The 'Funny (ha, ha)' side of religion

pauldla

ninja900 wrote: »

Nicholas Cage is a canary for sh1t movies. If he's in it, avoid. If Robert deNiro is in it and it's less than 25 years old, it's even worse than sh1t.

That one de Niro did with Philip Seymour Hoffman wasn't bad, IIRC. Can't remember the name offhand.

Turtwig

I liked the weatherman.

Nodin

Brian Shanahan wrote: »

Actually that brings up an interesting question. When is the last time anyone has seen a half way decent Nick Cage film? And why does he still continue with the scheisse ones (at least Kevin Costner had the sense to give up after Waterworld and The Postman*)?.

The aforementioned IRS, I'd imagine.

Brian Shanahan wrote: »

*Much better book by the way.

I read it. Imagine then my surprise......

Worztron

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Turtwig

No love for the Weatherman movie?

bumper234

pauldla wrote: »

That one de Niro did with Philip Seymour Hoffman wasn't bad, IIRC. Can't remember the name offhand.

The scent of a woman.

Or the lesser known Dublin version

Smell o' your wan

And the sequal

The bang offa her.

Bannasidhe

bumper234 wrote: »

The scent of a woman.

Or the lesser known Dublin version

Smell o' your wan

And the sequal

The bang offa her.

Cork version - Fla'd her an bought her chips.

Nodin

The poetry of the gaelic soul....

*sniff

pauldla

bumper234 wrote: »

The scent of a woman.

Or the lesser known Dublin version

Smell o' your wan

And the sequal

The bang offa her.

Nope, it's not Scent of a Woman, which doesn't have Philip Seymour Hoffman (dead, who could act), but does have Chris O'Donnell (living, cannot act).

Flawless! That's the name. Yay yahoo! (Google blocked here at the moment, can't think why, nothing happened in China 25 years ago tomorrow).

Actually, I forgot about Ronin. That IS a good RdeN film from the last 25 years.

bumper234

pauldla wrote: »

Nope, it's not Scent of a Woman, which doesn't have Philip Seymour Hoffman (dead, who could act), but does have Chris O'Donnell (living, cannot act).

Flawless! That's the name. Yay yahoo! (Google blocked here at the moment, can't think why, nothing happened in China 25 years ago tomorrow).

Actually, I forgot about Ronin. That IS a good RdeN film from the last 25 years.

5th one down.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105323/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm

Worztron

pauldla

bumper234 wrote: »

5th one down.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105323/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm

Well I never, etc. I stand corrected. I'd almost watch it again to see him in it, if it wasn't for the deep loathing I harbour for Chris O'Donnell (unfairly, I'm sure. He's probably a very nice chap, but I, long ago, worked in a cinema and had to sit through too many of his films. He seemd to be unhappily prolific in the early 90's, for some reason).

Thanks for the correction!

Bandana boy

Scent of a Woman is Al Pacino not Robert De Niro

RdN was quite good in
Silver Linings Playbook 2012
Copland 1997
Casino 1995
Pretty much everything else from Goodfellas on is Sh1t

Cages last good movie was Kickass 2010 & Bad Lieutenant 2009

He had a run of watchable movies around 2004
the Weatherman
Matchstick Men
Lord of War
Adaptation

but will never match his Con Air -The Rock point of his career

bumper234

Bandana boy wrote: »

Scent of a Woman is Al Pacino not Robert De Niro

RdN was quite good in
Silver Linings Playbook 2012
Copland 1997
Casino 1995
Pretty much everything else from Goodfellas on is Sh1t

Cages last good movie was Kickass 2010 & Bad Lieutenant 2009

He had a run of watchable movies around 2004
the Weatherman
Matchstick Men
Lord of War
Adaptation

but will never match his Con Air -The Rock point of his career

Lol you're right, Apologies to all for that:o

norrie rugger

Lord of War is a very good performance and film

gaynorvader

Bandana boy wrote: »

Scent of a Woman is Al Pacino not Robert De Niro

RdN was quite good in
Silver Linings Playbook 2012
Copland 1997
Casino 1995
Pretty much everything else from Goodfellas on is Sh1t

Cages last good movie was Kickass 2010 & Bad Lieutenant 2009

He had a run of watchable movies around 2004
the Weatherman
Matchstick Men
Lord of War
Adaptation

but will never match his Con Air -The Rock point of his career

I thought he was good in Stardust (2007) and This Boy's Life (1993) too.

robindch

smacl

gaynorvader wrote: »

I thought he was good in Stardust (2007) and This Boy's Life (1993) too.

I though Cage's best role by quite a bit was Wild at Heart, with Leaving Las Vegas in second. Philip Seymour Hoffman on the other hand I could watch in almost anything, a sad loss to the silver screen.

PopePalpatine

robindch wrote: »

The thread on "Religion" class in the Christianity subforum seems to prove this guy's point.

TwoShedsJackson

No love for Face/Off? Shame!!

Bannasidhe

Where have the funnies gone :mad:

Cabaal

TheChizler

From Facebook/imgur. If I had tea it would be all over my laptop.

Bellatori

TheChizler wrote: »

From Facebook/imgur. If I had tea it would be all over my laptop.

Forgive me for being a little slow here as I probably am missing the necessary catholic Irish upbringing being Anglo/Scot but I would appreciate someone explaining this to me.

My apologies by the by...

Bannasidhe

Bellatori wrote: »

Forgive me for being a little slow here as I probably am missing the necessary catholic Irish upbringing being Anglo/Scot but I would appreciate someone explaining this to me.

My apologies by the by...

Amusingly rude balloon thingy on lap of elderly nun.

Bellatori

Bannasidhe wrote: »

Amusingly rude balloon thingy on lap of elderly nun.

Oh dear... it must be my age or rampant senility but I cannot see why that is particularly rude. It doesn't look like male genitalia or anything else that I recognise or clearly don't

Ah well...

Tin Foil Hat

Bannasidhe wrote: »

Amusingly rude balloon thingy on lap of elderly nun.

Crucifix, no?

Bannasidhe

Bellatori wrote: »

Oh dear... it must be my age or rampant senility but I cannot see why that is particularly rude. It doesn't look like male genitalia or anything else that I recognise or clearly don't

Ah well...

Not hugely familiar with male genitalia myself tbh and I did think that had rather too many shafts hence my vague reference to 'rude'....:o

Bannasidhe

Tin Foil Hat wrote: »

Crucifix, no?

Good lord.

So it is.

I am even less familiar with crucifixes than I am with male genitalia apparently.

CramCycle

I thought it was because the child had Spiderman and the nun had a crucifix (signifying Jesus), superheroes for different generations?

Lingua Franca

I was just amused by her face. She's not exactly thrilled be to holding that balloon.

robindch

Lingua Franca wrote: »

I was just amused by her face. She's not exactly thrilled be to holding that balloon.

"Jesus, since we gave all our money to that independent trust, all we can afford now is a Holy Crucifix made out of a fecking blue balloon that looks like a willy!"

coolhull

TheChizler wrote: »

From Facebook/imgur. If I had tea it would be all over my laptop.

Sure that's how the nuns used to amuse the children in the Magdalen Launderies and Mother and Baby Homes. They were always bringing them out for treats to the pubs and restaurants around Letterfrack, Goldenbridge and so on.
They spoiled those kids rotten. . .

bigmo2310

Bandana boy wrote: »

Scent of a Woman is Al Pacino not Robert De Niro

RdN was quite good in
Silver Linings Playbook 2012
Copland 1997
Casino 1995
Pretty much everything else from Goodfellas on is Sh1t

Cages last good movie was Kickass 2010 & Bad Lieutenant 2009

He had a run of watchable movies around 2004
the Weatherman
Matchstick Men
Lord of War
Adaptation

but will never match his Con Air -The Rock point of his career

sorry Im a bit slow on the uptake, but while these are undoubtedly brilliant films, which ones are good BECAUSE of Nicolas Cage? I mean Con air is brilliant but I could have acted in it and it would still be brilliant. Which movie has Nicolas Cage actually made a good film? Like Al Pacino and Marlon Brando made the godfather brilliant!

oscarBravo

Bannasidhe

bigmo2310 wrote: »

sorry Im a bit slow on the uptake, but while these are undoubtedly brilliant films, which ones are good BECAUSE of Nicolas Cage? I mean Con air is brilliant but I could have acted in it and it would still be brilliant. Which movie has Nicolas Cage actually made a good film? Like Al Pacino and Marlon Brando made the godfather brilliant!

:mad:

At least include a slightly amusing photo!

:mad:

Cabaal

Christian group puts up a new billboard......they clearly have no idea about WW2



It contains two quotes

“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6).

and a Hitler 1935 Hitler Youth related quote

He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.”

AstraMonti

^^ IF that's not chopped then we are talking about megatons of stupidity and ignorance.

pauldla

^^

Where is that photo from? Who in their right minds* would put an attributed quote to Adolf Hitler on a billboard?

* Note to self, answer may be in question

folan

pauldla wrote: »

^^

Where is that photo from? Who in their right minds* would put an attributed quote to Adolf Hitler on a billboard?

* Note to self, answer may be in question

Nazis.

So, no one, really

Worztron

CramCycle

I thought they hadn't copped who the quote was from and someone else went up and spray painter Adolfs name on it but apparently (and it still looks to stupid to be true) they did know (Life savers ministry) and put his name up there as well and were "surprised" at the reaction.

That said I think it was either a PS and its bull, or they wanted media attention and figured if we get people listening we can then tell them how good they are

pauldla

CramCycle wrote: »

I thought they hadn't copped who the quote was from and someone else went up and spray painter Adolfs name on it but apparently (and it still looks to stupid to be true) they did know (Life savers ministry) and put his name up there as well and were "surprised" at the reaction.

That said I think it was either a PS and its bull, or they wanted media attention and figured if we get people listening we can then tell them how good they are

Oh no, no, no, bad Life Savers Ministry, bad.

CramCycle

He added that in hindsight, it would have been better to quote Herbert Hoover who said, ‘Children are our most valuable resource.’”

Hindsight, some say its a wonderful thing, I personally think there are alot of situations in life where you should not have needed it.

pauldla

CramCycle wrote: »

Hindsight, some say its a wonderful thing, I personally think there are alot of situations in life where you should not have needed it.

Yeah, if given a choice between quoting a nice cuddly US president (and he must have been, he's named after a household appliance) or the lunatic son of a bitch it took XX million lives to defeat in the bloodiest conflict in human history, it's probably best to quote the vacuum cleaner guy. So life has taught me, anyhow; I cannot speak for others.

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