Gexx Posted July 17, 2002 Posted July 17, 2002 Has anyone seen it? I really like that movie. It's almost completely like year 2. or the Maltese Falcon. I love noir.
Darth Eggplant Posted July 17, 2002 Posted July 17, 2002 I watched it the other night in fact. yes there is Casablanca in there for sure. Glottis aka Sam Manny as Rick the police chief even looks like Claude Reins. another funny spoof on Casablanca was warnerbros cartoon Carrotblanca.
Isis Kaldara Posted July 17, 2002 Posted July 17, 2002 I knew Casa had something to do with Grim's genre... as in the noir bit of it. I haven't seen Casa really, but I know enough of it to assume y'all're right. There is an animé series called Noir. I was thinking of buying it.
Darth Eggplant Posted July 18, 2002 Posted July 18, 2002 you should think about buying or renting Casablanca Isis. I know you love Anime but sit down and brace yourself: "Anime is not everything" and you can learn some things about life in B&W with actual people too.
Isis Kaldara Posted July 19, 2002 Posted July 19, 2002 I know animé isn't everything. In fact, I have more Disney, Dreamworks, WB, and Universal films than animé. Anyway, I heard Casablanca was a fantastic movie for being made when and how it was. I only hope it's as good as all the other old films I have.
MeddlingMonk Posted July 19, 2002 Posted July 19, 2002 Talk about left-handed compliments. Personally I'd much rather see anything made in the '30s to anything in theaters now. I remember once getting into this discussion about movies with a guy who grew up in the '20s. Funny thing was I knew more '20s and '30s trivia that he did.
Isis Kaldara Posted July 19, 2002 Posted July 19, 2002 I must say, I agree. People really can't come up with original movies anymore. They're mostly rip-offs of the old good ones. That or they consist of recycled jokes and humor and love lives and adventures and actions and what have you.
Metallus Posted July 19, 2002 Posted July 19, 2002 I haven't seen Casablanca yet. I have, however, grown a fondness for other noir films from studying the genre briefly in an English class a couple years ago. I actually lent Grim Fandango to my teacher and he loved it (he did end up getting stuck and giving up, though. ). Anyway, I have seen several other classics, such as Force of Evil, Touch of Evil, The Maltese Falcon, Night of the Hunter, Blade Runner, and a few others. There's something really appealing about the look of those movies; I can't really explain it. Has anyone here seen "The Man Who Wasn't There"? It's a rather new film noir done by the Coen brothers, and it stars Billy Bob Thornton. It's outstanding.
GendoTheGreat Posted July 19, 2002 Posted July 19, 2002 I'm ashamed to admit it, I have never seen Casablanca. I set out to the video store to get it, but I'm always distracted by some brightly coloured cretin fodder. For shame.
Darth Eggplant Posted July 19, 2002 Posted July 19, 2002 Metallus if you liked the Maltese Falcon you will Love Casablanca it is just such a classic and like many times people say that, this time it is not a cliche. (funny thing about Maltese) first time I saw it I had the running john Anderson song friends of mr. Cairo going through my head as the movie moved along. another really great film is the African Queen. I think 2 of my fav Boggart flics of all time. and even though Casablanca is in GF, it will not spoil the game for new players it is just really funny when you've seen Casablanca and then end up in Manny's cafe.
mxbx Posted July 19, 2002 Posted July 19, 2002 Metallus: How does "The Man Who Wasn't There" compare with such Coen classics as "The Big Lebowski", "Raising Arizona" or "The Hudsucker Proxy"? Aside from the whole noir aspect, I mean.
Isis Kaldara Posted July 20, 2002 Posted July 20, 2002 Hmm... Metallus, did you mention Blade Runner? Yes, it is an excellent movie. If you liked that and have no objections to watching animé, I suggest "Armitage III". My Dad was watching it with me and mentioned how much like Blade Runner it was.
Gabez Posted July 23, 2002 Posted July 23, 2002 If I remember rightly, the GF Press release states that it's like Casablanca and The Big Sleep. The same was said for Discworld Noir. Now I watched The Big Sleep. It's a great film. But I didn't see one GF refference or anything. However, it's story and characters are very similar to Discworld Noir's main plot.
Darth Eggplant Posted July 24, 2002 Posted July 24, 2002 Discworld Noir is the only Discworld game that I do not own, only saw it once for short time then it was gone. want to play it however. someday maybe
Isis Kaldara Posted July 24, 2002 Posted July 24, 2002 I'm confused... The only Discworld I've hear of is the book series by Terry Pratchett.
GendoTheGreat Posted July 27, 2002 Posted July 27, 2002 Can anyone tell me how many Discworld games there are, and their names?
spoon_man Posted August 10, 2002 Posted August 10, 2002 I've seen Casablanca time and time again and it's always genius. There are a lot of brilliant films out today as long as you look beyond all the mainstreem hollywood bull****. Like Waking Life came out just last year and I think it's one of the most brilliant films ever made. There are a lot of genius films made in the 20s and 30s aswell. And Bogie is probably the coolest film star known to man. As for Discworld I read all of the books when I was about 12 and I still think it's brilliant and I'm still reading them in between other things. The games are really good as well.
Darth Eggplant Posted August 10, 2002 Posted August 10, 2002 Gendo three discworld games to my knowledge Discworld Discworld 2 and discworld noir or something they are by pygnosis or something most likely out of print older games for slower comps but still fun to play send me a pm and we'll talk.
manny_c444 Posted August 14, 2002 Posted August 14, 2002 I think alot of old movies (I don't know the time period but during the B&W era) are more funny then today's comdies. They don't have to rely on perverted devices to get a laugh. I suggest everyone to find a film named "1 2 3" and watch it. Its about a Coca-Cola executive who is shafted by the company and posted as a director of operations in Berlin (when it was broken between the allies and the Soviets). The film has tons of Communist and Nazi humor that is unofrgettably funny. They torture a Russian with American pop music! Whats more brilliant than that?? !
GendoTheGreat Posted August 14, 2002 Posted August 14, 2002 I wholeheartedly concur. Don't make 'em like they used to. Ever watch any Norman Wisdom? And let's not forget the classics: Abbot & Costello, Marx Bros. and the rest. Does anyone recall that Abbot & Costello cartoon they used to make? I barely remember it myself, or if it was funny.
Darth Eggplant Posted August 15, 2002 Posted August 15, 2002 yes B&W is good stuff! I mean I watched Spartacus loads of times before I realized what the fade to black meant, because at the end when she kept showing him their son, I kept scratching my head wondering when they ever got around to Pitching Woo. and nobody to this day does Whoes on First as well as they did. there's is the first, last and always there.
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