Films you like that others loathe - Page 29

MaxJoker · July 17th, 2017, 01:23 PM

Now this ,

Certainly isn't a great film.
Is a silly story put across in a pedestrian fashion.
Garcia is San Francisco police officer Frank Connor who`s broken the law in his search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. There's only one catch. The potential donor is convicted multiple murderer and poster boy for psychopaths Peter McCabe. Who could care less about saving anybody but himself. He sees a trip to the hospital as the perfect opportunity to get what he wants most , freedom.

There`s nothing much to recommend it.
Other than this chaps performance.

Which is why I like it

**rosestone** · July 17th, 2017, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by MaxJoker

There`s nothing much to recommend it.
Other than this chaps performance.

Which is why I like it

That's funny, I was telling my wife about this film only 2 days ago after we watched the new Spiderman movie, because it took me awhile to figure out where I had seen Michael Keaton's performance before........

....and it was this movie, which I remember watching at 2am one night in 1998 with my mate Dave*, it's one of those brilliantly generic 90s thrillers that always starred Andy Garcia, or Bill Pullman, or Alec Baldwin

*for ages after seeing this movie, my mate and I would say to each other "Don't be giving me stale cigarettes", in Keaton's ice cold bastard voice.

MaxJoker · July 17th, 2017, 02:29 PM

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That's funny, I was telling my wife about this film only 2 days ago after we watched the new Spiderman movie, because it took me awhile to figure out where I had seen Michael Keaton's performance before........

....and it was this movie, which I remember watching at 2am one night in 1998 with my mate Dave*, it's one of those brilliantly generic 90s thrillers that always starred Andy Garcia, or Bill Pullman, or Alec Baldwin

*for ages after seeing this movie, my mate and I would say to each other "Don't be giving me stale cigarettes", in Keaton's ice cold bastard voice.

Ye`Gads Stones it was having watched the new Spider-Man movie that reminded me about this film and Keaton`s bad ass character

Not that he was none too shabby a villain in Pacific Heights either

**rosestone** · July 18th, 2017, 03:04 PM

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Ye`Gads Stones it was having watched the new Spider-Man movie that reminded me about this film and Keaton`s bad ass character

I'm watching 'Desperate Measures' right now because you were talking about it and I got a hankering to see it again! I should be working, but instead I'm enjoying a ridiculously contrived 90s thriller with a tophole Michael Keaton performance that I haven't seen for 20 years

MaxJoker · July 18th, 2017, 03:28 PM

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I'm watching 'Desperate Measures' right now because you were talking about it and I got a hankering to see it again!

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I should be working, but instead I'm enjoying a ridiculously contrived 90s thriller with a tophole Michael Keaton performance that I haven't seen for 20 years

You`re right there Mate , contrived it damn well was

Still credit where it`s due. Completely daffy movie premise and mostly unbelievable or not , it has one of the coolest endings too

Just free streamed

Is it wrong to admit I was rooting for Keaton

**Jake Gittes** · July 20th, 2017, 09:28 AM

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One movie I thought that has been undeservedly maligned.

The basic premise is that two girls head out to the French countryside where they are brutally attacked by a psychotic truck driver.

The film delivers all the blood and gore you could ask for, but I also found it full of suspense and excruciating fear.

The main issue viewers and critics had with the film is the twist at the end. Understandable, but if you applied the "unreliable narrator" interpretation, it makes sense, in my reliable and humble opinion!

MaxJoker · July 23rd, 2017, 03:32 PM

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One movie I thought that has been undeservedly maligned.

Me too Mate

Now then what do you get if you cross Escape from New York/ Under Siege/ Romancing the stone /Die Hard and Moonraker

This of course

Which got a lot of flack and not much money on it`s budget back.

Only you know what

I actually found it (Once I`d sent every ounce of my logic packing) pretty fun and quite watchable

**rosestone** · July 23rd, 2017, 03:40 PM

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Oh, I actually met that guy once, I used to live in the same town as him. He's called Vincent Reagan, or something. He's got a beautiful head of hair.

*end of boring facts*

**wimbo77** · September 16th, 2017, 07:25 PM

Dante's Peak (1997)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante's_Peak

Dante's Peak is a 1997 American dramatic disaster thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Charles Hallahan, Elizabeth Hoffman, Jamie Renée Smith, Jeremy Foley and Grant Heslov, the film was set in the fictional town of Dante's Peak where the inhabitants must survive the volcano's eruption and its dangers.

MaxJoker · September 17th, 2017, 06:19 PM

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Go to agree it`s not as crummy as been denounced.
Butt still

You know that scene when they`re on the acid lake and with barely a handful of feet left till the dock thingie (Sorry for getting so technical

). Granny then decides to jump into the water (For no logical reason whatsoever

) and tow the boat the rest of the couple feet way. Plus rather than climb onto said dock thingie. Wades through more acid water till she reaches the sore instead

Er , why

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MaxJoker Beloved Brother Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cemetery Gardens_Arterial Blood Lane_Rampton Secure Unit_Extra Violent F Wing_Cell 19 Posts: 69,106 Thanks: 372,713 Thanked 987,582 Times in 69,067 Posts	Watching it again just to hear Keaton`s ice cold bastard voice Now this , Certainly isn't a great film. Is a silly story put across in a pedestrian fashion. Garcia is San Francisco police officer Frank Connor who`s broken the law in his search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. There's only one catch. The potential donor is convicted multiple murderer and poster boy for psychopaths Peter McCabe. Who could care less about saving anybody but himself. He sees a trip to the hospital as the perfect opportunity to get what he wants most , freedom. There`s nothing much to recommend it. Other than this chaps performance. Which is why I like it __________________ My hypocrisy only goes so To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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wimbo77 Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 9,115 Thanks: 130,160 Thanked 144,381 Times in 9,160 Posts	Dante's Peak (1997) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante's_Peak Dante's Peak is a 1997 American dramatic disaster thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Charles Hallahan, Elizabeth Hoffman, Jamie Renée Smith, Jeremy Foley and Grant Heslov, the film was set in the fictional town of Dante's Peak where the inhabitants must survive the volcano's eruption and its dangers. __________________