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Post by loverofbeers on Jul 27, 2012 1:24:35 GMT -5
So I am humbled the way (no, not really) that the Iron Sheik humbles.
I was wrong to call for the boycott of William Friedkin. Like a hypocrite, I watched one of his movies tonight, The Exorcist (1973). I have trouble watching this movie, even though I consider it the best movie in horror history. It, frankly, kicks my ass. It is the ONLY horror movie that scares me, and I am irreligious. That is power on the director's part. I still don't totally get why it gets me, every freakin' time......
So my ass was kicked again by Mr. Friedkin. I think I have learned a lesson. I apologize for calling for a boycott of his movies. And out of fear and being spiritually broken, yet again, by The Exorcist, I apologize for my call to boycott Tobe Hooper's movies.
Watch both directors' movies, I am a beaten cur and humbled.
Drinking a Bridgeport Summer Squeeze Bright Ale from the great city of Portland, Oregon. Cheers!, a huge fearful Cheers! to Mr. Hooper and Mr. Friedkin. I was wrong. Fuck censorship!
LOB-55
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Post by loverofbeers on Jul 27, 2012 22:29:37 GMT -5
My Cheers! is dedicated to George Orwell. Heed his warnings folks, period, and dammit! for a bit of dramatic emphasis. It is your responsibility to read these books. Must Fucking Reads. If you count Rock and Roll High School, The Wizard of Oz, The Wicker Man, The Forbidden Zone, Up In Smoke, Breakfast at Tiffany's, well, Grease.... is one of my all-time favorite musicals. So the first beer I drank (that was very extremely sour) was Boxer's Revenge from Jester King in Austin, Texas, a local cult beer and practically a celebrity of a beer in sunny California. Beer has come a long way in 120 or so years. Well this beer..... just think and pay tribute to Boxer, the horse with much work ethic from Animal Farm. Animal Farm and 1984 are must reads. If you haven't read them, I will beg you to read them. I am finishing off a collaboration brew made in Escondido, San Diego County, California. A collaboration brew from the brewmasters of Stone (the host brewery), Ninkasi, and The Alchemist. Stone (and company's) More Brown than Black IPA. Bless them, a beer to celebrate. Grease. LOb-56
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Post by jakeawesomesnake on Jul 28, 2012 22:50:12 GMT -5
I watched Blue Sunshine a horror film by Jeff Lieberman about the aformetioned drug Blue Sunshine which causes people who've taken it to go nuts ten years later, giving them super strength, balding, and annoyance to loud noise. It was an all right film nothing special ,but a seen that stood out was when the first guy flips out and just tosses this dude into a tree pro wrestling style by the seat of his pants.
Then I watched Robert Wise's horror film Audrey Rose which was a weird uneven movie starring Anthony Hopkins and John Beck. It starts from being about a stalker, goes into posession, and then finally courtroom drama. The child actor is absolutely horrible and unbelievable ,which is unfortunate because Hopkins and Beck did a great job here. It was also really sentimental about India and really supported their beliefs specifically reincarnation. The dumb thing about it though is if they would've left things alone then everything would've been fine.
Then I watched one of my favorite movies Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch a great western starring Ernest Borgine and Warren Oates among others. This movie has an extremely high level of acting that you jut don't get in alot of movies it's emotional, has beautiful cinematograhpy, and great realistic shootout scenes (which Peckinpah had a penchant for) the end is perhaps 4 of the greatest minutes in movie combat. On a sidenote Borgine deserves props for working with an injured leg at the age of 51 in one of his most active roles.
Finally I watched Count Yorga, Vampire which is about the aformentioned vampire. This is no masterpiece ,but it is entertaining. One of the things I liked about this movie was how they played up how smart a centuries old vampire would be and the whole time Yorga is in control ,just toying with his pray by making them feel they're winning. However some of the acting isn't the best and the vampires look rediculous especially with the arms outstretched. On a sidenot this was originally going to be a pornograhpic film before Robert Quarry said he'd do the lead role, which explains the hot nurse who barely speaks English.
JAS-41
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Post by jakeawesomesnake on Jul 29, 2012 1:49:27 GMT -5
I watched The Return of Count Yorga which was alot like the first one down to the same type of ending and exact same kind of various places seen where two friends discuss the possibility of a vampire attack. It still had the crappy arms outstretched vampire attacks.
Then I experienced a George A. Romero trifecta.
First I watched Night of the Living Dead for the second time in one full sitting and had to say that while I still liked it I didn't like it as much as I did the first time. The gore and some of the acting is good ,but this time I really noticed how godawful the music was.
Second I watched Martin which is about a vampire named Martin ,but it's not clear if he's an actual vampire or if it's psychological. I'd heard bad things about this film and wasn't expecting much ,but man I was I wrong I really liked this movie and it was truly sad and effecting. The ending really shocked me man and stuck with me man. I don't want to give anything away ,but I highly recommend this movie. On a sidenote this was the first time Tom Savini worked with Romero. John Amplas stars and as already mentioned does a great job.
Third I watched Dawn of the Dead for the first time and have to say that I liked it overall ,but actually preferred Martin. There were parts of this movie that were really good and grim ,but man I really didn't like that ending it just didn't seem desperate enough. One part that was really good was all the scientists trying to tell people what to do and how the majority of people gave in to irrationality.
JAS-49
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Post by loverofbeers on Jul 29, 2012 11:19:45 GMT -5
Watched The Empire Strikes Back (1980) which has been my favorite flick for 32 years. Irv Kerchner, John Williams, Ralph McQuarrie, Joe Johnston, Frank Oz, and Industrial Light And Magic. And I love the cast of course. So I split my viewing of this film. I watched half of it on Friday night and watched with multiple interruptions last night. So I drank a few impressive American craft brews. First a present from the beer reps, a collaboration beer from He'Brew (Shmaltz Brewing in Saratoga Springs, New York) and the mighty Terrapin Beer Co. (Athens, Georgia), and brewed at Shmaltz. Made with cocoa nibs and vanilla beans. Wow that was a smooth and tasty beer. Last night I drank three beers given to me by an old customer of mine and his wife. They went on vacation and brought me beer! Two canned beers from 21st Amendment Brewery from out of San Francisco, California and a member of my so called named Fourth American Micro Revolution, small craft brewers opening up other locations in other states. These beers were brewed in Memphis, Tennessee. Brew Free! Or Die IPA and Back In Black Black IPA. Both excellent hopped IPAs in the strong American style. Last a Firestone Union Jack IPA from Paso Robles, California. Thank you Tim and Cynthia and this Cheers! is for awesome customers who found me again after a decade of absence. I love those labels! From the brewery's site. What is the 21st Amendment?
Around the turn of the 20th century, in the year 1900, there were thousands of small breweries operating across America. When Freccia and O’Sullivan were researching old San Francisco breweries (trying to find a cool name for their new brewery), what really made an impact was the discovery that there were about 40 breweries operating just within the city limits of San Francisco (by comparison, today there are eight with a population more than double what it was in 1900). They realized that the brewery captured the essence of the neighborhoods of San Francisco. They were the local gathering places. Places to exchange ideas, debate politics and philosophy. Places for families to come together on weekends. Places that provided something unique—hand crafted beer that was different at every brewery and that defined the taste of a neighborhood.
In 1920, Prohibition wiped out this culture and put the “local” out of business. For 13 years, social interaction was largely driven underground, to the speakeasies, where regular citizens became a nation of outlaws.
But with the passage of the 21st Amendment, repealing Prohibition, we, as a society, were able to begin the slow climb back to reclaiming the essence of the neighborhood gathering place. At the 21st Amendment, they celebrate the culture of the great breweries of old, making unique, hand crafted beers, great food, and providing a comfortable, welcoming atmosphere that invites conversation, interaction and a sense of community. Prohibition is Un-American. LOB-57
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Post by jakeawesomesnake on Jul 29, 2012 11:32:11 GMT -5
Yes it is and it just made things worse.
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Post by loverofbeers on Jul 29, 2012 19:32:20 GMT -5
Amen, Brother Jake. Just watched Jaws (1975). It and Orka (1977) are the first two horror (nature vs. man) films I saw as a little kid in the late seventies. At the 1:36:00 mark is a Close Encounter caught on film? Or was that just a shooting star. I do have Disclosure type questions for Mr. Spielberg. This was the first (proto) summer blockbuster and the highest grossing film in history.... Until Star Wars. Drinking a Full Sail Top Sail Imperial Porter, Bourbon barrel aged. Very good, but not a classic, but an independent, employee owned craft brewery out of Hood River, Oregon. Cheers! to independence, of the mind! LOB-59
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Post by loverofbeers on Jul 30, 2012 11:29:05 GMT -5
Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part II. The first American film to have a "2" in its title.
'Nuff said.
LOb-60
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Post by loverofbeers on Jul 31, 2012 9:22:29 GMT -5
I just finished watching The Hills Have Eyes, one of Wes Craven's classics. A nearly perfect horror film, and dark. They wanted to eat the baby! No punches pulled here.
Cool little feud story. In a scene during The Hills Have Eyes, a torn poster of Jaws is shown. When making The Evil Dead, Sam Raimi spoofed this. Credit Ray Crowe.
In one scene located in the basement of the cabin we see a "The Hills Have Eyes " poster ripped in half and stuck to the wall, which was an homage to a scene in the 1977 Wes Craven film that featured a Jaws theatrical poster ripped in half and which Sam Raimi construed as being Craven's way of saying The Hills Have Eyes was scarier than Jaws . By ripping the Hills Have Eyes one-sheet, Raimi was asserting that Evil Dead was scarier than Craven's Hills Have Eyes , to which Craven responded in 1984's A Nightmare on Elm Street by featuring a character actually watching Evil Dead on television and falling asleep!
I drank a trio of Alaskan White (Belgian-style wheat beer with coriander and citrus) out of Juneau, Alaska. Nice summer drinkin'.
LOB-62
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Post by loverofbeers on Jul 31, 2012 17:12:28 GMT -5
Just finished watching Scream, Blacula, Scream! It is a solid vampire movie and I would put it up there with Hammer's Dracula franchise. Very good stuff, no sparkles. Drinking a Flying Dog Woody Creek White (Belgian Style Wit Beer) from the Flying Dog Brewery in Frederick, Maryland. A satisfying summer wit and a tribute beer to Hunter S. Thompson, my favorite author. This Cheers! is for ol' crazy HST and to the party in La Honda that he was instrumental in. The Merry Pranksters and The Hell's Angels, and Allen Ginsberg. Good times, day-glo times... You can see Hunter to the left and under the "w". A link to my favorite poem, by Allen Ginsberg. www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/america.htmlLOB-64
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Post by loverofbeers on Jul 31, 2012 17:15:22 GMT -5
Oh, the poem, touches on some of this month's themes. "America", by Allen Ginsberg. Please enjoy.
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Post by jakeawesomesnake on Jul 31, 2012 20:31:40 GMT -5
I really liked Scream Blackula Scream and dug the opening cartoon part, the music combined with Blackula reforming himself after getting burnt has really stuck with me man.
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Post by loverofbeers on Jul 31, 2012 20:42:50 GMT -5
It was one of the better vampire movies I have seen. I dug it.
Just watched Easy Rider (1969) for the first time. The ending was great, but a bummer dude. I loved Jack Nicholson in this.
Drank a Sierra Nevada Kellerweis Hefeweizen from Chico, California, one of the proud and few survivors of the original American Micro-Brew Revolution. Now I am drinking a hybrid between a kolsch and a hefe from Saint Arnold out of Houston, Texas. A Weedwacker, perfect on a hot summer night, Cheers!
LOB-65
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Post by jakeawesomesnake on Aug 1, 2012 10:27:01 GMT -5
Well congratulations LOB you've won! This was one of the better competitions . So any idea what this months theme will be?
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Post by loverofbeers on Aug 1, 2012 21:40:02 GMT -5
Thank you Jake, I couldn't have done it without you. Really. You.
So I was going to take July very slowly and easy, but when you brought out the Whomping Stick and I was about twenty points behind ya, well ya lit a fire under my narrow pale ass.
So I have an idea, a different take to the month. We can stick our battling blades in the ground for a month, and come back in September to return to battle in preparation for The Second Annual Hollywood Competition. You dig?
How about a month of collaboration (I got the idea from all the collaborating beers from multiple breweries I drank) instead of competition? We could set up two or three nights a week to log in to the chat room, pop in movies for 2-4 hours, and discuss while watching, and it can be movies we both have easy access to and we both want to watch. And of course this would be open to others to join in and be social. We could all even watch different movies at the same time and just riff off of the moment.
Your opinion? If not, my ideas are Hong Kong or Mystery Box #1 (which I've been planning for a while). But this month I just can't bring it. I gots much on my plate. If you say competition, so it will be, but you WILL win this month.
So collaboration or competition? And drinking an Alaska White, so Cheers! to ya Old Boy!
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