Khaldun
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100% agree. It's a bore and only got the attention it did because the chattering classes wanted to talk about how damaging Vietnam was etc.
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Selby
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Acting was decent, but the story flow, the editing, and the sheer length of the thing just weighed it down too much.
Exactly how I felt. Like it could have used a bit more fleshing out in some areas and a LOT of editing\trimming in others. I can see why some people fell in love with it and am wondering if me not seeing at release and seeing a lot of other movies I consider "better" that have been released since are clouding my judgment (or clouding others with their nostalgia). |
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Setanta
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I DVR'ed El Dorado a couple of weeks ago and finally sat down and watched it tonight.
I don't belong in this thread - I read that as "Road to El Dorado" and was happy to agree that it was a classic! |
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Lucas
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Further proof that Italians have suspect taste in games.
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Out of curiosity: what do you guys think about "Towering Inferno"? Personally, it's one of my all-time favorites. Would you consider it a "classic" ?
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sickrubik
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You don't have a cast like that and not call it a classic.
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beer geek.
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Khaldun
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It's kind of a classic but also kind of stupid at the same time. The cheese level is sort of hilarious at times. It makes a great double-bill with The Poseidon Adventure.
Irwin Allen was sort of the Roland Emmerich or Michael Bay of the mid-1970s.
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sickrubik
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Much much more Emmerich than Bay.
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Khaldun
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Explosions were more expensive back then.
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I saw Towering Inferno in the mid-70s on TV at one point, but remember almost nothing about it. I would like to see it again now that I have an idea who the actors are and what is actually going on.
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It's also fun because its in the previous era where SF was a popular location for movies to take place. I find the ebe and flow of cities that become popular to set movies in interesting. SF had a ton of stuff set in it through the 60's and 70's. Then it sort of fell off the radar. Now in the last 5'ish years, it seems to have become a popular location again. I can only assume because how much the bay area has boomed economical (and thus has more people wielding power) and become central to american popular culture with the rise of web 2.0 and social media companies.
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Khaldun
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"A shrine to all the bullshit in the world". I remember that line.
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It's also fun because its in the previous era where SF was a popular location for movies to take place. I find the ebe and flow of cities that become popular to set movies in interesting. SF had a ton of stuff set in it through the 60's and 70's. Then it sort of fell off the radar. Now in the last 5'ish years, it seems to have become a popular location again. I can only assume because how much the bay area has boomed economical (and thus has more people wielding power) and become central to american popular culture with the rise of web 2.0 and social media companies.
I think it is more about who is offering the largest financial incentives (like tax breaks). I know WA state let their tax breaks expire for Hollywood and nothing of note has been made here since. |
When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
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Merusk
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Which is grand because those breaks don't actually offset the costs and movies don't bring in the tons of revenue advertised any more than casinos do. I'd be fine with Ohio following suit.
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Oh, I don't know. I somehow know several people who are almost making money acting, thanks to those tax breaks.
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It's also fun because its in the previous era where SF was a popular location for movies to take place. I find the ebe and flow of cities that become popular to set movies in interesting. SF had a ton of stuff set in it through the 60's and 70's. Then it sort of fell off the radar. Now in the last 5'ish years, it seems to have become a popular location again. I can only assume because how much the bay area has boomed economical (and thus has more people wielding power) and become central to american popular culture with the rise of web 2.0 and social media companies.
I think it is more about who is offering the largest financial incentives (like tax breaks). I know WA state let their tax breaks expire for Hollywood and nothing of note has been made here since. If you are going to Washington you might as well go all the way to Vancouver where they have a real industry and the dollar is much cheaper. |
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