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"Pearl Harbor"
"Memphis Belle" Those two dogs have wonderful flying scenes, at least... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:yBijb.777674$YN5.761294@sccrnsc01... | Mary and I went to see this movie last night, based on good initial reviews | and high ticket sales. (Having Uma Thurman in it certainly didn't hurt, | either. | | Just wanted to let everyone know, before they spend a nickel in the theater, | that both of us consider "Kill Bill" to be the absolute worst movie we've | ever seen. Apparently you did not see "The Rundown." Actually, "The Rundown" is hysterically funny as a satire on bad Hollywood. Some camera shots are used more than once; one scene shows a Piper flying over the Brazilian jungle and another shows the same shot without the Piper. The Piper actually has the jaggies from being badly digitized and it jitters around in a way impossible for a real airplane. The Piper, of course, has duct tape wrapped around a strut, implying that the airplane is held together that way (silly Hollywood, where else would you store your duct tape?). There is also a small stretch of jungle road that is used over and over and over for locations that are supposed to be far apart. We also get to see horny African monkeys in Brazil, hallucinogenic fruit that somehow has not become part of the popular subculture in the United States, Indiana Jones style golden idols, and every trite marshal arts scene ever filmed. Well, okay, no one gets thrown through a plate glass window -- they get thrown through brick walls. Oddly, the bullets don't sparkle whenever they hit something; I kept wondering how that particular piece of Hollywood idiocy got left out. People fall thousands of feet down a cliff without serious injury, despite the fact that they invariably land on trees, rocks, limbs, etc, crotch first. And let us not forget the cute reference to Amazonian parasite that swims up your urethra and which can only be removed by amputation, an apparent reference to the candiru catfish. Best of all, we get to see Christopher Walken doing his non-plussed bad guy routine as his defenses get taken out one by one. |
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"Bob Noel" wrote in message ... | In article , "Ralph | Snart" wrote: | | As long as we're talking about movies with the 'SUCK' factor, | | Dune. | Which one? The movie or the Sci-Fi channel version? |
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"Jay Honeck" wrote:
"Pearl Harbor" "Memphis Belle" Those two dogs have wonderful flying scenes, at least... Yeah, but they have such silly-ass story lines and, in the case of "Pearl Harbor," awful acting that I walked out on both of them. I felt they were insulting to the heroic memory of the real events - some Hollywood lounge lizard's idea of what war is like. -- Dan C172RG at BFM |
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In article , "C J Campbell"
wrote: | As long as we're talking about movies with the 'SUCK' factor, | | Dune. | Which one? The movie or the Sci-Fi channel version? the movie - the one spewed forth many years ago, way before the Sci-Fi channel one. -- Bob Noel |
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("Jay Honeck" wrote)
snip So, let me see if I've got this straight. We have a movie that has a weak plot -- ON PURPOSE -- and unrealistic violence -- ON PURPOSE -- with the aim of being some sort of an homage to the Kung-fu movies of the 60s and 70s? While your premise may be true, I'd say the audience has been duped on more than one level here... Kung Pow: Enter The Fist (2002) http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/kung_pow/ This movie is so stupid, it's funny. It's an actual 70's Kung-fu movie (1976) called "Tiger and Crane Fist" that's been .... um, modified. It made many people's "worst film of all time" list. I, however, laughed and enjoyed the effort. "Wewewewewewe..." "Wewewewewe..." -- Montblack "I like to watch" |
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Judah wrote in message . ..
snip OK. Now the importan question... Why would a guy hanging out on Rec.Aviation.Piloting ever drive from Champaign, IL to Cape May, NJ??? Is that supposed to be one 'o them rethorical questions? You actually brought it back OT, thanks! I had a job towing banners on the Jersey Shore for the summer, and those of us foolish enough to try and make a living in aviation right now usually don't have access to airplanes for extended personal trips. That and since I was going to be there for 3 1/2 months working, it would be kind of nice to have a car while there, since I can't rent one (nobody will touch ya if you're under 25) I had to bring my own. Now, if I only could have found something that I could put my car in, and fly out there with it, that would have been perfect! Mike O'Malley |
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On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 21:02:22 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote: Mary and I went to see this movie last night, based on good initial reviews and high ticket sales. (Having Uma Thurman in it certainly didn't hurt, either. Wanna see Uma Thurman in a great, worthwhile movie? Watch "Gattaca" instead. Only $15 at the DVD store. I think that's a sci-fi drama story that rates up there with the classic greats from golden age of sci-fi novels of the 1940's, 50's and 60's. Quite a provocative storyline... and especially fitting since *right now* the US Congress is working on legislation dealing with using someone's genetic code to discriminate against them.The Senate just passed their side of the bill. Gattica involves an aerospace company and someone who dreams of flying, so this particular post is kinda on topic for r.a.p. :-) |
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"Judah" wrote in message ... Ahhh, perfectly good explanation... And while it was none of my damned business, I really was curious! \ We vacationed in Wildwood twice this summer... Were you based out of Woodbine? And you were getting paid? I thought I had heard that the guy at Woodbine had people towing banners for nothing more than the hours... Maybe that's the guy at Allaire... I love that shoreline, tho... By air, land, and sea! Nah, we had our own strip just north of WWD, and yeah, I even got paid for it (better have, the shore is a nice place to visit, but an expensive place to live!) You probibly saw me, some of the more memorable ones I towed were Tastykakes, Sands Casino or the Miller Lite billboards. Those were just the more prominant ones. It IS a fun place though. -- Mike O'Malley |
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