Classic Conversation Thread

[Alli]

46 minutes ago, MrGlass2 said:

The Killing, Paths of Glory, Spartacus, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut.

Full Metal Jacket is my fav. I have only seen the bolded ones

[MrGlass2]

1 minute ago, Alli said:

Full Metal Jacket is my fav. I have only seen the bolded ones

Great, watch Dr. Strangelove and Barry Lyndon next (then the rest).
Anyway, what an amazing half-life run.

[terrestrial]

Kurosawa. Mifune. What a voice. 'Nuff said.

[Cap]

All right, which one of you is on Jeopardy right now.  The guy is talking about him and his friends have a fantasy box office league.

[Eric Duncan]

10 minutes ago, captainwondyful said:

All right, which one of you is on Jeopardy right now.  The guy is talking about him and his friends have a fantasy box office league.

I knew @WrathOfHan's "I'm in college" excuse was a lie

[HouseOfTheSun]

14 minutes ago, captainwondyful said:

All right, which one of you is on Jeopardy right now.  The guy is talking about him and his friends have a fantasy box office league.

More importantly...where do we join 

[Cap]

Aw, whoever you are, you just lost Final Jeopardy despite going in with the lead.  

[dxmatrixdt]

2 hours ago, CoolioD1 said:

i'll go see it probably on a cheap tuesday. gonna see that and watch big eyes/peculiar children for the first time as well. not happy about any of this.

 

[Plain Old Tele]

2 hours ago, CoolioD1 said:

the crazy thing about lolita is that kubrick is seen as some master of control but he lets Sellers get away with some unbearably long improv shtick in that movie. more like stanley apatow. he found the right balance with strangelove but sheesh.

 

After STRANGELOVE there’s a slow decline. Okay, okay, after 2001. 

[Jake Gittes]

Clockwork doesn't hold up for me either but the subsequent four are all great. Barry Lyndon is his peak imo.

[Mulder]

3 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

 

After STRANGELOVE there’s a slow decline. Okay, okay, after 2001. 

Is that when you stopped going to Kubrick OWs?

[Plain Old Tele]

2 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

Clockwork doesn't hold up for me either but the subsequent four are all great. Barry Lyndon is his peak imo.

 

Myeah, LYNDON’s pretty good, I have to confess. I’m mixed on the rest — they have sequences that’re excellent, though. 

[DAR]

I’ve never seen the Killing, Lolita or Barry Lyndon.  Spartacus once years ago.  Eyes Wide Shut isn’t very good.  Full Metal Jacket is one half a great movie.  Once the boot camp scenes end it feels like it could have been made by anyone.  2001 I try to get into and usually 20 minutes in my mind wanders.  

 

That leaves Paths of Glory, Dr Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange and the Shining.  I saw Paths a few years back thought it was incredible.  Strangelove is brilliant.  Clockwork has grow on me.  And the Shining is my favorite horror movie

[terrestrial]

Can someone give me an explanation for the ABC grades as used here at BOT?

I've seen different ones in the net

Like

A = ?/10 - 10/10

B =

C =

D =

F =

Means a + or a - something like 0.5 or 0.25 or ?

 

 

 

[Plain Old Tele]

4 minutes ago, DAR said:

Full Metal Jacket is one half a great movie.  Once the boot camp scenes end it feels like it could have been made by anyone. 

 

So much this! *fist bump*

[Plain Old Tele]

4 minutes ago, terrestrial said:

Can someone give me an explanation for the ABC grades as used here at BOT?

I've seen different ones in the net

Like

A = ?/10 - 10/10

B =

C =

D =

F =

Means a + or a - something like 0.5 or 0.25 or ?

 

 

 

 

To be honest, everyone has their own interpretations.  

[Jake Gittes]

13 minutes ago, DAR said:

Eyes Wide Shut isn’t very good.  Full Metal Jacket is one half a great movie.  Once the boot camp scenes end it feels like it could have been made by anyone.  

 

8 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

 

So much this! *fist bump*

Madness. Total madness

[terrestrial]

7 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

To be honest, everyone has their own interpretations.  

What's yours?

[TwoMisfits]

13 minutes ago, terrestrial said:

Can someone give me an explanation for the ABC grades as used here at BOT?

I've seen different ones in the net

Like

A = ?/10 - 10/10

B =

C =

D =

F =

Means a + or a - something like 0.5 or 0.25 or ?

 

 

 

For me...

A/A+ (I don't give these out much - MAYBE 1-2 a year, and sometimes none) - 10

A- - 9

B+ - 8

B - 7

B- - 6 (last grade I usually recommend a movie at)

C+ - 5

C - 4

C- - 3

D+ - 2

D - 1

F - 0

 

Yes, there's no D-, but really is there even from a teacher?:)...Few movies for me fall below C- (although I've had a few big blockbusters down there recently), and very few get an A or an A+:)...

 

So, anytime my family grades a movie (b/c they understand letters), that's where they are coming from...

Edited March 14, 2019 by TwoMisfits

[Darth Lehnsherr]

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Edited March 14, 2019 by Darth Lehnsherr