Vincent Gardenia was amazing in Moonstruck.

He's the only reason to watch it:

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Cosmo Castorini: You'll have your eyes opened for you, my friend.

Johnny: I have my eyes open.

Cosmo Castorini: Oh yeah? Well, stick around. Don't go on any long trips.

Johnny: I don't know what you mean.

Cosmo Castorini: I know you don't. That's the point. I'll say no more.

Johnny: You haven't said anything!

Cosmo Castorini: And that's all I'm saying.

First one was great. Kind of had an "Indiana Jones" flick vibe about it. (Original Trilogy)

2nd one was blah...

I hated that movie. Not quite as much as Dune or Signs, or Thin Red Line, or Batman and Robin, but very close. I had to be physically restrained from leaving the theater. Later, I thought perhaps I had judged it too harshly, and watched it again. Still hated it.

haha...Dune. I had forgotten all about that disaster.


"The Spice....The Spice..."

Batman and Robin as a damn train wreck. You tried to look away but you just couldn't resist the carnage.

That one also has the advantage of butchering the greatest science fiction novel of all time, which is also my favorite book.

If I ever meet David Lynch, I will spit in his face. :#

You know there is a 4 hour cut of that flick. ROFL

I didn't like it until I went home for Christmas in the early 90's to be with my parents and siblings. I probably associated those few days with liking the movie.

I do remember that Nic Cage was about as believable as Hayden Christensen.

Off topic, I still don't know how that guy gets works. Hell, nowadays, I don't know how either of them get work.

Cage's hair is a cluster****.

Every few years, there's talk of bringing Dune back to the bring screen.

I don't think it'll ever happen unless someone like Del Toro or Peter Jackson is the helmer.

And even then, they might not get it right.

But I agree. David Lynch was an odd and obviously horrible choice.

They might as well have hired Pee Wee Herman.

They would have probably had the same results.

Here's how you could get me to watch it

Either of those guys would be excellent choices.

The odd part is, there's so little of that story that would require big time special effects. Most of it is set in the desert. Almost all of the combat is done with knives.

I think casting and direction would be key.

VFX shouldn't even be an issue in this day and age.

Well, maybe after the two Hobbit movies, one of them will get bored and want another huge challenge and want to take on Dune.

I just hope it doesn't end up in the hands of a hack like Brett Ratner.

How and WHY he got the Conan reboot is beyond me.

They pretty much botched casting on the movie Dune completely. The guy playing the Baron just came off as a goof - not at all sinister or malevolent. And how the **** do you cast Patrick Stewart as the "lumpy and ugly" Gurney Halleck? I could go on and on with all the ways they ****ed that up.

And I did not know about new Conan. Of course, I doubt if anybody could **** it up worse than the second one. The original is one of my all time favorites, though.

they are bringing back Conan?

Yes, unfortunately.

Ratner's directing an "Origin" story and supposedly, they're gearing up for a trilogy.

I didn't hate X-Men 3 as much as some (there are FAR too many people in the X-Men universe to me, anyway) but I just can't see him making this happen.

I hope I'm wrong. But the biggest issue is who to cast as Conan? I sure as hell hope they go with a newcomer.

I'd hate to see Ed Norton or McConaughey as Conan.

Or Vin ****ing Diesel.