Embarassing to admit but...

K. Forman · March 16th, 2006, 11:51 AM

And Liam also sounded more Scottish than Mel... My favorite part, was where Rob's brother dies. Man he was a whiney little screw up!

Hugh DiMauro · March 16th, 2006, 01:30 PM

The interplay in the car between Gene Hackman and his movie ex-wife, Joanna Cassidy in "The Package":

Gene: So, are ya still seeing that swab jockey?
Joanna: If you mean Commander (&^%(*&^%$... sometimes.
Gene: You living alone?
Joanna: Sometimes.
Gene: What's that supposed to mean?
Joanna: It means sometimes I live alone and sometimes I don't.
Gene: Well you sound like you're jumping in and out men's beds!
Joanna: Mind you own P's and Q's!
Gene (Laughs) Oh that's a good one!
Joanna: You never ask me how my career's going!
Gene: How's your career?
Joanna: Or my health!
Gene: How's your health?

You have to see how Hackman delivers his lines. Cracks me up every time. He's unreal. And, of course, Steve McQueen in "The Towering Inferno":

One of his Firemen has acrophobia and is scared to repel down the elevator shaft. McQueen says to him: "Then you go first. That way if you get scared and fall, you won't take any of us with you."

Ahhh... the movies. If I have more that come to mind I will post 'em.

Jack D. Hubbard · March 16th, 2006, 01:36 PM

"You can't fight in the war room!" President (If I remember correctly) Peter Sellers in Kubrick"s Dr. Strangelove or "How I learned to love the bomb."

Andy Graham · March 16th, 2006, 05:41 PM

I would say that in the case of braveheart extreme poetic lisence was used , there were basic truths like his wife was killed in the town of Lanark where they lived (which is where i was born and still live) ,that he was hung drawn and quartered and the victors of the battles stirling bridge falkirk and bannockburn

The ruins of the church where he married his wife in secret still stand today. And at the bottom of Lanark Highstreet there is a monument where his house stood. Its a nice little town, if you ever find yourself in Scotland you should go and see it.

My knowledge of the real Rob Roy isn't so good and I can't remember the film too well but I do remember not really liking it. I was only 14 when I saw it back in 95 so I should probably give it another go.

Joe Cooke · March 16th, 2006, 07:24 PM

"Red October" the moment when the Russians realize they torpedoed themselves.

Chris Hurd · March 17th, 2006, 06:25 AM

Hey, some of these scenes you guys are mentioning aren't all that embarassing! This is supposed to be "all the bits we shouldn't love, but do anyway." Kubrick and Kurosawa films don't exactly fall into that category -- love those without feeling embarassed! Marco was asking for cheesy moments to the extreme, that you can fess up to actually liking.

Kudos to Lorinda for tagging one of the schmaltziest Ron Howard moments ever to be printed on celluloid in recent history. If I were to admit to a favorite guilty pleasure, it would have to be the exact scene she described in Apollo 13. It's not as if we don't know how it'll turn out... everybody knows going in that our astros returned to Earth safe and sound. But that tense scene in Mission Control still gets to me anyway. "Will they make it? Can they make it? Oh, the suspense..."

Andy Graham · March 17th, 2006, 06:41 AM

Your right Chris, so I'll put in the scene at the end of the Goonies where one eyed Willy's pirate ship sails off into the sunset....lol got me every time as a kid and still does!

Andy.

John Kang · March 17th, 2006, 06:59 AM

Alright, who can't love a lovable robot.

Number 5, is alive. Short Circuit. Now, I'm embarrased.

More input!

Stephen Finton · March 17th, 2006, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Hurd

Hey, some of these scenes you guys are mentioning aren't all that embarassing! This is supposed to be "all the bits we shouldn't love, but do anyway." Kubrick and Kurosawa films don't exactly fall into that category -- love those without feeling embarassed! Marco was asking for cheesy moments to the extreme, that you can fess up to actually liking.

Kudos to Lorinda for tagging one of the schmaltziest Ron Howard moments ever to be printed on celluloid in recent history. If I were to admit to a favorite guilty pleasure, it would have to be the exact scene she described in Apollo 13. It's not as if we don't know how it'll turn out... everybody knows going in that our astros returned to Earth safe and sound. But that tense scene in Mission Control still gets to me anyway. "Will they make it? Can they make it? Oh, the suspense..."

Ok, how's this:

Florence Henderson in bed with Bobcat Goldthwait in the movie "Shakes the Clown".

Or the entire movie, "The Dark Backward"... I secretly love that movie and NEED it to come out on DVD. :(

Marco van Belle · March 17th, 2006, 03:51 PM

Oh dear God the shame...

As the originator of this thread I feel that I should really take this opportunity to get things back on 'embarrassing' track....

(please don't hate me for these...)

1) Speed - "There's a bomb on this bus!" (even though it is more wooden than Noah's Arc...)

2) Iron Eagle - when he puts Queen's 'One Vision' into his cassette player and bombs the hell outa the air strip (am I the only person who remembers this movie?)

3) When Harry met Sally - new years...darn it I'm welling up ;-)

If my girlfriend ever finds this thread she's gonna dump me faster than Michael Shumacher on a school run...

Edward Slonaker · March 17th, 2006, 08:55 PM

Okay, FINE! "You've Got Mail," when Tom Hank's dog comes bounding around the corner at the park and Meg Ryan (before collagen) suddenly realizes it was him all along she was getting the e-mails from.

Likewise, "Sleepless in Seattle," same scenario at the top of the Empire State Building.

Do we feel better now????

Chris Barcellos · March 17th, 2006, 09:56 PM

Adam Sandler dukes it out with Bob Barker in Happy Gilmore.

"Dad wanna have a catch"-- Field of Dreams

Michael Plunkett · March 18th, 2006, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Kang

The movies I've come to love are by Akira Kurosawa and Stanley Kubrick.

Both of them were masters of the camera. You don't see too much, or any(?), of that type of camera work lately. Everythings all fast cuts.

The stories they told were intriguing and kept you glued to your seats, hoping the movie would end soon so you can rush to the restroom and yet, wishing it would last longer...

Stanley Kubrick : Thanks for the memories or how I learned to love the atom bomb.
Clockwork Orange (I think still the best movie)
Lolita

Akira Kurosawa : Seven Samurai
Ran

Clockwork Orange- now that’s a cameraman's movie. The long shots, the wide shots- nothing like it. Stan, once a photojournalist for Look Magazine, knew how to use the lenses perspective

“One sentence is worth a minute of film- so write me 120 good sentences.” or close to it ... SK once said.

Ran is so pure...

Richard Alvarez · March 18th, 2006, 08:23 PM

Okay, pure shmaltz.

End of Princess Bride,

when Peter Falk turns to his grandson with "As you wish..."

Keith Loh · March 19th, 2006, 12:12 AM

The end of "The Natural" when the tumbling ball from the pennant game becomes the ball that ends up in the retired Robert Redford's glove. Everything is happy. They are on the farm. Glenn Close is there. So CHEESY but I LOVE IT.

March 16th, 2006, 11:51 AM	#16
K. Forman Capt. Quirk Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Middle of the woods in Georgia Posts: 3,596	And Liam also sounded more Scottish than Mel... My favorite part, was where Rob's brother dies. Man he was a whiney little screw up! __________________ www.SmokeWagonLeather.us

March 16th, 2006, 01:30 PM	#17
Hugh DiMauro Trustee Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,205	Oh man... I have so many! The interplay in the car between Gene Hackman and his movie ex-wife, Joanna Cassidy in "The Package": Gene: So, are ya still seeing that swab jockey? Joanna: If you mean Commander (&^%(*&^%$... sometimes. Gene: You living alone? Joanna: Sometimes. Gene: What's that supposed to mean? Joanna: It means sometimes I live alone and sometimes I don't. Gene: Well you sound like you're jumping in and out men's beds! Joanna: Mind you own P's and Q's! Gene (Laughs) Oh that's a good one! Joanna: You never ask me how my career's going! Gene: How's your career? Joanna: Or my health! Gene: How's your health? You have to see how Hackman delivers his lines. Cracks me up every time. He's unreal. And, of course, Steve McQueen in "The Towering Inferno": One of his Firemen has acrophobia and is scared to repel down the elevator shaft. McQueen says to him: "Then you go first. That way if you get scared and fall, you won't take any of us with you." Ahhh... the movies. If I have more that come to mind I will post 'em. __________________ Interesting, if true. And interesting anyway.

March 16th, 2006, 01:36 PM	#18
Jack D. Hubbard Major Player Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Menlo Park, CA Posts: 342	Stanley "You can't fight in the war room!" President (If I remember correctly) Peter Sellers in Kubrick"s Dr. Strangelove or "How I learned to love the bomb."

March 16th, 2006, 05:41 PM	#19
Andy Graham Major Player Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Lanark,Scotland Posts: 736	I would say that in the case of braveheart extreme poetic lisence was used , there were basic truths like his wife was killed in the town of Lanark where they lived (which is where i was born and still live) ,that he was hung drawn and quartered and the victors of the battles stirling bridge falkirk and bannockburn The ruins of the church where he married his wife in secret still stand today. And at the bottom of Lanark Highstreet there is a monument where his house stood. Its a nice little town, if you ever find yourself in Scotland you should go and see it. My knowledge of the real Rob Roy isn't so good and I can't remember the film too well but I do remember not really liking it. I was only 14 when I saw it back in 95 so I should probably give it another go. __________________ Actor: "where would that light be coming from?" DP: "same place as the music" -Andrew Lesnie-

March 17th, 2006, 06:25 AM	#21
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,366 Images: 513	Hey, some of these scenes you guys are mentioning aren't all that embarassing! This is supposed to be "all the bits we shouldn't love, but do anyway." Kubrick and Kurosawa films don't exactly fall into that category -- love those without feeling embarassed! Marco was asking for cheesy moments to the extreme, that you can fess up to actually liking. Kudos to Lorinda for tagging one of the schmaltziest Ron Howard moments ever to be printed on celluloid in recent history. If I were to admit to a favorite guilty pleasure, it would have to be the exact scene she described in Apollo 13. It's not as if we don't know how it'll turn out... everybody knows going in that our astros returned to Earth safe and sound. But that tense scene in Mission Control still gets to me anyway. "Will they make it? Can they make it? Oh, the suspense..." __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

March 16th, 2006, 07:24 PM	#20
Joe Cooke New Boot Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mount Airy, NC Posts: 6	"Red October" the moment when the Russians realize they torpedoed themselves.

March 17th, 2006, 06:41 AM	#22
Andy Graham Major Player Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Lanark,Scotland Posts: 736	Your right Chris, so I'll put in the scene at the end of the Goonies where one eyed Willy's pirate ship sails off into the sunset....lol got me every time as a kid and still does! Andy. __________________ Actor: "where would that light be coming from?" DP: "same place as the music" -Andrew Lesnie-

March 17th, 2006, 06:59 AM	#23
John Kang Major Player Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 219	Alright, who can't love a lovable robot. Number 5, is alive. Short Circuit. Now, I'm embarrased. More input!

March 17th, 2006, 03:51 PM	#25
Marco van Belle Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 58	oh god the shame Oh dear God the shame... As the originator of this thread I feel that I should really take this opportunity to get things back on 'embarrassing' track.... (please don't hate me for these...) 1) Speed - "There's a bomb on this bus!" (even though it is more wooden than Noah's Arc...) 2) Iron Eagle - when he puts Queen's 'One Vision' into his cassette player and bombs the hell outa the air strip (am I the only person who remembers this movie?) 3) When Harry met Sally - new years...darn it I'm welling up ;-) If my girlfriend ever finds this thread she's gonna dump me faster than Michael Shumacher on a school run...

March 17th, 2006, 08:55 PM	#26
Edward Slonaker Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hell's 6 acres in S. Texas Posts: 203	Okay, FINE! "You've Got Mail," when Tom Hank's dog comes bounding around the corner at the park and Meg Ryan (before collagen) suddenly realizes it was him all along she was getting the e-mails from. Likewise, "Sleepless in Seattle," same scenario at the top of the Empire State Building. Do we feel better now???? __________________ Edward Slonaker El Pilon Productions San Patricio, Texas www.elpilon.com

March 17th, 2006, 09:56 PM	#27
Chris Barcellos Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Elk Grove CA Posts: 6,838	Adam Sandler dukes it out with Bob Barker in Happy Gilmore. "Dad wanna have a catch"-- Field of Dreams __________________ Chris J. Barcellos

March 18th, 2006, 08:23 PM	#29
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	Okay, pure shmaltz. End of Princess Bride, when Peter Falk turns to his grandson with "As you wish..."

March 19th, 2006, 12:12 AM	#30
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