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#321 Re: Guns N' Roses » UYI Box tracklist unveiled? » 213 weeks ago
The Silverstone one is almost as weird. Her kid is 11 and she still sleeps with him. Oh, and she also takes baths with him. What kid takes baths with their mom at 11 years old?
#322 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 213 weeks ago
Hannibal - first time watching this in 20 years. This is a complete clusterfuck. It never should've been made...or in the least it needed a massive rewrite. Funny how it did get a bunch of rewrites yet this is what came out of it Yikes.
Not surprising that Foster turned it down. The book coming out with Starling and Hannibal becoming lovers guaranteed Foster would never go near this story again.
Moore tries giving it her all but her Clarice is too abrasive and bitchy. It takes me out of the story and just reminds you of Fosters killer performance in Lambs. Another issue is Hopkins is clearly having too much fun as Lecter.
Best thing about this film is Gary Oldman as Mason Verger...a handicapped and disfigured child rapist who has a grudge against Lecter.
They probably should've had this film revolve around both Verger and Lecter and not even included Clarice. Save the Clarice story for a few years later and maybe by then they could've come up with a better story that Foster would've found acceptable.
This is just a mainstream summer film masquerading as a Hannibal film. Aside from Silence of the Lambs, and Manhunter most of the films in the series range from dreadful to average.
It's october so it's scary movie season so...
Alone in the Dark...whoa, how come I've never heard of this one. 1980s horror flick involving Jack Palance, Martin Landau, and Donald Pleasance. It deals with mental patients/illnesses and morphs into a home invasion flick. Not bad at all.
Stir Of Echoes. Kevin Bacon late 90s film. The horror/scary stuff is done pretty well. It turns into a procedural in the second half and loses steam because it becomes predictable. Still Bacon, and Kathyrn Erbe from Law and Order CI give good performances. I really wish they 'd focus more on the psychic/supernatural aspects as those parts were the most interesting.
10 to Midnight. I want to love this but I can't. It's an 80s Charles Bronson revenge/slasher flick. It's pretty well made. But parts of it just come off fucking cheesy, like a tv movie. It just totally takes me out of it. I don't care for the actor playing the main villian either. It's not awful or anything. Just not as great as some people seem to think it is.
#323 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 214 weeks ago
Has any other military incursion/hostility gone this bad within the last 50 years or so? I'm not an expert on US-Vietman , so that one I'm not sure about.
But Russia's attempted takeover of Ukraine will almost certainly lead to Putin leaving office in some form or another.
#324 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 214 weeks ago
The First Power...Lou Diamond Phillips horror/supernatural film. This isn't bad, actually kind of fun. This is really similar or close to the Hidden which came out in 1987 and starred Kyle Machlahan. There's one plotline that involves religion that kind of falls flat for me. This was released in 1990 and is in obvious B movie territory. Which made me kind of wonder: Was Phillips ever considered an A lister? I remember La Bamba and I think he did Young Guns afterward but he fell off or into B movie territory, I think.
#325 Re: Guns N' Roses » SOG single coming? » 214 weeks ago
Yeah, you really don't get ANYTHING with this band. Even touring bands, release unheard material (demos, archival shit etc), ditto with the bands who have major members who have died. These guys can't even handle anniversary editions of their landmark albums correctly.
Not to mention their stance on the fanbase. Those other bands give you something in terms of being a hardcore/longtime fan. They reward you for your loyalty and appreciate it by tossing you some extra whatevers.
2006 was definitely more interesting/positive only because you had the prospect of a new music release.
#326 Re: Guns N' Roses » SOG single coming? » 215 weeks ago
That stuff is just awful. I mean why bother wasting time to create something, if the money men are just going to pull out at the last minute. I didn't care about the Batgirl thing but I did feel it should have been released because there was a fanbase that liked it or wanted it.
#327 Re: Guns N' Roses » SOG single coming? » 215 weeks ago
I own thousands of movies on disk and tape that I collected over the years...but it's obvious the future is streaming...so i thought fighting it is pointless..it gets hard to even get a quality cd player now.....so i swapped to streaming...still keep a 4k player for favourite franchises...but I am resigned to streaming for day to day stuff.
I totally disagree on the movie part. There's something relaxing to me in just grabbing your favorite movie that's on a disc and just playing it instead of depending on a reliable stream. Plus I like going through my collection and just watching something that I haven't seen in a while for whatever reason. I mean sometimes it can be daunting going through tubi and finding something you may like. Also there's something in knowing that it's there and you can watch it whenever you want. There's stuff I bought like 10 years ago, that I finally rewatched and rediscovered. I just don't think it's the same if I watch it streaming. This part is difficult for me to explain, since it's feeling, and an impression and emotions.
As for SOG, I'm just going to go with there will be new music released in 2022 with the Slash comments and the admittedly sketchy Spotify search results.
#328 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 215 weeks ago
The Gambler - This is like the third Mark Wahlberg movie I've watched this year. Wasn't too bad but I didn't like the angle of fixing the basketball game. The casino is where the story worked best.
Try watching the 70s original w/Caan. It's a lot more character based.
#329 Re: Guns N' Roses » So GNR played Rock In Rio yesterday... » 215 weeks ago
It's that popular.
After 1989-90 I never cared for it but it has to stay.
It's not even a Dylan song anymore...it's GNR.
I too don't care for it either. Only the 1989-90 versions because they rocked and had a more raw feeling to it. I'd probably add It's so Easy as another one that gets played nightly and is an essential. Probably on the list/tier w/Patience, YCBM etc. Maybe Nightrain and Brownstone too but those are more my personal opinion.
#330 Re: Guns N' Roses » So GNR played Rock In Rio yesterday... » 215 weeks ago
You could probably dump out the CD tracks plus most of the GNR Lies stuff except for Patience. I personally don't care for Live and Let Die but that one is popular. Don't mind if they rotate one of the epic deep cuts though (Coma, Estranged, Civil War etc).
