2018 Dead Pool
September 6th, 2018 at 8:18:32 PM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | I named one of my dogs Roscoe P. Coltrain The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
September 7th, 2018 at 2:20:09 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
What? That was one of the most fun movies of all time. The President is a fink. |
September 7th, 2018 at 2:48:55 AM permalink | |
Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 | He was married to Loni Anderson. I have to tip my Stetson to him. RIP Burt. |
September 7th, 2018 at 6:36:46 AM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
I watched that movie at least 20 times as a kid. Today I would view it as a guilty pleasure, but at the age of 13 I felt no guilt at all about it Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
September 7th, 2018 at 10:22:21 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Looking at the Rotten Tomatoes ranking, I was somewhat surprised to see that Smokey did not get a bad rating. The sequel receved an awful rating. Besides Deliverance it looks like "Sharky's Machine" was the best reviewed film where Burt Lancaster was the major star. 93% 1972 Deliverance 90% 1972 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask 83% 1973 White Lightning 43% 1973 Shamus 81% 1974 The Longest Yard 67% 1975 Hustle 17% 1975 At Long Last Love 82% 1976 Silent Movie 14% 1976 Nickelodeon 88% 1977 Semi-Tough 79% 1977 Smokey and the Bandit 69% 1978 Hooper 62% 1978 The End 17% 1980 Smokey and the Bandit II 94% 1981 Sharky's Machine 29% 1981 The Cannonball Run 56% 1982 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 50% 1982 Best Friends 36% 1983 The Man Who Loved Women 20% 1983 Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 20% 1983 Stroker Ace 20% 1984 City Heat 13% 1984 Cannonball Run II 29% 1985 Stick 20% 1986 Heat 33% 1987 Malone 60% 1988 Switching Channels 15% 1988 Rent-A-Cop 89% 1989 Breaking In 55% 1989 All Dogs Go To Heaven 18% 1989 Physical Evidence 98% 1992 The Player 15% 1993 Cop & 1/2 80% 1996 Citizen Ruth 17% 1996 Mad Dog Time 93% 1997 Boogie Nights 41% 1997 Bean 14% 1997 Meet Wally Sparks 20% 1998 Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business 90% 1999 Pups 38% 1999 Mystery, Alaska 20% 2000 The Crew 14% 2001 Driven 20% 2002 The Last Producer 38% 2003 Hotel 14% 2004 Without a Paddle 32% 2005 The Longest Yard 14% 2005 The Dukes of Hazzard 82% 2006 Cloud 9 5% 2006 Broken Bridges 4% 2006 In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale 56% 2007 Randy and the Mob 12% 2008 Delgo 3% 2008 Deal 97% 2012 Paul Williams Still Alive 48% 2018 The Last Movie Star He won Grammys and an Academy Award; wrote many #1 songs; starred in a Brian DePalma movie; put out his own hit records and albums; was a guest on The Tonight Show fifty times; and is the president of ASCAP...and you might not have heard of him. In the 1970's, Paul Williams was the singer / actor / songwriter that emotional, alienated teenage boys all over the world wanted to be, a sex symbol before MTV, when sex symbols could be 5"2 and sing songs about loneliness with the Muppets. A wistful musical journey that will re-introduce a new generation to Williams' soulful classics, Paul Williams: Still Alive is the charmingly self-narrated story of Stephen Kessler's lifelong obsession with the former superstar-and what happens when the nostalgic filmmaker finally catches up with him. |
September 8th, 2018 at 2:45:17 PM permalink | |
zippyboy Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 2 Posts: 665 | Bill Daily dead at 91 (Major Healey on I Dream of Jeanie) |
September 9th, 2018 at 1:07:42 PM permalink | |
JimRockford Member since: Sep 18, 2015 Threads: 2 Posts: 971 |
I was in high school when it came out. I think my opinion of the movie was largely formed by my reaction as s teenager. The CB radio craze peaked around 1975 and by 1977 it had played and was no longer cool (at least for kids my age). That made the all of the jokes and dialogue that hinged on the CB culture really lame. Viewing the movie now, none of that matters. The CB craze of the 70s was real and it took rural America by storm as explainable as it may be. I've read that it was the first movie to show the new south in a good light, mostly because it didn't feature barefoot inbred homicidal racists. I think it still had a long way to go, especially the Texans. As talented as Gleason was, his accent must have been inspired by Foghorn Leghorn. To be fair i will upgrade my review from "just awful" to "worth watching", mostly because Sally Field was just so damn cute. The mind hungers for that on which it feeds. |
September 9th, 2018 at 2:36:09 PM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | A lot of stars are never really able to rise above their scripts. Casting directors watch tons of lousy movies because they want to see what stands out as exceptional amongst the garbage. His Deliverance role was excellent but I liked that movie for the author's cameo appearance as the 'don't come back here' sheriff. |
September 9th, 2018 at 3:54:16 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | Saw a billboard on the freeway with Burt Reynolds from the 70's on it. It read: Over and Out Burt Reynolds Who would waste money on something like that. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
September 9th, 2018 at 8:19:00 PM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
Did you take a 10-100 on it? Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |