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A Simple Plan (1998) by Sam Raimi

Cast: Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda, Brent Briscoe, Chelcie Ross

Music: Danny Elfman

Cinematography: Alar Kivilo

Yet another neo-noir and another from my top 10. Definitely the best movie of 1998. And to think, Shakespeare in Love, Roberto Benigni and Gwyneth Paltrow got their Oscars that year (fuck you, Weinstein!). A Simple Plan is absolutely perfect in every way. The direction, screenplay, cinematography, sets, edition, music, acting - everything is superb in this film. Bill Paxton (R.I.P.), Billy Bob Thornton and Bridget Fonda (please, come back to acting) are so real and compelling. And they're very rational, yet everything goes wrong. This masterpiece is like an antique tragedy and at times you feel like those characters are doomed. And the theatrical release poster says it perfectly, "sometimes good people do evil things." And kudos to Danny Elfman, one of the most versatile composers of our times.

"You work for the American Dream, you don't steal it."

"Nobody would ever believe that you'd be capable of doing what you've done."

"Do you ever feel evil? I do. I feel evil."

If there were more all-female rock n roll bands, I'd be a groupie.

23 hours ago, adamsapple said:

I'd appreciate the mods checking back with me reporting your signature so I won't have to report it to the authorities.

You must be 16 or 60. Or a very troubled individual. But also an entertaining one. Never change.

Am I the only one who's curious how sex toys designed by Tim Burton would look like?

4 minutes ago, adamsapple said:

Oh I'm so dumb I didn't see that reference with each of your posts where it just says "Kill all the white people" over and over again without futher context or reference.

I do appreciate your self-criticism.

Thunderheart (1992) by Michael Apted

Cast: Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene, Fred Ward, John Trudell

Cinematography: Roger Deakins

Music: James Horner

A masterpiece. Flawless direction, engrossing screenplay (loosely based on real events), Roger Deakins' brilliant cinematography, James Horner's haunting score, and simply wonderful acting. Even the native amateur actors were superb, but the star in here is Val Kilmer. Between 1989 and 1993, he was at the top of his game (Kill Me Again, The Doors, Tombstone, and this one). You couldn't find a sour note in his acting, he was so much in the character. You believe him, you feel him, you're there with him. Sam Shepard and Graham Greene also don't disappoint. This is a mystery thriller, western, drama, but it's also mystical and there's some wonderful, natural humour. And, of course, it's thought-provoking. And so fucking entertaining.

"We know the difference between the reality of freedom and the illusion of freedom."

"They have to kill us, because they can't break our spirit."

Literate IMDb users' score: 9,2

1 minute ago, adamsapple said:

On a sidenote...who did approve your signature? A call to "kill people" should not stand on this forum or anywhere.

I love literal people... Now, go back to bed.

12 hours ago, dando said:

I have trouble watching any video on the Internet for 9 minutes too 😂 

You come that fast?

There's no such a fucking thing as an overrated Guns tune! Get it?

On 9.07.2020 at 10:50 PM, lame ass security said:

Gotta ask, who are the other two? I'll hazard a guess, Rob Trujillo and not Duff.😄

Of course Duff's one of them. The best bass tone in rock n roll history. The third one is John Wetton. He was a huge part of my favorite King Crimson incarnation.

On 5.07.2020 at 12:20 PM, King_Johnny said:

I ended up on this old page on the BBC website.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1165688.stm

It's a roundup of a few things that had been broadcast on UK tv that had led to complaints back in 2000/1. Embarrassingly I ended up on that page as I was looking up what William G Stewart had to say on the Elgin marbles during an episode of Fifteen to One. Jeez, what the frig has happened to me 

Anyway, there's a reference to the time Slash went on Saturday morning kids tv, swore and referred to getting a blowjob in a bar.

I particularly enjoyed this paragraph, which I can only assume indicates LWT had no idea who the hell they had booked to appear.

"The broadcaster, LWT, explained that previous live interviews with Slash had given them no reason to believe he would use expletives."

I need to see it.

5 minutes ago, Scream of the Butterfly said:

Are you insinuating that he was sexually interested in Shirley Temple as well? Previously people were arguing that there was something suspicious or sinister about the fact that he supposedly only liked boys.

Not that I have much insight into the thinking of pedophiles, but I think it would be unusual for a practicing pedophile to have paintings like the fairytale one where he's reading a bedtime story to a bunch of children or the other one where the children are depicted with angel wings. Wouldn't it make it harder for you to molest children if that's how you see them? I think you'd be a lot more likely to find child pornography than pictures that emphasise the innocence of children if he really was a pedophile.

As for the dummies, not sure if it's any more disturbing than, say, a wax museum.

I admire your optimism. Good for you.

17 hours ago, DieselDaisy said:

It is the greatest film Cameron has ever made by a country mile. I love the slow motion shot in the nightclub where the T-800 walks through 1980s spasticated dancing and misses Sarah sitting on a table, who has dropped something and is reaching for it. This might seem a fairly superfluous scene/shot but the directing here is excellent and suspenseful. 

Amen to that. Although Cameron's biggest achievements are Titanic and Aliens, The Terminator is in my top 5 favorite films ever. It hits you like a freight train and it's so thought-provoking. The themes of AI and nuclear holocaust never resonated stronger, like in this film. James Cameron had everything a great filmmaker needed: talent, passion, vision, and a strong work ethic. Too bad he "retired" after he collected his 3 Oscars. But to this day, he's one of my all-time favorite directors and I love those 6 movies he's made in the '80s and '90s. And he's written Strange Days. And he gave the Predator his mandibles.

Grand Canyon (1991) by Lawrence Kasdan

Cast: Danny Glover, Kevin Kline, Mary McDonnell, Steve Martin, Alfre Woodard, Mary-Louise Parker

Cinematography: Owen Roizman

Music: James Newton Howard

Kasdan's magnum opus and probably the best movie of 1991. And, of course, totally overlooked in the States. I call this masterpiece an American Kieslowski film, because it has his keen sense of observation and a true tenderness for the characters. The film talks about our fears, desires for love and understanding, our fragility, but also our strengths and willingness to sacrifices. Absolutely astonishing filmmaking, screenwriting and acting. And it's also really entertaining. I love such movies - like The Ice Storm, like Magnolia, like this one - when you invest in so many characters. One of my top 10 ever.

"When you sit on the edge of that thing, you just realise what a joke we people are."

Literate IMDb users' score: 9,3

3 minutes ago, TheGeneral said:

Yeah, they creep me out. But Michael Jackson doesn't. As I said, we'd all have weird stuff at our houses with that kind of money. Even the hidden rooms he had, dude I'd have ten of those but still no intention of harming anyone. 

I want to believe you. And I'll try.

The stench of zeitgeist
Is the incense of discarded shrines
As the corpses put on powder and rouge
So that the hoax can proceed, ever sidewards
A cheaped out incarnation into a shopworn sarx
The soul congeals into a grimy lump
Substance of the world, dreary and pale
At the feet of a spirit detached

Between the grinder and the abattoir
Such are the landscapes of grief
Grayness and glitz
Glitter and gehinnom

Between tedium and fright
Such is the song of the nether world
The hissing of rats
And the jarring chants of angels

A sacrifice to the gutter gods
Squandered redemption, misplaced grace
As an ailing mole burrowing in Eden
Living breathing downfall

Between the grinder and the abattoir
Such are the landscapes of grief
Grayness and glitz
Glitter and gehinnom

Between tedium and fright
Such is the song of the nether world
The hissing of rats
And the jarring chants of angels

It's a land of sun gone down
In a comical grandeur
A sluggish danse macabre
Hyenas waltzing about

Would a new flood, please, finally come?
A real rain and an assortment of plagues
And when all is said and done
Even the Devil won't care enough to spit in the mud

The whole discussion in this topic is like Matt's book.

21 hours ago, IndiannaRose said:

There's a stark difference between being proficient at composition and being a good player. These are two distinct skills. Some musicians can do both well, but that is not always the case. Axl is clearly a great songwriter on the piano. However, he was smart enough to let Dizzy take these parts as Dizzy is a much more technical piano player. This doesn't mean that Dizzy would have been able to write those songs though. 

Of course Dizzy is a better piano player, that's his only job. But, please, don't make him an exceptional one, because he's far away from that. He's Axl's little bitch, that's what he is.

21 hours ago, Italian girl said:

Btw, Is axl a good piano player?

It's about facts. Dizzy barely played on Illusions.

10 minutes ago, TheGeneral said:

His lawyers told him to do that and I think he went to rehab and focus on REAL problems instead.

As far as I know he regretted not going to court the first time around.

But you'll admit that those Shirley Temple and Macaulay Culkin photos, the graphic showing Michael reading for a cluster
of kids, and all those dummies, are a little disturbing?

I remember, that a year or two ago, Matty-boy wrote on Instagram how proud he was of Coma. Today it's shit for him. It doesn't matter when he was honest. What matters is, what a pathetic, miserable, whining bitch he is.

18 hours ago, Blackstar said:

(The account is not verified, but it seems it's really Billy Gould of Faith No More)

One of my 3 favorite bassists... Sweet.

Pedophiles listening to my all-time favorite band?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLgHOpYBnUM

In 1994 he paid 23 million dollars to settle out of court. What a generous man.

Funny how 'liberal' has become a derogatory term. Newspeak at its best. Just like so-called political correctness.