Recent Viewings, Part 2

FatFreddysCat · April 10, 2021, 05:45:27 PM

"The Blues Brothers" (1980)
Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi reprise their musical characters from "SNL" in this frenzied action/comedy. Freshly released from jail, Jake (Belushi) and Elwood (Aykroyd) are on a "mission from God" to re-unite their old band and put on a benefit show to save the Chicago orphanage they were raised in. The process is complicated thanks to constant interference from the Chicago P.D., Jake's well-armed, angry ex-girlfriend (Carrie Fisher) and the Illinois chapter of the Nazi Party.
"Blues Brothers" may be short on plot, but it delivers big time on mayhem (IMDb sez it once held a world record for most cars destroyed during filming), and the supporting cast includes a who's who of blues/R&B legends like James Brown, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and Cab Calloway. An endlessly quotable demolition derby with a bad-ass soundtrack!

pennywise37 · April 10, 2021, 08:17:57 PM

i don't expect Smith to ever make a film better than Clerks anyways, my favorite film i think of his would be Zack and Miri make a porno (2008) the last film he did before he started smoking weed.

for me i haven't seen them all there but i'd say i've seen 95% of them i did love the last one though

Rev. Powell · April 11, 2021, 10:27:57 AM

FIVE ELEMENTS NINJAS (1981): A bandit gang gets help from a team of Japanese ninjas to defeat their rivals. There are about a thousand characters and the plot is basically this guy kicks that guy; it's all just an excuse for one impressively-staged battle scene after another, featuring a lot of unusual (and often ridiculous) ninja weapons and tactics. If you like Shaw Brothers stuff you'll dig this. On Netflix, it's been restored, so the sets and vibrant colors really look quite beautiful. 3.5/5, even higher for chopsocky fans.

FatFreddysCat · April 11, 2021, 05:08:15 PM

"Malone" (1987)
Burt Reynolds is an ex-CIA agent who has car trouble while passing through a small town in the Northwest. While waiting for his car to get fixed, he befriends a local family and gets caught up in their fight with a wealthy businessman who has been buying up most of the town for mysterious, nefarious purposes.
Burt was in a low point of his career when he made this cheap looking butt kicker (and several others like it); compared to other "action" flicksthat were coming out around this same time, it felt like a made-for-TV movie. It was an OK time waster but nothing I would recommend, or ever sit through again.

pennywise37 · April 12, 2021, 01:15:57 AM

i think i saw that one i really can't remember i'd have to see the trailer or try and watch it at some point but he's done a lot of bad ones i wonder what would be his worst film? i haven't seen them all either

Dr. Whom · April 13, 2021, 01:19:03 AM

The Dragon Lives Again (1977)

I sought this out after it was mentioned in the Bad Movies section.

This is by far the silliest movie I have seen in my life. Compared to this, something like Starcrash or Super Inframan has gravitas. Absolutely brilliant. WTF-level over 9000.

ER · April 13, 2021, 08:40:27 PM

I just watched a 1930 movie on TCM called King of Jazz. I'd never heard of it before and it was excellent.

pennywise37 · April 13, 2021, 09:28:39 PM

i dunno that one as i haven't seen it but the 1930's is my favorite era for movies actually and always has been i mean hell (1939) will i think always be the best years there ever has been for movies and i can't think of any other year that beats it. that's not to say the rest of those years haven't had good movies they have but that's my own opinion anyways. i've been watching the Saw Films i love these films i'm on Part 6 right now (2009) i watched Part 5 last night (2008) and part 4 the night before (2007) part 6 i haven't seen yet and it's so far pretty good i think

Rev. Powell · April 14, 2021, 09:45:26 AM

THE DAY OF THE BEAST (1995): A priest decides he must become a great sinner as part of a scheme to summon the Devil and stop the Apocalypse; he enlists a death metal fan and a TV occultist to help him. The three main characters are brilliantly realized, there's comedy and action and a naked LSD-addicted grandpa, and things start getting really wild around the halfway point and don't let up from there. If you've never seen an Alex de la Iglesia movie before, this would be a good place to start. 4.5/5.

RCMerchant · April 14, 2021, 10:12:24 AM

^ I always wanted to see this.

RCMerchant · April 14, 2021, 10:13:42 AM

Quote from: ER on April 13, 2021, 08:40:27 PM
I just watched a 1930 movie on TCM called King of Jazz. I'd never heard of it before and it was excellent.

Bela Lugosi was the MC for the Hungarian version!

Allhallowsday · April 14, 2021, 10:29:42 AM

Quote from: RCMerchant on April 14, 2021, 10:13:42 AM
Quote from: ER on April 13, 2021, 08:40:27 PM
I just watched a 1930 movie on TCM called King of Jazz. I'd never heard of it before and it was excellent.
Bela Lugosi was the MC for the Hungarian version!

That's PAUL WHITEMAN with him...

RCMerchant · April 14, 2021, 05:14:26 PM

^ yeah- that's why I posted it.

Allhallowsday · April 15, 2021, 11:35:42 AM

Quote from: ER on April 13, 2021, 08:40:27 PM
I just watched a 1930 movie on TCM called King of Jazz. I'd never heard of it before and it was excellent.

I saw some of it - two strip color - considered a lost film... until it was discovered 50 YEARS AGO... Quite dated and corny, interesting setups.

Allhallowsday · April 16, 2021, 06:02:48 PM

I saw JOHN QUALEN on The Andy Griffith Show last night... MARY ASTOR with FRANCHOT TONE in Alfred Hitchcock Presents... DAVID CASSIDY TONY DOW on ADAM-12 and - best of all - MARIE WINDSOR in THE DAY MARS INVADED EARTH (1965) a sorry excuse for a "movie" that is not only boring but also unconvincing, motionless... I like it.