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Post by Roquefort Raider on Apr 18, 2018 16:11:26 GMT -5
For the third adaptation, Quatermass and the Pit (aka Five Million Years to Earth) Donlevy is gone, replaced by Scottish actor Andrew Keir (Rob Roy). Here, a work party is digging in a subway (Underground, for the Brits) tunnel, to expand it, and come across skull fossils and bones. An scientific group makes a survey and unearths a metal object, which is believed to be an unexploded bomb, from the war. The army is called out; but find no signs of explosives. After revealing more of the object, they find a more intact skull and, eventually uncover the object, which appears to be a spacecraft. Attempts to breach the hull with acetylene torches prove futile and a borazon drill is brought in to try to pierce it, which releases strange vibrations, causing hysteria. Prof. Quatermass accompanied the army, as the officer consulted is a new colleague, with the Experimental Rocket Group. Quatermass and a female scientist research the area, Hobb's Lane, and find references to ghosts and demons (Hob is an old name for the Devil), especially when a well was dug there and when the Underground station was first dug). The army succeeds in piercing the hull and finds insectoid carcasses inside. Visions are seen of the insects fighting and killing one another and the driller runs away in hysterics. Quatermass comes up with a theory of the alien creatures and how they attempted to "invade by proxy," via evolved ape creatures (the fossils). The media are shown the area by government people who don't buy Quatermass' theory and all hell breaks loose. I saw Quatermass and the pit at a Saturday matinee when Imwas a kid, and it had both scared and fascinated me. A second viewing a few years ago did not disappoint one bit. That’s a great example of intelligent science-fiction, and it’s an efficient thriller to boot. I loved the idea that our cultural fear of “devils“ might have come from those alien bugs! Such a neat little concept.
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Post by Rob Allen on Apr 18, 2018 17:03:43 GMT -5
I watched most of This is the Army (1943) today. A classic wartime propaganda spectacular, with Irving Berlin singing his WWI hit "Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning" and a now jaw-dropping blackface musical number.
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 18, 2018 18:02:32 GMT -5
I watched most of This is the Army (1943) today. A classic wartime propaganda spectacular, with Irving Berlin singing his WWI hit "Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning" and a now jaw-dropping blackface musical number. We watched Holiday Inn, over Christmas and I finally understood why it didn't seem to get the repeated showings that films like It's a Wonderful Life got. The blackface number, during the February show is beyond racist. Funny thing is, when my local PBS station aired the British comedy, Are You being Served?, I thought they showed everything, until I got the dvds and discovered that they omitted a holiday episode, because of a blackface gag and an episode celebrating Mr Grace's birthday, which ends with an entire minstrel show musical number, with the entire cast in blackface! That was done in the early 1980s, not the 1940s! Makes Ted Danson's little farce look tame.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2018 13:34:27 GMT -5
The Terminal
I haven't seen this movie for awhile and I saw this movie about 3-4 times from 2004 to 2006 and I totally forgotten about until now; and this Tom Hanks gem really stole my heart and really amazed me of how Viktor Navorski attempts to get all Jazz Musicians names that inside of a peanut jar to honor his father's wishes really struck me a nerve and successfully completed his mission.
I just adore this movie and one of my favorite and I'm glad that I watch it today after a long (12 years) years of forgetting this movie. My favorite scene is the Burger King / Quarters ... I was laughing seeing this great 2 and half minutes of fun!
Burger King / Quarters Scene - It's Priceless!
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Post by brutalis on Apr 23, 2018 8:13:35 GMT -5
Sunday morning was Western matinee time. Had recorded 3 Errol Flynn westerns on GritTv earlier in the month so finally time to relax with them.
1st: Dodge City from 1939. Essentially the story of Wyatt Earp and early Dodge City. Lots of familiar Warner Bros faces like Alan Hale, Guinn Big Boy Williams, Olivi de Havilland, Bruce Cabot and to name a few! And of course the biggest bar room fight ever filmed and reused forever after in tv shows and other movies. Flynn does amazingly well and makes a great western hero. His charm and charisma shines in this one.
2nd: 1945's San Antonio with Flynn and Alexis Smith. Rampaging rustler's in Texas with Flynn working to stop the desperadoes. Nothing spectacular here just an enjoyable western romp.
3rd: Montana from 1950 with Flynn and Smith again. Flynn is the dirty rotten sheep rancher fighting the good fight against cattle ranchers while wooing the salty Miss Smith who discovers he is a sheep man but in the end falls in love with him.
Not a bad way at all of spending a lazy morning on the open range...
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 23, 2018 11:18:49 GMT -5
I watched Scott Pilgrim vs the World over the weekend. First let me say that this was at the behest of my youngest son who has read and loved the comics. I've never read them and never really had any interest in them. And I wouldn't have watched the film either, but he really wanted too. Actually saying I watched it is probably inaccurate. I sat through it. Honestly I had close to no idea what was going on most of the time. The film honestly made little to no sense to me. And even Connor said that if you hadn't read the books it would probably be hard to follow. I did my good Dad deed. But I can never get that time back.
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 23, 2018 23:06:24 GMT -5
I watched Scott Pilgrim vs the World over the weekend. First let me say that this was at the behest of my youngest son who has read and loved the comics. I've never read them and never really had any interest in them. And I wouldn't have watched the film either, but he really wanted too. Actually saying I watched it is probably inaccurate. I sat through it. Honestly I had close to no idea what was going on most of the time. The film honestly made little to no sense to me. And even Connor said that if you hadn't read the books it would probably be hard to follow. I did my good Dad deed. But I can never get that time back. I hadn't read the comics; but, gave it a try. I thought it was pretty uneven, at the start; but, improved as it went along. Brandon Routh was a revelation, as his Superman was so stiff I hadn't thought much of him as an actor (that was my only prior knowledge); but, he was great here and excellent, later, as Ray Palmer. I was able to follow the basic plot; but, it's not the best thing for a civilian crowd (non-comic), as far as pulling them into the story. I suspect people who were bigger into video games got more out of it than those of us who weren't gamers.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2018 0:02:34 GMT -5
I just watched the Avengers (2012) Film again ... and this time it's rocks on my 50 inch TV and it's really stands out and loved every second of it -- best part of it ... is the Hulk Smash Scene!
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Post by badwolf on Apr 27, 2018 9:36:39 GMT -5
I have never read the Scott Pilgrim comics but I loved the movie. Like Cody says I think it's more important to have played video games and be familiar with their tropes and mechanics.
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Post by Hoosier X on Apr 30, 2018 1:45:11 GMT -5
My friend who gets high and loves pretty much every movie he sees called it "Scott Pilgrim Is a Dumb Ass" because Knives Chau is a super-hottie.
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Post by Hoosier X on Apr 30, 2018 1:58:46 GMT -5
As I doubt I'll be seeing any more movies from the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" list in the next 24 hours, I'll go ahead and list the movies I saw in April. I only saw nine this month. I decided to see if I could watch a film from a different country every time this month, and I succeeded, so I'll be listing the country for each film. (And France contributed to the funding of several of these films (they do that a lot), but in each case where that happened, the country listed is the prime contributor.) 1. The Hole (Le Trou) (1959) - France 2. Come Drink With Me (1966) - Hong Kong - If you like martial arts films, run - don't walk - and try and find this somewhere. I saw it on YouTube for $4. And as you get the film for 48 hours when you use YouTube Movies, I watched it again the next day! Great movie! 3. The Color of Pomegranates (1969) - Russia - It's certainly the best movie I've ever seen about the work of an Armenian poet. 4. Wake in Fright (1971) - Australia - No animals were not harmed in the making of this film. 5. The Quiet Earth (1985) - New Zealand 6. A Taste of Cherry (1997) - Iran 7. Ali Zaoua, Prince of the Streets (2000) - Morocco 8. No Man's Land (2001) - Bosnia and Herzogovina 9. The Barbarian Invasions (2003) - Canada
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2018 11:16:07 GMT -5
Blondie on the BudgetI just watched this movie last night and it was surprising to see Rita Hayworth in this movie as guest star in this long running movie series featuring Penny (Blondie) Singleton and Arthur (Dagwood) Lake in this charming movie that really makes you smile as Dagwood tries his best to get a fur coat for Blondie and what makes matters worse is his ex-girlfriend Joan (Rita Hayworth) Forrester showed up and helped him getting one and bailed him out by a winning ticket that will net him $200 so he can buy a fur coat worth $185. Here's the trailer and in YouTube land ... they have the full movie there -- in case you want to watch it. It was a funny film and I'm not used to seeing Rita Hayworth as a Brunette here and she looks very ravishing and attractive too. Baby Dumpling Bumstead played by Larry Simms kind of stole the movie and he along with Daisy the Dog were adorable and fun to watch. Dagwood was great and so did Blondie. I was surprised to see this movie on TCM last night.
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Post by brutalis on May 8, 2018 8:44:53 GMT -5
Saturday thanks to GritTv I watched a nice Film Noir Western starring Robert Mitchum, Robert Preston and Walter Brennan and Barbara Bel Geddes (mama Ewing from Dallas) in a great black and white classic. Is it just me or does Mitchum fit the western (and war) to a T?!? His quiet, gruff, broken down, grizzled face exudes a depth and emotion that you can almost feel coming from the screen. Preston as the slick and smooth cattle owner with a plan to get rich and swindle the army/government is wonderful. A really solid story and very stunning cinematography which helps it stand out from the rest of the average westerns of the time. Recommended watching if you ever have the opportunity!
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Post by Hoosier X on May 8, 2018 10:44:00 GMT -5
Blondie on the BudgetI just watched this movie last night and it was surprising to see Rita Hayworth in this movie as guest star in this long running movie series featuring Penny (Blondie) Singleton and Arthur (Dagwood) Lake in this charming movie that really makes you smile as Dagwood tries his best to get a fur coat for Blondie and what makes matters worse is his ex-girlfriend Joan (Rita Hayworth) Forrester showed up and helped him getting one and bailed him out by a winning ticket that will net him $200 so he can buy a fur coat worth $185. Here's the trailer and in YouTube land ... they have the full movie there -- in case you want to watch it. It was a funny film and I'm not used to seeing Rita Hayworth as a Brunette here and she looks very ravishing and attractive too. Baby Dumpling Bumstead played by Larry Simms kind of stole the movie and he along with Daisy the Dog were adorable and fun to watch. Dagwood was great and so did Blondie. I was surprised to see this movie on TCM last night. I've never seen a Blondie movie, but the addition of Rita Hayworth makes this a must-see - especially since it's so easy to see on YouTube! I watched The Cow, a 1968 Iranian film about a man and his cow. When the cow dies, he starts to think he's a cow! This film apparently saved Iranian cinema in the late 1970s when Khomeini took power because he decided not to outright ban the film industry because he thought The Cow was a good movie. And this morning, I watched a Japanese crime drama from 1964 called Cruel Gun Story. It's about a heist gone bad, with many elements you will see in The Asphalt Jungle, The Killing and even a warehouse rendezvous like the one in Reservoir Dogs.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 11:28:58 GMT -5
There are 28 Blondies movies made from 1938 to 1950 and I've seen over a dozen or so films and loved them dearly. The one that Rita Hayworth is in my favorite.
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