I really loved Fitzcarraldo when I saw it, but I was 20 or so and not as discerning as I am now. Aguirre is an incredible movie, though. The Herzog/Kinski remake of Nosferatu isn't bad, either, but it doesn't hold a candle to the original.
Easy Bake. Flop-a-palooza. Woosh. Pop. I don't skulk.
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Hayden - Jun 19, 2007 11:28:47 am PDT #9274 of 10001
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Polter-Cow - Jun 19, 2007 11:44:29 am PDT #9275 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Where's the Birds love? A gas station blows up!
megan walker - Jun 19, 2007 11:54:58 am PDT #9276 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I do love The Birds. In fact, I was very tempted to drive up to Bodega Bay this weekend.
I almost put it tied for 10, if only for the green dress. But the dialogue and acting are just so bad I think it would have to go in a special "so bad it's good" category.
Polter-Cow - Jun 19, 2007 11:57:59 am PDT #9277 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I feel like it's underrated, but I don't remember much about the dialogue and acting. I just like the whole mood of it, the birds everywhere being menacing by virtue of being birds.
DavidS - Jun 19, 2007 12:27:27 pm PDT #9278 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I will amend to note that I also really like the 39 Steps (particularly the rawther kinky handcuff scene) and Notorious.
Sean K - Jun 19, 2007 12:29:38 pm PDT #9279 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I just like the whole mood of it, the birds everywhere being menacing by virtue of being birds.
Completely tangential and off topic, but P-C, have you seen any of the footage from the Planet Earth miniseries showing megaflocks of millions of birds moving across the African plain? The narration noted that these megaflocks can take up to six hours to pass.
DavidS - Jun 19, 2007 12:32:49 pm PDT #9280 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The narration noted that these megaflocks can take up to six hours to pass.
Passenger pigeon flocks would sometimes take two days (I think) to pass over.
Now they're all gone.
Sean K - Jun 19, 2007 12:49:51 pm PDT #9281 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Heh. Now that you mention it, I may be understating the narration in my memory. These flocks were huge. Their motion was fascinating to watch.
And yeah, it made me think of the passenger pigeon.
DavidS - Jun 19, 2007 12:52:13 pm PDT #9282 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
According to wikipedia:
It is estimated that there were as many as five billion passenger pigeons in the United States at the time Europeans arrived in North America[1]. They lived in enormous flocks, and during migration, one could see flocks of them a mile (1.6 km) wide and 300 miles (500 km) long, taking several days to pass and probably containing two billion birds.[2][3] Over the 19th century, the species went from being one of the most abundant birds in the world to extinction.[4]
Polter-Cow - Jun 19, 2007 12:52:23 pm PDT #9283 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
P-C, have you seen any of the footage from the Planet Earth miniseries showing megaflocks of millions of birds moving across the African plain? The narration noted that these megaflocks can take up to six hours to pass.
I haven't seen that. Ooooh. So many birds.