Movie recommendations

[Ironwood]

Silly Man.  Kyle Troy was the guy that piloted Stingray and looked like James Garner.

[Bunk]

Wow, I didn't think anyone would get my Kyle Troy refference, but somehow you managed to get it with a completely different Kyle Troy.

[voodoolily]

Who the fuck is Kenny Chesney and why do I see him on TV all the time now?

And he famously married Renee Zelweger after like a month of dating, then they divorced after 4 months. He was so the rebound guy after Jack White dumped Renee then married a model a couple of months later.

God, I watch way too much E! and VH1.

[Morfiend]

Who the fuck is Kenny Chesney and why do I see him on TV all the time now?

And he famously married Renee Zelweger after like a month of dating, then they divorced after 4 months. He was so the rebound guy after Jack White dumped Renee then married a model a couple of months later.

God, I watch way too much E! and VH1.

I am saddened by the fact that I too know this information. I guess its a bit better because I work in entertainment media. But it still sucks when im channel surfing and find myself compelled to stop on E!.

[stray]

Not exactly a new release, but The Motorcycle Diaries is fantastic.

I'm not the type to wear Che t-shirts (and I'm not even a liberal for that matter), but I do find him extremely interesting. I can't wait for the Del Toro pic to come out as well.

[Kenrick]

Oh, cmon, lay off country.  I'm not a fan either, but it's certainly not a violent cancerous plague upon the earth like rap is.

[Raging Turtle]

Kenny Chesney songs I like:  "She thinks my tractor's sexy" and "All my Exes live in Texas"

Now that I have branded myself forever strange, movies:

Rentals:  Batman Begins - Easily the best batman movie.  Especially if you ignore one or two strange plot holes.
If you looking for something violent and different - and I do mean different - go into the foreign film section and get Old Boy.  Excellent film.   

[stray]

Can the imaginary training of fifteen years be put to use?

[schild]

Is quoting your avatar allowed outside of your signature?

[Raging Turtle]

Can the imaginary training of fifteen years be put to use?

Now I have to go rent the damn movie again!

[stray]

Is quoting your avatar allowed outside of your signature?

No, I suppose not. It didn't feel right to me either.

[Ironwood]

Is quoting your avatar allowed outside of your signature?

I dunno.


KNEEL !!

[Sky]

Kenny Chesney songs I like:  "She thinks my tractor's sexy" and "All my Exes live in Texas"

"All My Ex's Live in Texas" was sung by George Strait (in 1987), back when country music was country and not this pop bullshit sung with a twang.

I won't dump on country, and there is still a lot of good stuff, but there is a huge trend of crap the likes of which started around the time of Tanya fucking Tucker.

[Kenrick]

Alert:

My mom saw rent the other night would like the world to know that it is garbage.

[Kenrick]

Kenny Chesney songs I like:  "She thinks my tractor's sexy"

[Samwise]

My mom saw rent the other night would like the world to know that it is garbage.

Two questions:
1) Had she seen the stage show?
2) Is she a Republican?

[shiznitz]

My mom saw rent the other night would like the world to know that it is garbage.

Two questions:
1) Had she seen the stage show?
2) Is she a Republican?

2) is unfair. I am a Republican neo-con and I liked Philadelphia. I won't even rent Rent.

[HaemishM]

Musicals are for pussies. Except the Wizard of Oz.

Today's "country" is no such fucking thing. It's pop music with a fucking steel guitar. I like Tim McGraw and all, but after he and Faith Hill hit it big (and Shania, don't forget her), every fucking body decided country was sappy, formualistic shit songs that played well on easy listening, pop and new country stations.

Not a one of these cocksuckers singing country now (except maybe Alan Jackson and he's old enough to know) could hold a candle to George Jones.

[Kenrick]

My mom saw rent the other night would like the world to know that it is garbage.

Two questions:
1) Had she seen the stage show?
2) Is she a Republican?

1) No, but she was familiar with the music.
2) No, she and my father (who held office as a state judge for 12 years as a democrat) are both registered democrats.

Oh, and,

THE FUCK?

[Samwise]

Just asking because Rent is full of flaming ultra-liberal ideology.  I'm pretty liberal myself and even I think they pile it on pretty thick, so I wouldn't be surprised at all if a conservative type disliked Rent for that alone.

It's also pretty cheesy/quirky, even as stage musicals go, and I imagine that quality isn't lost in the transition to the big screen.  So if you disliked the show, I wouldn't expect you to like the movie; if you haven't seen the show and you tell me you dislike the movie, that's not a very strong data point because it might be that you wouldn't have liked the show either. 

Now, if you liked the show, but disliked the movie, that's a significant data point.  I liked the show well enough that I'd go see the movie if it did a better job with the big-screen-transition than, say, Phantom of the Opera  did.  But probably not if it did worse.

[Kenrick]

Hmm... well, to be honest, I didn't really delve too deeply with her into why she disliked it.  I actually saw the recent Phantom movie with her in the theater, and she seemed to like it okay.  /shrug  Guess my mom is just fickle.

I sang a song from Rent in a madrigal choir group my senior year in high school, 8 years ago.  I can do without getting that shit stuck in my head again -- that's the main reason I refuse to see the movie.   :-D

[Furiously]

Great. Now I will have "everybody's got aids" stuck in my head all day.

[Raging Turtle]

Kenny Chesney songs I like:  "She thinks my tractor's sexy"

Eh, it amuses me.  I don't listen to a lot of music and I'm not too picky about what I do listen to. 

And yeah, I have no idea why I thought Chesney sang 'all my exes'.  The only time I've heard either of those songs is on long road trips with only a car radio.

[Toast]

The Office, BBC version.

[Rasix]

The Office, BBC version.

Where did that come from?

[Shockeye]

Whatever happened to Alabama?

[WayAbvPar]

The Office, BBC version.

Where did that come from?

Slough.

[Shockeye]

The Office, BBC version.

Where did that come from?

Slough.

And the only thing worth mentioning to ever come from there.

    Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough
    It isn't fit for humans now
    There is not grass to feed a cow
    Swarm over, death!

[EDIT] It seems the original "Thunderbirds" was produced and filmed in Slough. Not sure if that's a negative or positive.

[stray]

Yup, yup, Johnny is the man.

I may check it out this week. I never would have thought Joaquin Phoenix could have done it even a little well, but the trailers say something else.


Put my vote in for History of Violence (but I think I may have mentioned it in another thread before). If you value your manhood, then you will see this (doesn't hurt to be a Cronenberg fan either). It won't win awards or anything...It'll be one of those movies that gets nominated for a lot of shit and never wins.

Well....I finally got around to seeing Walk the Line. I'm not the best judge of biopics, and never liked them much, but I thought it was just as good as Ray or the Doors at least.

Acting wise, I had no idea Phoenix had it in him. I never thought of him much as a character actor before, but he's changed my mind in that respect (I've always had it in the back of my head that he was just some hack who'd be nowhere if it wasn't for his brother.....Now I feel bad about that). Not just because he got the singing and the voice right (which is cool enough in and of itself), but he pulled off all of the little mannerisms as well. Like how Johnny used to sing out of the right side of his mouth a bit and the way he strapped and swung his guitar around up high....Little things like that. All of that amounts to impersonation, not acting exactly, but he had a lot of great acting moments as well.

I never would have noticed the physical resemblance before either, but at certain side angle shots, it's pretty uncanny.

Reese Witherspoon surprised me as well (if she released an album, I'd probably buy it!).

Anyways, biopic or not, it's nice to see a biopic of a Country musician for a change. Especially Johnny.

[edit] Damn. Spelling.

[edit] The guy who played Elvis kinda sucked though. I would have been better (even if I don't look like him!).

[Jimbo]

Not a one of these cocksuckers singing country now (except maybe Alan Jackson and he's old enough to know) could hold a candle to George Jones.

True you can't compair with the ol' possum George.  His latest song with Dolly is getting good air play on GAC, CMT and the local radio shows around here.

It's like any genre, there are good and bad in all of them.  My God, look at what rock and roll gave us  :-D

[stray]

I don't like new country either. Unless, Dwight Yoakam or Hank III are considered "new country".....If so, then I do.

CMT sucks, but at least there's a chance one can see some of the older acts on every once in a while. The chicks are hotter as well (girl next door > slut in a thong).

[Sky]

[edit] The guy who played Elvis kinda sucked though. I would have been better (even if I don't look like him!).

You're Rob Schneider, aren't you? :P

I love Dolly! She lights up the stage every goddamned time, and always looks like she's having a blast. She's only behind Willie in people I'd like to meet. I saw a thing with Norah Jones, Norah got too big too quick and now she's kinda stuck in that depressing slow sound. Dolly came out and stole the show, it was funny how she worked the crowd which had previously been pretty laid back. Dolly is the real deal, even after all these years.

There's good new country out there, but like most other genres, it's not on the radio or tv, really.