Posted on 11/15/2013 3:42:28 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Message to high-brow movie critics and cultural elites: Stay away from the Grand Hotel on Michigan's Mackinac Island this weekend. No cynicism allowed! Not among the nearly 800 "time travelers" who arrived on Friday at the historic Grand Hotel -- the start of a three-day gathering during which they'll dress up in period garb and (in their minds) transport themselves back to 1912.
The fanciful journey has been an annual ritual for 23 years now, bringing together incurable romantics from all over the country, and even abroad. It's a celebration of the 1980 movie "Somewhere in Time"-- a bittersweet love story involving time travel and shot mostly in and around the majestic 126-year-old Grand Hotel.
The film's message: love is eternal.
Critics hated "Somewhere in Time." Vincent Canby wrote in The New York Times that the film had the year's highest "giggle content," and "does for time-travel what the Hindenburg did for dirigibles." Deriding the film's "romantic idealism," Roger Ebert asked in the Chicago Sun-Times whether it wasn't "a little futile to travel 68 years backward into time for a one-night stand."
Yet "Somewhere in Time" is now a beloved cult classic -- all of which underscores the amusing perception gap that often exists between ordinary movie audiences and cultural elites (and especially movie critics). But that's not news to Jo Addie, an antiques dealer in the Chicago area, who is president of the "Somewhere in Time" fan club and editor of its quarterly magazine. "You could hardly imagine a critic putting words to paper saying they truly love a movie like "Somewhere in Time," she wrote in an e-mail message. "It would have them losing their 'credibility' or their 'edge'. "Somewhere in Time" is not for the jaded or cynical."
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Superman?
Jane Seymour was smok’in hot, Christopher Reeve could still walk and they kept the Mackinac Bridge out of every shot. Great movie!
I have agreed with you about that my entire life.
But I first saw this film unintentionally, by accident.
Remember double features?
By way of background, I am a lifelong fan of science fiction novels generally, with a special fascination with the 'time travel' theme. That year a film arrived that was 'must see' for me--- not this one --- The Final Countdown. To my surprise, it was a double bill day and the other film was--- You guessed it.
Twenty Five years later, my wife and I actually visited the Grand Hotel and Mackinac Island, a fascinating place even had the film never existed, not on SIT weekend. It was a memorable trip for me and that hotel is awesome. Worth the trip for that alone.
Ironically, in the fan site, as well as the original story the music mentioned was Mahler, which had no part in the film.
“I don’t think we fully appreciated its beauty during our honeymoon.”
You weren’t supposed to...
I love The Final Countdown too! Great movie, IMHO. Great soundtrack too.
Then you have read Diana Gabaldon’ Outlander series?
http://www.dianagabaldon.com/other-projects/movies-mini-series-and-musicals/minifaq/
;-)
Another sicko who is a Blue Velvet fan. And despite it getting panned by fans, Twins Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. And Dune.
Never saw Eraserhead, but apparently I like David Lynch movies, so ...
I agree, no sexual chemistry-— but the movie is like eye-candy and was mildly interesting, but a little too slow for me. Music was beautiful, as was the photography.
One of my favorite movies is The Scarlet Pimpernel with Jane Seymour. Lot of chemistry in that one and clever dialogue/story! I think Jane Seymour is a much better actor than Reeves-—but Reeves was absolutely perfect in Superman. (Sexy wasn’t necessary although he was very cute). I don’t think I liked any of his other movies very much.
I had read the book before seeing the movie. Book held my interest a little better.
Every American girl I ever dated loves that film.
For the life of me I don’t get it.
I think it was that song that had a lot to do with the movie’s longevity. It was haunting.
Never saw the Christopher Reeve version of “Superman.” Did see some George Reeves TV shows of Superman when I was a kid.
I remember those reruns, I liked them
Eraserhead is decidedly “out there”, but definitely worth a look. It’s on youtube, if you’re interested.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ddLpY28B6A
I must disagree.
The scene would have been far, far better if when he looked at the coin he eeeaaahahh and dropped/flung it from his shaking hand as if it were white hot.
Why? That would have left a 1970's coin with her. She could look at it and know instantly where he was from and had went.
And THAT would provide the context she needed to know to track him down on stage, lo those many years later
A Lincoln cent before 1909, with a Lincoln Memorial reverse?
The coin tells her the whole story.
She sees her first Lincoln cent, and it has the wrong back.
She had to agonize over why that was for another 50 years until the Memorial replaced the wheat.
Then she knew, she knew...
That too. The system should not tolerate time travel to any point before time travel itself was invented.
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