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classic films and classic parodies. i can see how that could be a problem.

fortunately, i don't think deniro steps on any rakes. :D
 
Carl Landrover said:
I've just started watching Cape Fear (the 1991 version) and I'm already having trouble taking it seriously mainly due to the fact that thanks to The Simpsons I can't picture De Niro as anyone but Sideshow Bob. A similar thing happened when I watched The Shining. I hadn't realized how many scenes, sounds, and songs had been parodied from those movies.
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Kinda weird how you discovered all the references reversely, just saying
 
actually, i had the same thing with one of my ex's. her family are huge simpsons fans, and she discovered the references backwards too. i'm pretty sure it's pretty common. makes sense, there's a whole generation exposed to the parody cartoon before the adult entertainment it was making fun of.
 
Yeah that definitely makes sense
I just think it's odd how that worked out though

Well especially in Carl's case because since I think he's a bit older, I assumed he had seen all those classic movies which we discussed a page or so back

But whatever I'm cool with it either way
 
Bill said:
Yeah that definitely makes sense
I just think it's odd how that worked out though

Well especially in Carl's case because since I think he's a bit older, I assumed he had seen all those classic movies which we discussed a page or so back

But whatever I'm cool with it either way
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How old do you think I am? I'm 26, which I think is pretty old for the site and is sort of old. Not really I guess, but now my 20's are a lot more serious than they were when I was in my early 20's.

I had posted a few times about how I started keeping a list of movies I had watched. I started doing this in 2008 when I had realized I hadn't seen any new movies for a while. When I say new I mean new to me, not as in they just came out and are new. Anyways, among 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 I saw a total of 110 movies. That's a little more than one new movie every 2 weeks. Considering how many great movies there are and how quickly new movies come out, this was not nearly enough movie watching. So this year I stepped up my game and I've been trying to get caught up on the movies I "should have" seen the past few years. There are a few movies that I'm glad I've seen now in my mid 20's rather then seeing them when I was in my late teens/early 20's.

BTW, I'm currently up to 114 this year. So this year I've seen four more movies than I had seen in the years 2008-2011, and I still have a little more than 12 weeks left!

Seen mainly newer movies lately. Last watched was Lucky Number Slevin. I enjoyed it. Sort of reminded me of some of the Guy Ritchie movies. Movie I liked the most of the ones I've seen recently was In The Wild. I had read the book in high school and had low expectations for the movie, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Really moving. I've liked everything I've seen Emile Hirsch, and they've been fairly diverse roles. I didn't enjoy Alpha Dog much, but he did play his role well in that movie.

I have a few classics lined up soon since I am trying to have some variety. Either Sunset Blvd, North by Northwest, or Spellbound. Newer ones are either the newest Die Hard, which I haven't watched because they made in PG13 and it's a freaking Die Hard movie, or Contagion.
 
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won a free early screening of the new oliver stone flick "savages" for tonight, and benicio del toro will be there for a q&a. anyone have any questions for him?
 
^he said since his character does nothing but dies early on, he asked singer if he could play around with the role a bit, and made him the mumbler (taking after dustin hoffman in dick tracey).

anyways,
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he seems like a nice guy. heaps timid and shy, not what we expected.
 
^i took astrosmurf with me, i think she fapped like 12 times. bit distracting.

Bill said:
Yeah that definitely makes sense
I just think it's odd how that worked out though

Well especially in Carl's case because since I think he's a bit older, I assumed he had seen all those classic movies which we discussed a page or so back

But whatever I'm cool with it either way
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bill, wanna know what it feels like to know the references but not the source? read aesop's fables. i've been going through a collection of them and about half i'm intimately familiar with without knowing their original forms (sour grapes, cry wolf, look before you leap, unity is strength, etc).
 
it was a fun distraction. silly film, as i had hoped. don't take it very seriously. similar to stone's work on u-turn, which i thoroughly enjoy. savaged has a nice theme, it's a bit convoluted and it's really hard to empathise with any characters. just take it for the cartoonish crime fantasy it is, and you'll have fun.
 
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Have you ever seen The Proposition? Other than Crocodile Dundee (which I've never seen) I think it's the only film I've seen set in Australia. That film was more appropriate of the name True Grit moreso than the movie True Grit.
 
yes, i recall really enjoying it! but it's been several years, i saw it in the cinema.
 
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