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If anyone hasn't seen it Copland is on BBC1 tonight. It's not the greatest film in the world, it's certainly not the worst, and it has a great supporting cast, but the main reason to watch is for Stallone - the man is brilliant in it.
QUOTE (Sostie @ Nov 1 2007, 07:44 PM)
If anyone hasn't seen it Copland is on BBC1 tonight. It's not the greatest film in the world, it's certainly not the worst, and it has a great supporting cast, but the main reason to watch is for Stallone - the man is brilliant in it.
Is that where he's the local copper/sheriff for a town/village inhabited solely by (largely corrupt) police officers? You're right, it's not the greatest film in the world.
Few things are, I do think it's great though.
Annoying to have to go to bed 40 minutes into it, I'd forgotten how much I like it.
Annoying to have to go to bed 40 minutes into it, I'd forgotten how much I like it.
I really like Copland, not only for Stallone's fabulous performance, but also for Ray Liotta's.
The near silent shoot-out is rather spiffing too.
It sure is. It's one of those films I keep coming back to.
Lead role cast in 'Knight Rider' remake.
Son of Micheal Knight, leaves the way clear for The Hoff to put in an appearance I suppose . . .
Son of Micheal Knight, leaves the way clear for The Hoff to put in an appearance I suppose . . .
Sostie, this month's Men's Health tells you how The Stath works out!
Click here for an action star's body!.
Click here for an action star's body!.
QUOTE (Jessopjessopjessop @ Nov 5 2007, 10:32 AM)
Sostie, this month's Men's Health tells you how The Stath works out!
Click here for an action star's body!.
Click here for an action star's body!.
Phht! Like I need work. He does look rather straight-turning though.
QUOTE (Jessopjessopjessop @ Nov 5 2007, 10:32 AM)
Sostie, this month's Men's Health tells you how The Stath works out!
Click here for an action star's body!.
Click here for an action star's body!.
I'll wait for the Paul Giamatti one, thanks.
Check this out for a story. My friend Joey Chickenskin wrote a letter to Quentin Thomas on behalf of my housemate Alyssa...
Check out the reply!
Quentin Thomas f'ing rules the school - that is being framed and placed on a prominent wall in the cockpit.
Just in case you were wondering what prompted this awesomelarious response from the president of the BBFC, here's a transcript of Joey's letter.
What an absolute dude for taking the time to reply.
Check out the reply!
Quentin Thomas f'ing rules the school - that is being framed and placed on a prominent wall in the cockpit.
Just in case you were wondering what prompted this awesomelarious response from the president of the BBFC, here's a transcript of Joey's letter.
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Dear Sir Quentin
I am writing to you with a rather curious request.
My friend Alyssa and I are very big film fans and visit the Cinema between two and three times a week. When you see so many films, you probably spend more time scrutinising the film certificates than you might do if you are an occasional visitor.
Having noticed your striking signature and spent some time imagining your work as endlessly watching exciting new releases (I’m sure this fantasy is by no means accurate) we extrapolated this notion to surmise that as the certificates that appear on the screen, appear twenty feet tall, that in order to sign these certificates, you must have to write very large with a very large pen. I assure you that we mean no disrespect by this, it is all in fun.
Ever since we hatched this notion, my friend Alyssa (who is an otherwise sane 25 year old woman), on seeing the film certificate at the beginning of the film, mimes signing the certificate using a huge arm gesture and, of course, starting with your distinctively large ‘Q’.
I appreciate that this is a frivolous use of your time but I’m convinced that it would make my friend Alyssa very happy if you were to kindly send me something with your autograph on that I could give to her.
If you do feel that this is an inappropriate use of your time, I understand fully and thank you for your indulgence so far. Might I also say that, as a film enthusiast, I appreciate how difficult the work of the board must be in establishing the standards of the wide community and keeping the balance between artistic freedom and maintaining those standards.
Thank you for your time.
Yours Sincerely
I am writing to you with a rather curious request.
My friend Alyssa and I are very big film fans and visit the Cinema between two and three times a week. When you see so many films, you probably spend more time scrutinising the film certificates than you might do if you are an occasional visitor.
Having noticed your striking signature and spent some time imagining your work as endlessly watching exciting new releases (I’m sure this fantasy is by no means accurate) we extrapolated this notion to surmise that as the certificates that appear on the screen, appear twenty feet tall, that in order to sign these certificates, you must have to write very large with a very large pen. I assure you that we mean no disrespect by this, it is all in fun.
Ever since we hatched this notion, my friend Alyssa (who is an otherwise sane 25 year old woman), on seeing the film certificate at the beginning of the film, mimes signing the certificate using a huge arm gesture and, of course, starting with your distinctively large ‘Q’.
I appreciate that this is a frivolous use of your time but I’m convinced that it would make my friend Alyssa very happy if you were to kindly send me something with your autograph on that I could give to her.
If you do feel that this is an inappropriate use of your time, I understand fully and thank you for your indulgence so far. Might I also say that, as a film enthusiast, I appreciate how difficult the work of the board must be in establishing the standards of the wide community and keeping the balance between artistic freedom and maintaining those standards.
Thank you for your time.
Yours Sincerely
What an absolute dude for taking the time to reply.
That really is rather splendid.
I love Quentin Thomas.
that's the kind of thing that makes you feel that people are okay...
It really does restore one's faith in humanity doesn't it?
He's funny and he passed '30 Days of Night' as a (15), I love the guy.
He's funny and he passed '30 Days of Night' as a (15), I love the guy.
That is brilliant! I'm sure after all the boring letters he must get, things like that must make him smile.
he's also passed 'lust, caution' uncut. i had to warn my mum not to go and see it: no matter how dreamr she thinks tony leung is, she doesn't want to see him naked (unlike a few ladies on here, i imagine)...
QUOTE (Zoe @ Nov 5 2007, 12:27 PM)
Fabulous. I'm very impressed that he not only replied personally, but that he went to the effort of playing along! A dude indeed.
I just googled him and found out what he was knighted for, he is a triple dude.
How do you get a job at the BBFC?
How do you get a job at the BBFC?
I saw Quent' being interviewed on some cultural show or other and he seems an absolute hoot. Well done to him and all other figures of authority with great senses of humour and a dash of humility.
Or secretaries with such sentiments too.
Or secretaries with such sentiments too.
Top 15 Film Misquotes
The list isn't actually that interesting. And a bit pedantic. "May The Force Be With You" wasn't said by Obi-Wan but it was said by Han Solo....um, ok.
The list isn't actually that interesting. And a bit pedantic. "May The Force Be With You" wasn't said by Obi-Wan but it was said by Han Solo....um, ok.
I misread that as Mosquitos. That would be a very short list.
QUOTE (rabbit57i @ Nov 5 2007, 04:18 PM)
Top 15 Film Misquotes
The list isn't actually that interesting. And a bit pedantic. "May The Force Be With You" wasn't said by Obi-Wan but it was said by Han Solo....um, ok.
The list isn't actually that interesting. And a bit pedantic. "May The Force Be With You" wasn't said by Obi-Wan but it was said by Han Solo....um, ok.
If you want to be pedantic back, you could always point out that the Sherlock Holmes picture is wrong for the actors listed!
QUOTE (Raven @ Nov 5 2007, 12:26 PM)
If you want to be pedantic back, you could always point out that the Sherlock Holmes picture is wrong for the actors listed!
Makes me more annoyed at that list now.
U.S. Writers Strike
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Writer Bryce Zabel said: ‘Everybody knows what a DVD costs and a writer gets four to five cents for a DVD sale. We’ve asked for eight, and they’ve said that’s outrageous.’
It doesn't sound like they're asking for much.
QUOTE (rabbit57i @ Nov 5 2007, 05:24 PM)
Makes me more annoyed at that list now.
yep, i kinda read it and wondered why they'd bothered, it hardly seemed worth it...
I knew I shouldn't have bothered to post it. Whateva!
that's okay, it's not like you wrote the list...
In reference to the writer's strike, I think Jon Stewart said that they were striking (the Daily Show writers, at least) because they also wanted money for content of theirs that was being reused on the internet - he then went on to say that all of the shows he's done since he joined the show were online with the ads cut out so only the parent company were getting money... I am paraphrasing of course and I really haven't followed the strike. All I know is I support it in principle but if they appease the writer's by raising costs rather than just giving them the money they deserve from DVD sales as they are then I might be quite annoyed.
QUOTE (Sostie @ Nov 5 2007, 04:19 PM)
I misread that as Mosquitos. That would be a very short list.
The massive one in Jumanji that can crack glass with its proboscis would be quite high on that list.
Next on the list has the ones in Jurassic Park, frozen in amber, that form the entire premise for the dinosaur cloning.
there's plenty in both 'night watch' and 'day watch'...
Is it depressing that we could probably come up with a list of the 15 best movie-mosquitos?
Mansquito would have to be in there.
Jennifer Connelly to star in The Day the Earth Stood Still remake.
I really don't see the point in remaking this, especially with Reeves in the lead role.
I really don't see the point in remaking this, especially with Reeves in the lead role.
QUOTE (Zoe @ Nov 5 2007, 12:27 PM)
That is completely amazing.
I bet he's top fun at office nights out.
'I'll be back' is most-quoted movie line.
Very odd list this, no "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!", "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off" or "May the Force be with you."
And surely, if a line from 2001 is going to make it onto a quote list, it would be "Good morning Dave" and "No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!" would be the line to make it from Goldfinger?!
Very odd list this, no "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!", "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off" or "May the Force be with you."
And surely, if a line from 2001 is going to make it onto a quote list, it would be "Good morning Dave" and "No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!" would be the line to make it from Goldfinger?!
I say "I'll be back" often enough, but rarely is it a reference to Arnie. And "A poll of 2,000 film buffs by the UK Film Council's myfilms.com" hardly sounds like a valid survey, if they're going to make such a broad pronouncement that these are the most-quoted lines.
Who are the readers of myfilms.com? Are they representative of the general populace? Was it a random sample, or were they voluntarily electing to participate in the survey?
Who are the readers of myfilms.com? Are they representative of the general populace? Was it a random sample, or were they voluntarily electing to participate in the survey?
QUOTE (Raven @ Nov 8 2007, 09:03 AM)
'I'll be back' is most-quoted movie line.
Very odd list this, no "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!", "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off" or "May the Force be with you."
And surely, if a line from 2001 is going to make it onto a quote list, it would be "Good morning Dave" and "No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!" would be the line to make it from Goldfinger?!
Very odd list this, no "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!", "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off" or "May the Force be with you."
And surely, if a line from 2001 is going to make it onto a quote list, it would be "Good morning Dave" and "No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!" would be the line to make it from Goldfinger?!
The list on that page is not the myfilms.com list (UK film council)
That is as follows:
Top 10 movie lines we use the most
1. "I'll be back" - The Terminator
2. "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" - Gone With The Wind
3. "Beam me up, Scotty" - Star Trek
4. "May the force be with you" - Star Wars
5. "Life is like a box of chocolates" - Forrest Gump
6. "You talking to me?" - Taxi Driver
7. "Show me the money" - Jerry Maguire
8. "Do you feel lucky, punk?" - Dirty Harry
9. "Here's looking at you, kid" - Casablanca
10. "Nobody puts Baby in the corner" - Dirty Dancing
My comments were aimed at the Odeon list they quoted, not the UK film council list, that I never mentioned!
Random bit of trivia No 103:
The line I'll be Back was originally written by James Cameron as I'll Come Back.
Not quite as snappy is it?
The line I'll be Back was originally written by James Cameron as I'll Come Back.
Not quite as snappy is it?
QUOTE (Raven @ Nov 8 2007, 12:09 PM)
My comments were aimed at the Odeon list they quoted, not the UK film council list, that I never mentioned!
Ah ok. I was reading the article. Sorry!
The Champions set for film remake.
What's the scraping noise? Ah, it's the bottom of the barrel . . .
What's the scraping noise? Ah, it's the bottom of the barrel . . .
AFI top 100 movie quotes - the top 10.
1 "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
2 "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse."
3 "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am."
4 "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."
5 "Here's looking at you, kid."
6 "Go ahead, make my day."
7 "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up."
8 "May the Force be with you."
9 "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night."
10 "You talkin' to me?"
Which list is right??? There're some odd one's in the top 100 as well,, although I think they've got most of the obvious ones.
1 "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
2 "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse."
3 "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am."
4 "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."
5 "Here's looking at you, kid."
6 "Go ahead, make my day."
7 "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up."
8 "May the Force be with you."
9 "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night."
10 "You talkin' to me?"
Which list is right??? There're some odd one's in the top 100 as well,, although I think they've got most of the obvious ones.
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time like tears in rain. Time to die."
I say this almost daily, it fits into everyday conversation just as easily as "I'll be back"....
Though I do love working in movie quotes into conversations. Especially ones you wouldn't normally think of.
"You coming to Woolworths, Joe?"
"Woolworths? I'm not going to Woolworths. I've got to get home, it's late, I'm in for it as it is!"
I say this almost daily, it fits into everyday conversation just as easily as "I'll be back"....
Though I do love working in movie quotes into conversations. Especially ones you wouldn't normally think of.
"You coming to Woolworths, Joe?"
"Woolworths? I'm not going to Woolworths. I've got to get home, it's late, I'm in for it as it is!"
Looks like the writer's strike is really beginning to bite - 24 now looks as though it will be pushed back to the 2008/9 season!
Which domino is going to fall next?
Which domino is going to fall next?
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