remembering Leslie, Irving and Blake.

In these past few weeks  we lost not one but three Hollywood icons.

Leslie Nielsen, who is most known for his comedies such as Airplane and Naked Gun died today at the age of 84. Nielsen is also known for his roles in Forbidden Planet and as Captain Harrison of the SS Poseidon. Here is a quote from The TV show Police Squad."We're sorry to bother you at such a time like this, Mrs. Twice. We would have come earlier, but your husband wasn't dead then." Thanks for making me laugh.

The second death was director Irving  Kershner who directed what most considered to be the best Star Wars film of the trilogy The Empire Strikes Back. Which has one of film's most well known lines. He also directed the unofficial Bond film Never Say Never Again.
He will be missed.

I have also just learned of the death of another Hollywood director Blake Edwards. Edwards is most known for directing Breakfast at Tiffany's and the Pink Panther series with Peter Sellers. I have only seen two of his films, Pink Panther and A Shot in the Dark.  A Shot in the Dark in my opinion, was the best film in the series.  Some of his other films include Operation Petticoat and The Great Race both which star the late great Tony Curtis.

We have already lost so many movie icons this year. Now we've lost three more. :(

You must work out alot.

I just got done watching Hands of Steel aka Atomic Cyborg  an 80's action flick about a Cyborg named Paco who is forced to kill by his master Enter the Dragon's John Saxon. But when he fails Saxon and the FBI both chase him to his home state of Arizona. There he meets a motel owner and falls in love only to be harassed by a group of truckers. Raoul Morales the main trucker is also a really good arm wrestler until Paco defeats him and later the arm Wrestling champ Anatola Blanco. After some crushed heads and broken skulls he faces Saxon and pulls out his heart. I was waiting though out the whole film to see Saxon show off some of his Karate moves but sadly he did not fight. This movie is good for some laughs.

I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.

 Last night for the first time I watched the Brian De Palma classic Scarface starring Al Pacino as a Cuban who starts out small and grows big in Miami. The film is dedicated Howard Hawks and Ben Hechet's 1932 Scarface. I thought the film was a little far fetched when he's able to put all that Coke into him and live. Their was barely one line in the film where he did not say Fuck. It is one of the most violent films I have seen. The movie was written by director Oliver Stone who made such films as Platoon and Wall Street. I  prefer Untouchables but this is a classic as well.

Yes. And it will break away, acting as a safety valve of immense proportion. Twenty-thousand square miles of the Eearth's surface thrown out into space

Scientist  Dr. Steven Sorenson plans to tap the  energy of the Earth's interior by setting off a nuclear bomb deep within the Earth. But it goes wrong and starts causing large earthquakes all over the area.  It's nothing special just another crappy low budget 60's science fiction film. I'd watch When Worlds Collide over this.              

But as a Northerner, you make me vomit.

A few days ago I watched the civil war movie Kill them all and come back alone. It stars Chuck Conners who betrays a gang seven men while killing dozens of Union troops. The movie had some good fights such as the one in the bar. But the acting was not very good. Bogard kicked ass in this film when he hits a guy with a door.

You know what I think? I think that we're all in our private traps, clamped in them, and none of us can ever get out. We scratch and we claw, but only at the air, only at each other, and for all of it, we never budge an inch.

I finally after all these years watched Alfred Hicthcock's classic Psycho starring Anthony  Perkins as Norman bates. A women named Marion Crane steals money from her boss then buys a car and drives far away from Phoenix to go and marry her partner Sam. But by nightfall she becomes tired and stops at a place called the Bates. Where she's greeted by Norman Bates(Anthony Perkins). Then after he invites her to have dinner with him. Then he goes back to his home behind the motel to tell his mother he's tells him no in a loud voice which starts an augment between the two which Marion here's from the open window in her room. Then he comes down and they eat.Afterwords she goes back to her room to take a shower. You can probably guess what happens next. This is a film has one of the most well kown scores in film history which is composed and conducted by the great Bernard Herrmann. "33% of the effect of Psycho was due to the music." said Hicthcock.

My Top Ten fights in the Movies.

1. Enter the Dragon

Bruce Lee vs Shih Kien
This fight is the best because it has Bruce Lee who fights Shih Kien and his metal claw. The mirror scene is also really good. I also like really long fights.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d40M8UuQFC8

2.  Wheels on Meals

Jackie Chan vs Benny Urquidez
When the greatest movie stuntman Jackie Chan  and one of the world's greatest kick boxers Benny Urquidez fight you know you're in for a treat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzMSOehLMEQ

3. Fist of Legend

Jet Li vs Billy Chow.
Fist of Legend is one of my favorites not only because it has Jet Li. But because Li can get the crap beaten out of him and still come back to beat Chow to death by whipping him with his belt and then slitting his throat with the same sword he tried to kill him and his partner with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh9LbqRwERI

4. Fist of Fury

Bruce Lee vs Robert Baker
You know that when Bruce Lee fights it going to be good. In this fight he battles martial artist Robert Baker who puts up a good fight but is no match for Bruce Lee.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_AJTgxBqpg

5. Magnificent Butcher

Sammo Hung vs Lee Hoi San
What would this list be without Sammo Hung's final fight in the Magnificent Butcher. I love the fights in this movie watch it and you will see why.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAOYYTxP4I4

6. You Only live Twice

Sean Connery vs  Ronald Rich
 Lets us not forget the epic fight between James Bond and Blofeld's  henchman Hans which ends up with Bond dumping Hans into a pool of piranhas. Bonds fights are always good but this one along with the fight against Robert  Shaw in From Russia With Love would have to be my two favorite Bond fights.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrg9Va3UDdc

7. They Live

Rowdy Roddy Piper vs Keith David
They Live is a great movie and this fight is one of the reasons why because it is a very long fight and it has Hot Rod the professional wrestler and actor Keith David fighting over a pair of glasses. This one my personal favorites.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsZpdUUdd3I

8.The Matrix

Keanu Reeves vs Hugo Weaving  
The subway scene is great with it's slow motion shooting and also Weaving smashing through walls. Then  the train comes and smashes into Weaving after he's punched Reeves though a wall.I also loved the part were they sped up Weaving when he's punching Reeves. 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zIJCpUqeb4

9. The Big County

Gregory Peck vs Charlton Heston 

This fight is great because it has two of the screens greatest actors Gregory Peck and Charlton Heston fighting hand to hand combat in the classic film the Big Country. When one man is on the ground he gets back up and keeps right on fighting. It was Pecks way of saying goodbye.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEFJllAj9b8 

 

10. The Living Daylights

Bill Weston vs Andreas Wisniewski
  This is my tenth favorite fight it is epic because Weston who plays Green 4 puts up a good fight against yet another blond henchman. Green 4walks in with a tray of tea when seeing the body  he drops the tray, tries to report to base but is kicked by Andreas and then flipped over dropping his gun. He blocks a punch then hits Andreas in the back. After that he punches Andreas in the stomach and face.Then after a struggle Green 4 is almost cut with an electric knife by Andreas but he unplugs it. Later he throws flower into Andreas eyes and hits him after getting his face pushed down onto a hot grill. He pushes Andreas away who burns his hand on the grill. Then Green 4 doges a pot of boiling water but then G4 is hit in the stomach and kicked in the face. Sadly he loses and is knocked out with a frying pan. then Andres says one of films greatest lines.

Green Four to base.
We have gas leaks in main building.                   
Some personnel overcome. Evacuate.
Send for emergency medical 



services.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C388NEJ-mj8

Mr. Cobb has a job offer he'd like to discuss with you.

Last night I had a dream that I was at the Riverveiw watching  a movie called Inception and that it starred   Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page and also  the great, super awesome,  really cool Micheal Caine . My favorite thing about this film is that it stars Michael Caine who plays  Prof. Stephen Miles. Cobb's mentor, father-in-law and Ariadne's college professor who recommends her to the team. In my opinion the line up top is one of the best lines in the movie because it is said by Michael Caine. Without Caine this movie would have not been as good. Even though his role is minor it is still the best performance in the movie.  This picture from the film  has Micheal Caine in it and is 100% good. If it just had Leo and no Caine it would only be 50% good. Micheal makes any movie he's in shine.