Flesh+Blood had weird casting. I couldn't get into it because of Tom Burlinson and Jack Thompson
It was Bruno Kirby who kept throwing me out of the movie. That's an actor that just doesn't belong in a medieval grunge movie.
Can't drink, smoke, diddle my willy. Doesn't leave much to do other than watch you blokes stumble around playing Agatha Christie.
Spike ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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Frankenbuddha - Aug 06, 2009 6:59:07 am PDT #3372 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
beekaytee - Aug 06, 2009 6:59:11 am PDT #3373 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Flesh+Blood
Oh my. I'd sort of blotted that one from my memory. The movie was so, very, extraordinarily bad...but I could not take my eyes off of RH. The commentary track is worth the rental for its raw, how did they keep from actually killing each other? verite.
The most naked (pun intended), and a little hateful, representation of a film experience...next to Terry Gilliam's willingness to come across as precisely as genius-unhinged as he is in documentaries and commentaries.
Ech. I wish I weren't remembering it now.
beekaytee - Aug 06, 2009 6:59:55 am PDT #3374 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
It was Bruno Kirby who kept throwing me out of the movie. That's an actor that just doesn't belong in a medieval grunge movie.
And there's that.
Amy - Aug 06, 2009 7:01:42 am PDT #3375 of 30000
Because books.
That's what it was! And it was horrifyingly awful. But ... Rutger Hauer declaring himself as St. Martin or whatever was a really fascinating train wreck.
This was years and years ago, too. I wonder if I could sit through it now.
Ash - Aug 06, 2009 7:49:28 am PDT #3376 of 30000
I had forgotten about Flesh and Blood. That was such a difficult film. The commentary sounds interesting, but there's no way I'll be watching that again.
Laga - Aug 06, 2009 9:39:16 am PDT #3377 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I think his best role was as the little seen dad in Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, and possibly his little seen role in Stormy Monday. Basically as an asshole thug.
I love Sting best in Yellowbeard.
Scrappy - Aug 06, 2009 9:48:07 am PDT #3378 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Cashmere - Aug 06, 2009 10:14:23 am PDT #3379 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
I think I have to go with Fortress Around Your Heart.
Rutger Hauer will always be Roy Batty to me but I did love him in Blood of Heroes.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 06, 2009 10:16:53 am PDT #3380 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Rutger Hauer will always be Roy Batty to me but I did love him in Blood of Heroes.
I LOVED Blood of Heroes. Such a whacked-out cast.
Steph L. - Aug 06, 2009 12:11:40 pm PDT #3381 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
CNN is saying that John Hughes (the director/writer) died of a heart attack today.
So: what's your favorite John Hughes movie (as director or writer)?
For me, it's always The Breakfast Club. But followed VERY closely by Planes, Trains and Automobiles; Sixteen Candles; and Mr. Mom.