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  2. Help Influence Episode 90!

    in Hey, an Actor!

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    Die Hard's probably a must. Possibly The Sixth Sense or Unbreakable for his mid-career. Maybe Looper for his later career.

    I don't remember him being in Moonrise Kingdom at all so he probably didn't have a major role, but it's almost certainly different from what he normally did.

  3. The Convention Thread

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    On 2/24/2022 at 3:16 PM, slothian said:

    C2E2 doesn't appeal for the time of year, but I have a potential window in late June, and if it's just a bunch of us hanging out, why would we need a comic convention in the background when all that does is push up hotel prices?

    Food for thought, obv.

    On 2/24/2022 at 5:17 PM, dc20willsave said:

    Oh yeah, 100% I'm down to show up just to hang out with other people!

    So is that window open or closed? I’m also starting to explore summer travel plans.

  5. The All-Purpose Flickchart thread

    in General Discussion

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    Okay, I'll bite.

    On 3/30/2022 at 6:42 PM, slothian said:

    Dr Strangelove vs The Blues Brothers

    Strangelove is on the same need-to-revisit-with-older-eyes list as 2001 and I've only seen Blues Brothers once, but for now it's Blues Brothers by miles.

    2 hours ago, slothian said:

    Titanic vs Dunston Checks In

    Titanic vs Eyes Wide Shut

    Titanic on both counts. If nothing else, it gets the tragedy and trauma of lots of people dying for no reason right.

  10. Every film you've watched in 2022

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    3 hours ago, Donomark said:

    Batman and Robin (1997):

    This is the third time I've watched this movie in the last three years, since Ian held the Flickchart Forum for Batman's 80th anniversary back in 2019, this time done for the purposes of a commentary and discussion on Questions: We Don't Have Answers. The only thing worth mentioning here that I don't get too much into in that recording is that a lot of Arnie's wacky dialogue has stayed with me in the following week. Just his rampant glee and enjoyment at being evil despite his "tragic" backstory, it's really incongruous but that's what makes it really funny. "Let's kick some ice" doesn't really make any sense, you're about to destroy the city, whose "ice" are you kicking exactly? But that's exactly what makes it awesome.

    Having listened to that review, the main nonsensical-yet-funny line that’s stuck with me is him gleefully proclaiming, “Your emotions make you weak, Batman!”

  13. Help Influence Episode 89!

    in Hey, an Actor!

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    If he has enough screen time in it, then The Lion in Winter for his early career. Maybe The Father or The Two Popes for his recent work, and perhaps Nixon, Amistad, or Titus for his post-Silence yet non-Hannibal roles.

    He’s also a surprisingly good Zorro (Mark 1) in The Mask of Zorro, though that might be better for an Antonio Banderas month or a future Pulp Diction episode.

  14. What are you watching and enjoying?

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    Horrible Histories (the UK version) - One of my new favorite shows. Knew of it through Ian, BBC's History Extra podcast, and You're Dead to Me, another BBC history podcast hosted by the show's main historical advisor and watched the few episodes available on Amazon Prime. Loved them and eventually discovered that the first six seasons (the last of which is actually the first season of the show's revived 2015 incarnation) were on Hulu, only to discover that they're due to leave on March 2nd 😭

    It aired/aires on the CBBC (Children's BBC) but by all accounts has had a following of older viewers from the start and many references that would ten-year-olds would miss (mainly pop culture-related rather than sexual). Favorite segments include their historicized versions of The Apprentice and Bake-Off, Bob Hale's history reports, historical figures using modern social media, and Stupid Deaths.

    The best part, however, are the song parodies/homages, especially the following:

    Give them a watch/listen when you get the chance.

    There is some gross-out humor in places, but if you can get pass that, check out the show proper.

  15. The Convention Thread

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    7 hours ago, slothian said:

    I think I stated during the Wild Wild West review (due this weekend, methinks) that I want to go back to Chicago as the COVID tide rolls back. C2E2 doesn't appeal for the time of year, but I have a potential window in late June, and if it's just a bunch of us hanging out, why would we need a comic convention in the background when all that does is push up hotel prices?

    Food for thought, obv.

     

    5 hours ago, dc20willsave said:

    Oh yeah, 100% I'm down to show up just to hang out with other people!

    Me three.

  19. Help Influence Episode 88!

    in Hey, an Actor!

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    Network is a must and perhaps Bonnie & Clyde or Chinatown for her earlier work.

    You'll have to at least address Mommy Dearest since by all accounts that caused her career to decline (and incidentally is only the second film ever to earn a Razzie for worst picture) but if you end up not covering it, maybe Supergirl or Dunston Checks In for her career after then.

  21. Every film you've watched in 2022

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    13 hours ago, Professor said:

    Do have to ask: were the effects good for this time?  They don't hold up, but I can forgive if they were good at the time.

    How do they compare to this (not seen Superman Returns or many other CGI-heavy films from 2006 in a while, but this film also came out that summer and I’d say its effects are competent, at least for the time)?:

     

  22. Every film you've watched in 2022

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    The Tragedy of Macbeth - Directed by Joel Coen of the Coen brothers. It’s dark, atmospheric, and in black and white and has few if any of the annoying quirks or baffling narrative decisions that mar many of the Coen Brothers films. Denzel Washington is one of the few American actors I know of that can pull off Shakespearean dialogue without putting on a faux-British accent and is an excellent Macbeth. Kathryn Hunter is spot-on as the witches. Frances McDormand as Lady Macbeth…I’m not so sure about.

    It’s in theaters now and is coming to AppleTV on Friday, but for the ideal Macbeth adaptation (especially if you want one in black and white), go see Throne of Blood.

     

    West Side Story (2021) - I can’t believe I’m typing this now, but I think this actually might be better than the original (which I love dearly and was at #2 the last time I logged into Flickchart a few years ago).

    Spoiler

    It’s grittier and bloodier (though not gratuitously so), is more open about the racism of the Jets and the police, re-stages all the key numbers successfully (and in the process improves the weaker ones, especially “Cool”), and replicates the look and feel of the original in places while still having its own voice.

    A modern remake of a beloved classic already as good as the original West Side Story shouldn’t work, and yet it totally does and the narrative is probably even more relevant today than it was in 1957, particularly a telling line Riff says in both the trailer and the movie:

    Spoiler

    ”I wake up to everything I know either getting sold or wrecked or being taken over by people that I don’t like.”