#26
Posted: 8/1/12 at 9:36pm
HELLO AGAIN would make a great musical! lol
Another movie thread: guilty pleasures — Page 2
#27
Posted: 8/1/12 at 9:48pm
Jbara Fan, I don't think Lost in Translation would be considered a great film, but for me it did a great job of creating an atmosphere. The entire film transported me into the location. Job well done, Sophia!
<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES
#29
Posted: 8/1/12 at 10:28pm
How the heck did I miss this one growing up?? I have got to see this!! So was this shown in movie theaters, like the Batman movie?
Yes, JbaraFan1, "Munster, Go Home!" was released in theatres, shot right after the second season when they still thought there was going to be a third ... and it's in color, too!
It has the full cast with a fake Marilyn. They thought Pat Priest was too old, so they replaced her with Deborah Watson, who played the title role in Tammy on TV. Much younger (and a redhead).
Great guest cast, including Terry-Thomas, Hermione Gingold, Richard Dawson (yes, Family Feud), and John Carradine.
You've gotta check it out!
Yes, JbaraFan1, "Munster, Go Home!" was released in theatres, shot right after the second season when they still thought there was going to be a third ... and it's in color, too!
It has the full cast with a fake Marilyn. They thought Pat Priest was too old, so they replaced her with Deborah Watson, who played the title role in Tammy on TV. Much younger (and a redhead).
Great guest cast, including Terry-Thomas, Hermione Gingold, Richard Dawson (yes, Family Feud), and John Carradine.
You've gotta check it out!
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Updated On: 8/1/12 at 10:28 PM
#30
Posted: 8/1/12 at 11:14pm
No guilt about my love for PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE.
This should have been on stage last season instead of Leap of Faith. (same score as the movie, naturally).
Paul Williams Rules!!
This should have been on stage last season instead of Leap of Faith. (same score as the movie, naturally).
Paul Williams Rules!!
"Through The Sacrifice You Made, We Can't Believe The Price You Paid..For Love!"
#31
Posted: 8/1/12 at 11:15pm
I love Phantom of the Paradise! Saw that one when it first came out as well.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#33
Posted: 8/1/12 at 11:21pm
Okay, you're fired.
You have to leave now.
Even MUNSTER, GO HOME! is better than the Phantom movie.
A lot better.
You have to leave now.
Even MUNSTER, GO HOME! is better than the Phantom movie.
A lot better.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Updated On: 8/1/12 at 11:21 PM
#34
Posted: 8/1/12 at 11:22pm
Jordan, b12b,
You HAVE to check this out!
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/paulwilliamsstillalive/
You HAVE to check this out!
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/paulwilliamsstillalive/
"Through The Sacrifice You Made, We Can't Believe The Price You Paid..For Love!"
#35
Posted: 8/2/12 at 12:09am
I've had a fascination of Paul Williams for so long, I need to see that.
Oh, and though I brought it up in another thread, add the infamous disco/rock/sci fi musical The Apple to my list, please. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BY9cvgrP1c 1980 really was a goldmine for guilty pleasure movie musicals.
Oh, and though I brought it up in another thread, add the infamous disco/rock/sci fi musical The Apple to my list, please. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BY9cvgrP1c 1980 really was a goldmine for guilty pleasure movie musicals.
#36
Posted: 8/2/12 at 12:28am
Oh, boy. So many.
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Phantom of the Paradise
Clifford (Makes Pee Wee's Big Adventure, which I love, look like Citizen Kane)
Troop Beverly Hills
Showgirls
Return to Oz
Phantom of the Opera (Yes, the Schulmacher one! **hangs head in shame**)
Last Action Hero
Hook
Hocus Pocus
Hudson Hawk
1941
Space Jam
Starship Troopers
Flash Gordon
They Live/Big Trouble in Little China
Road House
The Room
Troll 2
Three Amigos
Face/Off
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Phantom of the Paradise
Clifford (Makes Pee Wee's Big Adventure, which I love, look like Citizen Kane)
Troop Beverly Hills
Showgirls
Return to Oz
Phantom of the Opera (Yes, the Schulmacher one! **hangs head in shame**)
Last Action Hero
Hook
Hocus Pocus
Hudson Hawk
1941
Space Jam
Starship Troopers
Flash Gordon
They Live/Big Trouble in Little China
Road House
The Room
Troll 2
Three Amigos
Face/Off
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#37
Posted: 8/2/12 at 12:39am
Hook is amazing. No guilt there!
#38
Posted: 8/2/12 at 12:41am
Great list. I have too much love for Return to Oz to include it in mine, but I get why it's made several people's.
I guess I could add a bunch of DePalma films here. I'm always kinda embarassed how much I love much of his work, particularly the films he scripted himself--Hitchcock rip-offs or not, I may even enjoy them more than much of Hitch's work. I know Pauline Kael was a big supporter, so he has gotten some genuine love, but they still count as guilty pleasures to me. Dressed to Kill, Obsession, Phantom of the Paradise, Femme Fatale, The Fury, Carrie, Blow Out, Body Double, even Raising Kane (which, even more than Body Double, seems to be almost DePalma parodying his own earlier erotic thrillers)... His big budget Hollywood films like Mission Impossible interest me far less (if at all). I know nothing about it, but can't wait to see his new film Passion (which I assume is not Sondheim but does have Noomie Rapace and Rachel McAdams).
I guess I could add a bunch of DePalma films here. I'm always kinda embarassed how much I love much of his work, particularly the films he scripted himself--Hitchcock rip-offs or not, I may even enjoy them more than much of Hitch's work. I know Pauline Kael was a big supporter, so he has gotten some genuine love, but they still count as guilty pleasures to me. Dressed to Kill, Obsession, Phantom of the Paradise, Femme Fatale, The Fury, Carrie, Blow Out, Body Double, even Raising Kane (which, even more than Body Double, seems to be almost DePalma parodying his own earlier erotic thrillers)... His big budget Hollywood films like Mission Impossible interest me far less (if at all). I know nothing about it, but can't wait to see his new film Passion (which I assume is not Sondheim but does have Noomie Rapace and Rachel McAdams).
#39
Posted: 8/2/12 at 1:10am
I get what you mean about DePalma. I have gone back and forth with him. His films all seem overwrought and overcooked but sometimes that energy really works. Carrie, The Fury, and Blow Out are ones I really like. His more mainstream work like Scarface, Carlito's Way, and M:I.... not so much. Don't forget the really early stuff like Greetings. That type of energy even made it onto Carrie, e.g. the boys trying on suits for prom.
#41
Posted: 8/2/12 at 1:43am
But that's not a guilty pleasure since it's a F*CKING BRILLIANT AND AMAZING MOVIE.
#42
Posted: 8/2/12 at 1:50am
"He. Permed. Me!"
Also, my mom always likes to quote the "Patches, we don't need no stinking patches" line.
Also, my mom always likes to quote the "Patches, we don't need no stinking patches" line.
#43
Posted: 8/2/12 at 2:15am
The only thing I really like about Scarface is Moroder's oh so 80s synth score. I think you can divide his movies into the lower budget ones he tended to write himself (not always) and the ones that were more ofr a paychque (Bonfire of the Vanities being perhaps the most over the top, disastrous example), though I haven't seen some of his newer ones like Redacted (and I wanted to like Black Dahlia--it looked gorgeous but what a mess).
Dressed to Kill is probably my favorite (even though Blow Out, Carrie and The Fury are all better films), just because it seems to show him at his most lurid and over the top, but also highly choreographed/controlled (ie the infamous art gallery scene with that perfect Pino Donnagio score, which he later imitated but not quite as well in Body Double--which admittedly is a mess, down to its original concept of being a film he wanted to use hardcore porn stars and have full sex--there's a fascinating, albeit not all that flattering book where a woman follows him during the making of BD). And of course there's no logic, but I admit with those films that sorta "pure cinema" thing can absorb me anyway.
And yes, his very early films (I guess up to Sisters) have especially a lot of energy, I only saw them pretty recently. Murder a la Mode, his first film is a bit hard to get through though--even if it does show talent in a "showey off film student" way. Anyway *rant done*
And yaye Troop Bevery Hills!
Dressed to Kill is probably my favorite (even though Blow Out, Carrie and The Fury are all better films), just because it seems to show him at his most lurid and over the top, but also highly choreographed/controlled (ie the infamous art gallery scene with that perfect Pino Donnagio score, which he later imitated but not quite as well in Body Double--which admittedly is a mess, down to its original concept of being a film he wanted to use hardcore porn stars and have full sex--there's a fascinating, albeit not all that flattering book where a woman follows him during the making of BD). And of course there's no logic, but I admit with those films that sorta "pure cinema" thing can absorb me anyway.
And yes, his very early films (I guess up to Sisters) have especially a lot of energy, I only saw them pretty recently. Murder a la Mode, his first film is a bit hard to get through though--even if it does show talent in a "showey off film student" way. Anyway *rant done*
And yaye Troop Bevery Hills!
#44
Posted: 8/2/12 at 3:07am
is the Phantom Tollbooth out on DVD/Blu-ray yet? Damn I love that movie!
my guilty pleasure movie would be CENTER STAGE
my guilty pleasure movie would be CENTER STAGE
#45
Posted: 8/2/12 at 3:25am
Oh, boy Center Stage. That one is something. Hard to tell who was hired for their dancing and for their acting, the terribleness could get a little blurred- Peter Gallagher and Donna Murphy not included. Just glad that Zoe Saldana made it out of that film alive and thankfully ate a cheeseburger or two along the way. But so much fun.
#46
Posted: 8/2/12 at 4:59am
Oh yea, I also want to add Center Stage and The Apple!
I've seen each of those many times.
I've seen each of those many times.
....but the world goes 'round
#47
Posted: 8/2/12 at 9:15am
Center Stage
The Witches
Return to Oz
Sordid Lives
Bring It On
The Witches
Return to Oz
Sordid Lives
Bring It On
#48
Posted: 8/2/12 at 9:27am
Here you go, eatlasagna ...
The Phantom Tollbooth DVD
The Phantom Tollbooth DVD
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#49
Posted: 8/2/12 at 9:51am
Of the films mentioned, the one I go to most often and LOVE turning people on to is "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls". We had a screening for virgin friends over the 4th and they kept asking what was going on...I just kept saying "hold on, it gets weirder!"
I also really like the score.
The Apple is also perfect for watching people's reactions, but it's not as much fun.
I also really like the score.
The Apple is also perfect for watching people's reactions, but it's not as much fun.
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#50
Posted: 8/2/12 at 9:54am
Sextette is a marvel to behold. So is Myra Breckenridge.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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