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I loved loved loved Anvil...I agree completely. I grew up with tons of guys like that in my neighborhood...that film felt like home to me.
Same here. Anvil! made me cry. You couldn't help but fall in love with Lips and Robb, even if they were still chasing some far-off fantasy about living the life of rock n' roll milk and honey.
The irony, of course, is that this documentary has made Anvil more popular than they've ever been, so it looks like the dream's finally coming true, albeit 30 years too late.
The irony, of course, is that this documentary has made Anvil more popular than they've ever been, so it looks like the dream's finally coming true, albeit 30 years too late.
i saw alice, the alice, today. i was a little sad there were so few rhymes, songs and riddles and does alice really need an epic battle? i still liked it though. loved the march hare, he looked great.
I finally saw Bullitt last night. What a great car chase and Steve McQueen is the essence of cool!
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Abbie Cornish is gorgeous and beautiful. But that she becomes a hooker to buy smack (not a spoiler - Barbara take note, it happens early in the film so is fair game for discussion) is just so much ugh and argh. Really? Do we have to go down the Requiem for a Dream route?
Movies like this both fascinate and make me twitch.
But so pretty and well done that it is still recommended.
I watched Body of Lies last night. Pretty intense. I'm still not sure if I liked it.Weird thing was that there was one scene that I swear I saw before -- but the rest of the film after that didn't seem to fit with what I had seen before, maybe on HBO in a hotel room or something.
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Perhaps what you saw was from the trailer, Larry?
Could be. But I don't think so. It was when he went to the spectacularly beautiful Iranian nurse's home for dinner, and he set up a conspiracy with her little nephews about the food he shouldn't try. It was as I remembered until after he left the house and the girls sister was watching him from the balcony.Maybe I'm stuck in a time warp.
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Step to the left~
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**puts Barbara in the fruit hat, plops her into the go-kart, runs her round the track**
Hold onto your hat, Barbara!
You not only get to keep the fruit hat, you have to pay for it, too.
We watched Surrogates and Cirque du Freak last night. The first was just silly and the other was one of those warm-fuzzy vampire movies, though it does have John C. Reilly in it (why??) whom I like.The pickins on PPV are mighty slim these days and I keep forgetting to return my Netflix. That is my story and I'm sticking to it.
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I committed the same person-switching crime! Yes, keep the fruit hat. Do a dance in it.
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Is that a fruit fly there by your ear?
"Avatar" finally on Friday night. LOVED it!
Two things:1. Kate Winslet is getting divorced. Dibs!
2. All the Blockbusters near me are closing.
Ours all closed last winter. There were great going out of business sales.
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All the video stores are closing. Netflix and Red Box put them out of business.Streaming video, here we come!
I watched Zombieland a couple of nights ago, and liked it fine. It wasn't as funny as Shaun of the Dead, instead going for the angsty twenty-something demographic, with a Michael Cera look-alike in the lead role. I'd even say it was cute, which is a weird thing to say about a zombie movie.
The zombies were appropriately gross, the suspense was good, and I liked the "rules of survival" part, and the twinkie hunt.
There's a local Movie Gallery that's closing. They're liquidating their entire catalog, so I may have to duck over there and buy me some DVDs at discount prices.
I love the hell out of Zombieland. I've seen it 3 or 4 times by now, but, yeah, it's not as funny as Shawn of the Dead.
I love the hell out of Zombieland. I've seen it 3 or 4 times by now, but, yeah, it's not as funny as Shawn of the Dead.
Vicky Christina Barcelona - not so much. And there's this annoying little ditty all throughout the movie that was so annoying in fact that even though I saw the movie over a week ago, the song keeps popping into my head at the strangest times. Such as right now. On the other hand, there was Javier Bardem - and he is quite fine to ogle.In any event, this is not a recommendation to see VCB, just reporting on my movie-watching.
My sister walked around singing that song for days. "Vicky Chrithtina Barthelona..." Grr...
Drats, Sarah - now I've got that stupid tune back in my head!!! ARRRGGGGHHH!!!
It's better than "Yakety Sax," Youndyc. :)
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Sally wrote: "Good riddance, blockbuster. You screwed me out of SO much money in the 90s on ridiculous late fees."
Unlucky. I have a good relationship with my local Blockbuster owner. He knows I'm going to return them, eventually & in good order. He always waives the late fees.
Unlucky. I have a good relationship with my local Blockbuster owner. He knows I'm going to return them, eventually & in good order. He always waives the late fees.
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And this happened at Blockbusters in Boulder, Portland, and in Fort Collins. I think you are just the exceptionally lucky one, Gail. I'm just average.
Maybe it is really a sign that if they aren't nice to their loyal customers, the customers won't come back.
2am that's a bit tough, we get until 7pm the next day.
2am that's a bit tough, we get until 7pm the next day.
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Darn, I'am always a bit out of step with you guy's.
I watched Up in the Air last night. It's very good and George Clooney has never been better. Wonder if the book is good too.
Watched Star Trek last night - loved it! It was a lot of fun. Wish I had seen it on the big screen.Watched Slumdog Millionaire the night before. Also loved it, but not for any of the same reasons. It was an excellent movie.
We saw Hangover last night. Whoa! (speechless right now)
Hangover is a riot. I want to see it on DVD because the DVD has more of the photos - ones they apparently couldn't show on the big screen - they must be bad!
Speechless in what kind of way Larry? Hahahahah, need more details. :)
A Wrinkle in Time and The Rats of NIMH are both up for new movie adaptations. I tremble at the thought. The guy who is adapting them is responsibel for a lot of the recent Disney book adaptations, most of which suck all of the magic out of the source.
Well I was waiting to see if you were speechless in a good way or a bad way. Til then I will remain on coy the matter ;)
I just couldn't think of anything to say that would be a fitting description. Neither good nor bad.
Hahaha Well then you nailed it! I want to know what kind of brain thinks that shit up. And I always think about the actors and how many 'takes' it must take to pull of a lot of those scenes, that kills me.
The thought of one pulling one's own tooth out is completely bizarre.
Well or having a small naked chinese man leap out of trunk onto you like a crazed monkey, again, BIZARRE!
Cambridge wrote: "Well or having a small naked chinese man leap out of trunk onto you like a crazed monkey, again, BIZARRE!"I hate to type this, but....ROFLMAO!!!
Oh yeah. It was chuck full of stuff like that.
To me that was just not having to think about humorous.
Yep, Jim. Not a lot of thinking involved.
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The comparisons to “This Is Spinal Tap” are miles beyond obvious and/or ironic. The only problem is Lips Kudlow and Robb Reiner (how’s that for coincidence?) aren’t joking, having lived the life for well over 30 years now, still continuing to tear away at the rock and roll dream at the tender age of 50-something, fully convinced their day jobs are just stopgaps until the really big coin begins to roll in..
Anvil’s early 80’s slabs o’vinyl are considered by those who follow that sort of thing as groundbreaking, influential, and fully capable of leading youngsters to smoke hemp, fornicate, and genuflect to the Goat Lord. But when it came time to have their tickets to Valhalla punched, they never got past customs at the Canadian border.
Despite the occasional urge to shout “Snap out of it!” at the screen, it nearly impossible not to fall hard for these two mooks (particularly Kudlow, who could probably talk a dog off a meat truck) as they tour Europe on the comeback trail – including one 11:35 a.m. opening-slot metal-fest gig at a 10,000-seater that only draws 174 paying customers – get stiffed by promoters, record an admittedly-worthwhile new album only to strike out when it comes to getting someone to actually release the damn thing, and resist the thrice-daily temptation to punch each other in the eye.
Without going into detail, there’s what passes for a happy ending here or at the very least a message of hope, being able to hold your head up high and sing into the light, and never letting the bastards wear you down.
You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll urge your kids to stay in school.