tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11827637.post113911843957301574..comments2023-11-05T03:25:39.077-08:00Comments on Dave's Long Box: THE F*@% YEAH FILES (Movie Version) #7David Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06561127611004920764noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11827637.post-65794909704002704972011-11-01T21:29:22.828-07:002011-11-01T21:29:22.828-07:00Thank you for your article, pretty worthwhile mate...Thank you for your article, pretty worthwhile material.<br /><a href="http://www.mumbairealestate.org" rel="nofollow"> mumbai real estate bubble</a> | <a href="http://www.bahamaswedding.org" rel="nofollow"> bahamas wedding packages</a> | <a href="http://www.cookingwhiz.com/recipes/wings.php" rel="nofollow">Wings recipes</a> | <a href="http://www.cookingwhiz.com/recipes/chutney.php" rel="nofollow">Chutney recipes</a> | <a href="http://www.cookingwhiz.com/recipes/ham.php" rel="nofollow">Ham recipes</a>Edwinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11827637.post-1139257888343231792006-02-06T12:31:00.000-08:002006-02-06T12:31:00.000-08:00"Jeff Bridges is one of those Gene Hackman/Michael...<I>"Jeff Bridges is one of those Gene Hackman/Michael Caine type of actors...good in absolutely anything."</I><BR/>May I suggest you rent "Blown Away" before you make that statement?<BR/><BR/><I>"...these two are genuinely brilliant moments in films that never quite got the attention they deserved."</I><BR/>One of my favorite lines from the Father Ted series is from the episode where all the priests are on a plane which doesn't have enough gas to make a safe landing.<BR/><BR/><B>Ted:</B> It's just a rush. I feel fearless. Like Jeff Bridges in that movie.<BR/><B>Dougal:</B> I didn't see that one.<BR/><B>Ted:</B> Not many people have, Dougal. It's probably a bad reference.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09121753196275244950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11827637.post-1139240554252234142006-02-06T07:42:00.000-08:002006-02-06T07:42:00.000-08:00Master and Commander was surprisingly good for a f...<I>Master and Commander</I> was surprisingly good for a film obsessed with maritime details. It helped that Bettany and Crowe had the same excellent chemistry they did in <I>A Beautiful Mind</I>. <BR/><BR/>Another film that had an excellent use of music over the end credits is <I>The Chocolate War</I>- not too many SPOILERS, but:<BR/><BR/>The ending is changed significantly, with Archie (Wallace Langham) getting his just desserts- though that doesn't necessarily mean Jerry won either. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, the film ends with Archie and Obie (Doug Hutchison!) sitting in the bleachers, as Obie, now in charge of the Vigils, recites names of students while Archie grudgingly notes how many chocolates they've sold. Obie snickers and says, "I have no idea what you were complaining about, Arch. This is <I>easy</I>!"<BR/><BR/>Cut to black and BAM- Talking Heads' "Burning Down the House" blares over the credits, an appropriate sendoff. <BR/><BR/><I>The Chocolate War</I> manages to be significantly less depressing than the book- but also manages to get away with it. It's a challenge, like all of Keith Gordon's films, but I liked it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11827637.post-1139213873580200662006-02-06T00:17:00.000-08:002006-02-06T00:17:00.000-08:00Rosie Perez like a high speed drill, Dave,? Ever ...Rosie Perez like a high speed drill, Dave,? Ever had a cat climb up into the engine of you car for warmth and fall asleep in the fanbelt? Right before you come out to start the car? More like that I think.zailohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467149839479679718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11827637.post-1139204650298167742006-02-05T21:44:00.000-08:002006-02-05T21:44:00.000-08:00Probably the last great movie by Peter Weir....Er....<I>Probably the last great movie by Peter Weir....</I><BR/><BR/>Er.<BR/><BR/><I>Master and Commander</I>?<BR/><BR/>Dude. I went into that movie totally expecting to hate it. No one was as amazed as me when I <I>didn't</I>.<BR/><BR/>Men alone on a ship for months on end! Break me off a piece of that!Health Incognitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12988236791995040981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11827637.post-1139198812835535862006-02-05T20:06:00.000-08:002006-02-05T20:06:00.000-08:00Ahh, Lone Star - that's a good scene. And I'm wit...Ahh, <I>Lone Star</I> - that's a good scene. And I'm with anonymous on Rosie Perez - this is the only film I've really liked her in. She has a whine like a high-speed drill.<BR/><BR/>Oh, snap!David Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06561127611004920764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11827637.post-1139186890407588922006-02-05T16:48:00.000-08:002006-02-05T16:48:00.000-08:00Lone Star, when you find out why Pilar and Sam wer...Lone Star, when you find out why Pilar and Sam were really being kept apart. And she says.<BR/><BR/>Forget the Alamo. <BR/><BR/>Then the silliest song "I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart." <BR/><BR/>Best understated last puzzle piece just the right ending.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11827637.post-1139180155472620452006-02-05T14:55:00.000-08:002006-02-05T14:55:00.000-08:00I could go another ten years without seeing a movi...I could go another ten years without seeing a movie with Rosie Perez. Or at least, without hearing a movie with Rosie Perez.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11827637.post-1139175910120374782006-02-05T13:45:00.000-08:002006-02-05T13:45:00.000-08:00What makes the ending of Birdy work, I think, is t...What makes the ending of <I>Birdy</I> work, I think, is that deep down, the viewer doesn't need any exact explanation or resolution. Modine's delivery is so matter of fact, so at odds with the character's deep fugue, so, well, <I>normal</I> that you know, just know, as the tears well up in your eyes, that he and Al are going to be okay. And that's why it's not only a F-Yeah moment, it's also one of the finest movie endings ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11827637.post-1139168755493507502006-02-05T11:45:00.000-08:002006-02-05T11:45:00.000-08:00That's not quite the end of Birdy, though.After Bi...That's not quite the end of Birdy, though.<BR/><BR/>After Birdy says "What?" and the movie ends, the credits begin immediately -- to the tune of "La Bamba." <BR/><BR/>Tonally, it's completely different from the mostly instrumental Peter Gabriel synthesizer stuff that has been getting more and more tense during the final scenes. It totally works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11827637.post-1139161640213820492006-02-05T09:47:00.000-08:002006-02-05T09:47:00.000-08:00You're remembering Fearless correctly, fret not. ...You're remembering Fearless correctly, fret not. Great movie. Probably the last great movie by Peter Weir, who also did Gallipoli, The Year Of Living Dangerously, and The Truman Show, among others.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481137891542684401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11827637.post-1139157413537295582006-02-05T08:36:00.000-08:002006-02-05T08:36:00.000-08:00I saw Rosemary's Baby at a revival house last nigh...I saw Rosemary's Baby at a revival house last night. (It is an unbelievable experience on a big screen.)<BR/><BR/>Awesome "F*@% Yeah" moment: When Mia Farrow spits in John Cassavetes' face.<BR/><BR/>(It was a double feature with The Tenant, one of my favorite movies. The Tenant doesn't seem to have any "F*@% Yeah" moments. It has far more than its share of "WTF?" moments, which is why I like it.)<BR/><BR/>(word verification: garbifvc, which is a code that tells you what to wear if you are Viet Cong.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11827637.post-1139148295655667712006-02-05T06:04:00.000-08:002006-02-05T06:04:00.000-08:00This isn't a complaint by any stretch of the imagi...This isn't a complaint by any stretch of the imagination, but your narrative on Birdy was compelling enough that, when I came to the spoiler, I had to keep going. I just had to. I am a weak, weak man. (sob)<BR/><BR/>Birdy is in my Nextfix queue now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11827637.post-1139138749869404322006-02-05T03:25:00.000-08:002006-02-05T03:25:00.000-08:00Wow, Dude, you're just totally knocking them out o...Wow, Dude, you're just totally knocking them out of the park. In the Heat of the Night and To Kill a Mockingbird were gimmes, but these two are genuinely brilliant moments in films that never quite got the attention they deserved. That last shot in Birdy is one of my all time personal favourites, simply because it IS so comic compared to everything we've seen up to that point, and the scene in Fearless utterly destroyed me when I saw it.<BR/><BR/>These posts deserve a F*@% Yeah of their own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11827637.post-1139135868881706702006-02-05T02:37:00.000-08:002006-02-05T02:37:00.000-08:00The last 10 minutes of Fearless wrecked me. Whole-...The last 10 minutes of Fearless wrecked me. Whole-body shakes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com