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That Thing You Do!
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One of those movies I'm sure is very good, but I have no interest in. We'll have to see if the disk makes it into my Netflix queue or if I just listen to the commentary.
5 2013-07-15 04:46:26 (edited by AshDigital 2013-07-15 07:02:21)
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Great episode!
The band movie trifecta for me would be
1) The Commitments
2) Almost Famous
3) That Thing You Do
With an honorable mention - The Blues Brothers
Speaking of The Commitments (1991), It might make an interesting double feature with That Thing You Do. What about a commentary on The Commitments?
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While I LOVE this movie, I really cannot recommend the director's cut. It is overly-bloated and the editing is sloppy. Some of the best jokes from the theatrical version fall completely flat because they let the scenes run too long.
Regardless, the theatrical cut is one of my all time favorites.
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Tom Hanks fell victim to the whole "if you say something's incredible, don't show it" thing in the movie Punchline. He plays a standup comic on the rise, with Sally Field as a wannabe who does open mic nights. Neither is good at standup, really, and the movie suffers because of it. You sort of have to pretend their act is what the movie is saying it is, the same way you have to just accept a Doctor Who special effect.
9 2013-07-15 14:47:58 (edited by Zarban 2013-07-16 05:28:49)
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You gotta be quick with me: I'm from Erie, Pa
I remember this movie coming out and a big article in the venerable Erie Times news about it. Sadly they only shot a couple exterior shots of Mercyhurst in Erie. I'm from Erie by the way. Had to sign up for the forums to post about one of Erie's many important contributions to cinema history. And by many I mean two. They shot the barren apocalyptic landscapes in The Road here.
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Re: Mars Callahan - not sure if he's Hispanic, but I know a guy named Marselino, who goes by the nickname Mars. Also, Mars Callahan is a perfect Schwarzenegger character name.
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