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The "I'm watching/just watched *movie title* thread....

Started by PhantasticSanShiSan, September 26, 2008, 04:58:26 PM

Dr. MD MD

Quote from: 21st Century Man on March 17, 2018, 04:21:50 PM
I knew Garner was a pothead.  So was Bing Crosby.  Now you know why he was so mellow and sang the way he did.  ;) I was just saying West didn't like mind altering chemicals including alcohol and she didn't touch cigarettes.  I really don't have a problem with some people doing pot.  I think it helped Willie Nelson.  I do think there are problems when people get fixated on it and I think it does make some people stupid but some people have a brain that goes 100 mph and they would like it dropped down to 50.  I'm worried that there will be many more people rather addicted to it if it is legalized countrywide but I'm not as opposed to it as I once was.  Let people take responsibility for what they put into their bodies.  The nanny state shouldn't tell them what to do.

I agree! We need to separate the facts from propaganda. It's funny, actors and singers usually have a lot of lines to remember and they often seem to enjoy marijuana. I've used it on and off a good deal of my life and I'd say that I still have a better than average memory; and yet I still hear people attempting to portray it as stupifying somehow when alcohol is definitely way, WAY more stupifying overall. Marijuana only affects short term memory sometimes. Sometimes you will forget what you were saying while you're in the middle of it but only because you've had 3 other equally exciting thoughts related to what you're saying in the meantime. It can be scary and hard to slow down and channel for the uninitiated. I've seen some go from Wow! This is like the most fun roller coaster ride ever! to OK, I'd like to get off now and when you respond Relax, it'll wear off in a few hours they panic and think A few hours?! That's like forever! I don't think I'm going to make it that long. ;D

albrecht

Quote from: ItsOver on March 17, 2018, 04:14:50 PM
Heh, heh... if Alice survived "Monster Dog," well, yeeewww know...


"A rock star returns to his childhood home to shoot a music video while a pack of wild dogs are on the loose killing off the local residents."
Sounds like a promising premise......

albrecht

Quote from: 21st Century Man on March 17, 2018, 01:35:46 PM
Just watched Sextette (1978) with 84 year old Mae West and Timothy Dalton playing a newlywed couple-I'm not kidding-who decide to go to a hotel in London to consummate their marriage and all sorts of distractions abound.  Oh Dear Lord, this is one movie everyone should see.  How they convinced actors such as Walter Pidgeon, George Raft and Tony Curtis to appear in the film is beyond me.  Turns out there is some kind of world summit taking place at the hotel and Mae is needed to cool off tensions between the West represented by Pidgeon and Jimmy Carter (a look-alike) and the Soviet Union represented by Tony Curtis.  It turns out Tony is husband #3 and Mae gets him in the sack one last time in order to persuade him to sign the treaty.  Hubby #6 (Dalton) is distracted by Rona Barrett and other reporters on-site who are reporting that he is a homosexual.  Meanwhile hubby number 4 (Ringo Starr playing a Lubitsch-type director) and Hubby # 5  (mobster George Hamilton) show up to provide further laughs.



   Dom Deluise plays West's manager who is also in love with Mae and is willing to do anything to stall the inevitable consummation.  He does a song and tap-dance number (he was still just a bit stocky not fat like later) version of the Beatles Honey-Pie which I found enjoyable if ridiculous.  Those aren't the only numbers in the film.  Dalton croons Love Will Keep Us Together (Yes the Sedaka song popularized by The Captain and Tennille) with inserted Mae answers.  That is to be seen to be believed.  Mae West does a rearranged female version of Sedaka's  Happy Birthday ,Sweet Sixteen retitled  You're Young, Have Fun, You're 21.  That's not the worst of it either.  Rock stars Keith Moon and Alice Cooper appear to provide further comedy and music.  Moon plays a flamboyant dress designer who breaks down into his Robert Newton pirate impersonation. Cooper, playing against type, plays a waiter who breaks into a cheesy disco-era song during the finale of the movie.

    West throws out her old double entendre's and some new ones.  She struts around the hotel doing her cocktease routine rather well for an 84 year old lady though she is heavily made up.  This is obviously intended to be a campy film and nothing to take seriously but it is just bizarre and it is a one-of-a-kind film.  I can't say it is awful.  It has something going for it and should have gone the midnight movie route ala Rocky Horror.  I'm sure Alice Cooper is relieved that it didn't have that kind of success or he might have had to endure his later years typed into kitsch roles rather than returning to his horror music roots.

    You will break out in laughter several times watching this movie and you will also view it aghast with horror.  I think it did what it was intended to do.  Only Mae West would have the balls to try anything like this at her advanced age.  I'm going to give it a 3.5 out of 5 for sheer audacity and camp entertainment.  You can watch it for free if you have Amazon Prime.  The print is obviously taken from a VHS copy but it is adequate and not detrimental to enjoyment of the film.  Gowns by Edith Head.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hybUjvc49I0


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVsaAaL6UnI

Wow. That crazy movie and casting makes we wonder why a documentary wasn't made about how this kind of movie gets written, made, funded, casted, etc. Hollywood is so bizarre. Do people wake up later and say to themselves WTF? Were studio contracts still around to force these actors to make? Did the producer have deep pockets and it was some kind of personal vision and he could  just cut big enough checks to get actors? Were people drunk or on drugs and "it seemed like a good idea at the time?"

ItsOver

Quote from: albrecht on March 17, 2018, 05:07:56 PM
"A rock star returns to his childhood home to shoot a music video while a pack of wild dogs are on the loose killing off the local residents."
Sounds like a promising premise......
Ha!  It gets worse from there.  I stumbled upon it on CometTV.  I have to hand it to Comet.  They find the most oddball, out there SciFi and horror.  How can you not go wrong with "Teenagers from Outer Space?"



The best part is the attacking Gargon.  A giant lobster.  ;D.  Of course, MST3K riffed it.

ItsOver

Oh, I enjoyed the one-and-only Danish monster classic, "Reptilicus," yesterday, thanks to Comet.  Ah, with the marvelous "Tivoli Night" rendition!

http://youtu.be/TCiY-hB8_OQ     

Yes, indeed, life is grand.

albrecht

Quote from: ItsOver on March 17, 2018, 05:18:31 PM
Ha!  It gets worse from there.  I stumbled upon it on CometTV.  I have to hand it to Comet.  They find the most oddball, out there SciFi and horror.  How can you not go wrong with "Teenagers from Outer Space?"



The best part is the attacking Gargon.  A giant lobster.  ;D .  Of course, MST3K riffed it.
I think channels like this often play movies that are out of copyright. So free to show and and bizarre enough for those who have active imaginations, those who are stoned, those who like bad movies etc would watch and laugh.

ItsOver

Quote from: albrecht on March 17, 2018, 05:26:57 PM
I think channels like this often play movies that are out of copyright. So free to show and and bizarre enough for those who have active imaginations, those who are stoned, those who like bad movies etc would watch and laugh.
Heh,heh, yes, sir.  I LMAO stone-cold sober.  Stoned, you'd run the risk of LYATD, laughing your ass to death.

albrecht

Quote from: ItsOver on March 17, 2018, 05:33:10 PM
Heh,heh, yes, sir.  I LMAO stone-cold sober.  Stoned, you'd run the risk of LYATD, laughing your ass to death.
Remember, as you mentioned earlier in the week, "The Mad Magician" starring Vincent Price and Eva Gabor is on Svengoolie (MeTV) tonight. But due to NCAA tourney and St.Pat's I might have to watch it on replay...alas not in 3D. Remember when they would broadcast a movie in the 3D in a "big event" and you could get your red/blue glasses at the convenience store etc?
http://tcmdb.com/title/title.jsp?stid=82277

ItsOver

Yep, I just flipped from March Madness to Sven.  I did St. Pat's earlier today with some friends.  Enjoy!

Roswells, Art

I just watched Tabula Rasa on Netflix. It is really good! It's Belgian so unless you understand Dutch you'll be reading the captions. It's worth it though. It's considered a thriller...maybe even a psychological thriller but it's not an action-packed show. Don't read the reviews though because they might give too much away. It was interesting from the first few minutes and I mostly binge watched all nine episodes. If it doesn't grab you in the first twenty minutes than you might not like the rest of it. Post here if you watched it and tell us how you liked it.

Dr. MD MD

Quote from: Roswells, Art on March 21, 2018, 07:34:30 PM
I just watched Tabula Rasa on Netflix. It is really good! It's Belgian so unless you understand Dutch you'll be reading the captions. It's worth it though. It's considered a thriller...maybe even a psychological thriller but it's not an action-packed show. Don't read the reviews though because they might give too much away. It was interesting from the first few minutes and I mostly binge watched all nine episodes. If it doesn't grab you in the first twenty minutes than you might not like the rest of it. Post here if you watched it and tell us how you liked it.

So, you're Dutch, eh? That makes sense. Conservative but with a twisted socialist Nazi bent. Sig heil, baby! :D

Roswells, Art

Quote from: Dr. MD MD on March 21, 2018, 07:39:40 PM
So, you're Dutch, eh? That makes sense. Conservative but with a twisted socialist Nazi bent. Sig heil, baby! :D

Man, the shit you come up with...I can't say it isn't amusing.

No, I had to read the captions, flikker.

Dr. MD MD

Quote from: Roswells, Art on March 21, 2018, 08:10:05 PM
Man, the shit you come up with...I can't say it isn't amusing.

No, I had to read the captions.

Sorry for knowing about people and the world. ::)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zANvYB93u2g

Rix Gins

I watched a great, six part documentary on Netflix called 'The Wild Wild Country.'  It is about the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh  and his followers buying up property in Oregon and then pretty much 'taking over' by way of rigging elections and getting certain people 'out of the way.'  I remember this happening 'real time' and I'm sure that a number of you also can recall the story.  But we (most of us anyway) didn't have computers back in the early 1980's.  Remember how we had to rely on nightly, televised newscasts to follow the chain of events?  There were lots of elements to this story that I didn't catch back then, and that's what makes this documentary a real eye opener.  Believe me, if you watch the first part, you will be binge watching the next five.  The makers of this film did a bang up job of combining the past with the present and there are some real surprises at the end.  For example, remember how exasperating Ma Anand Sheela was during her interviews?  Well, you will never guess what she has been up to of late.

I will never understand what drives people to join a cult, big or small, though I have some ideas why.  One thing is for sure, the Bahgwan sure had one hell of a lot of them tied around his little finger.  Or was Sheela's behind the scene machinations to account for the commune's initial success (and, or downfall?)  The documentary explores this in a very complete way.  In fact, all the past scenes are taken from old news clips and interviews.  There are no faux acting reenactments and the background music is taken from original songs that were popular back then.

https://youtu.be/hBLS_OM6Puk


Jackstar

Quote from: Rix Gins on March 22, 2018, 04:10:44 PM
rigging elections and getting certain people 'out of the way.'  I remember this happening 'real time' and I'm sure that a number of you also can recall the story. 

I remember this shiznit being on the news 24/7 back in the day, but I haven't thought about again since, until you mentioned it. Thanks.

Obvious Satanic mind control is obvious.

Dr. MD MD

Quote from: Jackstar on March 22, 2018, 06:45:40 PM
I remember this shiznit being on the news 24/7 back in the day, but I haven't thought about again since, until you mentioned it. Thanks.

Obvious Satanic mind control is obvious.

Wasn't it just one massive orgy in the guise of a cult?

Lord Grantham

Quote from: Dr. MD MD on March 23, 2018, 12:18:26 AM
Wasn't it just one massive orgy in the guise of a cult?

More or less the description of every cult.


Lord Grantham

Quote from: Dr. MD MD on March 23, 2018, 07:22:48 AM
Really? Explain.

This kind of shit, for starters.

Or like you throw young women at some loser guy to bait him in.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flirty_Fishing

Or you have communal marriages or family groups where partner swapping is the norm.
(see hippie communes)

Or the cult leader has a harem of women
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/cult-leader-goel-ratzon-had-21-wives-and-dozens-of-children-9719509.html

Dr. MD MD


Lord Grantham

Quote from: Dr. MD MD on March 23, 2018, 10:45:01 AM
Uh huh. So, what do I have to do to get in on that? :)

I saw one preview for a new series where this guy had his bottom bitch recruiting other women for him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kQHMPptZ24

This shit is disgusting. I have no idea why this show is popular with women. It's clearly marketed towards them.

Dr. MD MD

Quote from: Lord Grantham on March 23, 2018, 10:52:46 AM
I saw one preview for a new series where this guy had his bottom bitch recruiting other women for him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kQHMPptZ24

This shit is disgusting. I have no idea why this show is popular with women. It's clearly marketed towards them.

Womenz be crazy! They need to admit that they may be too emotionally unstable to weigh in on politics. ;)

albrecht

Quote from: Rix Gins on March 22, 2018, 04:10:44 PM
I watched a great, six part documentary on Netflix called 'The Wild Wild Country.'  It is about the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh  and his followers buying up property in Oregon and then pretty much 'taking over' by way of rigging elections and getting certain people 'out of the way.'  I remember this happening 'real time' and I'm sure that a number of you also can recall the story.  But we (most of us anyway) didn't have computers back in the early 1980's.  Remember how we had to rely on nightly, televised newscasts to follow the chain of events?  There were lots of elements to this story that I didn't catch back then, and that's what makes this documentary a real eye opener.  Believe me, if you watch the first part, you will be binge watching the next five.  The makers of this film did a bang up job of combining the past with the present and there are some real surprises at the end.  For example, remember how exasperating Ma Anand Sheela was during her interviews?  Well, you will never guess what she has been up to of late.

I will never understand what drives people to join a cult, big or small, though I have some ideas why.  One thing is for sure, the Bahgwan sure had one hell of a lot of them tied around his little finger.  Or was Sheela's behind the scene machinations to account for the commune's initial success (and, or downfall?)  The documentary explores this in a very complete way.  In fact, all the past scenes are taken from old news clips and interviews.  There are no faux acting reenactments and the background music is taken from original songs that were popular back then.

https://youtu.be/hBLS_OM6Puk
I don't have netflix but I'm sure I will figure out a way to watch. That was crazy stuff! It reminds me a few years back we had a situation in which one of the Jeffs Mormons bought up a nice ranch and started making a yuuge compound. In a rural and small town area so the concern was he, like Raineesh tried, would take over the county politics etc. They were busted up and leader arrested and imprisoned (forced "marriages", underage girls, etc) but their are still controversies and I think most of the people still stuck together and minors even went back to "families" once they gained age. The land went into some kind of receivership but I think the people got their land back. It was very confusing and controversial. The original call that brought the authorities in was a fake, the way the land was owned, people wouldn't testify, non-minors were taken because they thought they were under-age, the State seized the ranch and took the land, no individual hearings before taking kids, etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YFZ_Ranch

Gd5150

Quote from: albrecht on March 23, 2018, 12:53:03 PM
I don't have netflix but I'm sure I will figure out a way to watch.
More importantly, gotta figure out how to get access to YouTube red.

https://youtu.be/xCwwxNbtK6Y

albrecht

Quote from: Gd5150 on March 23, 2018, 01:00:06 PM
More importantly, gotta figure out how to get access to YouTube red.

https://youtu.be/xCwwxNbtK6Y
I do! That is awesome! "Get em a body bag, yeah!"

Dr. MD MD

Quote from: Gd5150 on March 23, 2018, 01:00:06 PM
More importantly, gotta figure out how to get access to YouTube red.

https://youtu.be/xCwwxNbtK6Y

I'm Dr. MD MD and I fully support this message! More please! :P

trostol

finally got around to watch and Binged The Office...i think i am one of the rare people that thinks it was better after Michael Scott left

working on The Good Place..better than i expected it to be



Roswells, Art

Jackstar never asks a question he thinks he knows the answer to, neither do his friends.

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