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rchecka
True Guardian of the Old School - A Godfather
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 Posted - 05/18/2006 : 09:17:28 AM
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Damn, I did a search for a basic movie thread, and we don't have one.
So here it be.
What movies have you been peeping lately?
For me:
Cry Of Jazz (DVD) 1959
My brief thoughts:
INCREDIBLE! A 1959 Jazz-head's thoughts on Jazz being dead! It says its SUN RA - A cry of jazz, but it's really a documentary on the state of Jazz in the late fifties that includes Sun Ra footage.
www.Dustygroove.com thoughts:
Far more than just a DVD with vintage performances by the Sun Ra Arkestra (although that in itself would be great enough!) -- a film essay on the nature of jazz, directed in Chicago in 1959 by Edward O Bland, the only African-American member of the New American Cinema movement, and a pioneering talent who later went onto arrange funk albums in the 70s! The film is incredible -- set as a fictitious discussion between members of a southside jazz appreciation society, as a means of sorting out the differences between "black jazz" and "white jazz" -- and featuring some incredible location footage from the Chicago of the 50s, as a means of illustrating these points! Shots of the Arkestra (playing anonymously) are intercut between the discussion and location shots of the Chicago scene -- making for amazing interplay as the narrative expounds on the different types of jazz, and their relation to African-American struggle and identity. Mindblowing stuff, and a film that's almost never been seen over the years -- equally important to fans of Sun Ra as it is to any follower of underground American cinema! 35 minutes, black and white, and featuring Sun Ra music that's never been issued on record!
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Uptownkid
True Guardian of the Old School - A Godfather
9092 Posts |
 Posted - 05/18/2006 : 09:21:12 AM
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watched, The Richard Pryor Show (TV Special disc) last night...classic comedy.
...Carlito's Way - Rise to Power
peace.
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rchecka
True Guardian of the Old School - A Godfather
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Uptownkid
True Guardian of the Old School - A Godfather
9092 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2006 : 09:30:04 AM
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Chillin' kid...been travelling since Sunday - now I'm back in e-f-f-e-c-t. 
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I might have been there, but it wasn't me - mydamnself
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JahBrown
True Guardian of the Old School - A Godfather
USA
3402 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2006 : 09:38:42 AM
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Big Momma House 2
Fun With Dick and Jane
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Uptownkid
True Guardian of the Old School - A Godfather
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Posted - 05/18/2006 : 09:44:41 AM
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Originally posted by JahBrown
Big Momma House 2
What up , Jah B?? I check this (a week ago), and man...I like the first one alot better.
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Originally posted by JahBrown
Fun With Dick and Jane
...didn't know what to expect with this one, but liked it more than I thought I would.
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I might have been there, but it wasn't me - mydamnself
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JahBrown
True Guardian of the Old School - A Godfather
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Posted - 05/18/2006 : 09:50:03 AM
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Originally posted by Uptownkid
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Originally posted by JahBrown
Big Momma House 2
What up , Jah B?? I check this (a week ago), and man...I like the first one alot better.
Word..the first one was hilarious, but this one ain't bad.
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Originally posted by JahBrown
Fun With Dick and Jane
...didn't know what to expect with this one, but liked it more than I thought I would.
peace.
This one was compared too much with the original movie, but Jim still work his $20 million magic.. |
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Ryan
True Guardian of the Old School - A Godfather
Canada
1861 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2006 : 11:00:09 AM
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Is Rise to Power any good, Uptown? It looked like just another hiphop B-movie to me so I've been stayin away from it.
I watched 'Get Shorty' again the other day, that s**t was still funny. |
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Uptownkid
True Guardian of the Old School - A Godfather
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Posted - 05/18/2006 : 11:12:18 AM
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^^ You know...i didn't know what to expect with this movie either, but bought this 'cause it was in a double-pack with the first 'Carlito's Way' with Al P...for dirt cheap.
I didn't even know the basis of the movie as I thought it was a just another "hiphop B-movie" too, but..it actually has nothing to do with hip-hop. In fact, it takes place in the 70's as a so-called, prequel to, 'Carlito's way' and how Carlito became "the man". I just thought the spanish kid who played (young) Carlito was not convincing enough to play that role....i feel they should've had someone else with a little more edge and hardness. I think this is a good movie for any fans/buffs of the first movie...to get a background on Carlito, etc. Generously speaking, I'd rate it a 2.8 out of 5. It wasn't good, and it wasn't bad.
Puffy played a role harder than I thought he could play.
peace.
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mr ed
True Guardian of the Old School - A Godfather
United Kingdom
13919 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2006 : 11:26:29 AM
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m.i.3. wack...
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RChecka is my friend
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Kase
True Guardian of the Old School - A Godfather
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Posted - 05/18/2006 : 1:21:38 PM
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Poltergeist
Night Watch
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Sting
I must catch The Da Vinci Code sometime next week aswell |
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neb dirty
True Guardian of the Old School - A Godfather
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Posted - 05/18/2006 : 4:38:08 PM
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I must catch The Da Vinci Code sometime next week aswell
Gonna catch this one Sunday
recent flicks viewed,
King's Ransom (pretty good, nothing spectacular).
Inside Man - Good damn movie.
The MC - OK.
Hood To Hood - I'm getting too old to be looking at this kid ish.
Monster-In-Law - Mad late on seeing this one but surprisingly, I liked it, Wanda Sykes is offdachain! But damn, Jane Fonda needs to stop the facelifts NOW!!!! |
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Jaysio Fresh
True Guardian of the Old School - A Godfather
United Kingdom
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Posted - 05/19/2006 : 03:55:24 AM
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Dead man's shoes.
What an intense film. |
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mr ed
True Guardian of the Old School - A Godfather
United Kingdom
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Posted - 05/19/2006 : 07:26:31 AM
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FRANZ KAFKA's THE TRIAL (the Kyle Maclachlan one)
CODE 46
DA VINCI CODE (today!) |
RChecka is my friend
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JahBrown
True Guardian of the Old School - A Godfather
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Posted - 05/19/2006 : 08:12:20 AM
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Hood To Hood - I'm getting too old to be looking at this kid ish.
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Uptownkid
True Guardian of the Old School - A Godfather
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Posted - 05/19/2006 : 10:31:26 AM
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....Chappelle show episode (Season 2), where Chapelle quit the show and Wayne Brady got hired to take it over.
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I might have been there, but it wasn't me - mydamnself
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neb dirty
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Mike Cheque
Professor of Old School Information
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Posted - 05/20/2006 : 6:26:46 PM
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I just saw Something New and it was great!
I can definitely relate to a lot of it.
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"now D.J. Run's my name, Jam Master Jay is his.
He's DMC, it's like that and that's the way it is"
http://www.myspace.com/sundownermusic |
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General Tarik El
True Guardian of the Old School - A Godfather
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Posted - 05/22/2006 : 11:10:07 AM
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Just saw "Friends With Money" which was pretty good. I didn't think I was going to be able to relate but I was surprised. It's got a triple threat going: good actors, good dialogue and good direction.
I also saw "The Da Vinci Code" and I will rerve my thoughts until more people have commented on it. I love Audrey Tautou and have ever since "Amelie" and "Dirty Pretty Things"
Next, I hope to see "Thank You For Smoking". I'm also making time to see some recently purchased DVD's like "The Promise", "Sha Po Lang", "Tom Yum Goong" and "Fearless". |
We all know were it started, and we don't mean to offend. But it ain't New York this time everybody, casue Philly's stepping in. -MC Breeze
"Empty your mind, be formless, shapless, like water. Now you put water into a cup it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be Water My Friend!" - Bruce Lee
"We was like the Beatles, man" - Chief Rocker Busy Bee
"Paper money is like a bee without honey with no stinger to back him up/ And those who stole the peoples' gold are definitely corrupt" - Last Poets
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Uptownkid
True Guardian of the Old School - A Godfather
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Posted - 05/22/2006 : 11:19:42 AM
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Originally posted by General Tarik El
I also saw "The Da Vinci Code" and I will rerve my thoughts until more people have commented on it.
Break the ice on the movie, homeboy...what did ya think? Should I spend the money to go? Holla.
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mr ed
True Guardian of the Old School - A Godfather
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Posted - 05/22/2006 : 11:24:06 AM
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| DA VINCI CODE was abyssmal.. mor elate r |
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