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Post by OrsonSwelles on Apr 13, 2020 21:11:14 GMT
Just watched one of the weirdest films I’ve ever seen! It’s Japanese and called Visitor Q. Sometimes known as. Chapel Hat Pegs! www.imdb.com/title/tt0290329/referenceFeatures the most dysfunctional familyIve ever seen depicted. If you have a strong stomach you’ll probably get a laugh at one or two scenes. Free to subscribers of MUBI at the moment. The director is Takashi Miike, one of the most, if not the most, prolific directors working anywhere in the world. 1999's Audition is probably his most famous movie. Watched a few of his movies of that era. Ichi The Killer, Gozu, and if you want less violence with the weirdness try The Happiness Of The Katakuris.
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Post by OrsonSwelles on Apr 13, 2020 21:21:26 GMT
I watched the Blues win the Stanley Cup last night ( on NHL Network ) The other night I watched the Leafs crush the Blues 8-1 in a game from December 30th, 1967. Great game. Glenn Hall wasn't available for the game due to his father's death and when the starter went down the backup, Don Caley came into his only NHL career game.
This brought to mind if he or his family had ever seen his lone appearance? I mean in the last few decades most everything is on TV, on highlights, can be recorded and is online but would a guy playing his only game in 1967 have ever had the opportunity to see himself play?
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Post by Carl LaFong on Apr 13, 2020 22:17:29 GMT
Just watched one of the weirdest films I’ve ever seen! It’s Japanese and called Visitor Q. Sometimes known as. Chapel Hat Pegs! www.imdb.com/title/tt0290329/referenceFeatures the most dysfunctional familyIve ever seen depicted. If you have a strong stomach you’ll probably get a laugh at one or two scenes. Free to subscribers of MUBI at the moment. The director is Takashi Miike, one of the most, if not the most, prolific directors working anywhere in the world. 1999's Audition is probably his most famous movie. Watched a few of his movies of that era. Ichi The Killer, Gozu, and if you want less violence with the weirdness try The Happiness Of The Katakuris. I've seen Audition. It was OK. Hardly a classic though. I've heard of the Katakuris. It's a musical, isn't it? Sounds quite interesting.
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Post by OrsonSwelles on Apr 13, 2020 23:51:31 GMT
The director is Takashi Miike, one of the most, if not the most, prolific directors working anywhere in the world. 1999's Audition is probably his most famous movie. Watched a few of his movies of that era. Ichi The Killer, Gozu, and if you want less violence with the weirdness try The Happiness Of The Katakuris. I've seen Audition. It was OK. Hardly a classic though. I've heard of the Katakuris. It's a musical, isn't it? Sounds quite interesting. Picking a genre for Miike's films, at least of the few I've seen, isn't too easy so I don't know that Katakuris is that much of a musical as it is comedy, drama, horror, etc. While I liked Audition a lot I don't think any of his movies can be considered a classic.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Apr 14, 2020 3:42:15 GMT
I watched ‘Scarface’ tonight - the Brian de Palma/Oliver Stone/Al Pacino one from 1983, not the original one from the 1930s. I am honestly not sure if I had watched it before or not. I was old enough to watch it when it came out, but I had no memory of it.
In any case, a pretty entertaining couple of hours watching Al Pacino doing his best Al Pacino impersonation. Say Hello to my little friend!
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Post by Carl LaFong on Apr 14, 2020 12:07:33 GMT
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Apr 14, 2020 12:43:15 GMT
I watched ‘Scarface’ tonight - the Brian de Palma/Oliver Stone/Al Pacino one from 1983, not the original one from the 1930s. I am honestly not sure if I had watched it before or not. I was old enough to watch it when it came out, but I had no memory of it. In any case, a pretty entertaining couple of hours watching Al Pacino doing his best Al Pacino impersonation. Say Hello to my little friend! Ever see Carlito's Way with Pacino Sean Penn.
I thought Scarface was a good flick - seems like a lot of fans are fanatical about it - I thought Carlito's Way was the better film (no slight to Scarface) - doesn't get talked about as much as Scarface.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Apr 14, 2020 12:45:32 GMT
I watched ‘Scarface’ tonight - the Brian de Palma/Oliver Stone/Al Pacino one from 1983, not the original one from the 1930s. I am honestly not sure if I had watched it before or not. I was old enough to watch it when it came out, but I had no memory of it. In any case, a pretty entertaining couple of hours watching Al Pacino doing his best Al Pacino impersonation. Say Hello to my little friend! Ever see Carlito's Way with Pacino Sean Penn.
I thought Scarface was a good flick - seems like a lot of fans are fanatical about it - I thought Carlito's Way was the better film (no slight to Scarface) - doesn't get talked about as much as Scarface.
Agreed. Scarface is a bit camp to be honest.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Apr 14, 2020 14:10:54 GMT
I watched ‘Scarface’ tonight - the Brian de Palma/Oliver Stone/Al Pacino one from 1983, not the original one from the 1930s. I am honestly not sure if I had watched it before or not. I was old enough to watch it when it came out, but I had no memory of it. In any case, a pretty entertaining couple of hours watching Al Pacino doing his best Al Pacino impersonation. Say Hello to my little friend! Ever see Carlito's Way with Pacino Sean Penn.
I thought Scarface was a good flick - seems like a lot of fans are fanatical about it - I thought Carlito's Way was the better film (no slight to Scarface) - doesn't get talked about as much as Scarface.
Yes, I saw Carlito's Way when it came out. I don't think I ever rewatched it. I remember liking it a lot, although there was one detail that bugged me so much that I still remember it after all these years. Sean Penn is a lawyer for a big shot Mob guy who's been arrested. The Mob guy knows that Sean Penn has stolen from him. He then comes up with a plan to escape from prison. Who does he ask for help with his plan? Sean Penn. Who had stolen from him, whom he had threatened, and whom he did not trust. The guy was a Mob boss with tons of money and connections and he asks the lawyer who had already screwed him for help?
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Apr 14, 2020 14:22:30 GMT
Ever see Carlito's Way with Pacino Sean Penn.
I thought Scarface was a good flick - seems like a lot of fans are fanatical about it - I thought Carlito's Way was the better film (no slight to Scarface) - doesn't get talked about as much as Scarface.
Yes, I saw Carlito's Way when it came out. I don't think I ever rewatched it. I remember liking it a lot, although there was one detail that bugged me so much that I still remember it after all these years. Sean Penn is a lawyer for a big shot Mob guy who's been arrested. The Mob guy knows that Sean Penn has stolen from him. He then comes up with a plan to escape from prison. Who does he ask for help with his plan? Sean Penn. Who had stolen from him, whom he had threatened, and whom he did not trust. The guy was a Mob boss with tons of money and connections and he asks the lawyer who had already screwed him for help?
It's been a few years -
But didn't they ask Penn for help because he had the connections to pull it off - the boat and knowing somebody that knew the waterways to the prison?
I get your line of thinking - it's the mob - they should have other connections to pull it off....
I'll have to give it a watch again soon - own it - buried somewhere in storage.....
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Apr 14, 2020 15:53:36 GMT
Yes, I saw Carlito's Way when it came out. I don't think I ever rewatched it. I remember liking it a lot, although there was one detail that bugged me so much that I still remember it after all these years. Sean Penn is a lawyer for a big shot Mob guy who's been arrested. The Mob guy knows that Sean Penn has stolen from him. He then comes up with a plan to escape from prison. Who does he ask for help with his plan? Sean Penn. Who had stolen from him, whom he had threatened, and whom he did not trust. The guy was a Mob boss with tons of money and connections and he asks the lawyer who had already screwed him for help?
It's been a few years -
But didn't they ask Penn for help because he had the connections to pull it off - the boat and knowing somebody that knew the waterways to the prison?
I get your line of thinking - it's the mob - they should have other connections to pull it off....
I'll have to give it a watch again soon - own it - buried somewhere in storage.....
The way I remember it, the Mob boss didn't need the lawyer's help with anything other than the boat. He organised the escape himself and just needed somebody with a boat to pick him up. It couldn't have been too difficult to find somebody else who he could trust, but I guess I should just let this one go...
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Post by fjenkins on Apr 14, 2020 16:00:16 GMT
I watched ‘Scarface’ tonight - the Brian de Palma/Oliver Stone/Al Pacino one from 1983, not the original one from the 1930s. I am honestly not sure if I had watched it before or not. I was old enough to watch it when it came out, but I had no memory of it. In any case, a pretty entertaining couple of hours watching Al Pacino doing his best Al Pacino impersonation. Say Hello to my little friend! We have it on the bedroom TV right now, showing it to the little woman.
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Post by nogbad on Apr 14, 2020 16:20:18 GMT
I've seen Audition. It was OK. Hardly a classic though. I've heard of the Katakuris. It's a musical, isn't it? Sounds quite interesting. Picking a genre for Miike's films, at least of the few I've seen, isn't too easy so I don't know that Katakuris is that much of a musical as it is comedy, drama, horror, etc. While I liked Audition a lot I don't think any of his movies can be considered a classic. Some of Miike's films are overly violent for my taste, and his sense of humour can be questionable, but I do like his work for the most part, particularly the Black Society trilogy. I own Happiness Of The Katakuris, but haven't watched it.
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Post by nogbad on Apr 14, 2020 16:21:09 GMT
I'm rewatching Wolf Hall at the moment, the last two episodes are on tonight. If anything, I'm enjoying it even more second time around.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Apr 14, 2020 16:31:58 GMT
I'm rewatching Wolf Hall at the moment, the last two episodes are on tonight. If anything, I'm enjoying it even more second time around. Have you read Mantel’s last book in the trilogy?
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Post by nogbad on Apr 14, 2020 16:40:06 GMT
I'm rewatching Wolf Hall at the moment, the last two episodes are on tonight. If anything, I'm enjoying it even more second time around. Have you read Mantel’s last book in the trilogy? No, I was thinking of buying it just before the lockdown, but hadn't got round to it. I'm sure it will be worth the wait.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Apr 14, 2020 17:13:57 GMT
I’m watching Lady Vengeance just now.
Pretty strange.
It’s free to stream for Amazon Prime subscribers (and those with MUBI too.).
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Post by klawrencio79 on Apr 14, 2020 17:25:45 GMT
Now that I finished BoJack Horseman (which was incredible), I'm now turning to seasons 3 and 4 of Mr. Robot. Any fans of that show here?
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Post by _ on Apr 14, 2020 17:28:50 GMT
Now that I finished BoJack Horseman (which was incredible), I'm now turning to seasons 3 and 4 of Mr. Robot. Any fans of that show here? Never seen them.
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Post by tristramshandy on Apr 15, 2020 5:41:01 GMT
Watched Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003) tonight. The cameos in it are bizarre for seemingly how small of a movie it was. And Flo is in it . . . and she's really cute.
Watching it made me really want to break quarantine and go to a bar.
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