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I watched it for the first time in 1994 on VHS—it was in my parents’ movie collection.
Reruns of the show used to play at midnight in the late 1980s when I was a kid. I kind of liked it. I wonder which streaming service plays it now.
Yea I watched the documentary on the day before that I watched the actual film.
I could listen to Orson Welles talk all day.
I just rewatched the movie tonight and my opinion hasn’t changed in the nine years that have passed after posting my original message on the IMDB forums (now moviechat).
I appreciate your reply which I have just read for the first time. I feel that if the filmmakers had put in more thought about the constraints of 1920s filmmaking and worked with that, the final result would have been more authentic. I’d also even put in some color tinting for good measure.
I do still like the stop motion special effects that were used to depict Cthulhu here, and the musical score during the end credits is quite good.
I am conservative and I found the movie to be entertaining.
That being said, I disagree with its politics. Was the judge really as bad as they portrayed him? There are two sides to every story.
They are not geniuses—they are merely gifted and talented people who work hard.
I would argue that discipline is more important than talent.
You have obviously never watched Better Call Saul.
I certainly did warned them.
I hope it stays that way.
You have been warned.
I am warning you and everybody here: do not being this meme back.
This is your final warning.
Remember that I warned him about doing that.
You have been warned.
I was six years old when my parents took the entire family to see ESB. It was the very first Star Wars movie that I ever saw.
Prior to seeing this movie, I was friends with a kid (slightly older) who had a lot of SW toys, including action figures. He would recreate lightsaber fights between Darth Vader and Obi-Wan and even ones between Vader and Luke. He had told me all about how Darth Vader killed Luke's father. So, going into the movie, I knew that Vader was the main villain.
My impression throughout the movie was how much the heroes suffered defeat: losing the battle of Hoth, Han getting frozen, Luke not doing all that well while being trained by Yoda. But I was always anticipating Luke confronting Vader in a lightsaber duel in order to avenge the death of his father. And when Luke finally faces Vader, he's basically outmatched, only to have his hand cut off, and then the big reveal happened.
Being six years old, I felt rather discouraged at how the story went. It certainly made me anticipate the next movie that would follow. I saw ROTJ next in 1983 which then became my favorite one, but I would not actually see the original Star Wars until it played on TV in 1984. After that, I decided that Jedi was my favorite.
I would record all of the SW movies on VHS tape shortly after that. After many, many viewings of all of the movies, it took me sometime to realize that ESB was my favorite (when I was around 14). And I would say that the music certainly played a big part in it, along with the atmosphere and an appreciation for the importance of using setbacks and defeat in terms of having a story that has strong emotional impact.
I gotta lend a hand, it don't help to hide!
You brought up politics into the discussion by bringing up Che Guevarra shirts.
Have a good day.
Bodhi certainly had his character flaws and it was imperative that he had to face justice. But he still had a lot of interesting things to say.
Since you appear to have a pro-capitalism bent, what do you think of Twitter and other Internet companies deplatforming Donald Trump and various other conservatives? Would you agree that as private companies that they are allowed yo censor those they oppose in the modern age equivalent of the public square?
And if you oppose Twitter on this, would you shed any tears if Bodhi and his gang found a way to being down Big Tech?
Your comment sums up the movie perfectly. Muhammad Ali was a fun man in real life (even if you didn't agree with him). This movie is not fun at all.
And worst of all, Will Smith is a talented comedic actor and the filmmakers failed to capitalize on that.
The most definitive movie about Ali is "When We Were Kings".
I had the pleasure of meeting her in real life. She seemed to me to be very humble and soft spoken. Even in her 50s she is quite lovely and charming.
I wasn't a fan myself back in the day, but I was in awe of her presence.
By odd coincidence, I am watching both movies tonight.
As for which is the better movie? I'd probably say Ferris.
Well, one thing it did get right is that we'd be living in a form of dystopia in 2022.
Aren't vaccine and mask mandates sort of dystopic? Cancel culture has shown that big brother is not big government, but it is all of us.
Imagine someone from the 1970s seeing the pandemic in 50 years from their vantage point.
I could picture a movie called: "IMAGINE... A WORLD WITHOUT MASKS" with an older person telling a young person how life used to be like. My young children's only living memory so far is having to wear masks when they are out of the house.
Because anti-semitism is a sin. The Bible says:
Genesis 12:3: “‘I will bless them that bless thee.’ ‘And curse him that curseth thee.’
So to those Christian Conservatives who attack SANTA INC, they better treat carefully as they will invoke the wrath of God against them. They need to be reminded that the Jews are God's chosen people.
Amen.
The Jews are God's Chosen People.
As Conservative Christian supporters of Israel, we have a moral duty to support SANTA INC