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R.I.P. Yvonne De Carlo
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"One of my icons died today. I realize that Yvonne De Carlo was much more than just Lily Munster, but "The Munsters" and "The Addams Family" are two of the main influences from my youth that set me on the path to Gothdom. Yvonne De Carlo was a beautiful woman, period, but Lily Munster had some great costumes. I know this post may sound a bit superficial - I do not mean for this to be so (I happen to be home sick with a fever, so I am a bit delirious). Yvonne was in the original Ten Commandments and Roots and so many more noteworthy projects. Her beauty and spirit will live on in my heart and many others, I'm sure. " [More]
Re: Overrated actors
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Totally Over-rated
"Trailers - I know that some of the best movies that I have seen have had pretty bad trailers (and vice versa), but I feel that I have viewed enough movies and their trailers to get a good feel for how I will feel about the movie. I am open to being wrong and I would be very open to someone making a recommendation of which post-Adaptation Nic Cage films are most worthy of viewing. I have been almost inspired to see a couple of those movies, but the hit-or-miss factor has provoked me to decide to not take the chance more often lately. Another important deciding factor is my very limited time because I am a full-time college student and I work. Now that I have very little free time, I miss getting to go to a great deal of movies that I'd normally rush out to the theatres to see, so when I do get to play catch up, I have to choose the movies that are highest on my list. Again, I mean no offense to anyone who thinks that he's a good/great actor - I think that he has given some grea ... " [More]
Re: Favourite movie to see high.
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tomorrows culture
"A small list (in no particular order), if I may: Waking Life Yellow Submarine Dude, Where's My Car? The Big Lebowski The Dark Crystal " [More]
Overrated actors
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"Well, this is a list that could go on forever (I freely admit that I had written off Tom Cruise and Mel Gibson long before both of them gave the general public lots of reasons to do the same), but I just thought to start this thread because I just read the headline "Nicolas Cage plans to cut back on acting" (full story at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200 61210/ap_en_ce/people_cage_6) and my first thought after "this is news?" was the urge to send him a thank-you card. Don't get me wrong - Nic Cage has been in LOTS of movies that I enjoy and even a few that I love, but over the past several years, I would argue that many of the films in which he has starred have been questionable - at best - for entertainment value (my opinion only). I have not seen him in anything since Adaptation because I have felt lukewarm (or worse) about every movie that he's been in since then. I even started giving deep thought to his earlier roles in the films that I still enjoy and, in many cases, he coul ... " [More]
Not *my* Dukes of Hazzard
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"One of my fondest childhood memories is from when I was very young - every Friday night, my parents and I would get takeout from the best Chinese restaurant in Chicago (I was born there) - I do not know if the restaurant still exists, but I still remember the name of the place and the perfection of their BBQ pork & shrimp foo young (my 2 faves from there) and I have not had food from there since I was 7 or 8 (I'm 31 now) - that's how good it was...I digress. Every week, we'd bring our Chinese feast home and watch Friday night TV together, as a family - "Dukes of Hazzard", "The Hulk", and "Wonder Woman", if I'm not mistaken (maybe "The Six Million Dollar Man" was part of the Friday night lineup and either "The Hulk" or "Wonder Woman" was not). I feel that Hollywood relies too heavily on remakes as it is, but I just was appalled when I learned that they cast Jessica Simpson as Daisy Duke for this movie - Daisy Duke is a brunette and she has a nice ass; Jessica Simpson didn't dye he ... " [More]
Borat is not a good movie. . . ...
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"So, I took some time out from studying for finals to go see Borat the other night, even though I broke my own rule of not seeing overly hyped films for a very long time if I don't see them within the first 2 weeks of release (I must admit that I kinda wish that I had waited because I have read so much about the film that there were few surprises, but I think that Sacha Baron Cohen is a genius - actually, he literally is a genius - and I have loved his work for the past several years). I had every intention of seeing this film during the opening weekend, but battling a nasty cold and keeping up/catching up with school prevented me from doing so. I own nearly every Ali G release (UK & US versions; the movie Indahouse & the TV series), so I am very familiar with Borat. I cannot wait for the feature film of his other character, Bruno - the gay fashion correspondent - he's not entirely unlike Borat, so I hope that film doesn't suffer because of all of the Borat controversies. Seeing ... " [More]
The Best TV Show EVER
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"It's just my personal opinion, but I feel very strongly that "Six Feet Under" was the best thing that ever happened to television (if I had to pick only from network television shows, I'm not sure what I'd pick, but most cable TV shows are eventually accessible to everyone on DVD these days, so I think it's fair game). I was lucky enough to have premium cable long enough [I'm a student now, had to cut back to basic...] to see every episode of SFU from the pilot to the end (I bawled for 2 weeks after the last episode - seriously). I mourn the loss of the show, but I also have great respect for the producers' choice to quit while they were ahead - I'll take 6 quality seasons of a great show over 1 or 2 good seasons of a show followed by endless mediocrity (or worse) any day. I have to admit that there was one season that I felt was weaker than all of the others, but the entire last season was phenomenal and they really ended on top. From the very first episode, I was blown away b ... " [More]
don't mess with perfection
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"I happen to live in the town that premiered the stage musical version of Hairspray before it went on to Broadyway and won lots of Tonys. I used to be a theatre major and I do enjoy a more than a fair amount of musical theatre (some of it can be quite grating also). I don't begrudge the success of the stage version of this show - it was great - but I do protest the fact that they are now making a movie version of the stage version of this classic film. This also recently happened with The Producers and as much as I like Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane (I would have eagerly seen them perform the stage version if I'd had the opportunity), I just could not bring myself to see their movie version. Perhaps it's because I feel that Hollywood relies too heavily on remakes as it is that I feel this way, but it really does seem extra absurd to do a movie adaptation of a theatrical production which was an adaptation of a film (and a great one, at that). " [More]
Re: Welcome to the group
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Movie Trivia
"Thanks for the invite! I look forward to sharing and learning movie trivia with other Spouters... " [More]
Re: Big Lebowski T-shirts
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Best movie quotes
"They have a shirt with a different quote about "The Jesus", but the quote that I actually use (usually to trigger someone's memory as to who John Turturro is) is, "I am The Jesus". I'd also love to see a t-shirt here that reads "I am the walrus", but many people would not understand that it was a Big Lebowski shirt unless a pic of Steve Buscemi accompanied the quote...Oh no, what am I doing typing now? Shomer Shabbas! " [More]
Re: It's Almost Time! Oscar Bu ...
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It's a Wonderful Night for Oscar!
"I think that The Painted Veil remake and Notes on a Scandal (with Cate Blanchett and Dame Judi Dench!) are safe bets for nominations. Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima is probably on that list also...I'd very much like to see Little Miss Sunshine receive some nominations, especially Steve Carrell for Best Supporting Actor - he was outstanding in that film. " [More]
The book is great too
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"As a result of watching this film, I read and fell in love with not only this book, but Frank McCourt's other autobiographical novel, Tis. I have not yet read Teacher Man, his latest book, but if the other 2 are any indication, I'm sure that it's fantastic. " [More]