tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post4299326259815984559..comments2024-03-22T14:48:09.697-04:00Comments on Dell on Movies: Thursday Movie Picks: Clones/DoppelgängerDellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-78740625793431433672017-05-11T19:44:35.683-04:002017-05-11T19:44:35.683-04:00Exactly! Exactly! Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-63106862711021170992017-05-11T10:29:29.135-04:002017-05-11T10:29:29.135-04:00Oh my god Double Impact! Yes! What's better th...Oh my god Double Impact! Yes! What's better than JCVD? TWO JCVD's.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-81416439376364884672017-05-08T23:54:16.182-04:002017-05-08T23:54:16.182-04:00Thanks. Nice call on Adams and Fisher. Fair stance...Thanks. Nice call on Adams and Fisher. Fair stance on Bruceploitation. The Jet Li flick is a fun one.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-82132916666806817682017-05-08T12:52:27.750-04:002017-05-08T12:52:27.750-04:00I like that banner of those 3 gals. I think of Amy...I like that banner of those 3 gals. I think of Amy Adams and Isla Fisher. I like Bruce Lee but I pass on all the films that capitalize on who he was. I am not into the Muscles from Brussels but the last film sounds really good and I think Jet Li is excellent from the few films I saw him in.Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-55955574693066812682017-05-08T00:36:52.928-04:002017-05-08T00:36:52.928-04:00It's an interesting movie. I recommend it.It's an interesting movie. I recommend it.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-21671941883517714762017-05-07T17:22:58.637-04:002017-05-07T17:22:58.637-04:00Not seen any of these but was interested The One e...Not seen any of these but was interested The One even though I'm not a huge martial arts fan.Katie Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01176992567322682222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-8467081187015693282017-05-06T10:08:10.114-04:002017-05-06T10:08:10.114-04:00Watch Dave, it's such an ultimately sweet-natu...Watch Dave, it's such an ultimately sweet-natured movie with a phenomenal cast. It will make you long for a first couple like Kevin Kline & Sigourney Weaver...especially considering the piece of garbage and his Euro-trash mail order bride that sadly reside there now. Plus it's old enough and well enough cast that even the smaller roles are full of now famous faces, for instance Laura Linney has a tiny but key role as one of the secretaries in the Oval Office! joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-64676036029994856202017-05-05T20:33:39.691-04:002017-05-05T20:33:39.691-04:00It's just weird how they just started slapping...It's just weird how they just started slapping his name on all sorts of crap after he died. <br /><br />I know there was Replicant and Timecop, both of which saw him playing multiple versions of himself. So, 3 by my count. <br /><br />Take good as code for I liked it and don't give a damn what everyone else thinks. <br /><br />Thanks. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-84748059716842747552017-05-05T20:28:19.121-04:002017-05-05T20:28:19.121-04:00I can believe it. There's another meme out the...I can believe it. There's another meme out there that adds several more ladies to the ones in my banner. It's downright bizarre how much they all look alike. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-43368928218808118652017-05-05T20:26:19.944-04:002017-05-05T20:26:19.944-04:00The Devil's Double didn't work for me. Coo...The Devil's Double didn't work for me. Cooper was great, but I found the story severely lacking. I also found it highly repetitive. My review explains it better. <br /><br />http://dellonmovies.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-devils-double.html<br /><br />Haven't seen your other two. At some point I had planned on watching Dave years ago and never got around to it. Forgot about it after a while. Haven't heard of that last one. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-70272372126373437282017-05-05T11:53:53.272-04:002017-05-05T11:53:53.272-04:00Thanks, I saw that. I need to watch those. Thanks, I saw that. I need to watch those. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-85577898900590334502017-05-05T11:52:17.261-04:002017-05-05T11:52:17.261-04:00Yeah, I wouldn't suggest watching The Clones o...Yeah, I wouldn't suggest watching The Clones of Bruce Lee unless you just want something nutty. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-81540505272356854192017-05-05T11:50:42.850-04:002017-05-05T11:50:42.850-04:00The One is ridiculous in exactly that way. The One is ridiculous in exactly that way. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-69147717958858682702017-05-05T11:48:38.670-04:002017-05-05T11:48:38.670-04:00Can't really blame the lady. I have trouble te...Can't really blame the lady. I have trouble telling them apart, myself. Double Impact is fun. The Clones of Bruce Lee is fun, too, but in a special kind of way. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-19188123336951853822017-05-05T10:31:25.544-04:002017-05-05T10:31:25.544-04:00Holy shit, I love all of this.
As a kid, too man...Holy shit, I love all of this. <br /><br />As a kid, too many times to mention I would rent/watch something thinking I was getting the real Bruce Lee only to end up with something starring Bruce Lei. Or Jackie Chen. The amount of knock off bullshit out there (in the martial arts world) is epic. That said, now, as an old gunslinger myself, I'd be down to watch all of these cheapass films.<br /><br />How many times has JCVD pulled the twin bit? I know I've seen Double Impact, but I swear there's at least another one or two of these out there. Like, the bad one has a scar, or something? Anyway, if you want to laugh, or roll the Hell out of your eyes, look no further than some insane Van-Damage. Shiiiiiiit.<br /><br />The One is good? I have the trailer on my desk at school (like, the film reel) and so I often have to explain the premise of that movie. I remember it being shitty...(surfer Jet Li?), but maybe I was just being a dick that day. Might have to revisit it.<br /><br />GREAT post.m.brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14457418128925003938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-54747344449025273952017-05-05T10:23:24.528-04:002017-05-05T10:23:24.528-04:00I actually knew there's 7 of each of us which ...I actually knew there's 7 of each of us which means we each have 6 doppelgangers. And I guess the ladies on your banner kinda proves that. Anyway, I haven't seen any of your picks but they seem fun. Sonia Cercahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313734872038610058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-81926351386775975172017-05-04T20:21:14.945-04:002017-05-04T20:21:14.945-04:00I've only seen Double Impact and yes within th...I've only seen Double Impact and yes within the whisper thin margins of Van Damme movies it is one of the better ones. <br /><br />Even a non martial arts movie fan like myself couldn't miss that Bruce Lee infused subgenre when it was flourishing shortly after his death. They were just crankin' out like sausages. I saw one of them, can't remember which, and it was so ghastly-SURPRISE! SURPRISE!-that I never bothered with another. <br /><br />This week present a bit of a challenge but ended up being fun when I realized I could hope genres-drama, comedy and war films to mix it up some.<br /><br />The Devil’s Double (2011)-During Saddam Hussein’s iron fisted reign in Bagdad Latif Yahia (Dominic Cooper), a lieutenant in the Iraqi army, is called to the palace and told that because of his resemblance to Hussein’s depraved son Uday (also Cooper) he is commanded to be his body double or his family will be exterminated. Having no choice but sickened by the corruption, inhumanity and evil he witnesses he searches for a way to escape and save his family at the same time. This is Cooper’s movie all the way and he’s just great but it’s a hard film to watch.<br /><br />Dave (1993)-Dave Kovic (Kevin Kline) is an affable Midwesterner, running a temp agency and making appearances at small events due to his resemblance to the current US president, Bill Mitchell (also Kline). The Secret Service takes note of the similarity whisking Dave off to the capitol as a stand-in for Mitchell at an event. While there an emergency arises, Bill Mitchell has suffered a devastating stroke and his power mad aide Bob Alexander (Frank Langella-oozing slime) and press secretary Alan (Kevin Dunn) talk Dave into assuming his place theoretically for the good of the country. Actually Alexander is seeking to usurp the political reins until he can figure out how to take full control. At first the subterfuge is known only by the two and a dutiful Secret Service agent Duane Stevenson (Ving Rhames) but as Dave starts to rebel against their treachery and display his very different personality First Lady Ellen Mitchell (Signourney Weaver) begins to suspect. There’s plenty more machinations in store all delightfully directed by Ivan Reitman and put over by exactly the right performer in each role. Thoroughly beguiling comedy with a perfect cast.<br /><br />I Was Monty’s Double (1958)-A retelling of the true event where an enlisted man, M. E. Clifton James (who plays himself) was chosen to imitate Field Marshal Montgomery--the leader of the British forces during WWII. The plan (Operation Copperhead) was to have Monty’s double go on a tour of North Africa around the same time as the Normandy invasion in Northern France--so that the Germans would assume the assault would come later than actually planned and from the South. The film is about the formation and execution of the ultra-top secret plan but while it treats the subject seriously it leavens the situation with a much needed humorous undertone aided by a terrific British cast including John Mills and Cecil Parker.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-23750104969963300992017-05-04T16:09:48.669-04:002017-05-04T16:09:48.669-04:00Don't feel like you cheated by selecting Doubl...Don't feel like you cheated by selecting <b>Double Impact</b>. I actually used <i>two</i> Bette Davis movies in which she plays a pair of twins, one trying to take the other's identity.Ted S. (Just a Cineast)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12394770582776749331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-73343479457967908512017-05-04T14:54:46.916-04:002017-05-04T14:54:46.916-04:00Ah yes, Katy Perry and Zooey Deschanel do kind of ...Ah yes, Katy Perry and Zooey Deschanel do kind of look each other.... well until recently. <i>Double Impact</i>.... FUCK YEAH!!! <i>The One</i> is alright as I do like Jet Li. I have never seen nor am I interested in seeing <i>The Clones of Bruce Lee</i>. Anything made after Bruce's death w/o his involvement is a no.thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-13661496137647505022017-05-04T10:33:48.815-04:002017-05-04T10:33:48.815-04:00DOUBLE IMPACT!!! YES!!! I almost went with Replica...DOUBLE IMPACT!!! YES!!! I almost went with Replicant this week because of the clone angle, but Double Impact is definitely more fun. Basically, I am HERE for any van Damme-on-van Damme action! I've seen neither of the others, but have heard of The One, which sounds completely ridiculous in the best possible way.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-4845173260702845682017-05-04T08:05:39.947-04:002017-05-04T08:05:39.947-04:00I love that Katy and Zooey are in your banner, som...I love that Katy and Zooey are in your banner, some lady actually argued with me on an airplane when our in flight movie was "Yes Man" because she thought that was Katy Perry and wouldn't believe me when I told her it wasn't.<br /><br />I've only see The One, the other two look fun. Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.com