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  • tiamat63T tiamat63

    - Predator

    - Hunt for Red October

    - Tombstone

    - Batman Begins

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #13

    @tiamat63 said:

    - Predator

    - Hunt for Red October

    - Tombstone

    - Batman Begins

    Yes....though I think that the followup Batman movie,  with Heath Ledger as The Joker is the most compelling of that Christian Bale Trilogy.

    Of course, an interesting thing is that  two different actors won Oscars playing the same role....that of a real psychopathic villain. 

  • tiamat63T tiamat63

    - Predator

    - Hunt for Red October

    - Tombstone

    - Batman Begins

    Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on
    #14

    @tiamat63 said:

    - Tombstone

    One scene only... it starts with...

    "I'm your huckleberry... Why Johnny Ringo, you look like someone just walked over your grave."

    ... and ends with...

    "My hypocrisy only goes so far."

    With gem after gem in between...

    I always wanted to take the best of the Tombstone cast and merge it with the best of Wyatt Earp's...

    • Wyatt - Costner.... WE 1 Tmb 0
    • Doc - Val.... WE 1 Tmb 7... yeah, Kilmer was that much better than D. Quaid
    • Josie... Joanna Going... WE  5 Tmb 7
    • Curley Joe - Powers Booth... WE 5 Tmb 10

    Et cetera...

    "When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196
  • Tour2maT Tour2ma

    @tiamat63 said:

    - Tombstone

    One scene only... it starts with...

    "I'm your huckleberry... Why Johnny Ringo, you look like someone just walked over your grave."

    ... and ends with...

    "My hypocrisy only goes so far."

    With gem after gem in between...

    I always wanted to take the best of the Tombstone cast and merge it with the best of Wyatt Earp's...

    • Wyatt - Costner.... WE 1 Tmb 0
    • Doc - Val.... WE 1 Tmb 7... yeah, Kilmer was that much better than D. Quaid
    • Josie... Joanna Going... WE  5 Tmb 7
    • Curley Joe - Powers Booth... WE 5 Tmb 10

    Et cetera...

    tiamat63T tiamat63 wrote on
    #15

    @tour2ma said:

    One scene only... it starts with...

    "I'm your huckleberry... Why Johnny Ringo, you look like someone just walked over your grave."

    ... and ends with...

    "My hypocrisy only goes so far."

    With gem after gem in between...

    I always wanted to take the best of the Tombstone cast and merge it with the best of Wyatt Earp's...

    • Wyatt - Costner.... WE 1 Tmb 0

    You have bumped your god damn head, sir.  

  • tiamat63T tiamat63

    @tour2ma said:

    One scene only... it starts with...

    "I'm your huckleberry... Why Johnny Ringo, you look like someone just walked over your grave."

    ... and ends with...

    "My hypocrisy only goes so far."

    With gem after gem in between...

    I always wanted to take the best of the Tombstone cast and merge it with the best of Wyatt Earp's...

    • Wyatt - Costner.... WE 1 Tmb 0

    You have bumped your god damn head, sir.  

    Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on
    #16

    @tiamat63 said:

    You have bumped your god damn head, sir.  

    Didn't like Kurt's delivery of "You cur..."

    Never felt he got into the cartoonish bent of Tombstone...  which is odd since he had no such issue getting into Jack Burton...

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  • Tour2maT Tour2ma

    Open Range is on a little later tonite... the final gun fight is a surf-stopper...

    And while we are on Westerns...

    • The Unforgiven... final gunfight...
    • Silverado... the opening sequence in the cabin...
    T TexasAg1969 wrote on
    #17

    @tour2ma said:

    Open Range is on a little later tonite... the final gun fight is a surf-stopper...

    And while we are on Westerns...

    • The Unforgiven... final gunfight...
    • Silverado... the opening sequence in the cabin...

     "I've heard that your a low down Yankee Liar"

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  • Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on
    #18

    My wife forbids the playing of Shane in this house. She can't stand the little whinny, little kid. She has a point...

    Couple nights ago this was playing way too late... but watched it anyway.

    "When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196
  • AxeA Axe wrote on
    #19

    Not much beats an old western late at night ?

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  • AxeA Axe

    Not much beats an old western late at night ?

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #20

    @axe said:

    Not much beats an old western late at night ?

    Like HBO's Westworld? 

    AxeA 1 Reply
  • Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on
    #21

    Tripped over another while posting in the main section of this Board a while ago today...

    ... the Football one, not the Political wannabe... 😉

    Almost Famous - probably my favorite Rock-themed movie...

    Although another just came to mind that would stop any surfing if it were still airing...

    The Commitments... a great story of an Dublin soul band's fast rise and even faster fall...

    ... and no, not Dublin, Ohio...

    Cool thing about this lil gem is that the actors actually did sing everything... and there wasn't a single Russell Crow in the lot of 'em... a reference I know Steve will get.

    Play? Don't think so, but who cares. The singing on covers of Motown classics was more than good enough to warrant buying the CD.

    EDIT: I was going to link to an old review I felt sure would be here, but noooooooooooooooooo...

    Steve... buddy...

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  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @axe said:

    Not much beats an old western late at night ?

    Like HBO's Westworld? 

    AxeA Axe wrote on
    #22

    @the-gipper said:

    Like HBO's Westworld? 

    Sorry, I live a guarded life.. Not familiar.. good?

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  • AxeA Axe

    @the-gipper said:

    Like HBO's Westworld? 

    Sorry, I live a guarded life.. Not familiar.. good?

    W Westside Steve wrote on
    #23

    @axe said:

    Sorry, I live a guarded life.. Not familiar.. good?

    I haven't been able to get through season 2. Season 1 was great.

    WSS

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    The GipperT 1 Reply
  • Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on
    #24

    Never could get into West World...

    Watched the new HBO movie that premiered last nite, Bad Education. Very entertaining "based on a true story" tale that takes place in a posh, Long Island school system.

    EDIT: Had the trailer up, but it really gives away TMI IMO... so just take a flyer on it.

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  • W Westside Steve wrote on
    #25

    Don't know if I mentioned this before but it was recently Rod steiger's birthday and it had been a good many years years since I'd seen the pawn broker. Powerful film ahead of its time. Actual nudity in the 60s. Not much but enough to surprise the shit out of me.

    WSS

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  • W Westside Steve

    Don't know if I mentioned this before but it was recently Rod steiger's birthday and it had been a good many years years since I'd seen the pawn broker. Powerful film ahead of its time. Actual nudity in the 60s. Not much but enough to surprise the shit out of me.

    WSS

    Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on
    #26

    @westside-steve said:

    Don't know if I mentioned this before but it was recently Rod steiger's birthday and it had been a good many years years since I'd seen the pawn broker. Powerful film ahead of its time. Actual nudity in the 60s. Not much but enough to surprise the shit out of me.

    Prostitute disrobing in the shop to "tempt" Steiger into giving her a better deal IIRC. She might have been between a couple of racks of clothing?

    Saw it in a Cleveland "Art Theater".

    "When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196
  • Tour2maT Tour2ma

    @westside-steve said:

    Don't know if I mentioned this before but it was recently Rod steiger's birthday and it had been a good many years years since I'd seen the pawn broker. Powerful film ahead of its time. Actual nudity in the 60s. Not much but enough to surprise the shit out of me.

    Prostitute disrobing in the shop to "tempt" Steiger into giving her a better deal IIRC. She might have been between a couple of racks of clothing?

    Saw it in a Cleveland "Art Theater".

    W Westside Steve wrote on
    #27

    @tour2ma said:

    Prostitute disrobing in the shop to "tempt" Steiger into giving her a better deal IIRC. She might have been between a couple of racks of clothing?

    Saw it in a Cleveland "Art Theater".

    That's the scene. Pretty avant-garde for its time.

    WSS

    www.westsidesteve.com www.myspace.com/westsidestevemusic www.cdbaby.com/artist/westsidestevesimmons
  • Tour2maT Tour2ma

    @tiamat63 said:

    You have bumped your god damn head, sir.  

    Didn't like Kurt's delivery of "You cur..."

    Never felt he got into the cartoonish bent of Tombstone...  which is odd since he had no such issue getting into Jack Burton...

    jbluhm86J jbluhm86 wrote on
    #28

    @tour2ma said:

    Didn't like Kurt's delivery of "You cur..."

    Never felt he got into the cartoonish bent of Tombstone...  which is odd since he had no such issue getting into Jack Burton...

    You're obviously drunk, sir.

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  • jbluhm86J jbluhm86

    @tour2ma said:

    Didn't like Kurt's delivery of "You cur..."

    Never felt he got into the cartoonish bent of Tombstone...  which is odd since he had no such issue getting into Jack Burton...

    You're obviously drunk, sir.

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #29

    @jbluhm86 said:

    You're obviously drunk, sir.

    I was watching some of the Kevin Costner-- Earp/Dennis Quaid --Doc Holiday  movie, just yesterday.   It does not compare to Tombstone.  I like those guys in lots of stuff  (even in stuff a lot of people don't like:  Waterworld/Postman).....but they are no comparison to this Kurt Russell/Val Kilmer  movie.  Not close. 

  • W Westside Steve

    @axe said:

    Sorry, I live a guarded life.. Not familiar.. good?

    I haven't been able to get through season 2. Season 1 was great.

    WSS

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #30

    @westside-steve said:

    I haven't been able to get through season 2. Season 1 was great.

    WSS

    Season 1 was great.  Each season thereafter....2-3  has gone downhill.  IMO.   They just released the final episode of Season 3, and they do say there will be a Season 4.  I am not sure why they need one.

    SPOILER ALERT:   Don't read here if you haven't seen it and want to:

    (In the final episode of season 3 they killed off what I believe are the two main characters...which is why I am wondering about the need for Season 4)

  • nickersN nickers wrote on
    #31

    The Godfather Trilogy

    The Shawshank Redemption

    The Ten Commandments

    The recent reboot of Planet of The Apes

    The Rocky Saga

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  • nickersN nickers

    The Godfather Trilogy

    The Shawshank Redemption

    The Ten Commandments

    The recent reboot of Planet of The Apes

    The Rocky Saga

    W Westside Steve wrote on
    #32

    @nickers said:

    The Godfather Trilogy

    The Shawshank Redemption

    The Ten Commandments

    The recent reboot of Planet of The Apes

    The Rocky Saga

    Even though it's not on my big list I thought the reboot of Planet of the Apes was really really well done.

    WSS

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