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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2020 9:50:26 GMT -6
I saw Dragonheart in theaters! Twice!
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Post by neader on Nov 19, 2020 9:56:16 GMT -6
I watched Dragonheart all the time as a kid. Need to do a rewatch with Connery recently passing.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Nov 19, 2020 9:56:36 GMT -6
I was thinking a lot about the theatre experience for Dragonheart while I watched it because I was remembering how this probably wouldn't look so bad on VHS, and that made me wonder how the effects came across on the big screen.
The VHS look is just about all I remember from this era, I think my first "holy shit these effects are blowing my mind" experience in the theatre was The Phantom Menace a few years later. I would think this dragon would be a serious letdown if you'd seen Jurassic Park just a few years earlier, but again I have little perspective.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2020 10:16:01 GMT -6
It's funny because I don't think I ever thought it was good, it was more funny to watch Sean Connery's voice come out of CGI dragon than anything else. Also Quaid's accent was baaaaaaaaad. That was like a Mystery Science Theater experience before I ever knew what that show was.
My mom worked near a movie theater so I spent a lot of time there. Other movies that I watched multiple times in a theater for some reason - Empire Records, The Edge, Godzilla.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2020 10:17:30 GMT -6
My knowledge of movies from 1995-1998 is fairly extensive.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2020 10:22:09 GMT -6
finally saw both Cruising and Blood Simple last night. both are great! weird that it took me so long.
between those and Come and See and Coherence, i've had a real downer of a week and need a pickmeup lol i should watch the Digimon Movie tonight
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Nov 19, 2020 10:45:21 GMT -6
It's funny because I don't think I ever thought it was good, it was more funny to watch Sean Connery's voice come out of CGI dragon than anything else. Also Quaid's accent was baaaaaaaaad. That was like a Mystery Science Theater experience before I ever knew what that show was. My mom worked near a movie theater so I spent a lot of time there. Other movies that I watched multiple times in a theater for some reason - Empire Records, The Edge, Godzilla. One of three movies I used to rent and watch every single day of the 5 day rental, the other two being UHF and Tommy Boy
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Post by nanatod on Nov 19, 2020 11:55:00 GMT -6
when the movie came out, renee zellweger and ethan embry did a promotional tour that stopped at the tower records on clark and belden. there were very few people who showed up for this meet and greet, and I still have the empire records t-shirt that was given out; even wore it to a most recent (2019) riotfest.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Nov 19, 2020 20:54:16 GMT -6
co-starring: dennis quaid look there could be a thousand reasons why at this point this week, but this made me cry twice lol. what the fuck is wrong with these parents to do this to these kids. with that being said this is like a perfect disney movie. it’s probably 20 minutes too long but who cares. I can’t believe how long it’s been since I’ve seen any of this movie. score: 5/5 q-factor: 0/5 (kind of a douchebag to hire a 26 yr old PR rep for your winery and then propose 8 weeks later, also erased his daughter’s existence. tries to be A Cool Dad but i feel like he’d honestly murder you without breaking a sweat) Ranking:1. Postcards From the Edge (1990) 2. The Parent Trap (1998) 3. Innerspace (1987) 4. Wilder Napalm (1993) 5. Dreamscape (1984) 6. DragonHeart (1996) Quaid-queue: Frequency!
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Post by ultravisitor on Nov 20, 2020 10:56:09 GMT -6
with that being said this is like a perfect disney movie. WRONG SO WRONG. The Hayley Mills original is so much better. I think I'm gonna rent something from the Music Box virtual thing this weekend.
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Post by thebosma on Nov 20, 2020 10:57:34 GMT -6
with that being said this is like a perfect disney movie. WRONG SO WRONG. The Hayley Mills original is so much better. That’s why he said it’s “like” a perfect Disney movie because it’s so similar to the original Parent Trap
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Nov 20, 2020 11:27:43 GMT -6
but does the original have "bad to the bone" in it?
next please
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Post by alady on Nov 20, 2020 11:29:31 GMT -6
with that being said this is like a perfect disney movie. WRONG SO WRONG. The Hayley Mills original is so much better. This is the correct take.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Nov 20, 2020 11:34:18 GMT -6
the '98 version was a daily watch for me out of the VHS snapcase when i was a kid, but i know we had rented the hayley mills one plenty of times before. i remember liking it a lot and obviously there's nothing in the remake that has anything on "lets get together"
but the original simply does not co-star dennis quaid
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Post by cosmo on Nov 20, 2020 19:11:09 GMT -6
This wasn't terrible, but the ending could have been better. The "book" that the monster comes from was really cool, though.
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Post by thebosma on Nov 20, 2020 21:10:17 GMT -6
This is fucking nuts, really enjoyed it
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Post by Timbo on Nov 21, 2020 7:24:37 GMT -6
With cases going up this seemed an appropriate watch. Holds up too.
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Post by zircona1 on Nov 23, 2020 8:40:11 GMT -6
Watched Hustlers over the weekend. It was pretty good, kind of reminded me of Goodfellas at times. J.Lo was fine. I really like Julia Stiles' speaking voice.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Nov 23, 2020 9:14:04 GMT -6
CLUE
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Post by munkivelli on Nov 24, 2020 22:12:49 GMT -6
Can confirm that Hillbilly Elegy was somewhere between mediocre and not good.
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Post by rango420 on Nov 24, 2020 23:33:16 GMT -6
I feel like buzz wise it's surprisingly quiet and under the radar considering the pedigree but the first Steve McQueen directed "Small Axe" episode Mangrove is either a fantastic TV movie or a very good normal movie with a couple parts that fall kinda flat and TV movie-y but I def recommend checking it out
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Post by munkivelli on Nov 24, 2020 23:35:41 GMT -6
I feel like buzz wise it's surprisingly quiet and under the radar considering the pedigree but the first Steve McQueen directed "Small Axe" episode Mangrove is either a fantastic TV movie or a very good normal movie with a couple parts that fall kinda flat and TV movie-y but I def recommend checking it out It was better than The Trial of the Chicago 7...really looking forward to Lovers Rock on Friday
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Post by rango420 on Nov 24, 2020 23:37:32 GMT -6
that was never a question
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Post by jazzpolice on Nov 25, 2020 8:26:40 GMT -6
Good stuff.
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Post by Kamera on Nov 25, 2020 9:05:49 GMT -6
Starting to go down the rabbit hole and watching Criterion Closet Picks. This one in particular is from Michael Cera’s so I took a gamble and was pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed this film and little Isamu is my favorite.
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Post by thebosma on Nov 25, 2020 9:08:17 GMT -6
Have you seen any other Ozu films? I’ve only watched a couple myself but he’s great
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Nov 25, 2020 9:12:31 GMT -6
wrapped up QuaidQuest Frequency (2000)
starring: dennis quaid very just-okay. never really found it all that interesting. there is no doubt that dennis quaid is good at playing "dad" as evidenced by several other movies within 10 years of the parent trap. rating: 2/5 q-factor: 3.5/5 The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
starring: dennis quaid this has aged like milk, despite being a climate change warning. what a terrible movie. daddy q is back though, and he's convincing as a father but not as a "paleo-climatologist" rating: 1/5 q-factor: 2.5/5; 1 point for convincingly trying to save his son, 1.5 extra points for not-as-convincingly pulling off that outfit Yours, Mine, and Ours (2005)starring: dennis quaid perfectly fine middle of the road "look how fuckin' big this family is" movie - one of approximately 14,161 movies of its kind between 2002-2008. dennis quaid plays an absolute psychopath of a father of a hundred kids that marries a woman with a thousand of her own, and then the lady's kids are like "this guy is beyond repair, what the fuck are we going to do," who over the course of 90 minutes arrive at the solution: "deal with it" rating: 2.5/5 q-factor: 3.5/5 The Intruder (2019)starring: dennis quaid this aggressively sucks. i don't even know where to begin, so i won't bother. this is so bad. rating: 1/5 q-factor: 1/5; not convincing in this in the slightest and also manages to play the most annoying antagonist possible. side note: more of a trespasser than an intruder but i guess it gets there. title kinda spoils it. FINAL QUAIDQUEST RANKING:
1. Postcards From the Edge (1990) 2. The Parent Trap (1998) 3. Innerspace (1987) 4. Wilder Napalm (1993) 5. Dreamscape (1984) 6. Yours, Mine, and Ours (2005) 7. Frequency (2000) 8. Dragonheart (1996) 9. The Intruder (2019) 10. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
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Post by munkivelli on Nov 25, 2020 11:16:48 GMT -6
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Post by irvred on Nov 25, 2020 14:04:20 GMT -6
Am I stupid for wondering why these virtual fests/screenings - can sell out? - are limited to specific times - are locked by region (in some instances) ?
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Post by thebosma on Nov 25, 2020 14:12:56 GMT -6
My understanding is that there are screening rights restrictions set by the film’s distributor but I am not our resident expert
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