Comments on: Crankcast Episode 161 – 20081107

By: Taber

Taber — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:00:15 +0000

Actually the phonetic reading of the dialogue is one of the pleasures of the movie. It contributes to the overstylized, fantastic tone of the film. And for some reason I thought this film had the best “performance” by Tarantino he’s ever given. I liked how his brand of acting (i.e. bad) actually suited a movie like this.

By: Randy Siplon

Randy Siplon — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:34:59 +0000

I guess I missed that episode. Maybe I need to give SWD another try. I just remember thinking it was a bad choice to film it in English considering most of the cast could not speak English very well. Wow, that really came off as racist, my bad. I love ‘Audition’ and ‘Ichi the killer’, so I think my expectations might have been too high. I also felt like Tarantino was hamming it up a bit too much, even by Tarantino standards.

By: Taber

Taber — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:30:23 +0000

Randy, I reviewed Sukiyaki Western Django on my last appearance on the podcast. I saw the film in the theater and actually kind of loved it. I thought it was one of Takashi Miike’s best films. However, if you don’t really follow Miike’s career then that last sentence means nothing to you and you were expecting a whole different kind of movie. I bought it on Blu-Ray and I look forward to watching it again.

By: crank!

crank! — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:28:50 +0000

Oh no… Brendan’s listening now? Only the Taber episodes I hope.

crank!

By: Randy Siplon

Randy Siplon — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:10:48 +0000

Taber, don’t waste your time on ‘Sukiyaki Western Django’. It’s pretty unwatchable.

By: Taber

Taber — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:41:55 +0000

See, now that’s the kind of talkback I expect from our listeners! Especially such great comments like “..yeah, Taber’s right.”

A side note on Trick R’ Treat: while it was the general consensus that WB was probably afraid to release the movie because it had dead kids, I saw Clint Eastwood’s Changeling this weekend, a Universal picture mind you, and there is more disturbing kid killing in that film than anything in Trick R’ Treat.

By: Brendan H.

Brendan H. — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:45:41 +0000

I finally got around to checking out the podcast and gotta say, good work guys! A damn fun listen.

And as one of the friends who Taber got into the Trick R Treat screening, he’d dead on about it. That movie is a perfect throwback to great 80’s horror movies. It’s awesome. My only guess why it’s being held back from release: kids act like assholes and get killed. And it’s actual 12-year-olds playing 12-year-olds, not 24-year-olds as 12-year-olds. So while I consider killing kids a good thing in horror flicks, my guess is that issue has Warner Bros a bit scared.

But yeah, Taber’s right. It’s awesome. Thanks again Taber for getting me into the screening! He’s also right on about The Wrestler, Role Models, and Synecdoche, NY.

By: crank!

crank! — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:35:13 +0000

@Marshall: I don’t think you don’t watch movies, and I have no idea why anyone would think you’re a canary. You’re more like a jaybird. Or a pipsquak.

@Henrik: It does sound interesting, but I can’t believe I’m saying that about a movie about wrasslin’.

@Terri: Hi! I can’t believe you made the effort!

@Will: shush, there are no bad fans just bad shows.

@Noel: hahaha, yeh I gotta learn not to talk when I have no idea what I’m talking about.

@Mohaski: thanks for the note, I wondered if they would keep adapting existing work. I need to get around to reading the books, I’ve heard they were great.

cheers,
crank!

By: Mohaski

Mohaski — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:45:11 +0000

Just a quick, insignificant note – Quantum of Solace is based on a short story by Ian Fleming, from the collection “For Your Eyes Only”…

Keep up the good work, guys…

By: G. Noel Gross

G. Noel Gross — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:15:59 +0000

Thanks for the plug, Taber! Sorry, NyQuil'd Crank, there's no book.

By: Will J.

Will J. — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:20:57 +0000

Yes, you are a bad fan… as are we all!

By: Terri D

Terri D — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:22:36 +0000

Holy crap I finally got around to finding the cast again. There is a “The Crank Cast” movie or some shit and it kept popping up every time I ran a search.

I am a bad fan.

By: Henrik

Henrik — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:24:16 +0000

As a fan of both Wrestling and Darren Aronofsky i am really looking forward to The Wrestler, have yet to hear anyone who didnt like it

By: Marshall

Marshall — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:09:57 +0000

Why do you guys think I don’t watch a lot of movies?
And why am I the canary when Taber thinks Skottie will rant and rave and Mike’ll hate it too…??
weirdos.

Tick Or Treat sounds cool.

Zach and Mira was FUCKING AMAZING! a Raucous time!