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 MrDwhitey wrote:

 Manchu wrote:
I like David Lynch's Dune, does that count?

I actually greatly liked the full edition of that film. It's far better than the theatrical release which butchered the film in editing (note, it's still not a very good film, I just like the universe).

I also forced corpsesarefun, purplefood, vitruvian, soladrin and avatar720 to watch it. Repeatedly. Does that make me a monster?

To this day I'm not sure if I genuinely enjoy that film or if it's simply stockholm syndrome.

 Manchu wrote:
I like David Lynch's Dune, does that count?

I love it with an unholy passion! Full version all the way!

One of my old flames was really pissed off at me that I took her to see Braveheart. She was royally pissed off by all the people killed in the battle scenes. Shortly after that, we broke up.

Sounds like you did the right thing then.

 Jimsolo wrote:
We had to watch American History X in one of my classes once upon a time. When we got to the end, and everyone was oohing and aahing at how deep it was, I was unable to keep from exclaiming, "are you f--king kidding me?!" when the credits started rolling. I cannot fathom how anyone likes this movie.

I feel your pain, mate, I hate that movie with a passion. I can't believe how a movie that happily places the blame on the victim, equates a fringe extremist movement with the entire race it victimizes and has its main Nazi Sue character turned to a champion of multiculturalism, democracy and civil rights thanks to the magical redeeming power of prison rape has become the gold standard when it comes to movies dealing with racism and the neonazi skinhead phenomenon. Its dumb as a brick and morally repulsive to boot.

Speaking of nazis, I had a burning desire to see Roberto Benigni's unbearable clown of a character in "Life's Beautiful" shot dead or otherwise killed in the most gruesome way.

 Corpsesarefun wrote:

 MrDwhitey wrote:

 Manchu wrote:
I like David Lynch's Dune, does that count?

I actually greatly liked the full edition of that film. It's far better than the theatrical release which butchered the film in editing (note, it's still not a very good film, I just like the universe).

I also forced corpsesarefun, purplefood, vitruvian, soladrin and avatar720 to watch it. Repeatedly. Does that make me a monster?

To this day I'm not sure if I genuinely enjoy that film or if it's simply stockholm syndrome.

There's a love/hate thing at work, no doubt. I think that film is more liked for certain aspects/moments and the might-have-beens, rather than the totality and reality of it. Really, the theatrical release was just a bad film. The extended version (which Lynch had nothing to do with) restores a lot of important material that was cut, but as a fan of the books I still can't bring myself to fully embrace it because of all the little changes and weirdnesses.

Were the weirding modules cool? Kinda. But their presence changed the story...suddenly it was about the Fremen's technological edge and not their fanaticism, savagery and bada$$ery. Paul making it rain? He sees the future...he's decidedly not a god and doesn't bend reality. The entire second book explores how NOT A GOD he really is. And where's the entire ecological angle to the Fremen?

Look, I don't care that they didn't wear robes over their stillsuits. But there's stuff that changed that makes me wonder if Lynch even understood the themes in the book. I'm not someone who needs movies to be identical to the books. But when important, basic themes change, I find it disappointing.

Here's something interesting. Remember the water of life sequence, changed in the film to be in the open desert with the worms swaying? Years ago I found a Dune storybook thing that was full of pictures from the film. Included is a pic of Paul in regular Fremen dress -- not in a stillsuit -- in a sietch, lying down with his eyes closed. Jessica and Chani are in the shot too, IIRC, looking worried. I don't remember that scene from either release, and the only thing I can figure is that Lynch shot an alternate water of life scene closer to what was in the book.

So who knows what else ended up on the cutting room floor? Again, there are many might-have-beens with that film...

 Easy E wrote:

 Manchu wrote:
I like David Lynch's Dune, does that count?

I love it with an unholy passion! Full version all the way!

One of my old flames was really pissed off at me that I took her to see Braveheart. She was royally pissed off by all the people killed in the battle scenes. Shortly after that, we broke up.

True Story, not suitable for children:

 Albatross wrote:

 Easy E wrote:

 Manchu wrote:
I like David Lynch's Dune, does that count?

I love it with an unholy passion! Full version all the way!

One of my old flames was really pissed off at me that I took her to see Braveheart. She was royally pissed off by all the people killed in the battle scenes. Shortly after that, we broke up.

True Story, not suitable for children:

Spoiler:

I once had sex to Braveheart. We were both watching it, if you get my meaning... That was a weird afternoon.

I once did the same to Aliens, all the freudian imagery was suddenly more appropriate.

Did you chestburst?




Sorry.

Chestburst after a long bout of facehugging. Oh god this thread just went downhill.

I laughed all the way through Texas chainsaw massacre, nightmare and elm street, and Friday the thirteenth.

I didn't once laugh at anchorman, the hangover, horrible bosses, or Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

 Ma55ter_fett wrote:
I laughed all the way through Texas chainsaw massacre, nightmare and elm street, and Friday the thirteenth.

I didn't once laugh at anchorman, the hangover, horrible bosses, or Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

Not even the Dracula Puppet Show? That seemed up your alley for laughter.

Well, I almost cried when I watched Catching Fire. That's about as extreme a reaction as I can remember.

I also remember watching the Day of the Doctor, and the entire theatre started clapping and cheering when Tom Baker made his cameo appearance.

 trexmeyer wrote:
Chestburst after a long bout of facehugging. Oh god this thread just went downhill.

weeeeeeeeeeeee!

I found the Blair Witch Project monstrously boring and not worthy of any of the hype it received. Anyone else?

Also had a massive grin on my face through the landing on Saving Private Ryan, which I take to mean I'm a sick fether.

 4oursword wrote:
I found the Blair Witch Project monstrously boring and not worthy of any of the hype it received. Anyone else?

Also had a massive grin on my face through the landing on Saving Private Ryan, which I take to mean I'm a sick fether.

The wife and I love to make fun of it, especially when they are freaking out about being lost (and joke that you can the McDonalds sign behind them) and how utterly stupid they are.

 Manchu wrote:
I like David Lynch's Dune, does that count?

I can't say whether you are right or wrong for liking it, but I can say that it is easier to understand your point of view after seeing that abortion of a miniseries the Sci-Fi channel cooked up a few years back. It certainly softened my opinion of the David Lynch movie whole bunches!

 Frazzled wrote:

 4oursword wrote:
I found the Blair Witch Project monstrously boring and not worthy of any of the hype it received. Anyone else?

Also had a massive grin on my face through the landing on Saving Private Ryan, which I take to mean I'm a sick fether.

The wife and I love to make fun of it, especially when they are freaking out about being lost (and joke that you can the McDonalds sign behind them) and how utterly stupid they are.

I always got the impression that if you spent any time in the woods the movie wouldn't work, but if you never left the suburbs or city it might be seen as creepy.

I think Lynch's Dune, while not quite on the same level, is reminiscent of Blade Runner in that at the time it was a bomb but that years and perspective have illuminated it a bit as to being fairly interesting.

One time in high school my class was watching The Dish - a fictionalised account of the Parkes radio telescope during the Apollo 11 mission - and one girl, for some reason, cried at the end of it.

squidhills wrote:
I can't say whether you are right or wrong for liking it, but I can say that it is easier to understand your point of view after seeing that abortion of a miniseries the Sci-Fi channel cooked up a few years back. It certainly softened my opinion of the David Lynch movie whole bunches!

I never even bothered to watch the SF Channel production as it was so visually boring in the marketing.

This reminds me how I don't watch nearly enough movies. The last movie I saw in a theater was the original Iron Man.

I do remember watching a movie about Oliver Cromwell and him putting the king on trial once during high school history. I was siding with the king at one point. He asked "what right do you have to bring me to trial" and Cromwell refused to answer because under British law at the time the accused was not allowed to speak in their own defense (or something like that).

That right there took Cromwell from "well intentioned revolutionary abolishing a corrupt monarchy" to "illegitimate jerk seizing power".

Also the big scene at the end where he decides to sit down on the throne and call himself "Lord Protector" instead of king "until they can work something else out". I was sitting there the whole time thinking to myself "don't do it. It's a trap. You'll end up like the king. Don't sit down."

Then he sat down on the chair, put on the crown, and all this crazy patriotic music started playing. So apparently that was supposed to be a good ending...

Still can't figure that one out.

*Spoilers For Catching Fire!*
In the Hunger Games and Catching Fire, the only person I felt sad about dying was...

Other than that, I really didn't feel anything for the others.

A little bit un-PC. I was watching an Eli Roth film (I forget which one.. possibly 'Cabin Fever'? If you have seen his films you will know what they are like)

There's a bit where the characters in the film have gone to some shop in the middle of no-where, and are talking to some bearded red-neck fellow that owns it.
One of them is asking what all of the different items are for, going through a list of them
"So what's this?"
"Urine"
"What's it used for?"
"Catching animals"
"What's that rifle for?"
"Shooting negroes"

It something I think that probably half the people in the cinema burst out laughing, then quickly realised they shouldn't laugh and immediately shut up.
I do wonder though whether it was a deliberate on behalf of the writer/director, in terms of the delivery of the lines to try and elicit that response.

 Manchu wrote:

squidhills wrote:
I can't say whether you are right or wrong for liking it, but I can say that it is easier to understand your point of view after seeing that abortion of a miniseries the Sci-Fi channel cooked up a few years back. It certainly softened my opinion of the David Lynch movie whole bunches!

I never even bothered to watch the SF Channel production as it was so visually boring in the marketing.

You should watch it, think it's probably the best video version of the film I have seen.

The Crucible, 1996. Watched it in school, and at the end when John Proctor and the rest of the accused witches are about to be hanged, they begin to recite the Lords Prayer. They got halfway through, then were suddenly cut off mid-sentence (for obvious reasons).

Everyone laughed.

Also, I watched the entire Twilight series. I didn't hate it.

 Pacific wrote:

 Manchu wrote:

squidhills wrote:
I can't say whether you are right or wrong for liking it, but I can say that it is easier to understand your point of view after seeing that abortion of a miniseries the Sci-Fi channel cooked up a few years back. It certainly softened my opinion of the David Lynch movie whole bunches!

I never even bothered to watch the SF Channel production as it was so visually boring in the marketing.

You should watch it, think it's probably the best video version of the film I have seen.

I'm going to respectfully disagree with you, there. The Sci-Fi version of Dune was a travesty. I had the feeling that no-one involved in any stage of the production had ever read Dune, or seen the David Lynch movie, or even played the RTS video games.

Now, their version of Children of Dune (which actually covers CoD and Dune Messiah) was an astounding piece of book-to-film-adaptation. I cannot recommend Children of Dune highly enough. Apart from some very minor changes in story (caused by very major changes in story in their version of Dune) it was an incredibly faithful adaptation. It was pretty well acted, too.

 SkavenLord wrote:
*Spoilers For Catching Fire!*
In the Hunger Games and Catching Fire, the only person I felt sad about dying was...

Spoiler:

That old woman, Mags I think her name was?

Other than that, I really didn't feel anything for the others.

Yeah, that was where I nearly lost it.

I couldn't stop laughing when Nick Cage punched some giant woman in "The Wicker Man." Best part of that movie, to be honest.

The Mist was the greatest comedy movie of the last 20 years. Possibly excepting Birdemic:Shock and Terror

Absolutely hated the Avengers, so many terrible plot points. All my friends were mad at me for disliking it.


Once got busy with the girlfriend to Army of Darkness, weird part is we've both seen the movies so many times we paused a couple times to blurt out some of our favorite lines.

 Pacific wrote:
A little bit un-PC. I was watching an Eli Roth film (I forget which one.. possibly 'Cabin Fever'? If you have seen his films you will know what they are like)

There's a bit where the characters in the film have gone to some shop in the middle of no-where, and are talking to some bearded red-neck fellow that owns it.
One of them is asking what all of the different items are for, going through a list of them
"So what's this?"
"Urine"
"What's it used for?"
"Catching animals"
"What's that rifle for?"
"Shooting negroes"

It something I think that probably half the people in the cinema burst out laughing, then quickly realised they shouldn't laugh and immediately shut up.
I do wonder though whether it was a deliberate on behalf of the writer/director, in terms of the delivery of the lines to try and elicit that response. .

You quoted the best part of that movie wrong. You're supposed to laugh at how blatantly racist it seems, sure, but it's even funnier when you realize he isn't : (NSFW, language)

 nels1031 wrote:

 Pacific wrote:
A little bit un-PC. I was watching an Eli Roth film (I forget which one.. possibly 'Cabin Fever'? If you have seen his films you will know what they are like)

There's a bit where the characters in the film have gone to some shop in the middle of no-where, and are talking to some bearded red-neck fellow that owns it.
One of them is asking what all of the different items are for, going through a list of them
"So what's this?"
"Urine"
"What's it used for?"
"Catching animals"
"What's that rifle for?"
"Shooting negroes"

It something I think that probably half the people in the cinema burst out laughing, then quickly realised they shouldn't laugh and immediately shut up.
I do wonder though whether it was a deliberate on behalf of the writer/director, in terms of the delivery of the lines to try and elicit that response. .

You quoted the best part of that movie wrong. You're supposed to laugh at how blatantly racist it seems, sure, but it's even funnier when you realize he isn't : (NSFW, language)

Aww, beat me to it.