Oil Can Boyd Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Had a funny experience last night. I'm a Wes Anderson fan and thought I had seen all of his movies. My daughter was going to watch Rushmore last night and I thought I'd watch it again. I realized about five minutes in that I had never seen it all the way through. Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Had a funny experience last night. I'm a Wes Anderson fan and thought I had seen all of his movies. My daughter was going to watch Rushmore last night and I thought I'd watch it again. I realized about five minutes in that I had never seen it all the way through. And? Where do you rank it amongst his other films? Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 I just read this morning that Leonardo DiCaprio is going to be in the film version of The Devil In The White City. Link to post Share on other sites
u2roolz Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I just read this morning that Leonardo DiCaprio is going to be in the film version of The Devil In The White City.Yes! The 6th collaboration for him with Scorcese. Link to post Share on other sites
John Smith Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Well I'm sure Margaret Hamilton was lovely in real life too.I believe she really was. A guy in the town I live in was lifelong friends with her and really loved her as a friend. Link to post Share on other sites
u2roolz Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Public Enemy: Live From Metropolis Studios - I put this one on the other night and loved their performance which was intercut with interview footage. Chuck D yells out to someone in the crowd "I see you out there, man. I'm gonna get you up here to sing some Oasis shit." Lo & behold, it's actually Liam Gallagher in the crowd. Great setlist. Currently on Showtime platforms. I've also started Comedy Central's Review with Andrew Daly (Eastbound & Down's Principal Cutler) which is hilarious and I can't wait to see them all. The setup is Daly takes "viewer" emails that ask him to experience life events and review them with a 5 star system. It's a remake of an Australian show of the same name that got banned for pushing the envelop. The first episode is "stealing, addiction and prom". The entire first season is easily available on the Comedy Central App. The most current season is on right now and the last episode featured "glory holes". Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 And? Where do you rank it amongst his other films?I loved it. I would definitely put it near the top. (Although I'm not sure what I'd put near the bottom. Life Aquatic maybe?) It was interesting to see some of his signature techniques being developed. Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 Life Aquatic is my favorite one. I actually bought a dvd of it the other day. Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Life Aquatic is my favorite one. I actually bought a dvd of it the other day.Ha! No offense meant. I think that one confused me more than the others and I have only seen it once so maybe I need to watch it again. Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 That is sort of why I bought it. I wanted to watch it - and could not find it streaming on Netflix. I also recently bought a film I first saw on PBS (of all places) a long time ago - Box of Moonlight (1996). It's a great film to watch on a Saturday summer evening. Link to post Share on other sites
rwrkb Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Life Aquatic is my favorite one. I actually bought a dvd of it the other day. I'm always glad when I see other people loving on that one. It's not my favorite, but I find it really hard to rank them at all. I'm always confused when fans of his flicks aren't that into Aquatic, though. Link to post Share on other sites
Boss_Tweedy Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Just started watching "Boardwalk Empire." Really liking it through the first five episodes. Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted August 16, 2015 Author Share Posted August 16, 2015 I'm always glad when I see other people loving on that one. It's not my favorite, but I find it really hard to rank them at all. I'm always confused when fans of his flicks aren't that into Aquatic, though. I think part of it is due to the fact I use to watch The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau when I was a kid. Link to post Share on other sites
rwrkb Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 I think part of it is due to the fact I use to watch The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau when I was a kid. My favorite part of it is the character actors. Characters like Willem Dafoe's are so goofy but so perfect. Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Finally saw 'Birdman'. Was really different in a good way. Challenging watch and makes the viewer fill in some gaps. I like that. Especially the ending. Recommended. Link to post Share on other sites
Chez Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Just finished the Netflix prequel "Wet Hot American Summer!" Silly, but funny. Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 I recently read Nick Offerman's "Gumption" in which he extolled the virtues of the early 1970s counterculture cult classic "Billy Jack". Since I had somehow never seen that and I kinda like Nick's outlook on life, I put that film on my mental list. Last night after work and walking the dog, food shopping and hopefully destroying a yellow jacket nest that took residence in my roof, I plopped down and flicked on the boobtube to see that "Billy Jack" had just started. I settled in and two hours or so later I turned the TV off, appalled by the laughable travesty I had just endured. I'm not sure what I'm missing here. Maybe I needed to toke up some Mother Nature or be an American Indian or something but I just didn't get it. Don't get me wrong, I love 60s/70s period pieces like Cisco Pike and Easy RIder and many of those bad biker flicks of the time but watching Billy Jack again just aint ever gonna happen. Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 There are actually 4 Billy Jack films. You should read up about Tom Laughlin for the hell of it. Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 I did do some reading on Tom after finishing the Offerman book. Interesting guy with quite the "gumption" as Nick would say. Certainly admirable in that respect. Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Oh yeah......Howard Hessman's haircut! What a hoot! His bad hair preceded the Spinal Tap guys. That was a laugh out loud moment for me. Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 I first saw that film when I was a kid at the drive-in theater. I actually own all the Billy Jack films on dvd. Link to post Share on other sites
Boss_Tweedy Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 "The End of the Tour." Jason Segel will receive a few award nominations for his portrayal of David Foster Wallace. Very good film. Link to post Share on other sites
rwrkb Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Henri-Georges Clouzot: An Enlightened Tyrant(a documentary on the Criterion edition of Wages of Fear) Link to post Share on other sites
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