Kevin's Watch

Just saw this movie again with my wife (we have a collection of about 300 VHS and 80 DVDs). She loves 'Canoe' Reeves so I blew the dust off the darn thing.
And to my surprise, it holds up pretty well. I really like this movie! Canoe does the job he's suppose to, with only one badly delivered line ("What do you do!") and a great supporting cast. And Sandra Bullock is just so DARN CUTE!!!!

(excuse me)

anyway, it has inspired me to go back through my collection and see what other 'rarely-viewed-gems' I can find there...

Any comments on this movie or other 'forgotten' movies that surprise you by how well it stands up?...

Not to keep beating the dead horse, but "Tapeheads" is about the funniest movie ever, and even though it's really dated, it holds up well.

"Heat" is still phenomenal.

I watched "Red Dawn" last night, every existing copy should be destroyed.

I liked Red Dawn... and Taps, and Toy Soldiers.

How about Gymkata? (Loved this movie)

If you like those types of movies, cheval, you must watch The Lords of Discipline--that movie seriously kicks ass!

Speed is a great action flick. Never been a fan of Reeves either, but he doesn't really "ruin" any movie he's in, he just isn't that memorable IMHO.

On the subject of "forgotten" movies with Keanu Reeves: What about "The Devil's Advocate"? Caught most of it on HBO the other day and it's held up pretty well. Al Pacino is awesome of course, but Charlize Theron is worth watching it for alone.

Heat is another excellent movie (Good call, Cail). Now I'm getting the urge to watch it again.

I love Toy Soldiers. Haven't seen it in a long time, but I think it is the root of my fascination with boarding schools.

Just watched Monty Python ad the Holy Grail last night. Hysterically funny as ever, and I get so many more of the references these days. The squeaking-in-the-forest before they wheel out the rabbit is straight out of Kurosawa's Macbeth rendition. Who knew?

Usivius wrote: Any comments on this movie or other 'forgotten' movies that surprise you by how well it stands up?...

I saw Monty Python's The Life of Brian recently.
I hadn't seen it in several years.
Those guys are geniuses!
But that's a period piece so maybe it doesn't count?

Everytime any of the Back to the Future movies are on I end up watching the whole thing.
It doesn't matter how many times I've seen them either.
I've said to my wife on many occasions that these movies must be great because they are "fresh" every single time.
I imagine 20 years from now it will still "stand up" too.

cheval wrote:How about Gymkata? (Loved this movie)

Somebody else has seen this?!?!?!? Wow!! It's been too many years for me to remember much about it. Although I remember a certain scene with a pitchfork. But the parts where he's on the high bar-thing, and the pommel horse-thing, and the people are simply walking into his feet make me assume it's a terrible movie. Not that I don't love terrible movies. For example, Billy Jack is among my favorite movies, and it's as terrible as movies get. The best terrible movie of all!!

Saw Gymkata on late night TV years ago. I think this movie falls into the category of: What were they thinking??

I'm surprised they didn't make a sequel: Swimkata! - in which a world-class Olympic swimmer is hired to infiltrate the castle lair of a Nazi war criminal. The castle of course is surrounded by a moat filled with deadly alligators and other nasties that only he, the master of Swimkata, can navigate. For plot's sake, helicopters and other airborne means of reaching the castle conveniently do not exist.

Liked the Billy Jack movies, by the way. At least I did back then. Not sure now. They seem pretty hokey in my mind now, when I think about it.

Holy crap!!! MM, that's brilliant!!! I'll bet they'd make a movie if you sent in a screenplay! That Phelps guy is just waiting for a role like this to come along!!

Aw, thanks, Fist...I came up with that plot in about a minute of really intense thinking. I pretended I was on drugs while at it.

Yep, Phelps would be awesome for the part.

Ah, found another one! In my opinion, the best filmed action movie, ever. Camera-work, stunts, acting, use of slow-mo.... "Hard Boiled".
Chow Yeun Fat shows why he was the king of Hong Kong action movies at that time. And it is John Woo's best action film to date as well.

Yep, Hardboiled is phenominal. The hospital shootout is the best action sequence ever filmed, though the shootout in the parking garage is quite good too.

yah, the hospital scenes reminded me of a first person shooter like Doom.
and the parking lot scene !...
Just amazing. Especially that slo-mo shot of Chow leaping through the car via two open doors and out the other side as an explosion rips through it!
truly amazing...

Ooooooo...Devil's Advocate is really good fun. I really liked Toy Soldiers. Heat is really good.

How's about Action Jackson...just kidding.

Dark City? or JFK.