steelstag4 said:I'm actually pretty excited about the penguins and Rize, but I haven't heard much regarding the others. 😳
Touching The Void is this intense story about two climbers who go through absolute hell—think falls, broken legs, and some heavy sacrifices—while scaling a mountain in Peru. While they sit there talking to the camera about what went down, the director uses reenactments to piece their whole ordeal together.
Then there's Grizzly man, which is a Werner Herzog film about this amateur grizzly bear researcher. The guy actually lived right alongside the grizzlies to prove that humans and nature can be buddies... at least until one of them decided he looked like a snack. 🙂
Crossing The Bridge is a Fatih Akin film that takes a look at Istanbul, focusing on the people living there and their music.
And Murderball is a documentary about quadriplegics playing rugby, and let me tell you, it is some seriously gritty, rough rugby.
Anyway, I really hope those sound interesting enough to put on your watchlist! 🙂
Clint Eastwood said:This was hands down my absolute favorite movie growing up... I mean, it still holds up today, but back when I was just a little kid, I used to watch it on VHS practically every single day, and honestly, I still haven't actually seen that elevator scene at the end where the four of them are making their escape—my tape always seemed to glitch out right at that exact moment. 🙂
Yeah, it’s funny how that works because when you're a kid, you totally get sucked into the adventure side of things, but once you get a bit older, you start appreciating the parody elements way more... like that elevator scene (if I'm remembering it correctly) where Popeye drinks that invincibility potion. 🤣
brightridge19 said:I'm not sure I see how that connects? 🙂
Well, I suppose it's a pretty funny coincidence since there's a documentary festival happening right here in New York City, and lately, I've actually been watching way more documentaries than actual features—well, unless I'm picking up something by American movie or maybe some mockumentaries 😁.
brightridge19 said:so, where did you download them from?
Just Emule and Shareaz Quote.
brightridge19 said:all I have right now is Fog of War, Vernon, Florida, and Mr. Death... is there anything else worth grabbing? pleeease, tell me! 🙂
Gates of Heaven, Fast Cheap & out of Control, and a Breaf history of time plus along with about a hundred other cool commercials and propaganda clips on his website.
crimsonmoose3 said:I'm curious, what would you say are his absolute best movies?
Big Trouble in Little China is such a classic, especially with Russell playing that quintessential American hard-boiled, macho guy who somehow manages to miss every single obvious clue in the whole movie.
- What is that stuff? - It is black blood of earth. - You mean oil? - No, I mean black blood of earth.
- What's in the flask, Egg? Magic potion? - Yeah. - Thought so, good. What do we do, drink it? - Yeah! - Good, thought so.
Dudes, Americans are always dreaming up all sorts of wild schemes and massive plans. Fortunately—or maybe unfortunately, depending on how you look at it—only about 5% of those ideas ever actually make it out into the world, or more accurately, stumble their way into the darkness of a movie theater.
Jose Miller17 said:So I actually just gave it a shot, and you won't believe what happened... ... I ended up accidentally spitting all over my keyboard. 😢
Well, now you know firsthand just how much of a bitter pill the comedy business can be.
Before you dive into any of those major plot points that tie everything together, could you please throw up a spoiler AHEAD Quote? I'd really appreciate it!
A lot of people tell me I actually do a pretty decent impression of Sellers. If you want to nail it, you really just need to pull your throat back a little bit and, if you can manage it, sort of tighten up that phlegm in the back of your throat—then you'll sound just like Inspector Clouseau. 😬
Honestly, you could easily just call this movie Space Cowboys. Just like how The Great Heist in Northfield, Kansas dealt with the disappearance of the Old West, The Right Stuff explores the conquest of the 'final frontier' and everything that comes right after. There was a time when only true cowboys had the guts and the skill to ride through the cosmos. Nowadays, all you really need to do is buy a ticket with 😁Virgin Galactic . It’s a total macho story, but without any of that obnoxious machismo.
Honestly, you don't even need to go through the whole hassle of filming a movie yourself; you can just throw your full support behind the ones that are already telling the truth and speaking for people like us.
I’m just bringing this discussion back up because I want to clear things up a little bit...
northerncrane4 said:First off, I think you were trying to take a jab at me with that comment, but since we’re all just using handles here, you really missed the mark.
I am so sorry, but I honestly wasn't trying to "take a jab" at you at all. What I was actually getting at is that there have been a few movies made that deal directly with the facts and arguments presented in Fahrenheit 9/11, attempting to debunk them—whether they succeed or not isn't really the point right now. In my opinion, that's actually the best way to respond to a movie by Moore. If he's using a film to push his own perspective, then for the sake of public debate, it's vital that someone else uses the same medium to present the opposing view.
The real issue, though, is that the current US administration doesn't have any interest in having a debate about these kinds of things.
... It just dawned on me that you're one of those "Finnish agents," which probably explains why you felt like I was trying to put you down. Please believe me when I say that truly wasn't my intention.
Wait, wasn't there some short story called The Sentinel or something similar out there before the book and the film (back in 2001, let's be clear) came along?
I've actually read every single book except for the very last one, so I find myself nodding along with what CNN said.
In the novel, they explain that the monolith basically acts as a catalyst for intelligence. Does anyone else remember that old game SimEarth? You know, that planet simulation from Maxis. There was this thing where once you evolved life all the way up to the primate stage, you could just click on them with the monolith and—poof—you had humans😁.
As for Odyssey 2010 (the movie), I actually thought it was pretty good. But back then, if anything labeled as SF didn't hit certain high standards, it felt like a massive letdown. Man, I was watching stuff like that back when the Iron Curtain was still a real thing, so that whole subplot involving the USSR vs. the USA didn't feel nearly as naive to me as it might today.