"Hannibal" is when I realized Ridley Scott basically sold out. I LOVED (and still do) Silence of the Lambs but thought the others (red dragon etc) were disgracefully bad, right down there with Blues Brothers 2000 - take a great premise, sell tickets based strictly on the NAME (and certain actor(s)) and beat it to DEATH. The one preceding all of them in screen adaptations, Manhunter from 1986, that almost nobody's heard of, is definitely worth a watch.
What?! You didn't care for Hannibal Rising where Hannibal Lector's babysitter trains him to be a ninja?! How dare you?!
Incidently, William Petersen and Manhunter were the only reason I paid any attention to the C.S.I. TV show. After he left, the show quickly turned to garbage.
He was also great in To Live and Die In LA. Sorry for the lecture, the HollyWEIRD mantra of "if at first it succeeds BEAT IT TO DEATH" gets SERIOUSLY friggin old. They think they're doing the PAYING customers a favor by criminally-diluting the original masterpiece with 87 billion spin-offs? A black female JAMES Bond? Star Wars & the All Gay All The Time cast? I'm so thankful an old girlfriend of mine back in the 90s turned me onto FOREIGN film (basically anything BUT American, except for some good indies) and, with extremely RARE exceptions, have never looked back, especially South Korean action films - mind-bogglingly good - where OUR studios SHOULD be. HollyWeird hasn't had an ORIGINAL idea in decades - sick of the comic book horseshit and the mentally challenged celebrities screaming death threats against everybody but their own fellow satanic pedophiles.
I gave up on Hollywood in 2008. I had just seen the new Indiana Jones movie and was still feeling nauseous from the gut punch my childhood took. I realized there was nothing but reboots and sequels on the horizon.
Fast forward to today and I haven't set foot in a theater since, most of my owned movies are unwatchable because the actors in them turned out to be human garbage, and I spend the majority of my entertainment time watching educational videos sprinkled with anime here and there. I don't miss Hollywood one bit.
Hear, hear!!! I just want to throw a BRICK at the screen whenever (insert asshole here) comes into frame - I just can't mentally disassociate the 'human garbage' playacting with what trash they are OFF camera.
I'll have go through my (thousands upon thousands - my 8 tb drive is literally full-shitload of music too) movies folder to compile a list of S. Korean stuff (plenty of other countries - Denmark stands out) but I'd say start off with The Chaser - just mindblowing. Memories of Murder by the Parasite director Bong Joon Ho who the Academy A-WEIRDS buried with awards this year (parasite's great too, as is The Host) but stay away from his Snowpiercer and Okja - shoves his 'we're killing the planet' bullshit down your throat - what a shame).
Love to swap titles with you my good man.
For some silver screen classics, I just watched Sword of the Desert (with Dana Andrews, 1950? I think) - he's a boat captain who smuggles some emigres to not-established-yet Palestine/Israel circa 1947ish) and from 1965 The Hill by the mighty Sidney Lument (12 angry men).
I'm not too familiar with South Korean films. I've only seen Old Boy and The Man From Nowhere. Basic bitch, I know, but I enjoyed both. The Chaser looks good. I'll give it a watch.
I recently got around to watching Alita: Battle Angel. I was promised it was based but it turned out to be a gender swap remake of the 2009 Astro Boy reboot with way too much Mary Sue girl power overtones for my tastes.
I binged Orange not too long ago, if you're in the mood for a bittersweet anime. The older I get, the more I like the slice-of-life genre. I also watched the original The Mechanic, if you're in the mood for some Charles Bronson swagger.
Far OUT! I'm not 'up' on anime (neither good, bad nor indifferent - just not a genre I've ever had the opportunity to delve into....yet (manga, etc), though did watch Alita as well - it was 'meh' (was Astro Boy anime?). I LOVE (most of) Bronson's stuff - The Evil That Men Do being one of my faves, 10 til midnight, the mechanic is GREAT; sorry he drove Death Wish into the GROUND though. A fantastic one of his that just popped onto my radar I'm embarrassed I'd never heard of, from 1975 Hard Times. Also a HUGE Marx bros fan and there's one in the same vein from the mighty Billy Wilder I JUST found out about and I was nearly crying from laughing, 1961's One, Two, Three.
Ridley Scott is either great or mediocre depending on the film. I'm really hoping The Last Duel is great, but I'm keeping my expectations low. The Duellists is fantastic and Robin Hood gets undue hate.
I agree - and you get a MASSIVE thumbs-up for The Duellists, a film almost NO ONE has heard of (and which I also love). I really wish this 82 year old (political stupidity doesn't have AGE LIMITS apparently) would STFU already with his rabid Trump hate. And that nasty shit from the series he produces, The Good Fight? Great director but I'm having a hell of a time disassociating the ART from the shutup alreadyARTIST, ya know? I nearly want to choke whenever I see de ZERO on screen because of the PUERILE shit that flows out of his mouth, etc, etc. What's WRONG with these people?
Blade Runner - genius (especially the Rain Monologue, made up on the spot by the mighty Rutger Hauer); Blade Runner 2049 - APPALLING.
I'll be honest I've never even heard anything abouth The Good Fight, and I live in Hollywood. I'm pretty good at seperating art from the person/politics, and it's how I can enjoy a decent amount of films/tv shows.
But De Niro was only good in his early to mid years, and he only plays the same character. His last "astounding good role" was in Silver Linings Playbook. Although his Joker role was good, but only because he was playing himself and not a wannabe version of himself.
I really need someone to explain to me if Bagpipe Bill Barr is just doing a 'head fake' with the formal announcement of "Don't worry FroBama and Creeper Joe, we have NO INTEREST in going after you for the TREASONOUS shit you pulled" recently? I.E, letting them THINK they're in the clear and then drop The Hammer when the time is right? I'm about f-cking sick of the "trust the plan", "this is all Sun-Tzu game theory", have patience grasshopper, yada yada yada. I get we conservatives have to obsessively cross EVERY t and dot EVERY i concerning these jackals of The Left who unfortunately are MASTERS of lawfare but, geezus krist already, HANG someone, anyone, low fruit, high fruit and fully EXONERATE those on OUR side who've been UNJUSTLY crucified already!
I pray the Father God Give President Trump four more years, in Jesus name. Amen!
Leftists are praying to moloch. Let's see who wins.
Jessie Watters called them moloch worshipers on his show. You know its getting spicy when the media starts saying it even if its friendly media.
GOD WINS
Obama really flinched with that leaked phone call.
Then he flinched worse with that grad speech.
Let's be honest, he's never sounded particularly assertive or in-control.
When he has a script he does. When someone asks him a question that isn't in the script, we get...
This lovely little bit.
Bwa haw haw haw! I didn't know some sadist (masochist?) put out a TEN HOUR loop. Here's the Yoko Ono marathon.
That grad speech was a confession veiled as criticism.
Barack Obama is a fucking douche
That is one nasty sand trap. Never saw one filled with shit before.
Are you talking about Michael or Barry?
noice!
Barry's sad that Drumpf shoots around 51 (!!!) less shots per game as Captain Duffer McMomjeans there can manage.
It's a microcosm of how he's worse than Trump at literally everything .. except blowing people for free coke.
Larry blew him for the coke while he smoked the crack.
Is that sperm running down his face?
Looks like Ray Liotta when Hannibal Lecter opened up his skull.
"Hannibal" is when I realized Ridley Scott basically sold out. I LOVED (and still do) Silence of the Lambs but thought the others (red dragon etc) were disgracefully bad, right down there with Blues Brothers 2000 - take a great premise, sell tickets based strictly on the NAME (and certain actor(s)) and beat it to DEATH. The one preceding all of them in screen adaptations, Manhunter from 1986, that almost nobody's heard of, is definitely worth a watch.
Here Endeth The Rant 👍
What?! You didn't care for Hannibal Rising where Hannibal Lector's babysitter trains him to be a ninja?! How dare you?!
Incidently, William Petersen and Manhunter were the only reason I paid any attention to the C.S.I. TV show. After he left, the show quickly turned to garbage.
He was also great in To Live and Die In LA. Sorry for the lecture, the HollyWEIRD mantra of "if at first it succeeds BEAT IT TO DEATH" gets SERIOUSLY friggin old. They think they're doing the PAYING customers a favor by criminally-diluting the original masterpiece with 87 billion spin-offs? A black female JAMES Bond? Star Wars & the All Gay All The Time cast? I'm so thankful an old girlfriend of mine back in the 90s turned me onto FOREIGN film (basically anything BUT American, except for some good indies) and, with extremely RARE exceptions, have never looked back, especially South Korean action films - mind-bogglingly good - where OUR studios SHOULD be. HollyWeird hasn't had an ORIGINAL idea in decades - sick of the comic book horseshit and the mentally challenged celebrities screaming death threats against everybody but their own fellow satanic pedophiles.
I gave up on Hollywood in 2008. I had just seen the new Indiana Jones movie and was still feeling nauseous from the gut punch my childhood took. I realized there was nothing but reboots and sequels on the horizon.
Fast forward to today and I haven't set foot in a theater since, most of my owned movies are unwatchable because the actors in them turned out to be human garbage, and I spend the majority of my entertainment time watching educational videos sprinkled with anime here and there. I don't miss Hollywood one bit.
Hear, hear!!! I just want to throw a BRICK at the screen whenever (insert asshole here) comes into frame - I just can't mentally disassociate the 'human garbage' playacting with what trash they are OFF camera.
I'll have go through my (thousands upon thousands - my 8 tb drive is literally full-shitload of music too) movies folder to compile a list of S. Korean stuff (plenty of other countries - Denmark stands out) but I'd say start off with The Chaser - just mindblowing. Memories of Murder by the Parasite director Bong Joon Ho who the Academy A-WEIRDS buried with awards this year (parasite's great too, as is The Host) but stay away from his Snowpiercer and Okja - shoves his 'we're killing the planet' bullshit down your throat - what a shame).
Love to swap titles with you my good man.
For some silver screen classics, I just watched Sword of the Desert (with Dana Andrews, 1950? I think) - he's a boat captain who smuggles some emigres to not-established-yet Palestine/Israel circa 1947ish) and from 1965 The Hill by the mighty Sidney Lument (12 angry men).
I'm not too familiar with South Korean films. I've only seen Old Boy and The Man From Nowhere. Basic bitch, I know, but I enjoyed both. The Chaser looks good. I'll give it a watch.
I recently got around to watching Alita: Battle Angel. I was promised it was based but it turned out to be a gender swap remake of the 2009 Astro Boy reboot with way too much Mary Sue girl power overtones for my tastes.
I binged Orange not too long ago, if you're in the mood for a bittersweet anime. The older I get, the more I like the slice-of-life genre. I also watched the original The Mechanic, if you're in the mood for some Charles Bronson swagger.
Far OUT! I'm not 'up' on anime (neither good, bad nor indifferent - just not a genre I've ever had the opportunity to delve into....yet (manga, etc), though did watch Alita as well - it was 'meh' (was Astro Boy anime?). I LOVE (most of) Bronson's stuff - The Evil That Men Do being one of my faves, 10 til midnight, the mechanic is GREAT; sorry he drove Death Wish into the GROUND though. A fantastic one of his that just popped onto my radar I'm embarrassed I'd never heard of, from 1975 Hard Times. Also a HUGE Marx bros fan and there's one in the same vein from the mighty Billy Wilder I JUST found out about and I was nearly crying from laughing, 1961's One, Two, Three.
Thanks for the tips, my friend - happy hunting!
Okay, these just popped into my head (SK) - The Spy Gone North, A Hard Day and Sea Fog and, flat-out entertainment (turn your CRITICAL brain off for a while), Steel Rain.
Ridley Scott is either great or mediocre depending on the film. I'm really hoping The Last Duel is great, but I'm keeping my expectations low. The Duellists is fantastic and Robin Hood gets undue hate.
I agree - and you get a MASSIVE thumbs-up for The Duellists, a film almost NO ONE has heard of (and which I also love). I really wish this 82 year old (political stupidity doesn't have AGE LIMITS apparently) would STFU already with his rabid Trump hate. And that nasty shit from the series he produces, The Good Fight? Great director but I'm having a hell of a time disassociating the ART from the shutup already ARTIST, ya know? I nearly want to choke whenever I see de ZERO on screen because of the PUERILE shit that flows out of his mouth, etc, etc. What's WRONG with these people?
Blade Runner - genius (especially the Rain Monologue, made up on the spot by the mighty Rutger Hauer); Blade Runner 2049 - APPALLING.
I'll be honest I've never even heard anything abouth The Good Fight, and I live in Hollywood. I'm pretty good at seperating art from the person/politics, and it's how I can enjoy a decent amount of films/tv shows.
But De Niro was only good in his early to mid years, and he only plays the same character. His last "astounding good role" was in Silver Linings Playbook. Although his Joker role was good, but only because he was playing himself and not a wannabe version of himself.
Still haven't seen Blade Runner 2049.
When Arnold Palmer was 18, people called him Arnold Palmer. When Obummer was 18, people called him Barry Soetoro. Weird.
I really need someone to explain to me if Bagpipe Bill Barr is just doing a 'head fake' with the formal announcement of "Don't worry FroBama and Creeper Joe, we have NO INTEREST in going after you for the TREASONOUS shit you pulled" recently? I.E, letting them THINK they're in the clear and then drop The Hammer when the time is right? I'm about f-cking sick of the "trust the plan", "this is all Sun-Tzu game theory", have patience grasshopper, yada yada yada. I get we conservatives have to obsessively cross EVERY t and dot EVERY i concerning these jackals of The Left who unfortunately are MASTERS of lawfare but, geezus krist already, HANG someone, anyone, low fruit, high fruit and fully EXONERATE those on OUR side who've been UNJUSTLY crucified already!
Guess Big Mike literally fucked his brains out
All his shit getting undone must be an awful feeling for him.
Completely different, at least, from getting it pushed in.
Big Mike has entered the chat
From here on, I shall forever refer to Barry's anus as "the chat" ..
(he certainly talks out of it enough.)
Darn that President Tweety!
Lol how the fuck do you guys create this shit 😂😂😂
FORE!
I wonder how Hillary Clinton's conversation with Jesus is going to go when he arrives.
I think HER afterlife is going to be a little more on the WARM side. Hopefully John Brennan's will be spent having to service her 24/7.
Ififififififif if I had a son, he'd be jogging on construction sites.
https://i.imgur.com/dJEdiS7.jpg
If, if, If, if, If, if, If, if, If, if, If, if, If, if, If, if, If, if, If, if, If, if, If, if, If, if, If, if, If, if....
Why-why-why-why-why.. you're getting nervous man!
Fuck that lying, dog-faced pony soldier, Barry
If-if-if-if-if-if... Okey doke.?