Another movie thread: guilty pleasures- Page 5

[JbaraFan1]

Posted: 8/2/12 at 4:16pm

I have NOT read the book. I OWN the book, but I have not read it...

Is it very different from the film? - Addison

It's been a long while, more than a decade I'm sure, since I read the book. From what I recall it's fairly close to the film, but I'd say the movie is better. I don't have a very retentive memory, which is probably one reason I can watch and enjoy the same movies again and again; with books, though, I'm a slow-to-moderate reader, so tend to not reread books much. (My husband, on the other hand, rereads books a lot but doesn't care to rewatch many films.)

Besty, re. Munster Go Home, yeah, I was checking out used availability on Amazon last night. Haven't ordered a copy yet but I sure will be soon. (Not the collectible $120 one though! Yikes! Under ten bucks is more my speed.)

"Guilty pleasures" -- I guess my definition as applied in the OP is a bit loose. Knowing that the hubby will not be quite as thrilled as me to see Pillow Talk yet again, I might feel a mite "guilty" to subject him to it. Thus a personal guilty pleasure. I also know he has great tuning-out ability, so I never feel too bad about it. Plus the deal is that I pretty much OWN the tv between 8 and 10 PM -- I told him it's a state law, nothing he can do.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 8/2/12 at 4:52pm

There's a strange little film called MADAM SATAN from 1930, an early musical comedy, it seems pretty obvious that there are musicians playing the music just off camera. A little comedy of infidelity gets blown up into full-out gonzo weirdness in the final third, which takes place at a costume ball on a zeppelin. No, really. Mad Art Deco sets and costumes and some of the worst songs you'll ever hear (along with some fine performances from Kay Johnson and Roland Young) make this just irresistible. Check it out sometime.

[strummergirl]

Posted: 8/2/12 at 11:48pm

I forgot to include...

Roeg's The Witches- And yes, Sharon Needles' Facebook status reminded me of the omission.

Ernest Saves Christmas

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story- The film that made me want to live in New York City, I was three. Dinosaurs are reanimated and become circus sideshow acts. Julia Child voices a famous archaeologist. What is there not to love?

1776

Heathers

Return of the Living Dead

Repo Man

Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion

Clueless

Clue

Basket Case & Brain Damage- Frank Henenlotter is like the prospective, slightly more deranged Sam Raimi had Raimi never made it to the other side after Evil Dead 2. Brain Damage in particular serves as an allegory for the 'Just Say No' mindset with a phallic parasitic slug creature feeding off of victims' brains that puts the victims into a hallucinogenic frenzy. Did I mention that this slug talks and does vaudeville routines? It also features a death scenes ever film that prepared me for the fried chicken scene in Killer Joe than anything else out there. Also a very good call back to New York City in the 80s.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 8/3/12 at 7:59am

^Half of the movies you listed there require no guilt, strummergirl, even by the strictest standards.



I don't think "Shock Treatment" is a bad movie. It looks dated as hell and its production values, for the most part, come off bargain-basement, but its satire and psychology have major teeth. Also, most of the music is great.

It's widely reviled among RHPS enthusiasts, but I love it equally and always have.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 8/3/12 at 10:38am

I'd like SHOCK TREATMENT a lot more if they'd gotten a more appealing lead than Cliff DeYoung. Was he really the best they could find?

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 8/3/12 at 10:52am

Guilty Pleasures:

I love cheesy 60's flicks for the most part

Take Her, She's Mine
All The Fine Young Cannibals
Imitation of Life (1959)
The Best of Everything
The Pleasure Seekers*
Beach Blanket Bingo
Come Fly With Me*
Kitten with a Whip
The Group
You're A Big Boy Now
Something for Everyone
Earthquake
Pirahna
The Oscar
The Ambushers
The Silencers
Murderer's Row
The Wrecking Crew
The Carpetbaggers
Modesty Blaise
Hurry Sundown
Barbarella
Sunday in New York
Any Wednesday
Under the Yum-Yum Tree
Skidoo!
The Swinger
The Sweet Ride
April Love
The Main Attraction
A Girl Named Tamiko
Where Love Has Gone
Madame X
Twilight of Honor
Joy in the Morning
Return to Peyton Place
Lord Love A Duck
Pretty Poison
By Love Possessed

...oh, there's more

*anything with Pamela Tiffin.




Updated On: 8/3/12 at 10:52 AM

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/3/12 at 11:13am

You are one guilty guy, Carlos.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 8/3/12 at 11:27am

I love Cliff de Young in it, Roscoe. That's probably the best thing he's ever done. I've seen the movie 30 or more times, and I never think it's the same actor playing Brad and Farley.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 8/3/12 at 12:08pm

...AS CHARGED, besty!