The Unofficial Badmovies.org Random Thought Thread!

[Doggett]

Our cars are filthy.  Somebody should really wash them.

It's why children where invented...

[Vik]

How does one turn of his karma system?

[Leah]

How does one turn of his karma system?

Ask Andrew.

[LilCerberus]

Purging missing files from iTunes library is a pain in the @$$!

[Kaseykockroach]

I apologize in advance for the upcoming obnoxious, fanboyish post. The experience I've just experienced, despite my past experiences, has left me feeling less than half my age. I'll feel myself tomorrow, I promise. Ignore this post if you wish.
Tonight, I just came back from Movie Tavern, where they had a "Retro Cinema" special going on, and they were screening Gremlins, as I mentioned before.
Yeah, I have the movie, seen it a gazillion and a half times, but seeing it in a darkened room, on a giant screen...
I really, really wish I could nail what the experience was like. The wait to see a Joe Dante film on the big screen was worth it. It truly, genuinely felt like seeing the film for the first time. The rest of the audience apparently felt the same way, as the film had a GREAT reaction. Half the room erupted in screams as Stripe's skeleton lept out of the fountain at the end, the microwave bit got a long applause, and every single gag was a hit. But, THIS got the biggest laugh.
Billy: They're watching Snow White...And they love it.
I really wish I was good at analyzing and critiquing the films I adore, so I could write an epic, wonderful post about what makes this film qualify for the "Masterpiece" label, and why I love Joe Dante's films as much as I do. I will say this, though.
There was something about this scene that honest-to-god moved me, even though it didn't have much of an impact on me the first billion times I watched the film on a small screen in my bedroom. I don't know what it is about it, it just did. Not so much I was in tears (though I spotted a few in the audience during the "Bye Billy" scene), so much, I likely mouthed "Wow...." to myself. I was wide-eyed, my jaw dropped. I hate to expose what a geek I am, but something about this short bit that really cements for me why I love the film as much as I do, and always will. Maybe you'll be able to figure it out.
It's not the kitchen scene.
It's not the epic "Santa speech".
It's not the Snow White bit.
It's not the "Bye Billy" scene.
It's not the party at the bar.
It's not Mrs Deagle's demise.
It's not the Snowplow scene.
It's this. And I know it wasn't simply because Jerry Goldsmith's music is probably the most beautiful he ever did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvb2bOTmmQU
I suspect that this symbolizes something really corny for me. That, it was from hereon that Joe Dante became Joe Dante. Y'know, 'found his voice', 'came into his own', and all that schmaltzy nonsense. That it became a film like no other ever made. There's something "magical" about seeing this scene in particular in the theatre.
Maybe it's simply like Legato stated a long time ago about the film. That the people behind it had so much fun making it, that it's easy to get affected by the spirit. I shall now close this post with the following scientific fact. Gremlins is the most wonderful film ever released in the 80's (Heathers close behind).

[Jack]

Jack:  4  Moles:  0

The battle does not go well for my fine flippered friends    

[Mr. DS]

Its raining and muggy...almost as bad as cold and snowing but not quite.

[indianasmith]

I'll say it again:

Yarkee-voodles!!

[ghouck]

One of the nurses at work crapped her pants and it did not seem to slow her down. She was wearing white pants, and over time the evidence grew from a narrow streak down the crevice to what looked like a Rorschach test. It was pathetic.

[Kaseykockroach]

http://youtu.be/Eal4fep7pK4
YES!

[Mr. DS]

I'm awake but not really

[Trevor]

I apologize in advance for the upcoming obnoxious, fanboyish post. The experience I've just experienced, despite my past experiences, has left me feeling less than half my age. I'll feel myself tomorrow, I promise. Ignore this post if you wish.
Tonight, I just came back from Movie Tavern, where they had a "Retro Cinema" special going on, and they were screening Gremlins, as I mentioned before.
Yeah, I have the movie, seen it a gazillion and a half times, but seeing it in a darkened room, on a giant screen...
I really, really wish I could nail what the experience was like. The wait to see a Joe Dante film on the big screen was worth it. It truly, genuinely felt like seeing the film for the first time. The rest of the audience apparently felt the same way, as the film had a GREAT reaction. Half the room erupted in screams as Stripe's skeleton lept out of the fountain at the end, the microwave bit got a long applause, and every single gag was a hit. But, THIS got the biggest laugh.
Billy: They're watching Snow White...And they love it.
I really wish I was good at analyzing and critiquing the films I adore, so I could write an epic, wonderful post about what makes this film qualify for the "Masterpiece" label, and why I love Joe Dante's films as much as I do. I will say this, though.
There was something about this scene that honest-to-god moved me, even though it didn't have much of an impact on me the first billion times I watched the film on a small screen in my bedroom. I don't know what it is about it, it just did. Not so much I was in tears (though I spotted a few in the audience during the "Bye Billy" scene), so much, I likely mouthed "Wow...." to myself. I was wide-eyed, my jaw dropped. I hate to expose what a geek I am, but something about this short bit that really cements for me why I love the film as much as I do, and always will. Maybe you'll be able to figure it out.
It's not the kitchen scene.
It's not the epic "Santa speech".
It's not the Snow White bit.
It's not the "Bye Billy" scene.
It's not the party at the bar.
It's not Mrs Deagle's demise.
It's not the Snowplow scene.
It's this. And I know it wasn't simply because Jerry Goldsmith's music is probably the most beautiful he ever did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvb2bOTmmQU
I suspect that this symbolizes something really corny for me. That, it was from hereon that Joe Dante became Joe Dante. Y'know, 'found his voice', 'came into his own', and all that schmaltzy nonsense. That it became a film like no other ever made. There's something "magical" about seeing this scene in particular in the theatre.
Maybe it's simply like Legato stated a long time ago about the film. That the people behind it had so much fun making it, that it's easy to get affected by the spirit. I shall now close this post with the following scientific fact. Gremlins is the most wonderful film ever released in the 80's (Heathers close behind).

Glad you enjoyed it, kasey. 

I am one of those people who saw it in the cinema in 1984: I will always love the scene where the old Gremlin is sitting at the table, smoking and drinking and going "Boo pa doo..." and then the Gremlin with the hand puppet starts to bother him. 

[Psycho Circus]

There's a serving suggestion shown on my pack of ham. It suggests I should fold the ham on a plank of wood with a very small piece of lettuce perched on top. 

[lester1/2jr]

It would be tacky to bump my "I just bought some gold" thread from a few years back but wow, $1700. wish I'd bought alot more.

[Mr. DS]

Theres a lady on that odd addiction show that eats her husband's ashes.  Even in death some men just can't escape their women.