*sigh* All the Greats. Where are they now.
Posted on 05/02/2010 7:12:19 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Thanks for the tip! Hubby is very into movies lately he’s got a queue at Blockbuster, so I’ll have him put those on it.
One film that really let me down was “House of Sand & Fog” it was jut so stupid. I wanted to see it because it had that great actress who was in “24” a couple of years ago. And she was good, but it was just NOT BELIEVABLE at all in any way.
Another disappointment was “Up in the Air”. I think that was the most disheartening movie I’ve ever seen. But that George Clooney, my gosh but he’s got charm to spare.
I’m looking forward to this new Ironman movie, it is funny to see Mikey Rourke repeating his “wrestler” role. But that was a VERY GOOD movie. So Jersey, the most Jersey thing I’ve ever seen.
Adult themes, etc. of course. But very good.
I think you might have to be IN NJ when you watch it to get the full effect.
The actor who had the most to say about censorship, oddly enough, that I've seen, was Karl Malden. At least one movie he did didn't violate the code, but was pulled out of theaters due to pressure from the Church.
The Golden Age was the Golden Age because the movies were a new thing and the edge of the envelope was constantly pushed. It also helped to have really educated writers (seriously). Personally, I think some of the "great" films that are considered essentials are overrated and there are some, like "The Snake Pit" that aren't on anyone's list.
But, that's just me. After Casablanca, The This Man series, musicals and Raphael Sabatini adaptations are my preferred viewing from this era.
I saw a part of The Wrestler the other day on HBO and thought it was really good. Made me want to see the rest. I keep hearing good things about Iron Man.
I prefer the “Red Dwarf” version.
Your list fails to recognize some of the greatest works of cinematography.
Attack of the Vampire Cheerleader Bikini Models The fact that this movie was not even nominated for an Emmy proves the contest is rigged!
Attack of the Vampire Cheerleader Bikini Models Two Even though this movie strayed from the original "Vampire Cheerleader Bikini Models" story line, it was still a riveting masterpiece.
Attack of the Vampire Cheerleader Bikini Models III - Whips, Chains and Pom-Poms I'm sure all of the movie connoisseurs on this thread will agree, not only did this film redeem the "Vampire Cheerleader Bikini Model" series, this movie was the definitive "Vampire Cheerleader Bikini Model" movie.
My 23 year old daughter and I watched this movie and found Mr.McCrea most attractive! My daughter was raised on TCM so the black & white films do not bore her. Did you know what that Joel was a Republican?
Just read your post and at least I do not feel alone in getting older. I was a senior in high school, when the first Star Wars came out, over 30 years ago.
A Clockwork Orange met the code’s standards... really?
Or Schindler’s List with it’s full frontal nudity?
Emperor Ming the Merciless of Mongo will make you pay for your insolence.
:-P
Silly theory. Post war sensibilities and TV ended the “Golden Age of Hollywood” long before 1968.
*sigh* All the Greats. Where are they now.
I doubt they’d be able to make Casablanca without a modern Bogart at least sleeping with a modern Ingrid Bergman. Extra-marital Sex has to be obligatory nowadays.
Besides, who today would have the stature of Bogart or Bergman? I read somewhere that Anne Hathaway is the modern version of Audey Hepburn, but I am inclined to disagree...
Audrey had more acting talent in her little finger than Obama-worshipper, horse-teeth Hathaway has in her whole body.
And you're right about Hollywood ruining Casablanca if they made it today.
Just the sort of sentence that makes me out loud.
(And a big welcome back!)
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Also “Tombstone” is very good and Val Kilmer is THE BEST in it.
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I’ll second that.
It aired on cable last night...I had to watch it.
Kilmer really did capture what a ramblin’, gamblin’ and boozin’
Georgian would sound and act like in the wildest of The West.
Always love his “pistolero” act with the small booze-cup (using the
cup in place of a pistol). A great and funny scene with no violence...
in a fairly violent environment.
Absolutely correct.
In the movie Scarface him getting gunned down was justice, because it came entirely from his action, he made the enemies and the betrayals and aligned those forces against him. In the censor approved version his arrest and trial wind up being almost a reprieve, instead of being killed for his sins he gets to live a long time, admittedly in jail but still he betrays everybody and lives.
*** miss old movies. ****
An in THE MALTESE FALCON we watch Peter Lore play with his cane handle to imply that he is definitly a homo.
And Humphry Bogart and Lauren Baccal talking about horseracing, then we realize they are NOT talking about horseracing!
And who could forget W C Fields!
[Int. Hangar]
There is a ship on the pad, dimly seen through the steam.
[Int. Corridor outside hangar.]
KRYTEN, CAMILLE, and LISTER enter.
KRYTEN: Mister Lister, sir, would you be so kind as to take Camille's bag on board?
LISTER: (Taking the bag) Certainly, Kryten. Anything you say.
LISTER exits.
CAMILLE: Why MY bag, Kryten?
KRYTEN: Because you're getting on that craft with Hector, where you belong.
CAMILLE: No, Kryten.
KRYTEN: Now you've got to listen to me. Do you have any idea what you've got to look forward to if you stay here?
CAMILLE: You're saying this only to make me go.
KRYTEN: We both know you belong to Hector -- you're part of his work; you're what keeps him going. If you're not on that craft when it leaves the hangar, you'll regret it -- maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow -- but soon, for the rest of your life.
CAMILLE: What about us?
KRYTEN: We'll always have Parrot's.
CAMILLE: Oh, Kryten.
KRYTEN: I'm no good at being noble, kid, but it's pretty obvious the problems of two blobs and a droid don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy cosmos.
leave us not forget Amadeus, or Passage to India.
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