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steven_stuart 12:43 am UTC 10/01/10 |
| In reply to: | re: Continuation Of The Wolf's Favourite Films Thread - The_wolf_with_the_red_roses 12:35 pm UTC 09/30/10 |
| Yes. "Dracula" was not one of Coppola's best films. I know what you mean when you say he tried to shove the atmosphere down our throats. However, any film student should see "The Godfather" and the "The Godfather 2" (2 features a brilliant De Niro acting job as the young Vito). "Apocalypse Now" requires some patience but I think its worth it in the end. They had to shoot Brando in the dark because he had become so fat when they made it and yet they payed him one million dollars for every day that he was on the set. He only appears at the end of the film, at the same time as Dennis Hopper (have you seen "Easy Rider"?). The classic line from "Apocalypse Now" is Robert Duvall (also cool in The Godfather) saying: "I love the smell of naplam in the morning." Don't bother with "The Godfather 3". Its crap. Sometimes Coppola gets it right and sometimes he gets it very wrong (like with "Dracula"). Ah yes. I know the Dark Knight scene you are refering to. Heath Ledger was an amazing actor. Did you see "Brokeback Mountain"? He's like a completely different person. What a terrible shame that he died. Think of what he would have achieved in the future. I haven't seen the Terry Gilliam film that he was making when he died. Have you seen it? Apparently Gilliam had to rethink the entire script and actors like Johnny Depp helped him to finish it.What was it called? I've just looked it up on Google. It was called "The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus". Of course I have to agree about "Rocky Horror". I haven't seen "Shock Treatment". Is that also Richard O'Brien? He's so cool but I think "Rocky" was his one big hit. Or am I wrong? I hadn't heard about the possibility of a remake until you just told me. That would be a mistake. I would miss seeing Meat loaf on his motor bike and of course Tim Curry is one of the best actors ever. I can't imagine someone else doing his part. Well, there has been a recent stage show that was quite good but I think a film is different. Nobody could replace Curry, in my opinion. > I've only ever seen one Corpela film, his a adaptation of > Dracula,which was pretty shit to be honest, tired to shove > the "Atmosphere" down our throat and really didn't make a > whole lot of sense. > > For my money the best piece from The Dark Knight is when > the Joker's filming the cop with his hand held camera, a > truly chilling piece of acting. > > As far as musicals go, Rocky Horror is certainty up there > for me, such a dark and twisted story, I'm very glad they > put an end to talks of a remake, Shock Treatment is pretty > good as well even if it does feel like a rehash of Rocky > Horror. Sweeney Todd is quite good as well, Burton's only > REALLY cool film. > > I've yet to see God Farther or apocalypse now, but there > on my list of films to see. > > > Wolf, at the risk of getting myself into trouble with > > certain board members, I am starting a new thread to > > continue the film discussions. Our posts are way down the > > page and we seem to be the only two reading them. Its not > > really a new thread, its a continuation of your highly > > successful favourite films thread. I would really > > appreciate it if all the people who contributed to that > > thread could also contribute to this continuation. Also, I > > am posting the link to your film at the bottom of this > > page and I hope that others will review it in the way that > > AndrewG did. Anyway, sorry for being long winded as usual. > > Below is my response to your latest films post. > > > > > The Dark Knight is a far superior film to Burton's Batman, > > > mostly because of Heath Ledger's awesome performance as > > > the Joker. > > > > > > I was talking about Adrian Brody and the main actress from > > > King Kong (Who's name has escaped me) are really quite > > > poor. Jack Black's okay but he really is a poor man's Meat > > > Loaf in my opinion. > > > > Yes. Heath Ledger was awesome in The Dark Knight. I have > > never seen anything quite like it. I wonder if the idea > > for the Joker's look was Heath's own idea. I'm not sure > > how to describe it. More messy? More menacing? To me his > > acting in that scene where Batman starts to beat him up in > > the police station has to be one of the greatest acting > > jobs of all time. > > > > To expand on our favourite films discussion, perhaps we > > could talk about favourite film performances. > > > > What about Brando in The Godfather and Apocalypse Now? > > > > That reminds me, surely Francis Ford Coppola deserves a > > possible best director mention. Has someone already > > suggested him? > > > > The actress in King Kong was Naomi Watts. Apparently her > > dad was Pink Floyd's sound engineer (sounds like a really > > cool job to me). > > > > Its interesting that you talk about Jack Black being a > > poor man's Meat Loaf. The BOOH people are quite interested > > in him for obvious reasons. I'm not sure if he would do a > > show. He's probably very expensive and out of the > > question. > > Oh well. It might have been fun. Maybe if there is a film, > > sometime way in the future. > > > > Can you think of another actor who could take Meat's place > > in the way Jack Black could? Is there another famous actor > > that you would compare to Meat? Even if the comparison is > > not entirely positive. > > > > Oh, are there any films of musicals that you like? In > > another thread I noticed that Ted Neeley (who played Jesus > > in the film of "Jesus Christ Superstar") was Meat Loaf's > > back up singer for Meat's 1981 tour. > > > > > > > Problem with Burton is that he creates all these surreal > > > > > worlds and characters, but doesn't give the audience a > > > > > real protagonist we can experience it all through. > > > > > > > > That's a very good point. > > > > > > > > > I don't > > > > > think I need to go into how bad his two Batman films are, > > > > > > > > Did you think "The Dark Knight" was much better than > > > > Burton's Batman films? > > > > > > > > > I haven't seen his Pee Wee film, but may well do if the > > > > > opportunity arises. > > > > > > > > Pee Wee was very talented. Unfortunately his career was > > > > damaged when he got caught doing something strange in a > > > > pornographic cinema. > > > > > > > > > Someone who I don't think has been > > > > > mentioned yet is Peter Jackson, he is truly awesome, > > > > > cant think of a time I've been more immersed at the cinema > > > > > since Lord of the rings, > > > > > > > > Yes. Peter Jackson does deserve a mention. It must have > > > > been quite difficult to turn the books into films. > > > > > > > > > his remake with King Kong is okay > > > > > but quite slow paced and the two leads in the film are > > > > > just awful. > > > > > > > > Was that Jack Black? Have you seen Tenacious D? > > | |
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