I know we have some fans here, so I'll note this find: a blog devoted to reviewing classic caper films.
Kaylee: Is that him? Mal: That's the buffet table. Kaylee: Well how can we be sure, unless we question it?
'Shindig'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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.
DavidS - Mar 04, 2009 10:13:11 am PST #184 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
tommyrot - Mar 04, 2009 11:37:31 am PST #185 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Watchmen - Hitler finds out about new Watchmen [snip]. (Yet another Downfall remix.)
Spoilery about one of the major changes from the graphic novel.
I don't know why I keep finding these Downfall remixes so funny....
eta: Also, we learn that Stalin considered Watchmen unfilmable....
Steph L. - Mar 04, 2009 5:46:48 pm PST #186 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Has this been posted yet (haven't looked at everything, so I'm not sure if any of the stills are spoilery - they look like just shots fromt he trailer to me):
As funny as the Wall*E one is, I can't stop laughing at this one: [link]
DavidS - Mar 04, 2009 5:57:09 pm PST #187 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Frankenbuddha, if you've been wondering, "Hmmm, I wonder what it would look like if a Japanese director loved both the Bugaloos and Dario Argento and made a horror movie?" Wonder no more.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 04, 2009 6:20:38 pm PST #188 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
"Hmmm, I wonder what it would look like if a Japanese director loved both the Bugaloos and Dario Argento and made a horror movie?"
The scene in which we watch Melody getting eaten, and then digested, by a grand piano is probably the most memorable
OK, this bit alone makes it sound like a must see. I mean, Johnny Depp getting eaten and vomited by a bed I can see anytime I want. But a grand piano?
DavidS - Mar 04, 2009 6:26:33 pm PST #189 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
tommyrot - Mar 04, 2009 6:28:56 pm PST #190 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
We've talked about that movie before - once you see that piano scene (even a preview), you don't forget....
Frankenbuddha - Mar 04, 2009 6:36:56 pm PST #191 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Um, wow. That's some SERIOUS nightmare fuel. The Japanese are a very, VERY strange people.
DavidS - Mar 04, 2009 7:15:24 pm PST #192 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I really really need to see some Filipino movies from the sixties: James Batman.
With its simple set-up out of the way, James Batman proceeds along a trajectory not unsimilar to that of most spy films of its era, trotting out a succession of action set pieces based around the villain’s serial attempts to pick off our heroes. Only, in this case, those set pieces are punctuated by gag scenes in which, to give a few examples, Batman gets pantsed and produces condiments from his utility belt, and James Bond gets bitten on his bare ass by a rubber centipede.
§ ita § - Mar 04, 2009 7:56:37 pm PST #193 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I haven't watched many John Wayne movies (okay, I suspect, none), but I wonder if I'm missing out when I read this Kung Fu Monkey post:
Top 10 John Wayne Movies That Could Also Be Porn Titles
10.) Men Without Women (1930)
9.) Rough Romance (1930)
8.) Seven Men from Now (1956)
7.) Girls Demand Excitement (1931)
6.) Maker of Men (1931) or Two Fisted Law (1932) -- tie
5.) Ride Him, Cowboy (1932)
4.) His Private Secretary (1933)
3.) The Star Packer (1934)
2.) Pals of the Saddle (1938)
And the winner is:
1.) Chisum (1970)