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22 months ago · Quote · #341
trysts

KeViN246 wrote:

stand by me, based on another novella by king, is a coming of age story about 4 young boys who trek into the maine wilderness to find the body of a boy hit by a train. heart warming tale of friendship.

Not bad
22 months ago · Quote · #342
trysts

I'm about to watch "Gone with the Wind"! Somebody I know has a 40 inch TV, and the GWTW DVD! And I have pot! Joy!
22 months ago · Quote · #343
winerkleiner

KeViN246 wrote:

stand by me, based on another novella by king, is a coming of age story about 4 young boys who trek into the maine wilderness to find the body of a boy hit by a train. heart warming tale of friendship.

The boy was hit by a train, was that revealed in the film? I am sure you're right I just can't seen to remember that part.
22 months ago · Quote · #344
GhostNight

Trysts, you have to see that movie, "Shawshany Redemption", Its so real keep you on the edge of your seat
22 months ago · Quote · #345
melvinbluestone

corrijean wrote:

On the subject of Stephen King movies, I also liked The Green Mile and The Mist.

"The Green Mile"? The problem with any movie with Tom Hanks in it is: The guy can't act!......He's OK in comedies, but dramas?! Ferget it! ....Anyway, in the "scary movie" catagory, my vote goes to "Carnival of Souls".....a low-budget masterpiece that has inspired horror writers for decades.....
22 months ago · Quote · #346
theoreticalboy

trysts wrote:

I'm about to watch "Gone with the Wind"! Somebody I know has a 40 inch TV, and the GWTW DVD! And I have pot! Joy!

Yay timeless Southern racism.
22 months ago · Quote · #347
KeViN246

winerkleiner wrote:

KeViN246 wrote:

stand by me, based on another novella by king, is a coming of age story about 4 young boys who trek into the maine wilderness to find the body of a boy hit by a train. heart warming tale of friendship.

The boy was hit by a train, was that revealed in the film? I am sure you're right I just can't seen to remember that part.

yep, well kind of, they just assumed he was cause he was found near train tracks. the train dodging scene was good, a lot of tension.
22 months ago · Quote · #348
KeViN246

melvinbluestone wrote:

corrijean wrote:

On the subject of Stephen King movies, I also liked The Green Mile and The Mist.

"The Green Mile"? The problem with any movie with Tom Hanks in it is: The guy can't act!......He's OK in comedies, but dramas?! Ferget it! ....Anyway, in the "scary movie" catagory, my vote goes to "Carnival of Souls".....a low-budget masterpiece that has inspired horror writers for decades.....

scary or gruesome?

silence of the lambs is scary

texas chainsaw massacre is gruesome
22 months ago · Quote · #349
BlackBishop40

trysts wrote:

BlackBishop40 wrote:

The 1963 version of Cleopatra. It got panned for its cost . . . for the whole Richard Burton/Elizabeth Taylor thing . . . but as one who's always been fascinated by ancient history, I loved this one for its unusual (for Hollywood) accuracy in its treatment of the history of Rome and Egypt in the first century BCE.

If you thought that was good(I didn't), then you'll be amazed by HBO's "Rome"! Superb experience

trysts:

I agree. I've got that on DVDs and it's outstanding. They didn't play 'fast and loose' withthe history any more than movie makers are prone to, and the much more realistic street and interior scene backgrounds added a lot to the series.
22 months ago · Quote · #350
winerkleiner

KeViN246 wrote:

melvinbluestone wrote:

corrijean wrote:

On the subject of Stephen King movies, I also liked The Green Mile and The Mist.

"The Green Mile"? The problem with any movie with Tom Hanks in it is: The guy can't act!......He's OK in comedies, but dramas?! Ferget it! ....Anyway, in the "scary movie" catagory, my vote goes to "Carnival of Souls".....a low-budget masterpiece that has inspired horror writers for decades.....

scary or gruesome?

silence of the lambs is scary

texas chainsaw massacre is gruesome

Talk about gruesome does anyone remember a flick "Make They Die Slowly"? I have it on VHS which made me keep the old VCR. Caution this film has body parts missing.
22 months ago · Quote · #351
bigpoison

KeViN246 wrote:

trysts wrote:

Mithras wrote:

is "The shawshank Redemption" too obvious as a recommendation (has anyone not seen this movie?)

I've never watched it. Thanks!

you have to watch it trysts. based on a stephen king novella, it takes place in the 50s. a maine banker is falsely convicted of the murder of his wife and her lover and is sentenced to life in prison. excellent movie

Yeah, I think it managed to be even worse than the novella, if possible. The Long Walk really wasn't a bad story in that collection, but I'd rather read the Bible than any of them again.
22 months ago · Quote · #352
corrijean

melvinbluestone wrote:

corrijean wrote:

On the subject of Stephen King movies, I also liked The Green Mile and The Mist.

"The Green Mile"? The problem with any movie with Tom Hanks in it is: The guy can't act!......He's OK in comedies, but dramas?! Ferget it! ....Anyway, in the "scary movie" catagory, my vote goes to "Carnival of Souls".....a low-budget masterpiece that has inspired horror writers for decades.....

So I would guess you don't like Castaway? I liked that movie, especially the ending.
22 months ago · Quote · #353
BlackBishop40

While I'm here, I'll make a pitch for vitually any movie that started out as a play. Generally they depend more on intelligent dialogue than on car chases and exploding buildings. A classic example . . . "The Lion in Winter"
22 months ago · Quote · #354
corrijean

The Importance of Being Earnest. Nothing like a good Oscar Wilde play.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044744/
22 months ago · Quote · #355
KeViN246

death of a salesman
22 months ago · Quote · #356
winerkleiner

The Postman Always Rings Twice
22 months ago · Quote · #357
trysts

GhostNight wrote:

Trysts, you have to see that movie, "Shawshany Redemption", Its so real keep you on the edge of your seat

I'll check it out.
22 months ago · Quote · #358
trysts

melvinbluestone wrote:

....Anyway, in the "scary movie" catagory, my vote goes to "Carnival of Souls".....a low-budget masterpiece that has inspired horror writers for decades.....

Yes, I liked it.
22 months ago · Quote · #359
trysts

theoreticalboy wrote:

trysts wrote:

I'm about to watch "Gone with the Wind"! Somebody I know has a 40 inch TV, and the GWTW DVD! And I have pot! Joy!

Yay timeless Southern racism.

Yep.
22 months ago · Quote · #360
trysts

KeViN246 wrote:

scary or gruesome?

silence of the lambs is scary

texas chainsaw massacre is gruesome

"Silence..." didn't scare me.

"Texas..."(the original one), was one of the few films to live up to it's reputation. Very disturbing film.