movies

[G. Keenan]

I watched "Every Which Way but Loose" last night.

I've seen some really great acting performances by monkeys before, but none as good as Clyde the Orangutan. That monkey is the Laurence Olivier of monkey actors.

Great movie.

[JL21]

I watched "Every Which Way but Loose" last night.

I've seen some really great acting performances by monkeys before, but none as good as Clyde the Orangutan. That monkey is the Laurence Olivier of monkey actors.

Great movie.

I thought it was a lot of fun. I love that driving a truck in that era was an aphrodisiac for women.

Speaking of Eastwood, Geen, I think you should watch "White Hunter, Black Heart". I have a hunch you'd dig it.

[G. Keenan]

I watched "Every Which Way but Loose" last night.

I've seen some really great acting performances by monkeys before, but none as good as Clyde the Orangutan. That monkey is the Laurence Olivier of monkey actors.

Great movie.

I thought it was a lot of fun. I love that driving a truck in that era was an aphrodisiac for women.

Speaking of Eastwood, Geen, I think you should watch "White Hunter, Black Heart". I have a hunch you'd dig it.

Thanks for the tip. I'm going to sign up for netflix today and put it on my queue.

Btw, the sequel, "Any Which Way You Can," is not as good. Clyde is still great, though.

[JL21]

This really bummed me out (spoilered for animal violence and I know some folks don't like that stuff):

[SHOW]

According to "Visions of Caliban: On Chimpanzees and People" by famed primatologist Jane Goodall and Dale Peterson, the original "Clyde" was trained with a can of mace and a pipe wrapped in newspaper. He was viciously beaten the day before filming started to make him more docile. Near the end of filming the sequel "Any Which Way You Can," the orangutan was caught stealing doughnuts on the set, brought back to the training facility and beaten for 20 minutes with a 3 1/2 -foot ax handle. He died soon after of a cerebral hemorrhage.

Dear trainers:

[Leroy]

That sucks.

[G. Keenan]

What the hell? That is disturbing. Those trainers should have been thrown in jail. How can that be legal?

[Michael]

I saw "A history of violence" last night. For me, it was like most Cronenberg movies. It's mixed with really good and really awful moments.

[clevername]

that movie drove me crazy. The home/family scenes seemed to indicate to me that Cronenberg has absolutely no idea how regular people/families live and intereact.

I liked Easter Promises much more.

[JL21]

I saw "A history of violence" last night. For me, it was like most Cronenberg movies. It's mixed with really good and really awful moments.

Maria Bello in a cheerleader outfit receiving oral pleasure = really good moment.

I've only seen a few from Cronenberg, but I agree with your assessment of "A History of Violence".

[wart57]

Watche Horton Hears a Who with Stinky last night, she got up to go watch something else in her room half way through. That kinda tells ya all you need to know. It was ok, but I think they tried to hard. And is there a new law that says Seth Rogan is required to be a voice in all non-pixar animated movies?