The movie thread

[Alinestra Covelia]

Fun fact: the guy who plays the preacher is the same actor who played the older brother in "Little Miss Sunshine". I think I like him - he has a fairly childlike face, but he's clearly capable of some very mature performances.

Also, I thought for a bit that the guy who says he's the half-brother was played by the same actor who played Cain in "Robocop 2" but this turned out to be untrue.

[Darius871]

Cain? I think you're thinking of Hob. Cain was the older villain.

[Alinestra Covelia]

Nope, I'm thinking of Cain being the same actor as Henry Plainview. (The guy who Daniel Plainview shoots in the head.)

Either way this is academic, as Cain's actor was not the same as Henry Plainview's actor. (Noah, once he admits to lying.)

[GePap]

The actor who played Henry was Kevin J. O'Connor. I recognized him from The Mummy, where he blayed Beni.

At least this time he got shot, and not eaten by man-eating scarab bettles.

[Darius871]

Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
Nope, I'm thinking of Cain being the same actor as Henry Plainview. (The guy who Daniel Plainview shoots in the head.)

Either way this is academic, as Cain's actor was not the same as Henry Plainview's actor. (Noah, once he admits to lying.)

Oh, when you talked about the preacher and then about "the half-brother" I thought you were referring to the kid who came and tipped off Plainview about the oilfield. He was just a twin IIRC but the context mixed me up anyway.

Never seen the Mummy but O'Connor stood out from Virtuosity & Hero, good pick :B:

[Zoid]

Just saw Sweeney Todd. Classic Tim Burton! Mad as a hatter, but gothic horror perfection in every detail. Not even the singing put me off and I loathe musicals! Johnny Depp was brilliant as always and Helena Bonham-Carter...damn she's hot!

[Hueij]

I'm old. I just watched the original The Thing and it was as good as I remembered.

[Darius871]

The 1951 version? What are you 80?

[Zoid]

I didn't even know the Carprenter movie was a remake... And I have the nerv to call myself a movie buff...

But I found a site that streams old movies that are in the public domain. The Thing is here http://www.flickbyflick.com/moviedet...p?e_newest=461

[Zoid]

I also found the 1940 Flash Gordon serial, as well as old Zorro and Dick Tracy...

http://www.flickbyflick.com/browsetv.asp

[Nostromo]

Saw The Piano Teacher recently. Wow, the main character is one sick puppy... Not sure what to think of the movie itself, though.

Erika (Isabelle Huppert) is a piano professor at a Vienna music conservatory. Although in her late thirties, she lives in an apartment with her overprotective and controlling mother (Annie Girardot). Lonely and alienated, she has an unhealthy love-hate relationship with her mother. She is a first-rate teacher but cruel to her students, even attempting to ruin a talented girl. Behind the prudish façade, she is a sexually repressed woman with a long list of extreme fetishes. Upon meeting Walter (Benoît Magimel), a charming engineering student in his twenties, she becomes obsessed with him. He is also a capable performer and shares in her appreciation for Schumann and Schubert.

[Nostromo]

I saw Louis Malle's Elevator to Gallows tonight. A nice little film noir, with the moody music of Miles Davis playing in the background.

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Nostromo
I saw Louis Malle's Elevator to Gallows tonight. A nice little film noir, with the moody music of Miles Davis playing in the background.

One of the best soundtracks to any film, anywhere, anytime.


Ally that with Jeanne Moreau in a nighttime Parisian setting, and you have cinema magic... I could happily watch her read the Lille telephone directory.

[b etor]

step up 2
i haven't seen the first one yet.

[Nostromo]

American Gangster Pretty good movie, IMO.