Battle of Algiers does a much better job of covering some of the same events.Lost Command (1966) - I was very disappointed in this film. I was interested in it because I like Anthony Quinn and it sounded interesting as it is about a French Foreign Legion battalion which suffers defeat in French Indo-china (Vietnam) and then faces a revolution in French North Africa. Instead I found the story contrived, the acting bad and the message very confused.
3/8
That was such a fun, goofy movie. I had the comic book of it when I was in middle school.Beach Blanket Bingo
Agreed.Battle of Algiers does a much better job of covering some of the same events.
And Annette was just yummy. You had to dig the guy in the RF hat too (Rat Fink for the uninitiated, it had to do with Kustom Kulture, but that's another story all together).That was such a fun, goofy movie. I had the comic book of it when I was in middle school.
You made me look. It did exist.That was such a fun, goofy movie. I had the comic book of it when I was in middle school.
You fact-checked me? I am miffed.You made me look. It did exist.
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)- I watched this on Netflix last night. It is a historical legal drama about the Chicago Seven and Bobbly Seale and their anti–Vietnam War protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. It has a very good ensemble cast including of all people Sasha Baron Cohen as Abby Hoffman. 6.5/8. Well worth a watch.
Do any of you remember Abbie Hoffman's book called "Steal This Book"? A counterculture/anarchists instructional handbook. It was in a lot of the college dorm rooms back in the seventies. How to grow marijuana. How to make a Molotov cocktail. etc.The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)- I watched this on Netflix last night. It is a historical legal drama about the Chicago Seven and Bobbly Seale and their anti–Vietnam War protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. It has a very good ensemble cast including of all people Sasha Baron Cohen as Abby Hoffman. 6.5/8. Well worth a watch.
Do any of you remember Abbie Hoffman's book called "Steal This Book"? A counterculture/anarchists instructional handbook. It was in a lot of the college dorm rooms back in the seventies. How to grow marijuana. How to make a Molotov cocktail. etc.
Halloween (1978) - There was many moments of stupidity,
5/8
I never liked horror movies either, but my friends drug me to see Halloween when it came out in 1978. It did scare me somewhat back then...now it seems very tame. Halloween was known for scaring people without a whole lot of gore. It was also famous for its low budget and all the mistakes in the movie. People would watch the film just to see how many obvious mistakes they could find, such as it's set in small town in Illinois, but all the cars had California plates.Halloween (1978) - So, as anyone who reads these threads may know, I have a varied interest in films. I have had two blind spots however. I have generally avoided 007 movies (may Sean Connery rest in peace) and slasher films. So, I have not watched Halloween until last night. I was pleasantly surprised that there was not a lot of graphic violence. It was much more subtle than I thought it would be. Jamie Lee Curtis had a good performance as did Donald Pleasence, who I had only seen in the past in the The Great Escape (1963). P.J. Soles has her normal bad performance, but still showed her considerable charm that makes you forget she cannot act. There were many moments of stupidity, like Jamie Lee's refusal to keep the knife, instead dropping it next to Myers so that he can get up and go after her again. Then there is the closing seen that shows the knife in the living room, when we had just seen it in Myers hand in the bedroom upstairs.
Still not a fan but it was an ok movie to watch on Halloween.
5/8
Or that in certain scenes you can see palm trees. Or how they had to bring in fake leaves to make it look like October 31st in Illinois while all of the trees were fully green. When Michael Meyers jumps on the car and smashes the window you can see a crescent wrench taped to his forearm. The mask used by Meyers is supposedly a Captain Kirk mask with the eye holes widened out.I never liked horror movies either, but my friends drug me to see Halloween when it came out in 1978. It did scare me somewhat back then...now it seems very tame. Halloween was known for scaring people without a whole lot of gore. It was also famous for its low budget and all the mistakes in the movie. People would watch the film just to see how many obvious mistakes they could find, such as it's set in small town in Illinois, but all the cars had California plates.
That's a ton of mistakes.Halloween mistakes " cliff notes".
Halloween (1978) - Goofs - IMDb
Halloween (1978) - Goofs on IMDb - bloopers, mistakes, errors in continuity, plot holes, anachronisms, spoilers and more.www.imdb.com
For some reason, my better half won't let me watch horror movies. ?