Found this background article about the movie. They went to great lengths for realistic action scenes. . . . We started shooting late in March. First, I went on a road trip with the Leafs to Philadelphia, Oakland and Los Angeles. I missed the flight to Detroit. In Oakland during the practice, the coach, Johnny McLellan, told me I should put on some equipment and skate with the team. I did and Paul Henderson, who did not practice, was sitting in the stands with some Oakland players. They started laughing when they saw me stumbling around and falling. Paul told them, don't laugh, they just brought him up from Rochester, he's a goon and McLellan is going to start him tomorrow and you guys are in big trouble. Paul told me they all stopped laughing . . . https://hockeythenandnow.blogspot.com/2015/03/faceoff-hockey-movie.html
Ok, if you like more authentic action (one of my main ranking criteria), then I recommend For fictional feature films: - The Miracle of Bern - Sommeren ‘92 - Looking for Eric (game footage of Cantona) for documentary: - Concrete football hope you like the suggestions!
This looks promising: The English Game is an upcoming historical sports drama television miniseries for Netflix about the origins of modern football in England. The six-part series is set to be released 20 March 2020. https://www.netflix.com/extras/80997466?s=i&trkid=253492423
Just watch the trailer. Nice, I'll score points with that. I'll save it for when she's really pissed at me again. Probably this weekend.
Just got off the phone with my son, who's at school in Pullman, WA and he's happy as a clam with the go remote life style. School's closed and he got an internship/job that's a bike ride away.
I had the kids watch Dr Strangelove with me and Mr TS last night. I'd previously seen it at the Varsity Theater in Palo Alto -- which closed around 1995, so my memories were fuzzy but I remembered that it was funny. Instead, it was soooo dated that the 95 minutes passed really, really slowly. I think we've all gotten used to faster-paced movies. We've seen Shaolin Soccer, but maybe Ladybugs offers that perfect balance of stupid funny and watchable?
Army issued prophylactics are "dated"? (And I loved the Varsity Theater. Back in the 80s you could get dinner served in their courtyard before the show. Very cosmopolitan for this kid from Buffalo.)
Long scenes set in one place with no camera movement. You just don't see that. I have many good memories of the Varsity. I doubt there will come a time that anyone feels sentimental about the multiplex
I have lots and lots of memories of the Varsity, going back to when it still ran first release movies in the 60’s. I bet @FUAEG remembers it from back then too. I think I saw Jason and Argonauts there. And in the 80’s I used to go a lot. Tuck and Patty played in the courtyard and Michael Hedges upstairs. Watching a jazz show upstairs one night (a friend of mine was in the band), my pals and I hung out with some cute girls. (We were in our early 20’s.) It was 21 and over upstairs for that evening, so I felt good about getting one of the girls phone numbers. They all turned out to be 16! Naturally, I did not pursue those girls. Went to the Varsity with a friend one night and Joan Baez sat near us. My friend got excited and said: “That’s Joan Baez right there!” I told her: “And if we don’t stare and talk about her, she might stay.” Ms. Baez did hang out through dinner and a bit after. Go Quakes!! Go Quakesfans!! Fisher OUT!! - Mark
One of my sons was taking basketball lessons at a home on Whiskey Hill Road in Woodside that had an outdoor court. Joan lived next door, and you could hear her singing over the fence. Long-time residents may also remember Melody Lane, the Palo Alto sheet music store that went out of business in 2000. I was there browsing one day when an unremarkable guy in a plaid shirt walked out the door and the staffer, unable to contain himself any longer, screamed "omigod did you all see? -- that was Neil Young!" (I didn't notice if Neil bought anything.)
Cool! Another story from my youth. I was doing political work in Santa Cruz (for which I got college credit because I was a politics major). One of my lefty comrades and I were leafletting outside the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium because there was a left political rally and fundraiser about to go down. Maybe thirty minutes before showtime, a couple of the organizers came out front looking worried. They saw my friend and I and told that more people had shown up than they expected and they needed more ushers and would we be willing to volunteer? So we went inside played usher for a bit, and a free concert as part of the fundraiser deal. It was Mary McCaslin & Jim Ringer, and the headline was Joan Baez. That's the only time I've ever gotten to see her perform. Oh, and Mary McCaslin was excellent! Go Quakesfans!! - Mark
I don't recommend Ladybugs for parent-child to watch together, even though Rodney Dangerfield is hilarious throughout, cuz he's pretty raunchy, even in this so-called kids movie. For little kids, the jokes are hopefully over their heads. OTOH, if you could watch Dr Strangelove with your kids and not feel awkward, then Ladybugs is around the same time period with the same sexist humor.
The children are all over 18, no one little, and there were some snide comments about the sexist humor. These are gen Z who grew up watching South Park and the Simpsons so they can handle raunchy!