Another fan of Battle Royale here. It’s one of those Japanese movies, like Suicide Circle, that just wouldn’t quite make it in the US.
Oh Monkeybone… It’s great, I love the whole concept, fantastically surreal. Everyone else I know who’s seen it has said “well, the part with the dead gymnist is ok…”
Ahhhh Tooth! We would have movie watching bliss.
I adore Emperor’s New Groove AND Big Trouble in Little China
I didn’t think of the ‘Little China’ since most of our friends like it as well
“Okay, WHY does she even have that lever?” A frequent quote around our place. Nurobath meet another Caveman fan. I haven’t seen it in ages! Don’t know if the almost 39 yr old me would like it as much as the 19 yr old me did… but I’m willing to say I would!
My friends and I are evenly split in our love/hate relationship with The Big Lebowski. Half of us love this film; the other half hate it with the passion of ten fiery suns.
I am in the love boat…er, so to speak.
“Smokey, you’re about to enter a world of pain.”
I thought everyone who had seen it liked that movie, although I don’t know many who have.
I’ll give a third whoop for Cutthroat Island. I thoroughly enjoyed that movie and remeber being quite surprised at all the bad criticism it got. Was it because the main protagonist was a female in a traditional male role? It was just a fun, lush movie.
I also am curious about Monkeybone. I didn’t see it, and it was panned as bad quite across the board. Is it really? Or did people not get it?
I was also very into The Wall, which gets a lot of mixed reviews. But as a teen, it held a lot of meaning at the time.
The clues:
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Howell is always present/nearby when Hauer kills. (That’s how Howell wound up as a suspect. Remember?)
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Hauer finds Howell at the truck stop/motel. How? Impossible unless they are one and the same.
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Think about the name of the movie. Takes on a new meaning with my theory, eh?
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Howell is in the interrogation room while Hauer is being interrogated by the police. He is even allowed to confront Hauer and ask him questions. This would never happen. Only possibility is that Hauer isn’t really there and it’s really Howell being interrogated.
You see the two together in several spots in the movie because we are seeing the world through Howell’s deluded eyes. Howell thinks Hauer is a separate person, and so that’s how we see him, too. That is why I like the film so much. I think it’s a clever approach. But if you don’t view the film that way, then it’s just run-of-the-mill slasher fare.
What do we know about Howell’s character, really? His background is mysterious. We know only what he tells us, which (if I recall correctly) didn’t check out when the police investigated.
(By the way, the scene where Hauer offers Howell his gun and then puts his head against the barrel takes on new meaning with my reading too.)
I have seen at least one reviewer who came to the same conclusion (or at least had the same suspicion) as I. I forget who it was. May have been Maltin. But if you disagree with me, you are in a very large club. That’s why I posted in this thread.
Oh, good lord! I somehow managed to avoid having that one impinge on my awareness completely. Till now, anyway…
Damn you, Vezeeeeeeeeeer!
Moon Over Parador - I saw this movie for the first time last year, and loved it. It is a wonderful movie about reality, about acting, and about what and who we really are. I think Shakespeare would have enjoyed this one.
(also, Raul Julia and Richard Dreyfuss both give stellar performances in this film).
Equus: An excellent film starring Richard Burton and Peter Firth. Nobody I know in real life has ever heard of this movie, which came out in 1977. Maybe because Amadeus (which happens to be my favorite movie) is a more well known Peter Shaffer play/film. I used to rent this movie every few weeks at the video store before it finally came out on DVD last March.
Then again, the people I come in contact with daily aren’t movie literate. That probably has something to do with it. 
Hell, Raul could have stood there and read from the damned PHONE BOOK and I’d have payed my 7 bucks.
RIP darlin you are missed.
Chastain - The Big Lebowski? There are people out there who hate The Big Lebowski? Tell me their location at once and there shall be mighty, sweeping justice in the name of all that is good and holy.
That is one of the most perfect movies ever. Ever! And a local theater is showing it the day after Xmas as part of their “High For The Holidays” film festival. I’m so there!
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Ever see Overdrawn At The Memory Bank? It was torn apart by Mystery Science Theater 3000 and you can get it through one of their Volumes (I think it’s part of Vol. 4). Anyway, it’s a pretty bad movie with Raul Julia where he plays a guy working with computers who tries to “beat” the System in order for them to play movies. Or something. The character fantasizes about “Casablanca” a lot. You get to see Raul play immitate Humphrey Bogart. Quite a sight.
I haven’t Rabid Child but I’ll look for it now. MST3000 AND Raul Julia… mmmmmm
Addicted to Love - perfect black comedy and back before Meg Ryan had too much plastic surgery
The Fisher King - such a great roller coaster ride of emotions. I think this is the first movie that made me cry in the theaters. My favorite Robin Williams movie ever.
Three Amigos - I think I’ve seen it over a hundred times, have the whole thing memorized and yet still giggle like an idiot while watching it. Same goes for Major Payne
Mallrats - although critically panned I still love everything Kevin Smith poops out of his wonderbrain.
I just love watching it for the parts where Monkeybone takes over his body. That’s some serious acting/funny face making. Plus, any movie that has the line: “I’ll be right back after I choke my monkey!” is worth watching.
Oh, good lord, someone suggested Overdrawn at the Memory Bank. One of the best MST3Ks, but MY GOD, what a bad movie. Volume 4 of the MST3K is like the Worst Greatest hits, since it has the weird German Hamlet and Space Mutiny, too.
With the exception of a little bit of abbreviation, and the fact that Benico del Toro isn’t nearly fat enough (though he obviously tried very hard), I think that Terry Gilliam’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is one of the finest expressions of book-on-celluloid that I’ve ever seen. I know several people who loved the book but hated the film. Can’t see how.
Gilliam, in fact, seems to have received a lot of nods here. I’m dying to see Lost in La Mancha, the documentary about his ill-fated project to finish The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.
Nobody’s mentioned Tremors? Didn’t do that great when it was first released although it seems to have done well on cable. I loooooove this movie. Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward are so perfect! And Reba kicks ass.
Also, Babe: Pig in the City. Interesting movie with amazing set design. Also made me cry harder at a movie than I ever had before…
I don’t hate it, but cannot understand its appeal. After seeing it being praised so highly here so often, I was greatly disappointed with it when I finally saw it. It seems rather dull to me.