Matt_W
2748
It’s not Footloose is it?
MrTibbs
2750
I love that Michael Cimino was hired as the original director of Footloose before the studio canned him over his request for a script rewrite. Would Let’s Hear it for the Boy be in his version?
It would have been 3hrs 45min with an intermission and a 45 min skating rink sequence.
That hypothetical was so accurate that it was a little triggering. I don’t rate Heaven’s Gate as poorly as most, but it is certainly a slog of a watch, where clearly the director is overly precious and too in love with their film.
MrTibbs
2753
There was one scene in the director’s cut of Heaven’s Gate where Kris Kristofferson calls an emergency meeting to discuss every townsperson on the cattle barons’ death list, and nearly all of the 125 immigrants named, alongside their families, receive hysterical, long reaction shots when they hear the news. It’s one of the most indulgent things I’ve ever seen in film. Cimino produced an absolutely gorgeous movie, with flawless production design and incredible cinematography by Zsigmond, but holy shit do I not want to see it ever again.
Djscman
2755
That’s Chuck Norris so… I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a Chuck Norris movie. Invasion U.S.A.?
A pretty bad action flick, where even Chuck said later:
[some sequences were] “a little . . . too much. You see, when you’re making a movie, it takes over five months. Not until you bring it down to an hour and a half do you see just what you’ve done. It was . . . too much, unfortunately.”
Ebert gave it 0 of 5 stars. Camby hated it. Its a schlock fest set in Miami in 1985 where Soviet-Cuban terrorists are running wild blowing up s*** and only Chuck can save the day. It’s unintentionally hilarious, though.
The Hundred:
“It’s time, @Djscman”
dwinn
2757
Ah yes! Terrorists just pull up in neighborhood and start launching rockets at suburban houses. Merry Xmas!
Djscman
2758
I’ve never fired an actual rocket launcher before, but don’t they teach you about concepts like backblast and how rocket tag isn’t really a thing? Sounds like this isn’t exactly up to the quality standards of Red Dawn in the ol’ commie invasion genre.
Speaking of invasions, here’s the next 20:20:
Djscman
2760
No cats were eaten during the making of this movie. And there were more redhead actors in this movie than black kids. So not Soul Man.
Because that looks a bit like Hugh Grant and because it hasn’t been done yet, I’ll guess About a Boy. But I’m 99% sure I’m wrong. There’s no way that 20:20 is from About a Boy.
-Tom
