Movie Thread

[tifosi77]

Does it have large talons?

[mikey]

I bet it's a bird...

[NTP66]

Pigeon?

[NAN]

A weenie.

[nocera]

A penguin is a bird.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

THREADS UP

[blackjack68]

A Bronco

[eddy]

Yeesh. With Legendary parting ways as well, I guess that means Kong vs Zilla sequel isn't happening?

[dodint]

Ohhhh, Jaws is in theaters.

Oh, it is in 3D.

[NTP66]

It’s only in 3D?

[dodint]

Yes.

[nocera]

Shark still looks fake.

[tifosi77]

It's also screening in IMAX here..... which is sort of worse.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

let me know when Jaws 3 is in theaters

[tifosi77]

Classics With The Tifs series continued this weekend, with Chinatown.

Shot in the 70s to depict pre-war LA in the late 30s. One of the best scripts in the history of movies. Jack Nicholson not playing Jack Nicholson. Film Noir turned inside out. The source material for Jerry Goldsmith's excellent exercise in self-plagiarism that was the L.A. Confidential score a quarter century later. This thing is exceptionally good at movie. I understand if you can't separate art from artist (especially as Polanski has in in-screen caneo in a famous scene), but it really is an extraordinary thing.

It's fun to watch movies set here, and almost all the locations are accurate as named and depicted. Real estate transactions in the northwest Valley feature prominently, which is where we live. The overarching story (criminal manipulation of water rights to grow the city) is accurate enough to real history too, if the individual particulars (........*ahem*......) are totally fictionalized.

[nocera]

Forget about it, tif. It’s Chinatown.

I love that movie. The Two Jakes? Not so much.

Somewhat related, there’s apparently a Philip Marlowe movie coming out starring Liam Neison as Marlowe. Kind of an odd choice but I’m always down for a good film noir.

[nocera]

[DigitalGypsy66]

Looks good. Auch Auf Deutsch. The last film version I saw had John-Boy Walton in the lead role.

[eddy]

Watched The Lost Boys with the daughter over the weekend. Man, does that movie rule.

[NTP66]

We did Maverick for movie night, with the volume cranked up to 11. It was glorious.

[tifosi77]

I love that movie. The Two Jakes? Not so much.

I have never seen The Two Jakes. So much of the OG talent coming back to the party, shot by Zsigmond....... and then "Directed by Jack Nicholson", and it's like "............ ............"

[Dickie Dunn]

Watched The Lost Boys with the daughter over the weekend. Man, does that movie rule.

An absolute favorite.

[NAN]

Watched The Lost Boys with the daughter over the weekend. Man, does that movie rule.

The Lost boys is one of my top 10 all time. Watch it everytime it's on.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

Top Gun: Maverick is the fifth highest grossing movie in North America alltime

best sequel ever in terms of improvement over the original

[shafnutz05]

Pretty excited for this. Happy for Fraser, he's been through a lot.