Swamp Quarantine-ish Movie Night - Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Thursday, April 16, 9 PM ET
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This musical cue to 99 Luft Balloons is great.
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The 99 Luftbaloons cure here is amazing too.
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"It's not me." combined with the unspoken, "I told you this is what I do." is a one-two punch.
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You two crazy kids....
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I should throw something fake out of left field like I was always attracted to Debbie's dad.
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Or is it fake?
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"Thanks for the pen."
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The movie's spare use of "fuck" when not much of the target audience would have complained if they used it all the time is admirable, really.
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OK, I'll try again though. I love these scenes with Martin firing Oatman and Marcella.
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While this is hilarious, I find it odd that Doc is seeing a patient in his office at something like 8:30pm on a Saturday.
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Is this simultaneously the best movie of all time about hitmen and the best about reuinions?
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The movie doesn't resort to some kind of deus ex machina to resolve Martin being a mass murderer (excuse me, he's not a psychopath).
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Could be a tryst.DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 9:53 pm While this is hilarious, I find it odd that Doc is seeing a patient in his office at something like 8:30pm on a Saturday.
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Top of my head, 90% first half ("The Professional") and 100% second half.Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 9:54 pm Is this simultaneously the best movie of all time about hitmen and the best about reuinions?
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I actually thought of re-stating the pen line earlier.
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And I mean that in the sense where "The Professional" is really, really, good, but I might lean toward this one.DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 9:55 pmTop of my head, 90% first half ("The Professional") and 100% second half.Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 9:54 pm Is this simultaneously the best movie of all time about hitmen and the best about reuinions?
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The pure joy in her face and action and the mallet.
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The characters being about 15 years younger than I am now has me hoping that this movie overestimates the maturity level of people that age...or I am just old.
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"Either that guy has a newfound respect for life or he's love with that guy's daughter."
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That wasn't the actual line but I love it.
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Durazac?
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The dad is actually acting plausible here, right?
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Re: Swamp Quarantine-ish Movie Night - Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Thursday, April 16, 9 PM ET
Akyroyd having so many guys with him seems to make sense just so they have a bigger action scene at the end. It works, though.
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"Workers of the world, unite!" is a top five line from the movie.
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Aykroyd's blinking with the absolute glee on his face when they open up on the feds is something.
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Maybe one of the best anti-union movies ever too.DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 9:56 pmAnd I mean that in the sense where "The Professional" is really, really, good, but I might lean toward this one.DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 9:55 pmTop of my head, 90% first half ("The Professional") and 100% second half.Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 9:54 pm Is this simultaneously the best movie of all time about hitmen and the best about reuinions?
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Seems abrupt to end it so soon after the shoot, but probably the right decision.
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Up there with The Replacements certainly.
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My wife just revealed that she worked with the waitress ages ago (I Left My Heart in San Fran-cheezy).
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Is that Driver singing along with the song during the credits? Good touch if so,
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One thing I've read about the movie is that there were several different endings shot, but I agree. Not sure what kind of epilogue really would have helped it.Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 10:07 pm Seems abrupt to end it so soon after the shoot, but probably the right decision.
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Chris Douridas, one of the music consultants, is one of those LA music legends for hosting a music show on the Santa Monica College NPR station for ages.
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I've always liked this movie but hadn't watched it in years and think my appreciation went up even higher.
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Well, it was DSafe's idea so he gets like 90 percent of the credit.Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 10:09 pm I've always liked this movie but hadn't watched it in years and think my appreciation went up even higher.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine-ish Movie Night - Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Thursday, April 16, 9 PM ET
That was enjoyable. I give it 9.5 out of 10 plane rides. One of those movies I think I have on DVD, but I don't. Not deleted from the DVR.
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Echo what carwash said in his last post.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine-ish Movie Night - Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Thursday, April 16, 9 PM ET
Show me some Vernors.
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Call back/reference/connection to Say Anything?? Sport of the future, don't ya know.Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 8:45 pm This guy is kickboxing legend Benny "The Jet" Urquidez, by the way.
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Another great example of this is The Office.Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 8:47 pmThis whole movie is a good example of "a surprising amount of California doesn't look like what people think California looks like."
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I was Detroit adjacent, and it was A THING.
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