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Probably some actual knowledge of the history of the CMC needed here as well...
But at the end of the movie, there is a scene where Bobby Kennedy is doing a final negotiation with a Soviet official (ambassador?). Just as the Soviet guy is about to walk out, Kennedy finally offers to dismantle and remove the Jupiter missiles from Turkey, thus sealing the deal. I believe this is what happened IRL as well, removing those missiles compelled the Soviets to agree to terms and remove missiles from Cuba.
BUT in that scene, Kennedy tells the Soviet guy that the Jupiter missiles were already obsolete and were already planned to be removed.
This seems like a HUGE negotiation mistake and I have a hard time believing Kennedy or any US official would have admitted this to the Soviets. It basically makes it seem like the US isn't really giving up anything and I feel like the Soviets would have asked for something more if they knew those missiles were going to be removed anyways.
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A Woman Under The Influence is one of my favorite films and I try to only watch it once every few years. The first time I saw it was in school, in the back of the class on a CRT TV (I thought it was fine). The second time I saw it at a repertory screening in NYC and the entire crowd was in tears by the end (myself included). I think the only time I've experienced such a strong, emotional reaction from an audience was in a sold out Lion screening back in 2016.
I watched Woman again a few months ago and the last 45 minutes completely grabbed me by the throat. I can't fully explain it - it felt like someone was standing on my forehead. It absolutely destroyed me.
What are some of your "one" movies that bring out an intense emotional response every time? It doesn't need to be dramatic - even uplifting, joyful, scary. United 93 is another movie that really kills me - and on the flip-side, Coming To America makes me feel so inexplicably comfortable and "good"
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I can not begin to explain how anticipated this was for me. I after reading The Dirt I was obsessed with the idea of a movie and when I heard random rumours such as Johnny Knoxville playing Nikki Sixx and Christopher Walkern up for Ozzy Osbourne I was so excited at the idea of the movie.
Although I love the Netflix adaptation, MGK’s Tommy Lee is pretty great, after watching it for a second time, I felt a little empty. I appreciate the detail of Bullwinkle at the start but what other parts from the book would you have liked to have seen included?
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I haven’t seen this film since I was maybe 12? But ever since seeing it I still wonder through my day to day life thinking what if? What if the people around me are just extras? Why did that person on the street stare at me? Is there millions of people around the world watching me while 8m in my room?
But while the idea definitely affected my younger self psychologically, older me decided to seek it out again and I actually forgot quite how good the movie is, the structure of the movie is the thing that stood out most. I forgot the movie is essentially two halves. The first being almost entirely just Truman in his world and the second it’s more intertwined with the puppet masters.
And the tone in which it’s all presented is just right I felt. Jim Carrey is just the right amount of crazy, cooped up but kind and sincere individual a scenario like this would create. And the cast surrounding him do a great job of acting as actors that have both do and do not love this life with him. Laura Linney in particular really surprised me with how great she was. Watching it again I kind of got the impression she hated doing the show and Truman, I think Truman even says it and is just putting on a happy face through it all.
Anyway after finishing it again I really couldn’t help but wonder how this movie has seemingly dodged the era reboots, remakes and movie based tv shows. It’s concept is basically designed for the modern era. The movie actually seemed massively ahead of its time. They mention that Truman was an unwanted pregnancy and the first legally corporately owned human, with the way the world is going that probably doesn’t look a million miles off as it did in the 90’s.
So yeah there wasn’t really a point here, just wanted to say if you haven’t seen the movie or at least for a while! Check it out!
I just finished ‘the accident’ on prime and though there were many things I could complain about, there’s one thing in particular that I just can’t get over.
For those of you who haven’t seen it, I’ll set the scene.
So main character, Caroline, and her friend, Jess, decided to hitch hike after Caroline was stupid and got them ditched, but that’s not the point.
So they decide to go with these two attractive young men, driving a nice car, that they met after the two guys literally almost hit them with said car because they were driving recklessly, you know, foreshadowing.
Now after a pit stop so the girls can get practically naked for some reason while they do their make up and the guys get liquor, the scene changes to Caroline sleeping in the passenger seat while Jess and random douche guy #1 are getting hot and heavy in the back.
Jess feels a little weird about having sex in a car with the other two and random douche #2 driver obviously knows what’s about to happen. Which I mean, yeah, he should of stopped the car, called him out, or did literally anything but ignore it, but he did.
Obviously Jess is not quiet about saying no, which wakes up Caroline and, upon seeing this man, attempting to rape her friend, she decides, the best course of action is to shove the driver! Then grab the wheel to try and straighten them, which would probably of been better for him to do anyway, but yeah, so needless to say, that’s how they got into the accident
Now, I don’t know who needs to hear this, but unless getting into a car crash is the only way you can possibly survive a situation, there are probably better ways to handle a situation then attempting to kill everyone involved, especially when your friend isn’t even wearing a seat belt!
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This a very spoilery movie. So we figured we'd create a page where we can spoil it all and actually finally talk about dick's death! I wont be on here everyday, but post a question and I'll track down the actor or the crew member and get you answers! - daniel (the director)
Summary: Holy Crap. Dick is dead. Died last night after band practice, and his bandmates, Zeke & Earl (Michael Abbott, Jr. & Andre Hyland), don't want anybody finding out how. That's too bad though, 'cause news travels fast in small town Alabama, and these guys suck at covering their tracks. The authorities haven't ID'd the body just yet, but Zeke's wife (Virginia Newcomb) and his daughter are suspicious already.
Anyway... yeah it's a dramedy inspired by Mr. Hands...
trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGBe8xsWGlo&t=4s
available to stream: https://a24films.com/films/the-death-of-dick-long
imdb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9356952/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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EDIT The 1989 Trailer
It's also extremely quotable.
I just finished ET last night with my 6 year old.
Wow. I had forgotten just how compelling that film is.
To be honest lockdown has meant that we've watched more than our share of My Little Pony and other movies/shows geared towards her. So on "movie night" I was looking forward to something a little bit more for me. But she was engaged and invested right away. She started with the premise that aliens are scary and to be feared but the film immediately made her feel for ET and be rooting for him(?)
Then I was looking forward to laughing at the 80s-ness. And sure, his "phone" was a bit rudimentary, moms hair and 'work clothes' and the Head Surgeon's glasses all made me laugh, but all in all it was made is such a timeless way - kids banding together against grownups, racing through neighborhoods on bikes they know better than adults with roadmaps.
I really think its embedded a love of movies in my daughter!
What's your favorite movie related story?
Either stories told by directors, actors, stunt doubles etc about their time making a movie or things that could've been but never were like almost getting an actor but then backing out, directors getting fired etc.
A memorable one for me was in a podcast where Tarantino states that Laurence Fishburne could've gotten the role in one of the Die Hard movies I believe, but the execs saw Pulp Fiction and liked Sam Jackson so much they dropped LF and went with SLJ
Everytime I try to review a movie, I end up summarizing most of its story without spoiling the movie and I criticize how the story was whether if it’s good or bad. Is this how you review movies ? Are you suppose to criticize it without explaining the main plot ? How do you review movies because most of my reviews seem more like summary’s other than actual reviews
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It’s kindda like word-connect, but with movies. Basically, one player first chooses 2 movie titles. And the other players have to come up with a way to connect the two movies through common cast or crew members. Players compete for the shortest string.
For example: the two movies can be “speed” and “event horizon” ; and one acceptable answer can be Speed -> Keanu Reeves -> The Matrix -> Lawrence Fishburne -> Event Horizon
supporting actors, directors, cinematographers, and composers are acceptable links too 🙂 I think it might be fun for movie fans XD
Leave a challenging pair of movies in the comments and let the games begin! 😝
Anyone who's seen both, would love to know your takes, since the latter is kind of a remake. It's been a while since I saw *Rio Bravo*, but I think the script was probably a little tighter. *El Dorado* has a lot of back and forths that are allllmost clever, but not quite. And James Caan as a cowboy named Mississippi is on its own hilarious.
BUT. I love Robert Mitchum and don't have much of a relationship with Dean Martin, so the idea of seeing him on screen with John Wayne made the whole watch worth the price of admission.
Also, more generally, does anyone else think Howard Hawks just kinda... got John Wayne? He's such an interesting figure. Not a *good* actor in the way we tend to evaluate acting today, but in particular his roles in Howard Hawks's movies just seemed to always work. He seemed like a guy placed perfectly in that world, vs. when I've seen him in John Ford's movies he just doesn't seem to click the same way. Anyway, maybe I just have to revisit The Searchers.
