tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post8460659628508897478..comments2024-01-24T15:33:58.720-05:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: The Hateful Eight: Simply GreatMythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-89445222929626201852016-01-04T10:56:22.720-05:002016-01-04T10:56:22.720-05:00By the way, Vader is Luke Skywalker's FATHER !...<i>By the way, Vader is Luke Skywalker's FATHER !</i><br /><br />Success has many fathers, failure two or three. Something like that.<br /><br />Liked the new Star Wars movie (<i>The Force Awakens</i>) very much.<br /><br />Liked <i>Trainwreck</i>, which we saw on demand, very much.<br /><br />Liked <i>Sherlock: The Abominable Bride</i> very much.<br /><br />Liked the reruns of Guy Williams as Zorro last night very much, better actually than Douglas Fairbanks as the original Zorro (we watched <i>The Mark of Zorro</i> over Christmas). Fairbanks was just beginning to experiment with movement and narrative, and while <i>The Mark of Zorro</i> was groundbreaking and hugely influential (think <i>Batman</i>), looking back at it from the vantage point of the 21st century, you can see he wasn't quite there yet.<br /><br />His masterpiece was <i>The Thief of Bagdad</i> with <i>The Black Pirate</i> runner-up.<br /><br />If I were to bother with a New Years resolution other than the obvious one (live to next New Years), I would resolve to write proper essays about <i>The Mark of Zorro</i>, <i>The Thief of Bagdad</i> and <i>The Black Pirate</i>.<br /><br />Don't hold your breath.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-54958001266198863872016-01-04T10:47:28.949-05:002016-01-04T10:47:28.949-05:00I think that Kurt Russell enjoyed gently sending u...<i>I think that Kurt Russell enjoyed gently sending up his prior performances as the smart, good guy out west. But I enjoyed him a bit more in Bone Tomahawk, another western currently in theaters and on demand.</i><br /><br />Not only have I not see <i>Bone Tomahawk</i>, I haven't even heard of it. But I really like Kurt Russell in <i>The Hateful Eight</i>.<br /><br />Also very fond of Walton Goggins and Jennifer Jason Leigh.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-81846173864678916832016-01-04T10:46:06.304-05:002016-01-04T10:46:06.304-05:00I liked Samuel L. Jackson's performance as muc...<i>I liked Samuel L. Jackson's performance as much as any that he's given. He's brilliant.</i><br /><br />Absolutely.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-87287597239357821172016-01-04T10:45:18.943-05:002016-01-04T10:45:18.943-05:00I didn't like the flick as much as the Mythica...<i>I didn't like the flick as much as the Mythical Monkey.</i><br /><br />Nobody did, except possibly Quentin Tarantino himself.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-22126235671321118972016-01-04T10:44:08.995-05:002016-01-04T10:44:08.995-05:00I find the "captcha" thing at the bottom...I find the "captcha" thing at the bottom of the comment page to be both annoying and necessary. Necessary because blog spam is a problem even in the best of times. Annoying because it requires me to lie and pretend I'm not some sort of bug-infested cyborg masquerading as a human being.<br /><br />This is me at a cocktail party:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-o-4txOiVE<br /><br />Look a bit like that, too ...Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-55441200543590376472016-01-04T10:38:00.307-05:002016-01-04T10:38:00.307-05:00Why would I watch The Hateful Eight online free wh...<i>Why would I watch The Hateful Eight online free when I'd do so knowing it was piracy</i><br /><br />I meant to delete that at the time but it would have required me to log-in over New Years and now that we've discussed it in the comments ... ah, to hell with it, I deleted it.<br /><br />For anyone wonder what we're yakking about it, there was a link (which I did not follow, not knowing what virus-y link I might find) purporting to be a pirated copy of <i>The Hateful Eight</i>. Watch it in the AFI-Silver in glorious 70mm or watch a jittery, pixilated copy the size of a postage stamp on my computer. Tough choice.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-2386246829195698982016-01-04T10:25:15.874-05:002016-01-04T10:25:15.874-05:00Why would I watch The Hateful Eight online free wh...Why would I watch <i>The Hateful Eight</i> online free when I'd do so knowing it was piracy, and that I was helping in some small way to put entertainers (performers, crew, writers, editors) out of work? Why, I'd be hurting their children. It would be hateful.<br /><br />I didn't like the flick as much as the Mythical Monkey.<br /><br />I liked Samuel L. Jackson's performance as much as any that he's given. He's brilliant.<br /><br />I think that Kurt Russell enjoyed gently sending up his prior performances as the smart, good guy out west. But I enjoyed him a bit more in <i>Bone Tomahawk</i>, another western currently in theaters and on demand.<br /><br />By the way, Vader is Luke Skywalker's FATHER !mister muleboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-67360053439535730062015-12-29T02:14:13.568-05:002015-12-29T02:14:13.568-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Bradley Copperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02480876300730971964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-9899448536230749212015-12-28T21:29:00.442-05:002015-12-28T21:29:00.442-05:00My immediate thought with this one was Reservoir D...<i>My immediate thought with this one was Reservoir Dogs meets The Big Silence. Anyhow, great film. Love Tarantino.</i><br /><br />Spot-on analogy. Really enjoyed the film and the Roadshow Engagement treatment was a blast.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-465464515171535362015-12-28T18:41:07.476-05:002015-12-28T18:41:07.476-05:00My immediate thought with this one was Reservoir D...My immediate thought with this one was Reservoir Dogs meets The Big Silence. Anyhow, great film. Love Tarantino.Nigel Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928346913206094978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-44702103163307244052015-12-27T23:32:59.374-05:002015-12-27T23:32:59.374-05:00And what happened to the cat?And what happened to the cat?Katienoreply@blogger.com