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• All the old Clint Eastwood movies... Allan 14:40:45 10/06/99 (2)
  In Reply to: "Car wrecks"-Bad movies you can't keep from watching... posted by Ears on October 05, 1999 at 01:34:13:

  ...from "Hang "em High" to "Sudden Impact" with an exceptionally weak disposition for "A Few Dollars More" and it's echo "A Fistfull of Dollars"; "Josie Wales" is my all time seen-it-500-times-and can't-get-enough movie and I'd give a right arm if those staellite stations of mine would get their act together and show "The Beguiled" once in a while (this was Clint's "artsy-craftsy" film *grin*).

  I'm also a sucker for "Ghostbusters" (I and II), anything remotely resembling B-stock (pun) sci-fi and re-plays of all the Star Trek movies. Man, I'm making myself sick now...
  
  

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  • ___ Tom §. 11:37:45 10/07/99 (1)
    In Reply to: All the old Clint Eastwood movies... posted by Allan on October 06, 1999 at 14:40:45:

    What's coming for breakfast?

    "I ain't your paaawww!"

    Tom §.
    
    

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    • LOL! Make my day! Allan 15:14:04 10/07/99 (0)
      In Reply to: ___ posted by Tom §. on October 07, 1999 at 11:37:45:

      nt
      
      

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• That Thing you Do, King Kong (1933), Princess Bride, THX1138 Edp 11:40:48 10/05/99 (6)
  In Reply to: "Car wrecks"-Bad movies you can't keep from watching... posted by Ears on October 05, 1999 at 01:34:13:

  Seen them all too many times, still locked on when they around.

  My knowledge of King Kong is so good (bad), I can tell how many minutes until the Harry Housen part of the movie starts, be it on commercial ridden TV or video. I also like the colorized version too!
  
  

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  • Re: That Thing you Do, King Kong (1933), Princess Bride, THX1138 AudioHead 14:06:03 10/05/99 (4)
    In Reply to: That Thing you Do, King Kong (1933), Princess Bride, THX1138 posted by Edp on October 05, 1999 at 11:40:48:

    Check out the 1933 "King Kong" reviews (including mine), on the Internet
    Movie Database (IMDB) site; you'll find lots of interesting comments
    and views. The 1976 remake reviews are there too.
    BTW, the 1933 original garnered a 7.7 average rating out of a possible
    10 from 1,698 IMDB voters and stands at #244 on the IMDB Top 250 film
    list; whereas, the remake got a 5.0 average rating from 541 voters.

    - AudioHead
    
    

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    • As long as their are no people on the screen, its a great movie. Edp 14:37:26 10/05/99 (3)
      In Reply to: Re: That Thing you Do, King Kong (1933), Princess Bride, THX1138 posted by AudioHead on October 05, 1999 at 14:06:03:

      The only "actor" who steals the show is the Chief of the island inhabitants. Powerful, charismatic, great lines that few could forget "Conna Rhama Kong", "Rhama Kong" , "Nice Gams Yellow Head".

      The rest is a silent movie overacting with words, bleah.

      And I forgot, it was not Harry Hausen, it was his mentor, whose name escapes me at the moment.
      
      

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      • Actually.......... AudioHead 08:04:26 10/06/99 (2)
        In Reply to: As long as their are no people on the screen, its a great movie. posted by Edp on October 05, 1999 at 14:37:26:

        the people were always secondary to me in the film, it's KK and the rest
        of the creatures that really were the stars! Great fight scenes! Just
        compare later films that featured hokey magnified gila monsters and alligators.
        The visual effects wizard was Willis O'Brien; in the later 1949 film,
        "Mighty Joe Young", he was technical director and supervised the budding
        talents of protege, Ray Harryhausen. - AH
        
        

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        • Re: Actually.......... Edp 10:04:28 10/06/99 (1)
          In Reply to: Actually.......... posted by AudioHead on October 06, 1999 at 08:04:26:

          Bingo on the real stars (kinda my point about the Chief)

          Thanks for the correction on the Harry Hausen junk I put out. I know and respect his work, even if I don't really know his name!

          You think people were blown away by Jurassic Park, King Kong scared people silly. My Grandmother and Father told me many times the faint that my Grandmother did in the theater during the film. That FX example is nearly 70 years old and still to this day has credibility in its presentation.

          
          
          

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          • Yes, one can imagine the fright when...... AudioHead 13:33:55 10/06/99 (0)
            In Reply to: Re: Actually.......... posted by Edp on October 06, 1999 at 10:04:28:

            those people back then saw "King Kong" on it's initial release. They
            saw the completely UNCUT version; over a period of years, many cuts were
            made, then later restored; but one cut got lost, and that was perhaps the
            most gruesome of the entire film: the scence where KK dumped the men off
            the log into the ravine where they were EATEN BY GIANT SPIDERS!
            Reportedly, codirector Merian Cooper, took out the hideous scene because
            that's all people talked about upon leaving the theaters; he said it stopped the rest of the film cold! (Think there might have been a Triceratops dinosaur scene that got lost too.) - AH
            
            

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  • No, no, no, yes. Bob 12:27:17 10/05/99 (0)
    In Reply to: That Thing you Do, King Kong (1933), Princess Bride, THX1138 posted by Edp on October 05, 1999 at 11:40:48:

    I can't wait for Princess Bride to come out on DVD! I crack up all through it and feel really great afterward. Sign of good sex, uh, I mean good movie!
    
    

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• Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. (nt) TAFKA Steve 11:17:52 10/05/99 (0)
  In Reply to: posted by Ears on October 05, 1999 at 01:34:13:

  
  
  
  

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• Re: "Car wrecks"-Bad movies you can't keep from watching... Tom §. 06:01:57 10/05/99 (0)
  In Reply to: "Car wrecks"-Bad movies you can't keep from watching... posted by Ears on October 05, 1999 at 01:34:13:

  Star Wars---Loaded with special effects, borrowed plot, marginal acting------poor quality film but highly entertaining.

  If you enjoy the Breakfast Club, you ought to check out "River's Edge." (Crispon Glover, Keanu Reeves) I don't know why I associate the two movies but I do.

  Tom §.
  
  

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