Topic: WITHOUT FURTHER ADO (Read 25916 times)

bk · « **on:** June 07, 2005, 12:03:36 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, you've absorbed the notes like a gazelle wearing Depends, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home, which they will do without further ado. And, if they don't, it will be with further adon't.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** June 07, 2005, 12:06:55 AM »

And the word of the day is: PLENIPOTENTIARY!

Smoke on your pipe and put that in!

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #2 on:** June 07, 2005, 12:14:20 AM »

My favourite action sequence from a film is, without a doubt, the battle at Tantrapur as Cutter, Ballantine, MacChesney, and Gunga Din fight their way through the Thugs and escape via the river in GUNGA DIN.

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #3 on:** June 07, 2005, 12:18:37 AM »

The duel in the theatre Scaramouche is, for me, still a pretty spectacular action sequence. But then there are many fencing duels I could name...

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #4 on:** June 07, 2005, 12:22:13 AM »

Good Morning!

Well, the only action sequences I can think of right now are...well... hmm.. nevermind...

Seriously, the only that comes to mind right now is the "chase" in "Star Wars (A New Hope)" - was it in the "first" one? - with the Millenium Falcon being chased by the X-Wing Fighters, flying through the asteroid(?), etc....

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #5 on:** June 07, 2005, 12:23:10 AM »

And, now, I sleep...

Goodnight.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #6 on:** June 07, 2005, 12:24:42 AM »

Action films are not me. First thought though was "Run Lola Run".

Jrand73 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 07, 2005, 01:22:04 AM »

DR CP has chosen a good one, and of course the car chase in BULLITT is terrific as well.

So I will start with a couple of others:

The first few minutes of LOST HORIZON when the people are trying to get out of China and there are very few airplanes to pick them up. Eventually Ronald Colman (and later Peter Finch) does a great job of getting them all together and then in the nick of time getting out on the last plane with his brother and a few others.

The chase in WHAT'S UP DOC? that also goes all over San Francisco and ends with a lot of cars in the Harbor.

And the storming of the Bastille in the Dirk Bogarde-starring version of A TALE OF TWO CITIES.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #8 on:** June 07, 2005, 01:25:21 AM »

Well both of my OCR LP's of WEST SIDE STORY are the OL releases in Mono - both purchased at Goodwill or yard sale. BUT the one that I bought someplace else is that "classics" release with the GOLD front cover and the small reproduction cover of the OCR, and the back proclaims "Previously released as OS 2001" - telling me that yes, DR MATTH and MR BK were correct yesterday when stating that the WEST SIDE STORY OBC LP was released originally in FULL GLORIOUS STEREO - PHONIC SOUND.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #9 on:** June 07, 2005, 01:26:39 AM »

Congratulations to FJL on the Trivia Contest victory!

Sounds like everything is right on schedule CD-wise, and book wise, and website wise, and play reading wise....the stars must be perfect alignment for Mr Kimmel.

Go buy a Powerball ticket.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #10 on:** June 07, 2005, 01:27:05 AM »

Oh rehearsal went very well, thank you for asking.

Tomorrow night: Act Two!

Hisaka · « **Reply #11 on:** June 07, 2005, 04:22:18 AM »

TOD, I don’t watch action films much… but I like a scene in a mirrors room of Han (it’s not chasing sequence

) from “Enter The Dragon” starring Bruce Lee. I think it’s really thrilling and has great success with visual effects, and is beautiful as well.

Hisaka · « **Reply #12 on:** June 07, 2005, 04:24:41 AM »

Have a nice breakfast DR JANE and dear BK.
Look forward a photo from the meeting!

Kerry · « **Reply #13 on:** June 07, 2005, 05:29:51 AM »

I have to admit that (besides "What's Up Doc?") that one of my favorite and most effective action sequences is the revolution on the steps in "Potemkin." It was effective enough to be copied quite regularly.

A great car sequence is the one with Jack lemmon and Louis Nye in "Good Neighbor Sam."

Michael · « **Reply #14 on:** June 07, 2005, 05:40:01 AM »

As I got on these boards I saw that Ben, Kerry were on. My brain wasn't at 100% so it read it as Ken Berry!

Ben · « **Reply #15 on:** June 07, 2005, 05:49:37 AM »

Not a big fan of action movies so it would take too long for me to come up with something of note from a movie that is not action oriented but has action in it. Perhaps the sequence where the Titanic hits the iceberg in the 1953 version of Titanic with Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyck

elmore3003 · « **Reply #16 on:** June 07, 2005, 05:57:03 AM »

Good morning, all! I slept late this morning, and I have to get to work on DARLING OF THE DAY. "What Makes A Marriage Merry" keeps running through my head, so I guess that's what I'll be working on today.

DRBen, I love that huge jar of honey you brought me! It certainly livens up my morning coffee.

TOD: Two films: the BEN-HUR chariot race, and the car chase on the highway going the wrong direction, which I think is in TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.

MBarnum · « **Reply #17 on:** June 07, 2005, 06:34:53 AM »

Hmmm...action sequences...I have seen many, but can't think of any outstanding ones at the moment...perhaps after a few cups of coffee.

Stuart · « **Reply #18 on:** June 07, 2005, 06:43:19 AM »

Quote from: JRand54 on June 07, 2005, 01:22:04 AM

The chase in WHAT'S UP DOC? that also goes all over San Francisco and ends with a lot of cars in the Harbor.

Ditto.

Matt H. · « **Reply #19 on:** June 07, 2005, 06:54:12 AM »

Love the action movie genre and could fill an entire page with favorite sequences. However I'll choose a few that come readily to mind:

1. The helicopter/train sequence in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE. Has to be logistically impossible for that to be able to happen, but it was a breathless sequence nevertheless.

2. Once things start happening about an hour in, I'd say the rescue attempts and explosion sequences in DIE HARD which gets my vote as the greatest action movie ever made.

3. The pre-credit sequences in GOLDENEYE and TOMORROW NEVER DIES, both almost equalling action sequences in any of the Connery/Bond films which is saying something.

vixmom · « **Reply #20 on:** June 07, 2005, 07:07:19 AM »

TOD:

Hmmmm

I liked the battle sequences in LOTR: The Two Towers and LOTR: Return of the King

The Speeder Bike through the woods thing in Return of the Jedi (back when that was Star Wars # 3)

The car chase in The French Connection

Harrison Ford's run out of the cave in the first Indiana a Jones movie

and for laugh out loud action

John Candy and Steve Martin driving the wrong way on the freeway at night in "Trains, Planes & Automobiles"

vixmom · « **Reply #21 on:** June 07, 2005, 07:14:03 AM »

and "Captain Jack Sparrow's" first escape in Pirates of the Carribean

Matt H. · « **Reply #22 on:** June 07, 2005, 07:28:09 AM »

All of the INDIANA JONES films, even the second one which most people seem to loathe, have terrific action sequences. The second one has that hilarious and exciting diamond snatching with "Anything Goes" playing in the background, and it also has that terrific mining car chase sequence.

Matt H. · « **Reply #23 on:** June 07, 2005, 07:31:18 AM »

Off now to do some house cleaning in preparation for my brother's visit this afternoon. Will be back later in the day.

JMK · « **Reply #24 on:** June 07, 2005, 07:37:15 AM »

The PR machinery in Portland is up and running!! Got my first confirmation call yesterday that there will be a nice article on BK appearing here.

My favorite action sequence is in Last Tango in Par---oh, wait, never mind.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #25 on:** June 07, 2005, 07:49:54 AM »

Good Morning!

...Must be productive today... Must be productive today...

I slept well. I think. Feeling a little "off", but I think that's due to the heat and high humidity outside. Maybe once my breakfast - and Advil - kick in, I'll feel better.

In any case...

...Must be productive today... Must be productive today...

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #26 on:** June 07, 2005, 07:52:40 AM »

The chase scene in "What's Up Doc?" is a favorite of mine too.

And the restaurant-dumb-waiter sequence in "La Femme Nikita" - either the original or the American remake - which tracked the original sequence shot-for-shot. $:-\$

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #27 on:** June 07, 2005, 07:55:37 AM »

Quote from: JMK on June 07, 2005, 07:37:15 AM

My favorite action sequence is in Last Tango in Par---oh, wait, never mind.

...I can't believe it's not butter...

Remember the rule![/b]

S. Woody White · « **Reply #28 on:** June 07, 2005, 07:58:06 AM »

We're operating on the same wavelength, DR Vixmom, since the speederbike sequence was the first one I thought of, too.

What I like about the Brosnan Bonds is how the pre-titles sequences have set up the rest of the story, along with being excelent action sequences on their own. (The inside joke, of Judy Dench, a.k.a. Jean/M, sparring with Geoffrey Palmer, a.k.a. Lionel/Admiral Roebuck, is a bonus in Tomorrow Never Dies.) I especially liked the double-action opener for The World is Not Enough, particularly the speedboat chase through London.

The What's Up, Doc? chase is a standout, too; amazing how closely comedy and suspense mix. The Indiana Jones films are all full of these set pieces. (Matt and I are thinking alike, too!)

One of my favorite chase sequences is from a not-too-well known film called Roadgames, starring Stacey Keech and Jamie Lee Curtis. Set in Australia, the big chase sequence works in reverse, as circumstances force the killer and the pursuer to move ever slower through the city, rather than faster.

MBarnum · « **Reply #29 on:** June 07, 2005, 08:05:42 AM »

I think I have to go with the WHAT'S UP DOC chase soon, also....and several of the scenes in IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD.

And the big panic scene in EARTH VS THE SPIDER when the giant tarantula strolls through town.

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