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MOVIES: What are you watching?

The Old ManThe Old ManMember
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Originally posted by Bytown Rick:
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
Grand Prix-62pts.

I have to disagree. I still have the HD DVD version of this (so I'm old fashioned), and when it came out it was some of the best HD viewing going. But I'm a a bit of a sucker for the racing pictures and sounds.


Yeah, but don't you wish you could cut out about a 100 minutes of the interpersonal relationship stories and the pre-Thomas Crown Affair split screens?
The Old ManThe Old ManMember
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Originally posted by wine+art:
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Originally posted by Board-O:
Dr Strangelove- It's been years. I've loved everything with Sterling Hayden in it (especially The Killing) and Slim Pickens riding the bomb is a hoot. Peter Sellers as the German grew tiresome. Very worth watching


Classic film!


Top 10, won't hear a word spoken a'gin it.
V vincentricMember
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Originally posted by KSC02:
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Originally posted by steve8:
The Revenant

Very good. Not sure about DiCaprio winning best actor for that though. He was better in The Aviator.

Watched this the other evening and was underwhelmed. Maybe I expected too much due to the Oscar winnings. Good, but not better, for me.


Not surprised to hear this. I think DiCaprio is a great actor; difficult to think of a current actor with broader range, but the Academy seems to hand out Oscars to people 'who are ready or due' vs. 'who gave the best performance that year'.
robsutherlandrobsutherlandMember
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Originally posted by Bytown Rick:
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
Grand Prix-62pts.

I have to disagree. I still have the HD DVD version of this (so I'm old fashioned), and when it came out it was some of the best HD viewing going. But I'm a a bit of a sucker for the racing pictures and sounds jalopy .


Watch Claude Lelouch's "C'était un rendez-vous" One of the first viral films, it's a Ferrari 275GTB driving through the streets of Paris in the early morning to meet a girl. So only marginally less story than Le Mans.

Le Mans is an impressive movie because it was filmed during the actual race with actual drivers. It is as close as a neophyte could ever get to what racing was actually like in that period.

The 'story' outside of the race is secondary, just like life outside of the car to many racers of that era (and even now to a degree) is secondary. To McQueen the crux of the movie is his two fingered salute to his competitor at the end. Even outside the car it's a non-verbal communication. Both drivers would rather talk to each other using their cars. Something both know they will have the opportunity to do again soon.
V vincentricMember
Mr. Arkadin Great film with the exception of Wells' overacting, which seems to be somewhat typical of him. I think he makes a better director than an actor. One thing I found interesting is that the larger than life party host complete with retinue of shapely women looks to be the inspiration for at least the style of his character in the first Casino Royale, Bond parody.

On the weekend: Captain Horatio Hornblower Classic. Despite previous viewings, I'm struck by how much this film influenced Star Trek, even the music. Roddenberry gave Shatner the books, but the film seems to have been a major influence as well.
G galvezguyMember
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Originally posted by aphilla:
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Originally posted by GalvezGuy:
Muscle Shoals

Tremendous documentary on the recording studio that cranked out so many great records by so many people.


I'll look for that. Have you seen Sound City? I liked that one quite a bit.


I have not seen it, but I am a sucker for a good music documentary. I will check it out.
The Old ManThe Old ManMember
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Originally posted by Bytown Rick:
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Originally posted by Rob_Sutherland:
Watch Claude Lelouch's "C'était un rendez-vous" One of the first viral films, it's a Ferrari 275GTB driving through the streets of Paris in the early morning to meet a girl.


Thanks. I hadn't seen this before. Liked it a lot.

Rob, why do you call this a "viral film"? I don't believe there is such a thing. It was shot in the 70s when the Internet was just a future gleam in Al Gore's eyes. Did you mean cinema vérité? And if, so it goes back to at least the 40s.
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robsutherlandrobsutherlandMember
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by Bytown Rick:
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Originally posted by Rob_Sutherland:
Watch Claude Lelouch's "C'était un rendez-vous" One of the first viral films, it's a Ferrari 275GTB driving through the streets of Paris in the early morning to meet a girl.


Thanks. I hadn't seen this before. Liked it a lot.

Rob, why do you call this a "viral film"? I don't believe there is such a thing. It was shot in the 70s when the Internet was just a future gleam in Al Gore's eyes. Did you mean cinema vérité? And if, so it goes back to at least the 40s.


It was filmed illegally and rumoured at speeds up to 230kph. Never widely available but often shown at events and passed around or talked about. Maybe not viral in the Internet sense but people would share bootleg videos of it.
irwinirwinMember
"Hello, my name is Doris." Stars Sally Field.

Not a movie that is going to make the all time best movie list, but a nice story with very good acting by Sally Field. For those of us old enough to remember her in "The Flying Nun" and "Gidget" from TV it was nice to see her again.

I think she got an oscar nomination for this.
V vincentricMember
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Originally posted by Rob_Sutherland:
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by Bytown Rick:
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Originally posted by Rob_Sutherland:
Watch Claude Lelouch's "C'était un rendez-vous" One of the first viral films, it's a Ferrari 275GTB driving through the streets of Paris in the early morning to meet a girl.


Thanks. I hadn't seen this before. Liked it a lot.

Rob, why do you call this a "viral film"? I don't believe there is such a thing. It was shot in the 70s when the Internet was just a future gleam in Al Gore's eyes. Did you mean cinema vérité? And if, so it goes back to at least the 40s.


It was filmed illegally and rumoured at speeds up to 230kph. Never widely available but often shown at events and passed around or talked about. Maybe not viral in the Internet sense but people would share bootleg videos of it.


Fantastic flick. I believe the reference to 'viral' is accurate in a figurative sense as this banned film spread from peer to peer in 'underground' fashion even before the internet. I was introduced to it by a ski friend who is a Porsche enthusiast and is in the business. The short but amazing flick was played weekly at our chalet in the 1990s with ample volume on the stereo to do justice to the soundtrack (Ferrari sounds), and my buddy calling out the gear changes... Classic. I have it on VHS somewhere...

Rendevous
G galvezguyMember
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Originally posted by steve8:
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Originally posted by Board-O:
3:10 to Yuma the remake. Good, but I wonder if Russell Crowe and Christian Bale might have been better in each other's roles. The Glenn Ford original was better.


I need to watch the original some time. I did like the remake.


Agree that the Ford original was better. I did like the remake as well. I thought that Bale did a good job of capturing Dan's desperation.
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