What Emmanuelle Movie Did You Just Watch?

[Matt]

JB was my favourite Tarantino until he made Inglourious Basterds.

That said, its still his most mature and restrained work and I'd like to see him tackle someone else's source material again. Forster and Grier are amazing here (it's the only film I genuinely like Grier in) and its one of De Niro's last hurrah's as far as quality work goes as well.

Agreed 100%. IB hit my sweet spot for some reason. JB is a very close second in his career of films.

[Captain Russ]

Jackie Brown.

Never seen it. Been meaning to rectify this at some point, but I just keep putting it off.

[Abraham Smashington]

Oh man. It's sooooooooo good. IT's on instant as well

[Captain Russ]

ORLY? Cool.

[BillyG]

Seriously, never seen Jackie Brown?

[Captain Russ]

Yeah.

[BillyG]

What the fuck happened to you. You used to be beautiful man.

[Captain Russ]

  Spoiler: BIlly's answer to his incorrectly punctuated question which may or may not have to do with a certain current vidya game title's ending. 

I was given three choices by a magical space leprechaun. I chose poorly.

[BillyG]

If you would have seen Jackie Brown you would understand that the delivery is much more a statement than of an inquisitive nature. That is to say, Sam L does not ask questions. He states imperatives.

[Captain Russ]

That's just Sammy's style, though.

[Matt]

See JACKIE BROWN now. You won't regret it.

[Captain Russ]

Gonna see it tonight.

[Bobby Bear]

Demo Man is more fun in an overall sense while Cobra has a better version of Stallone.

Perfect summation.

I still love both flicks to death. I just really can't deal with Death Proof on it's own.

I've done a Grindhouse U-Turn over the years. Hated Death at first, but loved Planet. Now I could quite happily go back for more demented Kurt action. Planet, not so much.

Recent round-up:

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

I want to love this the way I feel it deserves to be loved, yet I can't. Something about Weller and Barkin just doesn't work for me in this context. Quick fix: swap 'em for Kurt Russell and Kim Cattrall.

Dead Heat

So much fun. Treat Willams is a delight, and there's a stack of great lines ("Remember the good old days when guns used to kill people?")

Star Trek: First Contact

I popped the DVD in initially just to watch the opening space battle with the Borg. However, I ended up watching it through to the end, albeit by skipping some of the Earth-bound Cromwell scenes along the way.

There's a lot to like.

• "Die Hard on the Enterprise with the Borg" mostly lives up to its potential; it's also very cool getting to see what is essentially the all-singing, all-dancing version of Wolf 359 at the start.
• Picard's arc is strong, bringing out some real flourishes from Stewart along the way ("GET OFF MY BRIIIIDGE!!!")
• Data.
• Some lovely miniature work, as well as enduring CGI.
• Alfre Woodard, who does a lot of very unglamorous stuff that really helps sell the tone.
• Jerry Goldsmith's fantastic score.
• The picture does a mostly successful job of broadening Trek's appeal without pandering.

The comedy stuff falls flat, and even though Krige is game, the Borg Queen just doesn't command the same authority she once did. However, these are minor gripes. I give it... oh, 3 Porkinses out of 5.

[BillyG]

Battle Royale on bd. Still good shit. The transfer is pretty good, much better than the bootleg I've had the last 8 years. Of course Brittany walks away with like 15 minutes left saying it's dumb and she "isn't losing sleep time to this shit" then saying "I can see how Hunger Games totally ripped it off though."

[Captain Russ]

If you would have seen Jackie Brown you would understand that the delivery is much more a statement than of an inquisitive nature. That is to say, Sam L does not ask questions. He states imperatives.

In shitty hippie vans, no less.

Saw it. Loved it.

Forster shoulda got the golden dude for it that year. Same with the Sam and Pam Show.

Goddamn they were great.

Inept, stoned DeNiro is the best DeNiro.

Clocking in at nearly three hours, it felt like maybe two. Insanely quick-movin' stuff.