I may be amused by it, too!Originally Posted by Lou
Neil
I may be amused by it, too!
Neil
I saw a really fun movie last night on Netflix called Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood by Richard Linklater. It takes place in Houston around that date, and it deals with a young boy's fantasy of being an astronaunt, but also just stuff happening around during that timeframe. It had a good soundtrack too. It was animated, but done well.
There's a movie that I've only seen once, a really long time ago, and have been wanting to see again but can never seem to find anywhere. I may have to buy it or maybe rent it from Redbox via my Roku.
The movie? The Commitments.
Anyone else seen this movie?
Anyone else have a movie they've only seen once a long time ago that they want to see again?
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
I liked The Commitments. I bought the DVD and the soundtrack album. Had no idea it had become hard to find.
The movie I have been wanting to see, haven't seen but recommended to me, is Repo Man (1984).
Other day I was reminded of the movie Freaky (2020), which I had seen but never found to buy. Luckily, the library still had their copy and my wife and I watched it again. Good horror comedy.
Frog in boiling water
Yes, two movies I’ve seen only once and would like to see again. An older one called ‘Blood simple’ and the long version of
‘ The man who fell to earth’ with Bowie.
Commitments is an excellent movie
Ian
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I blame Wynton, what was the question?
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I'm one of the 212.
One of my favorite films. The 25th Anniversary Blu-Ray looks great and has a wonderful in-depth interview with Alan Parker.
I've got the Commitments on DVD, missed the anniversary Blu-Ray. The film holds up extremely well.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
The Commitments was a good film. My wife has the soundtrack CD. One of the few albums she owns.
I used to have The Commitments on vhs. I don't know if I still do. I should try and look for it. I've been wanting to watch Borat here lately, but don't have a copy. You used to find this all the time in pawn shops, flea markets, Goodwill, charity shops, etc. for around a buck. Those places are the best place to find cheap DVD, sometimes CDs, and other things.
I watched a low budget horror last night called Absentia on Prime. It was Mike Flanagan's first film. Overall it kept my interest, although the volume/sound design was wonky for me. Sometimes too low, so I'd turn it up and then too loud when some action happened, etc. Aside from that pretty good.
Went to my local rep film theatre last night (love the films they get...it's almost like I'm programming it!), and saw Immaculate (2024). It's a gritty nunsploitation (great word) horror movie, set in a gigantic rural nuns convent in Italy and has an amazing lead turn by Sydney Sweeney, as a young nun coming in from America, and looking to find her place in the world. Realistically intense, solid acting and wonderfully designed, with some shades of Rosemary's Baby happening.
Neil
Last edited by boilk; 05-08-2024 at 01:21 PM.
Ooh! This sounds promising!
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IIRC, that's with Richard Dreyfus and Emilio Estevez, isn't it? Correction: Harry Dean Stanton (I looked it up).
I've never seen it, either, but have heard it's really good.
I saw that when it was released. Over the years, my favorite Coen Bros movie has ebbed and flowed, so to speak, but I keep coming back to Blood Simple. Eventually I realized it's my favorite. Love that movie. But I love irony and that movie's dripping with it. And, yes, I own it.
Good to know. Altho, I may have to watch it first before dropping $30 on a BR disc.
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
Two thumbs up on Repo Man, it was included on many a movie night in college.
Just watched 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture', the first of the original cast movies. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, it was underwhelming when I saw it in the theater back in the day.
I actually thought the 2nd Borat movie was better than the first one.
I thought I owned Blood Simple, but I checked and it appears I do not. Have to remedy that. I do own The Man Who Fell To Earth, but I did not know there was more than one version of it. Mine claims to be 140 minutes long.
Frog in boiling water
Another thumbs up for "Repo Man". It has been years since I have seen it, but it was a great film and not necessarily what you think it is going to be.
You have the longer version with the meandering… try to remember those days in December long driving across the country scenes and some sexual situations. Also more scenes of life on his planet IIRC
I haven't seen that one all the way thru, I'll look for it when streaming. Thanks.
No Blade of Grass--Movieland app, 1970 heavy handed British post apocalypse movie. A strange new virus has appeared, which only attacks strains of grasses such as wheat and rice, and the world is descending into famine and chaos. It was fine for what it was.
Repo Man is brilliant, yes, unquestionably. You are young enough to have seen it on movie nights in college...
But as for that other one, my friends and I call it Star Trek: The Motionless Picture because of long boring stretches where nothing really happens (the most blatant example being the extended "we've built this cool model and we're going to make sure you see every inch of it" flyby, complete with completely out of proportion worker in space suit...
Cobra handling and cocaine use are a bad mix.
I got a laugh out of that, but it is a good description of the Star Trek film. I enjoyed it, but it could have been better.
Agreed, would love to see it again, have probably watched it four or five times back in the daze.
Anyone a fan of Buckaroo Bonzai???
"And this is the chorus.....or perhaps it's a bridge...."
That's actually another one I'd like to see again... because I remember very little of it.
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
Hell Comes to Frogtown rules!
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