Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND
Haha! This sounds like a new thread: under the influence of what substance did you enjoy a movie ;-) - Original Message - From: allen day To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 5:06 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND Ditto. The first time I viewed 2001, it was a midnite film at the local bijou, after the lights went down, the smoke lit up. (Incidentally, I was enjoying some miscellaneous party favours). A girl started to ad-lib (out loud) during the initial monkey / chimp pan, giving each character a name (that was in the current news at the time) ... most of the crowd starting laughing along. It was on. ad --- On Mon, 7/13/09, jbirddouglass jbirddougl...@cox.net wrote: From: jbirddouglass jbirddougl...@cox.net Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 11:52 AM I'll confess: I saw 2001 the first time in Cinerama, in 1968, after taking a capsule of particularly pure blue Mescaline, a synthesized form of peyote. The stuff came on during the intermission, just before Hal began to run amuck and the light show began and all that weirdness started in. I was absolutely enthralled by the spectacle, but I was equally enthralled by the lava-like stream of tail lights on the cars ahead of me during a post-dusk traffic jam on the Bay Bridge in San Francisco as I drove myself and my girl friend back from the film. Sorry, Stanley. I watched it again recently after taking a capsule of pure ibuprofen. I still enjoyed the film, more as a nostalgic curio than anything else, and my back didn't hurt once. Greg Douglass Kenwick Cook wrote: In a message dated 7/13/2009 10:27:09 A.M. Central Daylight Time, ilovefi...@flash.net writes: Back in my laserdisc days I was at a friends house and she told me you just gotta watch this film called Eraserhead. For the sake of a friend I watched it all the way through, scratched my head and said 'huh?'. Her comment back to me was 'it is better if you are stoned'.Darn, maybe that is my problem with a few of these films I don't get. Anyone got a joint, I am thinking about going to the movies. Better not. It would cost me too much in Popcorn and Gummy worms. Either that or some acid... for the other folks posting, I would say that 2001 AND Once Upon A Time In The West also helps with mood ameliorating substances Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove0003. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND
On the other hand I really enjoy Coppola's One From The Heart, but would have a hard time knowing how to defend that particular turkey. Las Vegas re-created in a studio set (why?), Tom Waits duetting with Crystal Gayle (what??), a fairly cliched plotline with unsympathetic characters. Not exactly The Godfather or Apocalypse Now, but I like it. 1. Because he could, and it was (I think) the first time he used the idea of never being on the set and directing from inside his trailer. 2. I like it a lot too. It's as outstanding and unique in its own way as UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG. One of Coppola's most adroitjhly directed and under-rated ones is THE RAINMAKER, and probably the best adaptation of a Grisham novel. Phil - Original Message - From: Paul Gerrard To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 9:07 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND I've always liked Empire of the Sun too, despite the criticisms levelled at it that it's too sanitized. One big Spielberg movie I never got into, though, is Close Encounters - apart from anything else, I just can't take the ending seriously. On the other hand I really enjoy Coppola's One From The Heart, but would have a hard time knowing how to defend that particular turkey. Las Vegas re-created in a studio set (why?), Tom Waits duetting with Crystal Gayle (what??), a fairly cliched plotline with unsympathetic characters. Not exactly The Godfather or Apocalypse Now, but I like it. Paul In a message dated 13/07/2009 16:09:23 GMT Daylight Time, aaroncba...@fuse.net writes: I agree! This was a another Spielberg film that critics missed the boat on. The critics crabbed about all of the over-the-top scenes (e.g. Jamie touches the plane amid a shower of welding sparks and then the pilots salute him) but that was exactly the point- the second world war as seen through the eyes of a spoiled child who's only coping mechanism was to create fantasy out of reality. A really wonderful film. One of the last films to have that kind of epic scale (before CGI made it more cost effective). So many great big scenes with thousands of extras. Definitely one of Spielberg's most underrated films. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND
If I'm flipping channels and I see Starship Troopers on, I always love to watch it. Great fun! Another fun film to watch is Ice Pirates. I love the scene where one of the robots is shitting bolts and screws before he has to fight a lot bigger robot. --- On Tue, 7/14/09, CK MacLeod ckmac...@ckmac.com wrote: From: CK MacLeod ckmac...@ckmac.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 12:36 AM Right there with you all on Spielberg's WotW. Actually one of my favorite Spielberg films. Once upon a time, I liked to defend JURASSIC PARK over SCHINDLER'S LIST, but that was probly just to piss people off. I'll put STARSHIP TROOPERS on the list. Do you get me? While we're talking widely unliked sci-fi, I dug both of the last two ALIEN films, even if I had difficulty forgiving them for killing off the girl. Hey, how about ARMAGEDDON? I find it quite hilarious. If I had the time I might be able to make a case for its secret depths. Anyway, the destruction of the dinosaurs opening narrated by Charlton Heston was like the best ever science class movie. CK MacLeod Collectibles at ckmac.com Kymar's on eBay -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu]on Behalf Of Joseph Bonelli Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 05:21 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND Don't do it, Rick! The goddam texting-teens will ruin your high-- as well as your movie!! Joe B in NOLA --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Richard Auras ilovefi...@flash.net wrote: From: Richard Auras ilovefi...@flash.net Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 10:26 AM Back in my laserdisc days I was at a friends house and she told me you just gotta watch this film called Eraserhead. For the sake of a friend I watched it all the way through, scratched my head and said 'huh?'. Her comment back to me was 'it is better if you are stoned'. Darn, maybe that is my problem with a few of these films I don't get. Anyone got a joint, I am thinking about going to the movies. Better not. It would cost me too much in Popcorn and Gummy worms. Rick www.ilovefilms.com From: Kenwick Cook kenwick...@aol.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 10:14:25 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND DUNE: Everyone hated it but me... including Lynch himself although ERASERHEAD is a cult classic and all, I still find myself having to defend it often. Still thinking about my the other side of the coin choices Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND
Daniel, I am with you on this film. Most moving and, like 2001, probably most prophetic. We already know where science's beeping scanners are leading (I'm sorry, Dave..). Let's hope we don't carry things as far as they are done in A.I. I quite believe Spielberg followed Kubrick's intentions here. Supposedly Kubrick wanted Spielberg and his magic touch at the helm of this film all along. By the way, it is said that A.I. will be the first non-Indy Spielberg film to get the Blu-Ray hi def treatment-- this fall. Would that Empire of the Sun would join it. And one thing that can never be said about Spielberg is that he doesn't know how to handle kids onscreen! Haley Joel Osment and Christian Bale to Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore. well, the list is impressive. Joe B in NOLA --- On Tue, 7/14/09, Daniel Chia danc...@pacific.net.sg wrote: From: Daniel Chia danc...@pacific.net.sg Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 6:58 AM Hi everyone, My favourite film of all time is one that I always have to defend, and that is Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence. This was the film that divided critics, and stumped many filmgoers. However, it was to me a film that had so much depth and undercurrents that it drew me, together with a motley group of people from all over the world, from USA to England, from Singapore to Netherlands, to an online forum as we searched for clozure from a film that refused to leave us long after we had left the theatre. There were doctors among us, authors, lecturers, film students and other professionals, but something about the film drew us every day for 3 full years, as we discussed the philosophical ramifications of this one film. It was amazing, but every day for three full years, we all managed to discover new insights about the film. It was just amazing discussing the film at depth. I thought Spielberg's screenplay and direction were impeccable. Haley Joel Osment's turn as the mecha child remains one of the most incredible performances by a child actor, ever, and it was a shame he did not even garner an Oscar nomination for it. John Williams' evocative score should also have won the Oscar that year, and the cinematography for the film was beautiful. Curiously, the third act of the film (which everyone said was pure Spielbergian, mawkish and overly sentimental, and which apparently destroyed Kubrick's original vision of the film) was actually filmed the way Kubrick wrote it. Spielberg did not change the ending at all and filmed it as Kubrick had outlined it in its 20 years of conception by the late auteur. And to me, it was this very third act that gave the film its heart and soul. 8 years on since its theatrical release, I still cannot watch the film without having a tremendous flood of emotions overwhelm me. And I know that I am not the only one on MOPO who was similarly moved by this film. As for its iconic movie poster, it still remains one of my favourite movie posters of all time :) daniel Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND
Hello everyone, There are lots of movies that I like that I have to defend (almost every movie in my collection, ha ha). But one that stands out is TERROR VISION (1986). Many dismiss it as simply a bad film with bad acting. But I see it as very tongue-in-cheek. It's supposed to be over the top, a comic book come to life. It's a lot of fun to watch and there's never a dull moment. As far as I'm concerned, the worst thing any film can do is be boring. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND
At 08:55 PM 7/14/2009, Joseph Bonelli wrote: Daniel, I am with you on this film. Most moving and, like 2001, probably most prophetic. We already know where science's beeping scanners are leading (I'm sorry, Dave..). Let's hope we don't carry things as far as they are done in A.I. I quite believe Spielberg followed Kubrick's intentions here. Supposedly Kubrick wanted Spielberg and his magic touch at the helm of this film all along. By the way, it is said that A.I. will be the first non-Indy Spielberg film to get the Blu-Ray hi def treatment-- this fall. Would that Empire of the Sun would join it. Hey Joe ! Yeah, I heard that rumor too and I will buy it straightaway on bluray too ! Ditto that for Empire of the Sun as well ! That last close-up shot of a young tired looking Christian Bale finally closing his eyes as he hugged the mother he had almost completely forgotten phew . world weary , battle scarred, but finally able to become a child again in his mother's arms. One of my favourite shots, ever, in Spielberg's arsenal . Brilliant ! And one thing that can never be said about Spielberg is that he doesn't know how to handle kids onscreen! Haley Joel Osment and Christian Bale to Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore. well, the list is impressive. Absolutely. It's been said of M Night Shyamalan that he has the same magic touch with filming children ( Haley Joel Osment, again, in Sixth Sense etc ), but I think it really is Spielberg who is the master daniel Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND
Ditto. The first time I viewed 2001, it was a midnite film at the local bijou, after the lights went down, the smoke lit up. (Incidentally, I was enjoying some miscellaneous party favours). A girl started to ad-lib (out loud) during the initial monkey / chimp pan, giving each character a name (that was in the current news at the time) ... most of the crowd starting laughing along. It was on. ad --- On Mon, 7/13/09, jbirddouglass jbirddougl...@cox.net wrote: From: jbirddouglass jbirddougl...@cox.net Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 11:52 AM I'll confess: I saw 2001 the first time in Cinerama, in 1968, after taking a capsule of particularly pure blue Mescaline, a synthesized form of peyote. The stuff came on during the intermission, just before Hal began to run amuck and the light show began and all that weirdness started in. I was absolutely enthralled by the spectacle, but I was equally enthralled by the lava-like stream of tail lights on the cars ahead of me during a post-dusk traffic jam on the Bay Bridge in San Francisco as I drove myself and my girl friend back from the film. Sorry, Stanley. I watched it again recently after taking a capsule of pure ibuprofen. I still enjoyed the film, more as a nostalgic curio than anything else, and my back didn't hurt once. Greg Douglass Kenwick Cook wrote: In a message dated 7/13/2009 10:27:09 A.M. Central Daylight Time, ilovefi...@flash.net writes: Back in my laserdisc days I was at a friends house and she told me you just gotta watch this film called Eraserhead. For the sake of a friend I watched it all the way through, scratched my head and said 'huh?'. Her comment back to me was 'it is better if you are stoned'. Darn, maybe that is my problem with a few of these films I don't get. Anyone got a joint, I am thinking about going to the movies. Better not. It would cost me too much in Popcorn and Gummy worms. Either that or some acid... for the other folks posting, I would say that 2001 AND Once Upon A Time In The West also helps with mood ameliorating substances Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove0003. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND
Xanadu (Universal, 1980) It's from the disco era so it's a bit dated but I like it. Also it was Gene Kelly's last film. I like Olivia Newton John too!!! Too bad they did not cast Andy Gibb opposite Olivia. Michael Beck is good but I think Andy Gibb would have been terrific. --Tom Pennock In a message dated 7/13/2009 12:31:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, fly...@pacbell.net writes: Wise Guys directed by DePalma From: chris quarles chrisquar...@yahoo.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 9:20:11 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND Cable Guy Hudsucker Proxy From: _MotionPictureArt.com_ (http://motionpictureart.com/) i...@motionpictureart.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 10:03:20 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND We are mostly into post-1970 movies, that alone already needs a lot of defending ;-), and a few titles that a worth defending in our humble opinion are: Return of the Living Dead 2 Days in the Valley Thing to do in Denver when you are dead Arlington Road Good Will Hunting Braindead (P. Jackson) Deep Rising Cube Demon Knight Desperado Long Kiss Goodnight Night Breed Night of the Creeps Perdita Durango Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Very Bad Things Bound Cabin Fever Killing Zoe And the list goes on and on... Not familiar with any of these titles? Go rent/buy them now! Ron Alexandra - Original Message - From: _Michael B_ (mailto:dialmbb...@aol.com) To: _mop...@listserv.american.edu_ (mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU) Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 3:46 PM Subject: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND most of our favorite films that we watch over and over, again, share tons of loyalty by others. (CASABLANCA, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, VERTIGO, etc. is on everyone's list.) BUT, what is a favorite film of your that you need to defend? that is, what film do you believe is GREAT but lacks the enthusiasm of others? my answer is THE PARADINE CASE. michael Summer concert season is here! _Find your favorite artists on tour at TourTracker.com_ (http://www.tourtracker.com/?ncid=emlcntusmusi0006) . Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at _www.filmfan.com_ (http://www.filmfan.com/) ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at _www.filmfan.com_ (http://www.filmfan.com/) ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at _www.filmfan.com_ (http://www.filmfan.com/) ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. **Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals. (http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove0003) Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND
I also liked 1941, Spielberg's bomb. From: Tom A. Pennock tapenn...@aol.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 1:04:50 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND Xanadu (Universal, 1980) It's from the disco era so it's a bit dated but I like it. Also it was Gene Kelly's last film. I like Olivia Newton John too!!! Too bad they did not cast Andy Gibb opposite Olivia. Michael Beck is good but I think Andy Gibb would have been terrific. --Tom Pennock In a message dated 7/13/2009 12:31:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, fly...@pacbell.net writes: Wise Guys directed by DePalma From: chris quarles chrisquar...@yahoo.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 9:20:11 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND Cable Guy Hudsucker Proxy From: MotionPictureArt.com i...@motionpictureart.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 10:03:20 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND We are mostly into post-1970 movies, that alone already needs a lot of defending ;-), and a few titles that a worth defending in our humble opinion are: Return of the Living Dead 2 Days in the Valley Thing to do in Denver when you are dead Arlington Road Good Will Hunting Braindead (P. Jackson) Deep Rising Cube Demon Knight Desperado Long Kiss Goodnight Night Breed Night of the Creeps Perdita Durango Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Very Bad Things Bound Cabin Fever Killing Zoe And the list goes on and on... Not familiar with any of these titles? Go rent/buy them now! Ron Alexandra - Original Message - From: Michael B To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 3:46 PM Subject: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND most of our favorite films that we watch over and over, again, share tons of loyalty by others. (CASABLANCA, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, VERTIGO, etc. is on everyone's list.) BUT, what is a favorite film of your that you need to defend? that is, what film do you believe is GREAT but lacks the enthusiasm of others? my answer is THE PARADINE CASE. michael Summer concert season is here! Find your favorite artists on tour at TourTracker.com. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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I loved both 1941 Xanadu. I agree on Beck not being the best pick for the film. If you saw him in Warriors and then saw Xanadu you would just be scratching your head Olivia is/was such a hottie. As for 1941 Belushi at his best. From: chris quarles chrisquar...@yahoo.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 7:46:23 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND I also liked 1941, Spielberg's bomb. From: Tom A. Pennock tapenn...@aol.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 1:04:50 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND Xanadu (Universal, 1980) It's from the disco era so it's a bit dated but I like it. Also it was Gene Kelly's last film. I like Olivia Newton John too!!! Too bad they did not cast Andy Gibb opposite Olivia. Michael Beck is good but I think Andy Gibb would have been terrific. --Tom Pennock In a message dated 7/13/2009 12:31:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, fly...@pacbell.net writes: Wise Guys directed by DePalma From: chris quarles chrisquar...@yahoo.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 9:20:11 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND Cable Guy Hudsucker Proxy From: MotionPictureArt.com i...@motionpictureart.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 10:03:20 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND We are mostly into post-1970 movies, that alone already needs a lot of defending ;-), and a few titles that a worth defending in our humble opinion are: Return of the Living Dead 2 Days in the Valley Thing to do in Denver when you are dead Arlington Road Good Will Hunting Braindead (P. Jackson) Deep Rising Cube Demon Knight Desperado Long Kiss Goodnight Night Breed Night of the Creeps Perdita Durango Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Very Bad Things Bound Cabin Fever Killing Zoe And the list goes on and on... Not familiar with any of these titles? Go rent/buy them now! Ron Alexandra - Original Message - From: Michael B To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 3:46 PM Subject: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND most of our favorite films that we watch over and over, again, share tons of loyalty by others. (CASABLANCA, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, VERTIGO, etc. is on everyone's list.) BUT, what is a favorite film of your that you need to defend? that is, what film do you believe is GREAT but lacks the enthusiasm of others? my answer is THE PARADINE CASE. michael Summer concert season is here! Find your favorite artists on tour at TourTracker.com. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content
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EMPIRE OF THE SUN (1987-- Spielberg, directing Christian Bale in possibly the greatest performance by a child actor ever!) Joe B in NOLA --- On Sun, 7/12/09, Michael B dialmbb...@aol.com wrote: From: Michael B dialmbb...@aol.com Subject: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Sunday, July 12, 2009, 8:46 AM most of our favorite films that we watch over and over, again, share tons of loyalty by others. (CASABLANCA, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, VERTIGO, etc. is on everyone's list.) BUT, what is a favorite film of your that you need to defend? that is, what film do you believe is GREAT but lacks the enthusiasm of others? my answer is THE PARADINE CASE. michael Summer concert season is here! Find your favorite artists on tour at TourTracker.com. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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I am enjoying this discussion. I always feel the need to defend War of the Worlds (Spielberg's). I think it is a better and more interesting film than most people give it credit for. I firmly believe that the entire film is a dream (e.g. Invaders from Mars)- Tom Cruise's dream. He falls asleep and then everything starts happening. The entire film is an exaggerated nightmare- his worst nightmare- his parental abilities are tested to the extreme. The very beginning of the film lays out the fact that he is a questionable parent at best. Then, throughout the nightmare, he is faced with parents' worst fears realized (best e.g. is the scene where Cruise is simultaneously dealing with strangers trying to take his daughter and his son being pulled inexplicably towards the military- both primal parental fears). By film's end he proves his parental prowess and in one of the most maligned scenes in the film (the last scene) he hand delivers his children back to his wife safe with his judgmental in-laws ther! e to lay witness. To me this was absolutely Spielberg's intent. Throughout, the film works more in the realm of dream logic (e.g. Cruise's car is the ONLY one that works). If you are still reading, I also find myself defending Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut for one very specific and unique reason: I firmly believe that the film is one big cosmic joke- a black comedy -that even the critics, as far as I could tell, missed entirely. In the simplest of terms it is a story of a husband who get's so jealous about his wife having an imaginary tryst that he spends the rest of the film trying to get laid and he CAN'T! Mr.Tom-universal-sex-symbol-Cruise cannot get laid! And the most exaggerated case in point is that he ends up going to a super deluxe orgy and he STILL can't get laid. I think Kubrick threw a curve ball at us before he died. A very funny curve ball. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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Hi Joe, Do you really have to defend that one? That movie is awesome! Ron - Original Message - From: Joseph Bonelli To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 4:58 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND EMPIRE OF THE SUN (1987-- Spielberg, directing Christian Bale in possibly the greatest performance by a child actor ever!) Joe B in NOLA --- On Sun, 7/12/09, Michael B dialmbb...@aol.com wrote: From: Michael B dialmbb...@aol.com Subject: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Sunday, July 12, 2009, 8:46 AM most of our favorite films that we watch over and over, again, share tons of loyalty by others. (CASABLANCA, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, VERTIGO, etc. is on everyone's list.) BUT, what is a favorite film of your that you need to defend? that is, what film do you believe is GREAT but lacks the enthusiasm of others? my answer is THE PARADINE CASE. michael -- Summer concert season is here! Find your favorite artists on tour at TourTracker.com. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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I agree! This was a another Spielberg film that critics missed the boat on. The critics crabbed about all of the over-the-top scenes (e.g. Jamie touches the plane amid a shower of welding sparks and then the pilots salute him) but that was exactly the point- the second world war as seen through the eyes of a spoiled child who's only coping mechanism was to create fantasy out of reality. A really wonderful film. One of the last films to have that kind of epic scale (before CGI made it more cost effective). So many great big scenes with thousands of extras. Definitely one of Spielberg's most underrated films. Joseph Bonelli joebom...@yahoo.com wrote: EMPIRE OF THE SUN (1987-- Spielberg, directing Christian Bale in possibly the greatest performance by a child actor ever!) Joe B in NOLA --- On Sun, 7/12/09, Michael B dialmbb...@aol.com wrote: From: Michael B dialmbb...@aol.com Subject: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Sunday, July 12, 2009, 8:46 AM most of our favorite films that we watch over and over, again, share tons of loyalty by others. (CASABLANCA, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, VERTIGO, etc. is on everyone's list.) BUT, what is a favorite film of your that you need to defend? that is, what film do you believe is GREAT but lacks the enthusiasm of others? my answer is THE PARADINE CASE. michael Summer concert season is here! Find your favorite artists on tour at TourTracker.com. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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Back in my laserdisc days I was at a friends house and she told me you just gotta watch this film called Eraserhead. For the sake of a friend I watched it all the way through, scratched my head and said 'huh?'. Her comment back to me was 'it is better if you are stoned'. Darn, maybe that is my problem with a few of these films I don't get. Anyone got a joint, I am thinking about going to the movies. Better not. It would cost me too much in Popcorn and Gummy worms. Rick www.ilovefilms.com From: Kenwick Cook kenwick...@aol.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 10:14:25 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND DUNE: Everyone hated it but me... including Lynch himself although ERASERHEAD is a cult classic and all, I still find myself having to defend it often. Still thinking about my the other side of the coin choices Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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I agree 98.5 % with you on WAR OF THE WORLDS. I remember purists crying Heresy! when Spielberg announced his plans to remake the Pal classic (which, of course, just like Spielberg's film, was just an update of the Welles novel). I thought it was a spectacular film, with good performances across the board, including Cruise. The FX were extremely well done, and I had that same sense of awe that I had watching FORBIDDEN PLANET and, yes, WAR OF THE WORLDS when I was a kid. I did, however, hate the ending. Too neat, too pat, incredibly dumb. Also, I found the film much more satisfying when I thought that obnoxious little teenage dick had been vaporized. When he reappeared like a bad case of herpes at the end, I left the theater pissed off. Greg Douglass aaroncba...@fuse.net wrote: I am enjoying this discussion. I always feel the need to defend War of the Worlds (Spielberg's). I think it is a better and more interesting film than most people give it credit for. I firmly believe that the entire film is a dream (e.g. Invaders from Mars)- Tom Cruise's dream. He falls asleep and then everything starts happening. The entire film is an exaggerated nightmare- his worst nightmare- his parental abilities are tested to the extreme. The very beginning of the film lays out the fact that he is a questionable parent at best. Then, throughout the nightmare, he is faced with parents' worst fears realized (best e.g. is the scene where Cruise is simultaneously dealing with strangers trying to take his daughter and his son being pulled inexplicably towards the military- both primal parental fears). By film's end he proves his parental prowess and in one of the most maligned scenes in the film (the last scene) he hand delivers his children back to his wife safe with his judgmental in-laws th! er! e to lay witness. To me this was absolutely Spielberg's intent. Throughout, the film works more in the realm of dream logic (e.g. Cruise's car is the ONLY one that works). If you are still reading, I also find myself defending Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut for one very specific and unique reason: I firmly believe that the film is one big cosmic joke- a black comedy -that even the critics, as far as I could tell, missed entirely. In the simplest of terms it is a story of a husband who get's so jealous about his wife having an imaginary tryst that he spends the rest of the film trying to get laid and he CAN'T! Mr.Tom-universal-sex-symbol-Cruise cannot get laid! And the most exaggerated case in point is that he ends up going to a super deluxe orgy and he STILL can't get laid. I think Kubrick threw a curve ball at us before he died. A very funny curve ball. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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In a message dated 7/13/2009 10:27:09 A.M. Central Daylight Time, ilovefi...@flash.net writes: Back in my laserdisc days I was at a friends house and she told me you just gotta watch this film called Eraserhead. For the sake of a friend I watched it all the way through, scratched my head and said 'huh?'. Her comment back to me was 'it is better if you are stoned'.Darn, maybe that is my problem with a few of these films I don't get. Anyone got a joint, I am thinking about going to the movies. Better not. It would cost me too much in Popcorn and Gummy worms. Either that or some acid... for the other folks posting, I would say that 2001 AND Once Upon A Time In The West also helps with mood ameliorating substances **Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals. (http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove0003) Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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Never saw this. I'll put it on my Netflix queue. I'm a big fan of Bale, even after hearing the tapes of his meltdown on the set of the latest Terminator film. (Hoo hah, is that boy temperamental! Como se dice Hissy fit?) By the way...what's the dang hold up on Spielberg releasing his films on Blu Ray? His films are perfect for the format. Are there some sort of mysterious Machiavellian machinations afoot here? Greg Douglass Joseph Bonelli wrote: EMPIRE OF THE SUN (1987-- Spielberg, directing Christian Bale in possibly the greatest performance by a child actor ever!) Joe B in NOLA --- On *Sun, 7/12/09, Michael B /dialmbb...@aol.com/* wrote: From: Michael B dialmbb...@aol.com Subject: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Sunday, July 12, 2009, 8:46 AM most of our favorite films that we watch over and over, again, share tons of loyalty by others. (CASABLANCA, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, VERTIGO, etc. is on everyone's list.) BUT, what is a favorite film of your that you need to defend? that is, what film do you believe is GREAT but lacks the enthusiasm of others? my answer is THE PARADINE CASE. michael Summer concert season is here! Find your favorite artists on tour at TourTracker.com http://www.tourtracker.com/?ncid=emlcntusmusi0006. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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I'll confess: I saw 2001 the first time in Cinerama, in 1968, after taking a capsule of particularly pure blue Mescaline, a synthesized form of peyote. The stuff came on during the intermission, just before Hal began to run amuck and the light show began and all that weirdness started in. I was absolutely enthralled by the spectacle, but I was equally enthralled by the lava-like stream of tail lights on the cars ahead of me during a post-dusk traffic jam on the Bay Bridge in San Francisco as I drove myself and my girl friend back from the film. Sorry, Stanley. I watched it again recently after taking a capsule of pure ibuprofen. I still enjoyed the film, more as a nostalgic curio than anything else, and my back didn't hurt once. Greg Douglass Kenwick Cook wrote: In a message dated 7/13/2009 10:27:09 A.M. Central Daylight Time, ilovefi...@flash.net writes: Back in my laserdisc days I was at a friends house and she told me you just gotta watch this film called Eraserhead. For the sake of a friend I watched it all the way through, scratched my head and said 'huh?'. Her comment back to me was 'it is better if you are stoned'.Darn, maybe that is my problem with a few of these films I don't get. Anyone got a joint, I am thinking about going to the movies. Better not. It would cost me too much in Popcorn and Gummy worms. Either that or some acid... for the other folks posting, I would say that 2001 AND Once Upon A Time In The West also helps with mood ameliorating substances Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove0003. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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I'm jealous... I'm sure someone out there has a similar story with FANTASIA! **Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals. (http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove0003) Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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Two best comedies ever...Ishtar...Three Amigos...no really. Ken Just Kids -Original Message- From: Kenwick Cook kenwick...@aol.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Mon, Jul 13, 2009 12:00 pm Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND I'm jealous... ?? I'm sure someone out there has a similar story with FANTASIA! Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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In a message dated 7/13/2009 11:27:10 A.M. Central Daylight Time, justkid...@aol.com writes: Two best comedies ever...Ishtar...Three Amigos...no really. Tellin' The Truth Can Be Dangerous Business Honesty And Popular Don't Go Hand-In-Hand If You Admit That You Can Play The Accordian No One Will hire You In A Rock-N-Roll Band! The ONLY thing Three Amigos lacked is a See You Next Wednesday (Or did I miss it?) **Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals. (http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove0003) Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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Yes, Olivia Newton John is still very beautiful. Looking at her singing MAGIC on You Tube from 1980 is fantastic. It's from The Midnight Special. Yes, I agree. Beck did very little to help the film. I have a 16mm theatrical print of Xanadu. Maybe if Andy Gibb had been cast it would have boosted his career and he would still be alive. Very tragic for Andy and the Gibb family. --Tom Pennock In a message dated 7/13/2009 9:40:39 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ilovefi...@flash.net writes: I loved both 1941 Xanadu. I agree on Beck not being the best pick for the film. If you saw him in Warriors and then saw Xanadu you would just be scratching your head Olivia is/was such a hottie. As for 1941 Belushi at his best. From: chris quarles chrisquar...@yahoo.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 7:46:23 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND I also liked 1941, Spielberg's bomb. From: Tom A. Pennock tapenn...@aol.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 1:04:50 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND Xanadu (Universal, 1980) It's from the disco era so it's a bit dated but I like it. Also it was Gene Kelly's last film. I like Olivia Newton John too!!! Too bad they did not cast Andy Gibb opposite Olivia. Michael Beck is good but I think Andy Gibb would have been terrific. --Tom Pennock In a message dated 7/13/2009 12:31:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, fly...@pacbell.net writes: Wise Guys directed by DePalma From: chris quarles chrisquar...@yahoo.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 9:20:11 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND Cable Guy Hudsucker Proxy From: _MotionPictureArt.com_ (http://motionpictureart.com/) i...@motionpictureart.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 10:03:20 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND We are mostly into post-1970 movies, that alone already needs a lot of defending ;-), and a few titles that a worth defending in our humble opinion are: Return of the Living Dead 2 Days in the Valley Thing to do in Denver when you are dead Arlington Road Good Will Hunting Braindead (P. Jackson) Deep Rising Cube Demon Knight Desperado Long Kiss Goodnight Night Breed Night of the Creeps Perdita Durango Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Very Bad Things Bound Cabin Fever Killing Zoe And the list goes on and on... Not familiar with any of these titles? Go rent/buy them now! Ron Alexandra - Original Message - From: _Michael B_ (mailto:dialmbb...@aol.com) To: _mop...@listserv.american.edu_ (mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU) Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 3:46 PM Subject: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND most of our favorite films that we watch over and over, again, share tons of loyalty by others. (CASABLANCA, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, VERTIGO, etc. is on everyone's list.) BUT, what is a favorite film of your that you need to defend?that is, what film do you believe is GREAT but lacks the enthusiasm of others? my answer is THE PARADINE CASE. michael Summer concert season is here! _Find your favorite artists on tour at TourTracker.com_ (http://www.tourtracker.com/?ncid=emlcntusmusi0006) . Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at _www.filmfan.com_ (http://www.filmfan.com/) ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at _www.filmfan.com_ (http://www.filmfan.com/) ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at _www.filmfan.com_ (http://www.filmfan.com/) ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your
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The first time I smoked pot back in 68, a friend of mine said you will not feel anything the first time. He was wrong. We went to see Planet of the Apes, and I remember I couldn't understand why the men were not talking and the apes were. --- On Mon, 7/13/09, jbirddouglass jbirddougl...@cox.net wrote: From: jbirddouglass jbirddougl...@cox.net Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 11:52 AM I'll confess: I saw 2001 the first time in Cinerama, in 1968, after taking a capsule of particularly pure blue Mescaline, a synthesized form of peyote. The stuff came on during the intermission, just before Hal began to run amuck and the light show began and all that weirdness started in. I was absolutely enthralled by the spectacle, but I was equally enthralled by the lava-like stream of tail lights on the cars ahead of me during a post-dusk traffic jam on the Bay Bridge in San Francisco as I drove myself and my girl friend back from the film. Sorry, Stanley. I watched it again recently after taking a capsule of pure ibuprofen. I still enjoyed the film, more as a nostalgic curio than anything else, and my back didn't hurt once. Greg Douglass Kenwick Cook wrote: In a message dated 7/13/2009 10:27:09 A.M. Central Daylight Time, ilovefi...@flash.net writes: Back in my laserdisc days I was at a friends house and she told me you just gotta watch this film called Eraserhead. For the sake of a friend I watched it all the way through, scratched my head and said 'huh?'. Her comment back to me was 'it is better if you are stoned'. Darn, maybe that is my problem with a few of these films I don't get. Anyone got a joint, I am thinking about going to the movies. Better not. It would cost me too much in Popcorn and Gummy worms. Either that or some acid... for the other folks posting, I would say that 2001 AND Once Upon A Time In The West also helps with mood ameliorating substances Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove0003. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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Titanic --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Tom A. Pennock tapenn...@aol.com wrote: From: Tom A. Pennock tapenn...@aol.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 1:04 AM Xanadu (Universal, 1980) It's from the disco era so it's a bit dated but I like it. Also it was Gene Kelly's last film. I like Olivia Newton John too!!! Too bad they did not cast Andy Gibb opposite Olivia. Michael Beck is good but I think Andy Gibb would have been terrific. --Tom Pennock In a message dated 7/13/2009 12:31:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, fly...@pacbell.net writes: Wise Guys directed by DePalma From: chris quarles chrisquar...@yahoo.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 9:20:11 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND Cable Guy Hudsucker Proxy From: MotionPictureArt.com i...@motionpictureart.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 10:03:20 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND We are mostly into post-1970 movies, that alone already needs a lot of defending ;-), and a few titles that a worth defending in our humble opinion are: Return of the Living Dead 2 Days in the Valley Thing to do in Denver when you are dead Arlington Road Good Will Hunting Braindead (P. Jackson) Deep Rising Cube Demon Knight Desperado Long Kiss Goodnight Night Breed Night of the Creeps Perdita Durango Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Very Bad Things Bound Cabin Fever Killing Zoe And the list goes on and on... Not familiar with any of these titles? Go rent/buy them now! Ron Alexandra - Original Message - From: Michael B To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 3:46 PM Subject: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND most of our favorite films that we watch over and over, again, share tons of loyalty by others. (CASABLANCA, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, VERTIGO, etc. is on everyone's list.) BUT, what is a favorite film of your that you need to defend? that is, what film do you believe is GREAT but lacks the enthusiasm of others? my answer is THE PARADINE CASE. michael Summer concert season is here! Find your favorite artists on tour at TourTracker.com. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals.Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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I really enjoyed it at the movie theatre but, it looses something watching it at home. --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Joseph Mitch joseph_mi...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Joseph Mitch joseph_mi...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 1:49 PM Titanic --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Tom A. Pennock tapenn...@aol.com wrote: From: Tom A. Pennock tapenn...@aol.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 1:04 AM Xanadu (Universal, 1980) It's from the disco era so it's a bit dated but I like it. Also it was Gene Kelly's last film. I like Olivia Newton John too!!! Too bad they did not cast Andy Gibb opposite Olivia. Michael Beck is good but I think Andy Gibb would have been terrific. --Tom Pennock In a message dated 7/13/2009 12:31:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, fly...@pacbell.net writes: Wise Guys directed by DePalma From: chris quarles chrisquar...@yahoo.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 9:20:11 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND Cable Guy Hudsucker Proxy From: MotionPictureArt.com i...@motionpictureart.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 10:03:20 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND We are mostly into post-1970 movies, that alone already needs a lot of defending ;-), and a few titles that a worth defending in our humble opinion are: Return of the Living Dead 2 Days in the Valley Thing to do in Denver when you are dead Arlington Road Good Will Hunting Braindead (P. Jackson) Deep Rising Cube Demon Knight Desperado Long Kiss Goodnight Night Breed Night of the Creeps Perdita Durango Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Very Bad Things Bound Cabin Fever Killing Zoe And the list goes on and on... Not familiar with any of these titles? Go rent/buy them now! Ron Alexandra - Original Message - From: Michael B To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 3:46 PM Subject: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND most of our favorite films that we watch over and over, again, share tons of loyalty by others. (CASABLANCA, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, VERTIGO, etc. is on everyone's list.) BUT, what is a favorite film of your that you need to defend? that is, what film do you believe is GREAT but lacks the enthusiasm of others? my answer is THE PARADINE CASE. michael Summer concert season is here! Find your favorite artists on tour at TourTracker.com. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals.Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type
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Safer to drive on the Ibuprofen as well... but I know what you meant about those tailights. I still can't believe we did stuff like that... :) jbirddouglass wrote: I'll confess: I saw 2001 the first time in Cinerama, in 1968, after taking a capsule of particularly pure blue Mescaline, a synthesized form of peyote. The stuff came on during the intermission, just before Hal began to run amuck and the light show began and all that weirdness started in. I was absolutely enthralled by the spectacle, but I was equally enthralled by the lava-like stream of tail lights on the cars ahead of me during a post-dusk traffic jam on the Bay Bridge in San Francisco as I drove myself and my girl friend back from the film. Sorry, Stanley. I watched it again recently after taking a capsule of pure ibuprofen. I still enjoyed the film, more as a nostalgic curio than anything else, and my back didn't hurt once. Greg Douglass Kenwick Cook wrote: In a message dated 7/13/2009 10:27:09 A.M. Central Daylight Time, ilovefi...@flash.net writes: Back in my laserdisc days I was at a friends house and she told me you just gotta watch this film called Eraserhead. For the sake of a friend I watched it all the way through, scratched my head and said 'huh?'. Her comment back to me was 'it is better if you are stoned'.Darn, maybe that is my problem with a few of these films I don't get. Anyone got a joint, I am thinking about going to the movies. Better not. It would cost me too much in Popcorn and Gummy worms. Either that or some acid... for the other folks posting, I would say that 2001 AND Once Upon A Time In The West also helps with mood ameliorating substances Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove0003. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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I agree. Another problem with this movie is that you unfortunately can experience it as a serious drama/love story or as a comedy. Another movie that loses it's magic at your home theater and suffers from the same problem is Showgirls by Paul Verhoeven. Empire of the Sun is indeed a great movie. I remember going to see it when I was around twelve years old and did not have enough cash to buy a ticket. Movies at that time were usually around 12.50 in Dutch Guilders, but because this movie was longer it was 16.50 and I only had 16 Guilders, so I had to return the next day to see it. The funny thing is that matinee showings in the US are currently cheaper than they were back in the good old Guilder era in the Netherlands. Don't even start me about that Euro. - Original Message - From: Roland Lataille To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 7:53 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND I really enjoyed it at the movie theatre but, it looses something watching it at home. --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Joseph Mitch joseph_mi...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Joseph Mitch joseph_mi...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 1:49 PM Titanic --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Tom A. Pennock tapenn...@aol.com wrote: From: Tom A. Pennock tapenn...@aol.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 1:04 AM Xanadu (Universal, 1980) It's from the disco era so it's a bit dated but I like it. Also it was Gene Kelly's last film. I like Olivia Newton John too!!! Too bad they did not cast Andy Gibb opposite Olivia. Michael Beck is good but I think Andy Gibb would have been terrific. --Tom Pennock In a message dated 7/13/2009 12:31:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, fly...@pacbell.net writes: Wise Guys directed by DePalma From: chris quarles chrisquar...@yahoo.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 9:20:11 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND Cable Guy Hudsucker Proxy From: MotionPictureArt.com i...@motionpictureart.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 10:03:20 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND We are mostly into post-1970 movies, that alone already needs a lot of defending ;-), and a few titles that a worth defending in our humble opinion are: Return of the Living Dead 2 Days in the Valley Thing to do in Denver when you are dead Arlington Road Good Will Hunting Braindead (P. Jackson) Deep Rising Cube Demon Knight Desperado Long Kiss Goodnight Night Breed Night of the Creeps Perdita Durango Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Very Bad Things Bound Cabin Fever Killing Zoe And the list goes on and on... Not familiar with any of these titles? Go rent/buy them now! Ron Alexandra - Original Message - From: Michael B To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 3:46 PM Subject: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND most of our favorite films that we watch over and over, again, share tons of loyalty by others. (CASABLANCA, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, VERTIGO, etc. is on everyone's list.) BUT, what is a favorite film of your that you need to defend? that is, what film do you believe is GREAT but lacks the enthusiasm of others? my answer is THE PARADINE CASE. michael -- Summer concert season is here! Find your favorite artists on tour at TourTracker.com. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com
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A, you reminded me of Guilders and Amsterdam20 guilders - at that time about 10USD and we went to tuschinski http://www.pathe.nl/tuschinski/specials.asp?me=Ycat=Rondleid theater...one of the most beautiful theaters I've been in...saw the main movie in their VIP balconyyou had champagne and appetizers before the film, beer and wine service during the film (you didn't even have to leave your seats), and dessert and cordials after the film...all for 10USD. During the Euro conversion there was suppose to be this exchange rate to keep the same sort of inflation rate going...except Amsterdam became this very expensive city overnight - literallymost merchants never really did the conversion...so on menus if something was 5 Guilders approx 2.5USD, it went to 5 EURO instantly (about 7 USD) and even higher depending when you were thereso it more than doubled in price. From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu] On Behalf Of MotionPictureArt.com Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 3:08 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND I agree. Another problem with this movie is that you unfortunately can experience it as a serious drama/love story or as a comedy. Another movie that loses it's magic at your home theater and suffers from the same problem is Showgirls by Paul Verhoeven. Empire of the Sun is indeed a great movie. I remember going to see it when I was around twelve years old and did not have enough cash to buy a ticket. Movies at that time were usually around 12.50 in Dutch Guilders, but because this movie was longer it was 16.50 and I only had 16 Guilders, so I had to return the next day to see it. The funny thing is that matinee showings in the US are currently cheaper than they were back in the good old Guilder era in the Netherlands. Don't even start me about that Euro. - Original Message - From: Roland Lataille mailto:roland.latai...@sbcglobal.net To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 7:53 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND I really enjoyed it at the movie theatre but, it looses something watching it at home. --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Joseph Mitch joseph_mi...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Joseph Mitch joseph_mi...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 1:49 PM Titanic --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Tom A. Pennock tapenn...@aol.com wrote: From: Tom A. Pennock tapenn...@aol.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 1:04 AM Xanadu (Universal, 1980) It's from the disco era so it's a bit dated but I like it. Also it was Gene Kelly's last film. I like Olivia Newton John too!!! Too bad they did not cast Andy Gibb opposite Olivia. Michael Beck is good but I think Andy Gibb would have been terrific. --Tom Pennock In a message dated 7/13/2009 12:31:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, fly...@pacbell.net writes: Wise Guys directed by DePalma From: chris quarles chrisquar...@yahoo.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 9:20:11 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND Cable Guy Hudsucker Proxy From: MotionPictureArt.com http://motionpictureart.com/ i...@motionpictureart.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 10:03:20 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND We are mostly into post-1970 movies, that alone already needs a lot of defending ;-), and a few titles that a worth defending in our humble opinion are: Return of the Living Dead 2 Days in the Valley Thing to do in Denver when you are dead Arlington Road Good Will Hunting Braindead (P. Jackson) Deep Rising Cube Demon Knight Desperado Long Kiss Goodnight Night Breed Night of the Creeps Perdita Durango Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Very Bad Things Bound Cabin Fever Killing Zoe And the list goes on and on... Not familiar with any of these titles? Go rent/buy them now! Ron Alexandra - Original Message - From: Michael B To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 3:46 PM Subject: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND most of our favorite films that we watch over and over, again, share
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I agree that Spielberg's War of the Words and the original theatrical release of Dune are both worthy of defense. I still like the original release of Dune better than the subsequent director's cuts. It was clean, it was direct, it flowed well and it let people who had never read the book understand what the heck was going on. As for War of the Worlds... sure, it's flawed in a lot of ways, but still one great ride and so very different from the 1953 film that they are two completely different things. By the way, the reason Tom Cruise's car was the only one that ran was because it was an older model that did not have any computer chips in the ignition system or motor -- the computer chips in all the other vehicles had been fried by the big electro-magnetic pulse the Martians put out. A nice way to get him a car when no one else had one, I thought, although Spielberg did a bad job of explaining it. Some people think it was because the garage guy had fixed the car (replaced the computer chip) after the pulse, but that doesn't fly because the replacement computer chip would have been fried when it was sitting on the garage shelf and so when the mechanic put in it still wouldn't have worked. I second the motion that Tom's idiot teenage son should have stayed toast at the end. -- JR aaroncba...@fuse.net wrote: I am enjoying this discussion. I always feel the need to defend War of the Worlds (Spielberg's). I think it is a better and more interesting film than most people give it credit for. I firmly believe that the entire film is a dream (e.g. Invaders from Mars)- Tom Cruise's dream. He falls asleep and then everything starts happening. The entire film is an exaggerated nightmare- his worst nightmare- his parental abilities are tested to the extreme. The very beginning of the film lays out the fact that he is a questionable parent at best. Then, throughout the nightmare, he is faced with parents' worst fears realized (best e.g. is the scene where Cruise is simultaneously dealing with strangers trying to take his daughter and his son being pulled inexplicably towards the military- both primal parental fears). By film's end he proves his parental prowess and in one of the most maligned scenes in the film (the last scene) he hand delivers his children back to his wife safe with his judgmental in-laws th! er! e to lay witness. To me this was absolutely Spielberg's intent. Throughout, the film works more in the realm of dream logic (e.g. Cruise's car is the ONLY one that works). If you are still reading, I also find myself defending Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut for one very specific and unique reason: I firmly believe that the film is one big cosmic joke- a black comedy -that even the critics, as far as I could tell, missed entirely. In the simplest of terms it is a story of a husband who get's so jealous about his wife having an imaginary tryst that he spends the rest of the film trying to get laid and he CAN'T! Mr.Tom-universal-sex-symbol-Cruise cannot get laid! And the most exaggerated case in point is that he ends up going to a super deluxe orgy and he STILL can't get laid. I think Kubrick threw a curve ball at us before he died. A very funny curve ball. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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Never mind the son. The daughter has to have been one of the most annoying child characters ever to have graced the screen...and I include Baby Leroy in that. Her whiny, high-pitched screaming was one of the many things that marred the movie, along with Tim Robbins extended over-the-top nutbar performance. I liked the first half of the film but found most parts of the second half laughably bad. On the other hand, there were some remarkable set-pieces that are almost worth re-watching the movie for: the car-jacking scene, the ferry scene and the walk through the debris from the crashed airliner. Too bad they weren't in a better movie. Dave - Original Message - From: James Richard jrl...@mediabearonline.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 3:35 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND I agree that Spielberg's War of the Words and the original theatrical release of Dune are both worthy of defense. I still like the original release of Dune better than the subsequent director's cuts. It was clean, it was direct, it flowed well and it let people who had never read the book understand what the heck was going on. As for War of the Worlds... sure, it's flawed in a lot of ways, but still one great ride and so very different from the 1953 film that they are two completely different things. By the way, the reason Tom Cruise's car was the only one that ran was because it was an older model that did not have any computer chips in the ignition system or motor -- the computer chips in all the other vehicles had been fried by the big electro-magnetic pulse the Martians put out. A nice way to get him a car when no one else had one, I thought, although Spielberg did a bad job of explaining it. Some people think it was because the garage guy had fixed the car (replaced the computer chip) after the pulse, but that doesn't fly because the replacement computer chip would have been fried when it was sitting on the garage shelf and so when the mechanic put in it still wouldn't have worked. I second the motion that Tom's idiot teenage son should have stayed toast at the end. -- JR aaroncba...@fuse.net wrote: I am enjoying this discussion. I always feel the need to defend War of the Worlds (Spielberg's). I think it is a better and more interesting film than most people give it credit for. I firmly believe that the entire film is a dream (e.g. Invaders from Mars)- Tom Cruise's dream. He falls asleep and then everything starts happening. The entire film is an exaggerated nightmare- his worst nightmare- his parental abilities are tested to the extreme. The very beginning of the film lays out the fact that he is a questionable parent at best. Then, throughout the nightmare, he is faced with parents' worst fears realized (best e.g. is the scene where Cruise is simultaneously dealing with strangers trying to take his daughter and his son being pulled inexplicably towards the military- both primal parental fears). By film's end he proves his parental prowess and in one of the most maligned scenes in the film (the last scene) he hand delivers his children back to his wife safe with his judgmental in-laws th! er! e to lay witness. To me this was absolutely Spielberg's intent. Throughout, the film works more in the realm of dream logic (e.g. Cruise's car is the ONLY one that works). If you are still reading, I also find myself defending Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut for one very specific and unique reason: I firmly believe that the film is one big cosmic joke- a black comedy -that even the critics, as far as I could tell, missed entirely. In the simplest of terms it is a story of a husband who get's so jealous about his wife having an imaginary tryst that he spends the rest of the film trying to get laid and he CAN'T! Mr.Tom-universal-sex-symbol-Cruise cannot get laid! And the most exaggerated case in point is that he ends up going to a super deluxe orgy and he STILL can't get laid. I think Kubrick threw a curve ball at us before he died. A very funny curve ball. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L
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I agree with JR on these. The opening to War of the Worlds was thrilling. Also Dune is a visual feast of marvel and disgust. It got a rise out of me. Toochis From: Dave Rosen hah...@sympatico.ca To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 12:48:03 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND Never mind the son. The daughter has to have been one of the most annoying child characters ever to have graced the screen...and I include Baby Leroy in that. Her whiny, high-pitched screaming was one of the many things that marred the movie, along with Tim Robbins extended over-the-top nutbar performance. I liked the first half of the film but found most parts of the second half laughably bad. On the other hand, there were some remarkable set-pieces that are almost worth re-watching the movie for: the car-jacking scene, the ferry scene and the walk through the debris from the crashed airliner. Too bad they weren't in a better movie. Dave - Original Message - From: James Richard jrl...@mediabearonline.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 3:35 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND I agree that Spielberg's War of the Words and the original theatrical release of Dune are both worthy of defense. I still like the original release of Dune better than the subsequent director's cuts. It was clean, it was direct, it flowed well and it let people who had never read the book understand what the heck was going on. As for War of the Worlds... sure, it's flawed in a lot of ways, but still one great ride and so very different from the 1953 film that they are two completely different things. By the way, the reason Tom Cruise's car was the only one that ran was because it was an older model that did not have any computer chips in the ignition system or motor -- the computer chips in all the other vehicles had been fried by the big electro-magnetic pulse the Martians put out. A nice way to get him a car when no one else had one, I thought, although Spielberg did a bad job of explaining it. Some people think it was because the garage guy had fixed the car (replaced the computer chip) after the pulse, but that doesn't fly because the replacement computer chip would have been fried when it was sitting on the garage shelf and so when the mechanic put in it still wouldn't have worked. I second the motion that Tom's idiot teenage son should have stayed toast at the end. -- JR aaroncba...@fuse.net wrote: I am enjoying this discussion. I always feel the need to defend War of the Worlds (Spielberg's). I think it is a better and more interesting film than most people give it credit for. I firmly believe that the entire film is a dream (e.g. Invaders from Mars)- Tom Cruise's dream. He falls asleep and then everything starts happening. The entire film is an exaggerated nightmare- his worst nightmare- his parental abilities are tested to the extreme. The very beginning of the film lays out the fact that he is a questionable parent at best. Then, throughout the nightmare, he is faced with parents' worst fears realized (best e.g. is the scene where Cruise is simultaneously dealing with strangers trying to take his daughter and his son being pulled inexplicably towards the military- both primal parental fears). By film's end he proves his parental prowess and in one of the most maligned scenes in the film (the last scene) he hand delivers his children back to his wife safe with his judgmental in-laws th! er! e to lay witness. To me this was absolutely Spielberg's intent. Throughout, the film works more in the realm of dream logic (e.g. Cruise's car is the ONLY one that works). If you are still reading, I also find myself defending Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut for one very specific and unique reason: I firmly believe that the film is one big cosmic joke- a black comedy -that even the critics, as far as I could tell, missed entirely. In the simplest of terms it is a story of a husband who get's so jealous about his wife having an imaginary tryst that he spends the rest of the film trying to get laid and he CAN'T! Mr.Tom-universal-sex-symbol-Cruise cannot get laid! And the most exaggerated case in point is that he ends up going to a super deluxe orgy and he STILL can't get laid. I think Kubrick threw a curve ball at us before he died. A very funny curve ball. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible
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Dune is an outstanding movie made from an incredibly complex book series and considering how difficult it must have been to make a good screenplay, I think David Lynch did a fabulous job Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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In a message dated 7/13/2009 2:29:49 P.M. Central Daylight Time, jrl...@mediabearonline.com writes: I still like the original release of Dune better than the subsequent director's cuts. It was clean, it was direct, it flowed well and it let people who had never read the book understand what the heck was going on. Indeed... that's because the only other version than the theatrical one was An Alan Smithee Film, which is a polar-opposite of a 'director's cut'. **Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals. (http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove0003) Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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I've always liked Empire of the Sun too, despite the criticisms levelled at it that it's too sanitized. One big Spielberg movie I never got into, though, is Close Encounters - apart from anything else, I just can't take the ending seriously. On the other hand I really enjoy Coppola's One From The Heart, but would have a hard time knowing how to defend that particular turkey. Las Vegas re-created in a studio set (why?), Tom Waits duetting with Crystal Gayle (what??), a fairly cliched plotline with unsympathetic characters. Not exactly The Godfather or Apocalypse Now, but I like it. Paul In a message dated 13/07/2009 16:09:23 GMT Daylight Time, aaroncba...@fuse.net writes: I agree! This was a another Spielberg film that critics missed the boat on. The critics crabbed about all of the over-the-top scenes (e.g. Jamie touches the plane amid a shower of welding sparks and then the pilots salute him) but that was exactly the point- the second world war as seen through the eyes of a spoiled child who's only coping mechanism was to create fantasy out of reality. A really wonderful film. One of the last films to have that kind of epic scale (before CGI made it more cost effective). So many great big scenes with thousands of extras. Definitely one of Spielberg's most underrated films. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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I, too, find One From The Heart one of the most underrated films of all time. The wife and I pulled out the dvd last 4th of July and the extras are worth checking out for anyone interested in independent filmmaking. **Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals. (http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove0003) Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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Don't do it, Rick! The goddam texting-teens will ruin your high-- as well as your movie!! Joe B in NOLA --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Richard Auras ilovefi...@flash.net wrote: From: Richard Auras ilovefi...@flash.net Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 10:26 AM Back in my laserdisc days I was at a friends house and she told me you just gotta watch this film called Eraserhead. For the sake of a friend I watched it all the way through, scratched my head and said 'huh?'. Her comment back to me was 'it is better if you are stoned'. Darn, maybe that is my problem with a few of these films I don't get. Anyone got a joint, I am thinking about going to the movies. Better not. It would cost me too much in Popcorn and Gummy worms. Rick www.ilovefilms.com From: Kenwick Cook kenwick...@aol.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 10:14:25 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND DUNE: Everyone hated it but me... including Lynch himself although ERASERHEAD is a cult classic and all, I still find myself having to defend it often. Still thinking about my the other side of the coin choices Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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Right there with you all on Spielberg's WotW. Actually one of my favorite Spielberg films. Once upon a time, I liked to defend JURASSIC PARK over SCHINDLER'S LIST, but that was probly just to piss people off. I'll put STARSHIP TROOPERS on the list. Do you get me? While we're talking widely unliked sci-fi, I dug both of the last two ALIEN films, even if I had difficulty forgiving them for killing off the girl. Hey, how about ARMAGEDDON? I find it quite hilarious. If I had the time I might be able to make a case for its secret depths. Anyway, the destruction of the dinosaurs opening narrated by Charlton Heston was like the best ever science class movie. CK MacLeod Collectibles at ckmac.com http://ckmac.com/ Kymar's on eBay http://stores.ebay.com/Kymars-Stuff -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu]on Behalf Of Joseph Bonelli Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 05:21 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND Don't do it, Rick! The goddam texting-teens will ruin your high-- as well as your movie!! Joe B in NOLA --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Richard Auras ilovefi...@flash.net wrote: From: Richard Auras ilovefi...@flash.net Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 10:26 AM Back in my laserdisc days I was at a friends house and she told me you just gotta watch this film called Eraserhead. For the sake of a friend I watched it all the way through, scratched my head and said 'huh?'. Her comment back to me was 'it is better if you are stoned'.Darn, maybe that is my problem with a few of these films I don't get. Anyone got a joint, I am thinking about going to the movies. Better not. It would cost me too much in Popcorn and Gummy worms. Rick www.ilovefilms.com http://www.ilovefilms.com/ _ From: Kenwick Cook kenwick...@aol.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 10:14:25 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND DUNE: Everyone hated it but me... including Lynch himself although ERASERHEAD is a cult classic and all, I still find myself having to defend it often. Still thinking about my the other side of the coin choices _ Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove0003 . Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com http://www.filmfan.com/ ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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We are mostly into post-1970 movies, that alone already needs a lot of defending ;-), and a few titles that a worth defending in our humble opinion are: Return of the Living Dead 2 Days in the Valley Thing to do in Denver when you are dead Arlington Road Good Will Hunting Braindead (P. Jackson) Deep Rising Cube Demon Knight Desperado Long Kiss Goodnight Night Breed Night of the Creeps Perdita Durango Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Very Bad Things Bound Cabin Fever Killing Zoe And the list goes on and on... Not familiar with any of these titles? Go rent/buy them now! Ron Alexandra - Original Message - From: Michael B To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 3:46 PM Subject: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND most of our favorite films that we watch over and over, again, share tons of loyalty by others. (CASABLANCA, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, VERTIGO, etc. is on everyone's list.) BUT, what is a favorite film of your that you need to defend? that is, what film do you believe is GREAT but lacks the enthusiasm of others? my answer is THE PARADINE CASE. michael -- Summer concert season is here! Find your favorite artists on tour at TourTracker.com. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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For The Paradine Case, you need armour. FRANC -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu] On Behalf Of Michael B Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 9:47 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND most of our favorite films that we watch over and over, again, share tons of loyalty by others. (CASABLANCA, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, VERTIGO, etc. is on everyone's list.) BUT, what is a favorite film of your that you need to defend? that is, what film do you believe is GREAT but lacks the enthusiasm of others? my answer is THE PARADINE CASE. michael _ Summer concert season is here! Find your http://www.tourtracker.com/?ncid=emlcntusmusi0006 favorite artists on tour at TourTracker.com. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
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I dig all of these.cool list! Sent from my iPhone On Jul 12, 2009, at 7:03 AM, MotionPictureArt.com i...@motionpictureart.com wrote: Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND
Wise Guys directed by DePalma From: chris quarles chrisquar...@yahoo.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 9:20:11 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND Cable Guy Hudsucker Proxy From: MotionPictureArt.com i...@motionpictureart.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 10:03:20 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND We are mostly into post-1970 movies, that alone already needs a lot of defending ;-), and a few titles that a worth defending in our humble opinion are: Return of the Living Dead 2 Days in the Valley Thing to do in Denver when you are dead Arlington Road Good Will Hunting Braindead (P. Jackson) Deep Rising Cube Demon Knight Desperado Long Kiss Goodnight Night Breed Night of the Creeps Perdita Durango Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Very Bad Things Bound Cabin Fever Killing Zoe And the list goes on and on... Not familiar with any of these titles? Go rent/buy them now! Ron Alexandra - Original Message - From: Michael B To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 3:46 PM Subject: [MOPO] FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEND most of our favorite films that we watch over and over, again, share tons of loyalty by others. (CASABLANCA, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, VERTIGO, etc. is on everyone's list.) BUT, what is a favorite film of your that you need to defend? that is, what film do you believe is GREAT but lacks the enthusiasm of others? my answer is THE PARADINE CASE. michael Summer concert season is here! Find your favorite artists on tour at TourTracker.com. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
