Watching Deliverance for the 1st time

[episodic]

WTF?


What a movie.

 

[KLin]

SQUEAL LIKE A PIG!! :laugh:

 

[SSP]

Ahh, a movie the whole family can enjoy.

 

[chuckywang]

I didn't watch the movie, just the two most famous scenes in the movie.

You all know what the two most famous scenes are....

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Believe it or not, the book is wonderful as well. James Dickey, the author, is a prolific poet and was, for many years, the head of the English department at the University of GA. The book is beautifully written and fascinating IMO. The movie is one of the very few where I don't find Burt Reynolds annoying (and it was his first movie IIRC).

 

[grrl]

Originally posted by: DonVito
Believe it or not, the book is wonderful as well. James Dickey, the author, is a prolific poet and was, for many years, the head of the English department at the University of GA. The book is beautifully written and fascinating IMO. The movie is one of the very few where I don't find Burt Reynolds annoying (and it was his first movie IIRC).

Good movie, and Reynolds proved he could act. Then something happened...

He was good in Boogie Nights I thought too.

 

[Buck Armstrong]

Originally posted by: DonVito
Believe it or not, the book is wonderful as well. James Dickey, the author, is a prolific poet and was, for many years, the head of the English department at the University of GA. The book is beautifully written and fascinating IMO. The movie is one of the very few where I don't find Burt Reynolds annoying (and it was his first movie IIRC).

I totally agree about Burt Reynolds. He actually seems like a REAL actor in this movie. Everybody always focuses on the sodomy scene, but for me, one of the finest moments in American cinema is when he pops up out of nowhere with an arrow knocked and resolves the situation. I almost cheered the first time I saw it.

And without a mustache too.

 

[episodic]

I love how they bury the body.

Like in two inches of dirt.


So in real life, would a person get in trouble if they did what Reynolds did (shooting the guy who just raped one guy and was about to rape the other)?

 

[FP]

I just watched that movie for the first time this year too.

Even with all of the gore movies today have (Hostel, etc) the famous scene in that movie was extremely difficult to watch.

The entire time I was thinking I would rather fight back and die than experience that.

 

[grrl]

Originally posted by: binister
I just watched that movie for the first time this year too.

Even with all of the gore movies today have (Hostel, etc) the famous scene in that movie was extremely difficult to watch.

Probably because so much of the gore today is fantasy-like and cartoonish (think Tarantino) as opposed to when a situation is presented as very believable and frightening.

 

[Buck Armstrong]

Originally posted by: grrl

Originally posted by: binister
I just watched that movie for the first time this year too.

Even with all of the gore movies today have (Hostel, etc) the famous scene in that movie was extremely difficult to watch.

Probably because so much of the gore today is fantasy-like and cartoonish (think Tarantino) as opposed to when a situation is presented as very believable and frightening.

Nope, its much more simple than that. If you're a straight guy, there's nothing more repulsive and sick than anal rape, PERIOD. You think men are afraid of prison because they might get beat up? We're ok with that...its the sodomy that scares us.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: grrl

Originally posted by: binister
I just watched that movie for the first time this year too.

Even with all of the gore movies today have (Hostel, etc) the famous scene in that movie was extremely difficult to watch.

Probably because so much of the gore today is fantasy-like and cartoonish (think Tarantino) as opposed to when a situation is presented as very believable and frightening.

Tarantino's films are just so fvcking intense. Kill Bill Vol. 1 was the last film I saw in the theatre where I thought that I got more than my money's worth. You could just not take your eyes off the screen; it was so intense. And those fight sequences leave you breathless. Yes, it was over-the-top by that was the point. He was making an homage to the kung-fu movies of the 70s and that's how those movies were.

 

[FP]

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: grrl

Originally posted by: binister
I just watched that movie for the first time this year too.

Even with all of the gore movies today have (Hostel, etc) the famous scene in that movie was extremely difficult to watch.

Probably because so much of the gore today is fantasy-like and cartoonish (think Tarantino) as opposed to when a situation is presented as very believable and frightening.

Tarantino's films are just so fvcking intense. Kill Bill Vol. 1 was the last film I saw in the theatre where I thought that I got more than my money's worth. You could just not take your eyes off the screen; it was so intense. And those fight sequences leave you breathless. Yes, it was over-the-top by that was the point. He was making an homage to the kung-fu movies of the 70s and that's how those movies were.

Have you seen Hostel? That movie is frighteningly realistic. Who knows what kind of sh!t goes on in those Eastern European countries. I wanted to turn away a handful of times but just couldn't. I kept wondering if they were actually going to show the torture.

 

[grrl]

Originally posted by: binister

Have you seen Hostel? That movie is frighteningly realistic. Who knows what kind of sh!t goes on in those Eastern European countries. I wanted to turn away a handful of times but just couldn't. I kept wondering if they were actually going to show the torture.

I've never seen Hostel, but I remember the chainsaw scene in Scarface. That's one of the most intense scenes I've ever seen.

Edited to trim quotes

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: binister

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: grrl

Originally posted by: binister
I just watched that movie for the first time this year too.

Even with all of the gore movies today have (Hostel, etc) the famous scene in that movie was extremely difficult to watch.

Probably because so much of the gore today is fantasy-like and cartoonish (think Tarantino) as opposed to when a situation is presented as very believable and frightening.

Tarantino's films are just so fvcking intense. Kill Bill Vol. 1 was the last film I saw in the theatre where I thought that I got more than my money's worth. You could just not take your eyes off the screen; it was so intense. And those fight sequences leave you breathless. Yes, it was over-the-top by that was the point. He was making an homage to the kung-fu movies of the 70s and that's how those movies were.

Have you seen Hostel? That movie is frighteningly realistic. Who knows what kind of sh!t goes on in those Eastern European countries. I wanted to turn away a handful of times but just couldn't. I kept wondering if they were actually going to show the torture.

Hostel was the dumbest movie I've ever seen.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: KLin
Hostel was the dumbest movie I've ever seen.

It was great for some good ol' fashioned boobies-and-gore entertainment.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: DonVito
Believe it or not, the book is wonderful as well. James Dickey, the author, is a prolific poet and was, for many years, the head of the English department at the University of GA. The book is beautifully written and fascinating IMO. The movie is one of the very few where I don't find Burt Reynolds annoying (and it was his first movie IIRC).

He did quite a bit of work in both TV and movies before that, but it was his first staring role in a major motion picture. And it was the movie that made him a star.

Too bad he squandered that on cheap comedies and action flicks instead of the serious roles he was obviously capable of. He stupidly refused many roles that would have earned him critical acclaim, including James Bond in the 70s and Jack Nicholson's role in Terms of Endearment.

 

[jjones]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: DonVito
Believe it or not, the book is wonderful as well. James Dickey, the author, is a prolific poet and was, for many years, the head of the English department at the University of GA. The book is beautifully written and fascinating IMO. The movie is one of the very few where I don't find Burt Reynolds annoying (and it was his first movie IIRC).

He did quite a bit of work in both TV and movies before that, but it was his first staring role in a major motion picture. And it was the movie that made him a star.

Too bad he squandered that on cheap comedies and action flicks instead of the serious roles he was obviously capable of. He stupidly refused many roles that would have earned him critical acclaim, including James Bond in the 70s and Jack Nicholson's role in Terms of Endearment.

Yes, but The Longest Yard makes up for all of the other garbage he was in.