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Post by graymar on Sept 24, 2010 9:30:51 GMT -4
I have both IT and The Stand along with Salem's Lot on DVD and watch them frequently. I think all 3 all well done (except, still, for the endings).
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Post by todd on Sept 24, 2010 9:41:36 GMT -4
I have both IT and The Stand along with Salem's Lot on DVD and watch them frequently. I think all 3 all well done (except, still, for the endings). Do you know if the ending of the uncut Stand with the extra 500 pages is any different ?
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Post by graymar on Sept 24, 2010 9:45:58 GMT -4
I have both IT and The Stand along with Salem's Lot on DVD and watch them frequently. I think all 3 all well done (except, still, for the endings). Do you know if the ending of the uncut Stand with the extra 500 pages is any different ? It was a TV Miniseries...so there are some liberties... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stand_(TV_miniseries)
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Post by todd on Sept 24, 2010 14:45:51 GMT -4
Here's one worth mentioning and probably deserves its own thread. I'm not sure I could put this movie in words so I posted the plot. Thoughts ? Set in modern-day Manhattan, the film begins with the narrator (Lemmy of Motörhead) introducing two families: the Capulets and the Ques. At the center of these families is Tromeo Que and Juliet Capulet. Tromeo lives in squalor with his alcoholic father Monty and works at a tattoo parlor with his cousin Benny and friend Murray. Juliet is sequestered in her family’s mansion, watched over by her abusive father Cappy, passive mother Ingrid, and overprotective cousin Tyrone. Both Tromeo and Juliet are trapped in cases of unrequited love: Tromeo lusts for the big-bosomed promiscuous Rosie; Juliet is engaged to wealthy meat tycoon London Arbuckle as prelude to an arranged marriage. In the meantime, a bloody brawl between Murray and Sammy Capulet catches the attention of Detective Ernie Scalus, who gathers the heads of the two families together and declares that they will be held personally accountable for any further breaches of peace. Almost immediately afterwards, Monty and Cappy start threatening each other with weapons. Sammy gets caught in the window of Monty’s speeding car, where he is thrown head-first into a fire hydrant and (very slowly) dies. On the insistence of Murray and Benny, Tromeo attends the Capulets' masquerade ball in the hopes of meeting Rosie, only to find another man performing cunnilingus on her. Tromeo staggers around the party in disillusion until he locks eyes with those of Juliet. The two instantly fall for each other and share a dance until an angry Tyrone chases him out of the house. Tromeo and Juliet continue to be enamored by one another from afar. Cappy, disgusted at his daughter’s active libido, forcefully imprisons her in a plastic cage as punishment. Tromeo sneaks into the house of Capulet and the two meet once again. After proclaiming their love for each other both verbally and physically, they agree to be married. Juliet breaks her engagement with Arbuckle and, with the help of Father Lawrence, the two are married in secrecy the next day. Tyrone, upon discovering Juliet‘s secret affair, gathers his gang together and challenges Tromeo to a duel. Now a kinsman to the Capulets, Tromeo refuses to fight, suggesting to both sides to bring the life-long feud to an end. Murray accepts the duel on Tromeo’s behalf and, in the ensuing brawl, is mortally wounded by Tyrone‘s club. Tromeo, enraged by his friend’s death, pursues Tyrone and slays him (through a series of car crashes which dismembers him) and goes into hiding from the police. Learning that she is involved with Tromeo, Cappy savagely beats Juliet and forces her to reconcile with Arbuckle. Arbuckle accepts her re-proposal and the marriage is set. Juliet visits Father Lawrence, who reunites her with Tromeo and enlists the help of Fu Chang, the apothecary, who sells Juliet a special potion which will aide her predicament. On the day of her wedding, Juliet swallows the apothecary’s potion, transforming her into a hideous cow monster, complete with a three-foot penis. The mere sight of her causes Arbuckle to leap out of Juliet’s window in fright, committing suicide. Enraged over the loss of his would-be son-in-law and meat inheritance, Cappy attempts to rape and murder Juliet, but Tromeo arrives just in time, knocking Cappy unconscious and bringing Juliet’s appearance back to normal by a single kiss. Cappy awakens, taking both lovers captive by crossbow-point. While distracted, Juliet performs one last act of defiance against her father and electrocutes him. As Tromeo and Juliet leave the house of Capulet, they are confronted by Ingrid and Monty, who reveal to them the real reason behind the Capulet/Que feud: long ago, Cappy and Monty were the owners of the successful Silky Films production company. Ingrid, married to Monty at time, struck up an affair with Cappy, eventually birthing a son which Monty raised as his own. Faced with a divorce from Ingrid and the threat of having his son taken away from him, Monty was forced to sign over all the rights of Silky Films to the Capulets in exchange for his son. After the initial shock at the revelation that they’re siblings, Tromeo and Juliet are determined not to let their whole ordeal be for naught; they passionately embrace and drive off into the sunset. The film picks up six years later in Tromaville, New Jersey, where Tromeo and Juliet, now married, have become suburban yuppies with a house and (deformed) children of their own. The film ends with the narrator’s brief poem for the lovers: "And all of our hearts free to let all things base go/As taught by Juliet and her Tromeo". A brief shot of William Shakespeare laughing uproariously is shown before the end credits.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2010 16:15:56 GMT -4
I've heard that is a good Troma Film, I still like the Toxic Avenger but my taste for Troma Films is not there anymore... Here is a film I really like... Django is about Django (Franco Nero - who played in DieHard 2) is a gun runner who drags around a coffin that conceals a machine gun. He rescues a young woman, María (Loredana Nusciak), from being murdered by bandits led by Major Jackson (Eduardo Fajardo), a man whom Django is seeking revenge on for the murder of his wife. What's cool with the Django DVD is it has a short film with Franco Nero called the Last Pistolero, I also have Django Kill... and another Django film in The Strangers Gundown... I also have Sukiyaki Western Django... A very cool Japanese take on Django and the last film similar to these Spaghetti Western's is Mannaja...
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Post by tyguy on Sept 26, 2010 22:05:08 GMT -4
Watched the new Clash of the Titans tonight. I liked, was into it. The original is a classic though. I really liked at the end when those two guys showed up to help riding the scorpion, and when Zeus brought the girl back for Persius I said, "thanks dad."
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2010 22:46:47 GMT -4
Watched the new Cena movie tonight. A friend brought the DVD over, apparently Walmart put it out early. It's not the worst movie I've ever seen, but I don't get the appeal of doing a Rocky type movie with high school wrestling.
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Post by graymar on Sept 27, 2010 7:04:02 GMT -4
This weekends lost jewel(?) Bogart and Greenstreet were great as usual. Overall movie was pretty average. Why is it that Bogart seems to always be Jonesing for younger women. If would be creepy...if he wasn't Bogie!
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Post by graymar on Sept 27, 2010 7:06:40 GMT -4
I've heard that is a good Troma Film, I still like the Toxic Avenger but my taste for Troma Films is not there anymore... Here is a film I really like... Django is about Django (Franco Nero - who played in DieHard 2) is a gun runner who drags around a coffin that conceals a machine gun. He rescues a young woman, María (Loredana Nusciak), from being murdered by bandits led by Major Jackson (Eduardo Fajardo), a man whom Django is seeking revenge on for the murder of his wife. What's cool with the Django DVD is it has a short film with Franco Nero called the Last Pistolero, I also have Django Kill... and another Django film in The Strangers Gundown... I also have Sukiyaki Western Django... A very cool Japanese take on Django and the last film similar to these Spaghetti Western's is Mannaja... Have you watched the Trinity movies?
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Post by jasonjaconetti on Sept 27, 2010 9:10:25 GMT -4
Saturday night, Kelly & I watched: On yeah, it was freaking sweet!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2010 10:12:45 GMT -4
I've heard of them but never seen them, infact I did see them many years back when Media Play was still around but never picked them up... This was a must watch movie for me back in the VHS days, great film as was this... Another film that I had and myself and my friends liked was... What was great is we were big Pez Candy eaters and in this film the cop in the film ate Pez and that was cool...
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Post by jasonjaconetti on Sept 27, 2010 12:31:32 GMT -4
I Come In Peace was on Showtime a few weeks ago. I wish I had known, b/c that was worth DVRing.
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Post by wildfire on Sept 27, 2010 13:42:41 GMT -4
I enjoyed the New Clash of the TItans.. good popcorn action movie with good effects. Doesn't touch the original, though
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2010 20:34:27 GMT -4
This will be playing on TCM next month on Oct 22nd at 2:30 AM and when I was watching NOW PLAYING not too long ago Robert Osborne brought up that Stephen King likes this film... Starting with October 1st on TCM they will be running all month long Hammer Horror Films starting with Dracula films, should be some fun stuff for sure...
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Post by graymar on Sept 29, 2010 13:33:59 GMT -4
Remake of True Grit?
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