"He's Laaaarge!"
In Shelley Duvall's nonexistent voice.
Oy.
River: I know you have questions. Mal: That would be why I just asked them.
'Objects In Space'
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Betsy HP - Jan 20, 2005 7:32:44 am PST #8050 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 20, 2005 7:36:43 am PST #8051 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I haven't seen it, but I have a hard time believing it was worse than Popeye.
I don't know. Popeye at least had a purpose, as well as the most perfect example of casting in the history of cinema. O. C. and Stiggs was kind of pointless. It's basically David Lean's Porky's IV.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 20, 2005 7:37:55 am PST #8052 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I think your post cut off "Oyle" Betsy. :)
Seriously, though, if you've ever heard the singing in the old cartoons (and many of them had songs), Duvall wasn't too far off the mark.
I just realized that DUNE and POPEYE are similar in that they are unmistakebly the work of idiosyncratic directors who are probably trying to tackle a genre/subject/whatev that's dead wrong for them.
As far as unreasonable love goes, I'd be hard-pressed to defend my love for huge portions of the Ken Russell ouvre.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 20, 2005 7:40:50 am PST #8053 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Flash Gordon really is the grand master of trashy bad movies that are fun despite having no redeeming features, though. Plus, I think it may be what made me gay, along with countless others.
Tom Scola - Jan 20, 2005 7:43:31 am PST #8054 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The problem with Popeye is that Jules Feiffer was trying to write E. C. Segar's Popeye, while Altman was trying to direct Max Fleischer's Popeye.
Two completely separate things.
reequeen - Jan 20, 2005 7:43:49 am PST #8055 of 10001
"It's got to be the hair, Cotton. It's beautiful! Feathered and lethal. You just don't see it nowadays." Pepper Brooks - Dodgeball
Flash Gordon is right up there. Who can deny the rockin' Queen soundtrack?
Also for consideration - the Conan movies, and Beastmaster. Absolutely, every time.
Then there's my long list of Teen Girl High School movies, for some reason. And Stupid Guy movies. Love 'em.
Hil R. - Jan 20, 2005 7:45:41 am PST #8056 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
What movies can you absolutely make zero case for as good movies, but are absolutely enthralled with?
Newsies.
Hayden - Jan 20, 2005 7:47:06 am PST #8057 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Man, O.C. and Stiggs was proof that Altman needed to lay off the demon weed occasionally.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 20, 2005 7:48:10 am PST #8058 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Man, O.C. and Stiggs was proof that Altman needed to lay off the demon weed occasionally.
Hadn't QUINTET already proved that?
justkim - Jan 20, 2005 7:48:32 am PST #8059 of 10001
Another social casualty...
Xanadu!
Gene Kelly, Greek mythology, and roller skates. What's not to love. It's pure cheddar.
I also adore Popeye. I will admit to seeing Grease 2 several times in the the theater when I was 11. (It was a Navy base theater. Admission was $1.)