Rogue 3 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 So, not sure why I haven’t watched it prior to now, but finally watched Excalibur! An interesting cast with lots that go on to greater fame of course, and mixed with a lot of classic thespians who are chewing up the dialogue with relish! Very odd casting by Boorman for his 2 kids (not exactly cheery roles for them!), and lots of mystical, arty elements in there, but all enjoyable. Only tricky part was from more or less half way in where it’s hard not to think about Monty Pythons Holy Grail in certain scenes! Good film, glad to have caught it at long last! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Excalibur is one of the few fantasy movies I like. I love weird 80s, vaseline on the lens, sweaty, mossy, wet in the forest, fantasy movies. I will watch Excaliber, Dragon Slayer, Ladyhawk, and The Sword and the Sorcerer over Lord of the Rings any day of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Black Rain. Look into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoLA Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 Blow Out! A young John Travolta accidentally records an car accident that he slowly starts to realize may have been a murder. The car supposedly had a tire blowout and wound up in the river, Travolta rescues a woman from it. Has Murphy's partner from Robocop as the woman who was in the car and John Lithgow as the guy trying to cover up the murder. Really good movie with a bit of a surprising ending. There were a couple things that bothered me. Like there is one scene where Travolta drives through a parade, narrowly missing dozens of people before crashing his car. He winds up in an ambulance and takes off from it when he comes to and none of this is brought up again in the movie. I figure there would be some legal repercussions from that type of activity but it was the early 80s so maybe they let that stuff slide back then. Also, Lithgow's character murders a prostitute in the middle of the movie and it's not clear why he does it. He kills another one earlier on because he mistakes her for Robocop lady and he's trying to cover things up. I have no idea why he kills the second one. I guess he was a part time serial killer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 If you liked Blow Out check out Blow Up, the Italian movie it was a remake of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoLA Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 So I watched Meatballs last night, I don't know if this is generally seen as a great 70s comedy but it was very...subpar to me? Like there weren't any scenes that got a real laugh out of me, the humor was all too silly slapstick stuff that later Bill Murray movies did better, like Caddyshack or Stripes. It almost feels like it was made for kids except for the abundance of sex jokes. I had the same impression when I watched Animal House, I heard it was really funny but I struggled to laugh at anything in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 I’ve always felt the same way about Meatballs, but Animal House has always killed me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoLA Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 AH had one scene I thought was funny, the "What's all this laying around?!" and then he storms out as if everyone is going to leave with him but they all just lay there, leaving him to shuffle back in LOL. It did have a really cute Karen Allen! I will say movies from this time are kind of funny because of how inappropriate some of the humor is. Like, in one scene Murray says "This is the 14 year old cabin, they have the equipment but none of the experience. And they better not get any from you guys...at least not this year". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Virul Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Any fans of American Ninja (1985) here? It had a bunch of bad sequels but the first one still holds up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoLA Posted February 19 Author Share Posted February 19 On 2/16/2024 at 7:55 PM, Darth Virul said: Any fans of American Ninja (1985) here? It had a bunch of bad sequels but the first one still holds up. No but I have Samurai Cop queued up on my Plex server to check out one of these days! I watched May this weekend. Not exactly old but not new, either. Kind of a weird movie about a very socially awkward woman who likes people for parts (not their whole) and becomes obsessed with a man for his perfect hands. I recognize the guy from the Clueless movie. Anyway, things get pretty weird as he ghosts her since she's very strange. While making out, she bites him and then smears some of his blood on herself, so I don't blame the guy for cutting out LOL. Anyways, she ends up going on a bit of a killing spree later but makes a new friend in the process! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoLA Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 Beverly Hills Cop! So I've never seen any of these and there is a new one coming out this summer, so I figured I would check the original ones out. First one is good! Murphy is pretty funny throughout, in fact you can't help but like him. One thing I really like about his character is he is always looking to be friends with the other cops, even when they are giving him crap. To him, they should all be buddies since they're fellow police officers. All in all, it's a pretty standard cop movie. Friend of cop is killed, cop breaks the rules to find and take the villains down. It's fun to see the trope of the rogue cop who the captain acknowledges is a good cop but is always screwing up. Oh, and this time is the last time, for reals! Next time it's your job! But probably not. There's a scene at the beginning that's pretty touching but I feel like it would be viewed a different way today. When Axel and his buddy are hanging out after not seeing each other for a long time, Axel asks why he came back and his friend is like "Because I love you, man" and there's a bit of a quiet moment between them. In the context, it's just two childhood buddies having a moment where they acknowledge they enjoy each other's company but I feel like today there would be the "What's this woke crap, oh are they insinuating some homosexuality in this movie?!" Which brings up, this movie had no love interest! There's just another of Axel's childhood friends but there is no romance there, just friendly bickering. I found that interesting since it's a fairly common thing for these types of movies. There is also a brief appearance from a young Damon Wayans, always nice to spot an actor before they became more well known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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