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Miss. Knew exactly what movie it was on 3 and who wrote the book, but couldn't pull the trigger in my grey matter. If I don't know immediately, I consider it a miss.
Miss. Knew exactly what movie it was on 3 and who wrote the book, but couldn't pull the trigger in my grey matter. If I don't know immediately, I consider it a miss.
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Never saw it. Guessed others in that genre
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Been way too long since I've seen this
Never saw it. Guessed others in that genre
Miss
Been way too long since I've seen this
Nope. Recognized frame 4 but never saw it so couldn't think of title.
1: instant 1. Such a unique look and awesome film
1: instant 1. Such a unique look and awesome film
1 on both.
The six frame guess is a cult classic by now. So many stars are in it that were either getting their acting chops in or were veterans starting to make waves again.
Nearly impossible to find but a great mockumentary style movie on beauty pageants of all things.
The six frame guess is a cult classic by now. So many stars are in it that were either getting their acting chops in or were veterans starting to make waves again.
Nearly impossible to find but a great mockumentary style movie on beauty pageants of all things.
jokershady said:
Nope. Recognized frame 4 but never saw it so couldn't think of title.
1: instant 1. Such a unique look and awesome film
Same
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1 (loved this one as a kid)
4 it's been a while
4 it's been a while
2… I watched this movie weekly as a kid on a 2-3 year stretch. Can't believe I didn't get it on one. Very obvious by 3 if you have seen it.
5 never seen it but on my list.
5 never seen it but on my list.
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miss never seen this one
miss never seen this one
God loves you so much He'll meet you where you are. He also loves you too much to allow to stay where you are.
We sing Hallelujah! The Lamb has overcome!
We sing Hallelujah! The Lamb has overcome!
3, never saw it
Instant 1 the lighting and the blue sleeve on Nauls was a dead giveaway
Instant 1 the lighting and the blue sleeve on Nauls was a dead giveaway
Instant 1
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3 great movie!
3 great movie!
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3. Mad at myself on the 3 one. Just watched this one recently and it is a great movie.
3. Mad at myself on the 3 one. Just watched this one recently and it is a great movie.
3: been a long time since I've seen this
4: haven't seen it
4: haven't seen it
4. Never saw it.
Exactly. Was on TCM a few months ago.
Chipotlemonger said:
3. Mad at myself on the 3 one. Just watched this one recently and it is a great movie.
Exactly. Was on TCM a few months ago.
I'll put this in spoiler tags since it's today's frame.
That summer of 1982 was loaded with what turned out to be great movies, even some classics. Conan the Barbarian, The Road Warrior, Poltergeist, ET, Star Trek II, Firefox, The Thing, Blade Runner, TRON. Being the monster movie fanatic I have been my entire movie-watching life, The Thing was my most anticipated movie. I mean, it was going to star Snake Plissken himself and was another John Carpenter movie, who at the time was at the top of his game. Blade Runner was my second most anticipated movie due to Ridley Scott (who helmed the best monster movie ever made 3 years earlier), Harrison Ford, and the visual effects that I'd seen previews of all that spring in Starlog magazine. Interestingly, both of these movies released on the same day, June 25.
Nowadays, I'd probably have just seen both on that day, but back then, I wasn't really in a position to do that. I chose The Thing. There was absolutely nothing about that movie that did not live up to my expectations. If I had to pick something, perhaps I went in expecting more of a frightening movie along the lines of Alien than what we got, but even that is not going to stand up to scrutiny. The Thing is in fact quite frightening, but for different reasons than Alien was. In Alien, you didn't know where the critter was, but you had a pretty good idea of what it looked like. In The Thing, you didn't know where the critter was, you had no idea what you were looking out for, and you knew that it could be standing right next to you in the form of your buddy. There was a strong case of isolationist paranoia spread throughout that movie. I didn't recognize just how terrifying it was on that first viewing, and probably didn't really understand what Carpenter had put together until years later.
On that first viewing, we get to the theater somewhere in southwest Houston. There were a grand total of 4 people in there for a approximately 5PM showing. And that included my dad and I. WTF. This was a big summer release and apparently no one gave a crap. The reviews were terrible. And The Thing was considered a bomb that really tanked Carpenter's trajectory. But recall those other releases? ET really hurt The Thing. People seemed more interested in the kind alien rather than the rip your insides out type of alien that summer.
But I'm happy to see how The Thing finally did reach a level of appreciation among filmgoers that it didn't get in the summer of 82. I rank it as Carpenter's best work, and The Thing does belong on a list of best monster movies.
That summer of 1982 was loaded with what turned out to be great movies, even some classics. Conan the Barbarian, The Road Warrior, Poltergeist, ET, Star Trek II, Firefox, The Thing, Blade Runner, TRON. Being the monster movie fanatic I have been my entire movie-watching life, The Thing was my most anticipated movie. I mean, it was going to star Snake Plissken himself and was another John Carpenter movie, who at the time was at the top of his game. Blade Runner was my second most anticipated movie due to Ridley Scott (who helmed the best monster movie ever made 3 years earlier), Harrison Ford, and the visual effects that I'd seen previews of all that spring in Starlog magazine. Interestingly, both of these movies released on the same day, June 25.
Nowadays, I'd probably have just seen both on that day, but back then, I wasn't really in a position to do that. I chose The Thing. There was absolutely nothing about that movie that did not live up to my expectations. If I had to pick something, perhaps I went in expecting more of a frightening movie along the lines of Alien than what we got, but even that is not going to stand up to scrutiny. The Thing is in fact quite frightening, but for different reasons than Alien was. In Alien, you didn't know where the critter was, but you had a pretty good idea of what it looked like. In The Thing, you didn't know where the critter was, you had no idea what you were looking out for, and you knew that it could be standing right next to you in the form of your buddy. There was a strong case of isolationist paranoia spread throughout that movie. I didn't recognize just how terrifying it was on that first viewing, and probably didn't really understand what Carpenter had put together until years later.
On that first viewing, we get to the theater somewhere in southwest Houston. There were a grand total of 4 people in there for a approximately 5PM showing. And that included my dad and I. WTF. This was a big summer release and apparently no one gave a crap. The reviews were terrible. And The Thing was considered a bomb that really tanked Carpenter's trajectory. But recall those other releases? ET really hurt The Thing. People seemed more interested in the kind alien rather than the rip your insides out type of alien that summer.
But I'm happy to see how The Thing finally did reach a level of appreciation among filmgoers that it didn't get in the summer of 82. I rank it as Carpenter's best work, and The Thing does belong on a list of best monster movies.
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Well said! And I didn't realize those 2 movies released on the same day. Holy cow!
4 (been so long for this one, should've been sooner)
4 (been a while here too)
4 (been a while here too)
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Bro…that was a lot
Remind me when I put a proverbial gun to your head?
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Nope never heard of it
Nope never saw it
Nope never saw it
3. Knew I'd seen it on 1
Miss. Have not seen this one
Miss. Have not seen this one
God loves you so much He'll meet you where you are. He also loves you too much to allow to stay where you are.
We sing Hallelujah! The Lamb has overcome!
We sing Hallelujah! The Lamb has overcome!
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