📽️ A famous or epic film you haven't seen yet?
07-06-21, 08:35 AM
#102
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Most of the famous and epic stuff. Video stores are gone. Libraries still exist but I moved away from a library with a better selection. I could subscribe to a site, but I don't know any movies enough that I would look for a site that has them. I might just bike farther to libraries.
07-06-21, 09:12 AM
#103
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Highlands Ranch, CO
Posts: 1,221
Bikes: '13 Diamondback Hybrid Commuter, '17 Spec Roubaix Di2, '17 Spec Camber 29'er, '19 CDale Topstone Gravel
Mentioned: 5 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 588 Post(s)
Liked 443 Times
in
260 Posts
American Graffiti
2001 Space Odyssey
Crazy Rich Asians (joking, sort of)
2001 Space Odyssey
Crazy Rich Asians (joking, sort of)
09-23-21, 10:50 AM
#104
PBP Ancien (2007)
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: South Wales, UK
Posts: 271
Bikes: Cannondale CAADX (for commuting), Cannondale CAAD12, Cannondale CAAD12 Team CNCPT, Giant Contend 2
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 63 Post(s)
Liked 121 Times
in
78 Posts
The Matrix
05-10-22, 03:01 PM
#107
LBKA (formerly punkncat)
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Jawja
Posts: 3,994
Bikes: Spec Roubaix SL4, GT Traffic 1.0
Mentioned: 14 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1628 Post(s)
Liked 501 Times
in
356 Posts
^IMO the newer reboot of the Star Trek movie series is FAR better than the originals in too many ways to count. Totally worth a watch.
The little witch boy movies....(ah) Harry Potter. I think I watched a small part of one or two of them but was just not very interested apart from the bad guy in the Bruce Willis Christmas movie that was so good....
The little witch boy movies....(ah) Harry Potter. I think I watched a small part of one or two of them but was just not very interested apart from the bad guy in the Bruce Willis Christmas movie that was so good....
Likes For Juan Foote:
05-10-22, 05:50 PM
#108
Butted Hi-Tensile
Join Date: Sep 2020
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 903
Bikes: Hi-Ten bike boomers, a Trek Domane and some projects
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 297 Post(s)
Liked 721 Times
in
372 Posts
I've never seen Breaking Away.
__________________
"It is the unknown around the corner that turns my wheels." -- Heinz Stücke
"It is the unknown around the corner that turns my wheels." -- Heinz Stücke
Likes For Chuck M:
05-11-22, 02:42 AM
#109
Live not by lies.
Join Date: Nov 2020
Posts: 756
Bikes: BigBox bikes.
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 418 Post(s)
Liked 343 Times
in
266 Posts
Originally Posted by Welshboy
The Matrix
The idea behind Simulation and Simulacra would be hard to put in a movie, but The Matrix is a great attempt.
05-11-22, 08:01 AM
#111
LBKA (formerly punkncat)
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Jawja
Posts: 3,994
Bikes: Spec Roubaix SL4, GT Traffic 1.0
Mentioned: 14 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1628 Post(s)
Liked 501 Times
in
356 Posts
Originally Posted by SkinGriz
Definately worth a watch.
The idea behind Simulation and Simulacra would be hard to put in a movie, but The Matrix is a great attempt.
The idea behind Simulation and Simulacra would be hard to put in a movie, but The Matrix is a great attempt.
Likes For Juan Foote:
05-11-22, 08:33 AM
#112
Been Around Awhile
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Burlington Iowa
Posts: 29,149
Bikes: Vaterland and Ragazzi
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 11 Post(s)
Liked 901 Times
in
599 Posts
Originally Posted by SkinGriz
The Godfather.
The Big Lebowski.
The Big Lebowski.
Likes For I-Like-To-Bike:
05-11-22, 09:03 AM
#114
LBKA (formerly punkncat)
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Jawja
Posts: 3,994
Bikes: Spec Roubaix SL4, GT Traffic 1.0
Mentioned: 14 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1628 Post(s)
Liked 501 Times
in
356 Posts
Originally Posted by Route 66
I've never seen The Sound of Music.
IDK how that is even possible. The hills are alive with it.
Likes For Juan Foote:
05-11-22, 09:37 AM
#115
Been Around Awhile
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Burlington Iowa
Posts: 29,149
Bikes: Vaterland and Ragazzi
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 11 Post(s)
Liked 901 Times
in
599 Posts
Originally Posted by Juan Foote
IDK how that is even possible. The hills are alive with it.
05-11-22, 12:09 PM
#116
LBKA (formerly punkncat)
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Jawja
Posts: 3,994
Bikes: Spec Roubaix SL4, GT Traffic 1.0
Mentioned: 14 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1628 Post(s)
Liked 501 Times
in
356 Posts
Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
I never cared for movies that portray Austria or Austrians (except Jews) as the innocent victims of Nazism.
05-12-22, 07:48 AM
#117
your god hates me
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 4,186
Bikes: 2018 Cannondale CAADX 105 SE, 2016 Richard Sachs, 2010 Carl Strong, 2006 Cannondale Synapse
Mentioned: 8 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 721 Post(s)
Liked 410 Times
in
235 Posts
Originally Posted by Juan Foote
The Matrix was a groundbreaking film in many ways and the first one was amazing. As it went along it seemed to get full on itself and built up to being something that, IMO, wasn't a comparable franchise any longer. The latter films did little to complement the first, they just got...weird. I haven't bothered to attempt to find any info/watch the newest one. Has it even been released yet?
Likes For Bob Ross:
05-12-22, 08:59 AM
#118
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Zang's Spur, CO
Posts: 9,049
Mentioned: 11 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2763 Post(s)
Liked 3,390 Times
in
1,726 Posts
Originally Posted by SkinGriz
The Big Lebowski.
Likes For Shimagnolo:
05-12-22, 09:18 AM
#119
Been Around Awhile
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Burlington Iowa
Posts: 29,149
Bikes: Vaterland and Ragazzi
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 11 Post(s)
Liked 901 Times
in
599 Posts
Originally Posted by Juan Foote
And The Sound of Music is among the movies that you draw this line for? You have SEEN the movie, haven't you?
05-12-22, 09:23 AM
#120
Been Around Awhile
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Burlington Iowa
Posts: 29,149
Bikes: Vaterland and Ragazzi
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 11 Post(s)
Liked 901 Times
in
599 Posts
Originally Posted by Shimagnolo
That is just so sad!
05-13-22, 02:35 PM
#121
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2014
Location: USA
Posts: 1,649
Bikes: 1996 Trek 970 ZX
Mentioned: 8 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 530 Post(s)
Liked 396 Times
in
303 Posts
Originally Posted by Juan Foote
The Matrix was a groundbreaking film in many ways and the first one was amazing. As it went along it seemed to get full on itself and built up to being something that, IMO, wasn't a comparable franchise any longer. The latter films did little to complement the first, they just got...weird.
I'm normally not a sci-fi type of reader or movie-watcher. But I thought the original The Matrix was fantastic. One of the few films where I'd apply the "mind blowing" phrase to. It was creative and interesting, with a "tight" and focused script, and with a moderately believable premise (that A.I./machines/invaders run amuck and use us as 'batteries' to keep them going). Not my sort of film, normally, but the original was stellar.
Similarly, with the Terminator series of films, I thought the underlying premise was thought-provoking enough to hold my interest, even if some of the acting was marginal or strained. (Arnold isn't exactly 'Oscar' material, from where I sit.)
Last edited by Clyde1820; 05-13-22 at 03:48 PM. Reason: spelling
05-13-22, 02:40 PM
#122
LBKA (formerly punkncat)
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Jawja
Posts: 3,994
Bikes: Spec Roubaix SL4, GT Traffic 1.0
Mentioned: 14 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1628 Post(s)
Liked 501 Times
in
356 Posts
Originally Posted by Clyde1820
^ This.
I'm normally not a sci-fi type of reader or movie-watcher. But I thought the original The Matrix was fantastic. One of the few films where I'd apply the "mind blowing" phrase to. It was creative and interesting, with a "tight" and focused script, and with a moderately believable premis (that A.I./machines/invaders run amock and use us as 'batteries' to keep them going). Not my sort of film, normally, but the original was stellar.
Similarly, with the Terminator series of films, I thought the underlying premise was thought-provoking enough to hold my interest, even if some of the acting was marginal or strained. (Arnold isn't exactly 'Oscar' material, from where I sit.)
I'm normally not a sci-fi type of reader or movie-watcher. But I thought the original The Matrix was fantastic. One of the few films where I'd apply the "mind blowing" phrase to. It was creative and interesting, with a "tight" and focused script, and with a moderately believable premis (that A.I./machines/invaders run amock and use us as 'batteries' to keep them going). Not my sort of film, normally, but the original was stellar.
Similarly, with the Terminator series of films, I thought the underlying premise was thought-provoking enough to hold my interest, even if some of the acting was marginal or strained. (Arnold isn't exactly 'Oscar' material, from where I sit.)
I agree in regard to Terminator. The first three were very good, IMO. I felt it started drifting a bit after that in a similar way as above.
05-13-22, 02:42 PM
#123
LBKA (formerly punkncat)
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Jawja
Posts: 3,994
Bikes: Spec Roubaix SL4, GT Traffic 1.0
Mentioned: 14 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1628 Post(s)
Liked 501 Times
in
356 Posts
Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
I don't know why someone would boast about not ever viewing specific classic movies. But of course there is a large slice of people who will never watch a movie filmed in B&W; and probably never have seen a movie on a larger screen than one at home or a tiny screen at the mall multiplex.
Growing up, and long after color TV were the standard, we still had a very small B&W TV and I just haven't cared to watch things that way since.
05-13-22, 05:13 PM
#124
Been Around Awhile
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Burlington Iowa
Posts: 29,149
Bikes: Vaterland and Ragazzi
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 11 Post(s)
Liked 901 Times
in
599 Posts
Originally Posted by Juan Foote
To be fair, I don't generally care for 'old" B&W films much. In modern films it can be enjoyable as an artistic expression quite well.
Growing up, and long after color TV were the standard, we still had a very small B&W TV and I just haven't cared to watch things that way since.
Growing up, and long after color TV were the standard, we still had a very small B&W TV and I just haven't cared to watch things that way since.
Casablanca;
Double Indemnity;
Sunset Boulevard;
The Third Man;
Citizen Kane;
Treasure of the Sierra Madre;
White Heat;
Maltese Falcon;
Night of the Hunter;
Hunchback of Notre Dame;
Psycho;
On the Waterfront;
All about Eve;
Bride of Frankenstein;
etc.
You can probably stream or borrow a DVD from your library and view most on your bigger flat screen at home. If the opportunity arises to see any of these on a genuine movie screen somewhere at a film festival, you very well may enjoy the experience.
Last edited by I-Like-To-Bike; 05-14-22 at 06:02 AM.
