Shoot 'Em Up is THE MOST AMAZING MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN.
You're like my fairy godmother, and Santa Claus, and Q all wrapped up into one! Q from Bond, not Star Trek.
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Polter-Cow - Jul 11, 2009 8:15:56 pm PDT #2929 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
DavidS - Jul 11, 2009 9:33:32 pm PDT #2930 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Shoot 'Em Up is THE MOST AMAZING MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN.
Dude, you haven't seen but like eleven movies.
Have you seen any Pier Pasolini?
How about the Saragossa Manuscript?
Anything by Guy Maddin? Ford? Hawks? L'atlante?
I take it back. You've seen twelve movies.
DavidS - Jul 11, 2009 9:36:15 pm PDT #2931 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Seriously, though, have you seen any Hong Kong action movies from the 80s? Anything with Chow Yun Fat? Full Contact? Ringo Lam movies? City on Fire? Ricky O?
Polter-Cow - Jul 11, 2009 9:56:14 pm PDT #2932 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ford? Hawks?
If you mean John and Howard, yes.
Seriously, though, have you seen any Hong Kong action movies from the 80s? Anything with Chow Yun Fat? Full Contact? Ringo Lam movies? City on Fire? Ricky O?
No, but I gather none of them begin with Clive Owen KILLING A MAN WITH A CARROT.
billytea - Jul 11, 2009 10:07:37 pm PDT #2933 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
No, but I gather none of them begin with Clive Owen KILLING A MAN WITH A CARROT.
This comment reaches T-Rex levels of awesome.
Polter-Cow - Jul 11, 2009 10:15:12 pm PDT #2934 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Strega, have you seen Shoot 'Em Up ? I think you'd love it since you loved the similarly awesomely ridiculous Crank. This movie is more self-aware about its ridiculousness and broaches new levels of absurdity. Granted, there are no buildings spouting blood, but still.
Typo Boy - Jul 11, 2009 11:19:32 pm PDT #2935 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
This looks interesting - a documentary on sword fights in the movies.
Does it include the 20 minute sword fight at the end of Scaramouche? Because though it has probably been exceeded many times since I still remember it as the most awesome movie sword fight ever.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 12, 2009 4:24:30 am PDT #2936 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Have you seen any Pier Pasolini?
OH YEAH. P-C should really give Salo a try.
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evil jimi - Jul 12, 2009 4:24:35 am PDT #2937 of 30000
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
PC, I'm with you on Shoot 'Em Up. Fantastically over-the-top. The sex scene with Belluci is hysterical, and Giamatti's villian is glorious. In a sense, I'd say it's on a par with the Yun-Fat Chow starring Hard Boiled, and The Killer in terms of being extreme in the body count (eat your hearts out Total Recall and Rambo but not Hot Shots 2!) but it lacks their pathos.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 12, 2009 4:27:40 am PDT #2938 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Shoot 'Em Up is a live action Warner Bros. cartoon. Clive Owen is Bugs Bunny, and Paul Giamatti is cross between Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam. I don't know who that makes Belluci, though. Not Daffy, that's for sure.