Excellent news! I look forward to your postings. Next time Jim's away, you and I could try pulling a coup and take over this place...if only [That Devil - delete all between brackets] dear old Jim hadn't cobbled together the "what people are saying" function - now nothing's private around here.
sk, if you've explored the "mega-page of movie lists" link I posted on the home page (which is where that review link came from), then you'll have seen how many people agree with you that TWB is one of the greats - it's on quite a few of the lists.
Btw, forgive my inquisitiveness, but are you going to become a TL editor?
BTW - (not that it's really important) but I thought that they evolved into a 'seal like' species. I don't remember anything about beaks. I thought that Galapagos was a tough read.
I saw Mission to Mars over the weekend. Not a bad movie, even sometimes going a step further than most Sci-Fi movies do (although never far enough for me). The alien, however, should have looked far less Disney "A Bugs Life" computer generated.
and of course "Give your ID card to the borderguard, you alias says your Captain Jean-Luc Piccard of the United Federation of Planets cus he won't speak english anyway..."
Thank you Bertie for the review link. I should have made clear that I preferred the directors cut as I did with PAT GARRETT & BTK. For some reason Peckinpah films were over edited. When I first saw TWB (and yes it was at the theater) I thought it was an outstanding film. The director's cut just made it more outstanding. PAT GARRETT on the other hand was good (Dylan's soundtrack is haunting) but was certainly not a classic. When I saw the director's cut several years later I understood Garrett's motivation, and have termed the film classic at least to me.
The title is deceptive - it's a murder mystery set in Shakespeare, Arkansas, where the main character's landlord is murdered. The first book in a good series, but has nothing to do with William Shakespeare.
So, because he had a good point, I am renaming it from Mindless Movies I still Enjoy to Guily Pleasures, which also seems appropriate. Plus, with the recent post on the front page, will bring more visitors.
Since our tastes overlap with Hiaasen and Mosley, I'd guess you'd like Westlake. His Dortmunder books can only be described as "comic crime capers." While each stands alone, I'd recommend reading them in order because then you can enjoy the little historical references to other capers. I believe these are the Dortmunder books in chronological order:
The Hot Rock
Bank Shot
Jimmy the Kid
Nobody's Perfect
Why Me?
Good Behavior
Drowned Hopes*
Don't Ask*
What's the Worst That Could Happen?*
The starred books are my favorites. In fact, if you don't want to commit to all 9, read those three first, in order (you do have to read at least two other Dortmunder books first to fully appreciate What's the Worst That Could Happen?).
I am quite certain that I fit no philosophical profile, libertarian or otherwise. As I pointed out to Bertie I won't rise to that bait. What I meant by my statement was that while I am perfectly capable of determining what I do and do not like, I would be uncomfortable pretending that I am qualified to select the "best".
I'll talk to Sirilyan tonight and we'll clear some deadwood and some iffy entries. I'd like to thank everyone for being level-headed and honest, just as I'd hoped... :)
I was offended - not intensely, but somewhat - by the over-all tone of the list. But, hey, no one was ever harmed by being offended. On the other hand, let me suggest that we can be harmed by NOT being offended. What I mean is, if nothing offends us, if everything is "just funny - end of story", that might be very open-minded of us, but we are likely to find that sooner or later some of those things that didn't offend us are going to sneak up behind us and tear us a new arsehole.
Since TL is a democracy-until-something-REALLY- offensive-comes-along...I vote for leaving the list as is. As I said, I'm agin censorship, even democratic censorship.
Excellent news! I look forward to your postings. Next time Jim's away, you and I could try pulling a coup and take over this place...if only [That Devil - delete all between brackets] dear old Jim hadn't cobbled together the "what people are saying" function - now nothing's private around here.
sk, if you've explored the "mega-page of movie lists" link I posted on the home page (which is where that review link came from), then you'll have seen how many people agree with you that TWB is one of the greats - it's on quite a few of the lists.
Btw, forgive my inquisitiveness, but are you going to become a TL editor?
BTW - (not that it's really important) but I thought that they evolved into a 'seal like' species. I don't remember anything about beaks. I thought that Galapagos was a tough read.
I saw Mission to Mars over the weekend. Not a bad movie, even sometimes going a step further than most Sci-Fi movies do (although never far enough for me). The alien, however, should have looked far less Disney "A Bugs Life" computer generated.
and of course "Give your ID card to the borderguard, you alias says your Captain Jean-Luc Piccard of the United Federation of Planets cus he won't speak english anyway..."
oh but i don't hate anyone.
Thank you Bertie for the review link. I should have made clear that I preferred the directors cut as I did with PAT GARRETT & BTK. For some reason Peckinpah films were over edited. When I first saw TWB (and yes it was at the theater) I thought it was an outstanding film. The director's cut just made it more outstanding. PAT GARRETT on the other hand was good (Dylan's soundtrack is haunting) but was certainly not a classic. When I saw the director's cut several years later I understood Garrett's motivation, and have termed the film classic at least to me.
Not to mention the Astaire/Rogers movies.
BLAST FROM THE PAST has an amusing dance scene.
The title is deceptive - it's a murder mystery set in Shakespeare, Arkansas, where the main character's landlord is murdered. The first book in a good series, but has nothing to do with William Shakespeare.
So, because he had a good point, I am renaming it from Mindless Movies I still Enjoy to Guily Pleasures, which also seems appropriate. Plus, with the recent post on the front page, will bring more visitors.
How about Virginia Woolf and Margaret Atwood to add to your list?
...but you can drop star wars...
YEAH!!!
actualy, you HATE me
okay, you don't like me
And here's a little gift for me and Jim.
sk, here's a little gift for you.
i disagree. i liked the remake much better.
psycho, that is
That was a long time to wait for disappointment. Why don't you visit us more often? - I could have been disapointed sooner:-D
Since our tastes overlap with Hiaasen and Mosley, I'd guess you'd like Westlake. His Dortmunder books can only be described as "comic crime capers." While each stands alone, I'd recommend reading them in order because then you can enjoy the little historical references to other capers. I believe these are the Dortmunder books in chronological order:
The starred books are my favorites. In fact, if you don't want to commit to all 9, read those three first, in order (you do have to read at least two other Dortmunder books first to fully appreciate What's the Worst That Could Happen?).
I think they had a song called "Burning for You". A lot of rock stations play that one.
Would the HOT ROCK book be the basis for the 70s movie of the same name?
I am quite certain that I fit no philosophical profile, libertarian or otherwise. As I pointed out to Bertie I won't rise to that bait. What I meant by my statement was that while I am perfectly capable of determining what I do and do not like, I would be uncomfortable pretending that I am qualified to select the "best".
I'll talk to Sirilyan tonight and we'll clear some deadwood and some iffy entries. I'd like to thank everyone for being level-headed and honest, just as I'd hoped... :)
I was offended - not intensely, but somewhat - by the over-all tone of the list. But, hey, no one was ever harmed by being offended. On the other hand, let me suggest that we can be harmed by NOT being offended. What I mean is, if nothing offends us, if everything is "just funny - end of story", that might be very open-minded of us, but we are likely to find that sooner or later some of those things that didn't offend us are going to sneak up behind us and tear us a new arsehole.
Since TL is a democracy-until-something-REALLY- offensive-comes-along...I vote for leaving the list as is. As I said, I'm agin censorship, even democratic censorship.