Going Out In Style - General Discussion Discussion

[–] db20db (17237) 7 years ago

Mentioned this in Stonekeeper's weekly thread as well recently: https://moviechat.org/tt5160928/Mean-Dreams/5aef75b5ec8b7300141b735f/Bill-Paxtons-Dynamic-Swan-Song

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Haven't seen this one but it just seems that all the good actors should go out with a bang.

I'll have to check this one out.

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[–] db20db (17237) 7 years ago

It caught me by surprise one evening.

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Clint in Gran Torino

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Great movie and outstanding performance.

He's got a new one coming out soon too. I think

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (77426) 7 years ago

Excellent movie
It would probably have stunk without Clint

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

Great movie! Loved how layered Clint's character was written, and the way he played it.

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Peter Finch in Network

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Another good choice.
He was excellent in that movie.

Spencer Tracy -Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

The more you look into some great actors not a lot ended with a bang.

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

They tend to stay around way too long example Deniro

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Perfect example.

At least with current actors they still have the chance to do it the right way.

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

I was looking to find Katharine Hepburn's last, which should have been easy, right? But IMDb has changed their format so filmology's aren't listed in chronological order anymore. Who's bright idea was that? 😠

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[–] MIchiganJFrogg (-35) 7 years ago

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

That's weird. Maybe it's my browser, but now they're all jumbled up in no apparent order.

She was amazing in On Golden Pond. Henry Fonda too. And his daughter.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Bette Davis's second to last film was The Whales of August.
That's a nice film to end it on.

I'm still getting things in order. That is strange though.

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

Are you still getting them in order from newest to oldest? That's how it used to be, which made the most sense.

Just tried it with Chrome, and that's how I'm getting it now.

One Christmas was also very good (Hepburn).

I liked The Whales of August. She was in a made for TV movie not too long before she left us that I saw once when it aired and never again. It was excellent, unlike so many made for TV movies. She and her daughter were estranged for years, not unlike how it was in non-fiction, or so I've heard. Due to circumstances they were thrown back together, similar to Dolores Claiborne in that way. I'd love to see that one again.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Yes, newest to oldest and I'm using Chrome.

I haven't seen Whales in a long time either.
I remember it being an excellent touching film.

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

Don't you remember the order being, not long ago, oldest to newest? (Which makes the most sense and which virtually every list of any kind of works ordered.)

I remember it as the same -- very well written/acted/directed, and touching. Off hand, without cheating, I don't recall who else was in it, but other good actors.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

I don't remember that at all.
I've only seen it newest to oldest. I also don't use it very often.
Maybe they changed it to see if people liked it.

I remember Davis, Lilian Gish and Vincent Price.
This would have had to be one of Gish's last films too.

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

Weird. I remember it as always being oldest to newest, same as all 'ographies are.

But, these days, new means better, so that may be the reason. It unfailingly cracks me up when I see someone commenting on an old or older film or show, and opining that it's "dated," merely by virtue of it being old, not on its merits. [where's GlenEllyn's shrugging thingy when I need it?]

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Seems to be a growing consensus these days.

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

It does. It's like the 1950s all over again. If it's not modern (aka space-age, back when), it'd bad. Tear it down, throw it out, get rid of it however you can.

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[–] slimone (7996) 7 years ago

Yes! Absolutely! He was incredible.

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[–] Culburn (3638) 7 years ago

Has to be the absolute last movie, or, is there a time frame, god?

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Last movie may be too difficult.
At least in the last few films they made.

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[–] Culburn (3638) 7 years ago

D.D. Lewis.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Seems he's pretty picky in what he does.
He's reached that status that he doesn't just take every role that comes along.
More should follow his suit.

Haven't seen any of his films since There Will Be Blood.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (77426) 7 years ago

Oliver Reed
What a guy!
Could drink any of us under the table, starred in dozens of fine movies, was such a hell raiser that he got tossed out of schools constantly...i think he was even Kighted!
Great tough guy actor

Died in Malta aged 61 during the filming of Gladiator (heart attack)
They finished his role with a body double and outtakes...
Not my favorite movie but not such a bad exit for good old Oliver
I miss this guy

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[–] db20db (17237) 7 years ago

Kind of reminds me of how Vic Morrow died during the filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie, only a more gruesome death. He was decapitated in a helicopter accident.

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[–] Culburn (3638) 7 years ago

That's an excellent one, db!

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[–] db20db (17237) 7 years ago

That's not exactly going out in style, though. I used to watch him regularly in the old tv series, Combat.

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[–] Culburn (3638) 7 years ago

Great series! Little John, Doc, Kirby. The old gang.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (77426) 7 years ago

Horrible!
Some shit is hard to fathom...a lot of questions were asked about this im sure...

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[–] MIchiganJFrogg (-35) 7 years ago

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Good pick.

I remember him going on Letterman once just plastered and him becoming pretty hostile.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (77426) 7 years ago

Oh yes indeed
He always seemed drunk and angry lol
What a guy!

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

I'll always remember him in The Three Musketeers with Richard Chamberlain and Raquel Welch and
in Burnt Offerings.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (77426) 7 years ago

Burnt Offerings!
He was really in his stride for that little horror gem

Dang...you surprised me with that one lol!
I thought i was the only loon that likes the obscure old horrors

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

I watched that one all the time when I was a kid.

Burgess Meredith and Bette Davis, are you kidding me!
Haven't seen it in quite awhile but still remember a lot of scenes.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (77426) 7 years ago

It is a beaut!
Deserves more love

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

I'm not meaning to p!ss in anyone's Cheerios, but am surprised at all the love for Burnt Offerings.

Granted, it had a great cast: Oliver Reed, Karen Black, Bette Davis, Burgess Meredith. Also the scene with Reed in the swimming pool, where he loses it with his son, was very well done.

But, I remember seeing this in the theatre when I was a young teen, doing a lot of eye-rolling as it progressed, and walking out thinking it was terrible.

It was a lot like how I responded to Carrie, which I was all in with, [spoiler]until the scene in the auditorium when the fire hose came off the wall and blah blah. Instead of being scared, I laughed out loud. [/spoiler]

For me, in order to be scared, I need to either believe in a movie's scenario, or be able to suspend my sense of disbelief. Neither Burnt Offerings or Carrie did that for me towards the end. But the original The Haunting, hell yes! That scared the (MC Hammer) pants off of me.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Well, I'm happy I'm having Frosted Flakes!
Pee Cheerios doesn't sound that inviting.

I'll give you that it really isn't a scary movie. I don't think I was actually ever scared by it.

It's just one of the movies I really like.
The kind that if it ever comes on I can't help but watch it no matter how many
times I've seen it.

The pants stay on!

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

#frostedflakesaresafe

I can't swear to it, seeing as I've yet to have had any pee-flavoured food (that I know of), but I'm going with it probably not being tasty.

I'd ask what about it you liked, but ... okay, what about it was it that you liked? 😂

Aside from the pool scene.

Did you ever see the original The Haunting? And if so, you managed to keep your pants on?! If so, pants off to you, sir.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Epic pool scene!

I liked the premise of the movie. The house being alive.
Scenes like walking up the stairs and opening the door. Going over to lady in the
chair and knowing something is going to happen.
When I first saw it I was young and was enamored of who was in it.
I know that's a lot of it.

I did see The Haunting and love it. It's a far superior film but I like Burnt Offerings better.
Don't try to make sense of it just go with it.

I have one leg out!

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Apparently he was good pals with Keith Moon.
I bet their nights out were messy!

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (77426) 7 years ago

Id count on it!

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 7 years ago

Bruce Lee in Game of Death
Brandon Lee in The Crow
Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
Raul Julia in Street Fighter
Paul Walker in Fast & Furious 7

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Solid picks.

Game of Death is interesting because it was a few years after he died.
Didn't they use other footage of him in this movie?

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 7 years ago

Hmm.. i didn't know that. When I watched the movie years ago I thought they were using body doubles. Cause in many shots Lee is only shown from certain angle to hide his face, and also because of the way his martial arts moves were very unlike Bruce Lee (e.g., he chokes someone to death instead of, I dunno, roundhouses him to death?)

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

I'm not positive, it's been a long time since I've seen or thought about it.

Maybe it was just doubles. I'll have to look that up.

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[–] Culburn (3638) 7 years ago

Damn, you guys are freaking good.

Congratulations!

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 7 years ago

Thanks!

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[–] slimone (7996) 7 years ago

I was devastated when Heath Ledger left us. He was wonderful.

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 7 years ago

The best Joker. Forever.

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[–] db20db (17237) 7 years ago

Steve Mc Queen, portraying a real life bounty hunter in The Hunter. It was an admirable performance in that he was able to maintain the persona of coolness he had become known for and was battling a rare form of cancer that ultimately ended his life.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Never would have thought of him but you're right.
Nothing bad about that film or his performance.

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[–] db20db (17237) 7 years ago

One of the earliest roles I remember him from was another old tv series, Wanted : Dead or Alive where he also played a bounty hunter.