Hype Movie Club

[flickchick85]

Yep, one thread works well for us in the TV club, so I’m sticking with that for now.

 

[ComicChick]

okay i'll make sure i subscribe. i'm going out of town for work this week, so i might try to do an Indiana Jones movie and/or Raging Bull
i've seen Last Crusade, and I finally saw Raiders this year, but I think i missed most of it. Never seen Temple

 

[Iceman]

Indiana Jones (probably all 4) is up first just because I already own them. Will have to see where I can access Raging Bull and Lost Boys in the meantime. This is a great push to do a full rewatch as I've been lazy on rewatching my favourite films in recent years. Used to be much more methodical about it to ensure I saw them all every year.

 

[squeekness]

I watched Raging Bull on Max if that helps.

 

[Iceman]

I watched Raging Bull on Max if that helps.

Actually it does, thanks! I’ve only recently got access to that.

 

[Enriquespy]

Raging Bull is in my to watch list. It's a big list, And I don't always know what motivates me to watch a movie from there. I guess I have a very voluble mood. I did watched the Indiana Jones Trilogy recently, and they hold up really well.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Raging Bull is in my to watch list. It's a big list, And I don't always know what motivates me to watch a movie from there. I guess I have a very voluble mood. I did watched the Indiana Jones Trilogy recently, and they hold up really well.

The trilogy absolutely does! Shame there was never a 4th one

 

[flickchick85]

First time watching Raging Bull since I first saw it in college (well over a decade ago). My main takeaway this time is that yes, De Niro is fantastic, the directing is of course fantastic, the cinematography is fantastic (Michael Chapman, same DP as The Lost Boys, y'all!), but the true star of this movie for me this time was Thelma Schoonmaker. Good God is the editing magnificent here. Every choice of where to cut, where to have slo-mo, where to leave the scene running, etc. pretty much goes against where any other editor would do it, and every time it totally works to the movie's benefit. And then when she goes straight-up impressionistic in the 3rd act with all the fast cuts? Breathtaking. Probably did so as an homage to Hitchcock's iconic 52-cut shower scene in Psycho, but it works to a completely different effect here. Never mind the totally dreamlike quality she and the sound team were able to create throughtout the entire film (just look at how effectively they use all that silience). I honestly think this is one of the best-edited pictures ever made.

 

[C. Lee]

Some comments on the selected films.

RAGING BULL
The people who regularly read my monthly movie list will find this strange for me to say. I have tried several times over the decades to watch this....and have never gotten more than a half hour into it. Some movies with excessive cursing I can watch without batting an eye. This one I can't.

I watched the Indy films in the last few months, so didn't think I needed to rewatch them this month for this.
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
This is one of my favorite movies. I have lost track of how many times I have seen it. I watched it at least 10 times at the theater when it was originally released. It was one of the first VHS tapes I bought after buying my first VCR. It was the first DVD I bought.The excitement of sitting in a packed theater seeing it for the first time was wild. Everything was new. The shouts of laughter and "Hells yes!" from several hundred people seeing certain scenes for the first time rattled the rafters. If casually scanning TV channels and come across it, I must watch it. All the actors were good. The action scenes were thrilling. It is funny and exciting.

INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
Fun film. Some things stretch credulity, but that can be said of many films. I had a giant laugh (which no one around me understood) at seeing the CLUB OBI WAN. It was my first remembrance of seeing Kate Capshaw. She was beautiful but a bit too shrill for me. Ke Huy Quan was a delight. I remember the shrieks of the audience, and a girlfriend I took to it, of the scenes with bugs, monkey brains, and hearts pulled from chests.

INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
Wonderful movie. Connery was made to be Indy's dad. It was nice to see Elliott and Davies back.There are exciting action sequences and beautiful scenery. There's a lot of humor in it (and it works more than the "humor" in IJATTOD)

 

[Spider-Fan]

I dont know if this is a minority opinion or not, but watched Last Crusade last night, and it's my favorite Indy film. It's so much fun! Love the characters, Indy and his dad are a treasure together, it never drags, and it's just wonderful. Probably one of my favorite action movies.

For me, it's:

Last Crusade
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Temple of Doom

And it's such a shame there was never a 4th one

 

[squeekness]

Crystal Skull was beyond bad. It's easy to pretend it was never made.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Crystal Skull was beyond bad. It's easy to pretend it was never made.

What's this Crystal Skull you speak of? Last I remember, Indy rode off into the sunset with his friends

 

[flickchick85]

I dont know if this is a minority opinion or not, but watched Last Crusade last night, and it's my favorite Indy film. It's so much fun! Love the characters, Indy and his dad are a treasure together, it never drags, and it's just wonderful. Probably one of my favorite action movies.

For me, it's:

Last Crusade
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Temple of Doom

And it's such a shame there was never a 4th one

Last Crusade has always been my fave (and that’s my exact ranking) as well!

 

[squeekness]

What's this Crystal Skull you speak of? Last I remember, Indy rode off into the sunset with his friends

It's what isn't giving me much faith in the new one coming out.

 

[Iceman]

I dont know if this is a minority opinion or not, but watched Last Crusade last night, and it's my favorite Indy film. It's so much fun! Love the characters, Indy and his dad are a treasure together, it never drags, and it's just wonderful. Probably one of my favorite action movies.

For me, it's:

Last Crusade
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Temple of Doom

And it's such a shame there was never a 4th one

Same order for me for Indy. Having Connery in and the banter between Ford and Connery elevated it just that bit more, and it ended the trilogy so well. The one area I think I have an opinion that doesn’t match with most is that I rank Temple quite close to the other 2 rather than having a big drop off.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Same order for me for Indy. Having Connery in and the banter between Ford and Connery elevated it just that bit more, and it ended the trilogy so well. The one area I think I have an opinion that doesn’t match with most is that I rank Temple quite close to the other 2 rather than having a big drop off.

I love Temple of Doom, so no argument from me on that!

 

[Kane52630]

Here's a scene in which Jake LaMotta and his brother respond to someone eyeing his girl:

Finally finished Raging Bull after all these years and I gotta say I am impressed by it but not quite by its story, unfortunately. It's without question a filmmaking achievement from the directing, cinematography, and editing. Especially during the boxing scenes, the technical stuff stands out the most where it does feel like you're in a dreamlike wonder. Funny enough Creed III seems like it was not only borrowing from anime but from this movie especially. All in all, you see why this movie still holds up in that regard. It's gorgeous to look at at times.

Solid pre-Goodfellas performances by Robert de Niro and Joe Pesci and I finally figured out where that elephant line came from. And I thought Robert de Niro had some of his best scenes when he was older. Even for the typical abused wife role, I thought Cathy Moriarty was bringing something different to it. While I get on paper it's a biopic on Jake LaMotta, I can't help but see the rise and fall formula of this. And that's probably because there have been so many sports movies I've seen since this came out that use this same formula. But overall, great movie even if it hasn't aged well in some parts.

 

[flickchick85]

Yeah, the story/script was kinda the weak link for me. Felt a bit...thin.

 

[-Arya-]

The rise and fall formula was made popular by Scorsese in the first place, so I can’t fault Raging Bull just because there’s been lots of movies inspired by it. It’s like someone watching Psycho or Halloween for the first time and not being impressed because they’ve seen horror movies like it before.

 

[Kane52630]

Yeah is true but also there's been so many since then and some have done it so much better than Raging Bull, you kinda have to adjust your mind a bit and think of the time period of when this came out.

 

[scarlet-witch]

I watched Raging Bull for the first time in 2020, and I found Jake to be so boring as a character. I was expecting to get more out of this film than I did. I really enjoyed how the fight scenes were shot, and the filmmaking in general. But the story and character development lacked.

I thought about two "unlikable" characters immediately when watching this. Lester Burnham from American Beauty and Jordan Belford from The Wolf of Wall Street. Those two in my opinion are two of the best examples of how you make an unlikeable character interesting. Jordan's antics were over the top and you couldn't stop watching. Lester had so many observations over his midlife crisis that he always remained interesting to me even when he was being a complete sleeze. I didn't find a single thing Jake did interesting. He was just kind of a tosser the entire time.

 

[squeekness]

Just started watching the first Indiana movie. Was surprised to see a very young Alfred Molina. Thin! I only recognized him from his voice, lol.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Last Crusade has always been my fave (and that’s my exact ranking) as well!

Great minds think alike!

 

[Enriquespy]

Raiders is so dear to my heart, but I'll grant that it doesn't has the best joke in the Indyverse.

Best one is: (punch)":skeptical::skeptical::furious::furious:NO TICKET:furious::furious:!!!!!!!!!"

The second is maybe the "book signing"

The third is your favorite of the Dad son interactions.

Marion, Short-round and the pals great. But Harrison and Connery had the best chemistry and Crusade had the best humor.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Raiders is so dear to my heart, but I'll grant that it doesn't has the best joke in the Indyverse.

Best one is: (punch)":skeptical::skeptical::furious::furious:NO TICKET:furious::furious:!!!!!!!!!"

The second is maybe the "book signing"

The third is your favorite of the Dad son interactions.

Marion, Short-round and the pals great. But Harrison and Connery had the best chemistry and Crusade had the best humor.

No ticket is my favorite joke, but very closely followed by his father shooting their plane and then pausing before saying "Son, they got us!"