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the keep - Ken Valentine - 05-14-2004
iambear Wrote:i was looking around on ebay and I found a copy of the keep on DVD ....
I had no idea it was on DVD. Are there any other movies of FPW'S on DVD ?
So far, that's the only book of FPW's that has been made into a movie. Repairman Jack will be number two -- if it ever gets done.
Ken V.
the keep - Dave - 05-14-2004
Ken Valentine Wrote:So far, that's the only book of FPW's that has been made into a movie. Repairman Jack will be number two -- if it ever gets done.
Ken V.
You're forgetting Midnight Mass. Oh, you meant to forget Midnight Mass, sorry, my bad.
Dave
the keep - Peter - 05-14-2004
OK... Now we seem to have established that Ray Davies is the best songwriter to have lived (Thank you Bluesman for your support!) lets see how badly I can get shot down with MY best films.
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Plot poor, acting OK, sets good but just so well made, to me it works on any level.
The Haunting Original black and white, as I said before it just scared me when I first saw it , not now of course cos I am all ruffy tuffy and grown up (did that fool anyone?)
Conan the Barbarian I just KNOW you are all going to hate me for that one but, again, it is well made, the story is great and OK you have a somewhat wooden star, but he is playing a wooden character and, damn, he looks the part, you want Anthony Hopkins as Conan? I think not...
The Silence of the Lambs Now here Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster are beyond compare, I cannot imagine better casting and as for making a serial cannibal seem a sympathetic character, that's got to be clever!
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Only musical I have ever liked (and I love this one!) What can I say? It appeals or it doesn't.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail We have covered this pretty well (except I have just remembered it is ZOOT not NEWT, mantal abberation there!) If you like to laugh, watch it!
Airplane Same as above (but without Zoot), so damn funny and even now I watch it and see something I missed before.
Aliens 2 This time with Newt, the most action packed, tense film ever
Die Hard (1) The second most action packed, tense film ever
And, finally, number 10....
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Just SO feel good!
There now, is that an eclectic selection or what?
(Oh God, just let someone agree, I just know I am going to crash and burn)
the keep - jimbow8 - 05-14-2004
Peter Wrote:OK... Now we seem to have established that Ray Davies is the best songwriter to have lived (Thank you Bluesman for your support!) lets see how badly I can get shot down with MY best films.I love the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Plot poor, acting OK, sets good but just so well made, to me it works on any level.
The Haunting Original black and white, as I said before it just scared me when I first saw it , not now of course cos I am all ruffy tuffy and grown up (did that fool anyone?)
Conan the Barbarian I just KNOW you are all going to hate me for that one but, again, it is well made, the story is great and OK you have a somewhat wooden star, but he is playing a wooden character and, damn, he looks the part, you want Anthony Hopkins as Conan? I think not...
The Silence of the Lambs Now here Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster are beyond compare, I cannot imagine better casting and as for making a serial cannibal seem a sympathetic character, that's got to be clever!
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Only musical I have ever liked (and I love this one!) What can I say? It appeals or it doesn't.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail We have covered this pretty well (except I have just remembered it is ZOOT not NEWT, mantal abberation there!) If you like to laugh, watch it!
Airplane Same as above (but without Zoot), so damn funny and even now I watch it and see something I missed before.
Aliens 2 This time with Newt, the most action packed, tense film ever
Die Hard (1) The second most action packed, tense film ever
And, finally, number 10....
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Just SO feel good!
There now, is that an eclectic selection or what?
(Oh God, just let someone agree, I just know I am going to crash and burn)
I have never seen the original Haunting but I know the remake sucks.
I like Conan, not great but good.
I think Silence of the Lambs is one of the most overrated movies ever and surpassed only by Gladiator as the least deserving of Best Picture in recent years.
Rocky Horror Picture Show is loads of fun! Have you seen Little Shop of Horrors (the musical version)?
Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Best Comedy EVER!
Airplane - top 10 of best comedies ever.
I never really cared for Aliens (Alien 2). Certainly not the best action movie ever because....
Die Hard is the best action movie ever!!! Smartest villain in (recent) film history. Hans Grubers plan worked to perfection except for the "fly in the ointment, the monkey in the wrench."
Willy Wonka......meh....Good movie but nowhere near one of my favorites. Did you know they are remaking it with Johnny Depp?
the keep - Peter - 05-14-2004
Thanks Jimbow, a few minor disagreements but I felt sure I was going to get flamed good (especially for Conan!)
Johny Depp as Willy Wonka? I would have said no till I saw Pirates of the Caribean, but now I can see it working well.
Yes, Little Shop of Horrors SO nearly made it in my list, but generally I don't like musicals so to put 2 in offended my sensibilties!
the keep - Lisa - 05-14-2004
Peter, Willy Wonka, Aliens, Airplane, and The Haunting are also on my favorites list. Have you seen The Changeling? Another great spooky movie in the same vein. I love Conan the Barbarian too. Do you have the DVD? It has a funny commentary with The Arnold and John Milius.
Lisa
the keep - Ken Valentine - 05-15-2004
Dave Wrote:You're forgetting Midnight Mass. Oh, you meant to forget Midnight Mass, sorry, my bad.
Dave
No, you're right, I DID forget.
Ken V.
the keep - Ken Valentine - 05-15-2004
jimbow8 Wrote:I love the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
I didn't like it at all. On the other hand, I thought Fistfull Of Dollars was very good. I didn't like For A Few Dollars More either. Ennio Moricone's musical score was excellent.
Quote:Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Best Comedy EVER!
Airplane - top 10 of best comedies ever.
I saw "Holy Grail" so long ago I don't remember much about it -- it was good though.
Airplane was a very good movie. My taste in humor tends to lean toward plays on words and double entendre. And Airplane was full of it ... THEM ... THEM ... full of THEM! Sorry 'bout that.
Quote:Die Hard is the best action movie ever!!! Smartest villain in (recent) film history. Hans Grubers plan worked to perfection except for the "fly in the ointment, the monkey in the wrench."
I saw Die Hard after you recommended it, and yes, it ... was ... GOOD! Didn't care much for the second Die Hard movie. Although I've heard that the last one was very good, I haven't found it yet.
Ken V.
the keep - Bastard - 05-18-2004
Biggles Wrote:I have never seen any of those, so I guess I'm lucky!
I have a lot of favorite movies (favourite for you Brits and Canucks out there), but I hesitate to try to rank them:
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (perhaps the greatest movie of all time, literally bitch-slapping pretenders like "Citizen Kane" and "Birth of a Nation". Phtew! I fart in your general direction.)
"Casablanca" (not only a great movie, but combine this with a good bottle of red wine and...."He shoots, he scores!")
"The Maltese Falcon" (Bogey, Lorre, Greenstreet, Elisha Cook---what else could you possibly need?)
"Spartacus" (maybe Kirk Douglas' greatest movie, but certainly his most inspirational)
"Tora, Tora, Tora" (the best theatrical rendition of Pearl Harbor ever, which unlike "Midway", at least had the Japanese speaking their native tongue)
"Battle of Britain" (saw it first run in '69. All-star cast, Spanish Air Force ME-109s and HE-111s, accurate depiction of events. One of the greatest air war movies ever).
"All Quiet on the Western Front" (The original. Still amazing more than 70 years later. I read "Im Westen nichts neues" (auf Deutsch) back in high school for my German 3 class. The movie is true to the spirit of the book and times in which it was written. Great anti-war film against a war that never should have been fought.)
"The Lighthorsemen" (hard to find, but wonderful movie about the last cavalry charge of WWI, by a regiment of ANZAC mounted infrantry against Turkish fortifications at Beersheba, Palestine. AWE-freakin'-SOME)
"Nosferatu" (Again, the original, with Max Schreck.)
More thoughts later, but what do "yinz" think?
These are my faves and most hated, but I wouldn't dare say the best and worst (you'll see why). Well, top 10 here we go:
"The Evil Dead" (entire trilogy and subsequent games "Hail to the King" and "Fistful of Boomstick")
"Nosferatu" (Original Murnau flick--natch)
"Seven Samurai" (God, I love Kurosawa flicks)
"The Crow" (decent enough adaptation of the graphic novel)
"Casablanca"
"The Passion of the Christ" (say what you will about it, it genuinely moved me)
"Big Jake"(I like all of The Duke's movies, but this one is my fave)
"Yojimbo" (and the subsequent remakes "Fistful of Dollars" and "Last Man Standing")
"Cowboy BeBop: The Movie" (hey, I loved the series...)
"Goodbye Lenin!"
and the bottom ten (most hated):
"The Hunted" with Chris Lambert (although the Toshiro Mifune swordfight on the bullet train is a treat)
"Star Wars" <--the new ones only. I love the old ones. (although I did get a kick out of watching Yoda get his Kung Fu on)
"Highlander 2 the Sickening...er Quickening"
The latest "Halloween"
Anything with Pauly Shore
"Salem's Lot" (Loved the book, hated the movie)
"Bram Stoker's Dracula"
"The Living End" (good try, loved the soundtrack, HATED the movie)
"Frost; Portrait of the Vampire" (the hero was an elite commando built like Kevin Smith)
"US Seals 1&2"
sorry for the myriad others that I left out of both lists, but I wanted to keep them to 10 each...
the keep - Scott Miller - 05-20-2004
I was asking Peter, but anyone with the knowledge is welcome to answer.
Alright, I admit it; I am lyrically challenged. I can't hear lyrics for shit. In fact, there is not a single ounce of musical ability residing within me. I am Navin R. Johnson, only more severly afflicted. Years of therapy have allowed me to learn to live with my illness.
It is obvious you are a Kinks fan of some repute, so I ask you to fill in some blanks for me if you would be so kind.
"The Village Green Preservation Society" is one of my favorite Kinks tunes, but many of the lyrics remain a mystery to me.
We are the draught beer preservation society. God save Mrs. Marks? and good _________________.
We are the custard pie appreciation consortium. God save George Cross and all those who ___________________________.
We are the Sherlock Holmes English speaking vernacular. Help save Fu Manchu, Moriarty, and Dracula. (I think)
We are the office block persecution affinity. God save little shops, china cups and virginity. (I think)
We are the skyscraper condemnation affiliates. God save _____________, antique tables, and ____________.
Thanks in advance.
Scott