Red Sox (Tolle) vs White Sox (Schultz): 7/7/26, 7:40pm

[drewski6]

4 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Muriel's Wedding.

The best movie ever made is the animated Transformers movies from the mid-late 80s with Orson Welles as Unicron.

[moonslav59]

4 hours ago, Bellhorn04 said:

Maybe the approach is improving?

That was what I was thinking and hoping continues.

Maybe Tracy is making a mark, after some time.

[Bellhorn04]

4 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Chatterbox or Rolling Vengeance? 

My outer limits of weird would be more like Repo Man and Mulholland Drive.

[JoeBrady]

56 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

The best movie ever made is the animated Transformers movies from the mid-late 80s with Orson Welles as Unicron.

Better than the Incredibles?

[moonslav59]

Weirdest movies to me? (I'm sure I'm forgetting too many)

A Clockwork Orange

Pulp Fiction, Blue Velvet, Natural Born Killers (The Rodney Dangerfield scene is whacko)

2001: A Space Odyssey, No Country for Old Men, The Joker

Fargo, Beetlejuice, Eraserhead, Vanilla Sky, Brazil, Jacob's Ladder

[notin]

37 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Weirdest movies to me? (I'm sure I'm forgetting too many)

A Clockwork Orange

Pulp Fiction, Blue Velvet, Natural Born Killers (The Rodney Dangerfield scene is whacko)

2001: A Space Odyssey, No Country for Old Men, The Joker

Fargo, Beetlejuice, Eraserhead, Vanilla Sky, Brazil, Jacob's Ladder

No mention of Ben?  Gotta be the weirdest movie, especially if, like me, you heard the sweet little Michael Jackson theme song first  and probably thought “I bet this is a tender coming-of-age story about a lonely boy who learns the true magic of friendship as the key to his happiness.”

I suppose it is, in a way.  The boy, named Danny, does make his new friend, Ben.  But, if you didn’t already know, Ben is a rat. A real rat, as in a city-dwelling rodent.  And Ben is. not just any rat, but rather he’s king of the rats or emperor of the rats or something. (I admit a certain level of ignorance regarding rat nobility and titles.)  And Ben is also fairly evil, using his authority to order his army of rats to attack grocery stores and food trucks to feed the masses, along with the occasional bully that threatens Danny.  Ben is not nice. 

And does Danny use his friendship to influence Ben and his into more peaceful endeavors, creating a world where humans and rats live in harmony?  No.  Danny covers for him and takes care of him, clearly preferring the status quo.  Not even sure what the theme was supposed to be.

I’d feel bad about the spoilers, but if you haven’t seen this movie, you’ve had about 55 years to take it in…

 

 

 

[vegasbob]

2 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Weirdest movies to me? (I'm sure I'm forgetting too many)

A Clockwork Orange

Pulp Fiction, Blue Velvet, Natural Born Killers (The Rodney Dangerfield scene is whacko)

2001: A Space Odyssey, No Country for Old Men, The Joker

Fargo, Beetlejuice, Eraserhead, Vanilla Sky, Brazil, Jacob's Ladder

Good list!