in American history. Ignatius Reilly a close second.
She's talented well beyond her years.
Here’s my Man Card. Dispose of it as you wish.
Theatre a few years ago. The Los Angeles Theatre is an old movie theater in downtown LA and the movie was shown by the Los Angeles Conservancy. They had the convertible from the film on display as well as a few movie costumes. As I recall either the director or producer spoke for a few minutes prior to the screening. It was pretty cool.
The sequel to Top Gun will be the first movie I see in a movie theater once we get through Covid. I am actually pretty excited to see it.
She's 38.
Edit: oh and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is an objectively terrible song.
an SNL lounge singer fan
I don’t find his character in Caddyshack funny at all.
To me that's his other really good movie.
either. Vince Vaughn is probably my favorite comedic actor.
typical over the top crap.
movies that I haven't seen.
about it. Not an Elf fan.
The last act is painful to watch.
Bryan Cranston screaming a lot just doesn’t do it for me.
that I can’t even remember.
This is a wound that runs too deep.
get half credit?
TimRiggins just met up with his golf-hustling dad.
In fact I can't recall him doing much at all - he becomes a very calm, heartless criminal. Now Jesse (Aaron Paul), he yells and screams all the time, but that's different.
And the series starts slow but if you give it time it's downright addictive, starting somewhere in the middle of the first season. I didn't watch it when it first came out, saw it all on Netflix, but when I did it was one of the few series I've deemed bingewatchable.
Really prepared to dislike the City based upon the crime stories and negativity I’ve heard about it - spent some time down by the harbor this week and enjoyed the City a lot.
...but I spent quite a bit of time with George RR Martin over the course of a few days at a writer's conference two summers ago. Very sweet old man. We mostly talked about football and writing.
One episode of Ozark was enough. Too depressing.
You were talking about, but that is really cool. What was he like? I always wonder what authors truly think of the end product when their book is translated into either a TV show or movie.
He was a little forlorn as a few friends had recently passed away.
I know a few authors who’ve had their books made into TV shows or movies. The reaction tends to align with how much control they have which is often little. Couple have been disasters despite to-die-for casts.
A friend from my writer’s workshop just had his first movie based on one of his novels come out (after years of options on that and other books) in China (streamed because of COVID). The trailer was cool despite not understanding a word of it. He has another in the works starring Awkwafina.
or read a Harry Potter book...and I still don't want to.
Got all the good stuff in.
On our fall trip last year, we spent a few nights at a bed and breakfast in small town in Maine. Because there wasn't anything else to do, we watched Harry Potter. This gets filed under things you do for your kids.
But I could never quite figure out what the hell was going on. Nor did I particularly care to.
The only real conclusion I can draw from the entire series is that Emma Watson was cute.
And I found the Quidditch nonsense, as seen at, for instance, my alma mater, among actual human beings to be disgraceful.
But when my oldest daughter turned 8, I took on the job of reading them aloud to her before bed each night. 4100 pages later, we were both in something approaching mourning that it had to end. They were outstanding.
Cash
Hated the very thought of it.
I was astonished by the end, especially how the level of writing and themes tracked so well with the ages of the characters as the books progressed.
Although I'm still somewhat loathe to admit it, I'm a big fan.
I read them when they came out. My younger sister was the prime target age for them, and I read them after she did just for the heck of it.
They're entertaining in their own way, certainly.
But on fundamental levels they're really very poor. The world-building is hodgepodge at best (the new Star Wars writers went to the JK Rowling School of Multi-Part Storytelling it feels), the universe's moral philosophy arbitrary and shallow, and the excitement generated mostly by pulp-fiction cliffhanger techniques. To be sure, there were parts that were genuinely funny or otherwise well-done. But all in all they're well-marketed penny dreadfuls for the teeny-bopper set.
They're very good examples of what they are, but what they are just isn't that hot.
Far from it.
What I found impressive was how well the writing style, reading level, and themes seemed to track with the ages of the characters as you progressed from one book to the next.
For a story that was certainly developed in hodge-podge fashion, I was genuinely surprised it flowed at all, let alone coming to any sort of satisfying conclusion. Although given the stilted nature of the world that was built, it sort of becomes part of its charm.
And that's ultimately where I land with these books: they're charming, even more so when I started off fully intending to hate them.
into that yet. Until then, hard pass.
naturally. I haven’t been in the mood for confession recently.
...I, a 65-year old American, have never had a Big Mac.
But I worked there for 9 years and we had a store in the building. I think I've had only one in the last year, and if I've had 20 in the last 10 years I'd be surprised, especially since they aren't in the Indiana Toll Road oases anymore, replaced by [snort] Burger King.
It's still my favorite McDonald's sandwich, though. You should try at least a bite sometime.
Never watched a single minute of the simpsons.
Jamie Lee Curtis in her prime.
Trading Places 3 or 4 times.
Maybe someday I will sit on a cushioned seat and watch from beginning to finish Gone With The Wind, the Wizard of Oz, and the Sound of Music. I already have watched from beginning to finish Dumb and Dumber, Christmas Vacation, and There's Something About Mary.
Very few actors have a year like Jim Carrey had in 1994.
Ace Ventura
The Mask
Dumb & Dumber
But only Dumb & Dumber can be judged a classic.
Ace Ventura is close, but just does not rise to the level of 'classic' despite some great lines / quotes.
The Mask was good, but hardly a cultural touchstone.
Dumb & Dumber? That will never not be funny.
I watched it again a few months ago, with fond memories in my head from seeing it In the 90s. I was disappointed.
to Peter Reigert and Peter Greene.
When I saw it in 1994 I thought it was good. Not outstanding, but good. I liked the musical numbers, Cuban Pete in particular.
But I don't think I've ever re-watched it. Except for 'Smokin!' there isn't one memorable or quotable line of dialogue or joke.
Cameron Diaz peak comedy is Something About Mary.
The acting superb. The argument is which is better, Godfather I or Ii? Give it another chance on the best tv you have.
I figure the legion of mafioso films and shows that came after largely ripped it off anyway, so why invest the time?
Besides, there's only so much of that east coast Italian shit I can take.
Goodfellas, Casino, etc. are entirely Scorsese, and Coppola is absolutely not Scorsese and Scorsese is not Coppola. Even he whole premise of the Scorsese films is different from the Godfather films. The Sopranos is great, but it is not in the Godfather style at all. Speaking of The Sopranos though, the characters refer to the movies often, and revere them (calling them simply "One", "Two" and "Three"). And that is reportedly absolutely accurate in the real Mob.
You're missing two of the best movies ever made on any subject (III, you can skip). The good news is you have something to look forward to.
Order.
7 hours, but absolutely epic.
3 sucked.
Watch The Freshman and take out the lizard stuff. He’ll catch the gist of it, and in only an hour and a half
I see where Francis Ford Coppola is giving a new ending to III.
today. Much like Blazing Saddles.
It is probably one of the top 5 movies I quote from with my wife all the time.
Never saw Blazing Saddles.
Tried quite a few times, couldn't get into it.
he made fun of white people, but wasn't cutting about it. And he did a really good job at it.
"Persia...it's from Persia" so many funny lines
I’m really enjoying Cobra Kai on Netflix
It’s cheesy, probably more for teenagers, and the acting is a bit suspect. But it brings me back to my youth with all the 80s nostalgia. I hope they bring back Terry Silver and Mike Barnes at some point. Karate Kid 3 was much better than 2.
watching Johnny kick the trash out of some kids outside 7-11, stay for the Whitesnake dream sequence with Johnny’s pretty neighbor lady.
Epic brawl at the end of the second season.
I thought there was no way the fight was going to end the way it did. Even with the setup, I didn't believe they'd go that far until I saw Miguel go over the rail. I figured it would end in the same schlocky sitcomedy way with somebody finally learning they were wrong and changing their behavior and all would be well. Hell, even then I expected he'd just have a broken leg or something. That they followed through on the setup the way they did is one of the most impressive things I think they've done in the entire series.
I watched the first series a few years ago when it came out on YouTube Red. Zabka does a great job as Johnny. Almost a shame that he was typecast between the Karate Kid and Back to School.
My wife can't believe that I enjoyed it after watching some of it with me. I haven't watched season 2 yet but am looking forward to it.
Just one of the Guys (underrated 80s movie) is a Johnny Lawrence remix and European vacation he plays an ass too.
Those 4 movies (and Karate Kid 2 as well) in a 2 year span. All Playing the bully high school jock. Pretty impressive string of movies, but certainly typecast him. I hope he gets some more acting roles out of Cobra Kai.
for bring him back. After "Back to School" his career certainly went down hill. But, HTTB brought him back into the eye of directors. He's been awesome.
Of first two seasons. There are some really funny parts.
I just started watching this week when it flipped over to Netflix and it has been awesome. I think your basic point about nostalgia is right on point.
But, it does raises two great questions - was Daniel a dork or douche?
What the heck did Allie see in him?
I probably saw Coming to America 20+ times before seeing Trading Places.
I finally understood one of the scenes in Coming to America when I watched Trading Places.
It is a 3-day weekend. Take the time to watch the movie. You will not be disappointed.
I had a meeting with a german man named Hans Gruber yesterday
I never saw a minute of the following film series:
1. Nightmare on Elm St.
2. Harry Potter
Though, that might be more a humblebrag than a confession.
Never Nightmare on Elm St. either. No interest whatsoever.
I don’t get the hype.
3 hours I will never get back.
I like that movie. Especially when Leonardo dies for no particular reason.
I cried when the old lady dumped that 9 figure jewel into the abyss, though.
My mother didn't believe that bacon came from pork belly. I, of course, knew this from the immortal wisdom of Randolph Duke: "We are 'commodities brokers,' William. Now, what are commodities? Commodities are agricultural products... like coffee that you had for breakfast... wheat, which is used to make bread... pork bellies, which is used to make bacon, which you might find in a 'bacon, lettuce and tomato' sandwich."
I'm telling you...that has saved my ass many times over the years.
The Dukes: Nooooooo!
My wife and I quote this all the time when we drop something.
Like oh sure, he went to Harvard.
I've probably watched the first 30 minutes 5 times in a dorm common room after the girls went home, before "falling sleep"
tomato sandwich.