ucsdguy1
Super Star
Only the Strong (1993)
Pa na na way pa na na
Pa na na way pa na na
jerseydevil
I'llPutPenniesOnYourEyes
What party?
Taxi Squad
"The Salton Sea"
Not sure if it's a guilty pleasure but I started thinking about it when Val Kilmer died and was going to post this in the "We hardly knew ye" thread but it became a different animal, as things tend to do when I type a post.
The main character Danny(Kilmer) is a man adrift in the undercurrent of grief for his recently deceased wife and the drug use he's using as either a coping mechanism or a means to an end of finding his wife's murder by double crossing dirty narcos cops. Oh, and it's film noir, because of course it is, I like it. =)
It was a 2002 film so it was more about speed/crank instead of the current oxy crisis(if that's triggering, don't watch) but here's why it stayed with me: Vincent D'onofrio. The guy plays this unsettling unstable drug kingpin that gets high on his own supply, obsesses about JFK and has a metal nose replacement due to his septem collapsing from, well, drug use. Every scene he's in, is perplexingly unpleasant. And the whole movie is gritty in a "Trainspotting" way,less glorifying drug use more, robbing/stealing tweakers.
Went down a D'onofiro rabbit hole after Val Kilmer's death and tried re-watching some old Criminal Intent (peacock), oh my, not sure if it's a (forgive me) an on the spectrum(again, sorry) thing or what but every episode D'onofrio was in he has a different hair style and color. Like they could not decide to cover up the bald, keep the grey or commit to a hair piece for a season, or really an episode. There was one episode where his hair changed color and shape in the same scene! Pretty sure the hair/make-up people were dealing with a lot. (reference: Vincent lost his mother-effing mind over John Kerry -yup-losing the election-the coke habit did not help- and just started physically fighting people on the set;per my rabbit hole research via reddit) Ha! Anyway... It fascinated me, for far, far too long, until I could not unsee it and had to force myself to stop watching.
But, I digress, the Salton Sea may be my favorite Val Kilmer movie.
Not sure if it's a guilty pleasure but I started thinking about it when Val Kilmer died and was going to post this in the "We hardly knew ye" thread but it became a different animal, as things tend to do when I type a post.
The main character Danny(Kilmer) is a man adrift in the undercurrent of grief for his recently deceased wife and the drug use he's using as either a coping mechanism or a means to an end of finding his wife's murder by double crossing dirty narcos cops. Oh, and it's film noir, because of course it is, I like it. =)
It was a 2002 film so it was more about speed/crank instead of the current oxy crisis(if that's triggering, don't watch) but here's why it stayed with me: Vincent D'onofrio. The guy plays this unsettling unstable drug kingpin that gets high on his own supply, obsesses about JFK and has a metal nose replacement due to his septem collapsing from, well, drug use. Every scene he's in, is perplexingly unpleasant. And the whole movie is gritty in a "Trainspotting" way,less glorifying drug use more, robbing/stealing tweakers.
Went down a D'onofiro rabbit hole after Val Kilmer's death and tried re-watching some old Criminal Intent (peacock), oh my, not sure if it's a (forgive me) an on the spectrum(again, sorry) thing or what but every episode D'onofrio was in he has a different hair style and color. Like they could not decide to cover up the bald, keep the grey or commit to a hair piece for a season, or really an episode. There was one episode where his hair changed color and shape in the same scene! Pretty sure the hair/make-up people were dealing with a lot. (reference: Vincent lost his mother-effing mind over John Kerry -yup-losing the election-the coke habit did not help- and just started physically fighting people on the set;per my rabbit hole research via reddit) Ha! Anyway... It fascinated me, for far, far too long, until I could not unsee it and had to force myself to stop watching.
But, I digress, the Salton Sea may be my favorite Val Kilmer movie.
jerseydevil
I'llPutPenniesOnYourEyes
"The Salton Sea"
Not sure if it's a guilty pleasure but I started thinking about it when Val Kilmer died and was going to post this in the "We hardly knew ye" thread but it became a different animal, as things tend to do when I type a post.
The main character Danny(Kilmer) is a man adrift in the undercurrent of grief for his recently deceased wife and the drug use he's using as either a coping mechanism or a means to an end of finding his wife's murder by double crossing dirty narcos cops. Oh, and it's film noir, because of course it is, I like it. =)
It was a 2002 film so it was more about speed/crank instead of the current oxy crisis(if that's triggering, don't watch) but here's why it stayed with me: Vincent D'onofrio. The guy plays this unsettling unstable drug kingpin that gets high on his own supply, obsesses about JFK and has a metal nose replacement due to his septem collapsing from, well, drug use. Every scene he's in, is perplexingly unpleasant. And the whole movie is gritty in a "Trainspotting" way,less glorifying drug use more, robbing/stealing tweakers.
Went down a D'onofiro rabbit hole after Val Kilmer's death and tried re-watching some old Criminal Intent (peacock), oh my, not sure if it's a (forgive me) an on the spectrum(again, sorry) thing or what but every episode D'onofrio was in he has a different hair style and color. Like they could not decide to cover up the bald, keep the grey or commit to a hair piece for a season, or really an episode. There was one episode where his hair changed color and shape in the same scene! Pretty sure the hair/make-up people were dealing with a lot. (reference: Vincent lost his mother-effing mind over John Kerry -yup-losing the election-the coke habit did not help- and just started physically fighting people on the set;per my rabbit hole research via reddit) Ha! Anyway... It fascinated me, for far, far too long, until I could not unsee it and had to force myself to stop watching.
But, I digress, the Salton Sea may be my favorite Val Kilmer movie.
Definitely a GP. And a terrific one at that. The 'heist' scene, recreating JFK shot with pigeons...5 star G.P.
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Taxi Squad
Thanks dude, fives stars even?! nice. I knew this place did not lose that good times vibe. Thinking of updating some of the old threads, specifically the 4/20 one. Which as a person like yourself with a keen eye for media and a love of recreational drugs can attest to: stoner movies are not always guilty pleasure movies, know the difference. Just a thought.
Luc SkyBomba
I put the D in RICHARSON
oh hey, JD
jerseydevil
I'llPutPenniesOnYourEyes
whassup lil brother?
Luc SkyBomba
I put the D in RICHARSON
I'm just here trying to figure out if Banana Split starring Hannah Marks is a guilty pleasure...
jerseydevil
I'llPutPenniesOnYourEyes
whatever brings you pleasure my good friend.
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