Movies! Movies! Movies! (Non-Japanese)

gaijinmark wrote:Just in time for Halloween!! (sort of)

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For $22 I got Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein, and Ghost of Frankenstein all in one box!! :woot:

I really only care about the first three, but geez, Colin Clive, Basil Rathbone, Lionel Atwill, what a bargain!! :dancing:

Blame you for my latest watch, shame there were only 3 movies but the special features are so long it's almost like 5 movies. :victory:
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^ Sometimes the extras are better than the movie itself. :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:^ Sometimes the extras are better than the movie itself. :mrgreen:

Quite true, at least on this film they both rate an A+. :thumbsup: For Plan 9 from Outer Space the extras were certainly better, movie itself was only 78 minutes yet the documentary was 2 hours and much more interesting. :mwahaha:

hitomi #1 wrote:Quite true, at least on this film they both rate an A+. :thumbsup: For Plan 9 from Outer Space the extras were certainly better, movie itself was only 78 minutes yet the documentary was 2 hours and much more interesting. :mwahaha:

LOL, for Plan 9, ejecting the disc back and forth in the player is better than the movie. :rofl:

Much as I really don't care for Hollywood films, at least the last few decades, :shakehead: the older films aren't really too bad. :mrgreen: Been on an oldies kick of them lately, viewed this for the first time, okay but not as good as I expected or as good as a few of his other efforts. :sweat: This is one where the special features were less than stellar, least Plan 9 beats most films in that respect. :hehe:
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hitomi #1 wrote:Much as I really don't care for Hollywood films, at least the last few decades, :shakehead: the older films aren't really too bad. :mrgreen:

Most of the older stuff (pre-1960's) is great... Hitchcock, Sturges, Capra, Ford, DeMille.... :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Most of the older stuff (pre-1960's) is great... Hitchcock, Sturges, Capra, Ford, DeMille.... :victory:

Yeah, that's my fave era by far, even the B-films were great back then, those 50 film packs you can pick up for $15 down at BB have so many unknown treasures...plus many stiffs I admit. :bleh: Too many remakes or sequels these days :usuck: which is why I started into Japanese films, but I always have a soft spot for any film with Eastwood or Hackman. :woot:

hitomi #1 wrote: but I always have a soft spot for any film with Eastwood or Hackman. :woot:

Dirty Harry is okay, but this is my all-time favorite Clint Eastwood movie:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt_and_Lightfoot

"Play Misty for Me" ain't half-bad either. :thumbsup:

^ Some of those DVDs can be dogs, quality-wise: they're just VHS transfers to DVD... No restoration whatsoever. :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:^ Some of those DVDs can be dogs, quality-wise: they're just VHS transfers to DVD... No restoration whatsoever. :bleh:

They're almost all dogs quality wise but as long as they're watchable hard to beat 30 cents a movie, :bonk: plus they have the most obscure movies most have never heard of with a lot of name actors, back then they could really churn out the movies. :bow:

hitomi #1 wrote:They're almost all dogs quality wise but as long as they're watchable hard to beat 30 cents a movie, :bonk:

Even at 30 cents, junk is junk.

Luckily my standards aren't too high, don't know if B-movies would be as good if they were upgraded, most of them are C-movies if that. :nut:
Latest watch from the swinging London era, 1966, British had quite a few good flicks back in the '60's :victory: but this was directed by the famous French director François Truffaut, this was the only English speaking film he did.
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hitomi #1 wrote:
Latest watch from the swinging London era, 1966, British had quite a few good flicks back in the '60's :victory:

If you haven't already seen it, you might want to check out Blow-Up:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060176/

If for no other reason than a cameo by the Yardbirds with both Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. :woot:

^ And the original The Italian Job.... Though there's no Charlize Theron to ogle. :(

gaijinmark wrote:

If you haven't already seen it, you might want to check out Blow-Up:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060176/

If for no other reason than a cameo by the Yardbirds with both Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. :woot:

I do have that, wanted to watch it but have misplaced it, :bonk: grrrr, truly a fantastic film. One I would like to see from that era but haven't yet is The Collector. :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:^ And the original The Italian Job.... Though there's no Charlize Theron to ogle. :(

Looks interesting, perhaps no Charlize but it does have Benny Hill. :hehe:

hitomi #1 wrote:Looks interesting, perhaps no Charlize but it does have Benny Hill. :hehe:

Yup.

And Benny was in Chitty Chiity Bang Bang as well. :victory:

And a rare autographed pic from the film, may be worth a high six figure number. :bow:
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^ They seem to like pairing Dick Van Dyke with women with three names as well: Sally Ann Howes (above) and Mary Tyler Moore. :mrgreen:

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He's one of those guys that's so easy to forget about, haven't thought of him in a long time....he's still alive, just turned 85 last Dec. 13th. :mrgreen: