Originally Posted by adidasss (Post 2145558)

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Hable con ella (Talk to her) - Pedro Almodovar

We're doing a small Almodovar refresher cycle, focusing on what I consider his artistic pinnacle trilogy (Todo sobre mi madre, Hable con ella, La mala educacion). This one is less funny and less emotional than Todo sobre mi madre, but still has plenty of memorable scenes which pack a punch. Like for example this Caetano Veloso showstopper:



Or the Pina Bausch scenes, the corrida scenes, the silent movie etc etc. many of which are now iconic.

I loved Rosario Flores as the matador. I didn't know she was actually a singer and not an actor until quite recently. Almodovar has a fantastic talent in finding exceptionally interesting people to play in his movies.

The music is of course fantastic.

I'd give it a 4/5 (with Todo sobre mi madre being 5/5).

Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre (Post 2145581)

Is that a thing? Is there a thing where bands or artists will just remake their version of a score for a silent movie?

Originally Posted by DreamTheater (Post 909525)

Watch Dogtooth that movie will f/uck you up.

Originally Posted by Plankton (Post 2158429)

Based on this list, I went searching and found a lot of those are available to rent, but so far the only free ones I could find are King of the Mountain on Tubi and Running On Empty (Fast Lane Fever) is on YouTube.

King ot Mountain was a total cheese fest but had good race scenes. Starting up the other right now.

If anyone happens to find links to any of other ones, pass it along please.

Originally Posted by ando here (Post 2158432)

You can find them streaming. #10, for instance is here (watch the pop-ups). Wanna finish the vid before I go searching for the rest, tho. Thanks!

Originally Posted by ando here (Post 2158463)

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Btw, Two-Lane Blacktop is hardly forgotten. It's well known among movie buffs.
The Criterion Collection added it in 2007. Decent streamer.

Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy (Post 2158595)

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The Handmaiden, directed by the legendary Park Chan-wook, is another absolute slam dunk for him and an enthralling romantic drama with many twists and turns. The two and a half hour runtime absolutely flew by for me, every scene is so beautifully shot and consistently engaging, the plot moves along quickly while still leaving time for us to really get into our protagonists' shoes. Loved every second of it, check it out people

Originally Posted by ando here (Post 2158463)

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Btw, Two-Lane Blacktop is hardly forgotten. It's well known among movie buffs.
The Criterion Collection added it in 2007. Decent streamer.

Originally Posted by Plankton (Post 2158596)

Ah, thanks again. Really wanting to check out James' thespian skills, but then again I might have seen this a long time ago and just didn't realize it.

Originally Posted by Plankton (Post 2159117)

Ok, I got about 55 minutes into this and shut it off to save the rest of it for another time. Just a bit slow and really, REALLY bad acting. Sgt Hulka (Warren Oates) saves a few of the scenes and Dennis Beach Boy Wilson has a few moments. Even Harry Deans small part seemed a bit odd, but man... it's a good thing Taylor had something else to fall back on. lol Really reminiscent of the way movies were back then though. Just wasn't in the mood for it, but I'll probably finish it up this weekend when we get another snow storm.

I went back to the Cartel stuff and watched this instead:

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Originally Posted by ando here (Post 2159125)

:D Well, yeah, the car races are not the centerpiece. Might have warned you. Forgot! As I recall there really isn't much acting, either. Mostly an aimless/insecure group of 20 somethings staving off adulthood. Has its moments.

Originally Posted by Plankton (Post 2159129)

S'all good. :beer: Reminds me of summer nights in a small town we used to live in. I was always around hotrods and what not with my Dad.

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Originally Posted by ando here (Post 2159158)

Which reminds me - been aiming to get to that Ron Howard flick that was #10 on the greatest car chase films you never heard of...

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Originally Posted by Plankton (Post 2159159)

It's on Tubi and Pluto for free.

Originally Posted by ando here (Post 2159164)

on Prime, too.
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Originally Posted by Plankton (Post 2159309)

That was hard to watch, but I remember seeing bits of it as a kid. Keystone Cops meets NASCAR. lol

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2159235)

Is there a better war movie as far as being an action movie than Saving Private Ryan? SPR goes hard as a bitch but I'd love to see war movie scenes that go harder than the D-Day or climax scenes. And no I don't give a **** about respectability seeing as how I'm describing Saving Private Ryan as an action movie. Just give me war brutality as action scenes.

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2159235)

Is there a better war movie as far as being an action movie than Saving Private Ryan? SPR goes hard as a bitch but I'd love to see war movie scenes that go harder than the D-Day or climax scenes. And no I don't give a **** about respectability seeing as how I'm describing Saving Private Ryan as an action movie. Just give me war brutality as action scenes.

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2159235)

Is there a better war movie as far as being an action movie than Saving Private Ryan? SPR goes hard as a bitch but I'd love to see war movie scenes that go harder than the D-Day or climax scenes. And no I don't give a **** about respectability seeing as how I'm describing Saving Private Ryan as an action movie. Just give me war brutality as action scenes.