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OT - Movies thread
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BrewingFrog
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Please don't suck... Please don't suck...
geezer
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Creeperfrog
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She's too good looking to impersonate her
Creeperfrog
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Whoever suggested Slow Horses, thank you
Frog-in-law1995
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Not sure why they thought this needed a remake. Can it really get any better than Charlie Sheen, Oliver Platt and Kiefer Sutherland? Plus Chris O’Donnell as D’Artagnon? I mean, that’s just art in its purest form.
Fred Garvin
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If you grew up in the early video games era, a great Christmas movie is "8 Bit Christmas" on Netflix and HBOMAX. I like it better than "A Christmas Story".
BrewingFrog
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Yeah. There was the Salkind production back in the early 70's. You had Oliver Reed as Athos, and Richard Chamberlain as Aramis. Michael York was a little old for D'Artagnan, and whoever they got to play Porthos was terrible. Faye Dunaway as Milady and Charlton Heston as Cardinal Richelieu were wonderful, as was Christopher Lee as Rochefort. That was a lovely production back in the day...
The Randall Wallace production of The Man in the Iron Mask was cast beautifully, with the exception of Gabriel Byrne as D'Artagnan.
I am curious, and hopeful, about this production simply because it is all in French, and because the French tend to be passionate and lovingly faithful towards their own classics, and not turn them into Typical Hollywood Crap.
If you have not read the books by Alexandre Dumas, I strongly suggest them. The Kindle Editions are dirt cheap ( Alexandre Dumas: The Three Musketeers Complete Collection ) , and you can get them for free at Gutenberg.
Prince of Purpoole II
Reigning Smartarse
After that, read The Black Count about Alexadre Dumas the elder. A incredible biography
Chongo94
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It’s a two parter, interesting.
Prince of Purpoole II
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OK I just saw that the new Avatar is three sheissing hours and twelve minutes long? Good Lord, I’ve been to shorter Wagner operas.
I’m sorry, that is too self-indulgent on Cameron’s part
I’m sorry, that is too self-indulgent on Cameron’s part
tcudoc
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Porter Waggoner did operas?
Eight
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why do you think he dressed so fancy?
Prince of Purpoole II
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He did Oprys, Sir
Frog-in-law1995
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Hello Dolly?
BrewingFrog
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Definitely in two large parts.
The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog
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Just watched The Night Before. Not sure how I just now heard of this movie but it should go down in the anals as one of the greatest Christmas movies ever. I wondered just how funny another movie with Seth Rogan on shrooms could be but I found it pretty, pretty, pretty entertaining.
Prince of Purpoole II
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Go down in the anals….
The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog
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A Christmas Story Christmas did not suck. Basically the sequel to A Christmas Story 25 years later. A bit slow at first but overall good Christmas flick. I've seen more Christmas movies in the last week than I've seen in the last 10 years.
