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I'm glad they dropped the "land" part. "Hollywoodland" doesn't have the same ring that Hollywood has.
by cocacola1 4y ago
I'm glad they dropped the "land" part. "Hollywoodland" doesn't have the same ring that Hollywood has.
- dylan604 4y agoIt's like dropping the word "the"
- lapcat 4y agoI'll always think of it as "Hollywoo" https://bojackhorseman.fandom.com/wiki/Our_A-Story_is_a_%22D%22_Story https://bojackhorseman.fandom.com/wiki/Our_A-Story_is_a_%22D...
- sircastor 4y agoAlways makes me think of “The Rocketeer”. That probably pins me to a particular generation.
- Larrikin 4y agoThat movie was always strange to me as a person who watched it in kindergarten. It was in my memory peak cinema, with an amazing tie in of reusable cups from the best restaurant chain (Pizza Hut)that lived in my house for years later and I drank out of regularly. As a kid I loved pretending to be able to fly around the sky. But I've never met anyone in my generation that has ever seen it and even people older than me barely remember it existing.
- fingerlocks 4y agoI’m from your generation and my only memory of the film was a lot of talking and very little action. Have you seen it as an adult? Curious how it holds up. Wikipedia’s page is interesting, apparently its got a cult following now.
- sircastor 4y agoI was about 13 when it came out. Watching some clips recently, it’s exactly as I remember it. I can confirm that it feels slow to start. I think most movies used to take a good 15 minutes to get going. These days they’re very out-of-the-gate. I’m one of the cult followers I guess. It’s a shame to me that it never got a sequel. It’s fun pulp fiction in the style of Indiana Jones.
- voltaireodactyl 4y agoFor the record: it holds up brilliantly. James Hornet’s score alone is worth the ride — still used as a primary temp track for figuring out the edits of new movies. Effects are the best practical work has to offer. Timothy Dalton as Errol Flynn with an Aryan secret is phenomenal, having the most fun of his career. Jennifer Connelly is a full on movie star hitting her stride. Alan Arkin at his peak grumpy old man stage. And Billy Campbell deserved a better career. And the story is pure old fashioned American underdog finds a unique advantage and uses it to take on the bad guys to save the girl. It’s damn near perfect tbh.