March 19, 20241 yr I rather enjoyed this one. Made me think about snails, cheetahs, Cameron Diaz’ ruthless ass and how fucking stupid lawyers can be when beauty and money are involved.
March 20, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, BabaYaga said: Does 8 Seconds count? You should probably ask your wife.
March 20, 20241 yr Moulin Rouge. There I said it. Both Chicago and Moulin Rouge were beatings. Great post.
March 20, 20241 yr On 3/14/2024 at 8:47 PM, CoTex said: I enjoy Captain Ron. Kurt Russel’s schtick. Martin Short’s overacting and spasticity. The overly simplistic plot. The whole damned thing. You buried the lede. Nude Mary Kay Place. Been waiting on that since Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
March 20, 20241 yr 8 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said: Cats too? Nah. Not sure how I got roped into it. Haven't seen Chicago, Cats or really any musical like it.
May 4, 20241 yr Popular Post To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar This movie is not good, but it has its moments and was pretty ahead of its time for being released in 1995. I used to sit and watch this movie with my little gay brother so my dad wouldn’t get pissed that my brother wanted to watch a bunch of drag queens instead of playing football. It also helped that the movie had Patrick Swayze and Wesley Snipes in it. My “approval” of the movie helped my brother get comfortable in his own skin and not be ashamed of being gay. A lot of young people didn’t have that kind of support back then.
May 5, 20241 yr Knights Tale (mentioned already) Starship Troopers (also mentioned I think) The Replacements Big Trouble in Little China
May 5, 20241 yr Knights Tale (mentioned already) Starship Troopers (also mentioned I think) The Replacements Big Trouble in Little ChinaStarship Troopers and Big Trouble do not belong on that list because:1) They have both aged well2) Directed by geniuses3) This is Surly and we mostly love those filmsnow if you admit you love Starship Troopers 2-4, then you’re on to something
May 5, 20241 yr Rookie of the year (already mentioned?) Hot to Trot Edited May 5, 20241 yr by ChickenSandwich
May 6, 20241 yr You never read the book, did you?You bookfags. Unless you read 120-page novellas they arent being faithfully adopted into a 2-hour movie.Regardless, on Surly people arent worried about bookfags snobby opinions.
May 6, 20241 yr I guess The Notebook. It’s the Cadillac of Nicholas Sparks films. Jesus Christ, what a sad ending. Honorable mention: Safe Haven. It takes itself way too seriously. Peak Julianne Hough hotness, and her alcoholic ex-husband is just so hilariously over the top evil. Spoiler Cobie Smulders as a ghost encouraging Hough to bang her widowed husband was really funny.
May 6, 20241 yr 56 minutes ago, Eskimohorn said: You bookfags. Unless you read 120-page novellas they arent being faithfully adopted into a 2-hour movie. Regardless, on Surly people arent worried about bookfags snobby opinions. Didn’t think so.
May 6, 20241 yr On 5/4/2024 at 11:15 AM, MrBig said: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar This movie is not good, but it has its moments and was pretty ahead of its time for being released in 1995. I used to sit and watch this movie with my little gay brother so my dad wouldn’t get pissed that my brother wanted to watch a bunch of drag queens instead of playing football. It also helped that the movie had Patrick Swayze and Wesley Snipes in it. My “approval” of the movie helped my brother get comfortable in his own skin and not be ashamed of being gay. A lot of young people didn’t have that kind of support back then. CSB they filmed the scene where they drive out on a dead end bridge in a small town I lived in. I was there but they used doubles and not the actual actors. Edited May 6, 20241 yr by Nole-4-Life
May 11, 20241 yr Beaches. Yeah it’s the definition of a chick flick, but it’s also a wonderful story of friendship. Bette Midler is terrific. One the best Seinfeld episodes ever playing herself. I think her career was stunted by Barbara Streisand fatigue.
February 17Feb 17 On 2/18/2024 at 11:39 PM, Frieda’s Boss said: Blue Streak Movie is awesome. On 2/19/2024 at 4:58 AM, kingkoopa6 said: Blue streak with Martin Lawerence ? That movie is amazing Shit just saw I already commented in the past lol. but point remains
February 18Feb 18 It’s an on-going family joke for years that Dad loves Beaches. I can watch it once a week.Many of us in our late 40s or early 50s have movies we fell in love with because of HBO in the 80s. The movie that I associate with this most is Arthur. I had an unhealthy obsession with this movie before I was 10. Still do. Bucky Larson. Maybe the worst movie ever made but the first 20 minutes is hilarious. Blue Streak has been mentioned. I’m not sure this qualifies - I know tons of people that love this movie. “Kiss my ass with them shits” has been quoted thousands of times in my friend circle. Saving Silverman Law Abiding CitizenPet Semetary (original)So many found footage horror movies.
February 18Feb 18 48 minutes ago, lateshow said: Fuck that. Rad was awesome. And "Thunder in Your Heart" is a fucking banger that's in my workout playlist.
February 18Feb 18 On 3/19/2024 at 2:10 PM, Covri said: That's a legit pretty good flick. Ben Foster is fantastic. I think we'd have seen big things from Anton Yelchin eventually. RIP.
February 18Feb 18 On 3/19/2024 at 6:13 PM, Bama Llama said: I rather enjoyed this one. Made me think about snails, cheetahs, Cameron Diaz’ ruthless ass and how fucking stupid lawyers can be when beauty and money are involved. Gets better with rewatch. I will submit Battleship.
February 18Feb 18 On 5/11/2024 at 3:48 PM, billfromlaketravis said: Beaches. Yeah it’s the definition of a chick flick, but it’s also a wonderful story of friendship. Bette Midler is terrific. One the best Seinfeld episodes ever playing herself. I think her career was stunted by Barbara Streisand fatigue.
February 18Feb 18 Some absolutely terrible movies from my childhood and young adulthood that I love and will re-watch any time on tv Cobra Delta Force (went and rented it on 9-11) Saving Silverman Road House Aspen Extreme Over the Top Iron Eagle Tango & Cash Hard to Kill Under Siege 2 The Monster Squad Just One of the Guys Rad No Retreat, No Surrender
February 18Feb 18 Amazing Grace & Chuck Thor Love and Thunder Les Miserables (with Wolverine, Linda Lovelace and Stephen Hawking) MegaForce (the original Cybertrucks)
February 18Feb 18 6 minutes ago, A-Tex Devil said: Amazing Grace & Chuck Thor Love and Thunder Les Miserables (with Wolverine, Linda Lovelace and Stephen Hawking) MegaForce (the original Cybertrucks) Forgot about Amazing Grace and Chuck. Very solid flick. Plus I love just about any movie set in Montana.
February 18Feb 18 4 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said: Forgot about Amazing Grace and Chuck. Very solid flick. Plus I love just about any movie set in Montana. It’s a ridiculous premise but it’s the first movie that ever made me cry. Edited February 18Feb 18 by A-Tex Devil
February 18Feb 18 On 5/5/2024 at 6:12 AM, WhatTheBuck said: You never read the book, did you? On 5/5/2024 at 5:11 PM, Eskimohorn said: You bookfags. Unless you read 120-page novellas they arent being faithfully adopted into a 2-hour movie. Regardless, on Surly people arent worried about bookfags snobby opinions. On 5/5/2024 at 6:08 PM, WhatTheBuck said: Didn’t think so. Neither did Verhoeven - at least, not all the way through - and that's what makes the movie so great. He got partway through, realized it was garbage promoting a garbage fascist worldview, and wrote the movie to make fun of it. It's the one instance I know of where a movie adaptation of a novel succeeds because it's satirizing the novel.
February 18Feb 18 For the Boys aged like a bag of peaches left out in the sun. I liked it as a kid, but the Vietnam scenes are pure dogshit. I liked to watch some of the old USO shows with Bob Hope. This wasn’t it. Great cast, Middler, James Caan, George Segal, and Norman Fell. Good premise. Just didn’t work. Edited February 18Feb 18 by billfromlaketravis
February 18Feb 18 On 2/19/2024 at 11:23 AM, Dutchrudder said: Step Up Revolution. It's a terrible movie with stupid characters, but it is absolutely hilarious to watch these completely unrealistic people come together and pull off the most insane dance sequence mobs. It's like a kid friendly version of Fast and Furious where the crazy underground car racing scenes and rivalries are replaced with spontaneous dancing. Just look at this shit: Nobody got shot with all of these people dancing on top of that many classic cars? Nobody?
February 18Feb 18 2 hours ago, Rimbo said: Neither did Verhoeven - at least, not all the way through - and that's what makes the movie so great. He got partway through, realized it was garbage promoting a garbage fascist worldview, and wrote the movie to make fun of it. It's the one instance I know of where a movie adaptation of a novel succeeds because it's satirizing the novel. That sounds like rationalization. It doesn’t satirize the novel. That’s not how satire works. (And how did you get sold on the excuse that instead of finishing the book the director decided to satirize it? How did he know what he was satirizing if he didn’t read the book? That’s an obvious cop out.) Let me think of an analogy that the illiterati might understand. I’ll use a movie instead of a book so non-readers might get it. You wouldn’t try to satirize Star Wars with a bad remake that omitted The Force, Obi-Wan Kenobi and the Jedi Kinghts, and then called it Star Wars. Anyone who saw the original Star Wars would say it sucked. Anyone who said it was satirizing Star Wars would sound like an idiot. ”What happened to Obi-Wan Kenobi? May The Force be with you? Use The Force, Luke?” “It’s satire.” ”No it’s not. That’s not how satire works. What the fuck is wrong with you?”
February 18Feb 18 18 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said: That sounds like rationalization. It's pretty close to a direct quote from Verhoeven himself. And while I've not read that particular novel, I've read more Heinlein than I ever care to. He's the sort of author that guys who drive Camaros around the nearby high school trying to pick up freshmen think is a deep intellectual. He was a pulp author cursed to have to justify the sex and violence; a victim of the golden age, whose transparent fallacies are obvious to everyone else but him. Well, him, and the pseudo-intellectuals who feel they've found the rationalizations to justify their own base feelings. The only reason I don't have a lower opinion of Heinlein than Hubbard or Ayn Rand is, unlike those two, he never created a dangerous cult.
February 19Feb 19 5 hours ago, A-Tex Devil said: It’s a ridiculous premise but it’s the first movie that ever made me cry. YES! mdleast and I will do the Amazing Grace & Chuck hand sign to this day when we're saying how it would be nice if ____ happened. I feel the 80s was full of these kind of movies specifically centered around nuclear war. Lots of guilty pleasure horror and action films. The 80s was a terribly cheesy time in general from music to clothes to TV shows and movies. I grew up in it so I loved it but there's a lot more of these type of movies that gave way to a much better movie environment in the 90s. That's not to say there weren't cheesy 90s movies. Those tended to be kid or animal sports movies. Going back to the 70s, it was car/white trash/kung fu movies.
February 19Feb 19 I know people hate them, but if Grown Ups or the sequel is on TV, I’ll watch. Hilarious ad libbing and it’s just stupid fun humor
February 19Feb 19 That sounds like rationalization. It doesn’t satirize the novel. That’s not how satire works. (And how did you get sold on the excuse that instead of finishing the book the director decided to satirize it? How did he know what he was satirizing if he didn’t read the book? That’s an obvious cop out.) Let me think of an analogy that the illiterati might understand. I’ll use a movie instead of a book so non-readers might get it. You wouldn’t try to satirize Star Wars with a bad remake that omitted The Force, Obi-Wan Kenobi and the Jedi Kinghts, and then called it Star Wars. Anyone who saw the original Star Wars would say it sucked. Anyone who said it was satirizing Star Wars would sound like an idiot. ”What happened to Obi-Wan Kenobi? May The Force be with you? Use The Force, Luke?” “It’s satire.” ”No it’s not. That’s not how satire works. What the fuck is wrong with you?”Take it to the “Books You Want to Force Down Peoples’ Throats” thread.
February 19Feb 19 The Boondock Saints. Came out when I was in 4th or 5th grade. I probably watched it 100 times between 7th and 9th grade. Now I see it has 26% on RT. Ah well.
February 19Feb 19 12 hours ago, Frank Drebin said: Saving Silverman 12 hours ago, BabaYaga said: Such a great movie
February 19Feb 19 11 hours ago, Reynolds Woodcock said: The Boondock Saints. Came out when I was in 4th or 5th grade. I probably watched it 100 times between 7th and 9th grade. Now I see it has 26% on RT. Ah well. Cheesy in hindsight, but great, great flick when it came out. Follow-up movies couldn't stick the landing. Cat scene was laugh out loud funny
February 19Feb 19 19 hours ago, Rimbo said: It's pretty close to a direct quote from Verhoeven himself. And while I've not read that particular novel, I've read more Heinlein than I ever care to. He's the sort of author that guys who drive Camaros around the nearby high school trying to pick up freshmen think is a deep intellectual. He was a pulp author cursed to have to justify the sex and violence; a victim of the golden age, whose transparent fallacies are obvious to everyone else but him. Well, him, and the pseudo-intellectuals who feel they've found the rationalizations to justify their own base feelings. The only reason I don't have a lower opinion of Heinlein than Hubbard or Ayn Rand is, unlike those two, he never created a dangerous cult. yet you speak with authority on what the novel promotes.
February 19Feb 19 1 minute ago, High Plains Drifter said: yet you speak with authority on what the novel promotes. First, no, I'm telling you what Verhoeven thought of it and what he made the movie about. Second, I haven't read Mein Kampf nor Das Kapital, either; do I have to to know what they promote?
February 19Feb 19 i have watched "Steel Magnolias" many times. Many, many times-- including last night when I stumbled upon it on one of the movie channels.
February 19Feb 19 13 hours ago, Reynolds Woodcock said: The Boondock Saints. Came out when I was in 4th or 5th grade. I probably watched it 100 times between 7th and 9th grade. Now I see it has 26% on RT. Ah well. That doesn't count lol. 91% RT audience score and 7.6 on IMDB. Sometimes critics are just idiots.
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