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that movie makes me tear up in the final scene

I didn't see the Shining until 2017, and was leery of watching it anyway, I was kind of not seeing the big deal of it, after all those years I was sure there was,(spoiler) there was going to be more to what he was supposedly typing on the typewriter.

I still haven't seen the exorcist, and I won't.
And I still haven't seen Titanic, though it's way too often referenced.

(imo) -

"The Shining" was one of the most inadvertently funny horror movies of all time. ("Give me the bat, Wendy" - wagging his tongue around). Completely over the top. Good stuff.

As far as other "funny" horror movies:

- Evil Dead 2 (available for free currently)

- Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (Bill Moseley might be a genius)

- Return of the Living Dead ("Give me the bone saw.")

- Shaun of the Dead

I like the movie Unforgiven, 1992, Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman,

Except for all the many times they use the Lord's name in vain, and some overly violent scenes, ( There's one version where Bill, kicks Bob several more times than the T.V. version shows)

But part of watching that movie that I notice, is there wasn't a bunch of need for many special effects, though they may be there, (it could almost be a "play")

because individually, every scene in that movie could have been just observed.
And a lot of trash talking in that movie.

Not a lot of car chasing and peppy music to move the story along, it's constantly like, you could have just been in the room and seen it happen, and it all could have played out that way.

A gripping look into human emotion, revenge and nasty violence, and that violence.. you know, they, they think they had a reason.

And trash talking,(memorable lines,) a ton in the first 1/3rd, a ton in the middle 1/3rd and a ton in the final 1/3rd of the movie.

Funny. A look into humanity. R for Violence and bad language.

A Few Good Men.....

"YOU WANT ME ON THAT WALL"!!!

"YOU NEED ME ON THAT WALL"!!!

"YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH"!!!

j/c

From my youth when we used to go to the drive in movies there was one that I found hilarious. I don't actually know how popular it was. I think it was more considered an underground movie.

It was The Groove Tube. Here's a "sample" from the movie...

Movies I’ll still watch even though I’ve seen them several times:

A Few Good Men
Forrest Gump
Shawshank Redemption
Bohemian Rhapsody
Rudy
Major League
Stand By Me
The Shining
As Good as It Gets
Dog Day Afternoon
Scarface

Just a few there.

Damn. I forgot all about this one. I saw this about 30 years ago.

It's hilarious .... and stupid ... but hilarious.

Just watched Rudy last night ... it always gets me

Darn right it does. It's a good movie.

Does "Warriors" deserve a mention in this thread?

If i'm scrolling thru the channels listings and I see it's gonna be on it's either a watch or a DVR and watch whenever deal for me.

Judgment Night (Emilio Estevez, Cuba, Jeremy Piven, Denis Leary)
Breakdown (Kurt Russell, JT Walsh)
Sudden Death (Jean claude van Damme, Powers Boothe)
Domestic Disturbance (John Travolta, Vince Vaughn)
Face Off (Nicholas Cage, John Travolta)
Broken Arrow (John Travolta, Christian Slater)
Cliffhanger(Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow)
Primary Colors (John Travolta, Kathy Bates, Billy Bob Thornton)
Quick Change (Bill Murray, Gena Davis, Randy Quaid)
Switchback (Denis Quaid, Danny Glover)

Just rented "The Way Back" Ben Affleck. Good movie. A former basketball star goes back to coach his old HS team.

Worth the time IMO.

Good movie!

Good story, I agree. Makes you feel bad for the guy and his circumstances ... pretty realistic

GC. Thank God DTMB is back up

The Gridiron, 2016, no, you don't understand, you have to get past the 90% of your being that says' you'll never watch this crappy movie, and see it and realize it's a great story and funny and has a plot to it, and

So 2016, I'm watching this pice of trash movie, cause they are 14 for a dollar at the dvd shop next to the pizza place
You know the one,... BUT I DIGRESS,

This movie, I was making fun of it while watching it, and it's pretty good, ( a bunch of Europeans in 1985 trying to get American Football going in England, in 1985

Remember 1985? I do, Kosar was on the cover of Sports Illustrated, and I'm thinking, how is this movie making up this story, how improbable, then closing credits, they are showing real peoples faces,
no way, now way this movie was cuss word based on a true story? no way.

TL- i'll give it 3 steve buscemi's simply because I didn't expect anything going in.

Just thought of something,
Why is it every movie I like is based on dysfunctional families, portraying massive dysfunction on screen!
anyway, I like em
and you'd like this one, even though none of you will ever see it.

I have to give a shout out to Raising Arizona.

Other movies from or around 2016-17
And Why the public's opinion of them is wrong and My opinion of them is correct.

10 Cloverfield lane, ehh, I liked the first Cloverfield and wanted to continue the story, kind of like you want to see all star wars' or something,
This movie is not that great, I mean it's kind of missing something, I don't like, me personally, It's kind of , no matter how good the story, the fact it never leaves the one room (ok spoiler) really made me feel clostrophobic or something by the end of 2 hours.

But the Cloverfield story, here's the thing, they made 2 movies, that highlight the monster invasion, from 2 of the 350 million americans personal perspectives, in invasion time of about 10 minutes of elapsed screen time, leaving open the window ofopportunity for sequels at about a zillion movies.

TL- Cloverfield 2 and a half , (and falling) stars, and not very good, Creepy too, after I think about it. Not my favorite.

Hacksaw Ridge: 2016-17, oh my, I bet some of you loved this movie.
This movie was Terrible! OK, For ONe, I'm put off by the Rah Rah, go Military, Stand at attention, Barbara Streisand, I guess I was at a point where I just didn't want to hear anymore glorifying war stuff, at the time I saw this movie.

So all the, (just like full metal jacket,) Drill Seargeant, whats the word, "lecture" spare me, I didn't need it that day.

Hacksaw Ridge, Hey, you remember the first 2 minutes of Saving Private Ryan, remember the bullets tearing through flesh, and the blood (have to stop my description) but if you didn't think that attempt to realitize the gore of war didn't go far enough,
Then Hacksaw ridge is for you, I mean, c'mon they needed to add vermin,

I forget why else I hated this movie, (I don't care for the, oh yeah he made a moral decision, and isn't it such a thing, (let's harp on it for THIRTY MINUTES, he didn't make 2 moral decisions,)

3 Stars! but that's a 5 star movie losing 2 of them because, how they made it; sucked!

I used to like that movie, (great song, great lines, I may just watch it. great movie)

I used to like this movie, cept one time I'm trying to show someone, "hey check out, this is a great movie",

And it turns into the scene where they are driving in the cars, and screaming and punching the ceiling of the car and the paint blows up, and more nonsense, and noise for about SIX MINUTES and ... I felt like a dolt for saying check out this great movie, (no context, have to see it in full)

Great song, " Turn to the right" "Well which is it young feller", Great lines.
"unless round is funny" " I'm gonna be back in 5 to check" " come out and reveal yourself to officer "

funny! funny! funny! funny! DON'T try to explain it to another person.
"harry barry gary larry-- why is this movie so stupid!
" it is precisely 8 o clock in the pm! "

The supermarket is playing the theme song on their mu-zack.

It was a movie that was intended to be what I call stupid funny". Much like Super Troopers was.

For anyone who liked Super Troopers check out the TV Show Tacoma F.D. on truTV.

THROW LONG watches "Manchester by the sea"

OK, everybody's yelling, lots of conversations, people are upset, what's going on,
watch it a 2nd time, maybe a 3rd, OHH! finaly, this person is this,
that person is that, oh, directors commentary,

hey the story if finaly coming together, I finaly understand what happened, Oh this is a Good storytelling of sad circumstances.
Family love story


Stay away from this awesome movie
2 and a half stars, unless you expected anything entertaining.

For what reason?

Raising Arizona is a very good flick

Yeah!

"The House" Will Ferrell, Amy Poelher, saw this one,
I thought it was going to be a poor watch.

Ok, so, I don't remember this, only saw it once, I remember some hand chopped off with a cleaver or something, and I don't know too much of that for me.

(Ballpeen, I appreciate good writing, good storytelling, movies that make me think, and a tiny bit of suspense, none of those drawn out suspense sequences though)

"The House" Watch it, this is a Gem that bombed in theaters, 3 and 3 quarter stars.
Everybody knows, Ricky Bobby movie, and Stepbrothers movie, but this,
It wasn't supposed to be good, I remember it turned out different than I thought,
mmm, may have been a bit vulgar I don't remember I'm going to have to watch it again,

It was more, it was more like the movie "the hangover" iirc, than I was going to think it'd be.

Yes, I just gave it a rave review.

Next movie:

Changed the way I think, like Bengals win the Super Bowl kind of way I'd think.
it's about behavior, and I didn't understand it, then later, I did a little bit.

Wasn't going to watch this movie the first time I saw it, and if you have seen it you know it for what it is, but if you haven't seen it, Go see it. Probaly not for kids.

Georgia Rule just some movie about,
I don't know what it was about, just some summertime "fish out of water" relationship chick flick, blah blah blah,
WAIT WHAT! Ohh- umm

There was a time I thought people should be paid to have to watch this movie, because eventually it changed the way I think about liars and spotting lying,
it's about behavior,

5 Stars! And I hated whoever wrote that movie, because they didn't tell me going in, how I was going to feel leaving the theater. And What the Freak! Dude,
5 Stars!

and that's all I have to say about that one, for now.

The Clan of the White Lotus (1979)

Do you like Martial Arts?
Do you like Kung Fu Treachery?
Do you like elaborate fighting scenes?

This movie has probably the best fight scene in any movie I've seen.

Do you remember Pai Mei in Kill Bill? The monk who trained Bill and Beatrice?

He is in this movie and its everything you would expect from a young Pai Mei...It also somewhat explains how he is able to stay alive for so long.

Fun fact, the guy who fought Pai Mei in the 1979 movie actually plays Pai Mei in Kill Bill

J/C

I watched Deliverance last night (seen it more than a few times obviously), but it’s a must-watch as well IMO

Agreed.

Another Nathan Arizona Sr. quote -

(After it was suggested by a reporter that his son was abducted by aliens):

"Don't print that, son. If my wife reads that, she'll lose all hope."