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#461 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 224 weeks ago
I started to watch Tootsie but fell asleep about 20-30 minutes in. I'll watch it tonight.
I watched this a while back and I had one big issue. I found the main character totally unlikable. In fact, I think the Bill Murray character almost steals the film from Tootsie.
Re-watched Trespass. It's basically The Treasure of Sierra Madre transported into the 90s and in an abandoned church. But it's fun as hell on multiple levels. You have the good guys and bad guys fighting amongst themselves. And there's the other plot elements that I enjoyed. I'd say it's probably an underrated Walter Hill film. It doesn't beat The Driver for my fave Hill film but this one is pretty good.
#462 Re: The Garden » NFL 2021-22 Season » 225 weeks ago
The new playoff schedule sucks. Too many mediocre teams are allowed to get in. During the last couple weeks of the season, we get to see a couple teams accidentally stumble backwards into the playoffs...then it's one and done as if they had never been there in the first place.
The 21st century saw parity take over the league. The way it's set up now appears it may try to have the worst of both worlds...
In the midst of parity, a couple teams will dominate in the playoffs.
It's going to be interesting to see how the #1 seed in each conference does next week.
It's also greed by the NFL. Adding in the extra team in the playoffs and the extra game/week this year. Waters down the product. And watch in a few years they will add in an 8th team in the playoffs.
Honestly, 6 teams in the playoffs was fine. I was fine with the top 2 seeds getting a bye as well. This new format sucks ass.
#463 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 225 weeks ago
LOL WTF? They're M&M's. Freaking colored chocolate pieces to eat. The last thing I'm thinking of when I'm eating those things is gender empowerment or whatever bullshit that clown wrote.
#464 Re: The Garden » NFL 2021-22 Season » 225 weeks ago
There were some really uncompetitive games this weekend.
Mike McCarthy is a really shitty head coach who rode Aaron Rodgers coatails to that one SB in GB. Oh also, this explains WHY Rodgers only has one Lombardi.
Arizona clearly peaked early and is now getting wiped out by the Rams.
It's obvious that both conferences were top heavy as most of these games aren't even competitive. PHI, PIT, maybe NE had zero chance of winning their games. I dozed off during PHI vs TB yesterday. Only the Niners-Dallas and the LV-CIN games were competitive.
Speaking of the Raiders , they gotta get try to upgrade from Carr. He's very average and you can't really win a championship with him. That last throw short of the end zone was a joke (so was the uneccessary spike on 1st down).
#465 Re: The Garden » NFL 2021-22 Season » 226 weeks ago
Weather in Buffalo should favor the Pats slightly, but they have to play from ahead. Way too often this season they give up a TD on the opening drive, go 3 and out, and give up another score. They’re not built to play from behind on either side of the ball. Can’t stop the run on D and they want to run it on offense. Not a good recipe when down 2 or 3 scores.
Makes sense. I'd say Belicheck would employ the stop Allen gameplan and dare the Bills to run. Watching both of the NE/BUF games, it seems the Bills moved the ball easily between the 20s and then just had issues after that (they'd make some stupid play call, usually a pass). Honestly, BUF should have swept both games. I do think the Bills aren't very good at defending the run though. And NE needs to run play action on early downs to avoid obvious passing situations. Buffalo also doesn't run it enough, imo and that plays into NE hands.
In modern NFL, you have to be sucessful in the red zone. NE can allow as much yards between the 20s as the want, if they limit BUF to FG (or turnovers) it's a win for them. Turnovers, big plays (sacks here) will also be key. BUF is missing Tre'Davious White as well.
It's also a cold weather game which generally favors the better running team, in this case NE. Take advantage of Smith and Henry at TE as well. Buffalo better get ahead because NE can grind the shit out of the clock if they are ahead. This just smells like one of those games where Belicheck takes away Diggs and plays two deep safeties and basically dares BUF to run (aside: seen that movie before 2019 WC game vs TEN).
#466 Re: The Garden » NFL 2021-22 Season » 226 weeks ago
AFC is pretty wide open. There is no real favorite. Tennessee is probably the most complete team especially if Henry is back to somewhat normal. Chiefs D was playing real well for a stretch but they’ve regressed of late and their offense hasn’t really clicked all year. The Bills are up and down. Bengals finished strong but they are young and untested. Patriots have been bad since their bye aside from annihilating a very bad and Covid ridden Jaguars team at home. And I’m not sure how the Raiders and Steelers made it in. I think all the home teams should win, but that rarely happens so I’d expect at least 1 or 2 to slip up.
I'm guessing the Bengals screw up and lose. Maybe the Bills too, they basically beat up on weak teams (KC win was early when Chiefs were struggling; and their only other good win is @ NE). But ooof, weather on that game high of 9 degrees and low of 1 degree.
The Raiders can rush the passer and Carr isn't horrible. I really wouldn't be surprised if CIN just turned it over a bunch of times (or missed a bunch of kicks) and lost.
Guess the only Sunday game that is of real interest to me is SF@DAL. I think SF can control the clock with the run game and Jimmy G won't make a killer mistake. But their secondary might get eaten up by those Dallas WR.
#467 Re: The Garden » NFL 2021-22 Season » 226 weeks ago
Im back to watching it. Had to since the playoffs are here.
Bears finally ditching coach and GM...long overdue.
That Rams-49ers game was a nail biter.
Can't believe the Ravens didn't make it to the playoffs.
Ravens had waaay too many injuries and just couldn't survive losing Jackson + all the DB's
Bears should have flushed those guys LAST YEAR.
Some of the playoff games are interesting. I think both of the Saturday AFC ones could end in upsets. I think KC just trucks PIT on SNF though.
the 90s bowl of SF@ DAL should be interesting. I think the other 2 home teams (TB and the LA Rams) both win. Arizona has been pretty bad after the hot start.
#468 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 228 weeks ago
Looking at that list again. It's mind boggling.
It's littered with huge pop culture films of the 90s..and they're spread out evenly.. It would have set him up as THE action star going in to the year 2000.
On the other hand, it might even out to the same.
To put him in The Fugitive, you've just eliminated The Bodyguard.
To put him in Red October, you've eliminated Dances with Wolves... maybe. That timeline is close.
Air Force One is the real no brainer. No reason not to take that.
I had no idea that Costner turned down that many roles. Counterpoint to the Dances with Wolves one; if he takes Red October there are also the two money making Jack Ryan sequels that followed (Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger--again Harrison Ford benefits).
Him taking and making Air Force One probably at worst delays the bomb known as Waterworld which more or less put a stop to his career as an A lister.
#469 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 228 weeks ago
Ronin- Holy shit...I forgot how great this was. This really needed a sequel...Deniro and Reno had great chemistry.
One more thing...the film needed a better name marketed towards American audiences.
This is one of my favorite movies. I watch it at least once or twice a year. So many great moments. Deniro shooting a bazooka (or whatever it's called) out of a high speeding car, the Sean Bean character and the coffee, the two car chase scenes. Oh and most of the Eastern European villans don't give a fuck about anyone else which is sort of refreshing in a weird way.
I'm ashamed to say it, I just watched Thief (1980) by Michael Mann for the first time. Holy shit, that was incredible. Even Jim Belushi was on. Just perfect. I could see it being a prequel of sorts for HEAT. Had it starred Eastwood I could have seen it being a real sequel. Cann was great, though.
This is def a spiritual cousin to Heat. The convo in the diner in Thief is similarish to the one in Heat. This one is a little grittier and honestly a little better to look at. Just better neo noir landscape and just the way it's shot. The film is a really good character piece. Cann wants to get out of the "life" but he just can't help himself. And no matter how hard he tries he's still a thief and thug at heart (the scene at the adoption agency or whatever is a great example). I think the Deniro is better adapted for a "normal life" and he can blend in seamlessly whereas there's always going to be a rough edge for the Cann character.
Escape from Alcatraz - This is nearly a perfect movie. Not a single wasted scene. It instantly gets down to business and doesn't let up.
It moves a few notches up my list of favorite Clint Eastwood movies.
The Hunt for Red October - Hadn't watched this in 30 years. God I hate the Baldwins ....but he's ok here. It's pretty good but some of the FX don't hold up. You can tell some of those torpedoes aren't real.
I miss Cold War era movies and books like this.
I'm still pissed that a movie of Storming Intrepid was never made.
Yeah, the Alcatraz movie with Eastwood was great. A shame it never really gets mentioned with the great Eastwood films he stars in.
I remember Hunt for Connery and not Baldwin at all. I just don't think Alec was leading man material or whatnot.
Speaking of the Baldwins: watched Vampires (1998). It's kind of a goofy picture. There's are some nice action sequences and James Woods is his usual wiseass self. The plot is sort of interesting and I kinda wished they elaborated more on it. It's one of those movies put on and watch and don't worry about missing anything or it's a moving or deep pic.
Oh something I didn't realize, but Sheryl Lee is hot in this. I think she was more attractive here than in Twin Peaks.
#470 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 229 weeks ago
It massively sucks, but it's not like some evil agenda - it's just that the if we don't - the hospital will be so full that if i crash my car or have a heart issue or something nothing can be done about it - and no one wants that.
This basically happened (and may still be happening) in US States and Cities overrun by covid patients. The people with other illnesses/issues not deemed life threatening or whatnot got pushed back. I'm really not sure how anyone can argue that these hospitals aren't getting overrun by mostly unvaxxed covid patients.
