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Last week, bf and I watched the Planet of the Apes box set:

Planet of the Apes;
Beneath the Planet of the Apes;
Escape from the Planet of the Apes;
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes;
and Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

Really enjoyable, and not as cheesy as I initially thought they were going to be, the last one being the weakest of the 5.

ferretchucker

02-02-2009 08:34 AM

Back to the Future Part II

The_Return

02-02-2009 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by alkytrio666 (Post 785548)

Alright buddy, I've got a sincere recommendation for you.

Days of Wine and Roses (1962)

Last year I watched The Lost Weekend (because I'm a big Wilder fan) and was very impressed, so I decided to catch a few more famous movies on alcoholism. I saw this Blake Edwards film a few days after and it made The Lost Weekend look like Snow White.

While Wilder's film makes a nice ctitique of alcohol abuse in America, Edwards presented a dark, hepless, abysmal crack at it. Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick honestly scare the shit out of me in this, and Lemmon's take has to be one of the best (and certainly his finest) performances I've ever seen.

See this film.

Will do!

I'll be on the lookout for this one for sure...sounds fantastic. Thanks!

_____V_____

02-02-2009 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by hellfire1 (Post 785641)

Interesting.

How do you rate Burton's remake?

hellfire1

02-02-2009 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by _____V_____ (Post 785733)

Interesting.

How do you rate Burton's remake?

Total crap and completely unnecessary. I barely even remember Burton's remake, while the original is something that will stay with you for a while.

_____V_____

02-02-2009 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by hellfire1 (Post 785738)

Total crap and completely unnecessary. I barely even remember Burton's remake, while the original is something that will stay with you for a while.

Funny how a movie 30 years older is technically superior in all aspects when compared to the more sophisticated remake.

And I am not talking about the effects.

Roderick Usher

02-02-2009 10:19 AM

Taken

Ass-kicking good times. It rides the line between rightous intentions and brutal violence with a sure-handed ease. The scripting is tight, the lensing is fantastic and Liam Neeson is a genuine badass - I would not want him to hit me.

I can see this making it to my top 11 of '09 list.

8.5/10

Farewell, Friend (Honor Amongst Theives) 1968

Charles Bronson and Alain Delon are stuck in a safe during a robbery, where they try to unravel just who it is that fucked them over and why.

Good tough-guy stuff with a cool, mod vibe, but the plot is a bit ridiculous... could use a remake ;)
6.5/10

newb	02-02-2009 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Roderick Usher (Post 785753)

Farewell, Friend (Honor Amongst Theives) 1968

Charles Bronson and Alain Delon are stuck in a safe during a robbery, where they try to unravel just who it is that fucked them over and why.

Good tough-guy stuff with a cool, mod vibe, but the plot is a bit ridiculous... could use a remake ;)
6.5/10

You thinking of venturing away from the horror genre?

Roderick Usher

02-02-2009 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by newb (Post 785759)

You thinking of venturing away from the horror genre?

My partern and I write horror, thriller, crime, scifi, fight flicks and have even tried our hand at a contemporary Samurai screenplay - you know all the geeky shit. But we'll always return to horror - it's just so much fucking fun!

Going to have to pen a western soon.

Elvis_Christ

02-02-2009 02:56 PM

Do a punk rock flick and put yours truely in it :)

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