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| 342.1 | | 20932::ELKINS | Don't be so jejune | Tue Dec 14 1993 16:05 | 8 |
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I just saw this over the weekend and really enjoyed it. It's
got a quirky sense of humor - no big surprise with Mike Meyers
in the lead. I especially loved the scenes with his family
where Mike Meyer's also plays his father. Amanda Plummer
was great as usual and I also wish they had used her more.
Adam
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| 342.2 | We have a piper down. | 44247::SNEIL | FOLLOW WE WILL | Fri Apr 29 1994 18:27 | 6 |
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Out on Video in the UK.Go and rent it on your way home from work.
It's brilliant,as .1 said the Family scenes are a riot.A must see.
SCott
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| 342.3 | * (barely) | DECWET::JWHITE | mint snapple and drugs | Fri Apr 29 1994 18:45 | 4 |
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for the sake of completeness, i thought this was a complete waste
of time.
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| 342.4 | | 34838::PENFROY | Just Do It or Just Say No? | Fri Apr 29 1994 20:33 | 12 |
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Woman!
Wo-man!
Whoooa - Man!
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| 342.5 | completely uninteresting | VAXWRK::STHILAIRE | discarded junk of other minds | Mon May 02 1994 11:00 | 8 |
| re .3, I agree with you on this one, Joe.
I usually like Mike Meyers, but I rented this and was almost bored to
death. Nothing about it captured my interest, and I stopped watching
it about half way through.
Lorna
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| 342.6 | | 9871::CLARK | Chairman of the Bored | Mon May 02 1994 16:10 | 10 |
| re <<< Note 342.4 by 34838::PENFROY "Just Do It or Just Say No?" >>>
> Whoooa - Man!
Hee hee ...
I thought the movie started out pretty slow (with the exception of that bit
in the coffeehouse scene), then provided a good number of yuks, then got
kinda cliche and predictable at the end. Not as good as Wayne's World; better
than Wayne's World 2. ;^)
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| 342.7 | WW 2 was better | VAXWRK::STHILAIRE | gee, I don't know what to say | Mon May 02 1994 16:22 | 4 |
| I liked Wayne's World 2, sort've.
Lorna
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| 342.8 | | 44234::GGOODMAN | Loonatic | Mon May 02 1994 17:00 | 5 |
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Sorry, but WW2 was brutal. I got the impression that the producers
didn't understand why the original was funny....
Graham.
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| 342.9 | | VAXWRK::STHILAIRE | gee, I don't know what to say | Mon May 02 1994 17:17 | 7 |
| Maybe because WW2 didn't aspire to much, and I didn't expect much, that
I found it sort've funny and mildly funny. (I certainly wouldn't want
to sit through it a 2nd time, though.) But, with Axe Murderer I
expected a normal, reasonably decent story, and I didn't get one!
Lorna
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| 342.10 | | VAXWRK::STHILAIRE | gee, I don't know what to say | Mon May 02 1994 17:45 | 12 |
| Also, I'm really sick of those cutesy type boy meets girl scenes such
as in the butcher shop.
Especially -
Possible spoiler:
Where he spends all that time helping her out in the butcher shop when
it's busy and smiling at her and you know they're falling in love, etc.
It's been done before, ya know? :-)
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| 342.11 | | 9871::CLARK | Chairman of the Bored | Mon May 02 1994 17:58 | 1 |
| Yeah, but usually there isn't that much playing around with meat.
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| 342.12 | | 35186::BACH | They who know nothing, doubt nothing... | Thu May 05 1994 17:04 | 2 |
| I liked this movie, much to my surprise. Even more of a shock was that
my wife liked it too, much much better than WW2.
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| 342.13 | So There.... | 42371::HANDLEYI | Miracles while-u-wait | Mon May 09 1994 08:37 | 7 |
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I don't care what you cynics thought! I liked it!
Ian
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| 342.14 | | 44234::GGOODMAN | Loonatic | Mon Jun 27 1994 13:23 | 6 |
| re.0
What was the cameo role that Linda Hamilton played? I got Grodin and
Wright, but never caught her (unusual for me... :-)
Graham.
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| 342.15 | | NETRIX::michaud | Dana Carvey | Mon Jun 27 1994 14:25 | 6 |
| > What was the cameo role that Linda Hamilton played? I got Grodin and
> Wright, but never caught her (unusual for me... :-)
Hmm, you're stretching my memory (it's been 9 months), ....
.... I'm sorry, I can't remember. Anyone else (who may of
seen it more recently) remember?
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| 342.16 | Ooooh Nansee 1 | 44245::DWALLACE | Nurses ? I love 'em | Tue Jun 28 1994 00:13 | 3 |
| She played her friend from out of town with the 'male' name - can't
remember that 'though.
Davie.
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| 342.17 | | 44245::GGOODMAN | Loonatic | Tue Jun 28 1994 13:15 | 6 |
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Ralph? That's credited to Jessie Nelson according to the movie
database. Admittedly, I wasn't paying that much attention to her when
she was on screen...
Graham.
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| 342.18 | | UHUH::MARISON | Scott Marison | Thu Jun 30 1994 10:59 | 10 |
| > Ralph? That's credited to Jessie Nelson according to the movie
> database. Admittedly, I wasn't paying that much attention to her when
> she was on screen...
I don't think Linda Hamilton played Ralph... it looked like her, but something
was different. I assumed it was her twin sister (who also appears at the
end of T2 when the Hamilton character is on screen with the terminator who
took her shape)
/Scott
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| 342.19 | | 7892::SLABOUNTY | Is this p_n great or what? | Thu Jun 30 1994 13:31 | 6 |
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She also appeared in the "garage scene" where Linda was removing
the chip from Arnie's head.
GTI
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| 342.20 | | FUTURS::CROSSLEY | For internal use only | Fri Jul 01 1994 12:55 | 64 |
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Using the World Wide Web, I obtained the following, no mention of Linda
though...........
Ian.
So I Married an Axe Murderer
1993
Directed by
Thomas Schlamme
Cast
Alan Arkin ......(uncredited)
Joe Bellan ......Man with Bimbo
Robert Black ......Wedding Reception Accordionist
Patrick Bristow ......Cafe Roads Performer
Ilya Brodsky ......Russian Sailor
Eugene Buick ......Russian Sailor
Kelly Christmas ......Policeman
Jek Cunningham ......Wedding Reception Piper
Maggy Myers Davidson ......Tony's Dance Partner
Matt Doherty ......Heed
Maria Dos Remedios ......Butchershop Customer
Kiki Douveas ......Butchershop Customer
Steve Dunleavy ......"A Current Affair" Reporter
Brenda Fricker ......May Mackenzie
Cynthia Frost ......Mrs. Levenstein
Greg Germann ......Desk Clerk
Kenneth Grantham ......Maitre D'
Charles Grodin ......Commandeered Driver
Michael G. Hagerty ......Obituary Employee
Phil Hartman ......Alcatraz Guide
John X. Heart ......Waiter
Ken Johnson ......Walter the Plumber
David Knowles ......Serenade Musician
Anthony LaPaglia ......Tony Giardino
Lillie Lowe ......Butchershop Customer
George Mauricio ......Butchershop Customer
Debi Mazar ......Susan
Wanda McCaddon ......Auntie Molly
Mike Myers ......Charlie Mackenzie/Stuart Mackenzie
Al Nalbandian ......Butchershop Customer
Jessie Nelson ......Ralph
Robert Nichols ......Scottish Minister
Maureen O'Boyle ......"A Current Affair" Anchorwoman
Fred Ornstein ......Mr. Levenstein
Amanda Plummer ......Rose Michaels
Adele Proom ......Marriage Desk Employee
Michael Richards ......Obit Writer
Carl Rusk ......Serenade Musician
Paul Sanchez ......Serenade Musician
Bob Sarlatte ......M.C.
Keith Selvin ......Young Stuart
John Taylor ......Wedding Reception Fiddler
Nancy Travis ......Harriet Michaels
Glen Vernon ......Uncle Angus
Frederick Walsh ......Bellboy
Cintra Wilson ......Cafe Roads M.C.
Steven Wright ......Pilot
Kelvin Han Yee ......Master Cho
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| 342.21 | Shut Yer Cakehole! | 17617::MAYNARD | The Front Row Kid | Mon Aug 15 1994 16:30 | 6 |
| This is worth the price of a rental, just to hear Mike Meyers, as his
Scottish father (with a heavy Scot accent) doing Rod Stewart's
"If You Think I'm Sexy" accompanied by a bagpipe no less.
A lot of very funny moments, if you like Mike Meyers...
Jim
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| 342.22 | Define humour... | 58378::P_CHAPLINSKY | | Tue Aug 16 1994 09:43 | 12 |
| We rented this last week - like Lorna's earlier reply - I couldn't
watch the entire movie (that is in one sitting - I finished it the
next morning while doing the cleaning). I found it slow and not
funny at all. The only credit I can give it is that it's a "clean"
movie, no violence and the like.
I haven't seen Wayne's World - maybe this is a factor, as Mike Meyers
is an "unknown" to me.
Thumbs down from me.
PChaplinsky
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| 342.23 | | 11770::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Fri Sep 09 1994 13:14 | 11 |
| .22> The only credit I can give it is that it's a "clean"
movie, no violence and the like.
Saw it on Cinemax last night (and taped it; I *love* San Francisco) but
won't allow my 9-year-old to see it because of "Vicky"'s supposed
insider information on one of the prisoners. I call that dirty AND
violent (mind you, I loved the Vicky character and don't mind at all
that he spins wacko tales; *this* one was just plain revolting and out of
place in this movie IMO).
Leslie
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| 342.24 | Yee sexy wee bastard.... | UNTADI::SAXBY | | Mon Jun 26 1995 05:38 | 18 |
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I hated Wayne's World (purile, toilet humour), but (not knowing that
Mike Myers was Wayne) I sat down to watch this.
Honestly, I don't think I've laughed out loud at a film in years.
'Do you think I'm sexy?' with bagpipies...BRILLIANT...
Alan Arkin was the 'too nice' police captain.
Humour's a strange thing (we watched Prelude to a kiss the previous
night and for 90% of the film I couldn't even work out WHAT was
supposed to be funny), but this film was (in my books) extremely funny.
Mark
PS If you didn't like it, drink half a bottle of reasonable French
table wine (preferably red), first...it worked for us :^)
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| 342.25 | | FORTY2::HOWELL | Just get to the point... | Mon Jun 26 1995 06:03 | 7 |
| Agreed, it was good. Particularly Mike Myers' rendition of his
characters Scottish dad... and the poor lad, "Heed" !
X-) Hahahahahahahah!
Cheers,
Dan
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| 342.26 | | REGENT::POWERS | | Mon Jun 26 1995 10:11 | 13 |
| Off the track of this topic, but as this file doesn't have
a "Prelude..." topic...
> Humour's a strange thing (we watched Prelude to a kiss the previous
> night and for 90% of the film I couldn't even work out WHAT was
> supposed to be funny), but this film was (in my books) extremely funny.
"Prelude to a Kiss" isn't SUPPOSED to be funny, though they have a few
bits of humor to lighten the puzzling aspects of the story.
It's not somber enough to be classed as a "drama," so it falls into
that catch-all camp known as "romantic comedy" - light, but not "funny."
- tom]
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| 342.27 | | UNTADH::SAXBY | | Mon Jun 26 1995 11:02 | 23 |
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Ah, that's my mistake...
Some COMEDY's not SUPPOSED to be funny...(ummmmmm....)
No wonder I have an odd outlook on life...thanks for putting me right.
Perhaps, while we're at it you can tell me what constitutes FUNNY?
Amusing, humourous, comic, hillarious - I thought they all equated to
funny...
Sorry, but I beg to differ... Just because Prelude to a Kiss isn't the
same KIND of humour as 'axe-murderer', doesn't mean it's not supposed
to be funny...
Still, maybe we should discuss Prelude To A Kiss in its own note
(personally, I think the lack of a note for it sums it up...pleasant,
but almost instantly forgettable. I kept thinking Meg Ryan was going
to throw a Goldie Hawn-style screaming fit, though - It was a 'cookie'
kind of film and she seemed to be trying to look like Goldie Hawn.).
Mark
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| 342.28 | heed,pants now! | FABSIX::I_GOLDIE | resident alien | Mon Jun 26 1995 22:24 | 9 |
| As a Scotsman living in the US I was kind of keen to see this
movie.What I saw was very *very* funny.Mike Myers has the best Scottish
accent anywhere!He's caught a lot of the Scottish mannerisms,sayings
and humour and worked it well.Yes the movie is a bit strange in parts
but it is still very good.My wife,an American,loved the "heed" part and
often recites the lines when trying to imitate the character!
ian
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| 342.29 | | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | person B | Tue Jun 27 1995 17:57 | 7 |
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> Honestly, I don't think I've laughed out loud at a film in years.
Same here. I did at this one. Was nearly in tears when Myers
as the father was talking about his other son's head. _Very_
funny.
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| 342.30 | "Heed!!" | SHRCTR::SCHILTON | Press any key..no,no,not that one! | Wed Jul 05 1995 11:02 | 12 |
| I had my family visiting for the weekend and rented this Friday
night. My Scottish father loved the Father character in the film.
Besides the "heed" bit, he liked to sing Rod Stewart's Do You
Think I'm Sexy, and at the wedding when the piper passed out ...
"Piper down, there's a piper down" also had us laughing.
The whole film was a good laugh, but the father "stole the show".
A small nit .... I think he should've asked for his trousers, rather
than pants. It would've been even more "authentic".
Sue
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