Any dream double features you would put together?
I like the thought of watching Underworld and Van Helsing one after the other. Or maybe I just want some of the costumes.
Buffy! If I wanted to fight, you could tell by the being dead already.
Glory ,'Potential'
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Calli - Jun 10, 2005 9:36:50 am PDT #3930 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Atropa - Jun 10, 2005 9:38:00 am PDT #3931 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Is Decline of the Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years funny?
To me, yes. The entire movie seems like an extended version of Spinal Tap.
I hosted a double-feature night with those two movies, and friends of mine who had never heard of Decline Part II couldn't believe it was an real documentary.
Fred Pete - Jun 10, 2005 9:42:54 am PDT #3932 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Any dream double features you would put together?
I actually did this once during the mid-'80s (dorm government, entertainment for those of us on campus during Thanksgiving break). I chose Captain Blood and My Favorite Year -- the real Errol Flynn and the fictionalized version.
I'm not sure if I'd choose the same movies today, but I'd keep the same general idea. Maybe Bombshell and The Seven-Year Itch, for a blonde bombshell theme.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 10, 2005 9:44:03 am PDT #3933 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Any dream double features you would put together?
We did a triple bill of BOUND, SHALLOW GRAVE and BLOOD SIMPLE, in that order, once at a VT ski house.
I used to do double-bills all the time with one friend, but when we get together now we're lucky to make it through one movie (these days we're actually going through Buffy and Angel from start to finish). Unfortunately, most of those went hand in hand with a lot of drinking, so the memory, she is hazy.
Scrappy - Jun 10, 2005 9:46:20 am PDT #3934 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Ooh, I love the fictional/real thing with the Spinal Tap/Decline and Favorite Year/Captiain Blood combos.
Vonnie K - Jun 10, 2005 9:54:19 am PDT #3935 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Hmmm.
Out of the Past and The Last Seduction would make a good pair of films. Evolution of the femme fatale archetype over the ages.
The Big Lebowski and Something Wild. A pair of fish-out-of-water comedy with different kinds of wackiness.
The Virgin Spring and The Limey start off on the same premise--a father vent on avenging his daughter's murder--and go to different directions. The former may be too grim though, depending on the taste of the group.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 10, 2005 10:00:25 am PDT #3936 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The Big Lebowski and Something Wild. A pair of fish-out-of-water comedy with different kinds of wackiness.
Oh, there was a pairing I did once - SOMETHING WILD and INTO THE NIGHT (Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer). Very similar in the basic story line, in the way the movie swings wildly from comedy to thriller and back, and in the way that quirky characters and familiar faces keep popping up. The main difference being SW is a road movie, and ItN is an urban one.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 10, 2005 10:01:54 am PDT #3937 of 10002
"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 can think of a couple:
Happenstance and Amélie, two French films about chance/destiny and interconnected lives in Paris starring Audrey Tautou. They couldn't be more different in tone and style.
Novocaine and Little Shop of Horrors to see dueling portrayals of dentists by Steve Martin.
Kathy A - Jun 10, 2005 10:02:13 am PDT #3938 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Maybe Double Indemnity and Body Heat for classic noir and neo noir?
Polter-Cow - Jun 10, 2005 10:07:10 am PDT #3939 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Close Encounters of the Third Kind and War of the Worlds for two sides of Spielbergian aliens.