Conquer Club

Tell us a story, Andy!

-Sully

Few notes:

1. Whether you're a guy or girl. There is nothing wrong with listening to Adele. She has a great voice and some good songs.

2. Wanderlust was good but maybe don't expect to see all the scenes from the movie that were in the trailer.

3. I don't actually have anything to say here except 3 is better than 2.

Victor Sullivan wrote:Tell us a story, Andy!

-Sully

If you have cable television, one of my friends will tell you a story on AMC. Here is a list of up-and-coming story times:



**Leaves behind bowl of bananas for the guards**


--Andy

Lol, wait, so Andy Dufresne was actually a monkey? How did such a gross mistranslation occur?

-Sully

Life's tough on the inside. **Munches a banana**


--Andy

Yet another music video which is guaranteed to be a cult classic:



Or there is this one:



Which one has more cult potential?

strike wolf wrote:

AndyDufresne wrote:

strike wolf wrote:So I've watched a few 60s movies recently...I've noticed a trend and I'm wondering why some of them seem to start like they are already 5-10 minutes into the film? Like during editing the director's going "No no no this movies 2 hours. It needs to be 1 hour 50 at the most." and everyone replied "no problem. We'lll just edit out the first 10 minutes. No one wants to see how the couple met anyways. They just want to get to the good stuff where their lives are spiraling out of control from drugs."

What films have you watched from the 60's?

**Munches on a banana**


--Andy

Rosemary's Baby, Panic in Needle Park, Bullitt, The Great Escape, The Graduate, Dr. Strangelove. I know there's a couple others but I can't think of them right now.

The number one complaint I hear about movies from the 60s is that they are too slow. So, I can assure you that you are in the minority with feeling that there is stuff missing.

However, with the graduate in particular, the idea is that you don't figure out who all the characters are right away, but that you will figure it out through the dialogue. Today's movies spoonfeed relationships. Sample dialogue (from transformers): "this is my mom". That sort of spoonfeeding really has destroyed your brain if you are unable to figure how the characters relate to each other in the graduate. I am assuming you did figure it out, it just took you longer. That is a more naturalistic, less stylized approach to screenplay writing.

So, I forgot that yesterday Casablanca was going to be shown in theaters across the USA, as part a 70th anniversary sponsored by Turner Classic Movies channel. I wanted to go see the film on the big screen, but by the time I remembered, the last showing was underway.

**Leaves behind a bowl of despondent bananas**


--Andy

Quirks Wife wrote:http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/atlanta-braves-chipper-jones-says-2012-will-be-his-final-season-032212

I remember the one-time I nearly watched a whole game of baseball on T.V. **Remembers it fondly. Munches on a banana**


--Andy

lol@Andy

DoomYoshi wrote:

strike wolf wrote:

AndyDufresne wrote:

strike wolf wrote:So I've watched a few 60s movies recently...I've noticed a trend and I'm wondering why some of them seem to start like they are already 5-10 minutes into the film? Like during editing the director's going "No no no this movies 2 hours. It needs to be 1 hour 50 at the most." and everyone replied "no problem. We'lll just edit out the first 10 minutes. No one wants to see how the couple met anyways. They just want to get to the good stuff where their lives are spiraling out of control from drugs."

What films have you watched from the 60's?

**Munches on a banana**


--Andy

Rosemary's Baby, Panic in Needle Park, Bullitt, The Great Escape, The Graduate, Dr. Strangelove. I know there's a couple others but I can't think of them right now.

The number one complaint I hear about movies from the 60s is that they are too slow. So, I can assure you that you are in the minority with feeling that there is stuff missing.

However, with the graduate in particular, the idea is that you don't figure out who all the characters are right away, but that you will figure it out through the dialogue. Today's movies spoonfeed relationships. Sample dialogue (from transformers): "this is my mom". That sort of spoonfeeding really has destroyed your brain if you are unable to figure how the characters relate to each other in the graduate. I am assuming you did figure it out, it just took you longer. That is a more naturalistic, less stylized approach to screenplay writing.

I like character development so slow wasn't too much of an issue as long as the movie was well done. As far as spoon feeding information. I'm ok with being spoonfed the general stuff as long as we are given quality characters where I can delve into their actual personalities. Transformers is not a good example of that. I just felt like some of scenes that could have been dramatic were skipped over (especially towards beginning of movies) or shortened badly. Like in one movie it was the girl's first time using drugs and I felt there should have been at least I felt a scene a couple moments of hesitation to show that the character was nervous and that she was really thinking about it. instead the scene was really quick.

AndyDufresne wrote:So, I forgot that yesterday Casablanca was going to be shown in theaters across the USA, as part a 70th anniversary sponsored by Turner Classic Movies channel. I wanted to go see the film on the big screen, but by the time I remembered, the last showing was underway.

**Leaves behind a bowl of despondent bananas**


--Andy

Anytime I think about watching Casablanca, I say to myself "Eh, I've seen this over 9000 times."

Then I watch it and enjoy every minute of it.

AndyDufresne wrote:So, I forgot that yesterday Casablanca was going to be shown in theaters across the USA, as part a 70th anniversary sponsored by Turner Classic Movies channel. I wanted to go see the film on the big screen, but by the time I remembered, the last showing was underway.

**Leaves behind a bowl of despondent bananas**


--Andy

You could rent a school room with a large screen and do a private showing. As part of the CC WW2 maps action plan meeting that you are about to host at the school (nudge, nudge, wink, wink).

I'll just watch it this weekend by myself. I'll probably have an old film-a-thon...perhaps I'll watch The Seven Samurai and Bicycle Thieves as well.

**Leaves behind a black and white banana**


--Andy

AndyDufresne wrote:I'll just watch it this weekend by myself. I'll probably have an old film-a-thon...perhaps I'll watch The Seven Samurai and Bicycle Thieves as well.

**Leaves behind a black and white banana**


--Andy

Apt choice. It's Kurosawa's 102nd birthday.

Mmmh! I recently saw a Criterion Collection of Kurosawa's work...and was tempted to get it, but it was pretty expensive. But if you really broke down the price to individual dvds...it does save you money buying the big pack...

25 Films by Akira Kurosawa, Criterion Collection

**Munches on a banana**


--Andy

I always get worried when a movie is hyped. Hunger games was worth the hype. The first 30 mins or so were blah, but the last 2 hours made up for it. You should definitely see this if you are on the fence.

DoomYoshi wrote:I always get worried when a movie is hyped. Hunger games was worth the hype. The first 30 mins or so were blah, but the last 2 hours made up for it. You should definitely see this if you are on the fence.

Definitely not on the fence. Wanted to see it this weekend but it's already been sold out.

2 days since last post. Nobody cares about my random pop culture facts anymore

DoomYoshi wrote:2 days since last post. Nobody cares about my random pop culture facts anymore

I'll see it in a couple of years maybe.

**Munches on a banana**


--Andy

Amazing Article:

http://www.spin.com/articles/hated-nation-30-biggest-punching-bags-pop-history

I will give you one spoiler: Axl Rose is not on the list, he is only mentioned in one passage. Thank goodness my hero is not that hated.

Let's give three cheers for Axl Rose

Three bananas. **Munches on a banana**


--Andy

I guess I might as well post #1: Milli Vanilli. Wanna find out why? Gotta read the article.