You're right. I have about 15 or so that are floating around in my favorites list. My top movies are not neccesarily the best ones I've seen. Like you said, they are the ones that I have an emotional connection to.

Wes Anderson is awesome but I haven't seen all of his films yet. My favorite so far is also The Life Aquatic. I love those covers. The Mark Mothersbaugh numbers are awesome, too. The scene where Steve introduces his boat and crew, accompanied by Mothersbaugh's "Let Me Tell You About My Boat" is one of my favorite scenes. I also really liked The Royal Tenenbaums.

Oh, underappreciated and overrated actors. It is relatively easy for me to rattle off some of my favorite actors. Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, and Ingrid Bergman are definitely in the top 5. Other actors I love off of the top of my head: Gary Oldman, Anjelica Huston, Gregory Peck, Katharine Hepburn, Bruce Willis (most people love him for the wrong reasons), Bill Murray, Charlie Chaplin, Helena Bonham Carter (I love how much her older stuff contrasts with her more recent roles. She's great.), John Goodman (I have always had a thing for this guy. He is a pleasure to watch.), James Stewart, Topol (I've only seen him in Fiddler but it is one of my favorite performances EVAR), Henry Fonda, Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Oliver Reed. This list was about 5 times as long before I cut it down. You're welcome.

I'm sure you're the same way that I am with actors. Sometimes I love them because they are truly great actors and sometimes I love them because they are good actors and you just enjoy watching them for whatever reason. I admit that one of the reasons that I love Newman, Brando, and Bergman is because they are all incredibly sexy. They also happen to be exceptional actors. Who are your favorites?

Severely overrated: Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton (used to be okay, now I can't stand her), Nicolas Cage (liked him in Matchstick Men...which reminds me that I love Sam Rockwell), Keira Knightly, and there is something about Mel Gibson's acting that seems...is it insincere? Affected? All I know is that something is off with him and I'm not a fan.

I'll rent The Big Lebowski one of these days.

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You probably already know your top movies, you just haven't declared so boldly what they are. Like I said though, most of my tops are in contention, I just happen to have an emotional connection to two films which may always reign supreme.

If there's anyone to be jealous of it's Wes Anderson and his siblings. Must be awesome to make films with your family and best friends. Loved and own every one of their movies. I think Life Aquatic is my favorite... yeah, definitely Steve Zissou. I mean, you can't go wrong: a movie starring Bill Murray, filled with brilliant sets and costumes, and a soundtrack comprised of David Bowie cover songs by Seu Jorge? Is it wrong that I'm salivating right now? I also really enjoyed Darjeeling Unlimited, despite it's lack of closure. I was hoping Murray would tie in at some point.

As far as people and their movie tastes... You didn't feel the gripping suspense of Armageddon?! Didn't it make you weep when -- I honestly, cannot remember a thing about that piece of trash, except Liv Tyler. (Typical.) I have a friend who once told me The Marine was his favorite film of all time. It was really obnoxious because he was interrupting my first viewing of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover; kept complaining that he needed an explosive hook.

Now, Big Lebowski... is one of those movies you either love or hate. I've only known people who are one or the other. Probably due to over 200 f-bombs. If you can get over that, you'll realize it's a brilliant homage to Philip Marlowe and old screwball comedy. (And the soundtrack is amazing.)

(I completely agree about Goodman. Thank god for the Cohen Brothers. At least they recognize talent and put him in most of their films.)

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I think bad rep as far as insurance is concerned, 'cause they were the first real affordable sport bikes. I usually ride year 'round but usually get snotted in with snow a couple of weeks at a time.

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Bad rep, really? Do tell / send links plz.

The last two years I put it away precisely at mid-Nov., but we just got hammered with a minor blizzard last night in our first snow. It oughta melt, though. So we'll see.



In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Good bike with a bad reputation. Can you still ride up there this time of year?

In reply to this comment by calvados:
It's a Kawasaki Ninja ZX6 (1993). I hadn't expected to have a sport bike, but what the hell, I do and I love her.


In reply to this comment by schmawy:
So you ride? Got a bike now? I imagine it's a Triumph based on your Brando-esque avatar.

http://corridorsoftime.com/db4/00320/corridorsoftime.com/_uimages/brando.jpg

Bad rep, really? Do tell / send links plz.

The last two years I put it away precisely at mid-Nov., but we just got hammered with a minor blizzard last night in our first snow. It oughta melt, though. So we'll see.



In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Good bike with a bad reputation. Can you still ride up there this time of year?

In reply to this comment by calvados:
It's a Kawasaki Ninja ZX6 (1993). I hadn't expected to have a sport bike, but what the hell, I do and I love her.


In reply to this comment by schmawy:
So you ride? Got a bike now? I imagine it's a Triumph based on your Brando-esque avatar.

http://corridorsoftime.com/db4/00320/corridorsoftime.com/_uimages/brando.jpg

Good bike with a bad reputation. Can you still ride up there this time of year?

In reply to this comment by calvados:
It's a Kawasaki Ninja ZX6 (1993). I hadn't expected to have a sport bike, but what the hell, I do and I love her.


In reply to this comment by schmawy:
So you ride? Got a bike now? I imagine it's a Triumph based on your Brando-esque avatar.

http://corridorsoftime.com/db4/00320/corridorsoftime.com/_uimages/brando.jpg

So you ride? Got a bike now? I imagine it's a Triumph based on your Brando-esque avatar.

http://corridorsoftime.com/db4/00320/corridorsoftime.com/_uimages/brando.jpg

There was good reason to dislike Marlon Brando, but he was also a genius. Sometimes it's hard to come to terms with things like that.

>> ^Klytus:
I'd like to see the rest of this documentary - anyone know the title?


Classic bit of footage here. I'm sure if you look on the DVD extras of the Godfather you'll find plenty of this stuff.

the unfortunate side of this is people now see you voted for it .. recognize you .. and follow suit ..

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Shit. Well, we'll just have to keep a watchful eye on him for now then. I'll continue to check on his voting record, and if it continues as it does for much longer we will have a better case for banination. I won't vote for his videos anymore, so hopefully that will keep him from getting his bronze star.

Thanks for pointing this out to me.

In reply to this comment by ashes2flames:
I did contact dag when the snuff clip was submitted and he did discard it.
I also contacted lucky about the MrFisk connection but he replied they must just be friends etc ..
but to me it's obvious when you look at his upvotes .. they are all for MrFisk. And the 2 videos he has submitted MrFisk has voted them up within a few minutes of them being queued. Obviously something is wrong with that. Even if they are friends you're supposed to vote on the video .. not the person .. and anyone who looks at http://www.videosift.com/member/DrAlcibiades/votedup can see that isn't the case.


In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
I'm going to ask dag or lucky how to proceed with this one, but I'm leaning towards a * ban.

In reply to this comment by ashes2flames:
I gotta tell ya man .. it's really depressing when this guy get's as many votes for this:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Rare-Shooting-During-Filming-of-the-Muppets
as I do for the first ever screen test of Marlon Brando ..
http://www.videosift.com/video/Marlon-Brandos-First-Scene-Test-Rebel-Without-A-Cause
especially considering this:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Woman-Loses-Head-in-Suicide-Bombing-Graphic
and this:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Woman-Loses-Head-in-Suicide-Bombing-Graphic#comment-416620
and the fact that he is obviously a sock puppet for MrFisk or at the very least someone who is voting for his vids based on who he is rather than what he submits. And who MrFisk votes for also.
http://www.videosift.com/member/DrAlcibiades/votedup
Ya know?

Hard to believe this can make it past the latest yawning cat video .. but here it is .. the first screen test ever recorded by some guy named Marlon Brando for an unknown indy film.

Oh well .. after talking to you dag and lucky about it I guess I just lost my mind:
http://www.videosift.com/talk/SiftQuisition-MrFisk-DrAlcibiades-The-Absence-of-Reason
honestly enough is enough ..


In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Shit. Well, we'll just have to keep a watchful eye on him for now then. I'll continue to check on his voting record, and if it continues as it does for much longer we will have a better case for banination. I won't vote for his videos anymore, so hopefully that will keep him from getting his bronze star.

Thanks for pointing this out to me.

In reply to this comment by ashes2flames:
I did contact dag when the snuff clip was submitted and he did discard it.
I also contacted lucky about the MrFisk connection but he replied they must just be friends etc ..
but to me it's obvious when you look at his upvotes .. they are all for MrFisk. And the 2 videos he has submitted MrFisk has voted them up within a few minutes of them being queued. Obviously something is wrong with that. Even if they are friends you're supposed to vote on the video .. not the person .. and anyone who looks at http://www.videosift.com/member/DrAlcibiades/votedup can see that isn't the case.


In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
I'm going to ask dag or lucky how to proceed with this one, but I'm leaning towards a * ban.

In reply to this comment by ashes2flames:
I gotta tell ya man .. it's really depressing when this guy get's as many votes for this:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Rare-Shooting-During-Filming-of-the-Muppets
as I do for the first ever screen test of Marlon Brando ..
http://www.videosift.com/video/Marlon-Brandos-First-Scene-Test-Rebel-Without-A-Cause
especially considering this:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Woman-Loses-Head-in-Suicide-Bombing-Graphic
and this:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Woman-Loses-Head-in-Suicide-Bombing-Graphic#comment-416620
and the fact that he is obviously a sock puppet for MrFisk or at the very least someone who is voting for his vids based on who he is rather than what he submits. And who MrFisk votes for also.
http://www.videosift.com/member/DrAlcibiades/votedup
Ya know?

I did contact dag when the snuff clip was submitted and he did discard it.
I also contacted lucky about the MrFisk connection but he replied they must just be friends etc ..
but to me it's obvious when you look at his upvotes .. they are all for MrFisk. And the 2 videos he has submitted MrFisk has voted them up within a few minutes of them being queued. Obviously something is wrong with that. Even if they are friends you're supposed to vote on the video .. not the person .. and anyone who looks at http://www.videosift.com/member/DrAlcibiades/votedup can see that isn't the case.


In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
I'm going to ask dag or lucky how to proceed with this one, but I'm leaning towards a * ban.

In reply to this comment by ashes2flames:
I gotta tell ya man .. it's really depressing when this guy get's as many votes for this:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Rare-Shooting-During-Filming-of-the-Muppets
as I do for the first ever screen test of Marlon Brando ..
http://www.videosift.com/video/Marlon-Brandos-First-Scene-Test-Rebel-Without-A-Cause
especially considering this:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Woman-Loses-Head-in-Suicide-Bombing-Graphic
and this:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Woman-Loses-Head-in-Suicide-Bombing-Graphic#comment-416620
and the fact that he is obviously a sock puppet for MrFisk or at the very least someone who is voting for his vids based on who he is rather than what he submits. And who MrFisk votes for also.
http://www.videosift.com/member/DrAlcibiades/votedup
Ya know?

I'm going to ask dag or lucky how to proceed with this one, but I'm leaning towards a * ban.

In reply to this comment by ashes2flames:
I gotta tell ya man .. it's really depressing when this guy get's as many votes for this:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Rare-Shooting-During-Filming-of-the-Muppets
as I do for the first ever screen test of Marlon Brando ..
http://www.videosift.com/video/Marlon-Brandos-First-Scene-Test-Rebel-Without-A-Cause
especially considering this:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Woman-Loses-Head-in-Suicide-Bombing-Graphic
and this:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Woman-Loses-Head-in-Suicide-Bombing-Graphic#comment-416620
and the fact that he is obviously a sock puppet for MrFisk or at the very least someone who is voting for his vids based on who he is rather than what he submits. And who MrFisk votes for also.
http://www.videosift.com/member/DrAlcibiades/votedup
Ya know?

I gotta tell ya man .. it's really depressing when this guy get's as many votes for this:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Rare-Shooting-During-Filming-of-the-Muppets
as I do for the first ever screen test of Marlon Brando ..
http://www.videosift.com/video/Marlon-Brandos-First-Scene-Test-Rebel-Without-A-Cause
especially considering this:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Woman-Loses-Head-in-Suicide-Bombing-Graphic
and this:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Woman-Loses-Head-in-Suicide-Bombing-Graphic#comment-416620
and the fact that he is obviously a sock puppet for MrFisk or at the very least someone who is voting for his vids based on who he is rather than what he submits. And who MrFisk votes for also.
http://www.videosift.com/member/DrAlcibiades/votedup
Ya know?

well.. the kiss aside, even as a kid I assumed that all the powers involved happened in Superman's fortress of solitude which have some of Krypton's advanced technology (more than just white walls and Marlen Brando) and that Superman and the villians (all from Krypton) are just demonstrating some of them.

Great adaptation especially the acting by Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski and Viven Leigh as Blache Dubois.

I studied this in my final year of A/S Level Exams. It was great fun.

Here is information on the next festival, March 26 - 30, 2008:

http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/

This is another video I posted from the 2006 competition:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Fox-News-Stella-Yelling-2006-in-New-Orleans

And here's a clip to show you what inspired the contest:

http://www.videosift.com/video/A-Streetcar-Named-Desire-Stella-Marlon-Brando