Page 2 of 2
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 10:16 am
by peter
I don't think the film 'Funny Bones' could have been made without Lee Evans. For those who've never seen it give yourselves a treat. A great cast and a truly bizarre story and aray of charachters set in a sort of non-existant Blackpool of the fifties. The only film I have ever seen where the high point of the film (and what a high point!) is literally the final shot of the film.
(Actually on reflection there may be one or two more - Thelma and Louise, Angel Baby, The Mission (where Jeremy Irons goes over a huge waterfall tied to a cross if I remember correctly). Anyways it's a good trick to pull off. Can we allow a sub-thread to name a few films that manage this.)
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 11:01 am
by sgt.null
thelma & louise is a comedy?
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:14 pm
by peter
sgt.null wrote:thelma & louise is a comedy?
No Sarge. Sorry - that's just me going walkabout again. I got sidetracked into thinking about films where the high point of the film was the last shot of the film in terms of emotional punch. Would the cliff dive at the end of T & L qualify as this?
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 1:46 pm
by Obi-Wan Nihilo
I thought it was Deniro that went over the falls.
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:19 am
by sgt.null
peter wrote:sgt.null wrote:thelma & louise is a comedy?
No Sarge. Sorry - that's just me going walkabout again. I got sidetracked into thinking about films where the high point of the film was the last shot of the film in terms of emotional punch. Would the cliff dive at the end of T & L qualify as this?
an emotional punch yes, i was struggling to find the comedy in the film though.
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:00 pm
by peter
Ron Burgunihilo wrote:I thought it was Deniro that went over the falls.
Might well have been Ron - hell, it was a looong time ago!
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:15 pm
by Obi-Wan Nihilo
I looked it up, it was neither, it was a missionary that was martyred by the natives.
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:42 pm
by deer of the dawn
... and it was at the beginning of the film, not the end, but definitely a memorable shot (which could be a thread unto itself).
Rob Schneider in
50 First Dates. (I thought it was Cheech Marin all this time!)
Sean Astin showed he could hold his own in a comic role, too.
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 2:45 pm
by peter
Yes dotd - how did I get *that* wrong as well. Age does funny things to the memory, no doubt about it!
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 6:48 am
by sgt.null
Cheech and Chong - Up In Smoke
Mexican Americans song
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 3:15 pm
by peter
I've seen Cheech Martin in a few films but only heard one Cheech and Chong albumn - The Wedding Albumn - which was very, very funny.
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 2:51 pm
by danlo
Martin Short in Innerspace, Quaid was a great foil but only somebody like, perhaps, Robin Williams of the day, could have pulled that off...
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 6:24 am
by Rigel
danlo wrote:Martin Short in Innerspace, Quaid was a great foil but only somebody like, perhaps, Robin Williams of the day, could have pulled that off...
Definitely an underappreciated movie
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 7:35 am
by finn
Peter Sellers in "The Party".
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 9:04 am
by Obi-Wan Nihilo
Peter Sellers in almost anything Peter Sellers ever did... Clouseau, Dr. Strangelove, etc., etc.
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:10 pm
by danlo
...and Being There
