tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post6814896802590593690..comments2024-03-27T15:16:57.305-05:00Comments on F This Movie!: Doug Asks Patrick Questions About MoviesPatrick Bromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-48301130059323277562013-01-25T14:55:58.710-06:002013-01-25T14:55:58.710-06:00Am I the only one that absolutely hated Brandon Ro...Am I the only one that absolutely hated Brandon Routh as Superman in that movie? His casting is one of the few things about it that gets any praise but that dude never worked for me. Like Dean Cain from the TV show, I just found his looks a little soft - Superman's a good looking dude, but in a manlier, harder-angled way that Christopher Reeve had and I think the new guy has as well. But maybe that's just me.Sol O.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-37667459276355233082013-01-25T14:00:41.207-06:002013-01-25T14:00:41.207-06:00Thanks, Bartman, and welcome. There are a lot of t...Thanks, Bartman, and welcome. There are a lot of times where <i>Superman Returns</i> comes close to being something interesting, but it has no interest in addressing any of the questions it raises. The movie frustrates me.Patrick Bromleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-68226979599777013722013-01-25T13:59:29.512-06:002013-01-25T13:59:29.512-06:00I know why the scene is at the end of Psycho. I ju...I know <i>why</i> the scene is at the end of <i>Psycho</i>. I just don't think it's a very good scene in a movie that has no other bad ones.Patrick Bromleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-3296736064363682692013-01-25T11:47:24.349-06:002013-01-25T11:47:24.349-06:00That psychiatrist scene serves a key function thou...That psychiatrist scene serves a key function though, and that's to deflect the blunt of the impact of what had just taken place by verbalizing the subtext. Without that scene, back in the day, the weird stuff would have stood out even more and the censors would come harder on the movie. If the trade-off to losing the psychiatrist at the end is for the censors to have their way with "Psycho" then forget it, I'd rather watch Oakland chew the scenery for two minutes. Besides, Steve K. is right that it helps to make the final monologue of Norman/Mother doubly creepy than it would have been without it.<br /><br />When I showed "Psycho" to my father and stepmom over Thanksgiving for the first time they were blown away by the movie, but they liked and were thankful for the psychiatrist at the end explaining them what had just happened. Not my opinion or deduction, they told me this themselves right afterward. I guess it takes all kinds.J.M. Vargashttp://www.dvdverdict.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-26833908761163735622013-01-25T09:10:22.673-06:002013-01-25T09:10:22.673-06:00Yeah, I would say there's more necessary NUDIT...Yeah, I would say there's more necessary NUDITY and less necessary SEX. Sex is so easily implied and/or alluded to that it's almost never necessary to show it in explicit detail unless it's revealing a real plot-crucial quirk of some sort.Sol O.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-62190701289793793762013-01-25T08:41:01.679-06:002013-01-25T08:41:01.679-06:00I realize that the psychiatrist explanation at the...I realize that the psychiatrist explanation at the end of Psycho is reviled by just about everyone (Roger Ebert has said it's the only bad scene in the movie), but we all need to remember when this film was made. It was 1960, and American audiences simply were not ready or expecting for the tricks and shocks that Hitch pulled on them. This film freaked people the hell out, and Hitch likely felt that he absolutely needed to give audiences a scene where they could decompress and settle down. Simon Oakland makes the most of it - the character is pompous to the max, knowing damn well this is HIS moment in the spotlight and his career as a psychiatrist is now officially made. And to my mind, it's actually Hitch's last trick. By the end of that scene the audience feels "oh, okay. That's what it was. Freaky, but now I understand." Then Hitch gives us that last super-creepy monologue from Norman/Mother that blows the neat explanation out of the water.<br /><br />Sometimes movies really do need to let the audience settle down a bit before bringing the lights up. Consider the film adaptation of Cujo: Dee kills the dog! Dee saves the boy! Dee and the boy meet Dad outside! Bam! End credits! WHAAAAAT?Steve K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02141959251034133806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-1357047819579689072013-01-24T19:28:04.473-06:002013-01-24T19:28:04.473-06:00Sweet Article guys. As for January yeah its defin...Sweet Article guys. As for January yeah its definitely the dumping ground of the year. In all honesty I think The Grey might be the best January movie I've ever seen. As for necessary nudity while admittedly not "necessary" the topless hot foreign chick from Not Another Teen Movie gag wouldn't have worked as well without her being topless(and SPOILER ALERT the blue bird that lands on her boobies later in the movie.)<br /><br />Glad to see someone defending Sunshine, I love so much of that movie, they have to save the sun or earth dies that is enough stakes for the movie. As for Superman Returns gotta defend it a little bit, while I dont like Lex Luthor in the movie I do like the fact that they try to do something different with Superman having a son. I really hope the next couple Superman movies take a break from Lex Luthor I feel he's been played.<br /><br />Oh and by the way that Superman III poster is OFFICIALLY the only good thing about Superman 3. Bartman454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-49827474457091034292013-01-24T18:48:38.413-06:002013-01-24T18:48:38.413-06:00In "Kill Bill: Volume 2", Bill gives a s...In "Kill Bill: Volume 2", Bill gives a stunning monlogue about the character of "Superman". <br />Given what he says is correct, I find it hard to enjoy the scene in "Superman Returns" when he saves the plane. <br />He's Superman! He could stop that plane with one hand--with no effort. <br />Struggling to create false suspense and having Lois bang around tha plane, without a scratch on her head afterwards, is just one more reason why that movie was terrible.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_EkvOCjc9ACameron Cloutierhttp://www.obnoxiousandanonymous.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-91635669324268777982013-01-24T17:10:27.931-06:002013-01-24T17:10:27.931-06:00On "Necessary" Nudity:
I'm fascinat...On "Necessary" Nudity:<br /><br />I'm fascinated by this question and the only concrete answer I can make is Emilio Estevez in Loaded Weapon 1. If he really is (National) lampooning the Mel Gibson "unmotivated butt in the moonbeam walk" from Lethal Weapon, it's pretty essential that he actually BE naked for that joke, right? It's joke precisely about the very sort of unnecessary nudity that got this discussion started in the first place.<br /><br />I'd also make a case for Ted Levine in Silence of the Lambs. Since they absolutely do not show it on TV, I'm counting it as nudity and I'd argue that actually seeing him execute the tuck maneuver is essential to understanding the mania that drives Buffalo Bill.<br /><br />Alex Lawsonhttp://twitter.com/alexxlawsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-31213376820466520562013-01-24T16:14:20.741-06:002013-01-24T16:14:20.741-06:00So much nudity in movies these days - I just sit t...So much nudity in movies these days - I just sit there shaking my fist!<br /><br />While there are certainly exceptions, I feel like <i>in general</i> nudity in movies is pretty gratuitous - I also find it usually JERKS me out of the movie experience because I start thinking of the actors and the whole process - like, did she give him permission to grab her ass there or suck her nipple or whatever - and like, bullshit they can just totally divorce themselves from the experience and it's just a job. I'm a man, I know how we are, and if I was going to town on Naomi Watts' tits for a movie I could say "It's just a job" until the cows come home but really, I'd still just be a dude going to town on Naomi Watts' tits. And, um...actually, excuse me for a minute...<br /><br />Okay...(drag on cigarette)...I'm back...what was I sayinzzzzzzzzzzzzz<br />Sol O.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-26535706684739772892013-01-24T13:56:25.311-06:002013-01-24T13:56:25.311-06:00I would argue that Harvey Keitel (of all people!) ...I would argue that Harvey Keitel (of all people!) giving <i>'the full spano'</i> in Abel Ferrara's "Bad Lieutenant" is necessary nudity for that movie to work. It shocks the audience but also visualizes the depths of despair and jaded life that Keitel's corrupt cop has sunk to as the movie's journey begins. It's the 'ying' to the character's quest for absolution (and memorable final scene) 'yang,' and an effective one at that.<br /><br />The nude shots in "Bad Timing" (nudity in a Nicolas Roeg movie? Shocking! :-P) are also pretty important to establishing the twisted mind games and awkward back-and-forth between Art Garfunkel and Theresa Russell. Speaking of Russell, talk about a brave woman who showed it all for her craft whether working for her ex-hubby (Roeg's "Eureka") or same-named twisted fellow with a vision (Ken Russell's "Whore").<br /><br />BTW, is there a real answer to the 'Favorite Movie Poster' thing? Because if this site has taught me anything is not to judge the quality of the content by the poster on the cover ("Ramona and Beezus" anyone?).J.M. Vargashttp://www.dvdverdict.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-22960704720369044502013-01-24T09:26:11.846-06:002013-01-24T09:26:11.846-06:00Amy Adams single-handedly got me through Trouble W...Amy Adams single-handedly got me through Trouble With The Curve (which I saw in a theater!). She's so cute it's tough to look at sometimes. Adamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-71294484554144168582013-01-24T07:56:29.192-06:002013-01-24T07:56:29.192-06:00Richard Pryor is my Ewoks!
Richard Pryor is my Ewoks!<br />Michael Angel Sanchezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04328480864264376735noreply@blogger.com