Not-So-Moldy Oldies

Brother None · Post by **Brother None** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 2:03 pm

atoga wrote:
Subhuman wrote:I think you're taking both Snatch and Ocean's Eleven too seriously. Both are larks, one better than the other on the Lark Scale (10 being a pure unfettered joy to watch, 1 being unworthy of any sort of attention, positive or negative).
I fully realize that. Even so, the two still make for shitty, boring movies. The other gripe is, they take themselves too seriously.

This whole "movies that're just fun are a-ok!" thing annoys me.

I don't want to have to ponder for hours over a movie like I did over Strangelove, or stare blankly at the screen for 30 minutes, awe-struck like I did after watching Requiem for a Dream, or want to view a scene 20 times over like I did the final scene of Long Good Friday, but there's a difference between fun'n'easy viewing and just plain stupidity.

Snatch is fun, easy viewing.

Ocean's Eleven is just plain stupidity. Plus it has Julia Roberts. Barf-head. Is it fun? Yeah, maybe, if I had a huge hole in my head where the logic lobe of the brain used to be, but sad thing is, I don't. That movie was bad. Not mindbogglingly bad like Dreamcatcher or Matrix 2, but baaaaad.

Plus atoga is right, they take themselves too seriously.

PS: The Rocky Horror Picture show is one of those cult-classics. It's a good film, I suppose, but I didn't like it too much myself.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 3:14 pm

Ocean Eleven sucked .

About music, I just found some good ol' Emerson, Lake and Palmers, it's pretty good, and Gentle Giant too.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 4:54 pm

Alright, Lasse, so what's your decade of choice? Don't say the '90s or this decade. They aren't shitty, but I don't see how they could be better than the previous ones.

the '90s or this decade....
Well that's simply because the genre I like the most wasn't around until the 90s: gay computer micro chip killa soldier techno or something, sometimes referred to as drum&bass? Honestly though the 70s and 80s weren't all that bad (except for Disco and other horrible cheese a'la vice city ost), but the music doesn't really tickle my fancy either. Some of the old punk is cool (Anti-Nowhere League, Clash, Crass, Sean Paul), but I still prefer post-80s punk rock most of the time. I'm a terrible person, I know

Shut up. Most people play PNP differently (ie. they make it boring) from how I do. Just because John plays PnP doesn't mean that all people who play PnP are like John.

No!

Oh, and I bet all people who like Fallout are just like our friend Rex, too.

Yes!
About Lock Stock & Snatch... I'm sure you have a very educated opinion and all that jazz, maybe because I'm not an expert is why I think they're very entertaining movies. It's like music; I don't mind if the engineering, mixdown and mastering aren't 110% top notch as long as the ideas are cool and the sound is still reasonably good.

Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD · Thu Nov 20, 2003 5:02 pm

Kharn wrote:PS: The Rocky Horror Picture show is one of those cult-classics. It's a good film, I suppose, but I didn't like it too muc myself.

How?
its a poorly cast movie which includes one of the people i hate with a passion, susan sarandon.
the plot is retarded even for a musical and its absolutely flabergasting how anyone would be stupid enough to sit through a musical involving transvestites. the movie has no fucking point. when i watched it i wanted to hunt down Jim Sharman and stab him in the face until i got my 2 hours of time back.

its like those fucking people who sit through episodes of "queer as folk" and say they like it. any show where guys ream other guys in the ass should be taken off television and the creator should be shot.

EDIT: how the fuck do you make PNP exciting?
go out and hunt orcs like a fairy you tool?

Brother None · Post by **Brother None** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 5:10 pm

Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD wrote:How?

You're asking me?

Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD wrote:its a poorly cast movie which includes one of the people i hate with a passion, susan sarandon.

Your hatred is understandeable.

Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD wrote:the plot is retarded even for a musical and its absolutely flabergasting how anyone would be stupid enough to sit through a musical involving transvestites. the movie has no fucking point. when i watched it i wanted to hunt down Jim Sharman and stab him in the face until i got my 2 hours of time back.

Well, yes, but it's cult. A lot of people like it for the fact that it's cult. They won't admit it, they won't be aware of it, but that's the reason they like it. "It's cult".

A real love it-hate it film, that one. You either love it, or hate it. You obviously hate it. It's not about getting it either, there's little to get...

I think several factors made it cult. It's cheeziness, the revolutional way it handled it's topic (*SHOCKING!*), Tim Curry. Bad acting and bad sets only help. And as I mentioned above, people love it (or hate it) because it's cult.

Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD wrote:its like those fucking people who sit through episodes of "queer as folk" and say they like it. any show where guys ream other guys in the ass should be taken off television and the creator should be shot.

How wonderfully fascist of you.

Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD · Thu Nov 20, 2003 5:13 pm

Kharn wrote:How wonderfully fascist of you.

thanks.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 5:22 pm

It is still better than Shitcago.

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 6:04 pm

what do you like then mandalorain? Black and white french films? Just classical music? Do you just read shakespeare.

I bet you drink wine too

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 6:54 pm

Lasse > points duly noted.

Kharn > I like RHPS because I've been to a cult screening of it, Tim Curry is funny, and I thought it was an amusing enough way to spend a night.

Mandalorian wrote:EDIT: how the fuck do you make PNP exciting?
go out and hunt orcs like a fairy you tool?

Make it up as you go along? Bizarro. It's fun that way.

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EDIT

Mandalorian wrote:EDIT: i need some new movies to watch so pick some from your infinate wisdom that you think i havent seen and thought was shit.

Okay, I'll do just that in Kharn's film thread in a bit.

Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD · Thu Nov 20, 2003 11:01 pm

Megatron wrote:what do you like then mandalorain? Black and white french films? Just classical music? Do you just read shakespeare.

I bet you drink wine too

i like good movies, 80s rock and i have been known to read shakespeare.
i dont drink wine and i dont watch shows about transgendered swell guy who shouldnt have been born in the first place,

Nightkin244 · Post by **Nightkin244** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 1:02 am

REAL Rock is stuff like Zeppelin and AC/DC Sabbath is metal. Listen to Megadeth And Slayer, Some of the best bands of the 80's. Don't forget Deep Purple!

Nightkin244 · Post by **Nightkin244** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 12:29 am

70's and 80's are where the best music emerged

Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath
AC/DC
Megadeth
Rolling stones
Slayer

The Classics, the best of their genre nothing now compares to it!

The Gaijin · Post by **The Gaijin** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 1:49 am

Correct me if I'm wrong but AC/DC, Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath...did they all start in the 60's? I might be wrong, but hey worth a shot.

OnTheBounce · Post by **OnTheBounce** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 8:03 am

The Gaijin wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong but AC/DC, Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath...did they all start in the 60's? I might be wrong, but hey worth a shot.

AC/DC put their first album out in '75, but I have no idea how long they were around before being signed.

Black Sabbath formed originally back in '68 as Earth, but their first album was released in April of '70.

The Rolling Stones did indeed get their start back in the '60s. (Hell, they even appeared on the old Ed Sullivan Show, even though Ed did make them change their lyrics a bit for that...)

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Franz Schubert · Post by **Franz Schubert** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 9:43 am

U2 pwns, but nobody my age seems to believe me... I've found plenty of adults who agree though.

OnTheBounce · Post by **OnTheBounce** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 9:49 am

Franz_Schubert wrote:U2 pwns, but nobody my age seems to believe me... I've found plenty of adults who agree though.

Personally, I can take or leave them. They are neither talentless hacks, nor the cat's meow.

BTW, I noticed you like Brubeck and mentioned Take Five. If youd don't own it already, get Time Further Out. It's Brubeck and cohorts doing more of the same, and they're feeling more comfortable w/what they are doing. Great stuff, Far More Blue itself is worth the price of the album.

Cheers,

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Franz Schubert · Post by **Franz Schubert** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 9:52 am

Thanks, I'll talk with my friend about that, I'm sure he has it since he's a huge jazz fan. I like jazz (all types except for kenny G type stuff), but it's just a passing interest. I guess you can tell from my DAC name what my real passion is.

OnTheBounce · Post by **OnTheBounce** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 10:19 am

Franz_Schubert wrote:I like jazz (all types except for kenny G type stuff), but it's just a passing interest.

Your quotes and titles seem to fall into the same category.

Franz_Schubert wrote:I guess you can tell from my DAC name what my real passion is.

No; absolutely no idea; haven't the foggiest; etc.; ad nauseum.

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Franz Schubert · Post by **Franz Schubert** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 10:28 am

OTB the Wise wrote:Your quotes and titles seem to fall into the same category.

I don't get it. And this really isn't sarcasm. I get the general sense that you're making fun of me though...

OnTheBounce · Post by **OnTheBounce** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 10:43 am

Franz_Schubert wrote:I don't get it. And this really isn't sarcasm. I get the general sense that you're making fun of me though...

Not making fun of you, just ribbing you a bit. (For the record, I've never really let loose on anyone on this board. It's one of my internet principles. Since you aren't sitting in front of the person it's hard to gauge what damage you might be doing.)

You change your quote, title, etc., quite frequently. I was just ribbing you about that w/the bit about a "passing phase". That's all.

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