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What is a joke or situation from the show that has stuck with you?
A thought I considered as the film progressed.
Spoilers about the ending.
A thought I had about Jerrys Friend/Assistant/Daytime Guardian Billy Cole
Could you take a charged laptop out in the woods middle of the night and watch this alone?
Subtle touches that rewards those rewatching
What Three Episodes would you choose to show a newcomer to the series that represents The Gangs typical dynamic?
Netflix Special
Who is an actor, where no matter how bad the movie is, they are still great in it?
Whats the last cheap movie you took a chance and purchased but it turned out to be a decent movie?
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I dont think we will get a response from the user and old posters but I will also add that YES this film still holds up.
I admit it was quite a family favorite for us kids growing up. But, during a trip recently, I found a video store in Louisiana that was able to order me a copy of this movie on DVD (region free copy). I wanted my Fiance to watch it with me as I mentioned this film to her on several occasions as being an old favorite of mine. She watched it for the first time as an Adult and she said she enjoyed it! Christopher Lees villain, the Black Knight Kato is still intimidating and downright menacing in his dialogue alone xD. The storyline and adventure itself has enough entertainment for an adult. It still has a childhood charm for me, but rewatching as im older now I appreciate different aspects of the movie even more. The cinematography is really good, the music is good and that flute music is ethereal at times here is that flute song for the film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUdp3ODwYQY(I told my fiance we should have that flute music at our wedding xD) , the main boy actor is pretty good and his friend in the film is Christian Bales first movie appearance! I like how they set up the looming threat of Kato (Christopher Lee) and that the characters Mio meets speak of him in hushed whispers and the land gives an eerie wind when he is mentioned as if the land of faraway is a character itself trying to warn Mio of the danger. Also the world and characters they meet have this lived in feel to it. If you need some reference, know how The Neverending Story is a kids film yet still holds up when you rewatch as an adult? Thats the best comparison I can give you. Neverending Story is more epic, but the adventure in Mio in the Land of Faraway is still worth seeing.
https://moviechat.org/tt0093543/Mio-min-Mio/61a7b9d3f5b6c464a57ff2b9/For-those-of-you-struggling-to-find-this-movie
I still watch it, been buying them on DVD since I didnt have any streaming services for years. Ive been disappointed that they havent released season 15 on DVD yet and they are making season 17 at this point. What gives? Luckily I do have streaming now and I have watched the seasons I dont own. There is still entertainment to be had and the show is still funny. In my opinion the very best episodes are all the episodes of Disc One of season 5. I have watched and rewatched that disc so many times. And I have found good episodes in every season. Not all can be said to be amazing but Im still into the show
After reading yalls back and forth it got me thinking. Costigan would act and think less like a cop if he has less experience as a cop so its not so hard to hide. He knows those type of people from growing up around them, he had family connected to them, him being washed out of the academy could be hand-waved as saying "see you arent like them you are one of us". Of course the father-figure aspect of Frank helped lull him into wanting to take in Costigan.
To answer the other guys question, sometimes people are placed undercover because they can fit or hide the best. Plenty of regular people are recruited by the police to simply spy or feed information. Now deep undercover you would reckon it would be someone that is a cop. Costigan shown he wanted to be a cop, and he fit all the parameters of being someone who Frank might trust, so Queenan recruited Costigan. Also keep in mind he washed out of the academy which is what they needed! Frank had too many spies in the precinct and the cops knew it so they couldnt use a cop. And any FBI special agent that randomly shows up to try and infiltrate Franks gang would take YEARS and still not be trusted. So Billy Costigan was their best bet to get someone in there.
I agree with you about the "one time watch for me". At least with Wrecked I have thought of it from time to time and am considering watching it again soon.
There were some disturbing elements to this movie and I even considered for awhile that the penthouse owner had set the thief up to watch him suffer. (Ive read here that others thought this as well). Also you have that giant "self portrait" of the penthouse owner where his face is surrounded by an orgy. Then you have that strange secret room where it has old writings of some kind of philosophy where it was stated that the body is the ultimate form of energy and heaven is found within these energies. It was like some weird justification for having orgys. Also Nemo (Dafoe) seeing himself in the corner of the image despairingly lusting after the woman who looked like Jasmine the maid was ominous and it really does allude to that loneliness you mentioned in your initial post.
If all of you liked this movie yall oughta give the Adrien Brody film Wrecked a watch.
https://moviechat.org/tt1316622/Wrecked
I see now what you mean! The team that had the wrestlers and judokas on it was the ones who wasted so much time trying to pin their opponents right there at the bag collecting center of the maze xD It just wasnt gonna work. Why pin your opponents when you arent even winning yet? Their logic of "If we pin this guy he cannot stack bags" was flawd as they didnt take into account that when you pin them, you yourself are not moving bags either!
I was stopped at the end of episode four, looks like you got to see more episodes than me so far! I think I did see the cheating already though. when that one team blocked the other in the maze from getting their bags into the bins at the final couple of minutes. Its a part of the rules that they can block them after the initial five minutes has passed but I still considered it "cheating" as well. It didnt help that the team blocking also had more massive individuals that made up the team compared to the ones being blocked. Seemed unsportsmanlike. Being bigger, it was easier for them to hold still and block them than have to keep carrying on.
They have a different beginning prequest challenge (no hanging), they still have the ball capturing game but with two newer arenas, and the next challenge after that is new altogether and interesting. I wont spoil it beyond that.
I was so eager I already watched them all and discovered not all the episodes were available yet xD
Its interesting to see all these different contestants from all walks of life competing.
I watched the entire thing and I agree that if you havent seen the boat pushing challenge then you missed out! This show was fun and I was happy to see a season 2 arrive.
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