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Entertainment / Re: ?sdrawkcab gninnur murof e...
Last post by indianasmith - Today at 07:56:16 PM.tniop dilav a si tahT.
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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 07:28:44 PMFOOL'S LUCK (1926):
Roscoe Arbuckle wrote and directed this short and brings a good dose of his maniacal sensibility to it, but he's a bit restricted by his underwhelming/milquetoast lead actor, the bizarrely named "Lupino Lane". Lane plays an indolent rich guy - a popular character type in early 20th century films and also one of my least favorite kinds of characters.
He's oh so charming to his pretty girlfriend, but then right before he's supposed to meet her even-wealthier father for the first time, Lane learns that he's cut off from the family fortune. Somehow he ends up riding his grand piano out a high-rise city window (Harold Lloyd-style) and then moments later his car gets hit (destroyed!) by a train and then in the final moments he cleverly strikes gold again. FOOL'S LUCK is only 15 minutes - it feels longer, but Roscoe keeps things moving along at as painless a clip as possible. The stunts are typically insane - I'm pretty sure Lane is really several stories up above a city street in a few shots. Perhaps if he's perished we'd remember him better! 3/5
Roscoe Arbuckle wrote and directed this short and brings a good dose of his maniacal sensibility to it, but he's a bit restricted by his underwhelming/milquetoast lead actor, the bizarrely named "Lupino Lane". Lane plays an indolent rich guy - a popular character type in early 20th century films and also one of my least favorite kinds of characters.
He's oh so charming to his pretty girlfriend, but then right before he's supposed to meet her even-wealthier father for the first time, Lane learns that he's cut off from the family fortune. Somehow he ends up riding his grand piano out a high-rise city window (Harold Lloyd-style) and then moments later his car gets hit (destroyed!) by a train and then in the final moments he cleverly strikes gold again. FOOL'S LUCK is only 15 minutes - it feels longer, but Roscoe keeps things moving along at as painless a clip as possible. The stunts are typically insane - I'm pretty sure Lane is really several stories up above a city street in a few shots. Perhaps if he's perished we'd remember him better! 3/5 #3
Bad Movies / Re: Movies with wayyy too many...
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 06:10:31 PMI didn't even realize there were more than 6 HOWLINGS!
Perhaps AMITYVILLE is the winner. Most of those 25 AMITYVILLEs came out just in the past decade, I think!
In service of nothing, SAW! THE MUSICAL just played for five weeks in Buffalo. It's been touring around the country, apparently. It did great business. They rented one of the theaters I work with and the admin (in spite of making money) found it all rather distasteful. There were walk-outs, and there were lots of patrons who don't appear to be the usual theatergoers and mightn't return in the future. Handfuls of that latter lot were drunk before and or during the show and at least one had to be removed by the Production Manager. Madame wanted to go see it and somehow we never made time. The informed word of mouth was just... discouraging, I guess. Maybe a live musical version spells doom for the franchise?
Perhaps AMITYVILLE is the winner. Most of those 25 AMITYVILLEs came out just in the past decade, I think!
In service of nothing, SAW! THE MUSICAL just played for five weeks in Buffalo. It's been touring around the country, apparently. It did great business. They rented one of the theaters I work with and the admin (in spite of making money) found it all rather distasteful. There were walk-outs, and there were lots of patrons who don't appear to be the usual theatergoers and mightn't return in the future. Handfuls of that latter lot were drunk before and or during the show and at least one had to be removed by the Production Manager. Madame wanted to go see it and somehow we never made time. The informed word of mouth was just... discouraging, I guess. Maybe a live musical version spells doom for the franchise?
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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by FatFreddysCat - Today at 04:24:31 PM"The Last Blockbuster" (2020)
A fun documentary that details the rise and fall of Blockbuster Video, whose wheels fell completely off at the dawn of the streaming age. While all of the corporate owned stores closed, a few family-owned franchise stores managed to hold on for a while longer. Now there's only one left, in Bend, Oregon, which keeps the Blockbuster flame burning not just as a video rental store, but as a tourist attraction too.
A fun documentary that details the rise and fall of Blockbuster Video, whose wheels fell completely off at the dawn of the streaming age. While all of the corporate owned stores closed, a few family-owned franchise stores managed to hold on for a while longer. Now there's only one left, in Bend, Oregon, which keeps the Blockbuster flame burning not just as a video rental store, but as a tourist attraction too.
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Games / Re: Answer the question with a...
Last post by bob - Today at 10:10:40 AM
What's for dinner?
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Bad Movies / Re: 100 Movie Doctors
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Games / Re: Movie Title Chains
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 09:57:17 AMConfessions of a Go-Go Girl (2008)
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Games / Re: Answer the question with a...
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 09:55:42 AM
What are the construction workers building?