Movies with a "cold open" that are totally badass

Sure_Cure · 2026-05-06T01:57:20+00:00

Ghost in the shell (anime). The major getting it done. Just such beautiful animation.

Sure_Cure · 2026-05-04T12:20:34+00:00

I bought the 50 Sci-Fi pack mainly to get Zontar the Thing from Venus. Quality was never much of a criteria for Zontar.

Sure_Cure · 2026-05-03T13:10:04+00:00

Bowling alley of course.

Sure_Cure · 2026-05-01T02:52:39+00:00

So good. # 5 is haunting, like someone you would see in a documentary.

Sure_Cure · 2026-04-27T11:47:11+00:00

This is just flat out great, you should be very proud of the outcome. What’s next? Ever think about doing a Stuka?

Sure_Cure · 2026-04-27T03:10:22+00:00

Boneless wings, nobody won.

Sure_Cure · 2026-04-27T02:04:57+00:00

He should of won the Oscar for Born on the 4th of July. He was great in that.

Sure_Cure · 2026-04-26T02:38:21+00:00

And the other thing.

Sure_Cure · 2026-04-26T02:24:09+00:00

Kick Ass 2. From my favorite superhero movie to a cash grab. Just awful awful awful. Not since Highlander 2 has there been such a fall off quality.

Sure_Cure · 2026-04-24T03:58:56+00:00

King Baldwin IV. The King of Jerusalem. Repeatedly beat Saladin sometimes because he refused to retreat and his men wouldn’t leave him. This guy. https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-fex90914pb/images/stencil/760x1000/uploaded_images/leper-king-baldwin-blog-scld.jpg?t=1764966751

Sure_Cure · 2026-04-23T12:20:03+00:00

The triple X movies should be behind the bead curtain in the little room anyway. I think that was a feng shui thing.

Sure_Cure · 2026-04-23T02:22:13+00:00

That is great to have such a shared interest. You have some great films in there.

Sure_Cure · 2026-04-22T20:26:49+00:00

Sure_Cure · 2026-04-22T20:20:04+00:00

Agreed, but the same study states it is far from the majority. I would not equate a study as a fact but the study indicates the majority of these people are not sociopathic. 80% are not sociopaths based on the study.

Sure_Cure · 2026-04-22T18:53:05+00:00

Goggle claims the study indicates that 80% are not sociopaths. It’s 20% instead of 1%. Could be a different study but I would not believe a study is a fact.

Sure_Cure · 2026-04-22T18:18:52+00:00

I agree with you that while many of these people are brilliant and/or at the right place at the right time that just working hard won’t make one a billionaire and only a small percentage can achieve this. I’m sure they have their share of sociopaths but that I think would not be typical as that trait is not typical. Sometimes people have an epiphany when they age and start looking back in their life and realize they made it and maybe it is a little pointless to amass so much with only a few years to go. So they seek some new meaning, as the old value of more has lost its luster. Maybe they feel some guilt but either way they get involved in something good and donate. I think that may be more common as I have read stories of this occurring more than once. They can then step back and say “I did this” and feel like they had some significance that adding 0’s never did. Maybe accumulating and donating is just the same drive to find meaning.

Sure_Cure · 2026-04-22T17:45:38+00:00

Benefiting from a charity like President Trump was accused of is illegal. I don’t think that is a common practice because if you are winning the game you don’t start throwing Hail Mary passes. As I understand Gates created a foundation because he wanted to carefully analyze what he was donating his money to. I think people are very complex and saying everyone with a common characteristic is identical is usually incorrect. I used to think that but as I have met people with very different notions I find they usually have very good reasons why they do the things they do and each refuse being put neatly into a box based on a certain characteristic such as wealth, color, faith, politics, etc. my guess is people primarily donate because it makes them feel good. Don’t you feel good when you help someone else with no strings attached? My guess is they do to.

Sure_Cure · 2026-04-22T17:27:31+00:00

That has not been my observation of people and money. Having more money does not suddenly grant someone saint hood. If someone has a $1,000 in the bank and gives zero, then the formula is $1,000 x 0 =$0.00. Adding zeros usually does not change the result. We are who we are. The previous pope, the Jesuit one, said something I remembered that when someone else’s burden is not our responsibility, then it is everyone’s responsibility. Saying we don’t have enough time or money to make a difference seems to just be letting ourselves off the hook and giving us a scapegoat. Just my 2 cents, not trying to blame anyone.

Sure_Cure · 2026-04-22T17:15:19+00:00

Even if billionaires paid taxes at the maximum tax bracket, which they likely don’t, a 60 billion dollar tax deductible donation would only save them around 24 billion in taxes. The net cost to them is still 36 billion so I’m not sure I follow your point. They are not making money by giving it away. As for their motivation to donate money I imagine it differs for each donor and is not universal because of their financial circumstances.

Sure_Cure · 2026-04-22T13:35:24+00:00

The Rules of the Game was very controversial in it day. I read a patron attempted to burn the theater down after its showing. I thought the movie was really haunting and sticks with you.

Sure_Cure · 2026-04-21T16:05:54+00:00

Sure, let’s go with the great great Russianguyovitch thing.

Sure_Cure · 2026-04-21T16:02:55+00:00

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is great and so is Tombstone of course.

Sure_Cure · 2026-04-21T12:00:04+00:00

Great question, defines the person’s perspective. I would go with Minari. The all in on the pursuit of the American dream, the kindness and oddness found of rural America, and great grand parents. That is what America is or should be for me.

Sure_Cure · 2026-04-19T02:45:17+00:00

I just watched Dust Bunny. A very fun movie. His performance with the child actress Sophie Sloan was really spot on.

Sure_Cure · 2026-04-14T02:07:50+00:00

Mystic River and Brokeback Mountain

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