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Poll Question: Which one tickles your fancy the most?
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

Definitely Manchurian Candidate and surprised it has no votes.   A brilliant remake of the very good '62 original with a startling, creepy plot and great chemistry between Denzel Washington and Liev Schreiber.   If you miss the political conspiracy thrillers of the Watergate era, this one by Jonathan Demme rocks.


I love that movie, but I am still somewhat surprised to see that you went for it considering the competition....and so easily. Then again, I've read several of your movie reviews, and while I certainly agree with you on a lot, there are still occasions where I genuinely drop my pacifierLOL I can dig it though, I love surprises.
One of the many things I really love about this movie is that it shows us just how creepy Meryl Streep can get. She is terrifyingly good. The bath tub scene, in particular, takes on an eerie Oedipal dimension portraying this facet of her playing beautifully well. I'm always equally pulled in and disgusted whenever I watch that.

 
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French Connection, love Popeye
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Blow Up.  I enjoyed Antonioni quite a lot. 
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^ Hell yeah.  Smoke 'em up !!
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Voted for Barbecue, Kraft bbq sauce is amazing. Although hot sauce wasn't too far behind, can't go wrong with Texas Pete or Tabasco.
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Definitely Manchurian Candidate and surprised it has no votes.   A brilliant remake of the very good '62 original with a startling, creepy plot and great chemistry between Denzel Washington and Liev Schreiber.   If you miss the political conspiracy thrillers of the Watergate era, this one by Jonathan Demme rocks.
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I've only seen The Fisher King (good film with some flaws) so I didn't vote.
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People are too fast this morning. I have to keep editing to add another ^
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^^  You are a bad boy and need to be put in a "timeout"  ShockedSmile

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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Oh and pretty lame excuse for not watching movies. Admit it - you're just too lazy to spend 3 minutes on the tv set-upLOL
Should I spend 3 minutes to connect it to my PC monitor or listen to awesome music in 5.1 right now? Wink
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Originally posted by TeleStrat TeleStrat wrote:

^^  She could really hit a golf ball, and I'm sure that was a classic novel she was
reading in the sun room. You have to admire an educated girl.

Reading? What?? I'm not sure I caught thatEmbarrassedLOL Too busy looking at other....erm...parts of the screen.
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Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Let me take a wild guess; the title alludes to something dirty/sexy?

We have our fair share of insane revamped movie titles here in Denmark tooLOL 
The 1978 Clint Eastwood movie 'Every which way but loose' fx turned into 'Bankekød til slemme drenge' (Stewed beef for bad boys)
The follow up 'Every which way you can' from 1980 trumps it though....in spades! 'Seje bøffer og hårde bananer' = Cool steaks and tough bananasLOLLOLLOL 

Oh and you need to watch The French Connection, SamuelStern Smile
Nah. According to imdb it's "Os Incorruptíveis Contra a Droga" (The Incorruptibles Against Drugs) Sleepy

Those are really funny LOL

Yeah, I know. My blu-ray player is connected to a CRT TV on my music appreciation room, to listen to audio blu-ray's, so I can't watch anything properly there Tongue

Ahh nuts...and here I was getting all excited and stuff!Tongue

Oh and pretty lame excuse for not watching movies. Admit it - you're just too lazy to spend 3 minutes on the tv set-upLOL
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^^  She could really hit a golf ball, and I'm sure that was a classic novel she was
reading in the sun room. You have to admire an educated girl.


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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Let me take a wild guess; the title alludes to something dirty/sexy?

We have our fair share of insane revamped movie titles here in Denmark tooLOL 
The 1978 Clint Eastwood movie 'Every which way but loose' fx turned into 'Bankekød til slemme drenge' (Stewed beef for bad boys)
The follow up 'Every which way you can' from 1980 trumps it though....in spades! 'Seje bøffer og hårde bananer' = Cool steaks and tough bananasLOLLOLLOL 

Oh and you need to watch The French Connection, SamuelStern Smile
Nah. According to imdb it's "Os Incorruptíveis Contra a Droga" (The Incorruptibles Against Drugs) Sleepy

Those are really funny LOL

Yeah, I know. My blu-ray player is connected to a CRT TV on my music appreciation room, to listen to audio blu-ray's, so I can't watch anything properly there Tongue
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Points: 23104 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 12 2015 at 10:40
Originally posted by TeleStrat TeleStrat wrote:

Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

Lot of great films here but I'm choosing Dog Day Afternoon.  Such a fully committed performance from Pacino.
 
Loved Midnight Run too, not to mention Blow-Up and The French Connection.

As John Travolta says in the completely underwhelming Swordfish, it is genuinely Lumet's best work and up there for Pacino (a man that always delivers).
Based on a true story too. (Such a crazy little tale you just know it's got to be realLOL)


Embarrassed  I liked Swordfish (great cast).
The slow motion circular scene where the lady wearing the claymore mine vest runs into the street 
and blows up is amazing special effects cinematography.

I liked Halle Berry in it if that helpsBig smile Hot damn!
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Originally posted by TeleStrat TeleStrat wrote:

Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Originally posted by TeleStrat TeleStrat wrote:

The first five are long time favorites.
From the second five I'm only familiar with Midnight Run which is also a favorite.
As a big fan of Kurt Vonnegut novels I'm embarrassed to say I have not seen
Slaughterhouse Five. But I do own Mother Night with Nick Nolte.

Ouch! Damn you've been missing out Gary! Sorry to say so, but yeahLOL
I think George Roy Hill did a wonderful job of translating Vonnegut's dark humour onto the screen. 


Hopefully I won't be missing out for long since I'll be going on Amazon shortly to see if it's available.
You should watch Mother Night if you can. Some may find it a bit slow but if you like the book then
that's not really a problem. John Goodman shows up in a couple of scenes as The Blue Fairy  Godmother.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll remember that. Nick Nolte and John Goodman sound good to me (John Goodman is fantastic...hell even in small cameos. He always manages to make his stamp on whatever he appears in, and that is quite the feat in itself).
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Points: 23104 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 12 2015 at 10:35
Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

I never saw any of those, although I have The French Connection on blu-ray Embarrassed (with a very stupid Portuguese title on the cover LOL)

Let me take a wild guess; the title alludes to something dirty/sexy?

We have our fair share of insane revamped movie titles here in Denmark tooLOL 
The 1978 Clint Eastwood movie 'Every which way but loose' fx turned into 'Bankekød til slemme drenge' (Stewed beef for bad boys)
The follow up 'Every which way you can' from 1980 trumps it though....in spades! 'Seje bøffer og hårde bananer' = Cool steaks and tough bananasLOLLOLLOL 

Oh and you need to watch The French Connection, SamuelStern Smile
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