'Trash'
A place to talk about movies--Old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
And we just watched Streets of Fire tonight. Fun! I was so disillusioned to find out the Sorels didn't really sing their song.
How can you not love a film where Willem Dafoe, as the villain, has a sledgehammer duel with the hero at the climax? Also Rick Moranis as a REALLY angry nerd.
Also the Ruprecht-the-idiot sequence from "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels." The movie itself is just okay, but that sequence is sick and dirty genius.
Oh my god. That scene almost killed me, literally, because I was laughing so hard that I couldn't breathe.
I still call my brother "Ruprecht the Monkey Boy" from time to time.
I love Streets of Fire. I still think the moment when The Sorels realize they're being hijacked by a famous person and take the opportunity to sing her a song is one of the funnier movie moments ever.
Did not like Streets of Fire, mostly because I have a big hate-on for Jim Steinman.
I finally get to see Phantom tonight! Huzzah!!!
I only tried to watch The Princess Bride once on TV, they shortened my favourite scene
Which one did they cut, ita?
Bill Murray manages to break my heart quite often while annoying me with his characters. Lost In Translation remains one of my favorite performances of his, with Ghostbusters coming in a close second.
Eeeee! Roxanne-love!!! My favorite part is when he's walking down the street after meeting up with the two firefighters who are leading Elsie the cow toward the firehouse. He's just ranting in the funniest way imaginable, and it kills me every time. LA Story is also super-fantastic. I wish, oh I wish Picasso At The Lapin Agile would finally make it onto the screen. Is brilliant. You must check it out if you love Mr. Martin.
My favorite bit from Roxanne:
"I have a dream! It's not a big dream! I would like for the people of this town, if something is on fire, to think think that calling the fire department is a *good* idea!" And he picks up the fire extinguisher and puts out the fire in the garbage can.
The Matchmaker, anyone?
I loved that movie.
Which one did they cut, ita?
They shortened the lightning sand scene, when they're underground. Given that a) that's my most romantic movie scene (from dive to him putting his hand on the small of her back after the rescue) and b) I can't help breathing in time to it, it spoiled the experience for me.
Groundhog Day is one of two movies in which I can stand AM. The other is Hudson Hawk.
HUDSON HAWK!!!!
The last time I poked my head in here I mentioned I liked this movie. Parts of it were just...weird, but I liked the heist scenes.