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leeroy711

Member since 2/27/2008, last signed in 4 days ago.

"I don't have a God complex, you have a simple God"

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Interested in:Avant-garde / Experimental, Crime, Drama, Horror, Music, Mystery, Science & Technology, Science Fiction

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The Proposition

Re:Weekly Theme for October 05: ...
By leeroy711 in Weekly Theme
"[quote user="Risselada"] [quote user="leeroy711"] I also wanted to add another from a good modern western. There is a scene in The Proposition that hands down wins the "HOLY SHIT.... THAT JUST HAPPENED" Award. I'm not going to describe it 'cause it would spoil it. But if you've seen the film, you know excatly what I'm talking about. If you haven't, you owe it to yourself. It's an all around good flick anyways. [/quote] Hmm, I actually watched that movie, but I don't know what you are talking about. Honestly I don't remember much about the movie at all even though I saw it just a couple years ago. All I can remember is some of the scenery. Also, just a clarification about this week's theme. Are these scenes where someone is intentionally killed by a person or an animal? Or accidental deaths too? Or just specifically violent deaths?? [/quote] I would say this theme encompasses all awesome death scenes. And, the scene in the Proposition I am referrign to involves a spear. " [More]

Dawn of the Dead

Re:Weekly Theme for October 05: ...
By leeroy711 in Weekly Theme
"[quote user="Dr_Gor"] Leeroy711, I noticed that you have recently watched Fulci's Zombie and enjoyed it. There might be hope for you yet. There are a couple REALLY spectacular death scenes in that one. The hot babe getting her throat ripped out is one of the high-lights. The "eye-poking" scene is nothing short of legendary. This is just a great movie all the way around and it is a pity that some of our younger members have never seen this gem. < GOR > [/quote] Maybe this will get thier attention. ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ _____________________________ Yeah, I was really into this film that scene in particular was really well done but as far as I'm concerned, tiger shark vs. zombie vs topless scuba girl... Well, it doesn't really get any better than that does it? I honestly had to watch and rewatch that scene a few time ... " [More]

The Proposition

Re:Weekly Theme for October 05: ...
By leeroy711 in Weekly Theme
"[quote user="Dr_Gor"] Somebody help me out here! I cannot be the only one on SPOUT who has ever enjoyed a death scene in a movie! < GOR > [/quote] I also wanted to add another from a good modern western. There is a scene in The Proposition that hands down wins the "HOLY SHIT.... THAT JUST HAPPENED" Award. I'm not going to describe it 'cause it would spoil it. But if you've seen the film, you know excatly what I'm talking about. If you haven't, you owe it to yourself. It's an all around good flick anyways. " [More]

In the Name of the Father

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By leeroy711 in Weekly Theme
"Well it took me a little while to chime in on this one but I would say that anytime I think of tear jerking films I think of one director that seems to do it to me everytime. Jim Sheridan's films are almost always great for a good cry. The Field with Richard Harris has some of the most frustrating scenes of heartbreak ever. I just watched this one for the first time a few weeks ago it was the first film in a very long time that had me welling up. In America is another one by Sheridan that's closing scene is downright impossible to watch with dry eyes. And you can't really forget In The Name Of The Father. This flick has several teary eyed scenes. Some for sorrow and some for joy. " [More]

Burn After Reading

Weekly Theme for October 05: Ki ...
By leeroy711 in Weekly Theme
"This one's gonna be another one of those "high-brow" topics y'all have come to love and expect from us here at the Weekly Theme. I know it's late, but in my defense, I was killed in a killer kill scene earlier and my zombie fingers have finally started working well enough to type. So let's talk this week about all of the greatest death scenes ever committed to film. One of my recent favorites is Ted Raimi's character in The Midnight Meat Train. Very very brutal... but still pretty damn fun. Also (without spoiling) I would say that last year's Burn After Reading had one of the most surprisingly and shockingly awesome kill scenes I've ever seen. But I would say my all time favorite comes from a film that I really didn't care for much. Soderberg's Out of Sight ('98) has a death involving a hefty fella running up a flight of stairs with a loaded shotgun...... Hilarity ensues!! Well let's hear it. I left quite a bit off this post, so I'll check back later and add some more. What's your ... " [More]

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

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By leeroy711 in Weekly Theme
"[quote user="Risselada"] I KNOW there is a new movie coming out soon where prisoner's bodies can be controlled by gamers in a death match in a kind of real life video game. WHAT IS THIS MOVIE CALLED!?!? I swear I saw a trailer for it or heard about it or something. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? [/quote] It's called Game and it's actually done by the same guys that did the Crank movies. [quote user="Risselada"] Also, The King of Kong is one my very favorite movies to come out in years. But I heard a lot of people respond that Chasing Ghosts about the same scene of people is even better. Anyone seen that one? Oh yeah, and I heard Grandma's Boy is pretty funny too. [/quote] Pretty funny is pretty generous for Grandma's boy. " [More]

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

Weekly Theme for September 21 : ...
By leeroy711 in Weekly Theme
"Well this seems like a fun enough topic. Let's talk about video game films. I'm not really talking about movies that are based on video games like Lara Croft or Resident Evil. I'm talking more about movies that are about video games. I got the idea this weekend while I was watching the really bad but still pretty enjoyable horror flick from good old 1994 called Brainscan with Eddie Furlong and Frank Langella. It was about this kid that gets some sort of virtual reality CD-ROM, goes into a trance when he's playing it and starts killing people.... Sounds great right?? Okay maybe not, but it did make me start thinking about this as a topic. I remember watching Tron countless times when I was younger and loving it. I haven't watched it in many years and I'm pretty sure the experience would be ruined if I tried to sit through it now. I've also been wanting to re-watch eXisntenZ lately. I thought it was pretty brilliant in a very Cronenberg sort of way the first time I saw it and I am ac ... " [More]

In The Mood For Love

Weekly Theme for September 7: I ...
By leeroy711 in Weekly Theme
"So, I think this is a very potentially interesting subject when it's been done well. I wanted to do this theme after watching my first Wong Kar-Wai film, In The Mood For Love. I thought this film handled the subject so well and with such an original point of view that I couldn't really help but marvel at it. It's also shot extemely beautifully and has a wonderful score. I am also reminded of Adrien Lyne's Unfailthful. This flick was a hell of a lot better than I thought it would be. It's not excatly brilliant but I think it was pretty exciting and again, it took a relatively original look at a very old conflict. Another one I feel like mentioning as much as possible is John Turturro's musical, Romance & Cigarettes. I don't think enough people have seen this one so if you haven't , check it out. It's a great tragic comedy with an awesome cast. Anyway, that's all I've got at the moment. So let's hear about some of your favorite cheating films. " [More]

Z announced..... (hell yeah)
By leeroy711 in Criterion Collection
"I'm super-duper excited about this one. I've actually never pre-ordered a Criterion film and this will surely be my first. I can't effing wait. " [More]

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Re:Weekly Theme for August 31: ...
By leeroy711 in Weekly Theme
"This topic made me immediately think of Gary Oldman. He was in a pretty thick layer of makeup for Bram Stoker's Dracula. And in Hannibal, I had no idea that was him in the wheelchair. I'd also add Mrs. Doubtfire to this discussion. " [More]

Paris, je t'aime

Weekly Theme for August 24: Shorts
By leeroy711 in Weekly Theme
"Well hello there brothers and sisters. Brother Merc has decided this week to take a vacation from the highly prestigeous postion of Weekly Theme Moderator so I'm picking up his slack. So, in honor of Merc (who's a little different) I decided to do something a little different this week. Let's take a break from all those feature films that fill up our lives. This week, let's talk about short films. There have been a few collections of shorts released as full lenth features in recent years. I'm thinking of Paris Je t'aime (collection of a bunch of 5 minute films shot revolving around Paris) and this year's Tokyo! (3 half hour long films set in Tokyo.) I liked a few of the flicks in Paris Je t'aime, especially the Tom Tykwer one with Natalie Portman. Tokyo! had a great short by Korean director Bong Joon-ho (director of The Host) The nice thing about shorts is that you can find a lot of them on youtube and post them here. So, that's what I'm gonna do. Here's one of my recent favorites ... " [More]

The Piano Teacher

Re:Michael Haneke Marathon
By leeroy711 in Movie Marathons
"[quote user="Puhnner"] I finished watching Benny's Video (1992 ) last evening. I suggest seeing it. I found the film extremely interesting in that it had as Benny, Arno Frisch and as Benny's Father, Ulrich Muhe. You will note that in Funny Games (1997) Arno Frisch is Paul, the fellow sort of running the 'games' and Ulrich Muhe is the Husband (Georg ) terrorized. I enjoyed that sense that Benny, grown now, 5 years, could quite easily have turned into Paul and the odd circumstance where Paul happens into Georg and his new Family. The games then begin. I watched the brief interview with Michael Haneke that came with Benny's ( I recently saw the 7th Continent with another brief interview; the interview portions seemed to be set up concurrently, perhaps at some screening of each of his films and had Michael Haneke speaking about the individual film; there is one included with Funny Games too ) there was no mention of the use of these two Actors in 2 films and whether Haneke purposefu ... " [More]