Posted November 9, 201014 yr This sh!t had me rollin'! http://www.cracked.com/article/160_7-horrifying-moments-from-classic-kids-movies/ But use this thread as your own personal list of best movies/quotes/effects/blah blah. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 9, 201014 yr I know its the obvious choice, but I am still surprised that Alice in Wonderland (the old cartoon) was not on that list. Talk about pure evil. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is odd, indeed, for a kid's movie. I never realized how f'd up that movie was until I *started* to watch it with my kid last year. It got turned off.
November 9, 201014 yr Ummm, two words "Old Yeller" I think I was 7 or 8 when I saw it. Never saw the ending coming. Completely traumatizing. Come to think of it, if it's a Disney movie, with an animal in it, one of those animals is dying. Anyone ever see Watership Down as a kid? They decided to show that to us in my 6th grade class. Again, sobbing, oh the horrible sobbing. "The bunnies...noo.....the bunnies!!"
November 9, 201014 yr This if so my kind of thread! <object width="512" height="288"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/XsFD4zL_nFTEl-gnDIxPbA"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/XsFD4zL_nFTEl-gnDIxPbA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="512" height="288" allowFullScreen="true"></embed></object> I am big! It's the pictures that got small Heeeeere's Johnny-Jack Nicholson-The Shining Mame Trailer Excerpt
November 9, 201014 yr Ummm, two words "Old Yeller" Thanks for reviving repressed memories. Now excuse me while I go read "Where the Red Fern Grows"
November 10, 201014 yr My favorite movie quote ever is from the first X-Files movie.... Mulder: "I'm the key figure in an ongoing government charade, the plot to conceal the truth about the existence of extraterrestrials. It's a global conspiracy actually, with key players in the highest levels of power, that reaches down into the lives of every man, woman and child on this planet, so of course no one believes me. I'm an annoyance to my superiors, a joke to my peers. They call me Spooky. Spooky Mulder, whose sister was abducted by aliens when he was just a kid and now chases after little green men with a badge and a gun, shouting to the heavens or to anyone who will listen that the fix is in, that the sky is falling, and when it hits it's gonna be the shit-storm of all time."
November 10, 201014 yr ^Is David D. on your "list" Doc? On my bucket list? Well, the mid 90's DD is, but he's looking a little too old nowadays.
November 10, 201014 yr The Best Politically Incorrect Opening to a Musical Number in the Movies of All-Time! (sorry, could not embed :x just click title) Perry Como - Hubba Hubba Hubba http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
November 10, 201014 yr Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is odd, indeed, for a kid's movie. I never realized how f'd up that movie was until I *started* to watch it with my kid last year. It got turned off. The snozberries taste like snozberries!!! I was cracking up when they had to read and sign that contract where the text just got smaller and smaller. One of the parents was like, "Wonka what does this say?" Wonka was like, "If you have any questions, dial information, thank you for calling." The very first time I got drunk, well...I got buzzed, I believe I was 19, my friend Tom and I were at this chick's house and watched a whole plethora of Disney movie subliminals. This was before Youtube so we had to go by what we already knew and sift through some VHS movies. There was a part in Aladdin wherein (it was either Robin Williams - the Genie or Aladdin, I can't remember) BLATANTLY said "Good little boys take their pants off" or something to that effect. Then of course there's the The Little Mermaid when Ariel and Eric are getting married and go through the ceremony, approach the priest and said priest gets a massive erection out of nowhere. There's tons of subliminals like that in Disney movies since parents rarely watch them and animators get bored working at 2am lol.
November 11, 201014 yr Appreciation of a film may be enhanced by one's state of mind (or lack thereof) while viewing it. In 1968 I was swept away by the visuals in 2001 A Space Oddysey. Later it occurred to me that it might be a good film to see with enhanced perceptions. In conversation one evening I discussed that with a close friend who concurred with my observation. Some years later, in the mid-seventies, I think, the studio rereleased the film. I read about it and called my friend; "Hey, guess what film just got rereleased!" His response; "Hey, guess what somebody at work just gave me for my birthday!" That evening at my house we shared a bottle of wine and his birthday present along with some very excellent Mexican food from a neighborhood restaurant, before heading to the theater. Enroute my attention span was taxed to remember where we were going and why, but by joint concentration we managed to get there. The experience of the film was everything I had hoped for, and the impression still lingers of at one point hanging onto the arms of my seat, and feeling that I was being launched into space alone. Strong visuals usually are what appeal to me most, and they're most effective when viewed on a big screen with theater sound. The starkness of some of the scenes in Doctor Zhivago still live in my memory, like trudging along a railroad track in the featureless openness of Siberian winter. I shivered when I saw that.
November 11, 201014 yr "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is odd, indeed, for a kid's movie. I never realized how f'd up that movie was until I *started* to watch it with my kid last year. It got turned off." I think it's a great movie for kids: "What do you get when you guzzle down sweets Eating as much as an elephant eats What are you at, getting terribly fat What do you think will come of that I don't like the look of it" "Gum chewing's fine when it's once in a while It stops you from smoking and brightens your smile But it's repulsive, revolting and wrong Chewing and chewing all day long The way that a cow does" "What do you get from a glut of TV A pain in the neck and an IQ of three Why don't you try simply reading a book Or could you just not bear to look You'll get no You'll get no You'll get no You'll get no You'll get no commercials" " Who do you blame when your kid is a brat Pampered and spoiled like a siamese cat Blaming the kids is a lie and a shame You know exactly who's to blame The mother and the father" And toward the end - "So shines a good deed in a weary world." :-) clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
November 11, 201014 yr About the only part that I think is really screwed up is the video montage during the boat ride. That is just creepy, IIRC there are slaughter house scenes during that? Or I am mis-remembering? I know for sure that there are snakes and bugs. I still don't like that part as an adult. "Is it raining? Is it snowing? Is a hurricane a-blowing?..." I do have to agree with Mayday those lyrics are spot on for raising kids and a great self-check for parents. It's a daily battle with my kids over what they eat and how much TV/video games/computer time they get. Gum is not much of a problem though.
November 12, 201014 yr About the only part that I think is really screwed up is the video montage during the boat ride. That is just creepy, IIRC there are slaughter house scenes during that? Or I am mis-remembering? I know for sure that there are snakes and bugs. I still don't like that part as an adult. "Is it raining? Is it snowing? Is a hurricane a-blowing?..." I do have to agree with Mayday those lyrics are spot on for raising kids and a great self-check for parents. It's a daily battle with my kids over what they eat and how much TV/video games/computer time they get. Gum is not much of a problem though. I've never dropped acid but I'd imagine Willy Wonka's boat ride is somewhat of an indication of what it's like.
November 12, 201014 yr Not the "greatest".... but I just saw a good flick last night called "Winter's Bone" I think it won Sundance and is available on DVD now. Interesting perspective on the Ozarks.... a region of the Country that I am wholly unfamiliar with.... maybe for good reason ;)
November 13, 201014 yr Not the "greatest".... but I just saw a good flick last night called "Winter's Bone" I think it won Sundance and is available on DVD now. Interesting perspective on the Ozarks.... a region of the Country that I am wholly unfamiliar with.... maybe for good reason ;) Yes! I saw that too and parts of it really made me wince, but it was well worth seeing it through to the end. Another good one is "Get Low." Set in the mountains again, this time in Tennessee. Most interesting story, and beautifully filmed.
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