Baumer's Top 100 films you have probably heard of but more than likely haven't seen. #1: Cute Clever Mischievous, but don't feed them after midnight!

[75Live]

2 minutes ago, Baumer said:

Glad you liked it as much as I did 75.  It's really a wonderful film with a terrific script imo.  

 

oh yeah I always really liked the film.  If it's on, I always stop to watch it.  Plus having Wil Wheaton playing an Italian kid if enough to want to watch  

[ttr]

 

oh yeah I always really liked the film.  If it's on, I always stop to watch it.  Plus having Wil Wheaton playing an Italian kid if enough to want to watch [emoji6] 

For some reason I've never liked Wheaton...

[75Live]

10 minutes ago, ttr said:

For some reason I've never liked Wheaton...

 

it's more about him playing a mafia boss' son that is the funny part about it, not really about him personally  

[xequalsy]

13 hours ago, Baumer said:

 

I'll take that bet. You take a poll with anyone here undeep the age of 30. I bet more than half haven't seen it.

Yes, I have to admit it's a film I've not gotten the chance to see. Thanks for the recommendation, even if it's more famous than the others.

 

 

[chasmmi]

At this point in both lists I have seen more from Tele's than Baumers.

 

(I saw a Bridge too Far and the last 20 minutes of CEof3K)

 

Of course with Tele, I then went on to have not seen a film until Return to Oz...

[IronJimbo]

Think I'm going to watch Toy Soliders this weekend.

 

I'm thinking of making a 7 films that are objectively the greatest of all time list, what do you guys think?

[Dementeleus]

2 minutes ago, IronJimbo said:

Think I'm going to watch Toy Soliders this weekend.

 

I'm thinking of making a 7 films that are objectively the greatest of all time list, what do you guys think?

 

But what about PIRANHA 2?

[IronJimbo]

4 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

 

But what about PIRANHA 2?

Triggered.

 

[baumer]

[baumer]

Number 96

Action Jackson (1988)

Directed by Craig R. Baxley

Starring Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Sharon Stone

Box Office:  20.2 million

 

The 80's and 90's belonged to Joel Silver.  In fact, he is probably considered one of the most financially successful producers of all time.  In 1987, Carl Weathers had a starring role in Silver's Predator.  After dying in the Rocky films and in Predator, it was finally time for Carl Weathers to get a starring role of his own.  And while it wasn't a massive hit, it did fairly well for a film of its kind.  Unfortunately for Weathers, this did not turn him into the next action star and his career kind of fizzled out after this film.  

 

In his first starring vehicle, Carl Weathers once again shows off effortless charisma and his incredibly chiseled body. He's a natural for a role like this, playing the title character, a detective who's been saddled with a desk job for two years but who gets caught up in the schemes of Peter Dellaplane (a wonderfully hammy Craig T. Nelson), an auto tycoon with political ambitions and a murderous nature. Action Jackson figures that the way to get to Dellaplane is through his women: either his young second wife Patrice (Sharon Stone) or his foxy mistress Sydney (singer / actress Vanity).

The film comes up with a couple of one liners, some better than others. "So? He had a spare!" You know it's not meant to be taken seriously when Action Jackson actually drives a car through his quarry's house - and that's just one major example. The clichés are there, too: we have the kind of "Talking Villain" who feels the obligation to tell the good guy his entire evil plan - wrongly assuming, of course, that his nemesis is toast. Craig R. Baxley, a longtime stunt specialist in a career dating back to the early 70s, makes his theatrical directing debut here, and he would follow it up with such other delights as "I Come In Peace" (a.k.a. "Dark Angel") and "Stone Cold". So the movie is naturally full of great stunt work.  It's also littered with other Joel Silver regulars like Bill Duke and Sonny Landham.  Action Jackson is a good 80's action film and if the studio would of had a bit more confidence in it and perhaps made few tweeks, it could have turned into a franchise.  Personally, I love this film.  It's as cheesy as they come but it's also a lot of fun.

 

Interesting stuff:  Carl Weathers came up with the idea for the film on the set of _Predator (1987) _, during conversations with producer 'Joel Silver' about their shared love of 1970s blaxploitation films. The title was born after Weathers spoke to an Australian crew member about the project. To indicate his interest in working on the film, the crew member said, "I'm in like Action Jackson."

 

https://youtu.be/-AvMn2Vh0fQ

[baumer]

Number 95

Sleep With Me (1994)

Directed by Rory Kelly

Starring:  Eric Stoltz, Craig Sheffer, Meg Tilly and Quentin Tarantino

Box office:  $200,000

 

Spanning the time from the marriage of Joe to Sarah through the various stages of their marriage breakdown, this follows Joe's best friend Frank as he tries to hold his life together despite his love for Sarah.

Written by about six different writers, each doing a different section. It all plays like the opposite of Friends. The group of friends are less polished and in some respects seem more realistic, however in other scenes their activities seem very far fetched and outlandish to be real. However at the end of the day the central strand of the story around Joe, Sarah and Frank is good and interesting. The only problem with this strand is that more time is spent watching Joe and Sarah experience problems rather than falling in love - this makes their relationship hard to support or believe in. Whereas in contrast Frank's longing for Sarah is shown to be developing and it makes it easier to support this.

The film's main weakness is that some of the  supporting characters are little more than fonts for witty banter and never convince as real people. Stoltz is actually quite good, however Sheffer is allowed more audience sympathy and comes off better. Tilly is excellent (and is very beautiful) she brings the torn wife to life. Of the rest of the cast there are plenty of indie faces, but the real stealer is Tarantino in a short cameo as a party guest talking frenetically, the way only Tarantino can, about Top Gun's homoerotic sub text.  To be honest, I liked this movie from start to finish.  I loved QT's brief 5 minute came and it's why this film has stayed with me for 20 years.  If you don't want to watch the whole film, and you should, it's a beautiful independent film, but if you don't, I'll link the youtube clip of Tarantino doing his gay Top Gun bit.  

 

Interesting stuff:  Quentin Tarantino has a small role in this movie. Eric Stoltz, the main actor, also had the main role in Killing Zoe, which Tarantino produced. On top of that, Stoltz also was an actor in Pulp Fiction.

 

Keeping with the theme of actors working together before, Stoltz and Scheffer also appeared in Some Kind of Wonderful.

 

 

 

 

 

[baumer]

Number 94

My Bloody Valentine (1981)

Directed by George Mihalka

Starring:  No one you have heard of (Paul Kellman and Lori Halier)

Box office:  5.6 million

 

It doesn’t get anymore Canadian than this. Made in Canada, starring mostly unknown Canadian actors and produced with Canadian money, this is one film that could have been lost had it not been for Lionsgate buying the rights to it. It’s now widely considered the best Canadian horror film of all time. Lionsgate was responsible for adding in nine minutes of footage cut by the MPAA, due to its extreme gruesome nature. Without this footage, it’s a good film but with the added footage, you get a more brutal villain and more ingenuity in the killings. This takes place in a mining town in Nova Scotia and the town is finally, after 20 years, celebrating Valentine’s Day again. There was a fatal accident that killed several miners and one apparently survived. His name is Harry Warden, and he has come back to take revenge on anyone who dare celebrate this day. Directed with a keen eye for detail, what seemed like a cheap ersatz of better films from the same era, it has stood the test of time and become a classic. For sheer brilliance, check out the scene in the laundromat.  It's also incredibly atmospheric and has some terrific gore and genuine scares.

 

Interesting Stuff:  The caption near the beginning states "Thursday February 12th", indicating that the dance will be on Saturday the 14th. That means Friday the 13th falls in between them. The Friday the 13th (1980) series was released by Paramount and the plot of My Bloody Valentine (1981) is similar to the Friday the 13th (1980) films.

 

In an interview with TerrorTrap.com director George Mihalka said that the shooting location at Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia was chosen because of its rustic atmospheric appearance. However when the locals found out that a movie was to be shot there they decided to spend $50,000 to have the mine painted and cleaned! This, of course, diminished the reason that the production wanted the location to begin with. Mihalka said that $75,000 of the films budget was then used to return the mine to its original state for shooting.

 

 

 

 

[baumer]

I hope @The Stingray appreciates that one.

[The Stingray]

5 hours ago, Baumer said:

I hope @The Stingray appreciates that one.

 

[ttr]

Number 96

Action Jackson (1988)

Directed by Craig R. Baxley

Starring Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Sharon Stone

Box Office:  20.2 million

 

The 80's and 90's belonged to Joel Silver.  In fact, he is probably considered one of the most financially successful producers of all time.  In 1987, Carl Weathers had a starring role in Silver's Predator.  After dying in the Rocky films and in Predator, it was finally time for Carl Weathers to get a starring role of his own.  And while it wasn't a massive hit, it did fairly well for a film of its kind.  Unfortunately for Weathers, this did not turn him into the next action star and his career kind of fizzled out after this film.  

 

In his first starring vehicle, Carl Weathers once again shows off effortless charisma and his incredibly chiseled body. He's a natural for a role like this, playing the title character, a detective who's been saddled with a desk job for two years but who gets caught up in the schemes of Peter Dellaplane (a wonderfully hammy Craig T. Nelson), an auto tycoon with political ambitions and a murderous nature. Action Jackson figures that the way to get to Dellaplane is through his women: either his young second wife Patrice (Sharon Stone) or his foxy mistress Sydney (singer / actress Vanity).

The film comes up with a couple of one liners, some better than others. "So? He had a spare!" You know it's not meant to be taken seriously when Action Jackson actually drives a car through his quarry's house - and that's just one major example. The clichés are there, too: we have the kind of "Talking Villain" who feels the obligation to tell the good guy his entire evil plan - wrongly assuming, of course, that his nemesis is toast. Craig R. Baxley, a longtime stunt specialist in a career dating back to the early 70s, makes his theatrical directing debut here, and he would follow it up with such other delights as "I Come In Peace" (a.k.a. "Dark Angel") and "Stone Cold". So the movie is naturally full of great stunt work.  It's also littered with other Joel Silver regulars like Bill Duke and Sonny Landham.  Action Jackson is a good 80's action film and if the studio would of had a bit more confidence in it and perhaps made few tweeks, it could have turned into a franchise.  Personally, I love this film.  It's as cheesy as they come but it's also a lot of fun.

 

Interesting stuff:  Carl Weathers came up with the idea for the film on the set of _Predator (1987) _, during conversations with producer 'Joel Silver' about their shared love of 1970s blaxploitation films. The title was born after Weathers spoke to an Australian crew member about the project. To indicate his interest in working on the film, the crew member said, "I'm in like Action Jackson."

 

https://youtu.be/-AvMn2Vh0fQ

The phrase "Action Jackson" lived for years between me and my friends [emoji106]

[baumer]

Coming up tonight....teh film that launched Wesley Snipes into stardom and a small gangster movie starring Ed Harris, that made about $3.25 at the box office but was one of the best films of 1990.

[4815162342]

I always bet on black @Baumer

[baumer]

To be fair Major League really got him noticed but it's a movie that came out just a little bit later that actually propelled him into stardom. And in this case numbers, it's not betting on black.

[4815162342]

14 minutes ago, Baumer said:

To be fair Major League really got him noticed but it's a movie that came out just a little bit later that actually propelled him into stardom. And in this case numbers, it's not betting on black.

 

It's ok, I can still jump.

[The Stingray]

If you want an underrated basketball movie, check out Spike Lee's He Got Game.