G.Kleinschmidt said:
Mel Gibson and his dad are good enough at "rubbing the squares" the wrong way.
Now you're making me google again. However I can't get any hits for the expression "rubbing the squares". Same for "rubbing the circles", "massaging the triangles", "patting the polygons".
Please explain.
Please explain.
G.Kleinschmidt said:
It figures, it's from the old beatnik jargon a "square" is one who does not get it. Irritating them is fun, sometimes. You would never find the actual quote which is from a local rock critic, Byron Coley, used to describe putting his speakers outside his window and playing the Ramones as loud as he possibly could when everyone else wanted ELO.
Brazil.
So highly acclaimed when it came out, too; never quite grasped the 'artistry' of that one.
So highly acclaimed when it came out, too; never quite grasped the 'artistry' of that one.
"O, Brother" and "Big Lebowski" are also on my all-time fave list. Man, I am not doing well on this thread.
I have to nominate Patti Smith's "Dream of Life" for all time crappiness. I love her recorded music and enjoyed her concerts but this piece of dreck almost killed that enjoyment forever - There are some things I really don't need to know about peeing in a Cessna etc.
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scott wurcer said:
Well I really wish I could figure out just what the hell you are talking about. This virtual world does get a little surreal some times. But then again so does reality. Worked the night before last near the geographical centre of the continent amidst an electrical storm in a mobile lab electrically tethered to an erect bore hole drill rig. Got to sleep that night breathing air wafting over from a adjacent cattle yard only to be woken a few hours later at about 5am by Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 (1st movement) from someone’s portable stereo as stockmen (I presume that’s who they were) were stepping over me. The hut door I unrolled my swag in front of turned out to be the toilet.
Here is a photo I took ~1650 km’s ago. Lucky that nobody had left any “reading” material inside the truck. I could have gotten into serious trouble.
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Glen, I was just trying to comment on the general principle of being offensive when the audience contains those that you want to offend. For instance making your movie for you and your buds alone is a little less satisfying, I would think.
John Belushi had carte blanche to walk into any posh disco and mingle with the DJ, etc. Well one day he locked himself into the booth and put on some 80's California hardcore punk rock instead of the BG's. Google the group "FEAR" and you should find the time he did this to prime time TV audiences all over America. I loved it, of course.
John Belushi had carte blanche to walk into any posh disco and mingle with the DJ, etc. Well one day he locked himself into the booth and put on some 80's California hardcore punk rock instead of the BG's. Google the group "FEAR" and you should find the time he did this to prime time TV audiences all over America. I loved it, of course.
Bad movies
"The Beach" must be up there amongst the top waste of time and money films. This particular one (to avoid) is devoid of any acting talent or any meaningful content whatsoever.
grrrrrrrrrrr
"The Beach" must be up there amongst the top waste of time and money films. This particular one (to avoid) is devoid of any acting talent or any meaningful content whatsoever.
grrrrrrrrrrr
h_a said:
Great movie - I'll never be able to look at wood chippers again
without thinking about it 🙂
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scott wurcer said:
It is all making sense now. I apologize for any offence caused by picking on an easy target. It’s just so much more difficult to caricature the Kubrick disembodied immortal consciousness deity that rationalists like SY worship.
Millers Crossing is a rather typical example of their style; Fargo however is such a dark and anarchistic movie that only it's black humour allows relief. And a great Buscemi by the way.
Have fun, Hannes
Have fun, Hannes
G.Kleinschmidt said:
I just saw a bio on Kubrick, he was worse (obsessive on details) than I ever thought, truely stunning.
I think that this thread should now take an entirely new direction:
The best movie ever made.
I vote for Pee Wee's Big Adventure.
The best movie ever made.
I vote for Pee Wee's Big Adventure.
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