Tapology Talks: Movies

I went back all the way to the 20th page and didn't see anyone who started a thread about movies. If there is one, just let this thread sink away into the abyss of thread history, but if not, this is something we can talk about. We've got one for every sport, music, and TV shows. So I figured might as well.

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gummo is better than kids imo

both good movies though

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I watched the 1981 cult classic Roar not to long ago. And ******* hell...where to start with this thing?

This movie is  graphic as all hell, to the point that it verges into arguably being labeled as a borderline snuff film. For those out of the loop, Roar is essentially Grizzly Man before Grizzly Man that took 8 years to make. Primarily because the person who made, directed, and starred in the film Noel Marshall used untamed animals such as lions, tigers, panthers, and jaguars that he owned for the movie and had the entire cast film with these unpredictable, carnivorous predators in a fenced in nature preserve.

To say this was doomed to fail from the start is an understatement. It resulted in up to 70-100 crew members getting mauled and injured brutally, as well as key members of the cast. Melanie Griffin, who was foolish to accept a role for this, was permanently scarred after getting clawed in the face by a lion because of this movie and needed multiple reconstructive surgeries to fix her face and scalp. Tippi Hedren had her leg snapped in half by an elephant picking her up with its trunk. The cinematographer for the movie Jan de Bont had his scalp almost ripped off his head while working for this movie and is famously pictured in the re-released promotional posters that shows his injuries. Noel Marshall's sons, who also worked on the film, got attacked with his son John needing 56 stitches after being bit in the back of the head by a male lion. Hell, Noel Marshall almost died from gangrene on more than one occasion as a result of being viciously attacked in this. To add insult to injury, this movie was a box office bomb that only made $2 million after it took $17 million to make.

This flop, along with all of the vicious injuries and near death experiences, resulted in both John and Jeffery Marshall ending up resenting their father and Tippi Hedren divorcing from Noel Marshall in '82, as well as becoming an animal rights activist and conservationist.

So with all of that out of the way, how is it as a "film"? To me, this fails the insane goal that Noel Marshall intended to accomplish with this movie, which was to show that you could own a lion as a docile house pet. While there are nature documentaries that show these kind of animals can act docile around humans through imprinting, Lions are an exception to that rule AND the lions Marshall rescued were former South American circus performers. What this film does get across is the message of how absolutely dangerous these animals better than Grizzly Man or any similar movie could.

For that reason alone, I recommend people watch it. It's not for the feint of heart and is extremely graphic. But I recommend people watch it if you are willing to stomach that and see the absolute dominant might of nature's apex predators.  

2 that I watched recently that I realized very quickly were rewatches and both I enjoyed (again):

1) Inside Man from 2006 starring Clive Owen, Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster, and Christopher Plummer and...

2) Marauders from 2016 starring Bruce Willis & Christoper Meloni (Law & Order)

I really enjoyed rewatching "Million Dollar Hotel" from Wim Wenders as I did watching "Jagten" from Thomas Vinterberg

Inside man is a fun watch painfully exploitation film but there is at least a heist.
And avoid the common lets try to make the biggest gun fight to beat heat.
Been trying to see Million dollar hotel kept passing it over forget why but it keeps popping back.
Personally just watched a classic Marooned, Greg Peck, Gene Hackman, Ric Crenna.
Also Jumanji..the real one thats classic too god old Rob Williams R.I.P.

Just picked up Den Of Thieves unrated BD thats pretty decent too.

So I’d guess a high % of guys would say Margot Robbie (aka Harley Quinn) Is HOT & I would agree..
I’m remembering her from Suicide Squad = bad@ss movie Imo..

So the other night I watched Birds Of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) & of course I was expecting a great damn movie..

**** it sucks bad! Complete garbage!
Don’t waist seconds of ur life watching this B movie Pile O ****!

i watched "roar" and "gay*****s" both after seeing them mentioned here. gotta say thats time removed from my life span that i'll never get back. **** guys they both suck bad.

@hippie

Yes, too bad d/c ****** up yet another movie

I agree, total garbage

a tv series i presume, english or australian?

i found some clips on you tube but no full episodes, prolly on netflix. i will watch some of the clips though

never even heard of torrent

if any of you are familiar with "plan 9 from outer space" (considered by many to be the worst movie ever made.) check this out. 

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