Comments on: Million Dollar Movie

By: Boatzilla

Boatzilla — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 05:44:15 +0000

Great post. I liked all of those, but totally agree on Casualties. I could never watch it again. The violence is stomach-turning and not purposeful.

I’ve seen “Sex, Lies,…” about 3 times recently. It’s was playing again on our of our cable movie channels. Every time I stayed up late, it was on. It still hold up despite the VCR issue. All the actors gave perhaps their best performances, IMHO.

Peter Gallagher is fantastic as the cad. And who didn’t love Laura San Giacomo’s character? You better not say. She went to my high school (Morris Knolls, Denville, NJ), and I knew her brother well, as he was in the band with me. I remember her staring in our school’s version of The Miracle Worker. It freaked me out when I saw her in that movie.

By: Matt Blankman

Matt Blankman — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:56:15 +0000

[6] Same here, Alex. I liked it very much 20 odd years ago, but I haven’t seen it in eons. I like a lot of Soderberg’s stuff, I should go back to it.

By: Normando

Normando — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:08:42 +0000

This is my all time favorite movie. I had it on VHS and watched it almost weekly for a few years. Great soundtrack. I got a Drugstore Cowboy coffee mug and it is one of the few possessions I have managed to retain from that era!

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 15:40:57 +0000

5) She was beautiful but also had a rich role that she made the most of. I remember “Sex, Lies” had a big debut at Cannes and I recall liking it a lot when it came out. Haven’t seen it in many years now though.

By: Matt Blankman

Matt Blankman — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:45:10 +0000

Also, I don’t think Kelly Lynch was ever quite so hot again.

By: Matt Blankman

Matt Blankman — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:25:47 +0000

I didn’t care for Batman then or now, really. “Do The Right Thing” was one of the most exciting and memorable movie-going experiences of my life. Not just because of the film, but if you can remember all the talk surrounding it on its release – the worry it would start riots, the hope it would somehow get us all talking…it was a heady time.

By: RagingTartabull

RagingTartabull — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:12:09 +0000

yeah I’m not a big Casualties of War guy. Fox is horribly miscast, although I love the ridiculousness of his “Dark Period” (Bright Lights Big City!!). But yeah, heavy handed.

I saw Drugstore Cowboy in High School and remember not loving it, but I should probably give it another shot.

Do The Right Thing, Glory, and Sea of Love are all favorites though. And the original Batman is really the only one of those Burton/Schumacher ones that holds up at all in the wake of Nolan.

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:33:52 +0000

“Batman” also came out that summer.

By: Matt Blankman

Matt Blankman — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:13:04 +0000

I’d be curious to see Drugstore Cowboy again. I loved it back then.

As for 1989 being a strong year – I don’t think Casualties of War is very good (and I *like* DePalma). It’s really heavy-handed and the performances are so overdone.