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DanWillHor t1_j6m7awc wrote

Reply to The last hour of Cast Away is devastating and beautiful by PastMiddleAge

I remember getting so mad at Helen Hunt when I first watched it years ago. So mad, lol.

"She's fucking awful! HOW could she?!"

Then I watch it later and it's just sad because she deserves a life, too. Her partner disappearing doesn't mean she has to become a nun or perma-sad recluse. She also went through a tough time. Not the same by any means but she had to bury the guy without the body and then fell for their dentist (or whoever the fuck he was, I don't recall). The only part that still bugs me is how he came in to talk to Hanks as opposed to her, like he's trying to boss-up on him a bit in a passive aggressive way. Afraid she'll leave him, etc.

But I was SO mad on first view.

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Blackfist01 t1_j6m791w wrote

Reply to Schwarzenegger's best one liner Movie by [deleted]

As obvious as it is "I'll be back..."

Is probably his best, the delivery and payoff were perfect.

A dry line with a disproportionately violent action, and there was build up to a surprise.

Who saw that car coming in the theatre?😂

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Knowlesdinho t1_j6m6qec wrote

Reply to Schwarzenegger's best one liner Movie by [deleted]

Watched Running Man the other day, it's full of them and it's great for it.

I think Last Action Hero is the best though because it's a parody of Arnie's movies and he's in on the joke.

I grew a lot of respect for Arnie and Stallone in the 90s as they stuck to their craft but took the pee out of themselves and each other at the same time.

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Lessiarty t1_j6m6kb4 wrote

Reply to Schwarzenegger's best one liner Movie by [deleted]

Underrated one, for my money, from The 6th Day.

"You should go clone yourself while you're still alive."

"Why, so I can understand your unique perspective?"

"No, so you can go fuck yourself!"

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rbhindepmo t1_j6m68qu wrote

Reply to comment by Hairy_Seaweed9309 in Cindy Williams Dies: ‘Laverne & Shirley‘ Star Who Appeared In ’American Graffiti’ & ‘The Conversation’ Was 75 by MarvelsGrantMan136

Ed Marinaro jumping directly from Laverne and Shirley to Hill Street Blues was probably a good decision.

Also, Wikipedia doesn’t list a birthdate for Leslie Easterbrook. So aside from McKean, you gotta dig deep into the regular cast.

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jl_theprofessor t1_j6m66ta wrote

Reply to The last hour of Cast Away is devastating and beautiful by PastMiddleAge

I have to rewatch this film. I've gotten older and take a lot more joy in trying to interpret what a director was going for.

Just rewatched the final scene. He literally ends the film at a crossroads?! A literal crossroads! And the road the girl travels is the unpaved one that's less traveled. Gods. Did I just not think about this stuff when I was younger?

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Pal_Smurch t1_j6m5yv9 wrote

Reply to Cindy Williams Dies: ‘Laverne & Shirley‘ Star Who Appeared In ’American Graffiti’ & ‘The Conversation’ Was 75 by MarvelsGrantMan136

Was just watching a documentary on American Graffiti last night.

In 1990, I met her and her husband, Bill Hudson, and their two kids. They were snowed in and waiting out a storm in my sister’s restaurant. Her daughter was eight, and danced for my sister who was a dance instructor. They were very gracious folks.

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bongart t1_j6m4l42 wrote

Reply to comment by tinoynk in Last Man Standing(1996) is the same movie as A Fistful of Dollars(1964) by crazyhusker

Actually, Akira Kurosawa saw The Glass Key (1942), and made his own version. He even went so far as to copy/pay homage to it, with renditions of certain scenes, redone almost shot for shot in Yojimbo. For example, the captivity scene, where Yojimbo is in the brewery. He is being watched by a short thin man, and a tall fat man. They are playing a board game. They watch Yojimbo crawl across the floor, before the big man goes over, picks him up, and tosses him back in the room. This scene is taken directly from The Glass Key (down to the fact that both scenes take place in a brewery, the direction across the screen of the crawl, the sides of the table the thugs sit at... the fact that in both scenes they are playing a version of checkers, when the big one goes to pick up the hero, etc.).

Sergio Leone saw Yojimbo, and made his own version... and later got in trouble for not giving credit where credit was due.

Walter Hill saw all three, and put in nods to each of them. The bottle spin in the opening scene in Last Man Standing? That's Yojimbo throwing a stick in the air in the beginning. The dead horse in the street? That the dog with the hand in Yojimbo. The gang beating up Bruce's car? That's the mule scene from Fistful, as opposed to the initial confrontation scene from Yojimbo.

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