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Yavin4

(35,443 posts) Tue Nov 27, 2012, 11:38 PM Nov 2012

In praise of the great film, "Road House" (1989)

It's not Shakespeare. It's not going to enlighten you nor open your mind to new ways of thinking. No. it's simply a movie about fist fights. That's it, and that's all. It's series of glorious bar fights and really bad 1980s hair.

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In praise of the great film, "Road House" (1989) (Original Post) Yavin4 Nov 2012 OP

"Pain don't hurt" Orrex Nov 2012 #1

Those are my favorite lines! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2012 #13

And the other, of course: Orrex Nov 2012 #17

"Don't eat the big blue mint" TeamPooka Nov 2012 #19

existentialist bouncer extraordinaire hibbing Nov 2012 #14

Same here! RiffRandell Nov 2012 #26

i only saw the crappy version... BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #2

I thought he'd be bigger! ohiosmith Nov 2012 #3

"I want you to be nice until it's time to not be nice." n/t PoliticAverse Nov 2012 #4

Poetry. Absolute poetry. n/t Yavin4 Nov 2012 #5

"A bear fell on me." Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2012 #6

I don't care who says otherwise. nolabear Nov 2012 #7

"I used to fuck guys like you in prison." MrSlayer Nov 2012 #8

Roadhouse!!!! Initech Nov 2012 #9

All of life's problems can be solved by kicking. TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #12

Eh, it was OK PD Turk Nov 2012 #10

"Take the train." Iggo Nov 2012 #11

No one puts Baby in a corner. WilliamPitt Nov 2012 #15

"You are the bouncers. I am the cooler." WilliamPitt Nov 2012 #16

I love this movie... MrsBrady Nov 2012 #18

Road House is is the "Fanny and Alexander" of Bad Movies. mikeytherat Nov 2012 #20

I just watched it for the millionth time the other night. RiffRandell Nov 2012 #21

"Road House: The Musical!" HughBeaumont Nov 2012 #22

What if someone calls my mama a whore? LynneSin Nov 2012 #23

This is what I don't get about Roadhouse, a movie that i love nonetheless LynneSin Nov 2012 #24

Amigo, I just watched the last 30 minutes last night, again! benld74 Nov 2012 #25

"A Polar Bear fell on Me." RiffRandell Nov 2012 #27

Best part of the movie was the Jeff Healy Band. DearHeart Nov 2012 #28

and Kelly Lynch was HOT! lastlib Nov 2012 #29

Orrex

(63,216 posts)

1. "Pain don't hurt"

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Tue Nov 27, 2012, 11:39 PM

Nov 2012

and

"I'll get all the sleep I need when I'm dead."

Who says it ain't Shakespeare?

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,648 posts)

13. Those are my favorite lines!

Reply to Orrex (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 01:30 AM

Nov 2012

Orrex

(63,216 posts)

17. And the other, of course:

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #13)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 01:52 AM

Nov 2012

"Be nice, until it's time to not be nice."

TeamPooka

(24,232 posts)

19. "Don't eat the big blue mint"

Reply to Orrex (Reply #17)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 02:13 AM

Nov 2012

hibbing

(10,099 posts)

14. existentialist bouncer extraordinaire

Reply to Orrex (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 01:40 AM

Nov 2012

Hey,
Darn it, you beat me to the "pain don't hurt" line. Anytime I am flipping through the channels and that is on, I have to watch some of it. The big, steamy pile of stupidity that is Roadhouse is certainly entertaining.

Rock on Dalton.

Peace

RiffRandell

(5,909 posts)

26. Same here!

Reply to hibbing (Reply #14)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 03:16 PM

Nov 2012

It's been running quite a bit on the movie channels lately, and I always stop to see what part is on.

BlueMan Votes

(903 posts)

2. i only saw the crappy version...

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Tue Nov 27, 2012, 11:40 PM

Nov 2012

the one with patrick swayze.

ohiosmith

(24,262 posts)

3. I thought he'd be bigger!

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Tue Nov 27, 2012, 11:42 PM

Nov 2012

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

4. "I want you to be nice until it's time to not be nice." n/t

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Tue Nov 27, 2012, 11:51 PM

Nov 2012

Yavin4

(35,443 posts)

5. Poetry. Absolute poetry. n/t

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #4)

Tue Nov 27, 2012, 11:53 PM

Nov 2012

The screenwriter must've poured himself a little congratulatory drink after writing that line.

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)

6. "A bear fell on me."

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 12:10 AM

Nov 2012

I think that movie rocks ! Love the mix of the eye candy of Patrick Swayze & Sam Elliott along with a killer soundtrack . A Classic!

nolabear

(41,987 posts)

7. I don't care who says otherwise.

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 12:10 AM

Nov 2012

That was one purty boy. Whoof.

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)

8. "I used to fuck guys like you in prison."

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 12:29 AM

Nov 2012

Some of the worst dialogue ever written was in that movie.

Initech

(100,087 posts)

9. Roadhouse!!!!

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 12:45 AM

Nov 2012

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)

12. All of life's problems can be solved by kicking.

Reply to Initech (Reply #9)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 01:02 AM

Nov 2012

Rrroadhouse!

PD Turk

(1,289 posts)

10. Eh, it was OK

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 12:58 AM

Nov 2012

I liked Sam Elliot's character though....and Jeff Healy was a cool touch.

Iggo

(47,561 posts)

11. "Take the train."

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 01:00 AM

Nov 2012

WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts)

15. No one puts Baby in a corner.

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 01:46 AM

Nov 2012

Shit...wrong meeting.

WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts)

16. "You are the bouncers. I am the cooler."

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 01:49 AM

Nov 2012

Just so you know I'm also playing along.

MrsBrady

(4,187 posts)

18. I love this movie...

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 01:54 AM

Nov 2012

it's so bad it's good...

and Patrick Swayze is/was never a bad thing.

*swoon*

mikeytherat

(6,829 posts)

20. Road House is is the "Fanny and Alexander" of Bad Movies.

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 07:01 AM

Nov 2012

It is the Bad Movie by which all Bad Movies must be judged. A movie so bad it's good. The last 20 minutes especially, which snowball into a monster-truck-and-testosterone cacophony of cinematic awful.

mikey_the_rat

RiffRandell

(5,909 posts)

21. I just watched it for the millionth time the other night.

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 09:13 AM

Nov 2012

One of my favorite scenes was when Patrick Swayze is fist fighting the guy who just blew up his friend's house and after much go around, he finally does a mortal combat move and rips the guy's throat out.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)

22. "Road House: The Musical!"

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 01:01 PM

Nov 2012

Featuring the hits:

"The Only Thing That's Missing Is Your Ass"

"I Used to Fuck Guys Like You In Prison"

"40 Year Old Adolescents, Felons, Power Drinkers, and Trustees of Modern Chemistry"

"You're Too Stupid To Have a Good Time"

"Elvis, Play Something With Balls"

"This is Our Town, And Don't You Forget It"

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)

23. What if someone calls my mama a whore?

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 01:17 PM

Nov 2012

Is she?

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)

24. This is what I don't get about Roadhouse, a movie that i love nonetheless

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 01:19 PM

Nov 2012

This was the 1980s. You can't tell me that one person in that town didn't have the balls to call up the state police and tell them that Brad Wesley was running amok in their town doing shakedowns and threatening the townsfolks. Welsey may have owned the town but I highly doubt he owned the fucking state!