Walerian Borowczyk's The Beast or La bete (3-Disc Special Edition) (1977).

I am a confessed old story junkie. I love to see old stories get retold and respun. I have so many versions of "Beauty and the Beast" and "Cryano deBergerac" either in print or on VHS and DVD that I don't really need anything more to keep me amused. :rolleyes:

But I came across this movie on amazon (while hoping to see that Ron Perlman's old TV show would finally be released in a DVD set - I can dream can't I?) Anyway, I saw this movie listed and the reviews sounded so tempting that I had to buy it. I snatched it up!

I watched it last night. :confused:

I think I have been scarred for life. :drunk:

It was even worse than The Truth About Cats and Dogs :eek: (A lame retelling of "Cyrano".)

Instead of a tale about the redeeming power of love (which is what most versions tell) Mr. B's movie is a half-hearted sermon against bestiallity!

The man starts out lame. Then the story picks up and shows a little promise. And then it goes right over a cliff!

Do yourself a favor. Do not watch this movie. Watch the Disney version. Watch the Fairytale Theater version or a lame cheap cartoon. Watch Sherilyn Fenn in "Meridian - Kiss of the Beast" even (it's a trip but it isn't all bad --- not for kiddies though.) But do not watch this movie!
Save yourselves!
Warn your friends!

-Leelan

I'm always surprised how this movie gets good reviews, it's definately weird-with-a-beard. Not to mention pretty gross.

Have you seen Rigoletto?

Avoid Ghosts of Mars at all costs. I'll never get the time back that I wasted watching it. I saw the movie the week the DVD came out. To this day....I feel cheated.

any Peter Jackson film.
overblown and overrated.

Just had one the other day: Napoleon Dynamite. Either I'm no longer young and hip or the movie's incredibly stupid.

Just had one the other day: Napoleon Dynamite. Either I'm no longer young and hip or the movie's incredibly stupid.

No you're still hip. The movie was stupid. I tried to watch it but after a few minutes I just couldn't see any humor what so ever in it.

nothing to see here . erronious post .
hb

Just had one the other day: Napoleon Dynamite. Either I'm no longer young and hip or the movie's incredibly stupid.That's a very strange movie. I know people who love it. When I tried to watch it, it seemed to me that every character is in dire need of a nap, to the point that it made me sleepy myself. But despite all that, it sticks in my memory. I told my girlfriend (one of those who loves it) the other day that I had decided it was the best movie I ever saw that I really don't like.

Qapla'

SSB

Couldn't stand that movie either... Loathed "Sideways" just as much.

.....I had decided it was the best movie I ever saw that I really don't like.

Qapla'

SSB


Ok..that's a quote to remember :)

I thought the thread was gonna be about "Showgirls"...

Couldn't stand that movie either... Loathed "Sideways" just as much.

My boss passed me a copy of Sideways to watch. Seeing as he knew I'm a recovering alky and the film's touring all those wineyards I thought it was an odd choice...

Love "Sideways". Love "Napoleon Dynamite". Two of the funniest movies I've seen in years. And they both bear multiple repeat viewings. You guys are crazy.

Love "Sideways". Love "Napoleon Dynamite". Two of the funniest movies I've seen in years. And they both bear multiple repeat viewings. You guys are crazy.

Ditto, Scott. Let's lock 'em up!

- GJS

You guys are crazy.

NO! You crazy! :tongue:

Gosh!

Just had one the other day: Napoleon Dynamite. Either I'm no longer young and hip or the movie's incredibly stupid.

Does it have to be either/or? :-)

Sometimes stupid is good.

.....Love "Napoleon Dynamite".

Whyyyy do you love me
Whyyyy do you love me

Best movie wedding ever.

(Anne of 1000 Days - Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn - I give second place)

I picked up "Gwendolyne" just for kicks, because it had Tawny Kitaen naked on the cover, and I was hoping for something nice and raunchy.

Oy. The first half is a really REALLY bad, tongue-in-cheek Indiana Jones ripoff. Not much in the way of nakedness there, and some really inappropriate gore. The second half concerns an underground city full of topless women in skimpy leather galdiator costumes. Well, okay, but somehow it just isn't sexy. Tawny is topless a bit, but not enough for THIS dirty old man. And in the only sex scene, she covers both herself and the lucky guy in a big ceremonial robe, and she's wearing a gladiator helmet :freak:

Not even topless Tawny makes this worth sitting through.

Whenever bad-movie topics come up, I have to reitterate my feeling that Tom Green should be jailed for 'Freddy got Fingered'

Whenever bad-movie topics come up, I have to reitterate my feeling that Tom Green should be jailed for 'Freddy got Fingered'

The beginning and ending of that sentence are totally unnecessary.

The beginning and ending of that sentence are totally unnecessary.

i dont understand your post.

i dont understand your post.

These are not the droids you are looking for................

Whenever bad-movie topics come up, I have to reitterate my feeling that Tom Green should be jailed for 'Freddy got Fingered'

He did win a Razzie for it, and appeared up in person. Only he and Halle Berry showed.

These are not the droids you are looking for................

now i dont understand your post!

What do you mean?

i dont understand your post.


STAND
______

I DON'T

Sometimes an apple is just an orange, and a cigar is just a cigar.

i dont understand the last 3 posts.

What do you mean?

Stand
______

I Still Don't

I think he's
_________

whelmed.

What Are You Guys Saying?????

to the old tricks.













....

I think he's
_________

whelmed.


Stand!
_____

NOW you

JO | Some think this is an | KE

It's
__________

My head

WHAT ARE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT????

WHAT ARE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT????

What, did you fail math?

Stand
______ = "I don't understand"

I Don't


It's
________ = "It's over my head"

My head

... and:

JO | Some think this is an | KE = "Some think this is an inside joke".

Schools today. They just don't teach the classics.

I'd have made him sweat it just a bit longer..............

I Still Dont Get It!!!!!!!!!

Its
_____

his head.

I knew what John P was doing right from the beginning.
But I don't get this one from terryr:

to the old tricks.













....

I think he's
_________

whelmed.

Shouldn't this correctly read:

whelmed
_________

I think he's.


Hey, but I'm spending more time lurking these days, so what do I know? I'll tell ya what I know!

I am
_________

joyed

to be able to join in this thread.

BTW, keep away from Spanglish. Bad, bad, bad movie. Lost 2 whole hours of my life on this bad, bad, bad movie. Very bad. Bad in every way. Not remotely good.

John O.