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Post by EdoBosnar on Oct 16, 2019 12:40:29 GMT -5
Just last Friday, I watched this:
I'd never heard of it until recently, but apparently its got a bit of a small cult following - so suitable for mention in this thread.
Released in 1981, it was written and directed by George Romero - yep, *that* George Romero. It's pretty bonkers: it's about a traveling troupe of entertainers who wear medieval armor and joust on motorcycles, led by a guy (played by Ed Harris) who's taking all of the Arthurian ideals a little too seriously. Still not entirely sure what I think of it, but I don't regret watching it (by the way, the whole movie is also posted on YouTube).
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Post by brutalis on Oct 16, 2019 13:30:19 GMT -5
Just last Friday, I watched this: I'd never heard of it until recently, but apparently its got a bit of a small cult following - so suitable for mention in this thread. Released in 1981, it was written and directed by George Romero - yep, *that* George Romero. It's pretty bonkers: it's about a traveling troupe of entertainers who wear medieval armor and joust on motorcycles, led by a guy (played by Ed Harris) who's taking all of the Arthurian ideals a little too seriously. Still not entirely sure what I think of it, but I don't regret watching it (by the way, the whole movie is also posted on YouTube). This was one of those HBO perennial late night runs (as in filling the midnight to 5am spots) you could catch almost every week or weekend. Truly love Tom Savini's part in this one! Whenever i visit the yearly Renaissance Festival here i feel like they should have Motorcycle jousts instead of on horseback. Would be a bigger draw?!? |
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Post by Batflunkie on Oct 17, 2019 17:36:59 GMT -5
Just last Friday, I watched this: I'd never heard of it until recently, but apparently its got a bit of a small cult following - so suitable for mention in this thread. Released in 1981, it was written and directed by George Romero - yep, *that* George Romero. It's pretty bonkers: it's about a traveling troupe of entertainers who wear medieval armor and joust on motorcycles, led by a guy (played by Ed Harris) who's taking all of the Arthurian ideals a little too seriously. Still not entirely sure what I think of it, but I don't regret watching it (by the way, the whole movie is also posted on YouTube). I'm probably the biggest champion of Knightriders, it's such a great but unfortunately not very well known film that perfectly encapsulates the feeling of an old time medieval story. I love Brother Blue's portrayal of Merlin so much You want another good Medieval style story? Go watch Orson Welles' Chimes At Midnight |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Oct 18, 2019 2:57:37 GMT -5
I'm probably the biggest champion of Knightriders, it's such a great but unfortunately not very well known film that perfectly encapsulates the feeling of an old time medieval story. I love Brother Blue's portrayal of Merlin so much Yeah, Brother Blue's role in the movie was certainly a highlight for me as well. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Oct 23, 2019 18:35:30 GMT -5
Watched Falling Down yesterday
And while I thought that it was a good movie that played with the tropes of Bronson style revenge flicks, it kind of left a bad taste in my mouth as the true plot slowly unraveled itself |
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 31, 2019 21:55:30 GMT -5
Watched Falling Down yesterday
And while I thought that it was a good movie that played with the tropes of Bronson style revenge flicks, it kind of left a bad taste in my mouth as the true plot slowly unraveled itself I love that movie. Duval was great. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Nov 1, 2019 11:06:39 GMT -5
Not to be "that guy" in an overall postive thread, but I absolutely don't get The Big Lebowski love. Like Icc in the OP, I finally watched it some years back and it's the most forgettable movie I've heard big hype about. But then I don't get Monty Python either, so maybe it's just not my kind of comedy.
As for favorites of mine, I think these below would fall into that category.
La Vampire Nue (1970)
Fascination (1979)
Vampyres (1974)
Taste The Blood of Dracula (1970)
The Lair of the White Worm (1980)
Black Sabbath (1963)
The Avengers (TV show)
And a bunch of 50's and 60's science fiction movies I grew up watching that are probably considered cult classics like Them! or Beast from 20,000 Fathoms.
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Post by Batflunkie on Nov 1, 2019 14:54:13 GMT -5
Not to be "that guy" in an overall postive thread, but I absolutely don't get The Big Lebowski love. Like Icc in the OP, I finally watched it some years back and it's the most forgettable movie I've heard big hype about. But then I don't get Monty Python either, so maybe it's just not my kind of comedy. Agreed on Monty Python, it's not that I don't "get" British humor (I love Red Dwarf, Benny Hill, The Ricky Gervais Show, Look Around You, Little Britain, My Hero, Keeping Up Appearances, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, and Are You Being Served?), but Monty Python just feels like slapstick purely for slapstick's sake with little reason behind it As for Big Lebowski, it's a lot like Monty Python. You either "get it" or you "don't". I think it's kind of subversive, but it also sort of fell into the rut of having amoral main characters who were largely just slackers, to quote Abe Simpson, as was the style at the time
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Post by Batflunkie on Nov 4, 2019 22:08:38 GMT -5
Recently rewatched Hamburger: The Motion Picture
Pretty good little sex comedy that pokes fun at McDonalds and doesn't take itself too seriously
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Post by junkmonkey on Dec 31, 2019 18:18:34 GMT -5
For years I've been hearing and reading about how great " The Big Lebowski " is, and I've never seen it. Unlike big box office movies, there seem to be a set of films that are beloved that are off the beaten path. Which movies do you like that are considered cult classics? I always hear the first Blade Runner movie to be in that category. I saw The Big Lebowski for the first time just a few months ago and it yeah, I'd say both that it deserves its high reputation as a cult classic.
Another one in that cult category I saw for the first time just this past year is Withnail and I, and once again, I'd say it more than lives up to its rep.
Daughter Number One, who is developing under my tender guidance a true appreciation of the finer points of cult movies ( a couple of nights ago we watched Shaolin Drunkard and she hasn't stopped talking about it since
can't stand The Big Lebowski - "not funny. It's a bloke movie - for Middle aged men." but loves Withnail and I - I think our local coffee shop have us down for a pair of nutters. Me: "I'll get them, what do you want?" Her: "The finest wines known to man and we want them NOW!" |
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Post by junkmonkey on Dec 31, 2019 18:24:37 GMT -5
THX-1138, the one film Lucas didn't ruin by adding CGI footage.
Oh yes he did! The CGI lizard things at the end make no sense in the updated version. In the original and it is a LONG time since I saw it - on its first release probably - 1138 was attacked by Jawa like midgets - like the one in the sanatorium holding prison. There was a lot more CGI in the cloning sequences too and I'm pretty sure the car chase footage had been buggered about with as well. Not AS ruined as his other reworked movies but still not the film I saw all those years ago.
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Post by berkley on Jan 7, 2020 0:19:21 GMT -5
I saw The Big Lebowski for the first time just a few months ago and it yeah, I'd say both that it deserves its high reputation as a cult classic.
Another one in that cult category I saw for the first time just this past year is Withnail and I, and once again, I'd say it more than lives up to its rep.
Daughter Number One, who is developing under my tender guidance a true appreciation of the finer points of cult movies ( a couple of nights ago we watched Shaolin Drunkard and she hasn't stopped talking about it since
can't stand The Big Lebowski - "not funny. It's a bloke movie - for Middle aged men." but loves Withnail and I - I think our local coffee shop have us down for a pair of nutters. Me: "I'll get them, what do you want?" Her: "The finest wines known to man and we want them NOW!"
Yeah, that was one of the best scenes, no doubt. Since the coffee shop think you're nutters, I presume they didn't recognise the quote.
How old is your daughter? Do you think she liked Withnail more because the protagonists were relatively young? And what about the US vs UK/British styles of humour, was that a factor, do you think?
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Post by junkmonkey on Jan 7, 2020 10:28:17 GMT -5
Daughter Number 1 was 15 when she first saw it. Not sure about the young thing. I first saw it when it came out, I must have been about 19, and walked out of the cinema I thought it was so awful. I was wrong.
And I'm really not sure what constitutes British vs American humour - except they spell it wrong. Things is either funny or they isn't. I'm Scottish. I don't find whole swathes of UK/British humour at all funny. Same for 'American'. I can often see that stuff is supposed to be funny but is often so laboriously overdone it just doesn't work. All the times I have seen SNL I've been left cold sitting there for sketch after sketch thinking 'yeah nice little set up but where's the gag? Where's stage two? where's the development?" But I will say that that strand/tradition of insult/roast humour that seems to thrive over there just baffles me beyond words.
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Post by shaxper on Jan 7, 2020 10:31:49 GMT -5
The Third Man (1949) Corruption in post-war Vienna. You like cynicism and "dark" stories? Try this. Harry Lime was dark long before Ledger's Joker. And he'd make mincemeat of the latter. Definitely in my top five favorite films of all time. The ending is a big part of the reason why. |
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