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kiley — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:25:03 -0000

ach! good point about about family movie quotes! i definitely grew up quoting and being quoted at all things monty python and the princess bride - and the last job i had everyone went around quoting 'labyrinth' - a little TOO much if ya ask me ;)

Groundhog day works and it always strikes me about how versatile bill murray is - i mean, he's not typical hollywood type. In fact, he's like...well, his face looks like a road map to midgard but there are times he can play some smarmy bastards that have a really strange magnetism LOL

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Jett Loe — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:37:28 -0000

Groundhog Day

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Phil — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:25:28 -0000

Also strange for the casting...Demi Moore??

Weird movie, indeed.

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kiley — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:02:32 -0000

yes! and john candy as a mute woman (he was actually kinda pretty)! i still have nightmares, i tells ya! (most from when dan ackroyd eats the sasauge....oh man...i'm getting creeped out all over again! :P )

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Tom — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:17:36 -0000

Point taken Jett - still doesn't make me feel any better about the scary wailing voices!!!

Phil - I get the impression that Oz fears are fairly common, probably (like me with 2001) because it's often seen by kids at a very young and impressionable age. Mind you, lots of folks also think the sequel Return to Oz is creepy too!

Kiley - Nothing But Trouble, is that the one with Dan Ackroyd in a weird fat suit?

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Jett Loe — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:01:55 -0000

Comedy in 2001

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kiley — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:21:33 -0000

Nothing But Trouble.

Scariest. Movie. Ever.

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Phil — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:52:12 -0000

I consider Wizard of Oz to be a film that spooks me. It was on TNT about a week ago or so, and I had a funny conversation w/ my wife:

Me: This movie always gave me a bit of the creeps.
Wife: You mean when you were a kid? What about today?
Me: I think it's spookier to me now than it was when I was a kid.
Wife: Because of the witch?
Me: No, because of the scarecrow, lion, and tin man.
Wife: What? They're not scary!
Me: Have you ever taken a good look at them? They're hideous!
Wife: I prefer to look at their inner soul.....

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Jett Loe — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:57:13 -0000

As long as it works

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Phil — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:26:00 -0000

I guess what I mean is - you and Gareth seem to do a great job at breaking down different themes within a movie, or how it's shot, or it's overall plot, etc. etc.....so that's why I wonder, in a comedy, would either or both of you view it on laughs alone, or would you be more critical of the overall movie itself in terms of all the technical aspects or aesthetics whathaveyou that you guys have an eye for.

I just haven't heard you review one, so I'm not sure how you'd look at it from a critical standpoint.

& 'Mummymia'.....hilarious.

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kiley — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:58:56 -0000

these conversation trees are getting confusing, LOL! i get where the replies are coming in at, each reply is indented from the one above it, but the main ones are coming in 'backards' - so, the newest replies are at the top and it descends from there?

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Jett Loe — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:46:59 -0000

Comedy Comedy Comedy

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Phil — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:34:27 -0000

I love Dumb & Dumber.

Also saw Step Brothers this weekend, which I got a laugh out of despite poor reviews.

I'm glad you brought up this movie, because I would like to hear Jett (Maestro) & the Good Prof. Dr. review a pure comedy on this show at some point (not sure if they have before?), just to see what their sensibilities are when it comes to humor (or, for Prof. Dr.: "humour") and what they deem makes a good comedy (just laughs or must it have production value as well?).

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kiley — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:17:17 -0000

thanks Tom B! now i don't feel so bad about my awful awful taste in bad comedies that have no intellectual or substantial merit! ;) (but i do so love Dumb and Dumber, it can't be helped!)

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kiley — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:42:22 -0000

Old Hollywood Classics

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Jett Loe — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:17:09 -0000

When I worked at a video store whenever Robocop was one we'd just stop and watch...that and Apocalypse Now....

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Phil — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:46:41 -0000

Yeah, I don't think I've ever "worked" to movies....but there are certainly films that for one reason or another I'll always stop and watch if they're on, or will in fact give me a certain feeling of "nostalgia" when watching...I often like to go to sleep with the TV on and I find there are certain movies I enjoy "listening" to in the background.

Just a few off the top of my head...'Risky Business', 'Empire Strikes Back' (shut up, Jett), 'Rocky', 'The Apartment', 'Goodfellas', 'Field of Dreams'.....

Not necessarily "these are my favorites" - just a few movies I can drop in and watch at any given time..

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Jett Loe — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:41:59 -0000

Nostalgia