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Back, in perhaps, a limited engagement run, in all its Turkish glory. [youtube:2dzubkuw]0dXsaLLuEcM[/youtube:2dzubkuw] What's that theme music beginning at about 22:58? It's so familiar but I can't nail it down.

Oh my god! youtube pulled the movie. Copyrights and all. Luckily I found the trailer. [youtube:jqhwkbaw]4p69TvnwTaw[/youtube:jqhwkbaw] And an American youtube reviewer. [youtube:jqhwkbaw]wxEHwIyQEGE[/youtube:jqhwkbaw] Too bad about the missing gone movie. There were some scenes to be seen. I'm so depressed over this, I might buy the movie of the DVD just to post it here.

From Turkey, it's the craziest Batman movie you'll ever see, in its entirety below: Nudity and plenty of hijinks. A criminal organization is killing all of the beautiful and stylish women in Turkey. Turkish Batman saves the women and then has on screen sex with them. In fact, that's why Batman is rescuing all of those beautiful and stylish women in Turkey in the first place -- to have sex with them. And the Turkish Batman uses guns, too. In one scene, he takes Robin to a strip joint to watch a stripper. More nudity. And whenever Turkish Batman/Turkish Bruce Wayne is about to have sex with one of the women, he first has Robin leave the room. Then comes the nudity. Holy Turkish delight. How do you say "Kapow" in Turkish? [youtube:33gls9m5]0dXsaLLuEcM[/youtube:33gls9m5]

Every NYC Romantic Comedy Is Full Of Shit In The Exact Same Way http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/every-nyc-romantic-comedy-is-full-of-shit-in-the-exact-1761005748 RomCom movie rant where author displays a high level of knowledge about Williamsburg and uses phrase "hijinks ensues" in piece. Had to double-check to see if the piece was written by someone from over here.

Nymr83 wrote: based on the last 3 months of posts, this team finished 62-100 and missed the playoffs, right? You know, the Mets went into a terrible, terrible tailspin following their '73 pennant winning season. The drop wasn't immediate but the you can argue that the bad seeds were sown around that time. I'm not saying that '73 is a perfect comp for 2015, but these Mets aren't exactly The Big Red Machine that, standing pat, would still expect to be baseball's best team . And even that team -- it had the best offense in baseball no questions asked --- still went out and got Tom Seaver while he still had plenty of gas still left in his tank. The point is that it's a terrible strategy to rest on last year's success. There's always room for improvement. And maybe the Mets are improved. That's something we can debate until they play the games. But I wouldn't hang my hat on last year's run. Yoenis was such a once in a lifetime happening miracle that I wouldn't even give Sandy credit for anticipating it even though I love that GM. The Nats were baseball's biggest underperformers last year and the other three division rivals just sucked dreadfully . Are you gonna count on all of those things happening again, too?

I saw Ralph Macchio clothes shopping at the main Macy's, Herald Square. This hadda be 1985 or 1986, after Karate Kid had come out. He was with a woman who I presumed was Ralph's mother. And he looked like a teen-ager, about seven or eight years younger than he really was.

I've never seen this movie start to finish in one sitting either, though I've seen enough bits and pieces to fool myself into believing that I actually did. I'm glad to see older movies discussed on this forum. I don't go to the movies more than a coupl'a times a year these days, and some years, not even that.

Why would anyone listen to cassettes today? Unless the technology improved, the sound's inferior to other forms of music and cassettes degrade every time you play 'em, just like the bottom of your shoes wear out some with every step you take. I listened to cassettes when I was a teenager, but only because I was a teenager. And maybe in an auto, because before CD's, cassettes (and 8-tracks) were the only way to listen to music you specifically selected while in an automobile. OE: Vic Sage wrote: Do record companies even bother creating "liner notes" anymore? Do you only get them if you buy a hard copy of the music? As for an audio tape version, maybe if it sells well enough, they'll do that. Is there really a market for that now? I had no idea. Maybe the technology has changed alot, i don't know, but tape used to be a poor 2nd choice to vinyl, and used only for its portability. Now, downloads (and even CDs) have better portability, while delivering superior sound. I shoulda waited until I read the whole thread before posting.

Ashie62 wrote: Nice..but I am sick of paying to watch stuff.... Me too. Tomorrow, I'm gonna see if I can get my mechanic to fix my car for free. After that, I'm gonna pop into the most expensive restaurant in my mechanic's neighborhood, order lunch and then see if I can walk out of the joint after I finish my meal, without paying -- before anybody notices.

Here's another cyber thing that I'm probably the last forum member to discover. It's like a Netflix web site, but for Indie Films. It's the Cinema Village, or the Thalia, only it's online, and has 1000's of films to choose from. http://www.fandor.com/ Use the search box at the upper right to search by themes, country of origin or any other search word you can think of.

A few years ago, I discovered this absurdly terrific baseball song from Mr. Kaye on the FAFIF web site. [youtube:pk4raz9j]u7qYcyUjDPU&feature=kp[/youtube:pk4raz9j]

Two thumbs up for The Train. Kuyme-U9-es

Benjamin Grimm wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Who the fuck is Robert De Niro anymore? He's a Hollywood legend. And that's nothing to sneeze at. To tell you the truth, I did experience a little bit of remorse after hitting the send button on that post because I know that De Niro is a Hollywood legend and once you're a Hollywood legend, you're a Hollywood legend for life. But that was my over the top way of saying that I don't think that De Niro starred in a movie that remotely interested me since Dallas Green and Generation K were supposed to lead the Mets into an era of perennial contention. And that's a very long time ago.

Frayed Knot wrote: In this case though it wasn't like the movie was bad or that the part was so tiny as to not merit inclusion. The only other thing I can think of is that DeNiro is too big to get what would have to amount to like 8th billing so he figures no mention is better than that. Who the fuck is Robert De Niro anymore? And are De Niro flicks still highly anticipated events, or are you dating yourself? That said, the mobster portrayed by De Niro in American Hustle was, I thought, the most bone-chilling shark-eyed mafioso I ever saw on a movie screen. Boy, I was ready to turn over my lunch money to the next person that so much as looked at me after De Niro's scene. The Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit in Arabic. Nice touch. mAJ4-Ey7jBM

Edgy MD wrote: Funny that you list all those names and leave out Bono. He was demonstrating good sense and taste. Because, really now, someone else says "the Muscle Shoals sound", and the first thing I think of is Bono. What a fucking attention whore he turned out to be. Hasn't the world had enough of Bono pontificating? And what the hell does Bono have to do with Muscle Shoals anyway? Less Bono. More of Duane Allman wailing on the the back end of Wilson Pickett's Hey Jude. 0y8Q2PATVyI

metirish wrote: The name didn't ring much of a bell for me and I was shocked to see she is 81..... You've got to watch the video to experience the essence of Novak's appearance. m1PP2wgc_pY#t=21&hd=1

I saw American Hustle in the movie theater last December. Wanna know why? OK. I'll tell you why. Because I saw the trailer for American Hustle on TV, featuring the opening track on Led Zeppelin's debut album -- Good Times, Bad Times -- and decided right then and there that I hadda hear that song on a big screen, coming out of gigantic movie theater speakers. Whatta gyp. The song wasn't even in the movie. Just the trailer. I hope they paid a fucking fortune to license that song. Talk about an american hustle. pRyb9wH91cs

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Vic Sage wrote: But i thought we HAD stopped, pretty much. Yet he keeps going, like a bizarro energizer bunny, sucking the life out of everything he touches. sharpie wrote: Jeez, Vic. I've pretty much loathed everything he's done in this century including the ones that some people liked (those two London movies, VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA). Truly hated that stupid Rome movie. I'm gonna go so far as to say that I liked it better than anything since, I dunno, SWEET AND LOWDOWN. Part of it is that I like to watch both Cate Blanchett and Sally Hawkins and although it was set in San Francisco it seemed less like a travelogue than his recent films. Plus he wasn't acting in it which is a huge plus. Not a great movie, but not the pile of dogshit that Vic implies. He has this habit of churning out movies every once in a while about wealthy, over-educated, pretentious new yorkers who are absolutely loathsome, and when he makes a comedy out of it, or a light romance in which the characters are redeemed by love (to some extent), he can sort of get away with it. Sort of. But when he makes it a tragedy, unrelieved by any humor at all (or even song and dance numbers, in the case of EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU), with a story of an awful person causing awful things to happen to herself and everyone around her, why the fuck should any human being on the planet care about that? Yes, i love Cate Blanchett too, and she is acting up a storm ("ACTING! THANK YOU!), but to what purpose? To drive me out of the theater? well, it worked. Harry Lime was a much bigger scumbag than the Cate Blanchett character. More charming, too, but also, more loathsome.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Yes, both. Or anything else. From what I've read, those omissions were deliberate. The thinking was that properly explaining the frauds would bog down the film's flow. I tend to agree with that. I've seen my share of Wall Street TV documentaries on Wall Street scams and American Greed type shows and the frauds are never explained properly. I'm always left with more questions than answers.

Even Woody's biggest fans began losing interest in his movies over the last 10 years or so, typically beginning with The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, the movie that came after Small Time Crooks.

I'm gonna treat this entire forum to a free showing of Blue Jasmine. It's on me. http://megashare.info/watch-blue-jasmine-online-TnpNNU9BPT0

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I do find it a little strange that the filmmakers ... pooh-poohed the details of the calamitous, fuck-'em-I'll-spend-their-money-better-than-them business. Like, forget that far-reaching, life-ruining stuff.... ! Are you referring to the film's failure to explain the nuts and bolts of the stock frauds perpetrated? Or that the film ignored the POV of the victims? Or both. Or something else.

The Wolf of Wall Street is a technically stunning, gripping roller coaster ride of a film moviegoers have come to expect from director Marty Scorsese. Clocking in at about three hours, Wolf never stops entertaining. But despite its length, or perhaps because of it, I found it somewhat repetitive and shallow -- making the same points over and over. Like a Chinese Food dinner, I felt unsatisfied and wanting more. Still, on a purely visceral level, Wolf delivers. Watch for a show stealing single scene performance from Matthew McConaughey in the style of Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross, which I thought was the movie's most illuminating and thought provoking scene. iszwuX1AK6A P.S. The trailer is edited for language. In the movie, the Jonah Hill character says "money taped to your tits", not "boobs". Slj4-Sv-YNA

Principled bastard, you are. I also had a shitty experience at the Kings Plaza Movie theatre. Two bad experiences, but they weren't as a young 'un ... more like a teen-ager. As a teen-ager (barely) I begged my father to take me to see Across 110th Street at the KP after the studios brainwashed me by bombarding the television with trailers for the flick. I vomited during the screening. I also saw one of the Rocky movies at the KP (I think it was the one with Mr. T) with a bunch of friends. Not my choice. I just went for the company. You know ... because everybody else wanted to go. The theater was packed by the time we got there and the only seats available were scattered. There was no way our group of six or seven was gonna be able to sit together so we sat spread out all over the movie theater. Except me. I couldn't find a single seat. So I hadda watch this movie that I didn't even really wanna see in the first place all alone, without the friends I wanted to hang with - them being the only reason I even went, standing up, at the back, near the entrance to the theater. First movie I saw in a theater was Mary Poppins. Uneventful. As a little kid, my crazy insane aunt once promised me for about a week how she was gonna take me to the movies the coming weekend. She took me to see Doctor Zhivago in a re-release*. I couldn't have been older than seven. I fell asleep about a half an hour in, and pretended to remain asleep even when I woke up and discovered, to my dismay, that that interminable movie was still playing. Or maybe she stayed to see it twice, the stupid ****. She also smelled like mothballs. Mothballs mixed with vomit. Her whole body. Even her breath smelled like mothballs and vomit. Powerful extra mothnbally mothballs. And her furniture also smelled like mothballs and vomit. Once I hadda sleep over there because my parents went away for a weekend and left me in her care, and even the bed I slept in smelled like mothballs and vomit. Let's open up this thread to bad adult movie theater experiences. ____________ * Re-release -- For the under 30 crowd here, before the internet, before Netflix, before DVDs and VCR's, before cable TV, before you could own your own copy of a movie, the only way you could watch a movie that wasn't in its initial premiere movie theater run was if it was re-released in the theaters (odds: slim) or if it was rerun on television. You'd get your TV Guide (largest circulation of any magazine in the USA during its pre-cable golden age) and skim the movie section to see what movies, with commercials and all cut up would be shown that week. When The Godfather first aired on network TV, it was a national event. I remember all us neighborhood kids talking about that one, the ones who saw it in the movies acting like big shots, bragging cause they knew which movie parts were cut out for the TV version. I saw it in the movies with my parents, so I bragged, too.