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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 10:49:15 AMCONEY ISLAND (1917):
Two years after the essentially similar FATTY & MABEL/SAN DIEGO EXHIBITION short, w/d/s Roscoe Arbuckle has clearly figured out some new tricks. The plot is again meaningless and merely an excuse to visit a scenic location and clown around/chase girls/get in trouble, but the clowning and the trouble are far more inventive and interesting, at least in the second half or so when things have finally developed a full head of steam. Arbuckle and Buster Keaton individually and jointly pursue, hook up with, and then lose a couple dames, and in the process wreak a lot of havoc involving stunts of impressive agility. The "impressive agility" is especially true on Roscoe's part, as he is, inescapably, a big dude and yet does backflips and pratfalls and nimble dances. So does Buster, but Buster is a skinny guy - yet (as with most other Arbuckle/Keaton movies) the Letterboxd reviews are almost unanimously biased towards "Buster is a genius and Fatty is a talentless idiot". I dunno - I'm not as rotund as Roscoe and I sure can't do the moves he does, and even if you're as physically fit as Buster, I bet you can't do Roscoe's moves, either.
More to that point, CONEY ISLAND culminates in a jail cell with Roscoe whackin' one cop (over the head) after another - until the cell is full of a literal pile of unconscious (or dead) cop bodies. Keaton made his own short COPS five years later and it too is pretty impressive - but it doesn't treat the viewer to a four-to-five foot high pile of cop bodies. Advantage: Arbuckle. 3.5/5
Two years after the essentially similar FATTY & MABEL/SAN DIEGO EXHIBITION short, w/d/s Roscoe Arbuckle has clearly figured out some new tricks. The plot is again meaningless and merely an excuse to visit a scenic location and clown around/chase girls/get in trouble, but the clowning and the trouble are far more inventive and interesting, at least in the second half or so when things have finally developed a full head of steam. Arbuckle and Buster Keaton individually and jointly pursue, hook up with, and then lose a couple dames, and in the process wreak a lot of havoc involving stunts of impressive agility. The "impressive agility" is especially true on Roscoe's part, as he is, inescapably, a big dude and yet does backflips and pratfalls and nimble dances. So does Buster, but Buster is a skinny guy - yet (as with most other Arbuckle/Keaton movies) the Letterboxd reviews are almost unanimously biased towards "Buster is a genius and Fatty is a talentless idiot". I dunno - I'm not as rotund as Roscoe and I sure can't do the moves he does, and even if you're as physically fit as Buster, I bet you can't do Roscoe's moves, either.
More to that point, CONEY ISLAND culminates in a jail cell with Roscoe whackin' one cop (over the head) after another - until the cell is full of a literal pile of unconscious (or dead) cop bodies. Keaton made his own short COPS five years later and it too is pretty impressive - but it doesn't treat the viewer to a four-to-five foot high pile of cop bodies. Advantage: Arbuckle. 3.5/5
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Good Movies / Re: 100 movies with a NAME in ...
Last post by HappyGilmore - Today at 10:27:48 AM49.) Bride of Chucky
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Entertainment / Re: Mixtape: 1979
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 10:16:02 AMLOL, the single. Trying to be reasonable here.
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Entertainment / Re: Mixtape: 1979
Last post by claws - Today at 09:47:02 AMCool list!
The big question is...
is it the single edit, or the 15 Minute 12" Version?
The big question is...
Quote from: M.10rda on Today at 09:06:32 AMRAPPER'S DELIGHT Sugarhill Gang
is it the single edit, or the 15 Minute 12" Version?
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Entertainment / Re: Mixtape: 1979
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 09:06:32 AMUgh, this could easily become a double-album.
But if somehow one crams seven cuts per side...
A:
GIMME GIMME GIMME (A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT) ABBA
AIR Talking Heads
THE DAY MY BABY GAVE ME A SURPRISE Devo
DISORDER Joy Division
RAPPER'S DELIGHT Sugarhill Gang
TRAGEDY The Bee Gees
THE LOGICAL SONG Supertramp
B:
DON'T BRING ME DOWN Electric Light Orchestra
ARE FRIENDS ELECTRIC? Tubeway Army
MAKING PLANS FOR NIGEL XTC
BOYS DON'T CRY The Cure
MEMORIES CAN'T WAIT Talking Heads
TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME Supertramp
TRAIN IN VAIN The Clash
But if somehow one crams seven cuts per side...
A:
GIMME GIMME GIMME (A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT) ABBA
AIR Talking Heads
THE DAY MY BABY GAVE ME A SURPRISE Devo
DISORDER Joy Division
RAPPER'S DELIGHT Sugarhill Gang
TRAGEDY The Bee Gees
THE LOGICAL SONG Supertramp
B:
DON'T BRING ME DOWN Electric Light Orchestra
ARE FRIENDS ELECTRIC? Tubeway Army
MAKING PLANS FOR NIGEL XTC
BOYS DON'T CRY The Cure
MEMORIES CAN'T WAIT Talking Heads
TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME Supertramp
TRAIN IN VAIN The Clash
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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 09:05:33 AMHEADS OR TAILS? (2025): An Italian cowboy and the wife of a brutal army captain flee into the wilderness after an incident during bronco-riding contest between Italians and Buffalo Bill's traveling wild west show, and the captain's father hires Buffalo Bill himself (played by John C. Reilly) to track down the refugees. The Buffalo Bill angle is almost an afterthought, and the "surreal" third act twist is overstated; this is really a rather average Spaghetti Western retread with modest art-house aspirations. 2.5/5.
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Games / Re: Movie Title Chains
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 08:48:21 AMI Lost My Body (2019)
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Games / Re: Answer the question with a...
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 08:18:27 AM
What should we do when you die?
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Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 08:12:43 AM
