Recommended to 50.5W to read The Beach during lockdown.
Last night we watched the film and she immediately said that is rubbish compared to the book which was exactly as I remembered it.
That's the same as "On the Beach" with Anthony Perkins and Ava Gardner? I remember I liked it, but there was also dumb parts, like the care race.
Nah The Beach with worst ever casting of Leo DiCaprio.
Oh yeah, I saw that, I forgot it existed. He found like the most secret beach in the world or something?
That’s the one.
Classic book not so much the film. Ironically the beach used in the film (in Thailand) was closed by the Thai government about 6 months ago due to overcrowding by tourist boats polluting the water which killed the coral.
The acclaim for that one mystifies. Tediously slow and generates no suspense (i.e., reason to keep watching). I mean, nobody expects Uncle Ned to die, so it's just waiting around for him to be rescued and how. That he holds onto that fucking FedEx package the whole time is one weird-ass act of faith. Yay, he's loyal to his employer to the end. God, I hate that movie just thinking about it.
I watched it again a few months back and I thought it was ok. I liked Wilson.
Telling that the most appealing character isn't alive. Christ but the product placement in that movie irritates me. Tom Hanks is a solid dude in the Hollywood scale of things, but that movie is not something he should be proud of.
I watched the rum ham ep a few days ago, and when it was floating away and Danny Devito was shouting "I'm sorry rum ham!" i finally made the connection that it was a Cast Away parody cuz Hanks said the same thing to the volleyball.
We reach the parts other combos cannot reach
We beach the beachheads other armies cannot beach
We speak the tongues other mouths cannot speak
I finally watched The Beyond last night and I loved it.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Moved on to Red Dragon (2002) with the daughter tonight. Very enjoyable but Edward Norton seemed miscast. Scariest moment was when the lid blew off a tub of chilli sauce on my living room table, we both nearly hit the ceiling.
Wasn’t Red Dragon the original film before Silence Of The Lambs book / film.
They remade it after the success of SOTL.
the 80s version was Manhunter
but the book was Red Dragon?
Yeah
They didn't use Red Dragon as the title because the producers thought it sounded like a martial arts movie. I don't know why i remember that.
inseminoid (1980) really enjoyed this sci-fi. budget was probably spent on the space age set designs that were great. the acting and story was terrible - running around, screaming, fighting. but it did have alien sperm in tubes, explosions and some cool props which is enough to make me happy. little nudity. 4/5.
inseminoid (1980) really enjoyed this sci-fi. budget was probably spent on the space age set designs that were great. the acting and story was terrible - running around, screaming, fighting. but it did have alien sperm in tubes, explosions and some cool props which is enough to make me happy. little nudity. 4/5.
That's a good one I haven't seen in a while!
We reach the parts other combos cannot reach
We beach the beachheads other armies cannot beach
We speak the tongues other mouths cannot speak
inseminoid (1980) really enjoyed this sci-fi. budget was probably spent on the space age set designs that were great. the acting and story was terrible - running around, screaming, fighting. but it did have alien sperm in tubes, explosions and some cool props which is enough to make me happy. little nudity. 4/5.
That's a good one I haven't seen in a while!
yup, dunno if it's rare but a gem indeed. i always add your stuff to my movie lists - so thanks and keep posting please. i've been watching jess franco movies a lot and they keep getting worse, which i like. but it's refreshing to get recommendations for current things to balance it a bit...
I'll watch it before my next report, maybe even today
Ive thought of watching it, any good?
I watched the HR movie the other night. Id always heard it was the Pistols that inspired them to turn from prog jazz to punk but Earl says it was the Dead Boys which seems to make more sense.
but the book was Red Dragon?
