was very likely to be a fan of the Dodgers after the Jackie Robinson signing.
It says that Moonlight Graham died in 1965 but when Ray meets him in the movie he’s walking around in 1972. WTF hollywood!
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
I have no problem with the magical realism aspect of it.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 26, 2010 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
1. Flash Gordon/T2
2. The Unforgiven
3. Braveheart/ The Deer Hunter
4. Hoosiers/ Remember the Titans
5. American Pimp
I’ve never seen Deer Hunter.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Deer Hunter and Sophie's Choice
The Debbie Downer Double Feature of all time.
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 26, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Million Dollar Baby too!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Throw in Breaking The Waves to make the ultimate suicide sandwich
Eliminate that pesky Dominatrix in one easy step. Step 1: Tell her you're a Cubs fan!
Oh man. I saw this in the small-ish Albany Theater near San Pablo and Solano and had to sit so close to the screen I had to crane my neck upward to see the movie. That, combined with von Trier’s handheld cam, left me with a splitting headache afterward.
Great film, though.
by non sequitur on Aug 27, 2010 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Well..it is uplifting in the “damn, that was a fine piece of filmmaking”
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by positiveuphemism on Aug 26, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Science Fiction/Fantasy: A Scanner Darkly
Western: No Country for Old Men
War: Das Boot
Sports: Rocky Balboa
Documentary: An Unreasonable Man
- For the first category, I forced myself not to pick Star Wars/LotR, so Scanner Darkly won.
- No Country is the best neo-western of recent years.
- Das Boot is fantastic, though Der Untergang is a close second, then Platoon.
- As far as Rocky Balboa goes, I’m a huuuuge sucker for nostalgia trips, and that movie was damn inspiring.
- An Unreasonable Man is about Ralph Nader, who I admire greatly (though it’s very fair).
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
Crap, I forgot about Der Untergang in the “war” category. See, this is impossible. I just know I’m going to forget something.
by non sequitur on Aug 26, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
i'll watch der if
you watch army of shadows
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Sigh, I’m afraid no deal. Too much on my plate.
Der Untergang has been meme’d to death because of that one scene, but it is a fascinating film.
by non sequitur on Aug 26, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
it's so fucking good though
wartch it
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
A Scanner Darkly, good choice
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
After I saw Lady in the Water in theaters, I was so offended that I gave money to that piece of trash that I immediately went to A Scanner Darkly, and it completely made up for my transgression
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
Speaking of Shayamalanananaman
They showed a trailer before Scott Pilgrim of one of his new movies, and everyone in the theater booed when his name came up on screen.
I saw the trailer at the beginning of The Other Guys. Same reaction. How is this guy still able to find studios/financing?
The movie doesn’t even look that scary. It’s seems to be the whole “stressed out people stuck together complemented with a couple supernatural-seeming occurrences that cause them to freak out” storyline. Twilight Zone did that 50 years ago, and probably much better.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
One of my friends saw the expendables on opening night, and when the trailer for Devil came up everyone was really into it. Then when the name Shyamalanmnfbz came up the entire theater groaned and hissed.
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
My friend really likes Mr. Night, for some reason
Besides 6th sense (which doesn’t have much rewatching appeal), I haven’t liked a single one of his movies. I stopped watching them, pretty quick, though.
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
"I told the family lovingly slide"
Unbreakable was pretty good
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Not really
Better than the other couple I’ve seen though.
Signs has some of the silliest situations I’ve ever seen in film.
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
"I told the family lovingly slide"
M. Night's flicks
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
subjectively false
Signs was the most preposterous piece of shit ever
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
or do i mean objective
yeah, that one
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
well
considering that was its actual RT score, the graph is objectively true.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Signs
I still get livid even thinking about it
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Well, their weakness was really stupid, but other than that it wasn’t awful
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
i disagree. it was awful on just about every conceivable level. but their weakness was far and away the stupidest thing ever. it’s like you and me flying to some planet, the surface of which is 80% lava, and not taking any precaution against getting burned to death.
ARRRRRRRRRRRGH RAGE
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Yeah, that was really stupid
But I also enjoyed the fact that they have interstellar travel with ships that can be completely invisible but can’t get through a locked front door.
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
"I told the family lovingly slide"
Gotta say Lady in the Water was worse, soooooo much worse. At least Mel & Joaquin can act
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
yea, I’d put Signs much closer to The Village than 6th Sense or Unbreakable, but Lady in the Water and The Happening were much worse.
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
The village
was absolutely terrible.
For me, Unbreakable and 6th sense were pretty good, Signs was OK, everything else is dreck.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Yeah, pretty much
Signs definitely fell apart at the end, and maybe there was no way for it to not fall apart, but some of the middle was pretty strong, which is more than you can say about any Shyamalan movie since then.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
The Village is an easy number one for me, which is not to say that it’s not terrible. But it’s an enjoyable terrible.
I liked Unbreakable more than most.
But otherwise I agree.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
subjunctively false
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
i give up
i still never know if greater than is this one > or this one <
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
The bigger number is on the open end, and you read from left to right
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Wow, you’re bigger than a Delorean?
You must have really packed it one since I last saw you.
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Goofus’ junk all by itself is bigger than Delorean.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions
lady in the water was worse than the happening, and that’s saying alot. That’s right, they don’t even deserve capital letters!
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
I didn’t see The Happening, but Lady in the Water was just jaw-dropping. How did he ever get serious actors to appear in that thing?
the worst part is i saw it in the theater….yeah………
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
to this day its the only film I’ve seen in theaters that actually offended my taste. When it was over the audience clapped sarcastically and everyone left trashing everything in it, especially his acting
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
STAY ON TOPIC!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
THERE IS NO OTHER TOPIC!
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 26, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Red Leader, lost speckops, lost non sequitur. They came at us from behind … [silence]. TWSS.
by non sequitur on Aug 26, 2010 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions
is a warm gun
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
What if I came here for movie discussion?
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
BRAZIL
Once Upon a Time in the West …..Army of Shadows…Field of Dreams http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grahamo01.shtml….. and…Werner Herzog eats his shoe!!!
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 2:48 PM PDT reply actions
You know
I saw a VHS case for Werner Herzog eats his shoe, and I was wondering, is that the whole documentary?
by scotterduder on Aug 26, 2010 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
yes
and imo better than movie Fitzcarraldo..at least shorter
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
We must have been typing Brazil at the same time.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Very depressing movie
really what an ending!
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
They made (and sold) a version with a happy ending too.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Sad to say, yes.
It was Universal chairman Sid Sheinberg’s so-called “Love Conquers All” ending, which is the version he had wanted to release in theaters, but which Gilliam successfully battled him over.
Wikipedia is your friend. Sheinberg’s version was shown on American TV and released on DVD, but only quite a few years after the release of the film and several slightly variant but basically similar and “complete” DVD versions.
The movie has certainly been a critical success.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Yeah, it seems sort of shocking that such a major film didn’t get a US release at the time (which was really the era of Euro-cinephilia). I’m happy Sundance Channel gave it such a long run, including in HD.
Melville is one of the only directors I love who I basically didn’t even know about before I was 30.
by Duelling Brandos on Aug 27, 2010 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Science Fiction/Fantasy: Wow, I have no idea. I suppose Princess Bride is a safe choice. T2 is the only film I ever went to the theater to see more than twice.
Western: Blazing Saddles if we count ironic westerns, Tombstone if we count contemporary westerns, For a Few Dollars More if we count westerns when they were actually dominant in cinema.
War: I’m not sure I’ve ever sat through an entire war film, no matter how good it was.
Sports: Probably Field of Dreams. I remember liking Victory, but I was less than 10 years old.
Documentary: Never sat through the heralded cinematic ones (Man on Wire, Winged Migration, etc.). I like TV documentaries though.
I rented it but never even took the DVD out of the packing slip. I’m sure it’s good, and that I’d love it and wouldn’t shut up about it if I ever took the time to actually watch it.
by non sequitur on Aug 26, 2010 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
War: I also forgot about Lawrence of Arabia, if you count that as a war film. More the first half than the second half, though.
by non sequitur on Aug 26, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Winged Migration was awesome
I can’t belive I forgot that, not even thinking about nature docs, lol. Though that new series shot in HD does steal a bit of WMs thunder.
Very funny that I didn’t think of nature docs! I have two White Winged Kite (hawk) fledglings in my backyard right now (fell from their nest). I’ve spent hours watching to see if they’ll start flying. I called experts who say to give them 2-3 days before getting aid from UCD, but I am just shocked that I’ve spent all morning watching two real birds and never thought about WM, lol.
"A new day will dawn for those who stand long." - Led Zeppelin
by The Wisdom Cow on Aug 26, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
somebody watch
Army of Shadows by Melville 1969 won’t leave your head
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 2:55 PM PDT reply actions
I let my friend borrow that before I had a chance to watch it and it’s been months. Dang.
by scotterduder on Aug 26, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes
I was somehow able to find a copy of the Criterion Collection DVD at a used bookstore for $7. Lucky me! Of course, if I never get to watch it…
by scotterduder on Aug 26, 2010 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
SciFi: Brazil
Western: The Magnificant Seven
War: Kagemusha
Sports: Bull Durham
Doc: Ballets Russes
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Ballets Russes?
That came straight outta left field.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Yeah. I’m not a fan of ballet, but that was a thoroughly engrossing film about a group of true artists recounting the life of expatriot Russian ballet stars (and other nationalities as well) back in the 1930s-50s. Very poignant and an entirely new world that you’ve never heard about.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
it was good
Wife was a dancer, so i saw it with her. i didn’t love it, but i liked it.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
LOL
The only reason I watched it was because of my girlfriend. Every once in a while the women in our lives make us do things that we don’t want to, but end up being a good thing after all.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
SciFi/Fantasy: I refuse to say Empire or Blade Runner, so…Gattaca
Western: Tombstone
War: Apocalypse Now
Sports: The Fan (only because it gave me my SBN handle)
Documentary: The Clash: Westway to the World
"Thank you, Coach (Theus). I'm about to kill y'all this half." --DeMarcus Cousins
yea, there are lots of shots of marin county, the hometown in question. i guess i forgot for a minute i was posting on a primarily bay area based forum, that probably sounded a bit weird.
Yeah, also my hometown. The Marin Civic Center was such a trip when I was a kid. I love me some Frank Lloyd Wright, all Wright.
..:Fear The Fin:..
No Rude Boy?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Got to love The Clash
Strummer was a true original, but half-crazy a lot of the time.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Tonight it's:
Doctor Zhivago, Brief Encounter, and The Bridge on the River Kwai!
A LEAN NIGHT!
by AmorVincitOmnia on Aug 26, 2010 3:01 PM PDT reply actions
Ha..
I was hoping someone would get my reference (Unforgivable: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz1nQEQ6UAQ)
But yeah.. I still haven’t seen those movies.
by AmorVincitOmnia on Aug 26, 2010 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: The Adventure of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
2. Western: High Plains Drifter
3. War: Apocalypse Now
4. Sports: The Natural / The Longest Yard (original)
5. Documentary: One Day in September
Buckaroo Banzai
weirdest mainstream movie ever?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Kick-Ass is a genre unto itself
discuss.
Plus, it was very good.
also discuss.
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
I loved Kick-Ass, but the last time we discussed this in a thread it turned into a discussion or whether or not the movie sexualized Hit-Girl.
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
I thought he did a good job in that movie. I could hardly tell he wasn’t a girl.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
i didn’t encounter that discussion. but to pick a side, i’d suggest that it did not.
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
I was at Wonder-Con panel with the cast and crew of Kick-Ass
because I’m a complete and utter nerd. And the issue surrounding women in comic book movies came up. The screenwriter Jane Goldman specifically pointed out that they liked the idea of Hit-Girl being young because it takes away the overt sexuality that often comes with female super-heroes.
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 26, 2010 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions
on my dvr is
Targets…Bogdanovich’s first….and Shanks in which i am scared to see..Marcel Marceau as a deaf puppeteer!!!
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 3:05 PM PDT reply actions
1. Terminator 2
2. Tombstone
3. The Kingdom
4. Major League
5. No End In Sight
Quietly hoping Brandon Belt develops into John Olerud, circa 1993.
by AndOnTheDrums... on Aug 26, 2010 3:07 PM PDT reply actions
I dunno.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
save this thread!!!!
i’m writing down good stuff to watch
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 3:10 PM PDT reply actions
/throws up on liloveddickdietz
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
This thread will self destruct in 5 seconds...
/inspector gadget’d
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Bill Goldman Edition
1. Princess Bride (nod to Stepford Wives)
2. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (nod to Maverick)
3. A Bridge Too Far
4. Misery – Cathy Bates has a great swing (was going to go with Marathon Man)
5. All The Presidents Men
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 3:11 PM PDT reply actions
“All The President’s Men” is not a doc. The book was non-fiction, but the movie starred Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Did you know Misery wasn’t really a sports movie?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
1. Predator
2. I really like Gran Torino, but if that doesn’t count then The Outlaw Josey Wales
3. Band of Brothers
4. Field of Dreams
5. Spinal Tap
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
Predator rocks.
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not sure there's a better action/sci-fi scene than Arnold and Carl Weathers' arm wrestle hand shake
“Whats the matter? The CIA got you pushing too many pencils?”
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
Great call
I saw Predator when it came out, and when that shot appeared on screen the entire packed movie theater exploded with laughter.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
The set of Predator: where BALCO got its start.
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Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
then just imagine what kind of roid lab business The Expendables just gave birth to!
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
That movie is like a high school reunion for terrible acting.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you see it? Is it as wonderfully terrible as I’m hoping?
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
Nah… just going by the trailers and track records.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I watched the first 45 minutes of Gran Torino and gave up on it because it was terrible.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
There are definitely some pretty cringe-worthy moments in that movie.
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
thirded
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I thought it would have been better if he had real actors in it. The story was amazing and with some more powerful supporters could have been a masterpiece
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
I was in between
I thought it was pretty good, but not the ZOMG AMAZING movie that some people said
Buster Posey>
I kind of liked it, but there was so much about it where I was like, “Really? REALLY?”
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I couldn’t figure out how much of it was ironic. If it’s at least 50% ironic, I think it’s a fine movie.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Top 5 movies of all time, independent of genre
no particular order
Stray Dog (Nora Inu)
The Passenger
Andrei Rublev
Strange Brew
Godfather II
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
honorable mention
The Conversation
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
i was harry caul last year for christmas, which should sort of reveal in the nerdiest of ways that this is my favorite movie.
You dress in costume for CHRISTMAS?
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Harry Caul
Santa Claus
I N C E P T I O N
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
not sure what calbearjd was on about, but i was making an Idiocracy reference
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
The Conversation is a brilliant film that I can never bring myself to watch again because watching it kicked off a weird series of events that ultimately resulted in the worst few years of my life.
Good movie, though!
by Seasick fish on Aug 26, 2010 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
i have records and books liek that
but no films, thankfully
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I love The Conversation for a) Gene Hackman, b) Gene Hackman, c) the brief cameo by a young Harrison Ford and d) the green Muni buses in use during the early 70s.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
it's awesome
oh wow, i want to listen to it right now. it’s hypnotic.
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 26, 2010 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions
stunning movie
probably the most underrated Coppola film.
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 26, 2010 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
based on Hamlet
don’t feel guilty
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
ok, i've been meaning to ask this for a long time...
There’s a movie I saw as a kid, early 80s or maybe even late 70s, and I just can’t remember its name. It was a quirky, low-key comedy but played deadpan by all the actors and actresses involved. The ONLY thing I can remember about it was that at one point a guy, in order to avoid answering a question, goes on a hilarious, non sequitur discourse about SALT.
I asked my sister and she suggested that it was Strange Brew - I’m kind of thinking it was a Canadian production. But I kind of don’t think it was.
by non sequitur on Aug 26, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
doesn’t sound remotely like SB.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Yeah, the movie I’m thinking of and the lead actors I’m vaguely recalling don’t resemble Rick Moranis or Dave Whatever at all.
by non sequitur on Aug 26, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you hear we’re in first place for the wild card now that the Astros swept Philadelphia?
by non sequitur on Aug 26, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Stray Dog for the win!
But really, I think High and Low is one of my top 5 films ever. So, so great.
by Duelling Brandos on Aug 27, 2010 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m a film nerd, and I’m adding a sixth category, entitled “Favorite Star Wars Film”.
Sci-fi/Fantasy: Blade Runner
Western: For A Few Dollars More
War: Platoon
Sports: Rocky IV
Documentary: Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Star Wars Film: Empire, without a doubt
..:Fear The Fin:..
i cheated
i picked the trilogy
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"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I can respect. I just enjoy reveling in the metaphorical Cold War victory portrayed in the film.
..:Fear The Fin:..
In my opinion, Rocky 1 is the only actual “good film” of the bunch. Don’t get me wrong, I love all the Rocky movies but the first one is really the only one that isn’t overly cheesy and can stand on its own as a classic movie.
The first film devotes a lot of time to the relationship between Adrian and Rocky and Sly does an amazing job channeling his real life experiences into Rocky’s life. If you read up on the first film it’s pretty amazing how Stalone had to invest his own money (when he was a broke nobody) and turn down production companies that would fund the movie but not cast him as Rocky.
I think Rocky 1, 2, and 6 are "good films"
In the sense that I like them because they’re good, and not because they’re camp.
It’s weird, in that I like 6, or Rocky Balboa, the best, but the only reason that Rocky Balboa is a good movie is because of the movies that preceded it.
I love seeing the flashbacks to the old movies, and without fail, that moment when Rocky gets knocked down in the last fight of his life, and he sees all his old fights, and he says to himself that “it’s not about how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward” sends chills down my spine.
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
Like I said
The sixth is actually my favorite.
Trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntGKGPGx4lo
If you liked any of the previous Rocky movies, you really should see it.
Rocky 5 was a complete travesty, and Stallone himself basically disowned it. He made six so that he could rap up the series in a way that felt right, and it’s perfect as a series capper.
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
Huh… I loved the first one. Was meh on the second, was aware there was a third and then… that’s about it.
I think you'd like 6 then
It’s mostly a nostalgia trip towards the first two movies, with very brief flashes to 3 and 4.
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
hmmm something else to add to the list of movies we should see but will never get around to watching. I got The Wind that Shakes the Barley for Christmas and still haven’t watched it. And just now while over at the dvd shelf to see what else lurked there unwatched… I saw Blind Side, which was a pretty darn good “sports movie” and when I went to put Singin’ in the Rain in the dvd player… I had to remove the H2G2 documentary on the making of the Hitchhikers tv series.
Maybe I’d change my choices…
When I was in college, a guy in the chess club would always good-naturedly trash talk during games using Ivan Drago quotes.
by non sequitur on Aug 26, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I have a pretty bad confession. The only Rocky I’ve seen is Rocky Balboa (the newest one). And the only Rambo I’ve seen was the most recent one they made as well.
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Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s shameful, I know.
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Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve been meaning to. I’m just, like, lazy.
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Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
When I was a kid, the first two Omen/Damien films scared the freaking crap out of me. I think I’m still scarred by them in ways I don’t realize.
Of contemporary horror films I like The Blair Witch Project.
by non sequitur on Aug 26, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Malick is getting killed here
Did people see/like/hate The New World? I thought it was fucking incredible.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I thought it was really good. That Terrence Malick kid might have a future in filmmaking!
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
by groug on Aug 26, 2010 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’ve heard good things. It’s near the top of my to-watch list.
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Wendy Malick?
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
beautiful filmmaking
but hermann BORING
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
absolutely loved it
visual poetry, blah blah blah, all that shit film snobs love to say
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I love him, but I am an admitted film snob. I thought The New World was one of the greatest movies ever, until they went back to the old world. The last third just didn’t sit right with me, even though I knew it was intentional.
"A new day will dawn for those who stand long." - Led Zeppelin
by The Wisdom Cow on Aug 26, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree, I thought the scenes with the Native Americans had an incredible mystical quality to them that is hard to find in most modern fantasy movies
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
I liked The New World
but didn’t love it. I enjoyed Badlands too, but not Days of Heaven too much.
by scotterduder on Aug 26, 2010 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I really love it. I enjoy long, thoughtful movies like that, and assassination of Jesse James. The whole world he creates is incredible
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
Oh man
Assassination of Jesse James is great. I want to watch the even longer version that they played at the film festivals.
by scotterduder on Aug 26, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes! I keep holding out hope they will release the four hour version on blu-ray
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
such a great underrated film. I love this film. Casey Affleck is great. Gone Baby Gone was really good as well. I’m curious to see his doc. on Joaquin Phoenix, I’m Still Here.
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
Casey has real chops
Loved Assassination, liked GBG. It had some problems, but Casey Affleck wasn’t one of them.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Malick didn’t do Assassination of Jesse James…
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I was giving an example of long thoughtful movies that I liked… If Malick did Jesse James he would still be cutting it and prepping it for release in 2013
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
Oh sorry, I misread the thread.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I loved The Thin Red Line, but I just couldn’t get into The New World. I think the juxtaposition of war and nature (or man living a simple life in nature) worked better for me thematically-speaking than whatever theme was explored in TNW.
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Aug 26, 2010 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
i thought it was beautiful, but i can see why some people didn’t have the patience for it.
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 26, 2010 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Re: The New World
I liked it a lot while watching it—total immersion. But it hasn’t really aged all that well: in retrospect I take away very little, strangely, except slivers of mood or fragments of imagery.
I love Days of Heaven, though.
by Duelling Brandos on Aug 27, 2010 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
P.S.
the 3:10 to Yuma remake was fucking garbage
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"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Who it fucks is nobody’s business.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I recently saw a SF movie
with that pulp fiction girl fabienne (it’s a chopper,baby). It started slow but emerged as a very satisfying film. Anybody know the name?
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 3:22 PM PDT reply actions
Fabienne was a bitch
How do you forget about his father’s watch?
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
Bedside table.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
lliked Moon a lot
esp for its nods to 2001 and Solaris
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"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
excellent movie
great performance by sam rockwell, excellently paced by the score… left me thinking on it for a while afterwards
i've seen him at Zeitgeist
He’s on Mike Fontenot stature
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1. Empire Strikes Back
2. not sure
3. Kanal (GREAT MOVIE)
4. Field of Dreams/Space Jam (yay my childhood!)
5. Hoop Dreams (/highfive)
by Rook Takes Pawn on Aug 26, 2010 3:25 PM PDT reply actions
SciFi/Fantasy: No clue. Meteor Man? I don’t usually watch a lot of Fantasy/SciFi.
Western: Blazing Saddles (I never watch Westerns; I don’t enjoy the genre)
War: See response to Westerns
Sports: Far too many to name one, but League of Their Own and The Sandlot were my hands-down favorites as a child
Documentary: An Injury to One
So I have a feeling I don’t have a lot of DVD’s in common with most of you :/ I prefer comedies, thrillers, and gangster movies
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 3:26 PM PDT reply actions
Creole,
Genres aren’t movies. I know what you’re saying about “Westerns,” but enough are great that we must call your prejudice just that, a silly prejudice. I tend not to care for Action movies, but I’ve watched Road Warrior 20X, and will gladly watch again because it’s great.
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by gallo del cielo on Aug 26, 2010 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Ok
I didn’t mean to imply that they’re all bad. I haven’t seen a lot of them because the ones I have seen I didn’t like. I’m just not someone who likes to experiment with movies. If I’m going to spend money/time on something I want to have some idea that I’m going to enjoy it. So I really wouldn’t say I’m “prejudice” against westerns
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions
always right...never lie
VOTE FOR ME!!!
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: Army of Darkness
2. Western: Once Upon a Time in the West
3. War: Full Metal Jacket
4. Sports: Field of Dreams
5. Documentary: When We Were Kings
Did I pick Army of Darkness because a Star War or Ring Lording movie would be overly obvious and I had enough overly obvious movies? Maaaaaybe.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
I was hoping Evil Dead/Army of Darkness would pop up somewhere.
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
rewatched AoD recently
it didn’t really hold up. some great lines, but torturous at times.
gimme Evil Dead II any day
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"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
first fifteen minutes of AOD
Is great uncut filming…then downhill
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
AoD
not even best Evil Dead movie… II was the bestest.
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well I guess
If “people” can prefer Star Wars over Empire…
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That trilogy deserves its own category.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
1. Ghostbusters
2. High Noon (tied with Tombstone)
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. Field of Dreams (But only because I haven’t seen Raging Bull)
5. Hoop Dreams
Lol, no problem. It is a pretty incredible movie
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
OOOOO! I didn’t think of Ghostbusters!! That’s my new #1.
So thanks right back, Every6thDay!
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Good, not great movie.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought it should have won best picture last year.
Acting, writing, direction, cinematography. All brilliant.
i think you’re being charitable.
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"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I reserve the right to change my opinion when I see it a second time, but I think it was great. It cuts in several directions at once — questions of individual vs. communal mission, love/hate critique of war (and other) cinema, over-the-top revenge fantasy and what that tells us about ourselves — and still stays fun and compelling.
solid
i appreciate your perspective. by the time i saw it it had been hyped to the roofbeams, and i was deeply disappointed. mostly by the over-the-top performances (which is ultimately the director’s fault). And I consider myself a Tarantino fan.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I have encountered too many people who have hated Inception because of the “hype.” They actually said the movie was good, but all the praise going into it and then afterward colored their view. That really sucks. I hate reading shit like this. In the case of these friends and acquaintances of mine, they want to work in the film/TV industry. I think they’re being stupid for letting hype color their view so much. But for everybody else, that just sucks. I am sure there are also people out there who have experienced way too much hype about sex and — gasp — Baseball and are sorely disappointed, disenchanted with those things because of the hype.
not sure if you’re attacking me here or what, but I’ll try and explain myself.
When 47 people tell me that X movie is the greatest thing ever, my expectations are raised accordingly. When X movie fails to meet my expectations, I am disappointed. My experience of X movie is thereby diminished. I’m not stupid because of it; it’s just the way perception works.
Also, if you’re disappointed by sex, I’m gonna say you’re doing it wrong.
However if you’re sorely disappointed, you might be doing it right.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I wasn’t attacking you. I just think it’s a bummer when it sounds like the response to some work is more about the response to the “hype” surrounding that work. There are plenty of things in this world that I like a great deal or even love that people either don’t respond to in the same way or outright hate. “Not living up to the hype” is a tough way to judge things, I think. That’s all.
Either I’m not explaining myself well, or you’re just not open to what I’m saying.
When I’m disappointed by something that has been hyped (regardless of the something), I’m not responding negatively out of some perverted backlash. It’s solely because I’m disappointed. Expectations figure heavily in everything I perceive, especially film.
If I go to see a Coen Brothers film, I expect to see a certain type of film. If I think they phoned it in, like they did on The Ladykillers or something, I’m deeply disappointed. However, if someone made Ladykillers as their thesis out of UCLA film school, I’d probably be blown away.
So, part of why I didn’t love Basterds was because it didn’t live up to my expectations, and part of it was that I thought it was a mess of a film. Not because a lot of people liked it and therefore I was going to hate it. That would be fucking idiotic.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Perhaps I am only jumping on an incomplete phrase that you wrote:
by the time i saw it it had been hyped to the roofbeams, and i was deeply disappointed.
Elsewhere in the thread, somebody mentioned thinking a movie was good, but not as great as the hype. I am just commenting on the notion that how people think of something before you (or I) see it for ourselves influences the way we judge something after our own experience.
well i maintain that you're not picking up what i'm putting down
and that’s going to have to be OK.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
there ain’t no good guy. there ain’t no bad guy….
Choppin' broccoli
by SimpleJaquez on Aug 26, 2010 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions
My big problem with Basterds
The ’heroes" were flat and uninteresting. I think it would have been a better movie if the Nazis won.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
I think that was (one of) the points
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--Daisy Owl
Good film.
Almost great, but killed by how uneven it is. Wish Tarantino just make great movies instead gimmicky good ones.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Inglorious Basterds
is Cosher Porn (actor’s phrase, not mine), not a war movie.
"A new day will dawn for those who stand long." - Led Zeppelin
by The Wisdom Cow on Aug 26, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice Choice on the Ghostbusters
That’s a big twinkie.
Did you just boo a baby?
Gozer the Traveller will come in one of the pre-chosen forms...
During the rectification of the Vuldronaii the Traveller came as a very large and moving Torb. Then of course in the third reconciliation of the last of the Meketrex supplicants they chose a new form for him, that of a Sloar. Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Sloar that day I can tell you!
Choppin' broccoli
by SimpleJaquez on Aug 26, 2010 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
During the rectification of the Vuldronaii the Traveller came as a very large and moving Torb. Then of course in the third reconciliation of the last of the Meketrex supplicants they chose a new form for him, that of a Sloar. Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Sloar that day I can tell you!
Choppin' broccoli
by SimpleJaquez on Aug 26, 2010 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Science Fiction/Fantasy: Empire Strikes Back
Western: Back to the Future III
War: Inglourious Basterds
Sports: Miracle in the inspirational category, Space Jam for nostalgic
Documentary: 9/11, HM goes to Thin Blue Line
Trying to come up with movies for this list made me realize that the genres I like the most are action/adventure, animation, musicals, and those starring Tom Hanks.
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
Space Jam?
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
space jam was pretty awesome if you’re in the right age group
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
agreed
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe I can fly!
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe I can touch the sky!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
If you believe it, you can achieve it.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
That was either the first or second CD I ever owned – I forget if I got Oops I Did It Again before or after.
But, yeah. Growing up in the 90s, Michael Jordan was THE role model. I even owned his biography, and I didn’t even like basketball.
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
the part where Bill Murray shows up at the end is still epic to me.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
true
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You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: The Empire Strikes Back
2. Western: Was West World taken already? Damn. Butch & Sundance, then.
3. War: Three Kings
4. Sports: The Karate Kid… Did I really just type that?
5. Documentary: The Thin Blue Line
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
Who wouldn’t want to be the topic of an underdog montage accompanied by the music of Joe Esposito?
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
Had have a young Elizabeth Shue as your girlfriend
and Pat Morita as your sensei…
Cobra Kei/John Kreese…one of the best villans ever
Zabka!!!
Have you seen Hot Tub Time Machine??
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
Check it...
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
HM Field of Dreams, Friday Night Lights, The Natural
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
Read The Natural after years and years of meaning to. Holy shit, why, Hollywood, why?
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 27, 2010 12:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Karate Kid II all the way.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh god, with the Japan trip? Nothing beats Karate Kid III. I’ve often thought about how different my life would be if I skipped college in order to open a bonsai store with an elderly Japanese man.
..:Fear The Fin:..
Yeah, you could have met Blake Lively’s older sister, who you would believe to be your love interest, only to have her tell you she has a boyfriend and then get written out of the movie 3/4 of the way through it.
Karate Kid III makes all other sequels look like Godfather II by comparison
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slightly OT?
what’s taking the cake this year for favorites? i feel like i haven’t even been out to the theaters… is it really all about inception?
Alice in Wonderland.
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Kidding, by the way. It was pretty awful.
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
That was the point I started sobbing, and didn’t stop until the credits.
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
The scene where Andy is giving his toys to that little girl, at the end, is one of my favorite scenes ever.
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
"I told the family lovingly slide"
:’(
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions
When he pulls Woody back reflexively, then looks at Bonnie, realizing she deserved his best friend. Tears fell hard, both times I saw it, and when he said, “So long pardner”, I lost it like a little kid. God damn you Pixar for making me weep in front of a 14 year old girl who thought it was “cute”.
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Wow, I still haven’t seen it D:
I wonder if it’s playing around here anywhere…
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Go see it right now.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
WHY DO ALL INSIST ON RUINING THIS MOVIE FOR ME
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I honestly think it’s an existential masterpiece that rivals that of anything by Sartre.
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 26, 2010 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Winter’s Bone and The Kids Are All Right were really good. There haven’t been a lot of good ones so far this year though.
by scotterduder on Aug 26, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: Pan’s Labyrinth
2. Western: Deadwood is better than any western movie I’ve seen. If I have to choose a movie I’ll pick “The Searchers”
3. War: Not a big fan of modern war movies. Maybe Last of the Mohicans? Nerd answer = Hurt Locker.
4. Sports: The Wrestler (sports entertainment counts right???)
5. Documentary: Born into Brothels
Born into Brothels
Man, I thought that was terrible. Like, terrible terrible.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
counterpoint
I did love the Wrestler and Deadwood.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Deadwood
Shakespeare in the mud…great mention
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I cheated with Deadwood. When I actually start to think about it, I find TV to be much better at all these genres.
This American Life’s run on Showtime was more enjoyable than any documentary movie I can recall.
Band of Brothers over any war movie I can think of.
I might even out myself and say Friday Night Lights is a more enjoyable show than any similar sports movie I can think of.
Granted when you look at LTR and Star Wars it’s hard to compete with fantasy, but I do love me some Lost and I predict the new HBO series based on George RR Martin’s novels will reach that same level.
When it comes to comedies, TV has movies trumped IMO.
The Wrestler
I liked that movie-though it wasnt what I expected. That shot with the staple gun was sick
Buster Posey>
I didn’t tell my wife what the deal was with that movie and she left the theater traumatized and angry with me.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I saw it with my parents
and it was uncomfortable since a lot of that movie took place in a strip club
Buster Posey>
Strip clubs don’t really phase her but the violence that he did to himself (and the way it was portrayed) really got to her.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I found the wrestler as overrated as the red sox front office.
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All Chromatic Division
1. Men In Black
2. Red River
3. The Thin Red Line
4. The Big Green
5. The sThin Blue Line
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by zenbitz on Aug 26, 2010 3:42 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
"Creepy Lynchness"
Not a genre option.
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Documentary category?
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
The Big Green. Yesss.
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
rec'd
Monty Clift!
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"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
pretend this is a reply to zenbitz
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"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
/hears Joe Strummer singing ’It’s Montgomery Clift honey’
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
God, I love that song . . . The Right Profile.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 26, 2010 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions
1. SciFi: Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
2. Western: Wild Wild West
3. War: Pearl Harbor
4. Sports: Juwanna Man
5. Documentary: Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience
Am I doing this right?
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son
by lincecuminyourface on Aug 26, 2010 3:44 PM PDT reply actions
goddammit
this enraged me until i realized it was sarchasm
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
when did you realize that?
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You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
5 not mentioned
A boy and his dog
winchester 73-brought back westerns from war movies
dr.strangeglove
alibi ike
grizzly man
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 3:46 PM PDT reply actions
stangelove was mentioned
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
Also: Top Secret
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Not mentioned: Gay Porn
Top Gun
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
What is really being said in Top Gun?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyN8VN4BSzM
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Zulu
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
because they're both awful
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
We could easily do a list of Top 5 films with a Werner Herzog voiceover in them. (#1: Encounters at the End of the World)
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
this movie conned for 75 minutes!! hilarious
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Great movie! I totally forgot about that one.
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by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah
Me too.
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
"I told the family lovingly slide"
Gettysburg
for MAR: moustaches above replacement.
by scotterduder on Aug 26, 2010 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
WAR for war
is it body count or quality of actors?
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Body count is Empire
darn death star
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
yes.
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You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Top 5 Nic Cage joints
Raising AZ
Valley Girl
Leaving Las Vegas
Wicker Man (LaBute remake)
Bad Lieutenant
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
His reputation would have been secure if he had retired after “Valley Girl” and “Raising Arizona.” But no, he had to go make “National Treasure.” For shame.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
+1
It’s pretty fun to watch
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Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Getting back to expectations….
If we were expecting Indiana Jones then you were going to be disappointing, if you were expecting something like the Quest of the Librarian movies it was great!
I liked watching it.
by paboperfecto on Aug 27, 2010 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Face/Off
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Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuck the Wicker Man
worst movie ever
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
worst movie ever?
or second worst best Nic Cage movie ever??
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Reminds me of one of my favorite movie reviews ever...
Thoroughly idiotic, offensive to all higher aspects of human consciousness, and rarely funny, “House Party 3” brings rappers Kid ‘N Play back to the screen as buddies who just loooove to party, but who can’t seem to keep out of trouble with various hustlers, nutty relatives, sexy ladies and authority figures. The pretext for “3” is a bachelor party for Kid (Christopher Reid), who’s about to get married so as to provide a pretext for the pretext.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/houseparty3rmills_a09e28.htm
The Rock!
I’d take pleasure in guttin’ you…boy.
by scotterduder on Aug 26, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
This
The Rock and The Lion King are my two favorite movies of all time.
No joke.
Wait is the Wicker Man one serious? Cuz that sucked ass
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
see the original
it’s fucking awesome
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Oh i know, but I hate Nicolas Cage and I still think you could put about 10 of his other movies ahead of the Wicker Man remake
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
Lord of War.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Wild at Heart
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Con Air
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Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
and we were getting along so well
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Aug 27, 2010 12:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Nicholas Cage randomly showed up in my film class
He was awesome. Everything he does gets a lifetime pass from me.
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 26, 2010 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Fast Times at Ridgemont High!
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
except it is nic cage?
nicholas cage is nicholas coppola.
by Captain Leebeard on Aug 27, 2010 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Science Fiction/Fantasy: KILLER CLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE
Western: THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY (Great song, too)
War: GLORY
Sports: RAD
Documentary: SUPER HIGH ME
Yes!
I wouldn’t actually put Killer Klowns really high, but it is a severely under-known little gem of humor. I am pleased to see it mentioned. (And it occasionally managed some real horror, too.)
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
+109 Killer Clowns!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Another 109 for RAD!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I sat through that whole damn movie just to hear the Dickies in the closing credits.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 8:09 AM PDT up reply actions
SPOILERS
IT WAS BACKWARDS
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Seven.
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
"You're alright, La Russo." - Johnny Lawrence
I recently made my wife watch this movie. She was silent through the whole thing and at the end I asked what she thought. “I am disturbed,” was her reply.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
You should listen to Fincher’s commentary on the Se7en DVD. He relates a hilarious story about the test screening; apparently, he knew it would fuck up anyone who saw it, so he asked the test marketing company to be explicit about the subject matter to avoid ruining anyone’s sunny disposition. At this point, the ending was Pitt shoots John Doe – fade to black. No tacked on narration, nada. Fincher asked that the theater stay black for about 30 seconds after the ending. So, he goes to the screening, the ending happens – boom, light’s come on immediately. Fincher is in the back and three 50-something women walk by him (unaware of his identity), shocked and dismayed, and one of them says, “Whoever made that movie should be killed”. Fincher decides to read the flyer they handed out for the screening and it says, “Would you like to see a movie starring Brad Pitt (Legends of the Fall) and Morgan Freeman (Driving Miss Daisy)?” He figured they must have felt like they went to see a romantic flick and came out feeling like they been bukkaked by a bunch of Asian men.
The other classic story he tells is how he came to direct the movie. He saw the script, wanted to do it because it was uncompromising and didn’t feature a car chase or Brad Pitt rushing home to save Gwyneth from the evil killer as he menaced her, but he didn’t yet have the clout. After Alien3, he asked if he could do Se7en, and his agent was annoyed that he wanted to do it, saying, “Have you read that piece of shit script?” Fincher figures his agent is a big pussy, and tells him that he absolutely wants to do it. He signs up Brad Pitt and Freeman without ever showing them the script, because Fincher sold it to them so well from his memory. So, Fincher finally gets the Salmon Copy, 18th revision, of the script, opens it and finds the movie he fell in love with has been gutted completely and now does indeed feature the aforementioned car chase and damsel in distress scenes. Fincher had to threaten to walk off the movie, taking his two stars with him, unless they restored the original script, which the studio reluctantly did.
Eliminate that pesky Dominatrix in one easy step. Step 1: Tell her you're a Cubs fan!
Doom Generation
Word to the wise: DO NOT SEE DOOM GENERATION.
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 26, 2010 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions
i saw it. i think it is better than you think. very low budget movie about chance encounters that spiral into self destruction.
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
perhaps. but nothing can compel me to watch it again, let alone any other Araki film. maybe Mysterious Skin, for Joseph Gordon Levitt, but ehh…
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 27, 2010 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Araki had virtually no talent as a filmmaker other than to choose outlandish subject matter.
Eliminate that pesky Dominatrix in one easy step. Step 1: Tell her you're a Cubs fan!
shock value for the sake of shock value. i don’t dig it.
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 27, 2010 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I am shocked.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
hum….foreign drama maybe? Good film…have you seen another one of his movies called Melena?
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
I liked The Legend of 1900. Loved it, actually.
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 26, 2010 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions
woefully
he’s one of my faves.
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 27, 2010 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I was shocked when I saw how badly Miramax had butchered CP for American release. If you haven’t seen the 45 minute longer original, run to the place where they sell DVDs and buy it. I can’t watch the US version ever again. It’s a completely different movie.
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No comedy category?
Which makes A Night at the Opera impossible as an entry, which will not do.
I am not much of a movie-goer, but I do have some background in science-fiction and fantasy. On my SF&F site’s forums, we had a whole “best sf&f movie” thread, which might make amusing reading for those interested in the genre. I see on re-reading that thread that my own list was weighted toward fantasy, but for science-fiction I might go for Terry Gilliam’s Brazil (assuming we class it sf and not fantasy); for fantasy, I guess I’d plump for The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen, but it’s close to a toss-up between that and The Seventh Seal. (I only just noticed that Munchausen is also a Terry Gilliam film: I guess I like his work.)
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Seventh Seal with a young Von Sydow
Is my favorite of all time. I have posted already the love of Gilliam.
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Brazil used to be my stock answer for favorite film. It was displaced by Mueller’s Crossing, and I haven’t seen it in a while. I suspect that I won’t like at as much.
I really love Munchhausen, but you and I are apparently the only ones. (Terry Gilliam included).
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
nah
I also love Munchausen (and Brazil).
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
The official ranking of Terry Gilliam films:
1. Holy Grail
2. Brazil
3. F&L in LV
4. Time Bandits
5. Twelve Monkeys
6. Munchausen
7. Jabberwocky
8. Imaginarium
9. the others
I'd move "Time Bandits" up somewhat.
There’s an awful lot to like about that film. Grail actually disappointed me a bit; it seemed like they were all working at what used to come natural. Still, of course, very good, but I can’t see it ahead of Brazil or Time Bandits or Munchhausen (at least—I’m still behind by a few Gilliams)—which, incldentally, is probably how I’d rank those three.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
I probably overrate Grail and Life of Brian because they’re pretty clever send ups of current (at the time) historiography, and surprisingly historically accurate in a twisted sort of way. But you have to be a pretty big nerd and/or serious student of European history to get that.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
Surprisingly historically informed.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t really see the point of Fear and Loathing—at all. Enlighten me?
by Duelling Brandos on Aug 27, 2010 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
To make a movie out of a Hunter S. Thompson book?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
and someone would want to do that (and watch that) because…?
by Duelling Brandos on Aug 27, 2010 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Awesomeness.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Love the Munchausen, and not just by proxy.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
well played, Mauer
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
SCIFI- Donnie Darko
WESTERN- Tombstone
WAR- The Deer Hunter/ Apocalypse Now
SPORTS- Friday Night Lights/ Field of Dreams
DOCUMENTARY- eh, I guess I with Sicko
by Nnamdi Asomugha on Aug 26, 2010 4:05 PM PDT reply actions
OK, I'll play
1) Star Wars EP:IV, natch
2) Not into westerns at all, I’ll say Tombstone
3) SPR, honorable mention to Full Metal Jacket and Glory
4) Definitely Bull Durham
5) Word Wars. Sure I’m biased towards the topic, but I watch this at least every couple of months
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Aug 26, 2010 4:06 PM PDT reply actions
And I have no problem saying
I hated Field of Dreams.
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Aug 26, 2010 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it’s a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: Hmmm… Back to the future
2. Western: Shane
3. War: The Pacific (WAS AMAZING) or Braveheart, or Gladiator
4. Sports: Little Giants/SANDLOT
5. Documentary: Screamers (by System of a down)
Mine might be the best set of movies here, so yea…
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Mine:
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: 12 monkeys
2. Western: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
3. War: Casablanca
4. Sports: Dull Durham
5. Documentary: Man on a Wire
LOL Dull Durham
Typo, or off the cuff “Shit Sandwich”-style film review?
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Aug 26, 2010 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
save for documentaries, these aren't my preferable categories but I'll give it a spin.
Science Fiction/Fantasy: Children of Men/ Akira
Western: No Country for Old Men (soon to me True Grit remake)
War: A Very Long Engagement
Sports: The Hammer
Documentary: The Cove/ The Wire/ The Last Waltz
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
I was impressed with Adam Carolla’s jump roping skills in the Hammer. I was less impressed with his acting skills.
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
I thought No Country sucked.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
really?
i didn’t think it was perfect, but i liked it.
why do you think it sucked?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I just never really felt the movie. Couldn’t get into it, got bored.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
it def. moves slow and most people do not like the ending. Those crazy Coen brothers!
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
A Serious Man
easily their best work since O Brother, and possibly the best since Lebowski
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
O Brother
is one of my favorite movies of all time.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
in my top 5
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
Great movie!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
but O Brother was better than the Big Lebowski…
I really liked A Serious Man too.
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
that's debatable
what’s not debatable is that Miller’s Crossing is the best Coen film.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
by delorean on Aug 26, 2010 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
haha
unfortunately that is debatable, although i may agree but it’s not in my top 5 coen bro films. Fargo, O brother, No Country, The Big, and Blood simple
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
wowwwwwwwwwwwwwww
no Raising AZ in the top 5?!?!?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
it's tough arguing coen films becuase they are all soooooo good ( i even like watching lady killers and Intoerable for the dialogue), but
i usually pick one of the others to watch first. and i own them all….
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
I really liked Intolerable. But then again, I’m a HUUUUUUGE Clooney fan.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I’m a huge Coen-head. Miller’s Crossing just might be my favorite movie of all-time. I might start watching it after typing this. That written, here’s my ranking:
1. Miller’s Crossing
2. The Big Lebowski
3. No Country
4. Barton Fink
5. Fargo
6. Blood Simple
7. O, Brother..
8. .A Serious Man
9. Hudsucker Proxy
10. The Man Who Wasn’t There
11. Raising Arizona
Intolerable Cruelty, Ladykillers, and Burn After Reading don’t exist.
I like Raising Arizona okay, but it doesn’t make me laugh like Hudsucker Proxy, and it doesn’t make me think like TMWWT. I know I’m a freak, I just thought I’d let the world know we exist.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 27, 2010 1:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Crap, is Burn After Reading bad? That cast looks so promising, even if you’re inclined to throw out Clooney and Pitt (and I’m not). How disillusioning.
by non sequitur on Aug 27, 2010 1:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I loved Intolerable Cruelty. So there.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Man Who Wasn't There over Raising AZ?????
Man you crazy
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
O brother, Hudsucker
too low.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
Everyone on this site should have a Coen brother's list at the ready
I posted this one in an Andres Torres thread.
1. Miller’s Crossing
2. The Big Lebowski
3. Raising Arizona
4. Blood Simple
5. No Country For Old Men
6. Fargo
7. O Brother Where Art Thou
8. Barton Fink
9. Intolerable Cruelty
10. The Hudsucker Proxy
11. The Man Who Wasn’t There
12. Burn After Reading
13. The Ladykillers
Intolerable Cruelty was good, yo.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
No Barton Fink?!!?!?!
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
i'll just stop and say I love them all
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
I really need to see this, its the only Coen Bros classic I have not
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
need to see Serious
BigOh Brother fan….quote all day
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
she done R U N N O F T on us
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
THE COLOR GUARD IS COLORED!
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I still say “I THOUGHT YOU WAS A TOAD” whenever someone doesn’t understand what I’m whispering.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 27, 2010 1:21 AM PDT up reply actions
They done turned you into a horny toad!
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
DO NOT SEEK THE TREASURE
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
LULZ
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
I don’t want no FOP! I’m a Dapper Dan Man!
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
Ain't this place a geographical oddity!
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
yeah that was great. But i still think No Country was their best since O brother. Really looking forward to The Dude in True Grit though. I have a feeling its going to be one of their best
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
is oh brother a musical? big debate at the shop for years
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
no.
not even close.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
no, Musical’s sing the plots and dialogue.
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
i'm on your side
then but …they make a good point
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
which is?
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
they sing all thru the movie and
it is moved thru singing
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
no they don't
no it’s not
what movie did you watch?
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
to be more specific
the main characters sing exactly twice, and it’s the same song both times. The songs, for the most part, are not essential to the plot, and you could take them out without really affecting the overall storyline.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
The sirens sing.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
true
but it’s just not enough.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Listen
They here music in the water, Clooney hears his girls sing …they sing a top hit song and are moved to promenance etc
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
right
but if you’ve ever seen a musical, the music is MUCH more integral to the story than it was in O Brother, and it’s not even close
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Did I ever mention when I was in West Side Story, and Jeff Brantley watched my performance?
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 27, 2010 1:22 AM PDT up reply actions
This deserves a fan post
at least.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
the music
moves the plot all over the place. I agree it’s not a musical. but what defines a musical then.
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
from wiki
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole.
It’s also a know it when you see it kind of thing. I used to act in musicals, so I’m pretty familiar with their structure/etc. Watch Rent for a good modern example of a musical.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
so it's a movie with
musical overtones. or almost a musical. or then what is the category?
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
O Brother
is simply a movie that has a few songs a plot elements; however, the movie’s content and plot and whatever else is not delivered through song.
by Captain Leebeard on Aug 27, 2010 1:33 AM PDT up reply actions
donno
haven’t seen it
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
oh brother
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2001 Nominated Eddie Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical
Ethan Coen (as Roderick Jaynes)
Tricia Cooke
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Haven't seen it because it looks like it sucks.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
SJP AND KEVIN BACON....AND DANCING?? WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
here this might help more
A book musical’s moments of greatest dramatic intensity are often performed in song. Proverbially, “when the emotion becomes too strong for speech you sing; when it becomes too strong for song, you dance.” In a book musical, a song is ideally crafted to suit the character (or characters) and their situation within the story
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
or Chicago or Moulin Rouge
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
both good examples too.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
no that's opera
musicals will have a lot of dialog that isn’t sung
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I say no. I don’t consider Once a musical either. I think you have to sing dialogue for it to be a musical.
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
HELLA NO!
I know because I don’t like musicals and I love OBWAT
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
I liked the Hammer
I can’t tell you why.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
For all the SF natives or anyone that has seen it,
have you seen La Mission? it’s being mailed tomorrow. I was curious to check it out.
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
1) Does In Bruges count? Its gets a little fantatstical towards the end
2) The Proposition (although it changes as Westerns are my favorite genre)
3) Apocalypse Now
4) Breaking Away (brought tears to my eyes and we watched in English class, I had to be very inconspicuous)/ Caddyshack
5) Ken Burns Baseball. My Dad made me watch them all as a young kid and it really gave me a sense of history about the game
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In Bruges was great! was The Proposition the one set in Australia?
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
Yeah, Nick Cave wrote the screenplay as well. Good movie.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
In Bruges is wildly underrated
Fantastic little movie.
I feel like we could watch some movies together.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
absolutely, any good, weird recs. Its ironic but ever since I started working in hollywood I havent had the time to actually watch some good movies lol
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ahh, yer in The Biz!
In what capacity?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
the smallest possible, production assistant, trying to work my way up one rung at a time. I just moved up from intern!
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hey, cool
I assume you’ve seen Swimming with Sharks? :D
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
haha yes, and I have been warned by many people to watch my back. And I have met some crazy Kevin Spacey types
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
not to mention been yelled at by them
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
I’ll never forget telling the “star” of a pilot that he was needed on set (he was 20 minutes late) as they were waiting to start the day’s shoot (we were already waaay behind on the shooting schedule, too). He said, “Can I at least eat my breakfast?” This being my first PA gig, I hesitated, said, “Well, they really need you on set. They’re ready now.” And he responded, “exCUUUUSE ME?! I CAN’T EAT MY BREAKFAST!” He was 6’2, I’m 5’7 and had a loud voice. Turns out, the right answer is, “Whenever you’re ready!”
I’d put up anecdotes but maybe they will have to wait until this job is faaaar behind me, and for the most part its an amazing job
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
Con: gained a lot of weight in those jobs
Pro: Was in great shape because of all the standing/running
Con: 18-hour days
Pro: Had a real sleep schedule!
Con: No free time during the week, too tired on weekends
Pro: Lots of money because meals are free and no time to spend any money earned
Im similar, but in post, so its all sitting at a desk and running an errand. when this job ends I’m going to try to get onto a movie set as a PA cuz this is making me fat, I’ve gained 5-10 pounds since I started. The money is a great part cuz i’ve finally paid off my car!
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
Ah post. If you like it, you should stick to it.
My sense is that post jobs are easier to come by because you can just go with your “crew” from show to show (perhaps). It works the same as a set PA, too, but that can sometimes be a tough nut to crack just to get into. Definitely get in good with the ADs, if you can.
yeah, i’m just trying to meet as many people as possible, and its working out since we are on the third editing team so far. I hear the on set PA is a chaotic one, but one I want because I feel my future is not in post.
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
Michelle Forbes
oh man
Good luck, man.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I was gonna read through all of these posts before posting mine, but I'm too busy for that crap
Anyway, I hate “favorite” or “best” lists because I’m not THAT particular. I like a lot of movies
1. Serenity
2. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (I almost put Tombstone, which are pretty much the only two westerns I’ve liked. I haven’t seen very many westerns, though)
3. Saving Private Ryan (I also haven’t seen very many war movies)
4. Field of Dreams (Yes, I like it)
5. I’m really drawing a blank on documentaries, for some reason, even though I’ve seen quite a few…Um…I guess March of the Penguins?
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
"I told the family lovingly slide"
post Moonlight Graham in BR here
but too many shots of 10 year
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
the butch cassidy fight scene where Butch is challenged for supremacy is one of my favorite fights ever!
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
Rules? In a knife fight?
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
"I told the family lovingly slide"
Miracle is my favorite sports movie. I will also watch any movie about ice skating, the campier the better.
I don’t really care that much about any of the other genres.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
THE CUTTING EDGE
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
The Cutting Edge 2!
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
I loved this movie as a kid!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Not sure I'm telling the truth...
1.LOTR
2.High Plains Drifter
3.Inglorious Basterds
4.Remember the Titans
5.Assault in the Ring
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 4:32 PM PDT reply actions
NVM
2. Dances with Wolves
3. Down Periscope
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Double Nvm
2. The Cherokee Kid
4.Cool Runnings
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
1. 12 Monkeys
2. Blazing Saddles
3. Full Metal Jacket
4. Bull Durham
5. Sherman’s March
Proud supporter of the Fightin' Hydrants.
by Little Napoleon on Aug 26, 2010 4:33 PM PDT reply actions
Side Category: Best Brando Films
There are so many. Aside from the obvious choices, this is one of my favorites:
-Reflections in a Golden Eye
OT: Hope Lincecum can pitch somewhat ok tomorrow
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
This is why I am fat. I blame the Feds..
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Hey. I spent a whole lecture in the Spring around this graphic.
by non sequitur on Aug 26, 2010 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
A salad costs more than a big mac because anyone dumb enough to go to a fast food place for a salad is dumb enough to overpay for it.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
They’re also often LESS healthy for you
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Only if you use all of the dressing~
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
true
but most people do
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
i’d rather be fit than rich.
Choppin' broccoli
by SimpleJaquez on Aug 26, 2010 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions
McDonald’s cows come from Brazil.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
Shouldn't "Grains" read "Whole Grains?"
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
Yikes.
10-9 Padres victory is going to suck. Probably less since we know the division is out of reach.
what?
how
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Parra hit a double. Montero tried to score from first on it and was thrown out at home. Parra was then caught between 2nd and 3rd when he tried to advance during the play and was tagged out.
not losing
behind…haven’t you learned anything this week?
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
is the THE Road Sifi/fantasy?
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
yes, but it doesn’t touch the book imo. I mean I know thats standard, but the movie seems flat and not as powerful at all as the novel
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i read the book while i heard the movie was in production and i agree. But i thought the Film was still pretty good.
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
yeah I didnt think it was bad, but the book was one of the most powerful things I’d ever experienced, and it seemed to me foolish or at best incredibly ambitious to make that into a film, but I think its like that with all of McCarthys books
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yeah, the Coens did a better job at adapting their book
have you read Millennium Trilogy or seen any of the films?
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
No, my mom saw the first movie and I really want to. they sound interesting enough and I have heard great things from everyone who has seen/ read them
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Honestly, I wasn’t blown away by No Country for Old Men like I thought I would be. I thought they left out some really key parts (though I’m a bit drunk right now, so I forget what the key parts were) that really helped to explain Chighur. I think it was something like, Chighur (if I’m spelling that right) is guided by such a strict set of morals, morals that are so perfectly in place that no one could possibly live up to them and follow them. At least that’s what I got out of the book, but when I watched the movie, he just seemed like some crazy bastard who knew exactly what to do in every situation.
The movie was good, and the actors played their parts spectacularly, but I just thought there were a couple pretty key scenes that were left out.
Also known to haunt as theghostoftravisdenker and theaccidentalghostofsergioromo.
Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Both film and movie are about the inevitability of death.
And it’s remorseless lack of reason.
Coen Bros have been harping on about that theme for a long time.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
its
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
and, uh, film and book
How did that happen?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I can see that. It was a really sad scene with the guy’s wife. I don’t really remember that scene in the movie very well, but in the book, it was really powerful. What other movies have the Coen Bros made that have been harping on that theme, if you can remember any off the top of your head? (Maybe Fargo? I’m bad at this)
Also known to haunt as theghostoftravisdenker and theaccidentalghostofsergioromo.
Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
A Serious Man.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
The only way to judge a movie made from a book . . .
. . . is on how it would seem to one who had never read the book. No movie can ever capture a really good book, for a variety of fairly obvious reasons. But a movie is not an audiobook with pictures, it is a whole different medium, with different requirements, and needs to be judged as itself, not as a “version” of the work in another medium. But that is nearly impossible for anyone who has read the book.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
sure
did you like it? I haven’t encoutered anyone who had good things to say about it.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Really? I thought they did a pretty good job. Of course, I watched it long enough after I read the book that I’m sure I missed parts where the movie fell short compared to the book.
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
haven't seen it
still curious tho
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
see it to quench the curiosity, it is interesting to see the world you envision while reading on the screen
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
i intend to
same director did the Proposition, right? that was brutal and amazing.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Yeah Hillcoat, that was one of the reasons I decided to see it. The Propositon was one of those movies I had to show to all my friends and family to get the word out. The whipping scene still haunts me to this day
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1. The Shining. Can I pick The Shining?
2. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
3. Hurt Locker
4. Friday Night Lights
5. This video we watched about cane toads in biology class. I forget what it was called but it was AWESOME
nice hurt locker call
directed by THE woman
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions
oh fuck yes the cane toad documentary ruled
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
1. Return of the Jedi
2. Maverick
3. The Kingdom / The Great Escape / Pan’s Labyrinth
4. Any Given Sunday
5. Riding Giants
Crap. Another sci-fi film I forgot about.
by non sequitur on Aug 26, 2010 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Moon.
Butch cassidy and the sun dance kid
Enemy at the gates
Air Bud
Death in Santa Land
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Aug 26, 2010 4:58 PM PDT reply actions
I'm not playing Film Nerd trivia, so prepare to mock me
Science Fiction/Fantasy: – Lord of the Rings trilogy
Western: Tombstone (could have gone with new 3:10, Good/Bad/Ugly, or Fistful of Dollars, but Tombstone was awesome)
War: Red Dawn
Sports: Rounders (saw someone reference that, and had to make that my choice too!)
Documentary: May I Be Frank
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
LOTRs is pretty nerdy actually…
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
Says the person involved in the musical theater discussion upthread
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Red Dawn?
Really?
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Haven't seen it in a while...
But I still have a soft spot in my heart for it. That scene at the end where whats-his-name holds his brother as he dies… Damn that was a powerful scene!
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
How about when they pissed in the radiator?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
My midnight drunk watching list
SciFi: Pitch Black
Western: The Quick and the Dead
War: The Dirty Dozen
Sports: Death Race (really Dodgeball, but it’s been picked too often)
Documentary: King of Kong (considering that it’s about the only one I could watch drunk)
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
Bhaakon approved?
I’m loathe to keep going back to those guys. I thought Super Troopers and Beerfest were good, but not great and overall, their work is kinda limp.
I thought Super Troopers was very good, Beerfest was definite drunkwatch material, and Club Dread was just godawful. Slammin Salmon is better than Beerfest, but it’s no Super Troopers.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
I agree with this
although I should watch beerfest again. I thought the slammin salmon was pretty all right
Buster Posey>
I loved Super Troopers. I watched Club Dread next and hated it, and haven’t given any of their other movies a chance. Though I caught a scene of Beerfest, and it sounds like my kind of movie.
Also known to haunt as theghostoftravisdenker and theaccidentalghostofsergioromo.
Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions
1) 2001 (for me, the best film ever made)
2) Once Upon a Tim in the West
3) Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb
4) sports movies as a whole are terrible, so… The Damned United
5) this one is too hard… anything with David Attenborough’s name attached, Man on Wire, Heart of Darkness, King of Kong, Grizzly Man
Like delorean, much of my list could change
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy:
2. Western:
3. War:
4. Sports:
5. Documentary:
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Aug 26, 2010 5:02 PM PDT reply actions
i remember Tim in the west
he was tiny
pitched for Giants
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
This says more about you than the movie.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I think people who have a problem with 2001 fail to put it in context. It was completely unprecedented when it was released. No one had ever seen anything like that in motion picture history. It is a very important film.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
If we are talking about effects (and it was unprecedented for reasons other than effects), I would rather watch that film than any computer-generated effects extravaganza 8 days a week. It’s tangible, it draws me in.
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Aug 26, 2010 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions
i have a problem with minutes of footage
with nothing going on..it’s been a critique of him since day one. If he edited his movies down Imo they would have more impact
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Lars you're right
But this is a very young thread. The special effects are better than the first Star Wars imo and 6+ plus years before. The obelisk scenes are wonderous and ponderous and then not much payoff . Kubrick had a vision that was enhanced upon by later filmmakers.
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions
+1
a lot of movies do unprecedented, new things, are important for some reason for another, but that rarely makes it any more enjoyable to watch.
by Captain Leebeard on Aug 27, 2010 1:47 AM PDT up reply actions
hey let's go watch some movies together
love yer list
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
SciFi/Fantasy: Children of Men
Western: Fuck Westerns.
War: Two Towers:
Sports: Miracle
Documentary: Zeitgeist
Rooting for the new Giants to be Stopgap Heroes.
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society."
-Jiddu Krishnamurti
by SneakToBetterSeats on Aug 26, 2010 5:06 PM PDT reply actions
Fuck Westerns? I would redirect this at you but I fear I would receive a warning
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I remember not being able to stand the wait until I was old enough to get into a fuck western.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: Greenjacks offense doin work
billybyler Augusta #GreenJackets send 13 to the plate, score 8 in 2nd inn vs. West Virginia. Tommy Joseph 3-run HR.
"I AIN'T HAVIN IT."
Teams are not losing or winning
They are ahead or behind
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 5:13 PM PDT reply actions
/shift-A
Huh. I thought I would’ve had to use Apple-A or something but apparently shift-A still works on this thing.
Yeah, I’m not even gonna bother to read up on every thing that I missed. Anyone wanna fill me in on it?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 5:14 PM PDT reply actions
That’s it?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
But 1000+ comments were about movies?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
way to go OT. WHAT IF I CAME HERE FOR FILM DISCUSSION!!!!!
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
No one comes here for the news.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah, okay.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
And no, I did not stalk Howie.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Not even a little?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I was in class all day and I think he said that 5-6:45 was his free time between classes or something.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
You’ve still got an hour!
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
Should I go stalk him now and come back with crappy cell phone pictures?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, please!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Alright, then, I’ll see what I can do.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m going to go ahead and guess you aren’t a fan of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve never seen it.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions
=O
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL YOUNG
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Me either. At this point I probably shouldn’t because it will never survive the hype
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
=O
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I know, I know, but at this point I’m afraid I won’t like it or draw enough from it to appreciate it so I’d rather just be the person who didn’t see it as opposed to the person who didn’t like it.
I haven’t seen Gone with the Wind either, for the same reasons.
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Nothing wrong with not liking 2001. It’s totally okay to draw your own opinions on things.
Yes, really, I have not updated my blog in a long long time: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
Usually that’s true. But when it comes to music and movie people get VERY ANGRY in their subjective views.
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s their problem, man. They think they’re cool, but really they’re the Man, and they want you to conform. Be yourself, just like they say on MTV and shit.
Yes, really, I have not updated my blog in a long long time: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
Far out
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Which is exactly why I’m reluctant to discuss those topics with people.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
LOL, exactly
I’ll refer you to gallo de cielo’s comments on my list. Apparently I’m prejudiced against westerns.
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Gone with the Wind was fantastic.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve read the book, that was good. And I think I’ve seen most of the movie… they used to run it every year on 9 [pbs] and each time I’d catch 60-90 minutes of it…so I think I’ve seen it all, just not in chronological order.
Same for me with Star Wars. My mother so detested it when I was a kid I never got to see the movies start to finish, in order.
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Well you’re a teacher. All the good teachers I had were always moving, doing something.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
From Pads radio broadcast, presented without context
“‘Groin’ is a good word. You can always use ‘groin’.”
So true…
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
So the next 4 movies in my netflix queue are:
The Mission
The Passenger
The Conversation
The Business
I should probably move The Apartment up ahead of Double Indemnity to keep the trend going.
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
Add The Proposition!
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
I’m actually gonna move The Mission down because I see it’s going to be available on instant pretty soon. Does that mean you didn’t think it was good?
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
I thought it was fine when I saw it 20 years ago, but the next two movies on your list are all-time greats. So is Double Indemnity.
+1
a classic film noir if I’ve ever seen one.
by Captain Leebeard on Aug 27, 2010 1:50 AM PDT up reply actions
The Definite Article
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: Star Wars
2. Western: The Magnificent Seven
3. War: Saving Private Ryan
4. Sports: Major League
5. Documentary: none
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 5:19 PM PDT reply actions
I can’t believe I forgot Major League, I used to watch that whenever it was on. Hell I even can enjoy the terrible sequels
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
BAKULA
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
As you all know I don’t watch many movies… in some ways it makes making lists so much easier…
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: Fail-Safe the 1964 version
2. Western: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, I think that’s actually the only western I’ve ever seen.
3. War: A Bridge Too Far
4. Sports: Joyeux Noel
5. Documentary: Cosmos [that count? it’s not a movie theater movie]
Merope, I’m a big Fail-Safe fan too. Read the book when I was, like 14, and didn’t see the movie until ’75. It is just as good.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 26, 2010 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I have got to see Cosmos.
Wait. Were you and I talking about that a few weeks back?
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
I’ve been reminded that Joyeux Noel is rather obscure and there are some footy fans in the house so….
Adapted from the Wiki: [It’s] a 2005 film about the World War I Christmas truce of December 1914, depicted through the eyes of French, Scottish and German soldiers. It was written and directed by Christian Carion.
The film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards. The film was one of Ian Richardson’s last appearances before his death on February 9, 2007.
That sounds pretty interesting, actually.
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Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions
haha yeah, I was wondering why it was under sports
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Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
This thread is surprisingly on topic.
Anyway, I’m off to the Grizz/River Cats game. Watch out RyRohl and Dreamy Dan! ;-)
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Have fun! Watch out for that guy I told you about. ;)
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Not too exotic
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
2. Western: The Outlaw Josey Wales
3. War: The Big Red One
4. Sports: Bull Durham
5. Documentary: Beyond The Mat
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
I need someone to explain to me why Godfather II is better than the first Godfather,
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
whoa that was weird
What i was trying to say is that the scope of GF2 is what makes it better than GF (to me).
Plus DeNiro, obviously.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
it's not.
But then again, who really cares? They are both great goddamn movies.
by Captain Leebeard on Aug 27, 2010 1:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I hate to turn a hose on this "favorite" stuff
but it does a disservice to many great works to declare “best” or “favorite.” Even with “favorite” the choice in arbitrary in time and might be different tomorrow. “Best” is just silly.
That being said . . . two fine movies I haven’t seen on any list.
War: Das Boot.
Documentary: Gates of Heaven.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 26, 2010 5:30 PM PDT reply actions
I just picked ones that were in my head right now
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
yeah, I just, for the most part picked the first ones that came to mind. Except for documentaries… those were tough
the Michael Moore ones: meh
Religulous: meh
Supersize me: meh
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: eh
I saw an interesting Tesla bio but that was only an hour long, so that’s not really a movie, finally I wimped out and went with Cosmos.
Suprised that Who Killed the Electric Car hasn’t gotten any love in the doc catagory.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
That was a fascinating movie.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
thread tl;dr
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: Star Wars
2. Western: Blazing Saddles
3. War: Inglorious Basterds
4. Sports: Bull Durham
5. Documentary: Clerks
Yes, really, I have not updated my blog in a long long time: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
Holy shit, I forgot about Blazing Saddles. Love that movie.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Ends up as more of a musical, no?
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I had it on my western list and Every6thDay added it to his
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
It does.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah.
Yes, really, I have not updated my blog in a long long time: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
If Clerks is a documentary, then I have to go back and change my selection to “Jackass The Movie”
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
I think Jackass is definitely a documentary.
I know that Clerks is a somewhat snide answer, but I did live the Clerks life for a while, tand I think that movie documented what it was like far far better (though with tongue in cheek) than any real documentary could.
Yes, really, I have not updated my blog in a long long time: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
You culd be right.
Most documentaries are about as “real” as reality television anyway (looking at you, Michael Moore).
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
subthread
Director who has most thoroughly pissed away his/her promise and/or gifts
Kevin Smith
Richard Linklater
George Lucas
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Please.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
thought about adding him,
since Sixth Sense was good
I’ll allow it.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Kevin Smith has failed to improve, but he’s managed to pump out some comedies of similar quality to his first film.
I’d probably drop another name that’s been kicked around this thread: M. Night Shyamalan.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
smith, Im not ready to write off Linklater, and I never thought Lucas was much of a director. Smith made some quirky gems, and now Cop Out :(
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Aug 27, 2010 12:51 AM PDT up reply actions
george is not really a very good director.
did okay in SW IV, got smart and had somebody else do it for V-VI (thank god), and then showed us all how much he blows at directing in I-III.
by Captain Leebeard on Aug 27, 2010 1:56 AM PDT up reply actions
American Grafitti? THX1138?
Both showed great promise that was never realized.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
fine, i'll give you american graffiti
but directing a 20 minute short is not the same as directing a feature length film. maybe his success got to him and he became a self-indulgent old man, but do you realize he wanted to give Darth Vader a lair inside of a volcano full of demons?
by Captain Leebeard on Aug 27, 2010 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Linklater is the ultimate Hollywood sellout hack fuck
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Dazed and Confused is so perfect. He gets a lifetime pass.
Kevin Smith is the Jason Christiansen of filmmaking. I mean, okay, sure, I don’t mind him hanging around, but, fuck, don’t pay that much attention to him.
Lucas is Lucas, so why should it be?
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 28, 2010 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: I probably can’t count ones I’ve seen on Mystery Science Theater, so I’ll say Serenity.
2. Western: Ummm…Back to the Future III?
3. War: The Guns of Navarrone
4. Sports: Bull Durham
5. Documentary: The Fog of War
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
The first war movie I can remember seeing was Force 10 from Navarone. I enjoyed it but it probably paled in comparison to Guns (which I’ve never seen and which, yes, I know is a classic).
by non sequitur on Aug 26, 2010 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions
The Fog of War is pretty good. Had to watch it in my history class in high school, I actually really liked it.
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Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn. Late to the party...
…my favs have already been mentioned but maybe I have one or two that are additive?
1. Sci-Fi: 2001 (no brainer)
2. Western: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Blondy!!!)
3. War: The Deer Hunter (Friggin’ unbelievable)
4. Sports: Bad News Bears (Sorry)
5. Documentary: The Song Remains the Same
Alternates for #5:
The Bridge – anyone see this? Not necessarily my fav but local and pretty amazing/depressing.
Spinal Tap – actually saw them play live so that was pretty cool.
the bridge
just saw your post after i posted ….
the bridge is an amazing doc. i didn’t find it depressing at all though …
5 Giants...
best science fiction/fantasy: Marvin Bernard
western:Will Clark
War: Willie Mays
sports:Joe DiMaggio
Doc: Dave Dravecky
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 5:44 PM PDT reply actions
just for kicks
1. Gattaca
2. Bad Day At Black Rock
3. Galipoli
4. The Big Green
5. The Bridge
SciFi/Fant: 12 Monkeys, Donnie Darko
West: No Country, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
War: Inglorious Basterds, Enemy at the Gates
Sports: The Wrestler, Point Break, Little Giants
Doc: Century of Self, What the Bleep Do We Know?
The main thing I remember Enemy at the Gates for is the most pathetic sex scene in movie history.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
Jaws The Revenge
Michael Caine Lorraine Gary….geezer xex
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah that scene is not hot. really good movie although I haven’t seen it in forever.
by VizquelQuest on Aug 26, 2010 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
What the Bleep Do We Know was kinda bullshit though very entertaining.
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 26, 2010 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Any Down Periscope fans in the house?
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 6:09 PM PDT reply actions
There’s a running joke between me and my friends about this movie. When this was in the theater I kept complaining about how much the movie sucked. So now when anyone says, “It’s not even worth $4,” everyone laughs.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Science Fiction/Fantasy : Barry Bonds
Western: Fred Lewis
War: Fred Stanley
Sports: Bobby Thomson
Doc: Mike Matheney
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 6:10 PM PDT reply actions
OT:
Nats up 8-5 over STL in the bottom of the 7th
Pads making a comeback in the bottom of the 8th..11-5 now
My Movies List
1. Sci-Fi: Star Wars (Any of them)
2. Western: For A Few Dollars More
3. War: Gettysburg
4. Sports: Major League
5. Documentary: Thirteen Days (It’s a “docudrama”, so I’m cheating here)
you could have
all Costner here
Waterworld
Dances with wolves
13 days
Bull Durham
The Will to Drill
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
All Clint Eastwood>All Kevin Costner
1. Fire Fox
2. Pick any one you want
3. Heartbreak Ridge
4. Million Dollar Baby
5. The Eastwood Factor
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
yeah, clint gets that one
but these categories are slanted in his favor. and waterworld… well, i mean, it’s terrible.
by Captain Leebeard on Aug 27, 2010 2:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Anyone seen Animal Kingdom yet? It seems like an awesome Aussie crime movie, I keep meaning to go out and see it but its only playin in a few theaters down here
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
LA Confidential
one of overall favorites.
by Captain Leebeard on Aug 27, 2010 2:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Last of the great “non-computer animated” animated films
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions
there were many elements within the film that were CG, notably the Iron Giant him(its)self
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
Hush Up!
was more so refering to the 2D animation style
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions
but the "real" "girl"
wasn’t a robot, right? more of a life-sized doll, no?
(i haven’t seen the movie yet, so that is my assumption)
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: Bladerunner
2. Western: Blazing Saddles
3. War: Full Metal Jacket
4. Sports: Field of Dreams
5. Documentary: Buena Vista Social Club
Extra Credit:
1. My dad waited until I was about ten years old to show me blazing saddles, one of his favorite movies. He had a special evening planned where we made sundaes at the house and were going to watch the movie. To him this was a right-of-passage. Unfortunately, after about 20 minutes of watching white people drop N-bombs I had had enough. I was shocked that my dad was such a racist. My dad was saddened and until I was about 14, when I watched the movie again and loved it, this remained an awkward point in our relationship.
2. I drove out to Madison, Wi, last week and stopped in Dyersville ,IA ,to go to the actual field of dreams. I arrived with my buddy and found 2 young teenagers prepping to take BP. I laced ’em up and shagged balls for about 30min before my buddy and I took our turns at the plate. Twas a truly amazing sight, 4 strangers playing baseball on a beautiful field in the midst of hundreds of miles of corn. The End.
Reminds me of the Mark Twain quote – When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions
If I hadn’t already seen it recently, I wouldn’t have remembered it…
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you just explain the last half hour of field dreams from the ghosts' perspective?
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice extra credit. Forgot about the N-bombs.
I want to see Blazing Saddles with my Dad even though I wanted to see a different movie. To convince me to go he told me he would give me a quarter if I didn’t laugh. So I was determined not to laugh. I was able to hold off until the fart scene and then I lost it. No quarter for me.
by Bochean on Aug 26, 2010 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
farts, man
they are hilarious.
really though.
by Captain Leebeard on Aug 27, 2010 2:03 AM PDT up reply actions
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: its got to be both Bladerunner and Serenity
2. Western: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
3. War: Full Metal Jacket
4. Sports: Rudy
5. Documentary: Man on Wire
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and [Sabeans] stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -Einstein
I thought the first half of Jacket was GREAT
But war was done before
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
/stabs guy in trunk of car
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s kind of terrifying that that guy was based on a real person.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
You think I'm funny?
Do I amuse you in some way?
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
I LOVE that movie
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Homemade Goodfellas shirt here, if you look closely.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 27, 2010 1:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Amazon Women on the Moon!!
Classic. Check it owt.
have the poster!!
along with Surf Nazis Must Die!! Not for sale
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Surf Nazis Must Die!!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2001 Nominated Eddie Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical
Ethan Coen (as Roderick Jaynes)
Tricia Cooke
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Whenever I see a dart board, I want to get nude. That’s what that movie does to me.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 27, 2010 1:13 AM PDT up reply actions
OT: Sometimes i hate beerpong
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
OT: Allthetimes I hate tweets
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Ever tried playing flong? It’s beer pong + flip-cup. AMAZING.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions
1. Science Fiction: Planret of the Apes (Charlton Heston original)
2. Western: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
3. War: The Train
4. Sports: Caddyshack
5. Documentary: Mayor of Sunset Strip
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: The Man Who Fell To Earth
2. Western: High Noon
3. War: Apocalypse Now
4. Sports: This Sporting Life
5. Documentary: Gray Gardens
Gray Gardens
classy
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions
The Running Man
No Country for Old Men
Three Kings
Field of Dreams
Not sure I have ever watched and enjoyed a documentary
"Notre Dame will win the BCS national championship. Count it." -PiKAgiant
Your name is HoosierGiant
Are you allowed to not pick Hoosiers? Won’t Larry Bird get pissed?
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s not HoosiersGiant
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Sad to say I have never seen it. It was tougher for me not to pick Rudy, but Field of Dreams was just to great.
"Notre Dame will win the BCS national championship. Count it." -PiKAgiant
by HoosierGiant on Aug 26, 2010 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions
three men
field of men
not sure if i everwatched and enjoyed men
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions
iloveddickdietz
jk
"Notre Dame will win the BCS national championship. Count it." -PiKAgiant
by HoosierGiant on Aug 26, 2010 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Pads lose
Denorfia had to leave game with a leg (knee?) injury, breaking up a DP.
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
Ok so
1. Lord of the Rings trilogy
2. 3:10 To Yuma (new)
3. Band of Brothers
4. Field of Dreams
5. The Two Escobars
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
I can only conclude that not enough people have seen Unforgiven. Or The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
My list
Science Fiction/Fantasy: LOTR Trilogy (I’m a huge LOTR nerd, and am still sort of amazed that someone made an adaptation which didn’t absolutely suck. When I was somewhat younger, i.e., before I read the books, my mom had gotten the Bakshi animated movie from the library which put me off from reading the books for a while. That pisses me off to this day.)
Western: Haven’t really watched many but of the ones I have seen, I’d say the new 3:10 to Yuma was the best.
War: Schindler’s List or Glory if that doesn’t count
Sports: Miracle (this is more the hockey fan in me talking than the movie fan to be honest.)
Documentary: I generally don’t watch movie documentaries.
Ehhhh
I really liked the first LOTR movie, but I didn’t like how the second movie veered away from the books towards the end, and I HATED the third movie. They were all well done, and looked fantastic, but there were some parts that were rewritten that I hated.
Also known to haunt as theghostoftravisdenker and theaccidentalghostofsergioromo.
Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Me too. I didn’t like the way things were changed. Especially the “oooh let’s play up the almost non-existent Arwen Aragorn angle” Dammit if I want schmaltzy romance crap I’ll go see a chick flick not bloody likely I wanted to see blood and carnage and Orcs being smote dammit!!!!
yup yup
That and the ghosts coming in in the third movie. That made the whole fight scene almost pointless. Why not just wait like an hour longer, and the ghosts do everything? Pretty stupid.
Also known to haunt as theghostoftravisdenker and theaccidentalghostofsergioromo.
Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 26, 2010 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
How was that any different from the book then? In the books he Aragorn uses the ghosts to free the besieged portions of Gondor’s army who then go free the capital. They just skip the intermediary in the movie. It’s not exactly like the people fighting to defend the city knew they were about to get reinforcements.
This is exactly how I remember the book too.
It was all looking pretty dim until Aragorn sweeps in with the ghost army.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
The Arwen/Aragorn thing was in one of the appendices
I think Tolkien took all the background stuff very seriously, so the film is true to that aspect. It also explains why Aragorn never went for Eowyn, which is what a logical minded reader of the books would expect. She’s feisty and kinda hates him at first, but then she lurves him.
I’ve kinda downgraded my love for LOTR when I started reading a little more and found that it’s a bit racist. Basically, the Gondor people are white Englishmen. They are the best race. The Rohan are other white people, like Norwegians or something. They are noble and trustworthy allies, but not as great as Englishmen. Then you have all the brown and swarthy folk who work for Sauron (they are invariably described as being from the East or South, meaning Asia and Africa). The worst are the orcs, who have black skin.
Though I don’t think Tolkien was anymore bigoted than a typical man of his time, there is no way that he would have interpreted the “love” between Frodo and Sam as homoerotic, like Ian McKellen did. I think it’s just an unfortunate artifact of the time that doesn’t detract from the greatest of the books, but doesn’t enhance them either.
by Murray, Present on Aug 26, 2010 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions
i really didnt see the orcs as refering to black people
and some of them had a grayish hue so HA
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Rings was a supposed to be an allagory Early 20th century Europe.
The orcs are Nazis and fascists.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
Tolkien himself denied this interpretation. He said if that were the case, Sarumen would have been rescued and then helped to fight Sauron.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
Stupid Nats
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 6:47 PM PDT reply actions
Fantasy: Fuck it, Willow
Westerns: Unforgiven (seen four thousand times)
War: Fuck it, Paths to Glory
Sports: White Men Can’t Jump
Documentary: The Civil War
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I’d like to see a movie that actually demonstrates a sports in a reasonably realistic manner.
Thought Sugar was pretty good.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
The Damned Utd was also pretty good.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Is Fuck It, Willow a midget porno?
"Notre Dame will win the BCS national championship. Count it." -PiKAgiant
by HoosierGiant on Aug 26, 2010 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
trivia question
What ex giant has the only Texas Ranger Playoff win
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 6:51 PM PDT reply actions
off the top of my head Burkett?
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
nope, a quick perusing of his BBall reference page shows he lost his only outing for Texas in the playoffs despite pitching a complete game, 2 run, 7 strikeout outing
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
matt vasgersian said
he was responsible for the one and only win in texas ranger mhistory
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah he was right, baseball reference lists the result of the series next to the game so I saw the big L and thought he lost
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
Also
says he was acquired by the Marlins when I remember he was traded for Rich Aurelia!!
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Friday Night Lights(movie)
opinions?
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 6:52 PM PDT reply actions
opinions?
I am a fan of whipped cream bikinis.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions
touche, sir
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Top 5 sports film.
1. Jerry Maguire
2. Field of Dreams
3. Hoop Dreams
4. Bull Durham
5. Friday Night Lights
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
Depending on if you believe Rocky is a "sports movie"
You gotta think it has to crack the top 5.
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
Definitely
It’s better than all of the listed movies, though Hoop Dreams and Bull Durham at least have a case.
I don't think its that tough to argue with it
Raging Bull, Miracle, Brian’s Song, The Longest Yard (original), Eight Men Out, Chariots of Fire, The Natural, Caddyshack, Slap Shot, and has Hoosiers really not been mentioned yet?
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
Sadly, from that list I’ve only seen Field of Dreams and half of Jerry Maguire. I liked both, probably like Jerry maguire a bit more.
I also really like Miracle. And I’m about to rewatch Remember the Titans, it’s been a long time since I last saw it so I don’t know if I’ll like it as much as I remember.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
by raisingcain on Aug 26, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
ooh
I also loved 61*.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
by raisingcain on Aug 26, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
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61*!!! I can’t believe I forgot that movie. I really liked it when it came out and I wasn’t even into baseball at the time. Thomas Jane and Barry Pepper are really great in it.
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 26, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
My movies
Interesting that you left out drama, suspense, and comedy as categories, which are probably my favorite ones.
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: Iron Man
2. Western: Unforgiven
3. War: Saving Private Ryan
4. Sports: Rocky
5. Documentary: Stop Making Sense
"The two worst things in football are: 1) They think that a 30-year old professional athlete has to be locked up in a hotel room, with a curfew, the night before a qame; and 2) They're right."
- Cowboy safety Cliff Harris
Not even
Let’s just say I loved Dick Dietz back in the day.
"The two worst things in football are: 1) They think that a 30-year old professional athlete has to be locked up in a hotel room, with a curfew, the night before a qame; and 2) They're right."
- Cowboy safety Cliff Harris
apologies
hard to accept all the late entries tho
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Fantasy: The Heartbreak Kid (Charles Grodin/Cybil Sheppard version – see it and you’ll know what I mean)
Western: The Magnificent Seven
War: King of Hearts
Sports: Pride of the Yankees (“Is it 3 strikes, Doc?”)
Documentary: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
You Fucking Rock
Heartbreak
The remake was the worst ever
is that the alan bates movie then (applause)
Gehrig!!!!
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup, Alan Bates
/inmates running the asylum during WWI
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
please
find …the Ninth Configuration un edited
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
and Hearbreak Kid ...
you either love or hate it – no middle ground
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
managed a video store (dated)
Loved it …Made Grodin what he is today!!!
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions
"There is no deceit in the cauliflower."
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
from the ninth configuation...
Just lick the beer off the floor and we’ll let you guys go
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions
1. david carpenter’s ‘the thing’
2. unforgiven
3. catch 22 with a nod to the first 30 min of SPR
4. breaking away
5. by brakhage – an anthology
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 26, 2010 7:07 PM PDT reply actions
I love ‘The Thing’.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
mee too
the “chair scene” is harrowing!!
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Trinity and Beyond
best 90 minute documentary on the history and usage of nuclear bombs by the guy who did the original star wars sfx. ever
discuss.
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
Thanks Movie Nerds!
I feel like my Netflix is such a whore right now.
It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't. - BLB
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: Back to the Future Trilogy
2. Western: For a Few Dollars More
3. War: Gettysburg/The Longest Day
4. Sports: The Natural
5. Documentary: Taxi to the Dark Side
top five giants movie genres #3
Sci-fi : Guns..Bobby Estrella
western: Kirk Reuter
war: Johnny Mize
sports: Jim Thorpe
Doc: Moonlight Graham
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 7:42 PM PDT reply actions
LOL Bobby Chestalella
It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't. - BLB
i really like my takeoff
I thought more would of done the same
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait. What?
Please explain otherwise I will just consider you a completely insane lunatic.
It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't. - BLB
what
bobby is science
woody is from the old west
Mize a great slugger served
Thorpe a Olympian
Moon a doctor
you can’t follow?
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude
No one can follow you. Also, meh you.
It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't. - BLB
I guess turning five top movie genres to giants players is too much fun for
anyone on this thin thread since I have bombed. Next time I will drop leaflets
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions
No, I got it. Very clever of you. Good job.
I even took the time to comment on it to contribute to your awesomeness.
Then you came back with some rambling psychopathic shit.
Then I said you are a rambling psycopath.
Then you got sad.
That is all.
It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't. - BLB
thank you for catching a leaflet
next you will catch some shit. then I have retort for sale
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Most of this is cheating
- Science Fiction/Fantasy: I’m gonna disregard comic-book/super-hero movies for now and say Dark City. Or Children of Men. Or 28 Days Later. I’m pushing it, I know. Dark horse candidate: Cube. Ok fine, Inception.
- Western: The Seven Samurai cheating; Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid not-cheating
- War: Band of Brothers (10 hour movie!)
- Sports: A League of Their Own
- Documentary: This Is Spinal Tap, because I can’t think of a proper doc right now.
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 26, 2010 7:44 PM PDT reply actions
i have indeed
Being such a big B.o.B. fan, I followed The Pacific throughout its development, friended Joe Mazzello on fb and everything. It had some stunning moments, but I think following the production so closely and expecting B.o.B. sort of raised my expectations too high. I couldn’t get attached to the “characters” the way I could with B.o.B. either because of the format or editing. For me the jury’s still out on The Pacific till I can watch it another time more objectively. But for now, I can say that I still watch Band of Brothers all the time. And I can’t say I can do that with The Pacific.
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 26, 2010 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions
SPOILERS SPOILERS
Yeah, the format definitely made it a lot harder to get attached to the characters. You hardly Basilone after episode 3 until Iwo Jima; Leckie disappears after he gets injured, and Sledge is a really minor character until he gets to the front. It was also way more intense than Band of Brothers, which may freak some out.
The intensity I attribute to two things: the nature of the War in the Pacific itself, and Hanks/Spielberg trying to “out-do” what they did in B.o.B. It’s a touchy thing to judge for sure, because who besides PTO vets would know what it’s like? Perhaps The Pacific just elicits such strong emotions out of people because it dedicated a lot of time to the psychological aspects and the aftermath/post-war life of the Marines, making the series more “real” than Band, where we sort of see those guys in a self-contained “fantasy” world.
And really, I should love these characters. Leckie was silver-tongued journalist, Sledge was a shy Southern boy who wanted nothing more than to be with the guys, Basilone was one of the truest examples of a war hero. I just wish I had gotten to know them better. It would probably serve me well to read the works the series based on though.
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 26, 2010 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
With Band of Brothers
They could follow a single unit through the entire western front.
You just can’t do the same in the PTO. I liked the series, but I would have liked it if they extended to series to more episodes, or even more seasons or something. It felt like they had to condense a lot because they only have 10 hours to work with.
The San Fransisco 49ers, where got Dix, VD and Crabs!
by Badly Browned on Aug 27, 2010 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes
The time jumps were a took some getting used to, so I would have preferred a longer series also.
The PTO is pretty misunderstood (or at least more obscure) compared to the ETO. I can’t help but feel like The Pacific miniseries unintentionally replicated that sense of detachment.
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 27, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: Just listened/watched that Cee-Lo Green song the kids are talking about.
Hate to be a sheep, but it was awesome.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I love that song. Had no idea I was being a sheep.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
I LOVED CEE-LO SINCE THE GOODIE MOB, WAY BEFORE GNARLS BARKLEY, SO SCREW YOU IF YOU THINK I'M A SHEEP
Wait, he has a new song?
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 27, 2010 1:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Ceelo sez
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
I didn’t find Howie, if anyone was wondering.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 7:49 PM PDT reply actions
He has learned well.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I’m surprised he hasn’t found me yet.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions
You not seeing him =\= him not seeing you
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
IT’S LOGIC.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions
does taxi cab confessions count as a documentary movie?
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 7:50 PM PDT reply actions
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: Big Trouble in Little China
2. Western: Tombstone
3. War: The Patriot
4. Sports: Happy Gilmour
5. Documentary: Rec
Understands the importance of being a gritty, veterany, gamer.
Ha ha Big Trouble in Little China
There are some great one liners in that movie. My favorite, “If we’re not back by morning call the president!”
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Just remember what ol’ Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol’ storm right square in the eye and he says, “Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it.”
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions
My top 5 video games of the same genres:
Sci-fi: Dead Space
Western: Red Dead Redemption
War: Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Sports: Madden 06
Documentary: God of War
It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't. - BLB
by manabout on Aug 26, 2010 7:59 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
/golf clap
but for sci-fi you should have picked Mass Effect
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Just googled it
Another PC game huh? Looks pretty badass.
It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't. - BLB
I heard 1 and 2 were great.
I haven’t played either of the yet because I don’t usually like RPGs, rarely play PC games and never owned an XBOX.
Although I did just get a shiny new Win7 laptop with an ok graphics card. Maybe I’ll check it out one of these days.
It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't. - BLB
2's the better game
but the story wont really make any sense withot playing the first
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: The Lord of the Rings
2. Western: Tombstone
3. War: The Pianist
4. Sports: A Player To Be Named Later
5. Documentary: A Player To Be Named Later
"But at this time of year, two plus two doesn't always add up to eight. Sometimes, it equals four." - Geoff Baker, Mariners beat writer.
here's my list ......
1. Return of the Jedi
2. The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
3. Braveheart
4. Rocky
5. Supersize Me
"He'll need a rocket up his ass to catch that one .... that baby's out of here!"
super high me was pretty awesome to.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
LOL STONERS
It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't. - BLB
Siskel's back bitches
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions
not schooled in the classics thats all
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions
well ......
i have been schooled in the classics, but you see …… if i choose one of them as my “favorite,” it’d be like if i was choosing a favorite child of mine. i can’t do that. they’re all amazing and unique in different ways. it depends on what mood i’m in weed i’m smoking that day.
"He'll need a rocket up his ass to catch that one .... that baby's out of here!"
by GIANT stoner on Aug 26, 2010 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: going into the bottom of the 13th in washington
Please nats win <3
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
1. Dark Knight
2. Young Guns
3. War Games
4. Days of Thunder
5. The Doors
No one here gets out alive.
very nice
sounds like a movie party…
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Doors
NOT A DOC
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
THought about making Malcom X my favorite doc
for half a second. and didn’t, cuz it’snot.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
Off Topic: Baseball
Schulman posted an article on DeRosa, who claims he’s feeling fantastic, and without any lingering issues. For a moment, let’s assume that’s true.
Schulman suggests that DeRosa could slot in at third base, which is an interesting proposition. Could Panda become the starting first baseman next year with DeRo at third? That would block Belt at 1B, though the OF would still be an option.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/26/SPUR1F3DVN.DTL
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
I hope they can get Uribe back on a 1-year
If they can’t, DeRosa does have slightly-below-average numbers over 136 games at SS, according to UZR. If he’s healthy, he could pass.
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
Link fail, as you can tell
But it’d be interesting to go into the season with something like
Torres CF
Posey C
Huff RF
Burrell LF
Sandoval 1B
DeRosa 3B
Uribe SS
Freddy 2B
Pretty good bench there too: Whiteside, Rohlinger, Cody Ross, Aaron Rowand, Mike Fontenot
And then Brandon Belt replaces the first person to struggle (if it’s DeRosa, Panda back to third, otherwise Belt to the OF).
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
This is a possibility too
For some reason, I remain convinced that Sabean will re-sign both Huff and Burrell, and frankly, for the right price, I want him to.
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
More OT: Baseball:
From Baggs:
The Giants had planned to make Belt a September call-up. I think that is still in the works, but the lack of 40-man space is more of an issue now that the Giants have acquired Jose Guillen and Cody Ross.
Don’t forget, the Giants also must find a way to get Dontrelle Willis on the 40-man roster, if they deem him ready to contribute in some capacity.
Though that last one may be less of an issue…
I'd hope Burriss or Velez gets the kick
Maybe Pill or someone.
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
Should not be on the roster
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Hm
Rowand is not a problem at this moment.
He has been worth .8 WAR in limited PT this year, and he’s being used correctly: Pinch hitter and spot starter.
Cutting him would feel good, but it would solve no problem.
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
This is true
It’s a god damn shame his 2011 and 2012 years aren’t PA based vesting options.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
I agree with you but....
He’s taking a pitchers spot on the 25 man we could use right now. I agree he is at least more valuable than Velez or Hinshaw but I think we would have to cut him to use his spot now. No one would take his huge salary anyway.
No one here gets out alive.
Cutting him right now would give us a roster spot for what, a week before rosters expand?
I’m not willing to lose out on whatever value Rowand might be able to provide in 2011 and 2012 just for a few days of an extra pitcher before the rosters expand.
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
Incidentally
Fangraphs must have done a reassesment, because they’ve now given Aaron Rowand 2.5 WAR for 2009, which is higher than what it used to be. Obviously, it’s mostly based on defense.
http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=254&position=OF
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
I'm really not worrying about Belt
The offense seems dialed in with Ross rounding it out now
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm talking about next year
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
O
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions
DeRosa is probably about as good of a third baseman as Sandoval, ie not. Sandoval would be an exceedingly subpar first baseman unless he regains his 2009 form at the plate (which is looking good right now, I admit). I’m not wild about this concept at all, and even it were good in concept, planning as though DeRosa is going to be an everyday player is a recipe for disaster. What’s the chance he’s both a) healthy and b) good? 25%? The team should be behaving as though he’s dead, and if he shows up in spring training healthy and hitting, it’ll be a bonus.
I agree completely with your last sentence
And, indeed, it looks like that’s exactly what the FO is doing: this is just speculation on my part (note where I said in my post that for the purposes of this discussion we should assume DeRosa will be 100%).
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
Hmm, I usually interpret the speculation of the beat writers as likely originating from within the organization, so I was taking the suggestion that DeRosa could play third and move Sandoval across the diamond as something that’s being discussed internally. And that’s what worries me.
The Giants had a pretty short leash with DeRosa this year
In terms of pulling when he was playing hurt.
I see no reason to believe they won’t continue to have a short leash.
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
I’d really like to add another corner outfielder in addition to bringing back Huff and perhaps Burrell too. I don’t care what DeRosa says, I feel waaaaaaaaaaay more comfortable if we’re counting on him to be a utility player than if we’re counting on him to be the regular 3B.
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
OT: Is Runzler ever coming back?
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 8:58 PM PDT reply actions
Now that bork has 2 gritty veteran leftys at his disposal
probably not.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Last I saw
They were shooting for the roster expansion as his ETA.
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
:(
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
LOL Baggs...
The Houston Astros just swept the Phillies in a four-game series, enabling the Giants to retake the NL wild card lead by a half-game. If you have Wandy Rodriguez’s home address, don’t forget to add him to your Christmas card list.
Can you imagine? Be pretty funny…. I guess you could send mail to him via the ’stros…
We should also add ryan franklin to that list
For giving up a 2 run gift to roger bernidina to send the game to extras after a miracle cardinals bloop rally highlighted by a randall winn 2 run single.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
OT: So Tiger Woods played quite the possum it seems
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 9:13 PM PDT reply actions
1. Sunshine
2. Giant
3. Black Hawk Down
4. Cars
5. Control Room
I don't have a very high opinion of southern California, in sports or in general
1. Children of Men (love post apocalyptic/dystopian stuff)
2. High Plains Drifter
3. Band of Brothers, but if that doesn’t count since it’s a miniseries then I’ll go with Blackhawk Down
4. The Natural, but it would have been The Sandlot if it weren’t for the fact that the kid became a Dodger at the end.
5. Protagonist <——————MUST SEE!
Geez
After looking through all the replies, I can’t believe no one picked Protagonist. I know documentary is tough, but this movie is outstanding.
by Sigualicious on Aug 26, 2010 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions
it's about time somebody mentioned Sandlot
My clothes were going out of style
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
ending ruined it for me
dude becomes a dodger
fuck that movie
I don't have a very high opinion of southern California, in sports or in general
by short_shifter on Aug 26, 2010 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
1. Children of Men (love post apocalyptic/dystopian stuff)
If you haven’t seen it yet you should check out Delicatessen.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
"Favorite" as opposed to "Best"
Science Fiction/Fantasy: SOLARIS (1972)
Western: THE COWBOYS (1972)
War: FIRES ON THE PLAINS (1959)
Sports: THE BAD NEWS BEARS (1976)
Documentary: GIMME SHELTER (1970)
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
/goes on balcony, watches cars drive by
//feels just as fulfilled
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 27, 2010 1:07 AM PDT up reply actions
http://best.complex.com/lists/A-History-of-the-50-Greatest-Animated-GIFs-of-All-Time
A History of the 50 Greatest Animated GIFs of All Time
PITCH TO MY POSEY
Eli Whiteside Fan Club
by howtheydidntscore on Aug 26, 2010 9:27 PM PDT reply actions
look
PITCH TO MY POSEY
Eli Whiteside Fan Club
by howtheydidntscore on Aug 26, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
at
PITCH TO MY POSEY
Eli Whiteside Fan Club
by howtheydidntscore on Aug 26, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
this
PITCH TO MY POSEY
Eli Whiteside Fan Club
by howtheydidntscore on Aug 26, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
it
PITCH TO MY POSEY
Eli Whiteside Fan Club
by howtheydidntscore on Aug 26, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
is
PITCH TO MY POSEY
Eli Whiteside Fan Club
by howtheydidntscore on Aug 26, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
pretty
PITCH TO MY POSEY
Eli Whiteside Fan Club
by howtheydidntscore on Aug 26, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
sweet
PITCH TO MY POSEY
Eli Whiteside Fan Club
by howtheydidntscore on Aug 26, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Revised List
1. Mummy Returns
2.El Diablo
3. Cold Mountain
4.The Sandlot
5.Murderball
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 9:30 PM PDT reply actions
What are you trying to say...
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I've checked my calculations and chemically analyzed your comment
AND STILL NOTHING
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn you!!
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions
i could make it INFINITY but alas...
know
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
The Mummy Returns was a good movie!
so confused
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
soul crusher
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
dream maker
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
all the other lyrics i remember to that song are too homoerotic to say with excalamations!
YOU WERE BORN TO PLEASE!
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: The paintball episode of Community "Modern Warfare" is on right now
WOOHOO!!!!!!!
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 26, 2010 9:33 PM PDT reply actions
LOL
good ending
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
great episode
my favorite comedy around these days / The Office was off.
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
THE PRIZE!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Awesome.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
SHIFT-A LIKE 1000 TIMES
I DO NOT WATCH FILMS IN THESE GENRES!! WHAT ABOUT FAVORITE DRUG MOVIE?? DOGS IN SPACE!!
Thank you. Peace be with you.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
that would fit under war movies
Drug wars
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions
YOU ARE WRONG
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
WAR OF WORDS
this fits too
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
TWSS
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Wait. Reply.
Nevermind.
I don't have a very high opinion of southern California, in sports or in general
by short_shifter on Aug 26, 2010 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Trying-to-be-original list
1. Road Warrior
2. Three Amigos
3. Stripes – Director’s Cut
4. Victory
5. Cane Toads
The director’s cut of Stripes reveals a very different storyline….including Bill Murray’s character dosing a band of Latin American rebels with LSD and leading them in a rendition of Tito Rodriguez’s “Quando Quando Quando Quando”.
Choppin' broccoli
STRIPES is your "War" movie?
OK, then, I’m switching mine to 1941.
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
niiiiice
and I found that clip from Stripes onYouTube!
Choppin' broccoli
by SimpleJaquez on Aug 26, 2010 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
mad max...three..tropic thunder
hence yur name-o
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 9:51 PM PDT reply actions
i just found out about the
Red Green show!!!
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 26, 2010 9:55 PM PDT reply actions
could “OT: Baseball” be constituted as another maymay?
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 26, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I think so, yes.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Late to the party, but...
1. LOTR
2. The Magnificent Seven
3. The Seven Samurai
4. Breaking Away
5. Choke
wow
someone actually saw Choke?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Yes, but...
The one about Jiu-jitsu.
Not the Chuck Palahniuk novel adaptation, though I saw that too. Not really a documentary, though.
Science Fiction/Fantasy: Final Fantasy X
Western: Red Dead Redemption
War: Medal of Honor: Frontline
Sports: Fifa 09
Documentary: Bioshock. The history of Rapture.
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
I know, I was kidding
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 27, 2010 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Here are the right answers
1. The Fifth Element
2. Appaloosa
3. Tropic Thunder
4. The Greatest Game Ever Played
5. This Is Spinal Tap
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
even if you're right, you're still wrong
Tap ain’t a documentary
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
It's a rockumentary. Close enough.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
‘mockumentary’
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 8:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Shia!!!
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Top 5 mockumentaries
Lost in America
Rutles
This Is Spinal Tap
Waiting for Guffman
Man Bites Dog
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
not for me
Tap and Guffman are head and shoulders above all the other Chris Guest stuff
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Borat?
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
wouldn't make my top 5
but i think it qualifies, and is awesome.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
i thought it was a little overrated but great as far as mockumentaries go
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Saw Bruno not long ago. Was surprisingly good.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Havent watched all of it yet
the part with his little asian boyfriend made me LOL but seems like it was written by a 6th grader
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
that;s the thing
i was expecting it to be all that 6th-grade stuff, but it ended up being pretty insightful and hilarious
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I think you mean Real Life rather than Lost in America. Both great movies, anyway.
by Duelling Brandos on Aug 27, 2010 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Looking For Fidel was an interesting, thought provoking documentary
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
OT OT: HILARIOUS post from Lookout Landing
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2010/8/26/1653381/a-series-of-pictures-in-which
I wish we had someone who could be an equivalent. MadBum maybe.
LOL
i think Mole would be funnier though
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
P
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 26, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Definitely Huff.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
fanfuckingtastic
thanks for sharing
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
omg
that is gold. for some reason, the funniest pictures are in the Mariners uni… /snort
I like how Lookout Landing has sections called “Awful News” and “Bad News.”
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 26, 2010 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I literally can’t stop laughing. I will be at work tomorrow, just doing my thing, and think of the Kotchman post and just burst out laughing.
I <3 Lookout Landing.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
one word for this
POOPIN
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: Empire Strikes Back
2. Western: The new 3:10 to Yuma (One of the few westerns I’ve seen)
3. War: Saving Private Ryan
4. Sports: Friday Night Lights
5. Documentary: Tie between Grizzly Man & The Cove
This thread has inspired me to finally watch Man on Wire.
Jeaaaggaahh
Man on Wire was incredible
gotta see that
Good call on Grizzly Man as well.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I have wanted to see this for years.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
by Cody_ransom on Aug 26, 2010 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Movies :D
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
2. Western: I really don’t have one. Shanghai Noon!
3. War: The first half of Full Metal Jacket, or if it was for a whole movie, Glory
4. Sports: The Sandlot
5. Documentary: The King of Kong and Super Size Me (tie)
favorite comedy: The Princess Bride
There is a difference between best movies and favorite movies.
The latter means I want to watch it again. There are some great movies I would never watch again. You asked for favorites, so here they are. Maybe won’t win me any film cred, but I stand by them.
Sci-Fi/Fantasy: Ghostbusters.
Western: The Searchers (minus that weird wedding fight scene).
War: Does The Best Years of Our Lives count? Saving Private Ryan, otherwise.
Sports: D2: The Mighty Ducks.
Documentary: Mavericks. Very interesting movie about surfing.
by Captain Leebeard on Aug 26, 2010 11:18 PM PDT reply actions
except
the documentary was called Riding Giants.
by Captain Leebeard on Aug 26, 2010 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
And it was a good, not great doc.
It can’t touch When We Were Kings.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
by Cody_ransom on Aug 26, 2010 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
that one is next on netflix for me.
by Captain Leebeard on Aug 27, 2010 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: Big Fish
2. Western: I can’t think of a western I have watched front to back.
3. War: The Pianist, Life is Beautiful a close second.
4. Sports: Rocky
5. Documentary: When We Were Kings
Ironically none of these are my favorite movie.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
If your alias is Cody Ransom, you’re spiritually obligated to watch Western movies.
by non sequitur on Aug 26, 2010 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions
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IT’Z TEH BEST MOVEE EVAR!!!!
/hated it.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
I also hated it.
I am pissed it is getting a second run in the first run theatres.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
by Cody_ransom on Aug 26, 2010 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions
ooooooh but we must get some Unobtainium!!!
Unobtainium? UNOBTAINIUM????
Seriously? I mean can you just picture the script meeting?
“Well there’s this element that’s really scarce, difficult to get…a regular, you know uh… unobtainable substance… rare-ogen, scarceanon, unobtainium well we’ll think of a better name for it later…”
This is exactly the thing that pissed me off most about that movie.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
that
is an actual term. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unobtainium
by Captain Leebeard on Aug 27, 2010 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions
that’s, in a round about way, the point…it’s a movie…it’s a work of fiction … use your freaking imagination and come up with an original term!
well, my point is
they didn’t just make up a term because they weren’t creative enough to figure out something. Whether or not their choice of unobtainium is a good one, well, i won’t say i disagree with you.
if only james cameron had stuck to being an action director instead of trying to give us some sort of overblown message.
by Captain Leebeard on Aug 27, 2010 1:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I finally caved and watched Avatar a couple weeks ago.
I wanted the humans to win.
Also, it’ s freaking SPACE SHUTTLE, fly up a couple more miles and drop the bomb from where they can’t reach you.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
and romance.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
If only he had written an original script
Instead of refilming Pocahontas.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
SciFi/Fantasy: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Western: High Noon
War: Life Is Beautiful
Sports: Million Dollar Baby
Documentary: The Cove
by ryanstrtddafire99 on Aug 26, 2010 11:31 PM PDT reply actions
Mr. Merope’s list as he’s busy with something else
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: Star Wars
2. Western: Tombstone
3. War: Apocalypse Now
4. Sports: Rounders
5. Documentary: March of the Penguins
Subject to change depending on the day or mood…
Rounders is a movie I can watch a million times. But so is Good Will Hunting and Bourne Supremacy, so maybe I’m just hot for Matt Damon.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 27, 2010 1:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Those are all good movies.
Now if you start watching Stuck on You a million times it probably is a Damon fetish.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
euro trip
Proud new co-dad of Travis Ishikawa. And ishikaBOOM Goes the Dynamite.
by Andy from DC on Aug 27, 2010 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions
OT
Anyone who would care has probably already seen this, but screw you guys because I just found it today and it’s awesome.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
I’m hyped for Portal on a more Robust scale, every time I beat it I felt like I was just getting started. Hopefully they keep the elements that made it great, and knowing Valve they should.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Aug 27, 2010 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I’m excited just because it’ll be longer than the first one (TWSS). But also, these new elements seem like they’ll be really cool and won’t detract from what made the first one great.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
Modified #3 Genre
3. Cold War: Seven Days in May, Fail Safe
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: Equilibrium
2. Western: Appaloosa
3. War: Apocalypto
4. Sports: Don’t really enjoy sports movies to much, but I guess White Guys Can’t Jump
5. Documentary: Sugar (Does that count?)
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
My humble choices
Science Fiction/Fantasy: Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Western: High Noon
War: Letters from Iwo Jima
Sports: Bull Durham
Documentary: The Thin Blue Line
1. Science Fiction/Fantasy: Brazil
2. Western: My Name is Trinity
3. War: Apocalypse Now
4. Sports: Bull Durham
5. Documentary: Super High Me
by David Todd Stimpson on Aug 27, 2010 7:12 AM PDT reply actions
Science Fiction/Fantasy: Aliens
Western: The Good the Bad and the Ugly. Once Upon a Time… is a very close second.
War: Dr. Strangelove
Sports: Mr. Baseball!
Documentary: Grizzly Man
When in doubt, I went with the one I have seen more. I feel that that’s the most genuine way to do it. My answers ended up being a lot less artsy fartsy than I was expecting.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I totally forgot about Mr. Baseball! I loved it when I was a kid.
by scotterduder on Aug 27, 2010 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Big Fish
High Noon
Basterds
Slap Shot
Hoop Dreams
Comedy: Borat
70’s: Truck Turner
80’s: One Crazy Summer
Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.
YAY!
another Big Fish fan.
I freakin love that movie.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
agreed
fantastic movie. just thoroughly enjoyable.
by Captain Leebeard on Aug 27, 2010 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Am I the only guy who liked Crooklyn?
Doesn’t fit any of the give genre but, I seem to be the only person I know that liked that movie. Maybe I am just a sucker for some quality motown and soul.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
How about prison movies?
Shawshank Redemption or The Great Escape.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Ate 50 eggs and didn’t even puke.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Baseball OT: Down go the great Strasberg
The Washington Nationals announced in a conference call this morning that rookie righthander Stephen Strasburg(notes) likely will need Tommy John surgery.
Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo said Strasburg has a significant tear in the ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Aqn163DBxrH8ewSFan8jwtERvLYF?slug=tsn-166444
This really sucks for the guy
He’s been throwing at such a high level for a few years and his UCL goes after just a few MLB starts.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
1 – The Fountain (Probably not my favorite , but wanted to be different;))
2 – Any Sergio Leone
3 – Letters From Iwo Jima
4 – Cars (Not a fan of The Sandlot because Benny the Jet winds up a Dodger)
5 – Any Ken Burns doc but especially Baseball and National Parks
My favorite moves are always constantly changing...
Science Fiction: “Inception”, “Brazil” is a close second.
Fantasy: “Princess Bride”, love that movie.
Western: “The Good the Bad and the Ugly”
War: Tied with “Full Metal Jacket” and “Band of Brothers,”
Sports: “Rocky”
Documentary: Just finished Ken Burn’s “The War” and “The Civil War.” Long, but good ones. I also liked “Thin Blue Line”
The San Fransisco 49ers, where got Dix, VD and Crabs!
Way late to the party
Fantasy: 2001 for qualite’, Zardoz for the lulz
Western: McCabe and Mrs Miller (my favorite film ever—how can it be that no one else has mentioned this?)
War: Roma, citta’ aperta (aka Open City)
Sports: 8 Men Out
Doc: Phantom India
by Duelling Brandos on Aug 27, 2010 10:03 AM PDT reply actions
Even Later......
SciFi – Dune
Western – Maverick
War – Empire of the Sun
Sports – The Natural
Documentary – Super Size Me
In Western and Documentary categories those are the only ones that I’ve seen in the past 15 years. As for Dune, well, it’s my guilty crappy movie that I love to watch choice. I loved the book so much that I watch the movie once a year or so because it takes less time than the book and my mind fills in all the blanks in the movie from the book……
by paboperfecto on Aug 27, 2010 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Dune the book was awesome
I actually prefer the Sci-Fi (or SyFy) miniseries of Dune that was produced recently. Even though the FX and acting were terrible, it was more faithful to the book than the David Lynch movie.
by Murray, Present on Aug 27, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Zardoz fucking rules
Rules.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Groin
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Also very late, but a pathological need to spout my views
Sci-Fi – Star Trek, the reboot – combined the best flashy special effects with the mythos of TOS
Western – Seven Samurai/Magnificent Seven – I’ll watch either or both on a rainy weekend
War – Inglorious Basterds- Saving Private Ryan almost plays like a documentary with the graphic violence
Sports – Miracle – to my mind, The Natural is a chick flick
Documentary – I sat and watched The Pixar Story and was mesmerized by their talent and creative ability
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
Here's My 2 Cents, Day Late, Dollar Short
I can’t just do one, so I’ll try to keep it to two:
Sci-Fi: 2001/Twelve Monkeys
Western: Once Upon A Time In The West/Unforgiven
War: Paths of Glory/Ran
Sports: The Bad News Bears/Major League
Documentary: Paradise Lost: The Child Murders At Robin Hood Hills/Grey Gardens
Eliminate that pesky Dominatrix in one easy step. Step 1: Tell her you're a Cubs fan!
Ran is beautiful
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 27, 2010 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
was this the first mention of Ran?
pretty surprising, if so
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
i think so
but other Kurosawa films were mentioned first before Ran was mentioned just now, which seems pretty much in line with film discussions in general.
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 27, 2010 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
No Yojimbo though…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions
i did notice that
damn… no one had swagger like Toshiro Mifune.
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 27, 2010 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Ran is my favorite Kurosawa. I need to watch it again — it’ s been a few years.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 28, 2010 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions
screening soon at PFA i think
unless it’s already screened
they’re doing a retrospective now
new print and everything i think.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I just watched Once Upon a Time in the West last night. I figured it was going to be pretty good, but I didn’t know how quirky awesome it was going to be. I’ll need to watch it again, but it’s up there with High Noon (and Unforgiven, which was a close second on my five-second list.)
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 28, 2010 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions
I need to get on here more often
1: Visioneers (Zach Gashyfanashky)
2: Gran Torino…..yes it is, Clint Eastwood is in it!
3: Tropic Thunder /panda reference
4. Bull Durham or For Love of the Game (minus the cheesy crap)
5. Planet Earth or Rock-aFire Explosion
by ThisIsMyNightmare on Aug 28, 2010 9:52 AM PDT reply actions
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