OT: Movie Thread

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[Bruinaura]

This whole scene is pure genius with Sellers.
From the slide rule bit
to "Mein Furhrer"
but I especially love the way he says the animals will be "slaughtered".

My father loved Peter Sellers. Nobody made him laugh harder.


It's a bomb! Were you expecting one?

 

[GatorMike]

Saw Blue Beetle because my 14-year old wanted to see it.

Knew nothing about it heading in... hadn't seen a trailer and hadn't read any reviews.

It's not going to win Best Picture at next year's Oscars, but I was pleasantly surprised. Nice way to spend a couple of hours with my daughter. 7/10.

 

[Bruinaura]

This one is even funnier lol

 

[Banded Peak]

It was parody.

If George didn't want silly he should have been in Fail Safe.

Fail Safe is criminally underrated

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

 

[GordonHowe]

Fail Safe is criminally underrated

Seven Days in May - Wikipedia

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President Kennedy had read the novel Seven Days in May shortly after its publication and believed that the scenario could actually occur in the United States. According to director John Frankenheimer, the project received encouragement and assistance from Kennedy through White House press secretary Pierre Salinger, who conveyed to Frankenheimer Kennedy's wish that the film be produced. In spite of Defense Department opposition, Kennedy arranged to visit the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port for a weekend when the film needed to shoot outside the White House.[6]

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Seven Days in May - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

President Kennedy had read the novel Seven Days in May shortly after its publication and believed that the scenario could actually occur in the United States. According to director John Frankenheimer, the project received encouragement and assistance from Kennedy through White House press secretary Pierre Salinger, who conveyed to Frankenheimer Kennedy's wish that the film be produced. In spite of Defense Department opposition, Kennedy arranged to visit the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port for a weekend when the film needed to shoot outside the White House.[6]

Another great film.

The underrated Edmund O'Brien was great as the southern Senator.

It seemed to get a big revival around the end of 2016.

 

[Banded Peak]

Seven Days in May - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

President Kennedy had read the novel Seven Days in May shortly after its publication and believed that the scenario could actually occur in the United States. According to director John Frankenheimer, the project received encouragement and assistance from Kennedy through White House press secretary Pierre Salinger, who conveyed to Frankenheimer Kennedy's wish that the film be produced. In spite of Defense Department opposition, Kennedy arranged to visit the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port for a weekend when the film needed to shoot outside the White House.[6]

John Frankenheimer often gets overlooked when discussing great directors that helped bring “New Hollywood” along but Birdman of Alcatraz, Manchurian Candidate, Seven Days in May, The Train and Seconds is a seriously great run for any filmmaker and a few of those titles ended up being very influential as cinema entered a new era.

 

[Mr. Make-Believe]

John Frankenheimer often gets overlooked when discussing great directors that helped bring “New Hollywood” along but Birdman of Alcatraz, Manchurian Candidate, Seven Days in May, The Train and Seconds is a seriously great run for any filmmaker and a few of those titles ended up being very influential as cinema entered a new era.

He also did the sequel to the French Connection which (while very different than the original film) was absolutely crushing. One of Hackman's greatest performances and I say that as an admirer of his work.

Supremely difficult film to make a sequel from, but I loved it.

EDIT: Speaking of which, has no one mentioned the passing of the great William Friedkin?

 

[Mr. Make-Believe]

Another great film.

The underrated Edmund O'Brien was great as the southern Senator.

It seemed to get a big revival around the end of 2016.

Seven Days in May? Or am I confusing that?

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Seven Days in May? Or am I confusing that?

Correct.

 

[GordonHowe]

John Frankenheimer often gets overlooked when discussing great directors that helped bring “New Hollywood” along but Birdman of Alcatraz, Manchurian Candidate, Seven Days in May, The Train and Seconds is a seriously great run for any filmmaker and a few of those titles ended up being very influential as cinema entered a new era.

Seconds (1966) is an interesting nightmare,

 

[DarrenBanks56]

i might have posted this previously. but Clear History with larry david and john hamm. friggin hilarious and underrated movie.

 

[Troublesome 85]

With 3 days off and a Hurricane I think Ill
Watch Meg 1 and 2 and some star wars movies

 

[ODAAT]

watched The Whale yesterday, wonderful and powerful performances by so many in it, so happy for Brendan Fraser, have to love an underdog story

 

[Troublesome 85]

Meg 2 sucked ass but then again after like 10 minutes I lost any interest and it was merely background to what I was doing. But lmao at one part Jason Statham is being chased by sharks and some dudes shooting at him.

Ridiculousness…..

Tried to watch the new Star Wars trilogy again but after getting midway of the second I lost interest. They dropped the ball with FINN.

 

[GordonHowe]

watched The Whale yesterday, wonderful and powerful performances by so many in it, so happy for Brendan Fraser, have to love an underdog story

I greatly appreciated it, too. Even had a tear in my eye at the end. Very well cast.

Not a flick to pass the time.

Meg 2 sucked ass but then again after like 10 minutes I lost any interest and it was merely background to what I was doing. But lmao at one part Jason Statham is being chased by sharks and some dudes shooting at him.

Ridiculousness…..

Tried to watch the new Star Wars trilogy again but after getting midway of the second I lost interest. They dropped the ball with FINN.

I got off the Star Wars train in 1977. Saw it in the theater and I'm good.

The "franchise" reminds of nothing so much as the Marvel business. No thanks.

 

[caz16]

We just watched Rumble, The Indians Who Rocked the World, on Netflix. It is excellent and I learned a lot. Worth watching and timely with Robbie Robertson passing recently. I love documentaries on music.

 

[Babajingo]

I greatly appreciated it, too. Even had a tear in my eye at the end. Very well cast.

Not a flick to pass the time.



I got off the Star Wars train in 1977. Saw it in the theater and I'm good.

The "franchise" reminds of nothing so much as the Marvel business. No thanks.

When I was a kid (long time ago) I was a Marvel kid (hated DC). Tobey McGuire spidey was real good and then they overkilled it. Then Iron Man came out and I loved it (even though I wasn't a comic fan of him). I wont even mention the X-Men/Fantastic 4 movies
Everything after has been horrible. Its a shame cause they just could've done a movie every few years but they've overkilled it.

Oh and no one should watch the War of the Worlds attempt on Hulu. One of the worse movies I've seen in a long time.

 

[Troublesome 85]

Wow Napoleon could be 4 1/2 hours when released.

 

[smithformeragent]

Went and spent 2 hours in an air conditioned theater this afternoon and saw The Hill.

Tear jerker. A bit corny, but I really liked it!

 

[smithformeragent]

Watched Witness (1985) with Harrison Ford yesterday.

Good flick.

 

[ODAAT]

documentary but found myself watching the Unauthorized story of American Gladiators, pretty fun watch, during it`s time I watched precisely 0 minutes of the show but am finding this doc pretty good, it`s on Netfilx if anyone interested

 

[smithformeragent]

Mr. Malcolm’s List: 4/10

No One Will Save You: 6/10