GarethRDR Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 there is something wonderful about Ahhnuld as Mr Freeze and Uma's ridiculous Poison Ivy There is nothing to commend that "film" by. Cinematic equivalent of a miscarriage. :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 23, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2012 I was going to say something similar. You can't describe anything about that film as "wonderful" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 23, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2012 I watched "A Night at the Roxbury" last night. I'd never even heard of it. It's a very early Will Ferrell film made by the SNL guys (I think) It was actually really funny. Totally stupid, but funny nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 there is something wonderful about Ahhnuld as Mr Freeze and Uma's ridiculous Poison Ivy There is nothing to commend that "film" by. Cinematic equivalent of a miscarriage. :shock: Rubbish there is far worse to get far more acclaim. Its somewhere on the so bad its good continuum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_c Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 there is something wonderful about Ahhnuld as Mr Freeze and Uma's ridiculous Poison Ivy There is nothing to commend that "film" by. Cinematic equivalent of a miscarriage. :shock: Joel Schumacher is the abortionist of the film world, full stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 23, 2012 Moderator Share Posted February 23, 2012 As someone who dislikes Westerns, I've been told to watch The Ox-Bow Incident as it's one of the best examples (and might change my mind). It was on Sky the other night so I recorded it. I'm actually looking forward to it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 there is something wonderful about Ahhnuld as Mr Freeze and Uma's ridiculous Poison Ivy There is nothing to commend that "film" by. Cinematic equivalent of a miscarriage. :shock: Joel Schumacher is the abortionist of the film world, full stop. Uwe Boll wants a word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 As someone who dislikes Westerns, I've been told to watch The Ox-Bow Incident as it's one of the best examples (and might change my mind). It was on Sky the other night so I recorded it. I'm actually looking forward to it now check out the proposition, it's a western set in the aussie outback, with a screen play by nick cave. it's certainly not john wayne territory, and ray winstone is always a good watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 23, 2012 Moderator Share Posted February 23, 2012 One at a time CED If the other one is any good I might. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 23, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2012 All superhero films remind me of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyYrQZ50hQk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 23, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2012 As someone who dislikes Westerns, I've been told to watch The Ox-Bow Incident as it's one of the best examples (and might change my mind). It was on Sky the other night so I recorded it. I'm actually looking forward to it now check out the proposition, it's a western set in the aussie outback, with a screen play by nick cave. it's certainly not john wayne territory, and ray winstone is always a good watch. Eh? No it isn't. It's a noir-ish western from 1943, starring Henry Fonda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BOF Posted February 23, 2012 Moderator Share Posted February 23, 2012 Mike, I assume your response to the CED post you quoted is in fact directed at me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 23, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2012 Mike, I assume your response to the CED post you quoted is in fact directed at me?It's directed at both of you. Unless there's been a recent remake of which I'm not aware, "The Ox-Bow Incident" is not what CED says it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 23, 2012 Moderator Share Posted February 23, 2012 You need to re-read CED. He's asking that I check out "The Proposition". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 23, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2012 You need to re-read CED. He's asking that I check out "The Proposition".Ah. Some capitals might have helped. I assumed he was referring to the proposition behind "TOBI", rather than "The Proposition". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 23, 2012 Moderator Share Posted February 23, 2012 Yeah I know. Some posters eh? Anyhoo, as the resident Western fan, do you recommend TOBI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 23, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2012 Yeah I know. Some posters eh? Anyhoo, as the resident Western fan, do you recommend TOBI?Yep. But like you say, I'm a western fan! Voted 9th best western on IMDB: Rank Rating Title Votes 1. 9.0 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) 224,235 2. 8.7 Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) 102,730 3. 8.5 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 42,169 4. 8.3 Unforgiven (1992) 135,719 5. 8.3 For a Few Dollars More (1965) 64,606 6. 8.3 The Gold Rush (1925) 28,910 7. 8.2 High Noon (1952) 43,368 8. 8.2 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 75,330 9. 8.2 The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) 10,421 10. 8.1 The Wild Bunch (1969) 39,373 11. 8.1 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 29,350 12. 8.1 Rio Bravo (1959) 23,672 13. 8.0 The Searchers (1956) 35,991 14. 8.0 A Fistful of Dollars (1964) 53,265 15. 8.0 Dances with Wolves (1990) 94,329 16. 8.0 Stagecoach (1939) 17,774 17. 7.9 Red River (1948) 12,556 18. 7.8 My Darling Clementine (1946) 9,670 19. 7.8 The New Land (1972) 1,240 20. 7.8 The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) 27,903 21. 7.8 True Grit (2010) 111,995 22. 7.8 Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) 8,616 23. 7.8 3:10 to Yuma (2007) 130,154 24. 7.8 The Magnificent Seven (1960) 34,743 25. 7.8 The Gunfighter (1950) 3,948 26. 7.8 The Big Country (1958) 6,732 27. 7.8 Destry Rides Again (1939) 4,983 28. 7.8 The Great Silence (1968) 5,041 29. 7.8 Winchester '73 (1950) 6,839 30. 7.7 Shane (1953) 17,024 31. 7.7 McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) 9,122 32. 7.7 Blazing Saddles (1974) 54,356 33. 7.7 Way Out West (1937) 3,574 34. 7.7 Johnny Guitar (1954) 6,032 35. 7.7 Dead Man (1995) 41,222 36. 7.7 Giant (1956) 15,343 37. 7.7 Lonely Are the Brave (1962) 3,101 38. 7.7 Little Big Man (1970) 17,040 39. 7.7 Tombstone (1993) 53,596 40. 7.7 3:10 to Yuma (1957) 7,467 41. 7.6 The Mark of Zorro (1940) 4,148 42. 7.6 A Fistful of Dynamite (1971) 12,445 43. 7.6 The Shootist (1976) 10,334 44. 7.6 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) 77,330 45. 7.6 Fort Apache (1948) 6,915 46. 7.6 High Plains Drifter (1973) 19,433 47. 7.6 Lone Star (1996) 15,981 48. 7.6 Guns in the Afternoon (1962) 5,929 49. 7.6 Yellow Sky (1948) 1,526 50. 7.6 The Westerner (1940) 1,825 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted February 23, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2012 When I was young, my dad would often have Westerns on and I hated them. But as I grew into more of a film geek I do enjoy a lot of the more modern ones as well as a fair few of the older 'classics'. I still can't say I like a lot of the older fair - they're too... staid. But theres a few decent ones. Westerns I'd take a look at would be True Grit (2010) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) 3:10 to Yuma (2007) Unforgiven (1992) Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) Open Range (2003) It's interesting that the newer Westerns have largely turned into character studies, when they used to effectively be morality tales. The Assassination of Jesse James is very slow, but beautiful, look at obsession, really, for example. The exception to that in the list I have there would be Open Range, which is a film that could have been made 50 years ago pretty easily, and is simply a tale of good and bad, and 3.10 to Yuma, which is pretty muhc a Western crossed with a small budget action film with Russell Crowe having a huge laugh playing a bad guy. Unforgiven is a bonafide classic, and plays like a homage to Clint Eastwood's Western career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 23, 2012 Moderator Share Posted February 23, 2012 I've actually seen the 3:10 to Yuma remake, mainly because Christian Bale was in it. I've also recently seen the True Grit remake which was fairly 'meh'. People criticised the posthumous oscar given to Ledger in TDK because "being a mad man in makeup is an actor's wet dream". I felt the same about Bridges in True Grit. Being a disgruntled, perpetually pissed, layabout with zero effort in his elocution is also a fairly easy thing for even a half-decent actor to pull off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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