Oh, I love Enchanted April ! I had forgotten about that movie.
Xander: How? What? How? Giles: Three excellent questions.
Xander/Giles ,'Never Leave Me'
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Amy - Dec 29, 2008 6:20:28 am PST #9202 of 10000
Because books.
Kathy A - Dec 29, 2008 6:23:45 am PST #9203 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I should add Raiders of the Lost Ark to that list--that was probably the first of the Great Action Flicks of the 1980s.
DavidS - Dec 29, 2008 6:48:39 am PST #9204 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
If anyone has the Sundance Channel, Play it as it Lays is airing on December 30th at 2:45 and 11:45 PM, I've seen clips but have always wanted to see the whole movie. If someone could record this and get it to me, I would be forever grateful.
Do you still have a VCR? Because I can throw it on a tape.
that was probably the first of the Great Action Flicks of the 1980s.
Road Warrior came out the same year. They're both among the greatest action movies ever based on the stunts. 80's was the heydey of the Hong Kong action film. Jackie Chan's breakthrough role in Drunken Master came out in 1978 and he was cranking them out.
Kathy A - Dec 29, 2008 7:01:45 am PST #9205 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The '80s overall had the best action movies. In addition to Raiders and Road Warrior, as well as the Hong Kong films, there was Die Hard and Aliens, which I have on my best-of list.
Fred Pete - Dec 29, 2008 7:04:17 am PST #9206 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
IMDb's Top 250 may be as good a guide as any to movies that would be widely considered "great." #1 and #2 on that list are Shawshank Redemption and The Godfather.
Connie Neil - Dec 29, 2008 7:34:39 am PST #9207 of 10000
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I believe I am in love with Michelle Yeoh. What a face.
Fay - Dec 29, 2008 8:13:22 am PST #9208 of 10000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I do adore Shawshank Redemption, cheese and ponderous voice-overs and all. I wept like a baby at Red's last voice-over ("I hope to see my friend, and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope,") when I first watched it in theater -- I won't lie.
nods
Me too. Granted, I'm a total sap, but, yeah.
SailAweigh - Dec 29, 2008 8:21:08 am PST #9209 of 10000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
::sticks to Fay's sap::
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 29, 2008 8:35:41 am PST #9210 of 10000
"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
The '80s overall had the best action movies. In addition to Raiders and Road Warrior, as well as the Hong Kong films, there was Die Hard and Aliens, which I have on my best-of list.
Also Big Trouble in Little China and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
Barb - Dec 29, 2008 8:44:56 am PST #9211 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
The '80s overall had the best action movies.
The Empire Strikes Back.