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Post by dupersuper on Sept 16, 2015 19:25:16 GMT -5
If you mean as vehicles for classic slapstick comedy, then I agree. They should not, however, be taken internally. Do you by any chance watch Drunk History? You would've LOVED this weeks episode...
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Post by DE Sinclair on Sept 17, 2015 8:33:37 GMT -5
If you mean as vehicles for classic slapstick comedy, then I agree. They should not, however, be taken internally. Do you by any chance watch Drunk History? You would've LOVED this weeks episode... No, haven't seen that. Were people slipping on banana peels or insulting bananas?
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 17, 2015 13:19:54 GMT -5
Around the world with Criterion. Who needs a travel agent ?
Black Orpheus (1959) D-Marcel Camus
Its carnival time in Rio de Janeiro. Orpheus, a tram conductor is engaged to Mira and they get a wedding license. Meanwhile Eurydice arrives at her cousins' home, running away from a mystery man who aims to kill her (why? we never get to know) Eurydice and Orpheus meet and its instant love. Now, Mira wants to kill Eurydice as well. The mystery man arrives to make sure its done
The music is incessant throughout the film, the beating of the drums and bongos, the dancing in the street. The cinematography is colorful and beautiful. Strange tale with the mystery killer moving in the shadows like a Spider-Man in a skin tight costume. A very unique flick. A whacked out ending
Summertime (1955) D-David Lean Katherine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Darren McGavin
Jane is a sexually repressed middle aged tourist visiting Venice on her own. In Fact America in general had sexual issues in the early 50s. Slowly an Italian proprietor of a gift shop begins to melt off her chastity belt. A little vino, a pinch on the rear and Hepburn begins to loosen up. But damn-the guy's married
Venice in this era is gorgeous. David Lean gives a whirlwind tour of the city. I wonder if it still looks so good these days. And how about that-Kolchack the investigator of supernatural occurrences is in the hotel room next door. A nice film to watch with your lo9ved one
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 17, 2015 13:29:35 GMT -5
Mahogany (1975) Diana Ross, Anthony Perkins, Billy Dee Williams
Tracy from Chicago is an aspiring fashion designer. She hooks up with Billy Dee who is a neighborhood activist running for a city alderman position. Anthony Perkins is a hot shot fashion designer who thinks Tracy has that magic look. He convinces her to get into modeling, change her name to Mahogany and accompany him to Europe for fame and fortune. Its bye-bye to Billy Dee
The further you go into the movie, the more over-the-top it gets. If you want some 1970s kitsch, you came to the right place. Perkins is great as the photographer who gets increasingly possessive with Ross until he's manic. Ross gets the chance to be an ultimate diva. Hear the schmaltzy theme song ballad (Do You Know Where Your Going To) plenty of times. I couldn't help feeling sorry for Billy Dee. Maybe George Lucas can help him out
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Post by dupersuper on Sept 17, 2015 19:44:17 GMT -5
Do you by any chance watch Drunk History? You would've LOVED this weeks episode... No, haven't seen that. Were people slipping on banana peels or insulting bananas? No, it recounted the story of the man who brought bananas to much of the U.S. and set up the first banana republic.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Sept 18, 2015 7:48:12 GMT -5
No, haven't seen that. Were people slipping on banana peels or insulting bananas? No, it recounted the story of the man who brought bananas to much of the U.S. and set up the first banana republic. Huh. Well obviously I blame him. He shall be added to my list of mortal enemies.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 18, 2015 14:42:06 GMT -5
The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946) Dana Andrews, Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo
7 Oscars including Best Picture. 3 servicemen meet for the first time on a plane taking them to the same home city after the war. Fredric March, an older man, is a banker married to Myrna Loy for 20 years with a son and daughter. Dana Andrews, a young decorated serviceman with no job skills, was married 20 days to a knockout beauty before shipping off to war. Harold Russell is a young man missing both hands and has hooks in their place. Each stuggle to make adjustments to civilian life
I could definitely see how this film was a big office hit and swept the Oscars in 1946. It also applies to any war with its returning servicemen. (well actually Vietnam was more difficult since the servicemen were not as revered). Anything with Myrna Loy is usually worth seeing. Harold Russell did in reality lose his hands in WWII and I watched his 2nd role not too long ago in the film Inside Moves
A long 168 minute flick, but rewarding and never falls flat
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 18, 2015 23:24:28 GMT -5
I found a movie I've been wanting to see for a whole on YouTube - The Milky Way (1969) by Luis Bunuel. He's one of my favorites and this particular film seems to be especially hard to find.
But there's a catch - It's a French film and this YouTube video has Spanish sub-titles. So no English. I can read Spanish much better than I can speak it but I'm a little slow, so sometimes I can't read all the sub-titles. But I think I'm following it reasonably well.
I took a break - a short one - because it's hurting my eyes a little.
What's it about? Um, basically, it's about Catholicism being kind of stupid. I think. That's always a good guess when you watch a Bunuel film without English sub-titles.
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 19, 2015 11:58:37 GMT -5
I made a list of my ten favorite movies a few months ago and I keep forgetting to post it here, just to hopefully prompt a discussion about favorite movies. Hoosier X's Top Ten 1) Casablanca (1943) 2) King Kong (1933) 3) Dracula (1931) 4) Duck Soup (1933) 5) Freaks (1932) 6) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 7) Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) 8) Pandora's Box (1928) 9) Yojimbo (1961) 10) City Lights (1931)
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 19, 2015 14:57:42 GMT -5
The Drowning Pool (1976) Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Melanie Griffith
Paul Newman returns in his role as private eye Harper. Contacted by an old girlfriend, he journeys to bayou country. At first his job is to scare off the ex-chauffeur of the girlfriend from trying to blackmail her. The case soon turns more complicated involving murder, crooked cops, political corruption, hookers with hearts of gold and good gumbo
Satisfying noirish tale adapted from a Ross MacDonald story. Movie moves right along, never gets convoluted and Newman is having fun in this role. Recommended
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 19, 2015 15:08:20 GMT -5
Dead Poets Society (1989) Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke
An English teacher (Williams) inspires his students to be free thinkers during the 1950's.
A bit underwhelmed and thinking this was over-rated. Robin Williams thankfully underplayed his part mostly but the story seemed manipulative and trite to me. Not until the final half hour did it pick up and get impressive. A dominating father, a dominating and very conservative school board, a shy guy trying to get up the courage to ask a girl out, a teacher with all the answers about life-nothing new here. And way too much poetry to my liking. But I knew that was to happen being forewarned by the title. Ah well, another film crossed off my list
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 19, 2015 22:22:37 GMT -5
I saw The Girl Can't Help It (1956) today, with Jayne Mansfield.
If I had had any idea that it was SO GREAT, I would have watched it a long time ago.
Highly recommended. Don't read up on it. It's probably better if you're surprised.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 20, 2015 2:01:52 GMT -5
I saw The Girl Can't Help It (1956) today, with Jayne Mansfield. If I had had any idea that it was SO GREAT, I would have watched it a long time ago. Highly recommended. Don't read up on it. It's probably better if you're surprised. Great song and Jayne sure knows how to stop traffic by simply walking down the street
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 20, 2015 9:50:52 GMT -5
I saw The Girl Can't Help It (1956) today, with Jayne Mansfield.If I had had any idea that it was SO GREAT, I would have watched it a long time ago. Highly recommended. Don't read up on it. It's probably better if you're surprised. Great song and Jayne sure knows how to stop traffic by simply walking down the street Despite the vast gulf in production values between her "best" movies - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, The Girl Can't Help It - and her "worst" movies - Primitive Love, The Wild, Wild World of Jayne Mansfield - I find that she consistently delivers an entertaining and often hilarious performance. The only time I was ever inspired to write an IMDB review, it was for her Hercules movie, Hercules vs. the Hydra. She pushes her acting abilities to the limit playing two sisters, one good and one evil! It is nonstop hilarious! I'm not always sure how to rate low-budget movies and cult movies, but I had to give Hercules vs. the Hydra a "10".
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 20, 2015 13:03:51 GMT -5
The Days Of Wine And Roses (1962) D-Blake Edwards Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick
Joe Clay (Lemmon) is a hard drinking public relations man . He falls in love and marries Kirsten (Remick). She loves chocolate and never touched booze. He plies her with a Brandy Alexander. "Not bad" she says and soon she is as much a lush as him. Soon, he's lost his job and friends. They're in danger of losing their baby as well.
You wouldn't think Blake Edwards (Pink Panther,10) would be so capable in directing such a harrowing film but he certainly does. Yes there is plenty of amusing touches at first but then it spirals into a haunting film. Lemmon gives one of his greatest performances as well. The scene were he is institutionalized is memorably chilling. One of the greatest anti-alchohol films ever. Jack Klugman appears as an AA mentor
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