Are they trying to make me an insomniac?

BillyBobJoe said:
Yeah I don't think I've heard of it before either. You watch the new show Vegas with Dennis Quaid?
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Nope, never watched it. I just looked it up on IMDB though, and it seems interesting. I like Quaid and Chiklis. Have you seen justified? I was hooked on that for a few seasons, need to get caught up one day.
 
Like you said, not the proudest moment in American history. Westerns are on all the time here but all I see is shooting, pans across the beautiful landscape then more shooting and some tight shots on an actor's face then back to a wide angle and more shooting.

I like movies, I work for a film studio, just can't get into westerns. I feel sick.

I fucking love Dances with Wolves though...

I can't stand to see all those natives killed as a general rule, though my tribe is south american; they didn't get quite so much ofthe publicity of atrocities committed against them and the seizure of their land.
 
xKuroiTaimax said:
Like you said, not the proudest moment in American history. Westerns are on all the time here but all I see is shooting, pans across the beautiful landscape then more shooting and some tight shots on an actor's face then back to a wide angle and more shooting.

I like movies, I work for a film studio, just can't get into westerns. I feel sick.

I fucking love Dances with Wolves though...

I can't stand to see all those natives killed as a general rule, though my tribe is south american; they didn't get quite so much ofthe publicity of atrocities committed against them and the seizure of their land.
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Dances with Wolves is one I never watched. Kevin Costner's acting is atrocious. Robin Hood with no accent? Really? lol
 
It's kind of an iconic movie all the same. I didnt really care about his accent, I was in it for the cinematography and soundtrack lol

But seriously, Dances with Wolves is one that everyone should watch... Avatar was definitely influenced by it, along with Princess Mononoke, but clearly the original was the true story of Pocohontas. The New World with Q'Orianka Kilcher is the best live action adaption I've seen so far.
 
xKuroiTaimax said:
Like you said, not the proudest moment in American history. Westerns are on all the time here but all I see is shooting, pans across the beautiful landscape then more shooting and some tight shots on an actor's face then back to a wide angle and more shooting.

I like movies, I work for a film studio, just can't get into westerns. I feel sick.

I fucking love Dances with Wolves though...

I can't stand to see all those natives killed as a general rule, though my tribe is south american; they didn't get quite so much ofthe publicity of atrocities committed against them and the seizure of their land.
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Very true to all what you said. I'm of Native American decent, although not much, a little goes along way in my eyes. What was done to the American natives was almost along the lines of what the nazis did to the Jews. A lot of movies, mainly pre-1970s, were pretty ignorant with their depectation of the Indians but were entertaining non-the-less. The shoot em up movies are perfect if that's what your into and some cases they hit it right on the money, i.e. Tombstone (for the most part factual). I'd say most westerns aren't for you if you aren't into a litlle violence with the exception of some. I think I lost my point now, just a litlle drunk and stoned rambling on.
 
xKuroiTaimax said:
It's kind of an iconic movie all the same. I didnt really care about his accent, I was in it for the cinematography and soundtrack lol

But seriously, Dances with Wolves is one that everyone should watch... Avatar was definitely influenced by it, along with Princess Mononoke, but clearly the original was the true story of Pocohontas. The New World with Q'Orianka Kilcher is the best live action adaption I've seen so far.
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Princess Mononoke... there's one I haven't seen in years. I loved it as a kid, it's actually what got me into anime. I may have to give it a chance after all.
 
Kuroi, my daughter is 28. People use to hate to go to movies with me because I talk about lighting, angles, directing, and continuity. I taught my daughter the same thing since she was 3. She was in film studies at college, but is now disabled due to an automobile accident.
Her friends use to hate going to movies with her for the same reasons mine did LOL. Send me the books and I'll rip through them for you.

BTW I like Last of the Dogmen...thought some of the acting was a bit weak.
Chumani tatanka oh wa chi :)
 
kpmarine said:
Dances with Wolves is one I never watched. Kevin Costner's acting is atrocious. Robin Hood with no accent? Really? lol
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Come on man! Open Range, water world, postman, hatfield and mccoys? He's made his fair share of bad movies though. I believe some actors just need to know there role. A lot of people say Kevin Costner acts the same way in all his movies, which I do agree with, but so does jack Nicholson, sameual l Jackson, Tommy lee jones, Robert Duvall and bunch of others I can't think of right now. I think a lot of people just don't like Kevin Costner, not my favorite but he's alright.
 
kpmarine said:
Nope, never watched it. I just looked it up on IMDB though, and it seems interesting. I like Quaid and Chiklis. Have you seen justified? I was hooked on that for a few seasons, need to get caught up one day.
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I'll have to look into Justified, looks good unfortunately FX is apparently a luxury channel according to dish because it's not included in on my $50 package. Maybe Netflix?
 
BillyBobJoe said:
Come on man! Open Range, water world, postman, hatfield and mccoys? He's made his fair share of bad movies though. I believe some actors just need to know there role. A lot of people say Kevin Costner acts the same way in all his movies, which I do agree with, but so does jack Nicholson, sameual l Jackson, Tommy lee jones, Robert Duvall and bunch of others I can't think of right now. I think a lot of people just don't like Kevin Costner, not my favorite but he's alright.
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Waterworld is full of terrible acting, but for some reason, it just works. ha ha Your point is valid though. There have been other actors in the past that I have disliked, who turned out to be surprisingly good when I saw some of their other work.
 
kpmarine said:
Waterworld is full of terrible acting, but for some reason, it just works. ha ha Your point is valid though. There have been other actors in the past that I have disliked, who turned out to be surprisingly good when I saw some of their other work.
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Yeah bad acting for sure. I'd say it's a really really good B movie with a good story line Postman isn't far off from that at all but they make interesting theories on post appocolyptic scenarios with Kevin Costner saving us all.
 
BillyBobJoe said:
I'll have to look into Justified, looks good unfortunately FX is apparently a luxury channel according to dish because it's not included in on my $50 package. Maybe Netflix?
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That's shitty. FX used to be on basic cable, when I had it. I'm not entirely surprised though, they like to push limits (For, at the time, a basic cable network.) on that station. If they could get into the HBO realm of programming, their writers would be happier than pigs in shit.
 
BillyBobJoe said:
Yeah bad acting for sure. I'd say it's a really really good B movie with a good story line Postman isn't far off from that at all but they make interesting theories on post appocolyptic scenarios with Kevin Costner saving us all.
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I do love me a Bruce Campbell movie. I haven't found a lot of sympathizers. Most people just don't appreciate a good B movie. In light of all this, perhaps I should give Costner a second shot.
 
kpmarine said:
I do love me a Bruce Campbell movie. I haven't found a lot of sympathizers. Most people just don't appreciate a good B movie. In light of all this, perhaps I should give Costner a second shot.
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B movies are great.

Did you here SyFy channel makers of stone cold clasics such as mega shark vs giant octopus have bought th rights to waterworld? Either gonna remake the movie the way it should have been (whole concept was sooo B moviesque) or they might just make a dodgy series out of it.

Either way interesting development in th crazy world of B movies.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2012/nov/30/waterworld-remake-syfy-film
 
Oh and on the "what do people from the UK think of westerns" most grew up watching them aswell.

I really like the spaghetti westerns. think one was mentioned earlier. "Once upon a time" great film.
 
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