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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2014 21:20:36 GMT -5
All the Vacation movies are good. Community is awful.
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Post by dupersuper on Sept 9, 2014 21:21:48 GMT -5
Really? No love for Spies Like Us? European Vacation? Xmas Vacation? Zoom? Classic SNL? Community? I was referring to Chevy Chase movies. Those 2 Vacation films were fine but Spies Like Us, Three Amigos and so many more were too stupid in my opinion to be funny. God, I can't believe I forgot 3 Amigos... |
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Post by Jesse on Sept 9, 2014 21:28:31 GMT -5
I quite enjoyed Chevy Chase movies growing up especially Christmas Vacation and Caddyshack. The Fletch movies were pretty good too. Spies Like Us is pretty fun so was ¡Three Amigos!. Funny Farm and Nothing but Trouble weren't too bad and had their moments. Memoirs of an Invisible Man is a decent John Carpenter movie.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 9, 2014 21:31:25 GMT -5
I quite enjoyed Chevy Chase movies growing up especially Christmas Vacation and Caddyshack. The Fletch movies were pretty good too. Spies Like Us is pretty fun so was ¡Three Amigos!. Funny Farm and Nothing but Trouble weren't too bad and had their moments. Memoirs of an Invisible Man is an alright John Carpenter movie. You are hereby sentenced to 3 viewings of Under The Rainbow. Guards,take him away!! |
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Post by Jasoomian on Sept 9, 2014 21:31:54 GMT -5
Most of that free public domain stuff such as SHADOW OF CHINATOWN will be on archive.org or youtube.com
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Post by Jesse on Sept 9, 2014 22:03:20 GMT -5
You are hereby sentenced to 3 viewings of Under The Rainbow. Guards,take him away!! I don't think I've seen that one. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 9, 2014 22:43:48 GMT -5
You are hereby sentenced to 3 viewings of Under The Rainbow. Guards,take him away!! I don't think I've seen that one. I believe that's the one about the little people who came to Hollywood to play the munchkins in Wizard of Oz in 1939. I can actually see some good material for a movie based on this premise. I've never seen it though, but I do remember it did very badly at the box office. (Which doesn't mean its a bad movie.) |
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Post by Jasoomian on Sept 10, 2014 14:07:35 GMT -5
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges and George Kennedy star in a breezy and insubstantial road movie / caper film.
I caught this one as part of a package of films airing on public television (along with the aforementioned Bonnie and Clyde, among others). I decided to watch it despite it being a 16:9 pan&scan edit. A recent Blu-Ray 2.35 widescreen edition was limited to 3,000 copies and sells online for $60, as does an older out-of-print DVD. Amazon instant lists an SD version for sale/rent, but it's not clear what the aspect ratio is and comments say the picture quality is bad.   Anyway, the majestic Montana scenery was one of the best things in the film, so this new HDTV print is really shortchanging the audience. The film's defenders might say call it "meditative," but I found the plot more like "meandering." Decent performances from Eastwood and Bridges. Bridges was nominated for an Oscar for this one... guess he got bonus points for putting on a dress....  and dying at the end....
VERDICT: Split thumbs.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2014 17:21:36 GMT -5
Pretty good death face there from Bridges.
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Post by dupersuper on Sept 10, 2014 20:06:24 GMT -5
I quite enjoyed Chevy Chase movies growing up especially Christmas Vacation and Caddyshack. The Fletch movies were pretty good too. Spies Like Us is pretty fun so was ¡Three Amigos!. Funny Farm and Nothing but Trouble weren't too bad and had their moments. Memoirs of an Invisible Man is a decent John Carpenter movie. ...and I forgot Caddyshack. 37 is too young to go senile, surely... I part ways with you on Nothing but Trouble: though it at least led to a good episode of How Did This Get Made?... |
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Post by DubipR on Sept 10, 2014 21:02:46 GMT -5
Also enjoyed the 2 Chevy Chase films: Fletch and Fletch Lives. Using the words enjoyed and Chevy Chase in the same sentence is a rarity Really? No love for Spies Like Us? European Vacation? Xmas Vacation? Zoom? Classic SNL? Community? What about is earlier comedies like Foul Play or Seems Like Old Times? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2014 21:54:38 GMT -5
I haven't seen Foul Play in ages, but I remember liking it.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 10, 2014 22:07:00 GMT -5
Foul Play was good, Seems Like Old Times was mediocre and without Rodney Dangerfield,Ted Knight and Bill Murray Caddyshack would suck. Other Chase turkeys include Modern Problems,Deal Of The Century,The Couch Trip,Funny Farm, Memoirs Of An Invisible Man,Cops and Robbersons and Snow Day. A whole days worth of Chevy mugging at the camera
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2014 22:24:21 GMT -5
Saw Cops & Roberson in the theater. I won't suggest it's a great film, but it does have suprisingly exquisite sound design.
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Post by Rob Allen on Sept 11, 2014 13:30:01 GMT -5
Some time back, when Netflix first moved online, we spent a fun afternoon with our friends who showed us a couple of movies they had downloaded.
Dean Spanley is a UK/NZ co-production, based on a Lord Dunsany story, and features a luminous performance by Peter O'Toole. It's a whimsical story about family, dogs, reincarnation, Tokay wine, and closure. The pace is slow but every scene contributes to the story. Watch it when you're in a mellow mood.
Trollhunter is a Norwegian "mockumentary" about some film students who discover a government conspiracy to cover up the existence of several types of trolls in the forests and mountains of Norway. The story's a little disjointed but overall the film is a lot of fun.
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