Cava 0 #26 June 18, 2003 Indeed. I guess I was thinking of great films that only failed in the sense that few people seem to have seen them. Not a failing of the film, only a failing of the general public's taste. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #27 June 18, 2003 it was definately one of the first movies of that type to go with the "geeks are cool" concept.. Rock Star, Scientist, inter-dimensional traveller...lol.____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #28 June 18, 2003 In no particular order, here are some overlooked flicks I like. Dark Star Little Murders Bell, Book and Candle Timecode The Cube The Iron Giant Broken Arrow Rope October Skyquade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cava 0 #29 June 18, 2003 Rope! Right on. You're that other person who has seen that movie. How Hitchcock made the film is as interesting as the film itself- the foot markers on the floor, the changing of the pastel paintings of the skyline in the background when the camera was pointed elsewhere. Also the best of many film adaptatons of the Leopold\Loeb murder case. Another one worth seeing is Compulsion, with Orson Welles as Clarence Darrow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jceman 1 #30 June 18, 2003 Ah yes, Dark Star. Someday I have to see that movie straight... One of my favorites in the all time "it's so bad , it's good" category is Phantom Of The Paradise. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #31 June 18, 2003 "Carburetors man, that's what life is all about . . ." I thought Paul Williams did a nice little job on the words and music there.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Meathorse 0 #32 June 18, 2003 "Dark City" "Baseketball" "Final Fantasy" "Arlington Road" was only in the theater for a week here. "Being John Malkovich" dunno about 'failed' but it's definately under appreciated and some old animation that I think is called "Wizards" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheRus 0 #33 June 18, 2003 Damn! We need to hang out... those are some GREAT choices! Yeah, it's fine, we'll walk down the line. Leave our rain, a cold trade for warm sunshine You my friend, I will defend... and if we change, well, I love you anyway Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #34 June 18, 2003 "Baseketball"? Really? Oh dear . . . However, "Wizards" . . . I think I ended up seeing that about 10 times in the movie theaters not because I necessarily liked it, but people kept dragging me to it because they wanted to discuss the animation and film techniques. That and we were like 19 and drunk. Ralph Bakshi being Ralph Bakshi . . . I don't think you could show that in a theater today without some sort of massive protest going on outside. It's pretty offensive on a lot of levels, but then again, it's Bakshi -- whaddya gonna do?quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skip 0 #35 June 18, 2003 !!Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead!! One of my all time favorites. "Two minor characters from the play, "Hamlet" stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them" funny as all hell.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #36 June 19, 2003 More movies you probably haven't seen but are worth a look. Metropolis Things to Come Touch of Evil The First Men In The Moon Murder By Death Somewhere In Time The Public Eye Ed Wood Mars Attacks Free Enterprisequade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #37 June 19, 2003 Vikings 1st post with torch song trilogy, thats a great flick, much better than Gadget Man for Mat brodrick, Also Rosenkrantz and Glidernstern are dead was terrific, but my wife walked out on it no sense of humourYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #38 June 19, 2003 Quote!!Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead!! One of my all time favorites. "Two minor characters from the play, "Hamlet" stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them" funny as all hell.. they also invented the Big MacYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #39 June 19, 2003 QuoteSomewhere in Time Saw this movie after Christopher Reeve's accident, and reading his engrossing book "Still Me". Kind of had me misty eyed throughout the whole movie because of this. (bad acting, though...) ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #40 June 19, 2003 Another of my favs: 200 Cigarettes__________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #41 June 19, 2003 Quote Ralph Bakshi being Ralph Bakshi . . . I don't think you could show that in a theater today without some sort of massive protest going on outside. It's pretty offensive on a lot of levels, but then again, it's Bakshi -- whaddya gonna do? "Wizards" is only somewhat offensive. "Fritz the Cat" and "Heavy Traffic", OTOH, are far more so... "Hey! Dis chick's gotta hard-on!" "The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonto 1 #42 June 19, 2003 Man. I could identify so strongly with that dude. Went half way down that road 3 or 4 times... tIt's the year of the Pig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BikerBabe 0 #43 June 19, 2003 You Can Count On Me Great little movie that got rave reviews, but no one saw. I got to see it at the AFI film festival in LA, and the director and actors were all there. Laura Linney gave an incredible performance in this film! It also won the Sundance film festival when it came out.Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #44 June 19, 2003 Well, I was thinking more along the lines of trivializing the Holocaust and Hitler -- bringing it down to the cartoon level. To me that's pretty offensive too.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Laurel 0 #45 June 19, 2003 Memento!!!! great flick...................................................................... PMS#28, Pelogrande Rodriguez#1074 My Pink M Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kris 0 #46 June 19, 2003 Time Bandits Dune Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead Army Of Darkness Waxworks II Phantasm 2010 The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu Ghost World SLC PunkSky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Meathorse 0 #47 June 19, 2003 QuoteDamn! We need to hang out... those are some GREAT choices! All right! Someone with good taste! Quote"Baseketball"? Really? Oh dear . . . Aw come on... it was funny, admit it! Call it a guilty pleasure. Oh ya, forgot 2010! Great movie. I think it's just as good as 2001... but then again I like Baseketball, so... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheRus 0 #48 June 19, 2003 More came to me - Westworld (with Yule Brenner) World Gone Wild (with Adam Ant playing a post-apocalyptic insane messiah-wanna-be and Bruce Dern playing an aged wise man!!! GREAT one!) Food of the Gods (giant animals) Yeah, it's fine, we'll walk down the line. Leave our rain, a cold trade for warm sunshine You my friend, I will defend... and if we change, well, I love you anyway Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #49 June 19, 2003 QuoteWell, I was thinking more along the lines of trivializing the Holocaust and Hitler -- bringing it down to the cartoon level. To me that's pretty offensive too. Bakshi's Jewish, so he can get away with it. I mean, c'mon! Mel Brooks did "Springtime for Hitler" and "Hitler On Ice"! You can't get much more un-PC than that!"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #50 June 19, 2003 QuoteWell, I was thinking more along the lines of trivializing the Holocaust and Hitler -- bringing it down to the cartoon level. To me that's pretty offensive too. I don't think he trivialized it, I think he was using it as an example of the evils of the "mechanized" world vs the "wizard" world. My fav quote from that movie, "Oh, by the way...here's a little trick that mom showed me when you weren't around..." One of the funniest movies that I have ever seen was a movie called "The life and times of Friar Jacques". No it's not porn. I saw it at a college function. Never made it big, but hysterically funny. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
