Saw a Takashi Miike picture called The Great Yokai War. "Yokai" is a Japanese term for monsters from folklore, as opposed to the more familiar kaiju. It's a kids' picture, about a young boy from Tokyo sent out to live in the countryside with his older sister and his intermittently senile grandfather. When a vengeful spirit appears, the boy gets caught up in a war between warring groups of yokai and must find his courage to become the "Kirin Rider", the hero who will set everything to rights. It's not a bad picture - nothing deep, but an amusing story. Some of the yokai are really trippy, Japanese folklore can get pretty "out there", apparently.
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I went through a Clint Eastwood/spaghetti western phase in college and discovered what I liked at least as much as the movies was the music, so I bought the soundtrack to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. But it didn't quite scratch that itch, so I bought Ennio Morricone: The Legendary Italian Westerns - The Film Composers Series, Vol. II. It includes music from Gunfight at Red Sands, Guns Don't Argue, A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, A Gun for Ringo, Ringo Rides Again, Seven Guns for the MacGregors, Death Rides a Horse and Once Upon a Time in the West.
"I know what you're thinking. 'Will he purr or scratch?' Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But being these are retractable, keratin claws, sharpened on the tree in the back yard and your couch, and would rake your skin clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?"
QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE: Filmed in 1958, set in 1985. Astronauts find Venus populated by "Amazon" women. Starring Zsa Zsa Gabor. Tracy says we've seen it before, but I have no memory of it whatsoever. I believe her, though, because she was able to predict what was going to happen in every scene. Incredibly sexist. Kitschy. I won't forget it this time.
I saw it many moons ago. Not when it first came out, but after Nicholson became famous. After I rewatch it I might have something to say.
It turns out that I was mistaken. I’d never seen it before tonight. I think the use of sets and/or of Jack Nicholson in the movies Corman repurposed made me think I had seen it.
I did enjoy it. I don't think Corman was capable of making a truly bad movie.
THE WALKING DEAD (1936): Boris Karloff is executed for a crime he did not commit. Revived by a scientist, he then seeks revenge on those who framed him. Worth watching for fans of horror and crime and Karloff.
We've also been watching some old, silent Laurel & Hardy shorts,
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I went through a Clint Eastwood/spaghetti western phase in college and discovered what I liked at least as much as the movies was the music, so I bought the soundtrack to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. But it didn't quite scratch that itch, so I bought Ennio Morricone: The Legendary Italian Westerns - The Film Composers Series, Vol. II. It includes music from Gunfight at Red Sands, Guns Don't Argue, A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, A Gun for Ringo, Ringo Rides Again, Seven Guns for the MacGregors, Death Rides a Horse and Once Upon a Time in the West.
My oldest sister was a big Clint Eastwood fan, to the point where our first cat when I was a kid was named "Clint Beastwood".
Well, he did have great hair.
"Go ahead. Make my lunch."
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"I know what you're thinking. 'Will he purr or scratch?' Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But being these are retractable, keratin claws, sharpened on the tree in the back yard and your couch, and would rake your skin clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?"
The funny thing is, he had a very "Clint" personality. He used to terrorize the local dogs.
I've got a different Morricone box set, and I absolutely love it. It's great to play when I'm reading adventure novels.
If/when I get another cat I just might name it Morricone.
QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE: Filmed in 1958, set in 1985. Astronauts find Venus populated by "Amazon" women. Starring Zsa Zsa Gabor. Tracy says we've seen it before, but I have no memory of it whatsoever. I believe her, though, because she was able to predict what was going to happen in every scene. Incredibly sexist. Kitschy. I won't forget it this time.
THE TERROR (1963)
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I saw it many moons ago. Not when it first came out, but after Nicholson became famous. After I rewatch it I might have something to say.
It turns out that I was mistaken. I’d never seen it before tonight. I think the use of sets and/or of Jack Nicholson in the movies Corman repurposed made me think I had seen it.
I did enjoy it. I don't think Corman was capable of making a truly bad movie.
THE WALKING DEAD (1936): Boris Karloff is executed for a crime he did not commit. Revived by a scientist, he then seeks revenge on those who framed him. Worth watching for fans of horror and crime and Karloff.
We've also been watching some old, silent Laurel & Hardy shorts,
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