Thanks JBJB. Monet thanks for the reco, I will watch this movie soon.
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Thanks JBJB. Monet thanks for the reco, I will watch this movie soon.
I forgot about this movie.
Ran into it last night.
Probably been about 30 years since I seen it.
I made the mistake of letting my wife watch it.
Now she has more anxiety about camping, farms, bears and wildlife.
I read some negative reviews that garner the film as Liberal Tripe.
It's fun to read the negative reviews.
I tend to view this movie as a well made cartoon.
Plenty of flaws if your looking for them but "Bart the Bear" is a Legend.
The Bear (1988)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRg4pI8kD6o
I watched 41 yesterday Monet. Thanks again for the reco, I thought the movie was good. The Aussie's decided to give their own take on Groundhog Day and did a great job.
Thanks Monet, I don't remember this one either. Another good one, in terms of mimicking the real word through computer-generated animation is the Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within which you may have seen. After I watched this one back in 2001, when it came out, I thought to myself, shit I guess real actors are going to become obsolete.Quote:
Originally Posted by monet
I never watched FF Spirits Within.Quote:
Originally Posted by tableplay
I tend to dismiss such movies.
I also never watched Ready Player One, Ghost in the Machine, Lucy or movies of that genre for the most part.
Not that I am above watching them or watching bad movies, I just figured they had to be horrible.
In the last few months, I have sat through some really horrible movies lol.
Interesting how you compared 41 to Groundhog Day.
I must of watched Groundhog Day over 300 times.
For a long time it was my go to movie.
I thought about the similarity when watching 41 as well.
Different premise but similar, if that makes sense.
I was cheating when I watched 41 because my viewing experience was enhanced with drugs.
When they started with all those flashing montages it was amazing for me lol.
I could feel his struggle when they flipped all the scenes of him opening and closing the portal.
That was kind of powerful to me how he was determined to change the past or get it right.
I honestly get that feeling when I am chasing progressives over and over and over.
For a budget of about 3600 US Dollars they put together a damn good movie.
I think it proves that 100 million dollar budget is never necessary to make a good story.
I thought I got click baited when I first started watching because the first 5 minutes or so felt like I was about to watch a documentary.
So that was sort of a nice touch, putting me through the feeling of almost turning the movie off.
Glad I suffered through that urge.
That's a great point Monet - 41 definitely gets better (quite a bit so) as the movie progresses. The Final Fantasy movie was notable because of its technical mastery of simulating the real world (and remember this movie was made in 2001). The storyline, and so on, is mediocre as you surmised in your post, over-dramatic and hyper-emotional with characters that have no grey area in the typical Japanese style of those sorts of movies (at least from a round-eye's perspective) IMHO. I really liked Ghost in the Shell with Scarlett Johansson, but I will not place a reco label on it (you may have seen it and already formed an opinion of course), because I tend to like hyper-tech, far future movies, over-weighting the slickness and super-tech elements of such movies more than I should.Quote:
Originally Posted by monetI never watched FF Spirits Within.Quote:
Originally Posted by tableplay
I tend to dismiss such movies.
I also never watched Ready Player One, Ghost in the Machine, Lucy or movies of that genre for the most part.
Not that I am above watching them or watching bad movies, I just figured they had to be horrible.
In the last few months, I have sat through some really horrible movies lol.
Interesting how you compared 41 to Groundhog Day.
I must of watched Groundhog Day over 300 times.
For a long time it was my go to movie.
I thought about the similarity when watching 41 as well.
Different premise but similar, if that makes sense.
I was cheating when I watched 41 because my viewing experience was enhanced with drugs.
When they started with all those flashing montages it was amazing for me lol.
I could feel his struggle when they flipped all the scenes of him opening and closing the portal.
That was kind of powerful to me how he was determined to change the past or get it right.
I honestly get that feeling when I am chasing progressives over and over and over.
For a budget of about 3600 US Dollars they put together a damn good movie.
I think it proves that 100 million dollar budget is never necessary to make a good story.
I thought I got click baited when I first started watching because the first 5 minutes or so felt like I was about to watch a documentary.
So that was sort of a nice touch, putting me through the feeling of almost turning the movie off.
Glad I suffered through that urge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4VmJcZR0Yg
Another wilderness movie going back a ways that was very good. titled: The Edge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqkc...lwfHU3mgGfoRDM
I love this movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by BoSox
It is very divided in that people either love this movie or hate it.
I've probably watched it over 100 times.
I'm sure BLM is mad that the (LOST) black guy gets killed early in the movie.
So many great quotes that I still use today.
Never too late for a kind gesture, eh Charles?
What one man can do another can do!
Cause today, I'm going to kill the MotherFucker.
They died... saving my life.
I can go on all day with these quotes.
I haven't watched it in over 6 months, so I'm overdue.
I thought it was great too. Currently, I am going to borrow one of those movie quotes and use it in the Elliot J thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by monetI love this movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by BoSox
It is very divided in that people either love this movie or hate it.
I've probably watched it over 100 times.
I'm sure BLM is mad that the (LOST) black guy gets killed early in the movie.
So many great quotes that I still use today.
Never too late for a kind gesture, eh Charles?
What one man can do another can do!
Cause today, I'm going to kill the MotherFucker.
They died... saving my life.
I can go on all day with these quotes.
I haven't watched it in over 6 months, so I'm overdue.
Another movie that I thought was really good was titled Midnight Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEskVQgtwaI
Thanks for the recos Bosox.
Thank you tableplay.
This is an old one but a good one. Cat on a hot tin roof
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSM3_CajDlY
Here is my favorite scene in a really good movie Titled:
A river runs through it.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...jU4aU-7uBBkR-k
No Fair Bosox!
Those last two movies are award winning, mainstream gems.
You might as well list "The Last of the Mohicans" along with them!
Just needling you because I just watched the Mohican movie, yet again, last night.
Love that soundtrack!
I'm looking forward to watching your obscure reco "Midnight Sun" that I never heard of.
Hopefully its not about some transgender bending theme lol... jk/jk.
I just found out it is a knock off of the original Japanese Movie (Taiyô no uta) in 2006.
タイヨウのうた which translates... A Song to the Sun.
After watching this Trailer I certainly will watch the original first.
They hooked me with the song.
I watched the American Version Trailer and it is horrible, when compared, IMO.
That trailer actually turned me off on the 2018 version.
I may just skip the American Remake altogether but I'm glad you brought it to my attention.
I enjoy foreign films.
I'm married to a Slant Eyed, so, you know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul1S49EGl2w
Monet, I would also like to see the original version which I was unaware of. How do you even find to rent a foreign film like that? Don't base the 2018 version on the trailer alone, but I have to agree with you that the first version is most likely the best one.
Gonna take some research to find this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by BoSox
Depends on how serious you are about watching movies.
It seems you might be able to change your Netflix Country of Origin and get it.
It seems you can buy it on Ebay for a bunch of money.
I'm sure I might be able to track it down via the internet but it looks a bit difficult.
When I figure it out I will try to let you know.
If I get rambunctious I will buy it and upload it to youtube and share it with you.
I do that sometimes when I get looney.
The thing about this movie is that it launched the girls superstar musical career so it interests me.
Seems like a good tear jerker from what I can gather.
That song and her acting in the trailer makes me want to see it.
Is it worth 50 bucks... I don't know but I go through thousand dollar swings all the time so I don't really care about money :)
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...ong+to+the+sun
Monet, thank you for the very kind offer to upload the movie if you buy it. I will also look into this myself, but embarrassingly I do not how to upload and transfer a movie to someone else, so I, unfortunately, cannot make the same offer.
Thanks BoSox and Monet. I vaguely remember Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, but so much so that I would have to simply watch it again, so it might as well be as if I haven't seen it.
This one is for you tableplay because of the genre we were discussing before.
Not my usual but this has to be the best movie ever made about a video game.
I don't enjoy the demonic themes but the movie is highly entertaining and unique.
I can do without the gay roommate as well but that's Hollywood.
The movie Rushmore (1998) is a favorite of mine and this is probably Jason Schwartzman's second best movie.
This movie was basically made for Michael Cera's style.
Personally, I never liked or played the video game.
Interesting Note is that Thomas Jane was one of the Vegan Police.
He was really good in the movie called "Stander" in 2003.
In 2004 he played in "The Punisher" if that is your sort of thing.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wd5KEaOtm4
I agree Monet, Scott Pilgrim was a very enjoyable movie (situational comedy I guess). Rushmore was off the charts good - one of the best dark comedies ever IMHO. I thought Schwartzman did a good job in Shopgirl with Steve Martin (I watched this one on a date back when it came out).Quote:
Originally Posted by monet
I think I remember watching Stander and I remember the Punisher well since I watched it more than once. I liked it, and, as far as I'm concerned, it was a tongue in cheek comedy (I doubt you would think differently about classifying it as such). You might remember the Punisher reboot which came out a few years later. The reboot (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450314/) was ultra-violent but I still liked it.
As far as other video game movies go, I remember Jon Gries (Laslo Hollyfeld) played the Vidiot in Joyticks (if you feel like watching a terrible movie this might be the ticket).
I guess we won't say Tron was the best movie about a video game since of course the movie pre-dates the video game (the Tron pinball machine from Stern is absolutely incredible).
If you haven't seen it, The King of Kong Fist Full of Quarters was a pretty funny video game movie IMHO. It looks like the full movie is available for free here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zhMlFOyZvQ
Quote:
Originally Posted by monet
Monet, here is the actual song link. I think that you may have found a real good one here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sSPEbt9DBs
A song from the 2018 version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZhmuKuAedo
Garnabby should love this reco as they take 2x3x7=42 = 1942 Holocust and Nazi Typewriters with the Eagle.
Things you may have not known about The Shining or Stanley Kubrick.
I was kind of shocked about the Playgirl Magazine and that Jack went along with it.
Of course with Stanley Kubrick's History it all makes sense.
It literally had an article on the cover that read...
INCEST: Why Parents Sleep With Their Children
Room 237 (2012)
This vimeo upload has the annoying light in the middle but it is free if interested.
Youtube Trailer also provided.
Youtube also has a somewhat jumbled HD Version if you search for it.
https://vimeo.com/143734339
I tend to believe that Eyes Wide Shut is his personal documentary of experiences.
Although it is based on a 1962 novel, I believe he was involved in those secret societies
My Response to the beginning of Room 237:
In my opinion we did not terrify the American Indians.
What people don't realize is that was basically the First World War.
Not only were all the Tribes at war with one another but many countries were over here to claim the New World.
If we didn't win our independence, this land would of been England, France, Mexico, Spain or some other country.
Technically, France had control of a large part of the land but we bought it for pennies on the dollar.
15 Million at the time, yes, but still pennies on the dollar.
Nobody can stop Man and his insatiable quest or lust of greed and progress.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJr7TEVvjqw
By far one of the greatest movies ever made that you may have not seen.
Or you may have seen it but didn't have enough life experience at the time to have it resonate with you.
Let's not forget this director would shoot only one scene per day.
He would usually make actors do 50 to 200 takes to get what he considered to be perfection.
Slim Pickens claimed he had to do 200 takes riding that bomb lol.
So I have been on a Stanley Kubrick Kick lately.
Sorry, Not Sorry!
Many people currently claim they do not enjoy Classical Music.
I do not believe this.
I believe they don't realize how much they do enjoy it.
This is because it is woven or ingrained in everything we hear.
By far a great film that has a better soundtrack.
We are on its 45th Anniversary.
A movie that had a special camera lens inspired by NASA, made by Carl Zeiss.
This is so they could film all the candle light scenes.
Do yourself a favor and read up on the Trivia if you are a Film Buff.
Kubrick had to flee Ireland and reshoot in England because the IRA was about to assassinate him.
If you enjoyed Ryan O'Neal in The Driver or perhaps Love Story, you might also enjoy him in...
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Nominated for 7 Academy Awards and won 4.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVEqryTE2AY
(3:10) Captain Grogan: I've only a hundred guineas left to give you for I lost the rest at cards last night!
(3:56) Narrator: It is well to dream of glorious war in a snug armchair at home, but it is a very different thing to see it first hand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbBojWrOV2Y&t=181s
Barry Lyndon seems like it would be a good movie but that was only because of the lead in the opera song in the other thread, sure.
I continue to interact with you because I feel great empathy for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by BoSox
A person who doesn't enjoy epics or specific classical music most likely will not enjoy films such as Barry Lyndon.
One interesting story about Barry Lyndon is that Kubrick wanted to do a Biopic on Napolean.
Which makes no sense to me because how was he ever going to outdo Sergei Bondarchuk's Waterloo (1970)??
I can not see how it would be possible!?
Waterloo used over 15,000 Russian Soldiers as extras and killed thousands of actual horses for the realism of the scenes.
The real life battle of Waterloo had an estimated loss of 20,000 horses!
Waterloo spent around 38 US Million Dollars and was one of the most expensive movies of its day.
The critics hated it and it bombed financially.
One of the reasons Kubrick had to cancel his Biopic of Napoleon is because Waterloo was not a financial success.
However, we the people, love the film but like many of these films it took time for us to comprehend and appreciate them.
Decades of time.
Barry Lyndon is very similar in how it took time to gain traction but at least it actually made some money at the box office.
Thankfully, Kubrick settled on Barry Lyndon over Napoleon otherwise we wouldn't have this masterpiece.
If you do not enjoy entertainment such as Shakespeare, Operas, Symphonies and the like you will not enjoy Barry Lyndon.
I could list the films that compare but I will most likely recommend them in this thread eventually.
Honestly, we will never see films like Waterloo or Barry Lyndon again along with a handful of others.
It's over but thankfully we are able to actually view them today.
If the music below doesn't move your soul, I am afraid you are better off watching the John Wick Trilogy and eating popcorn...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqEOTYZuu-M
Monet, that Bach Day 8 very well may be a wonderful number but I am just not cultured nearly enough to appreciate it. Give me Alison Krauss, and Union Station any day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWI3XvvnpjE
Wait a minute there were two symphony numbers that I liked in separate movies:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...zxOrfu9JT3xve7
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...zPy5F4fys7RDva
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...MnqpUu-slagxpz
Quote:
Originally Posted by monetI continue to interact with you because I feel great empathy for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by BoSox
A person who doesn't enjoy epics or specific classical music most likely will not enjoy films such as Barry Lyndon.
One interesting story about Barry Lyndon is that Kubrick wanted to do a Biopic on Napolean.
Which makes no sense to me because how was he ever going to outdo Sergei Bondarchuk's Waterloo (1970)??
I can not see how it would be possible!?
Waterloo used over 15,000 Russian Soldiers as extras and killed thousands of actual horses for the realism of the scenes.
The real life battle of Waterloo had an estimated loss of 20,000 horses!
Waterloo spent around 38 US Million Dollars and was one of the most expensive movies of its day.
The critics hated it and it bombed financially.
One of the reasons Kubrick had to cancel his Biopic of Napoleon is because Waterloo was not a financial success.
However, we the people, love the film but like many of these films it took time for us to comprehend and appreciate them.
Decades of time.
Barry Lyndon is very similar in how it took time to gain traction but at least it actually made some money at the box office.
Thankfully, Kubrick settled on Barry Lyndon over Napoleon otherwise we wouldn't have this masterpiece.
If you do not enjoy entertainment such as Shakespeare, Operas, Symphonies and the like you will not enjoy Barry Lyndon.
I could list the films that compare but I will most likely recommend them in this thread eventually.
Honestly, we will never see films like Waterloo or Barry Lyndon again along with a handful of others.
It's over but thankfully we are able to actually view them today.
If the music below doesn't move your soul, I am afraid you are better off watching the John Wick Trilogy and eating popcorn...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqEOTYZuu-M
Well Monet how do you like this Stanley Kubrick movie?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgVo96JaqeM
Not to get you guys off track, I caught a movie the other night that was on FX. Fairly recent (2018) and mainstream? Wondering if you guys have seen Bad Times at the El Royale. Kind of a quirky thriller that doesn't follow a straight timeline a la Tarantino, but directed by Drew Goddard and stars Jeff Bridges among others. Pretty good.
Still trying to find the time to catch The Only Game In Town. I'm a sucker for good craps table scenes.
Thanks Danny, I looked into it and it seems that Crackle has this movie. So I can screen-mirror it to my friend/roommate's Smart TV from the Crackle app on a smartphone dedicated to the purpose (no phone service on it - just apps). I plan to watch it in the next couple days assuming that the Crackle website is correct that they do carry it.Quote:
Originally Posted by dannyj
Best, TP.
Thanks, DannyJ I have previously seen that movie and thought it was pretty good with some intense scenes.
Danny thanks again for the reco. I was able to watch the movie through a putlocker type of website because Crackle didn't make it available this month. I enjoyed the movie especially for the twists and turns it provided the viewer.Quote:
Originally Posted by dannyj
I bought the original Midnight Sun (Song to the Sun) 2006 off of Amazon for 12 dollars.
The DvD is Region 3 but it worked on my playstation 4.
It also works on my pc.
I ripped it but had trouble ripping the subtitles along with it.
I ripped it again with VLC and the subtitles work but can't upload it to youtube.
I have to change the format, shrink it and upload it and do other things to avoid the Copyright Monster.
Perhaps I will get it uploaded eventually so you all can watch it.
IMO the movie isn't worth watching.
The perspective is odd since you are looking through the girls eyes.
It has this uncomfortable stalker feeling to it.
I guess if you are a girl stalking a boy it is ok with society.
A few good moments and scenes in the movie but if fell very flat.
Worth the 12 dollars.
If someone wanted the DvD I would just mail it to them for free.
Quote:
Originally Posted by monet
Thank you for the offer, I'll take a pass, it is so disappointing though as I thought it was going to be a great movie.
Thanks Monet, I am not planning to see the movie based on your synopsis.
Worth a watch if you have free time and its available.Quote:
Originally Posted by tableplay
You, BoSox or others may enjoy it more or get more emotionally involved with it compared to me.
For some reason I kept getting a large disconnect with the characters.
Something was wrong with the pace of the movie.
Sometimes I need multiple viewings, over time, to see if I can get more involved.
They have this scene with a bunch of sunflowers and I really liked that.
Anyways, you have to make your own choices and I don't think you are missing anything spectacular if you never watch this movie.
If you want to get into Japanese Movies, I highly recommend this free one on youtube.
However, you have to jump through some hoops to get the subtitles in English.
Either way, if you never seen this movie you may want to put it on your list.
The Face of Another 1966
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5y1h8F3eL8
Sticking with the Japanese Theme this one is free as well.
The subtitles work much better.
It is very hard to believe that this movie was made in the late 80s.
Black Rain 1989
Not sure if you guys actually have the time and desire to watch Japanese Films but I can think of about 20 that are worth the time.
Most of them are in Black and White.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJdKtfgzESE
Monet, during the beginning of your recent unforseen absence from the site I made a few "I hope that you take it that way" innocent humorous jokes about you and your dogs again, and I am not sure if you were following the board while your inlaws were sick? Anyway, I do not want to be sneaky about this, as you can find the posts on page 97 of the Mdawg thread post #1928 and 1933.
Hi Monet, thanks for the Japanese recos. I did see the American movie Black Rain (which took place in Japan and dealt with Yakuza IIRC) with Michael Douglas and enjoyed it (as a period piece). Since I haven't seen the version you recommended I have no idea if the Amercian one is a remake. Worth a watch if you guys haven't seen it.Quote:
Originally Posted by monet
Just watched "A Brilliant Young Mind."
A must-see for the math-minded among you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taaqf_3El0A
Thanks Mr. V. I will watch it.Quote:
Originally Posted by MisterV
Why? Surely, life isn't a math or other contest.Quote:
Originally Posted by MisterV
Did you see the "Unabomber" movie? Look what they did to him.
P.S. Say, is there, like, a music listeners' contest or something?
I recommend it to the math-minded because I suspect many of them will be able to relate to the main character and thereby feel more connected in this world.
Actually he epitomizes a young WOV-er, at least the ones who have a touch of Asperger Syndrome and are better with math / science than with people.
I don't know the reason that some people want to be another Jesus, Einstein, Mother Teresa, or Kung Fu et al.Quote:
Originally Posted by MisterV
I think that it's much better to be a fucked-up mix. Ha.
Anyway, I had the exact same thought, about the Wizard's big hope in life having been to be that kid in the movie. Well, the "Wiz" never even really got going. He's that mathematically challenged. The math version of Asperger's. Well, both versions.
Thanks again Mr. V, I watched it. A coming of age film for the mathematically gifted was the take I got out of it - definitely not a common angle as coming of age films go, which often are focused on regular young folks.Quote:
Originally Posted by MisterV
Back to reality, for a moment.
Who wants to connect to the world depicted in the documentary, "The Planet of the Humans"?
https://yifymovies.tv/movies/planet-of-the-humans-2019/
What always happens with geniuses is that, later in life, they realize that they wasted their lives. Awfully smart, in one way, translates to pitifully stupid, in another.
The notion of judging oneself and one's success or failure in life seems a slippery slope indeed.
With no absolute standards, who is to judge, and using what criteria?
Me, I judge myself as being successful based upon the following:
I have never been arrested and jailed/ imprisoned;
I have raised a family and have heirs;
My ex-wife and current wife both hold me in their good graces;
I've worked at a job that I didn't hate and have made a good living;
My physical and mental health have been good (no depression).
Mr. V, I decided to go down the Rabbit Hole and watched the documentary (made by the same film maker) on which the film you recommended was based. I thought it was terrific and found Jos Gibbons to be an extremely humorous fellow:
https://vimeo.com/280394869
It was thought provoking and elicited empathy, no question.
A person can't really ask for more than that. Good job.Quote:
Originally Posted by MisterV
Reading your words carefully - carefully written words - I get the impression that you are comfortably numb, or thus ready to die.Quote:
Originally Posted by MisterV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FrOQC-zEog
Quote:
You have taken away my pain, you have anaesthetised me, but you haven’t made me happy. These are lyrics written with the acute awareness of the melancholy that we experience sometimes, late at night. This song has a very clear vision, carved out of pain and the will to survive.
Quote:
Of course, there could be various interpretations of this. In a metaphorical sense, it could mean that the protagonist has been given a ‘fix’ in order that he can adequately address his life, society and relationships, which have become nothing more than a show to him. Society doesn’t care about the effects of drugs, just so long as they serve their purpose.
There’s no pain, but you’re receding. Like a distant ship smoking on the horizon.
Maybe, we go from being another brick in the wall, to comfortably numb.Quote:
The main theme is the distance between our minds and the perception of reality because of artificial relief. In other words, we may not suffer, but that does not make us alive; escaping from life and its problems actually deprives us of something. This is the meaning of the song: life is out there; I prefer to face it and let it hurt me, than lose all sense of feeling.
Depression, in Comfortably Numb, is just a grey waiting room, where everything is reminiscent of death. The absence of pain is not happiness. The doctor in the lyrics takes away the pain to get the show going, but it doesn’t work. It only increases the distance, and even the voice on the record sounds more distant.
Uh .... no.Quote:
Originally Posted by Garnabby
While I do not fear the prospect of dying, knowing as I do that death is inevitable and unstoppable, I do not welcome it nor wish that my death arrive sooner rather than later.
As far as feeling numb, I must say that this sheltering in place is wearing very thin and the lack of in person contact with others, especially family, is difficult to bear; my Covid-19 recommended isolation has led me to return to this board, I suppose, to get a "fix" of human interaction.
My post outlined the subjective factors I include in judging whether I have been "successful," nothing more.
Although I've only explored the USA and Canada, I feel I have seen a lot of the world and its peoples through the movies, documentaries, and youtube videos I've seen: nothing like "seeing the world from the comfort of your home."
Here's a movie I saw a few years ago that just took me away and immersed me, albeit briefly, in their world ... a brilliant film.
"The Eagle Huntress."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfi5JS6HTH0
The Wrecking Crew."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhl-3EOYTkc
I imagine that those people have no idea that you exist, and, much less, care.Quote:
Originally Posted by MisterV
Well, duh: that was un unusually STUPID comment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Garnabby
Of course people in remote Mongolia are unaware of my personal existence.
However, if a movie maker made a film about me and the Mongols watched the movie of me in their yurts, just as I viewed the movie of them on my home theater, then things would even out.
Please consign future flippant remarks to the peanut gallery as "the theory of everything" should have at its heart, at its very foundation, a serious world view.
Garnabbly, if you cannot take things seriously, well, what good are you?
City of Industry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOYAUBTleBw
MrV, I was just trying to help you to keep things in perspective.Quote:
Originally Posted by MisterV
Stuff like people in "yurts", and their eagles, well, doesn't mean much to me. Why should, or ought it? I mean, regardless that I grew up on a farm, actually two farms side-by-side, and, saw all of that stuff, in one form or another - which you seem to relish as unearthly amazing in each of these posts of yours - but, often, in several different ways on a daily or weekly basis. Farmers come to have a natural knack with animals of all sorts big and small, and tame and wild. Try to envisage a 160 pound man, with only a rope, back off and subdue an uncooperative thousand or two pound cattle beast. Any given minute on a farm with anything on it could be your last. Off hand, I recall at least one of likely many that could have been my last save for a quick thinking father and/or what he taught me. But I had other interests. Farming wasn't my thing. Luckily, academics were.
You come off quite the stupid city slicker who tries so hard to compound things with the bit of intelligence you must have. With everything you talk about on the forums. Let me guess. When you travel, do you fly from one McDonald's to the next? Does your wife not let you walk out of the hotel lobby to look around a bit? Life isn't about comfortably waiting to die, from the moment of birth, but, experiencing the great highs, and the lows it took to get there. And, the forever memories. No guts, no glory. But, not the idiotic sort of movies.
A university friend of mine had me out to an introductory martial arts class. The instructor started out, said that he could take any of us as far as we wanted to go with it. That going to China would be going a long way to get ripped off. Anyway, I have zero time to run around trying to pretend that I learned anything about "yurts" and eagles from any movie. Movies should be about Christmas and like so that people don't forget how fucked up they (the movies) are, to begin with.
I have a real and actual theory of everything. I am happy with my progress, over the years, and, am confident that I have effectively completed it. The harder problems, the ones that took the longest to solved got pushed back, on to the end. I guess that this is normal with any long project. As the other problems fall away, there is more time to focus on the harder ones. For sure, I couldn't care less what anyone else says of my theory of everything. Again, the reason that I will post its gist up here, first, is that I want to become comfortable with explaining it, and, to remember to fill in some of the gaps along the way. Which better place? Write whatever you want about me, and my theory. I feel great about it. The pursuit of a lifelong question that no movie could, ever, do justice.
Now back to your typewriter and crosswords. Maybe, go hold hands with the Wizard of Vegas, some more. Another nut-job.
You're full of shit, Garnabby.Quote:
Originally Posted by Garnabby
Lots of North Americans grew up on a farm and NONE of them grew up in the Mongol culture where hunting with eagles was a goal to be aspired toward.
No sir, guys like you are consigned to the earth, like worms, not to the sky, like eagles.
You think you've seen it all?
Pshaw, in the grand scheme of things you've seen nothing.
At least I recognize and admit my limitations; you careen along here like a blind drunk in the dark, slamming into the furniture, raging that although blind you can somehow see things clearly.
You can't, you don't: you're not a god, there are none.
Sorry to disappoint you; no, you will continue to live a meaningless life until it's time for your final dirtnap, then you'll embrace oblivion, as must we all.
Wasn't it Aristotle who wrote, however, that doing one thing well does everything well? Maybe, you might want to try to parse it out. I've already done it somewhere, recently. Might have been on the English forum. Anyway, I know how such phrases take on a lot of "lipstick", over the course of, say, a couple thousand years.
Off hand, aren't there falconers, in the states?
Oh well, I guess not many cared about the specific aspiration here.Quote:
Although humans have practiced falconry for thousands of years, it never really caught on in the US. Estimates put the number of active falconers in the country somewhere between 3,000 and 5,000 (up from maybe 1,500 in the mid-20th century), whereas in Dubai alone Sego believes there are as many as 20,000.
No, certainly, I didn't write, or even think, that I've seen it all. As surely, though, not everything interests me. Incidentally, very few things don't cross the mind of someone who works on a theory of everything. I never had to pursue astrology, running out to look at eclipses, wondering when they occurred, stuff like organ donations/transplants. Stuff of other areas which surprises me, now and then when I come across it. It helps to transcribe a given problem into as many different areas of thought as possible. A theory of everything requires that thousands of different straightforward approaches be studied. And, best that one can give up on (pet) finger-holds that begin not to pan out, and, then, adapt to acquire new ones. What I meant by, finding your other. Yes, it sounds that you'd be a horrible theoretical physicist, let alone multi-disciplined. For one thing, you have notions that, I guess, you hate to have even others trounce on. For another, well, you are way too worried about that seat at the table, say, the research grants, etc.
If you think that I think I am a god, of any sort - well, I guess you do - then you are trying way too hard to discount the little I've already pointed out to you. For one thing, when I did the kidney donation to my partner, I had to undergo the usual(?) psychiatric evaluation. I spoke to a psychiatrist, for about two hours, over a wide range of topics. I always like to talk about my theory, so, we talked about it, for a few minutes. After the interview, he asked me about how to track down a particular book authored by Roger Penrose's father. Penrose is a retired famous mathematician/physicist over in England. He was one of Hawking's contemporaries, if I recall, at the other university. His father was an almost equally famous, psychiatrist. (In the interview, we got to talking about Penrose tilings, a rather recent discovery of Penrose's. I must have related this to some element of my theory that was fresh in my mind.) The interview occurred nearer the end of the year and a half long screening process for potential donors. A couple of weeks later, at another test of some sort, I asked my donation-assigned nephrologist about the psych test. He told me, "he [the shrink] said that you passed with flying colors."
You're actually a fairly shallow thinker, MrV. Why would I be disappointed about an eternal "dirtnap" if such were, indeed, the case, ie, if this were my finding in corroboration with the findings of others? Again, it's important to be able to accept any and all proved findings, no matter how much at odds with one's intuition, opinion, mindset, culture, work investment, and experience and training. No doubt, a grueling mental and physical process over many years. Namely, a brain that can repeatedly rewire itself.
No, MrV, you're not full of shit, but only because there's nothing there worth doubting.
Not historically accurate but it is entertaining.
Of course that is subjective but I like these sort of movies.
At least it is Free.
If you are having trouble viewing, just click the name Cromwell in the upper left corner.
Free with ads from Youtube Movies.
"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."
- Alec Guinness - King Charles
Cromwell (1970) - Richard Harris, Alec Guinness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER6xGlAZjVs
So that's where the Obi-Wan Kenobi line came from ?! Thanks Monet.Quote:
Originally Posted by monet
By the way, I saw The Man Who Knew Infinity. The movie is decent and I thought Jeremy Irons did a good job, but I only mention it because there had been a math movie reco recently by Mr. V. - not really a reco except for the math community I suppose.
You are probably kidding.Quote:
Originally Posted by tableplay
Obviously the line is from Star Wars.
However, it is more fun if you use it while watching Cromwell.
Since of course, in both movies, he is getting struck down.
Especially when he is kneeling down at the chopping block.
He has a good line where he says:
"Well Gentlemen. Are you afraid to kill your king with an open face?"
Same difference I suppose but the Star Wars line is much better.
Personally, I like the government that Cromwell set up but it didn't work for this world in the long run.
Talk about a Revolution!
He really had a hatred towards the Catholics.
Rightfully so, IMO.
Ironically Monet, in the Mandelorian mini-series, a line is paraphrased from Office Space:Quote:
Originally Posted by monetYou are probably kidding.Quote:
Originally Posted by tableplay
Obviously the line is from Star Wars.
However, it is more fun if you use it while watching Cromwell.
Since of course, in both movies, he is getting struck down.
Especially when he is kneeling down at the chopping block.
He has a good line where he says:
"Well Gentlemen. Are you afraid to kill your king with an open face?"
Same difference I suppose but the Star Wars line is much better.
Personally, I like the government that Cromwell set up but it didn't work for this world in the long run.
Talk about a Revolution!
He really had a hatred towards the Catholics.
Rightfully so, IMO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeUNMRcu-uY
"Let’s go fill out those TPS reports."
So that is what created the plausibility (but I should have realized Disney might pull this shit but not Lucas) of your quote not being originally from Star Wars.
Bill Burr broke my heart as he went soft and is now woke.Quote:
Originally Posted by tableplay
Happens when you acquire large amounts of wealth.
I am so tired of him constantly pushing his F is For Family.
That cartoon sucks.
Haven't seen that cartoon and will make sure to steer clear of it based on your feedback.Quote:
Originally Posted by monetBill Burr broke my heart as he went soft and is now woke.Quote:
Originally Posted by tableplay
Happens when you acquire large amounts of wealth.
I am so tired of him constantly pushing his F is For Family.
That cartoon sucks.
Personal Preference.Quote:
Originally Posted by tableplay
You might watch it and love it.
Sort of like The Office.
Many people love that TV Show.
I'm usually bored to tears if I try to watch an episode.
Ironically, I own all the episodes of News Radio.
Oddly spelled NewsRadio.
Joe Rogan was so slim before he got jacked on HGH and other Roids.
Hi Monet, I never saw The Office, however I am going to check out News Radio (Yes I too noticed on his Podcasts that Joe Rogan loves to push drugs of all sorts). thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by monetPersonal Preference.Quote:
Originally Posted by tableplay
You might watch it and love it.
Sort of like The Office.
Many people love that TV Show.
I'm usually bored to tears if I try to watch an episode.
Ironically, I own all the episodes of News Radio.
Oddly spelled NewsRadio.
Joe Rogan was so slim before he got jacked on HGH and other Roids.
Now for something completely different ...
I've mentioned this movie before but it is well worth mentioning, and viewing, again: if for no other reason than to shake up my complacency about life.
One of if not the best modern movies I've seen; hits at all levels, an epic accomplishment.
"Hard to Be a God."
See it: you can thank me later (or not ...).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11sMDQIgggA
“THAT’S RIGHT, WOODCHUCK-CHUCKERS IT’S… GROUNDHOG DAY!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUi1PdYn5nk
Here is a preview of Peter Jackson's much anticipated Beatles movie, "The Beatles: Get Back."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UocE...ME0LQ&index=26
I'm on a bit of a kick with this subject material.
Before that Bullshit Rocky movie we had the Real to Life boxing movie... Fat City.
Featuring Stacy Keach and a very young Jeff Bridges.
Mickey Rourke in Barfly (1987) when he was on top and before he decided to get his face punched in by boxing??
I kind of get it since he was a good amateur so why not go pro, I guess lol.
That actually is the real life version of Fat City when you think about it.
You may have to search around to get them for free.
I heard that Fat City is on Tubi TV for free.
I just paid cold hard cash for them instead.
The movies aren't exactly mainstream but I like the theme and how raw they are.
I like Dark, Depressing kind of movies though.
Factotum (2005) deserves to go along with this list but I have constantly recommended that movie.
So does The Days of Wine and Roses (1962) but once again, I have already mentioned it before.
The Lost Weekend (1945) won 4 Academy Awards, if that means anything to you.
"All a man needs is a woman with a good job"
- quote from Fat City and words to live by -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WncSPrCNblQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igR-XUUBDvU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-tefK9hkuM
Found Fat City.
It is on Tubi TV.
Here is the Link
https://tubitv.com/movies/547488/fat-city?start=true
Thanks Monet, I haven't seen that one. I saw Barfly in the theater when it came out and liked it.Quote:
Originally Posted by monet
I watched Fat City Monet. Thanks again for recommending it. I enjoyed the film and thought that the depictions of real life were impeccable. For example Stacy Keech's character's decline was very realistic. Hopefully people that watch this film that aren't down and out will learn from the film that anyone's life can go south with a couple bad blows that are out of their hands. The fight Stacy Keech's character (Tully) won against Lucero, who went into the fight with a badly bruised kidney I would surmise, did I nice job of letting the film audience know that Tully was pretty much washed up (if not physically then certainly mentally since he ignored sound corner-man advice) since he should have won the fight against the injured Lucero comfortably if he had followed his corners advice of staying out of reach and perhaps snapping off some body punches (Tully did at least know that was Lucero's weak spot due to the injury from a previous fight presumably) before darting (quickly back-pedaling) back out of range. In short, the film depicts a person's arrival to the point of no return brilliantly.
I'm a bit busy right now to actually get into a lengthy discussion about it but hopefully in the future.Quote:
Originally Posted by tableplay
Many people will be bored to tears with this type of film because its too dark, raw and slow.
But that's basically life.
People want to see Super Heroes save the world.
Personally, I want to watch stories that show the constant struggle of man.
What I will type for now is that I like your last sentence.
This movie really does show the abyss and how easy it is to get there and nearly impossible to get out.
To be honest, some of us are just addicted to the pain or struggle of it all.
I was basically in that situation or could of fallen into it deeper but what saved me was I wasn't addicted to drugs or alcohol.
(Biblical Education and belief in Jesus may be another factor. I have to say this as it is in my contract and well, I don't feel like pissing off the God of the Universe right now. He let his own people be slaves for over 400 years. What chance do I have lol??)
I just watched Moses again recently with Heston.
Let My People Go!!
I will not let your people go! - Ramesses II -
The gambling, yes, so I spent my time, like Keach, in those types of hotels and living on the street, etc basically getting my education.
It all worked out for now but like I always constantly say and preach... It can all come crashing down at any moment.
That was a pretty good song by Kris Kristofferson.
Man, that guy had a heck of run.
People don't realize but that guy did it all.
Still kicking at 84 too.
A short article about it.
Only 240 words so an easy read.
Paired with that opening sequence is sheer bliss for me.
One of the best quotes in the movie... How'd you like to wake up and be him?
Oh the brilliance of that quote, scene and the irony.
https://intothemild.com/2014/09/08/fat-city/
Going through some comments I ran into a suggestion for this movie.
It features Stacy Keach once again.
Supposedly a Cult-Classic that people enjoy.
I hesitate because it has some Horror Movie themes involved.
I basically detest Horror Films with the exception of The Shining.
I can live with a few like Christine, Children of the Corn, The Howling, The Fog and maybe a couple others.
But I certainly do not set out to watch them.
For the most part they bother me.
I kind of have to give Vincent Price his due though.
Those movies are a bit different type of horror and he is without a doubt a master and a legend.
I also like Jacobs Ladder with Tim Robbins.
Anyways, I'm gonna watch this movie right now but I might not make it through.
Someone said it has the same opening music as Rolling Thunder.
A movie I suggested earlier.
I bought that movie but it was nowhere near as good as Shoot (1976)
I really enjoyed Shoot.
At least this movie is free on Youtube...
The Ninth Configuration (1980)
A former marine arrives at a mental asylum housed in a remote castle to run it.
There he attempts to rehabilitate the patients by letting them act out their craziest fantasies and desires.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjHTQmvyIAE
Thanks for the reco Monet, I'll check it out. Kris Kristofferson was great in the Blade movies and the sci-fi movie Millenium, I thought. I also enjoyed Jacob's Ladder - very cool alternate history in the dream world of the mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by monet
Shoot. Excellent Monet!Quote:
Originally Posted by monet
Now if only The Farmer (also re-titled Blazing Revenge) was available. That's the Holy Grail.
Finished the Ninth Configuration.
It appears that Shutter Island (2010) stole from this story but decided to leave out all the substance.
I watch a lot of movies so I had this movie figured out from the get go.
I enjoyed the payoff at the end.
I'm guessing the biker scene at the bar is what people focus on in this cult classic.
Although my favorite scene was the Black Face scene.
Robert Loggia karaoke to Al Jolson... lol, lol, lol.
That is because of the current modern day outrage.
Its not an easy movie to get through and invest in but it does deal with the ultimate questions in life.
I felt tears of joy at the end because Killer Kane saved them all through self sacrifice.
I suppose I can relate to the movie a bit more as I grew up with a Gook Killing Vietnam Father.
From IMDB: "William Peter Blatty has said that he considers this movie to be the true sequel to The Exorcist (1973) as opposed to a mere follow-up. The novel and film of "The Exorcist" deals with the existence of both good and evil, "The Ninth Configuration" deals with the mystery of good, and the third novel, "Legion", deals with the human's punishment of evil for original sin. Captain Cutshaw is the same astronaut whom Regan warns "You're gonna die up there" in "The Exorcist". book. However, in the Exorcist film, the astronaut is never mentioned by name (not even in the credits)."
William Peter Blatty has stated that Patrick McGoohan agreed to play the part of Killer Kane, but it was at a time that Blatty could not get financing.
Oh man... that would of been interesting.
The Prisoner as Killer Kane!!
According to his diaries, Charlton Heston was interested in playing Killer Kane in the early seventies.