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The problem, though, is that even if you do know who everyone is and what the references were about, it just wasn't particularly funny.
You might notice some T2 references including the ending fight scene which just seemed to look like a copy of T2'S fight scene.
I'm not exaggerating - there were so many overt film references it seemed like a parody.
McKee follows suit by having numerous visual references to that film, even copying whole shots.
I especially enjoyed the references to other movies like when Grandfather Disguisey shows up Father Merrin style or when Pistachio shows up at Bowman's party disguised as Tony Montana.
Lot of intelligent (cross) references at different places.
most astonishing of all is how this project ever attracted the energy and resources to get off the ground, on the page, on set, on the screen, on to dvd (with such lavish treatment from Columbia-TriStar)! Sure, it's sooo intentionaly HIP - the somber, muted, shadowy gungy urbania, a course of visual cult cues and obvious references kept me sighing and rolling my eyes... and wishing for some tension, some engagement, some smart dialog...YIKES!
For the next hour I heard a lot of references to two shows: "Malcolm in the Middle" and this other show, "Popular."
The script is ridiculous, full of clichéd references to "the game."
Flashbacks and references aside, it's oddly almost completely different.
The rest is a roller-coaster of priceless performances from the toons, swashbuckling and sight gags complete with references to Errol Flynn, with an unexpected ending to boot.
"Murder in a Blue World" is one of the strangest European trash films I've seen from the left-field pop-culture references (Flash Gordan, Mohammad Ali, Valdimir Nobokov), the awkwardly executed social satire, and the incredibly close-minded view of homosexuality.
Check out the Miami Vice references.
of all the times that i've watched scrapple (some 100) in all kinds of venues (at 3 in the morning on a couch with other bar stragglers, at new york film festivals), nothing compared to seeing it in its hometown at mountain film festival, with a hometown crowd as they whooped and yelped at all the local references, ski town tributes and cameo performances (all of which still has appeal to broader less tuned-in audiences). it was like a screening of rocky horror picture show with the same level of participation and more; singing, line-readings, cat calls, wolf whistles, salutes (to Charlie Fowler and Bill Fandel).
This one has all the Sandler trademarks: a daft plot, a pervading sense of (mostly) innocent fun, incredibly funny supporting cast, plenty of cameos, cartoon-like laws of physics, references to his other films (or is that vice-versa in this case?).
I could have done without any of the frequent references to the expenses of the trip, and would like to know more about the father and his background.
It's not often that you get Dante and Chaucer as major plot references in Hollywood films these days.
I love the historical references in the movie, and the hard look it takes at how we are sometimes our own worst enemies, based on a silly concepts like skin tone.
Me and other friends who have watched the film even get laughs out of references to this film, because its so classic.
And, other references to movies such as Brokeback Mountain and others are simply the background for ridiculous and even disgusting behavior.
This leads to an brilliant display of obvious things, namely pregnant women and biblical references.
The references to the D&D literature (both rules and classic AD&D modules) was very good, the plot made sense, it incorporated plenty of "D&D style", and it had a different feel to it.
The symbolism is outdated and the drug references are vulgar.
( 52 years later - better late than never - smiling) I enjoyed the director's excellent mix of character complexities, the early 1950s icons of cars, dress, and innocent patriotism, the references to post-traumatic syndrome of World War II G.I.'s, and small town reluctance in cooperating with federal authority.
This is a very nice movie, you can laugh, think, cry and find references to events, characters, behaviors of many people at their time.
It contains many jokes, references to particular historical situations.
In addition, if you enjoy searching out inter-movie references, you should enjoy this movie.
Glancing references are made to insanity, incest, child molestation, and homophobic rape.
To make it more palatable to a modern audience, the scriptwriters have therefore been forced to omit many of the contexts and cultural references contained in the book that made it such a success.
in addition, there are subtle references to booze and sex.
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