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Guldbamsen 
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 Topic: 10 movies (genuine sauce poll)
Posted: October 12 2015 at 09:33 |
Pretty simple; I've chosen some completely unrelated films based purely on the fact that I love them all....for entirely different reasons. There are comedies, artsy stuff, ultra-violence, thrillers, gangster dramas and so forth yet they all feel like classics in on e way or the other...maybe except for The Manchurian Candidate and Bronson. I guess we'll see in the future.
Which one tickles your fancy the most?
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Posted: October 12 2015 at 09:48 |
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I've seen only 4 out of 10 on the list. Out of these 4 I really like Midnight Run. A twisty movie with a great Robert De Niro performance.
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Posted: October 12 2015 at 09:52 |
 Dayvenkirq wrote:
I've seen only 4 out of 10 on the list. Out of these 4 I really like Midnight Run. A twisty movie with a great Robert De Niro performance.
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Great choice Andrey  I saw it last night (with Swedish subtitles no less  ). I'd completely forgotten about it. Well shame on me, because it is such an entertaining movie. No artsy stuff whatsoever but a sensational cast that really fires on all cylinders. Charles Grodin is hilarious as The Duke.
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Posted: October 12 2015 at 10:00 |
The first five are long time favorites. From the second five I'm only familiar with Midnight Run which is also a favorite. As a big fan of Kurt Vonnegut novels I'm embarrassed to say I have not seen Slaughterhouse Five. But I do own Mother Night with Nick Nolte.
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Posted: October 12 2015 at 10:13 |
TeleStrat wrote:
The first five are long time favorites.From the second five I'm only familiar with Midnight Run which is also a favorite. As a big fan of Kurt Vonnegut novels I'm embarrassed to say I have not seen Slaughterhouse Five. But I do own Mother Night with Nick Nolte. |
Ouch! Damn you've been missing out Gary! Sorry to say so, but yeah I think George Roy Hill did a wonderful job of translating Vonnegut's dark humour onto the screen.
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Posted: October 12 2015 at 10:16 |
Lot of great films here but I'm choosing Dog Day Afternoon. Such a fully committed performance from Pacino. Loved Midnight Run too, not to mention Blow-Up and The French Connection.
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Posted: October 12 2015 at 10:17 |
I never saw any of those, although I have The French Connection on blu-ray  (with a very stupid Portuguese title on the cover )
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Posted: October 12 2015 at 10:24 |
emigre80 wrote:
Lot of great films here but I'm choosing Dog Day Afternoon. Such a fully committed performance from Pacino. Loved Midnight Run too, not to mention Blow-Up and The French Connection. |
As John Travolta says in the completely underwhelming Swordfish, it is genuinely Lumet's best work and up there for Pacino (a man that always delivers). Based on a true story too. (Such a crazy little tale you just know it's got to be real )
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Posted: October 12 2015 at 10:25 |
Guldbamsen wrote:
TeleStrat wrote:
The first five are long time favorites.From the second five I'm only familiar with Midnight Run which is also a favorite. As a big fan of Kurt Vonnegut novels I'm embarrassed to say I have not seen Slaughterhouse Five. But I do own Mother Night with Nick Nolte. |
Ouch! Damn you've been missing out Gary! Sorry to say so, but yeah I think George Roy Hill did a wonderful job of translating Vonnegut's dark humour onto the screen.
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Hopefully I won't be missing out for long since I'll be going on Amazon shortly to see if it's available. You should watch Mother Night if you can. Some may find it a bit slow but if you like the book then that's not really a problem. John Goodman shows up in a couple of scenes as The Blue Fairy Godmother.
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Posted: October 12 2015 at 10:31 |
Guldbamsen wrote:
emigre80 wrote:
Lot of great films here but I'm choosing Dog Day Afternoon. Such a fully committed performance from Pacino. Loved Midnight Run too, not to mention Blow-Up and The French Connection. |
As John Travolta says in the completely underwhelming Swordfish, it is genuinely Lumet's best work and up there for Pacino (a man that always delivers). Based on a true story too. (Such a crazy little tale you just know it's got to be real )
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I liked Swordfish (great cast). The slow motion circular scene where the lady wearing the claymore mine vest runs into the street and blows up is amazing special effects cinematography.
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Posted: October 12 2015 at 10:35 |
Meltdowner wrote:
I never saw any of those, although I have The French Connection on blu-ray (with a very stupid Portuguese title on the cover ) |
Let me take a wild guess; the title alludes to something dirty/sexy?
We have our fair share of insane revamped movie titles here in Denmark too The 1978 Clint Eastwood movie 'Every which way but loose' fx turned into 'Bankekød til slemme drenge' (Stewed beef for bad boys)
Oh and you need to watch The French Connection, Samuel 
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Posted: October 12 2015 at 10:38 |
TeleStrat wrote:
Guldbamsen wrote:
TeleStrat wrote:
The first five are long time favorites.From the second five I'm only familiar with Midnight Run which is also a favorite. As a big fan of Kurt Vonnegut novels I'm embarrassed to say I have not seen Slaughterhouse Five. But I do own Mother Night with Nick Nolte. |
Ouch! Damn you've been missing out Gary! Sorry to say so, but yeah I think George Roy Hill did a wonderful job of translating Vonnegut's dark humour onto the screen.
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Hopefully I won't be missing out for long since I'll be going on Amazon shortly to see if it's available. You should watch Mother Night if you can. Some may find it a bit slow but if you like the book then that's not really a problem. John Goodman shows up in a couple of scenes as The Blue Fairy Godmother. |
Thanks for the heads up. I'll remember that. Nick Nolte and John Goodman sound good to me (John Goodman is fantastic...hell even in small cameos. He always manages to make his stamp on whatever he appears in, and that is quite the feat in itself).
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: October 12 2015 at 10:40 |
TeleStrat wrote:
Guldbamsen wrote:
emigre80 wrote:
Lot of great films here but I'm choosing Dog Day Afternoon. Such a fully committed performance from Pacino. Loved Midnight Run too, not to mention Blow-Up and The French Connection. |
As John Travolta says in the completely underwhelming Swordfish, it is genuinely Lumet's best work and up there for Pacino (a man that always delivers). Based on a true story too. (Such a crazy little tale you just know it's got to be real )
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I liked Swordfish (great cast). The slow motion circular scene where the lady wearing the claymore mine vest runs into the street and blows up is amazing special effects cinematography. |
I liked Halle Berry in it if that helps  Hot damn!
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Posted: October 12 2015 at 10:51 |
Guldbamsen wrote:
Let me take a wild guess; the title alludes to something dirty/sexy?
We have our fair share of insane revamped movie titles here in Denmark too The 1978 Clint Eastwood movie 'Every which way but loose' fx turned into 'Bankekød til slemme drenge' (Stewed beef for bad boys)
Oh and you need to watch The French Connection, Samuel |
Nah. According to imdb it's "Os Incorruptíveis Contra a Droga" (The Incorruptibles Against Drugs) 
Those are really funny
Yeah, I know. My blu-ray player is connected to a CRT TV on my music appreciation room, to listen to audio blu-ray's, so I can't watch anything properly there 
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Posted: October 12 2015 at 10:53 |
^^ She could really hit a golf ball, and I'm sure that was a classic novel she was reading in the sun room. You have to admire an educated girl.
Edited by TeleStrat - October 12 2015 at 10:53
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Posted: October 12 2015 at 10:58 |
Meltdowner wrote:
Guldbamsen wrote:
Let me take a wild guess; the title alludes to something dirty/sexy?
We have our fair share of insane revamped movie titles here in Denmark too The 1978 Clint Eastwood movie 'Every which way but loose' fx turned into 'Bankekød til slemme drenge' (Stewed beef for bad boys)
Oh and you need to watch The French Connection, Samuel |
Nah. According to imdb it's "Os Incorruptíveis Contra a Droga" (The Incorruptibles Against Drugs)
Those are really funny
Yeah, I know. My blu-ray player is connected to a CRT TV on my music appreciation room, to listen to audio blu-ray's, so I can't watch anything properly there |
Ahh nuts...and here I was getting all excited and stuff!
Oh and pretty lame excuse for not watching movies. Admit it - you're just too lazy to spend 3 minutes on the tv set-up
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: October 12 2015 at 11:00 |
TeleStrat wrote:
^^ She could really hit a golf ball, and I'm sure that was a classic novel she wasreading in the sun room. You have to admire an educated girl.
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Reading? What?? I'm not sure I caught that Too busy looking at other....erm...parts of the screen.
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Posted: October 12 2015 at 11:07 |
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Oh and pretty lame excuse for not watching movies. Admit it - you're just too lazy to spend 3 minutes on the tv set-up |
Should I spend 3 minutes to connect it to my PC monitor or listen to awesome music in 5.1 right now? 
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Posted: October 12 2015 at 11:07 |
^^ You are a bad boy and need to be put in a "timeout"  
Edited by TeleStrat - October 12 2015 at 11:08
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Posted: October 12 2015 at 11:09 |
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People are too fast this morning. I have to keep editing to add another ^
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