Red Mosquito

tommy wrote:Let's see a little more Hackman in this thread!

A fucking legend just died, guys!

The Argonaut wrote:

tommy wrote:Let's see a little more Hackman in this thread!

A fucking legend just died, guys!

Last night I watched Scarecrow, with Hackman and Pacino as two drifters. Rather good, both great perormances

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Ello Sailor wrote:I'm not joking. Is Enemy of the State not solid? What the hell.

tragabigzanda wrote:I'll rank my favorite Hackman performances (not movies!)

The French Connection
The Conversation
Get Shorty
Hoosiers
The Royal Tenenbaums
Unforgiven
Mississippi Burning
Superman
Superman 2
The Firm
Crimson Tide
Absolute Power
Enemy of the State

I'm probably forgetting a couple

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Ello Sailor wrote:I think I'll watch Crimson Tide and Enemy of the State first.

i know you're joking but Crimson Tide is solid

Farmer John wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Ello Sailor wrote:I think I'll watch Crimson Tide and Enemy of the State first.

i know you're joking but Crimson Tide is solid

Crimson Tide was my favourite movie in the world for a brief period. I even bought the goddamn novelization.

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

Farmer John wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Ello Sailor wrote:I think I'll watch Crimson Tide and Enemy of the State first.

i know you're joking but Crimson Tide is solid

Crimson Tide was my favourite movie in the world for a brief period. I even bought the goddamn novelization.

Write a fan fiction story for us

Farmer John wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

Farmer John wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Ello Sailor wrote:I think I'll watch Crimson Tide and Enemy of the State first.

i know you're joking but Crimson Tide is solid

Crimson Tide was my favourite movie in the world for a brief period. I even bought the goddamn novelization.

Write a fan fiction story for us

Unfortunately, it's against my beliefs. I only recognize official novelizations.

tommy wrote:Have they ever done a novelization of a movie that was based on a book? That's something I'd like to read.