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Good Movies / Re: IS IT PORN? (reviews and d...
Last post by Dr. Whom - October 03, 2026, 10:59:28 AMThe Devil in Miss Jones
Oh boy, is this ever porn. Most of the runtime is taken up by sex scenes and most if those are close ups of genitals. The story, such as it is, is of the titular Miss Jones being denied access to heaven because she has committed suicide. So she bargains to stay around for a time 'being consumed by lust' so she'll be depraved enough to go to hell.
This is one of the 'art porn' movies of the early seventies, ie the ones you could admit to having seen. I don't know how anyone could ever have taken this seriously. Emmanuelle is a masterpiece of the cinematic art in comparison. It was praised at the time for its storytelling, which to me indicates that either the critics were delusional and/or contemporary porn was truly appalling in this respect.
In fairness, the opening/closing scene of Miss Jones in hell is truly effective and feels much like an explicit version of Beckett.
At one point Georgina Spelvin repeatedly puts a snake in her mouth, which can't have been pleasant for the snake.
Oh boy, is this ever porn. Most of the runtime is taken up by sex scenes and most if those are close ups of genitals. The story, such as it is, is of the titular Miss Jones being denied access to heaven because she has committed suicide. So she bargains to stay around for a time 'being consumed by lust' so she'll be depraved enough to go to hell.
This is one of the 'art porn' movies of the early seventies, ie the ones you could admit to having seen. I don't know how anyone could ever have taken this seriously. Emmanuelle is a masterpiece of the cinematic art in comparison. It was praised at the time for its storytelling, which to me indicates that either the critics were delusional and/or contemporary porn was truly appalling in this respect.
In fairness, the opening/closing scene of Miss Jones in hell is truly effective and feels much like an explicit version of Beckett.
At one point Georgina Spelvin repeatedly puts a snake in her mouth, which can't have been pleasant for the snake.
#12
Bad Movies / Re: actors yiu are surprised d...
Last post by M.10rda - October 03, 2026, 10:22:48 AMPaul Walker starred in one really good movie - 2006's RUNNING SCARED, w/ Vera Farmiga, who's awesome in that one. I always figured he was perfectly happy being in F/F movies and making lots of money from those and didn't care about doing much else.
But since I mentioned her - Vera Farmiga was so good in RUNNING SCARED and in THE DEPARTED, I'd really hoped she would become an A-list serious movie star/actress, like a Cate Blanchett. Like Paul Walker, I guess she was satisfied w/ all her Lorraine Warren money and didn't feel motivated to shoot higher.
But since I mentioned her - Vera Farmiga was so good in RUNNING SCARED and in THE DEPARTED, I'd really hoped she would become an A-list serious movie star/actress, like a Cate Blanchett. Like Paul Walker, I guess she was satisfied w/ all her Lorraine Warren money and didn't feel motivated to shoot higher.
#15
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by Rev. Powell - October 03, 2026, 09:09:04 AMQuote from: FatFreddysCat on October 02, 2026, 07:44:07 PM"Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror" (2025)
The long, strange trip of "Rocky Horror" is examined in this cool documentary that traces its history from a fringe theatrical stage play to low-budget movie that slowly became the ultimate cult film. Written and directed by Linus O'Brien, son of "Rocky" writer/creator Richard "Riff Raff" O'Brien and loaded with cast interviews and vintage photos and film clips. Tons o' fun for "Rocky" nerds.
Self promotion: I conducted a 20-minute interview with Linus about the movie: https://youtu.be/X_Drn1hYJT0?si=WpvPZ5aPim4XKCn1
#16
Off Topic Discussion / Re: What are you cooking?
Last post by Trevor - October 03, 2026, 02:38:26 AMQuote from: Leah on October 02, 2026, 10:09:33 PMPotato and cheese pierogies with red bell peppers, spinach, artichokes, pesto, and Calabrian-mascarpone cheese mix.
Drinks in the back: non alcoholic negroni (it was gross, it had the great taste a bitter sand paper) and a non alcoholic beer.
😋🤤😎🐢
#17
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by indianasmith - October 02, 2026, 10:44:29 PMQuote from: Dalmatian Bobby Samaritan on October 01, 2026, 07:57:32 PMQuote from: indianasmith on June 10, 2022, 11:57:06 PM(And my favorite critter, the mosasaur, was in the first and last scene!!!)
I am not sure what to say. A couple of big jokes with the Mosasaur topic. Well for one. When Jurassic Park first came out and then with the sequels, I thought that that would be a great time to rectify the Iguanodon controversy. The poor Iguanodon is not even mentioned in any of the Jurassic Park films. And that was the first dinosaur ever discovered and given a name. The first renderings of the Iguanodon they had it on all four legs and the long bone that was its thumb they put on its nose. As like a nose spike. I thought that the early 1800s looks for Iguanodon are the coolest for any dinosaur. And Arthur Conan Doyle had that look for a dinosaur in one of his movies — as a sarcastic youtuber said, "for a dinosaur that doesn't exist." Ok. How do we really know that any of the dinosaurs ever existed. Now I know why Poppy Harlow passed out.
So it makes sense I believe to see the word Mosasaur in connection with her. Umm..Oh yeah there is a building angst too on the internet and almost like a Jets vs the Sharks turf match between people who like Dinosaurs. And people who like Jurassic park. I am sure that there is a huge chunk of people that are legitimately both. But the Mosasaur people aren't bending. And with some Jurassic Park fans it is turning into a Jar Jar Binks type of issue. The Mosasaur in real life was only forty feet long. Big in my opinion, or definitely big enough. But Jurassic Park makes it over a hundred and twenty feet long. I could actually care less. But then again I was never that much obsessed with Star Wars to where I could give a rats hoot about Jar Jar Binks. There were others though..
I am not big on treading lightly these days. Too much at stake. Do we really need to suffer through another Jar Jar Binks?
I always figured that they sprinkled a little bit of Miracle-Gro into the mosasaur's DNA in the movie to get the extra size.
BTW, new evidence has pushed the upper size range of some mosasaurs north of 50 feet! One of the specimens I dug many years back was recently cited to help define a new species of mosasaur, the Tylosaurus Rex. That particular individual would have been between 44 and 48 feet in length. Dr. Polcyn, the paleontologist who curated the bones, said he has another partial spinal column from a specimen that would have been "about fifteen percent larger" than the one I dug.
That is one monstrous sea lizard!
#18
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by indianasmith - October 02, 2026, 10:34:08 PMRETURN TO SILENT HILL (2026)
I am a huge fan of the original film (which, when I watched it, I didn't even know was based on a video game!). The sequel, made a few years later, was kinda meh.
This thing completely ignores the first two films, creates a totally different back story, doesn't really explain any of the lore at all, and lurches from one nightmare scene to the next with little explanation. The plot was almost non-existent, but that being said, it was oddly entertaining. 3/5
I am a huge fan of the original film (which, when I watched it, I didn't even know was based on a video game!). The sequel, made a few years later, was kinda meh.
This thing completely ignores the first two films, creates a totally different back story, doesn't really explain any of the lore at all, and lurches from one nightmare scene to the next with little explanation. The plot was almost non-existent, but that being said, it was oddly entertaining. 3/5
#19
Off Topic Discussion / Re: What are you cooking?
Last post by Leah - October 02, 2026, 10:09:33 PMPotato and cheese pierogies with red bell peppers, spinach, artichokes, pesto, and Calabrian-mascarpone cheese mix.
Drinks in the back: non alcoholic negroni (it was gross, it had the great taste a bitter sand paper) and a non alcoholic beer.
Drinks in the back: non alcoholic negroni (it was gross, it had the great taste a bitter sand paper) and a non alcoholic beer.
#20
Bad Movies / Re: actors yiu are surprised d...
Last post by bob - October 02, 2026, 09:20:35 PMPaul Walker