tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post6973129729559066689..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Head TripsSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-43746854111157201882018-06-03T12:42:41.012-05:002018-06-03T12:42:41.012-05:00There's a lot about Manhunter that I really li...There's a lot about <i>Manhunter</i> that I really like. It's fair in some sense to compare it to <i>The Silence of the Lambs</i>, but the more direct comparison is between this and <i>Red Dragon</i>. That being the comparison, this one wins every single time.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-92223194059470670002018-06-03T12:40:33.973-05:002018-06-03T12:40:33.973-05:00I give Cronenberg a great deal of credit for attem...I give Cronenberg a great deal of credit for attempting to film <i>Naked Lunch</i> even if the results are far less than I'd have liked them to be. "Unfilmable" stories seem to always get filmed eventually, even if a lot of them end up pretty terrible.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-53975166209552712382018-05-19T11:34:46.249-05:002018-05-19T11:34:46.249-05:00The List still has a few more-popular films that I...The List still has a few more-popular films that I should have seen a long time ago but just never got around to. I totally missed Manhunter when it came out, but my mom likes it, and I remember her talking about it when The Silence of the Lambs came out. I've been meaning to see it ever since.<br /><br />I watched it on YouTube Movies last night (only two dollars!) and it's not as good as Silence of the Lambs but it's still pretty good. Brian Cox as Lecktor is great.<br /><br />I was laughing out loud at the scenes where Graham would be working out what happened and then he would START YELLING AT THE AIR!<br /><br />"YOU BASTARD! YOU SAT ON THIS TELEPHONE AND WATCHED THEM POOP, DIDN'T YOU? I'LL GET YOU, YOU BASTARD!"Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-87056693973801043632018-05-18T19:08:43.968-05:002018-05-18T19:08:43.968-05:00I am a huge fan of the writings of William S. Burr...I am a huge fan of the writings of William S. Burroughs and had read quite a few of his books and his biography when Naked Lunch came out. And I loved it! I saw it several times when it opened and I've seen it once or twice since then.<br /><br />I praised it to one of my film-buff friends, prompting him to see it. And afterwards, he said. "They should hand out Cliff Notes to the people who haven't read the book."<br /><br />I might watch Manhunter tonight.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-38790983713834130822016-10-08T14:17:29.774-05:002016-10-08T14:17:29.774-05:00Yeah, at some point you just have to toss your han...Yeah, at some point you just have to toss your hands in the air, shrug, and wait until the credits run. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-14106328886936930492016-10-08T04:25:14.114-05:002016-10-08T04:25:14.114-05:00I had pretty much the same reaction to Naked Lunch...I had pretty much the same reaction to Naked Lunch as you. I tried to tie all the threads of the story together in my head, but they didn't all fit, and I just gave up in the end. Julia Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.com