I did the five bowls of soup challenge and spontaneously found myself doing everything in rapid unpredictable movements and using kicks and punches to solve everyday arguments.
Fun Fact: Bruce hand picked Chuck for this role. When told the film makers wanted a westerner for the villain Bruce recommended Chuck because he had seen him fight before and knew they could work well together.
One of my favorite character actors is Michael Ironside who delivered one of my favorite all time lines in Starship Troopers when he said "They sucked his brain out".
When I saw Chuck Norris in this film, I immediately thought of Nigel Tufnel from Spinal Tap. Good of you to bring it up in Seen It! Craig should bring The Hunt next episode, it's a Mads Mikkelsen film I've been dying to see.
Recently saw ENTER THE DRAGON for the first time. It's a lot of fun and full of moments that have become Iconic with Kung-Fu movies. That said, the best Kung Fu movie of all time, might be the last 5 minutes of BOWFINGER. "Good to see you...Brother."
Have you guys seen Yip Man? Notice you said you don't get round to watching many kung fu moves and this is a fantastic example following the life of Yip Man from 1930's peace time through to the occupation of china during WW2. Well worth a watch.
I would suggest a Mads Mikkelsen movie, Craig, so you can finally hear his voice. I've been interested in his movie, A Royal Affair, for a little while. It's a historical drama about King Christian VII of Denmark. I like history, I'm nerd that way. It's not in English, but that doesn't seem to bother you guys. And also, this show is the best!
Hmm, I'm pretty sure the soup scene is in the dubbed version. There were a few scenes involving translation that makes no sense. I do know the English dub is freaking hilarious.
I was one of the ones that told you to watch Akira subbed. Aren't you glad I did? Also, I've been to restaurants that have 5 types of soup; but my advice to you, having worked at a couple of restaurants back in the day: Never order soup at a restaurant. Soup of the day; but from what day? Most of it is not made fresh anyways, it usually comes in bags, that you put in a soup pot that is then kept on all day. You might as well just buy canned soup, and eat that, it's usually better becaus they prep that shit in the morning, and by the time it's lunch time it's a flip of the coin whether it's burnt or not, and there's a good chance that it's the leftover soup from the day before, in which case it is certainly burnt. Also, if the place has any kind of cabbage salad, don't order the cole slaw, because what that is, is this: (manager to the prep cook:) "The cabbage salad is looking a bit brown. Put some mayo and sugar on it, you know the deal." If you enjoy these items, I highly recommend you make them at home. There are a few exceptions to the the rule; but at most restaurants, that's the score. Also, never eat shark fin soup, because those that do are monsters, and deserve to be hated and reviled.
The Niagara Falls postcard reminds me of a recent fun fact I've learned from my parents. Koreans jokingly refer to Niagara Falls as the Fountain of Youth because of its Korean translation. "Nai ga ra" or "나이가라" translates to "aging begone". Anyways, great episode guys! Watch a Korean movie soon; maybe The Man from Nowhere? or The Good, The Bad, The Weird (a Korean western set in 1930s Manchuria - if that alone isn't enough to get you to watch this, I don't know what else to say)
Finally I finished every episode of this show, and I was going to see the movie you guys were picking today before watching and it's the only movie I've seen actually seen from this show! So that was convenient Also about the trivia, the dub I saw for this movie had the soup scene, Tang Lung just kept repeating "eggs" to the waitress, which was still weird, and another reason why I prefer subs to dubs
RedOrthros Nah he clearly never said eggs because that the waitress would have understood. He said Eggggggggggssssss, which is completely different... right?
You guys don't often talk about family movies and I'm wondering if you've seen Bedknobs and Broomsticks. It's the one of the few post Disney pre Eisner films that can stand toe to toe with any of the Disney classics with two great leads and music by the Sherman brothers. Also as it involves battling the Nazis with the supernatural I like to think it and Indiana Jones share the same universe.
I watched this in preparation for this show! Enter the Dragon is one of my favorite movies so I was expecting to like Way and it was great! The Netflix version is dubbed but that adds sort of a campy charm to it. The very strange plot points (a gang of English speaking whites and blacks in an Italian city extorting a Chinese restaurant) add to that. Bruce Lee is incredibly charming, even though I wasn't hearing his voice. It's not as good as Enter the Dragon, but it's still a great film.
I really hope you've not seen Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle, just so there can be an episode on it. It's a perfect light-hearted kung fu comedy, with the action choreographed by the amazing Yuen Woo-ping of Matrix, Kill Bill and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Fame.
One of the greatest action stars ever. You never stop watching Bruce when he's on scene. You only really focus at him. So sad you guys made this movie look so sad. I was a 80s kid, and he was our hero. He is still my fav to watch. You guys bash the movie, I love it. I still watch it today.
+BlameSociety Damn rights. yall commented about how awesome he is in moves. Cuz that's just Bruce Lee. Nobody hates a Bruce Lee film. Not even Chuck Norris.
Halloween is fast approaching. I recently watch a horror movie called Psycho 9. I'm a die-hard fan of horror films, but even I was left confused by this one!
Love the show! I just set up an automatic monthly payment w/ your PayPal. Thanks so much for both the insight and the laughter! Btw, you guys should watch Spirited Away. Possibly my favorite anime movie. I know you guys would love it!
Bruce Lee is a better actor than people give him credit for. He does a lot of great work facialy. Every expression he makes is iconic somehow. Not just his shouting and his intense stare but even his smile is great. Hes not as good an actor as Jackie Chan and honestly Jackie has more interesting fight scenes but Bruce has an undeniable presence.
Lentil soup. One bowl. I'm down for a WEEK! (I still really love it!)(Q: What's the strongest thing on Earth? A: Soup! It knocked the stuff outta Bruce Lee!)
Trevor Gautereaux This was the film a friend used to introduce me to the Hong Kong action scene of which I was, as yet, completely ignorant. I was just out of high school and I'd grown up in a fairly movie-strict Southern Baptist family, so I'd rarely ever seen even an R-rated movie at that point, so the action and sheer bloodshed surprised me. Needless to say the next 4-5 years were a solid diet of Chow-Yun Fat, John Woo, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and "Leon the Professional". Hollywood gun battles and fight scenes have disappointed me ever since.
daclyde Thats awesome! One of my former high school teachers actually introduced me to the works of John Woo. He was resigning and decided to give away the dvd collection he had in his classroom. I had no idea what they were about but I trusted his judgment and the rest is history and I've loved Hong Kong action ever since.
To be honest, my intro to Heroic Bloodshed was Full Contact with Chow Yun Fat. It’s basically a Hong Kong action movie take on Richard Stark’s novel “The Hunter”. But it’s cool to see Chow play a vengeful anti-hero thats leans more towards a villain.
Love the review, a straight forward look at the movie, which I love aswell though it has it's short comings :-) surprised you guys haven't seen this one.
Have you guys seen Jackie Chan's movie Drunken Master (not to be confused with his later movie, The Legend of the Drunken Master)? It's really fucking good. A lot of people tend to forget or don't realize that Jackie Chan is a really skilled martial artist, because all they've seen is his goofy late-entry comedy movies.
It has been a while since I've seen this flick. I saw it twice on the G4 channel. That was most likely more than six years ago. I now remember the film segment of the channel "Movies That Don't Suck." Anyone else remember that?
I remember going on a Christian mission trip in college and being told to play it cool because we'd be teamed up with a retired group. Those Mofos were wilder than us! The 2nd night we all watched this movie together till the mission leaders got edgy. Then we watched it on mute until -- goodnight, everybody, early morning tomorrow! One of my favorite memories of those years.
REALLY hoping this isn't the only Bruce Lee movie on Welcome to the Basement. Sounds like you've seen Enter the Dragon, but don't forget about The Chinese Connection (Fist of Fury), Fists of Fury (The Big Boss), and Game of Death (or at least the scenes with Bruce).
Favorite character actor: Charles Lane. Was in many of the best beloved movies of the Golden Age of Hollywood (including the WTTB previously viewed "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" and Matt's favorite "It's a Wonderful Life.") Had the privilege of meeting him in the 80s when he was in his 80s. Lived to be 102. Speaking of Hollywood, have you seen "Crimes of Passion" with Kathleen Turner?
You guys should check out "little murders". I have seen it multiple times despite me living in Russia and having no translation for it, i made all my english speaking friends watch it and they were also blown away by it. Also if you are planing to watch some foreing movies i would highly suggest those russian movies: "Жмурки" or "Dead man's bluff" in english. "Daun Haus" or "Даун хаус", and "Playing the victim" or "изображая жертву" in russian. Hope to see those one day on the show
Great episode, guys! You both say you're not into the wuxia genre of movies, but let me make two suggestions that I believe are brilliant uses of "kung-fu" tropes that help the movies transcend their genre a little bit: "Kung Fu Hustle" and "Ip Man" If you haven't seen em, I highly recommend them!
10:09 I think Lee's hand movements were copied in Kung Fu Hustle (2004) by the old landlady (Qiu Yuen). lol. It was the scene in the car when she was warning the Axe Gang member to stay away. From IMDB - In 1974 at the age of 24 Qiu Yuen had a small role in her (at the time) one and only international production, in the James Bond film, "The Man with the Golden Gun" (1974). She portrayed a student who rescues Roger Moore. There was a nice Bruce Lee exhibition last year (2014) in Hong Kong Airport.
If you want to see something that's drastically different from the English language version, you should watch the original Gojira (1954). It has an incredibly dark and thoughtful tone that is almost immediately removed in the American version, Godzilla, King of the Monsters.
Have you guys seen Looking For Eric by Ken Loach? It is the story of a man in Manchester, down on his luck, who begins taking advice from a hallucination of Eric Cantona. I am not usually a fan of Ken Loach for various reasons, but thoroughly enjoyed the film. I love your series :-) All the best. xx
I'm guessing you both have seen The Shawshank Redemption, but how do you rate it? It may be cliche to say so, but it is my favorite movie. I can watch over and over. PS: You should check out the family guy episode "Three Kings", which parodies Misery, Stand By Me and The Shawshank redemption, it's hilarious.
i actually had more than 5 bowl of different soup, i was among the judge during an amateur cooking soup making contest ^^ and i didnt had to go immediatly for "number one and number two"
i did ^^ because the event lasted 6 - 7 hours and at the end of day i was really starving and i was stuck at my table because i had in charge of some media display thingie, so with the leftovers i had at least 5-6 bowls of different soups that evening for diner in one sitting actually, so soup sample tasting all afternoon and a dinner made of soup, weirdly i wasnt thirsty.
i had something like three galons of different soup for the rest of the week, i just hope we wont have that much of entries as we did two years ago (the contest takes place every two year) and i hope wont be a judge this time.
And you just ignored the Shaw Bros and the 36th Chamber? The story of a young protagonist sacrificing for vengeance is quintessential Kung-fu cinema. PS Star Wars
A bit of hindsight, but I think we can all accept that the *only* reason to watch RotD is the Lee/Norris fight, so I was disappointed that you didn't mention the (urban myth?) legend that the fight got out of hand and was real OR that it has become one of the most highly rated fight scenes in cinema history. Interesting fact: So many kids were seriously hurt in the UK trying to imitate Bruce Lee's nunchuck skills in front of their bedroom mirror that the government banned the sale of nunchucks and their use in advertisements in Britain! ....I'm off to find five soups.
Has Matt (or Craig for that matter) seen Human Centipede yet? Just watched the Mystery Mansion B&BG episode where it was brought up.... Maybe a Halloween episode?? Just a thought.
Looks like Chuck Norris' beard moved to his chest for this flick... : ) P.S. My favorite character actors include Vincent Schiavelli (a.k.a.the subway ghost in "Ghost") and Steven Tobolowski (best known as Needlenose Ned Ryerson in "Groundhog Day").
Have you guys seen the recent horror film "Unfriended"? It's a ghost horror that limits all of the action to a single screenshot of a computer screen. Personally I think it's a worthy addition to the genre of low-budget horror.
Way of the Dragon. Ok, i get it. But what's about Berry Gordy's "The Last Dragon"? The first Hip Hop/ Kung Fu / Mowtown / DefJam whatever movie. That's really a masterpiece! Bruce Leeee-roy xDD Best ever! The Soundtrack is awesome.
Eating a different soup five nights in a row. I shall call it...the Soup Immersion Tank.
THUMB KISSES AND STU APPEARANCES FOR ALL.
Woah. wttb is amazing isnt it?
Hope you are doing well (and thanks for all the amazing content :D)!!
Its you!
I did the five bowls of soup challenge and spontaneously found myself doing everything in rapid unpredictable movements and using kicks and punches to solve everyday arguments.
I feel like every time Craig starts to tell a long story in the beginning it just fades out into another shot.
Awww, you didn't show Bruce defoliating Norris' chest. That's my favorite part!
Have you seen the Soviet war film 'Come and See'? It's one of my all time favourite movies.
Fun Fact: Bruce hand picked Chuck for this role. When told the film makers wanted a westerner for the villain Bruce recommended Chuck because he had seen him fight before and knew they could work well together.
I could watch you two discuss films for hours. ... which is sort of what I've been doing, marathoning your show this week.
Yep, me too. This is 2019 and I'm binging the whole thing! :) ....Yes, the full gamut of Craigs hair cuts!
Baby Cookie's Resteraunt has 5 soups.
Guys, John Hurt was also the War Doctor in Doctor Who, and the voice of the Dragon from Merlin. He was amazing in both of those shows!
I don't know about bowls of soup, but drinking an entire jug of cider over a hard sweaty day will give you the shits like no other.
Theodore Roosevelt This has been "Words of Wisdom" with Theodore Roosevelt.
One of my favorite character actors is Michael Ironside who delivered one of my favorite all time lines in Starship Troopers when he said "They sucked his brain out".
Just watched Knives Out and was so excited to see M. Emmett Walsh.
That pic of M. Emmet Walsh in the video makes me think of what Matt will look like in 25 years lol ;)
never really took myself as a movie buff; but this is turning me into some self proclaimed one!
You can not flash Megaforce up on the screen and not have an entire week devoted to the genius of Barry Bostwick! The tease...the painful tease!
That first "loong goh" was dead solid perfect. You just said Brother Dragon in Cantonese and it was hilarious because you got the tones right!
Surprised Lon Chaney was not mentioned as one of the best character actors, I'd even argue he was the best actor of the 20'th century.
When I saw Chuck Norris in this film, I immediately thought of Nigel Tufnel from Spinal Tap. Good of you to bring it up in Seen It!
Craig should bring The Hunt next episode, it's a Mads Mikkelsen film I've been dying to see.
Those kicks were fast as lightning!
A Massive Attack album cover :-) awesome guys.
Really great episode as always guys! Off-topic but I noticed the Massive Attack Blue Lines vinyl in the background! Great album!
7:22 is my favorite moment in Welcome to the Basement!
Recently saw ENTER THE DRAGON for the first time. It's a lot of fun and full of moments that have become Iconic with Kung-Fu movies. That said, the best Kung Fu movie of all time, might be the last 5 minutes of BOWFINGER.
"Good to see you...Brother."
Another great episode, and CiCi puts in another appearance. It just keeps getting better.
Just wanted to say that this is my favourite show on TH-cam. You should get a series commissioned by the BBC or HBO.
They would ruin it, that's why not.
Oh my gosh, your new kitten has gotten so big so fast! She's adorable
You should watch Mads Mikkelson's "The Hunt" for your Hall of Fame episode.
The Welcome to the Basement 5 bowls of soup in one sitting challenge.
Have you guys seen Yip Man? Notice you said you don't get round to watching many kung fu moves and this is a fantastic example following the life of Yip Man from 1930's peace time through to the occupation of china during WW2. Well worth a watch.
ZomgitsPhil Which one? There are like 5 movies from the last 15 years based on his life.
daclyde I prefer the Donnie Yen movies
Also, a tin teardrop!
Bawk-Bakawk! Another great episode guys!
I would suggest a Mads Mikkelsen movie, Craig, so you can finally hear his voice. I've been interested in his movie, A Royal Affair, for a little while. It's a historical drama about King Christian VII of Denmark. I like history, I'm nerd that way. It's not in English, but that doesn't seem to bother you guys. And also, this show is the best!
Sara LaMont They should just watch the Hannibal t.v. series with Mads. He's amazing!
Ocean Sage Yes! That show is so underrated but I love it! Mads is easily one of the best Hannibal Lectors.
That movie is really fantastically good
I feel Matt's pain. We make Raising Arizona references all the time and nobody gets us.
Hmm, I'm pretty sure the soup scene is in the dubbed version. There were a few scenes involving translation that makes no sense.
I do know the English dub is freaking hilarious.
I was one of the ones that told you to watch Akira subbed. Aren't you glad I did? Also, I've been to restaurants that have 5 types of soup; but my advice to you, having worked at a couple of restaurants back in the day: Never order soup at a restaurant. Soup of the day; but from what day? Most of it is not made fresh anyways, it usually comes in bags, that you put in a soup pot that is then kept on all day. You might as well just buy canned soup, and eat that, it's usually better becaus they prep that shit in the morning, and by the time it's lunch time it's a flip of the coin whether it's burnt or not, and there's a good chance that it's the leftover soup from the day before, in which case it is certainly burnt. Also, if the place has any kind of cabbage salad, don't order the cole slaw, because what that is, is this: (manager to the prep cook:) "The cabbage salad is looking a bit brown. Put some mayo and sugar on it, you know the deal." If you enjoy these items, I highly recommend you make them at home. There are a few exceptions to the the rule; but at most restaurants, that's the score. Also, never eat shark fin soup, because those that do are monsters, and deserve to be hated and reviled.
Your picture is a guy who murdered 8 cops
The Niagara Falls postcard reminds me of a recent fun fact I've learned from my parents. Koreans jokingly refer to Niagara Falls as the Fountain of Youth because of its Korean translation. "Nai ga ra" or "나이가라" translates to "aging begone". Anyways, great episode guys! Watch a Korean movie soon; maybe The Man from Nowhere? or The Good, The Bad, The Weird (a Korean western set in 1930s Manchuria - if that alone isn't enough to get you to watch this, I don't know what else to say)
Finally I finished every episode of this show, and I was going to see the movie you guys were picking today before watching and it's the only movie I've seen actually seen from this show! So that was convenient
Also about the trivia, the dub I saw for this movie had the soup scene, Tang Lung just kept repeating "eggs" to the waitress, which was still weird, and another reason why I prefer subs to dubs
RedOrthros Nah he clearly never said eggs because that the waitress would have understood. He said Eggggggggggssssss, which is completely different... right?
Yeah, it still was pretty funny even for not conventionally making sense
You guys don't often talk about family movies and I'm wondering if you've seen Bedknobs and Broomsticks. It's the one of the few post Disney pre Eisner films that can stand toe to toe with any of the Disney classics with two great leads and music by the Sherman brothers. Also as it involves battling the Nazis with the supernatural I like to think it and Indiana Jones share the same universe.
Excellent commentary guys!
Have you guys seen the umberellas of Cherbourg? It's a beautiful and touching french opera and one of the ultimate tear jerkers :')
Terrific episode even by WTTB standards. Stay fast n' bulbous guys.
Great show as always! I always look forward to each new episode!
great episode
You guys should watch Angels and Demons! It's one of my favorite movies and taught me everything I know about electing a pope.
Anika Prosser CGP Grey did a great vidya on der popenstauffer
I watched this in preparation for this show! Enter the Dragon is one of my favorite movies so I was expecting to like Way and it was great! The Netflix version is dubbed but that adds sort of a campy charm to it. The very strange plot points (a gang of English speaking whites and blacks in an Italian city extorting a Chinese restaurant) add to that. Bruce Lee is incredibly charming, even though I wasn't hearing his voice. It's not as good as Enter the Dragon, but it's still a great film.
I really hope you've not seen Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle, just so there can be an episode on it. It's a perfect light-hearted kung fu comedy, with the action choreographed by the amazing Yuen Woo-ping of Matrix, Kill Bill and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Fame.
The soup immersion tank
There doesn't need to be dragons in a Bruce Lee movie, the guy IS the dragon
Bruce snaps a chicken's neck -- _BUGHAAAAWK!_
One of the greatest action stars ever. You never stop watching Bruce when he's on scene. You only really focus at him. So sad you guys made this movie look so sad. I was a 80s kid, and he was our hero. He is still my fav to watch. You guys bash the movie, I love it. I still watch it today.
Blackaria We didn't "bash" it. Just because you don't love a film doesn't mean you hate it.
+BlameSociety Damn rights. yall commented about how awesome he is in moves. Cuz that's just Bruce Lee. Nobody hates a Bruce Lee film. Not even Chuck Norris.
+BlameSociety this is the Internet. There are only two settings, it seems: love or hate
Halloween is fast approaching. I recently watch a horror movie called Psycho 9. I'm a die-hard fan of horror films, but even I was left confused by this one!
I'm gonna keep my fingers crossed and hope Greg chooses Michael Ironside because a movie is automatically elevated just by having him in it XD
Love the show! I just set up an automatic monthly payment w/ your PayPal. Thanks so much for both the insight and the laughter! Btw, you guys should watch Spirited Away. Possibly my favorite anime movie. I know you guys would love it!
Bruce Lee is a better actor than people give him credit for. He does a lot of great work facialy. Every expression he makes is iconic somehow. Not just his shouting and his intense stare but even his smile is great.
Hes not as good an actor as Jackie Chan and honestly Jackie has more interesting fight scenes but Bruce has an undeniable presence.
Lentil soup. One bowl. I'm down for a WEEK! (I still really love it!)(Q: What's the strongest thing on Earth? A: Soup! It knocked the stuff outta Bruce Lee!)
Have you ever seen John Woo's The Killer? Its an ofthen overlooked 80s action film.
Trevor Gautereaux This was the film a friend used to introduce me to the Hong Kong action scene of which I was, as yet, completely ignorant. I was just out of high school and I'd grown up in a fairly movie-strict Southern Baptist family, so I'd rarely ever seen even an R-rated movie at that point, so the action and sheer bloodshed surprised me. Needless to say the next 4-5 years were a solid diet of Chow-Yun Fat, John Woo, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and "Leon the Professional". Hollywood gun battles and fight scenes have disappointed me ever since.
daclyde Thats awesome! One of my former high school teachers actually introduced me to the works of John Woo. He was resigning and decided to give away the dvd collection he had in his classroom. I had no idea what they were about but I trusted his judgment and the rest is history and I've loved Hong Kong action ever since.
To be honest, my intro to Heroic Bloodshed was Full Contact with Chow Yun Fat. It’s basically a Hong Kong action movie take on Richard Stark’s novel “The Hunter”. But it’s cool to see Chow play a vengeful anti-hero thats leans more towards a villain.
Love the review, a straight forward look at the movie, which I love aswell though it has it's short comings :-) surprised you guys haven't seen this one.
Have you guys seen Jackie Chan's movie Drunken Master (not to be confused with his later movie, The Legend of the Drunken Master)? It's really fucking good. A lot of people tend to forget or don't realize that Jackie Chan is a really skilled martial artist, because all they've seen is his goofy late-entry comedy movies.
Sam Vimes Drunken Master 2 is my favourite Martial Art movie.
It has been a while since I've seen this flick. I saw it twice on the G4 channel. That was most likely more than six years ago. I now remember the film segment of the channel "Movies That Don't Suck." Anyone else remember that?
i just had 5 bowls of soup. I think i broke my colon trying to get it down. Now i feel the rumblings.
have you ever seen closet land? It was a fascinating movie that affected me for years after i saw it in college.
I remember going on a Christian mission trip in college and being told to play it cool because we'd be teamed up with a retired group. Those Mofos were wilder than us! The 2nd night we all watched this movie together till the mission leaders got edgy. Then we watched it on mute until -- goodnight, everybody, early morning tomorrow!
One of my favorite memories of those years.
Have you seen Ip Man? Best martial arts movie I've seen in years. (That's ip man not LP man, he's doesn't throw records at people)
Have you guys seen the new N.W.A biopic _Straight Outta Compton?_
I just saw it today and it is THE BEST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN! I cried 3 times.
You should choose The Great Silence.
It is an excellent and very snowy western starring hall of famer Klaus Kinski
REALLY hoping this isn't the only Bruce Lee movie on Welcome to the Basement. Sounds like you've seen Enter the Dragon, but don't forget about The Chinese Connection (Fist of Fury), Fists of Fury (The Big Boss), and Game of Death (or at least the scenes with Bruce).
There is a restaurant down the street from my apartment called Soup Nation. They usually have around 5 types of soup.
a year has passed, how was the toilet experience after having 5 varieties of soup in one sitting?
Favorite character actor: Charles Lane. Was in many of the best beloved movies of the Golden Age of Hollywood (including the WTTB previously viewed "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" and Matt's favorite "It's a Wonderful Life.") Had the privilege of meeting him in the 80s when he was in his 80s. Lived to be 102.
Speaking of Hollywood, have you seen "Crimes of Passion" with Kathleen Turner?
You guys should check out "little murders". I have seen it multiple times despite me living in Russia and having no translation for it, i made all my english speaking friends watch it and they were also blown away by it. Also if you are planing to watch some foreing movies i would highly suggest those russian movies: "Жмурки" or "Dead man's bluff" in english. "Daun Haus" or "Даун хаус", and "Playing the victim" or "изображая жертву" in russian. Hope to see those one day on the show
Great episode guys! Have you seen the 1986 animated classic Transformers the Movie? My son would love for you to review this. Thanks!
Emmet Walsh from Blade Runner and Larry Dean Stanton from Escape from New York and Red Dawn!
Great episode, guys! You both say you're not into the wuxia genre of movies, but let me make two suggestions that I believe are brilliant uses of "kung-fu" tropes that help the movies transcend their genre a little bit: "Kung Fu Hustle" and "Ip Man" If you haven't seen em, I highly recommend them!
Matt, matt, matt, how have you never seen way of the dragon
10:09 I think Lee's hand movements were copied in Kung Fu Hustle (2004) by the old landlady (Qiu Yuen). lol. It was the scene in the car when she was warning the Axe Gang member to stay away.
From IMDB - In 1974 at the age of 24 Qiu Yuen had a small role in her (at the time) one and only international production, in the James Bond film, "The Man with the Golden Gun" (1974). She portrayed a student who rescues Roger Moore.
There was a nice Bruce Lee exhibition last year (2014) in Hong Kong Airport.
If you want to see something that's drastically different from the English language version, you should watch the original Gojira (1954). It has an incredibly dark and thoughtful tone that is almost immediately removed in the American version, Godzilla, King of the Monsters.
The ending of Signs was intentionally "set up", it's literally the title of the movie. Fate, destiny, and purpose are major themes of the film.
Funniest episode ever
Have you guys seen 5 Element Ninjas? It's something else!
Have you guys seen Looking For Eric by Ken Loach? It is the story of a man in Manchester, down on his luck, who begins taking advice from a hallucination of Eric Cantona. I am not usually a fan of Ken Loach for various reasons, but thoroughly enjoyed the film. I love your series :-) All the best. xx
Alright, then I'm going to check out Spinal Tap, I guess.
The dubbed version of Akira is so good! Why would anyone complain about that? It's like complaining about the dubbed version of Cowboy Bebop.
you guys NEED to watch Black Belt Jones! "great" Kung fu, "awesome" acting, "fantastic" writing.
it's such a "bad-funny" movie is a classic.
I'm guessing you both have seen The Shawshank Redemption, but how do you rate it? It may be cliche to say so, but it is my favorite movie. I can watch over and over.
PS: You should check out the family guy episode "Three Kings", which parodies Misery, Stand By Me and The Shawshank redemption, it's hilarious.
I think Cici is after Craig's job
THE CHILI. THATS THE PROBLEM!
Ooo, kung-fu, y'all GOTTA see "Bolo" ("Bai ma hei qi" - 1977) best, least known comedy kung-fu crack, but PERFECTLY bad-good AND good-bad...!!D
i actually had more than 5 bowl of different soup, i was among the judge during an amateur cooking soup making contest ^^ and i didnt had to go immediatly for "number one and number two"
Jeff Maesar Yeah but did you actually finish all those bowls of soup in one sitting? Judges usually taste the submissions not eat the whole thing.
i did ^^ because the event lasted 6 - 7 hours and at the end of day i was really starving and i was stuck at my table because i had in charge of some media display thingie, so with the leftovers i had at least 5-6 bowls of different soups that evening for diner in one sitting actually, so soup sample tasting all afternoon and a dinner made of soup, weirdly i wasnt thirsty.
Dang... that's a lot of soup.
i had something like three galons of different soup for the rest of the week, i just hope we wont have that much of entries as we did two years ago (the contest takes place every two year) and i hope wont be a judge this time.
Speaking of kung fu, have you ever seen Flash Point with Donnie Yen? In my opinion, it has the best fight scene of any film in history.
And you just ignored the Shaw Bros and the 36th Chamber? The story of a young protagonist sacrificing for vengeance is quintessential Kung-fu cinema. PS Star Wars
A bit of hindsight, but I think we can all accept that the *only* reason to watch RotD is the Lee/Norris fight, so I was disappointed that you didn't mention the (urban myth?) legend that the fight got out of hand and was real OR that it has become one of the most highly rated fight scenes in cinema history. Interesting fact: So many kids were seriously hurt in the UK trying to imitate Bruce Lee's nunchuck skills in front of their bedroom mirror that the government banned the sale of nunchucks and their use in advertisements in Britain! ....I'm off to find five soups.
Dick Miller is a pretty good character actor as well.
Tim Meadows was awesome in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story... check it out if you haven't... be sure to watch the unrated extended version.
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. Batmang: Mark of the Phantom. Bateman. Mack of the Pants.
Has Matt (or Craig for that matter) seen Human Centipede yet? Just watched the Mystery Mansion B&BG episode where it was brought up.... Maybe a Halloween episode?? Just a thought.
I liked Tona's cameo.
Looks like Chuck Norris' beard moved to his chest for this flick... : ) P.S. My favorite character actors include Vincent Schiavelli (a.k.a.the subway ghost in "Ghost") and Steven Tobolowski (best known as Needlenose Ned Ryerson in "Groundhog Day").
Have you guys seen the recent horror film "Unfriended"? It's a ghost horror that limits all of the action to a single screenshot of a computer screen. Personally I think it's a worthy addition to the genre of low-budget horror.
Way of the Dragon. Ok, i get it.
But what's about Berry Gordy's "The Last Dragon"? The first Hip Hop/ Kung Fu / Mowtown / DefJam whatever movie. That's really a masterpiece! Bruce Leeee-roy xDD Best ever! The Soundtrack is awesome.
I want to hear more of Matt's Gregory Peck.