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  3. Posted

    On 2/14/2020 at 7:59 AM, grudlian. said:

    The Monstars only stole the talent from five NBA players. Why didn't the Looney Tunes recruit any of the other current NBA players? Why not get Larry Bird?

    Larry Bird retired in 1992, he wasn't current.

    Also a correction/omission:

    One of the people in the audience notes that the Bulls 72-10 season was the year of the film (1996), right after Jordan returned from baseball/forced retirement. He also said that "it's never been beat!" which isn't true: the 2016 Golden State Warriors went 73-9. They remain the only teams to crack 70 wins, though this year's Bucks seem to be heading there. 

    The Clippers in 1996 went 29-63 and were owned by Donald Sterling (hi Paul!).

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    Yea I pretty much agree with Paul completely on this one. I do enjoy the film, very much of it (mainly scenery, most the songs, and Julie Andrews), but I definitely do not think it's good at all.

    That lack of compellingness @grudlian. mentioned is basically true for everything in it: beyond the Nazi escape, the romance isn't compelling, nor is the kids' music career, nor Maria's arc. What else is there then? Beats me.

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    Bowie produced "The Passenger"! (And also "Lust for Life".) It's also my favorite Iggy, though I do probably The Stooges to his solo things.

    I go all over as to what my favorite Bowie is. I honestly probably listen to Let's Dance the most, though I think Station To Station is probably my favorite, but have also put like 4 other albums of his as my favorite depending on who knows what. I think I just prefer when he grooves

     

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    35 minutes ago, Cameron H. said:

    I'm not sure what I'm supposed to have gotten out of it (if anything), and I'm not sure I know anything more about the whole glam rock thing other than it was a thing that happened and eventually ended. I think I would have appreciated a stronger narrative voice. Something to tell me why these events are so important--especially when they are being removed from the context of a biopic. .

    Not to defend this part, because it's my least favorite angle of the movie, but I think Christian Bale's character was supposed to reflect the influence that glam rock had on society, going from staid, normal life into a more colorful, flamboyant world. 

    But the interesting thing is that I'm not sure glam rock really had that much influence. Oh sure, Bowie of course did, but his influence was far beyond just being a 'glam' guy. (I think he disavowed the label, and either way, he moved away from the style pretty fast.) Roxy Music dropped the style pretty fast too (just their first album really). Eno's music in the film is arguably not glam at all. T. Rex was, but they're also relatively niche. Iggy and Lou Reed flirted with it on occasion (usually when hanging out with Bowie), but mostly made their mark in other ways. It's an amazing genre, but also a curious one.

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    I love this movie, though it's definitely got some flaws. It does feel a little like they were stuffing this wild, flamboyant atmosphere into a more conventional story structure (reporter digging into a story), and I think it maybe suffers some there. Also I'm not sure the character arcs ever go anywhere really. 

    But other than some quibbles like that, I love it. It's brazen and colorful and the use of music is particularly brilliant. But maybe that's because the music itself is so brilliant? I'm a sucker for all the music in this. My favorite was the long scene with "Baby On Fire" with that crazy guitar solo repeating and giving this huge noisy atmosphere to the movie. There's a bunch of scenes to music like that which really impressed.

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    So where do we all come down on ranking the Wilder movies on the list?

    For me, it's pretty easy:

    1. Double Indemnity

    2. The Apartment

    3. Sunset Boulevard

    4. Some Like It Hot

    And I'd probably knock the bottom two of the AFI list. 

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    I was curious so I made a list of the remaining 21 movies:

    3. Casablanca
    36. The Bridge on the River Kwai
    40. The Sound of Music
    45. Shane
    46. It Happened One Night
    47. A Streetcar Named Desire
    48. Rear Window
    49. Intolerance
    54. MASH
    56. Jaws
    61. Sullivan's Travels
    63. Cabaret
    73. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
    78. Modern Times
    80. The Apartment
    82. Sunrise
    84. Easy Rider
    87. 12 Angry Men
    92. Goodfellas
    97. Blade Runner
    98. Yankee Doodle Dandy

     

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    Yea I was reading on The Shining a bit last fall when I went to see the remastered re-release and it seems that when it came out, it wasn't particularly well-received. I know that hasn't stopped other movies from making the list when their rep grew, but I reckon that because of it, combined with all the other Kubrick movies on there, is why it didn't make the list. It seems to be seen as fairly niche, still.

    (I agree it probably should be on there though.)

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