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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 21, 2016 10:27:10 GMT -5
I have a feeling Desi would have been a little more patient if he was married to Lucille Baal.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jan 21, 2016 11:01:15 GMT -5
I have a feeling Desi would have been a little more patient if he was married to Lucille Baal. And there would have been hell to pay.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 22, 2016 10:57:16 GMT -5
I watched another Yasujiro Ozu movie. I highly recommend Ozu - any film by Ozu - for those film fans who like Japanese movies without giant monsters or samurai. (Not that there's anything wrong with giant monsters and samurai. My favorite Japanese movie is Yojimbo. And my second favorite is King Kong vs. Godzilla.)
I watched Equinox Flower and it was another wonderful Ozu movie.
An hour passes. Nothing happens. Another hour goes by. Nothing happens.
And you are mesmerized.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 22, 2016 11:21:07 GMT -5
I started watching The Long, Long Trailer last night. I watched about half of it before I was too tired to finish. And I plan to finish it this morning.
It has its moments but, man, a lot of it's so dumb.
I love the comedies of the 1930s and the 1940s, but there's a time period from the late 1940s to the early 1960s where there were a lot of popular comedies that make me scratch my head or groan. I'm embarrassed that 1950s audiences thought some of this stuff was funny.
Some comedies from this period I love: Jumping Jacks. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Adam's Rib. Pat and Mike. Here Come the Girls.
Some films I've seen recently that were not good. Dream Wife. Pillow Talk. On an Island with You. People Will Talk.
(I'm torn on Artists and Models. It has some very funny scenes, but the last half-hour is awful and stupid and it made me hate the movie.)
The Long, Long Trailer was definitely in the "not very funny" category. I wasn't bored with it, at least, but I wasn't laughing.
I can hardly believe it was directed by Vincente Minnelli, who directed Meet Me in St. Louis and The Bad and the Beautiful.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 22, 2016 12:29:53 GMT -5
I DVRed Special Agent, a 1935 movie with Bette Davis. I don't know anything about it except that it's a 1935 movie with Bette Davis and it's called Special Agent. That's more than good enough for me! I can hardly wait! I'm thinking of putting off my errands to watch Special Agent before I leave the house.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 22, 2016 14:10:09 GMT -5
I watched the rest of The Long, Long Trailer this morning and I'm revising my opinion. The good stuff's in the last 25 minutes. The scene where Lucy is trying to make dinner while the trailer is moving is pretty funny. And the scene on the mountain side is simultaneously hilarious and almost unbearably suspenseful. Geez Louise! Like The Wages of Fear!
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 22, 2016 17:46:37 GMT -5
The Long, Long Trailer-agreed Hoos, cut to the last half hour and its a classic comedy
Fargo (1996) Written/Directed by the Coen Bros Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, William Macy, Peter Stormare
Based on a true story according to the opening notes (which is a lie) William Macy hires some hoods to kidnap his own wife to get at her father's money and everything that could goes wrong. Frances McDormand investigates the crime while feeding her face and experiencing morning sickness from her pregnancy. Yah, and bundle up you betcha its cold outside
Why I Love Movies 101- This, This This is one of the reasons . Just about perfect. Script, perfomances, direction, the works. I don't have to write more about this film. If you haven't seen it then I have no business discussing movies with you
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 22, 2016 17:59:13 GMT -5
Hairspray (1988) Written/ Directed by John Waters Rikki Lake, Divine, Jerry Stiller, Sonny Bono, Debbie Harry, Ruth Brown
Baltimore, 1963 and the afternoon TV Teen dance show, The Corny Collins Show, is going to have to deal with pudgy newcomer Tracy Turnblad and the pressures to integrate
I've recently rewatched the updated big budget version from 2007 and beyond doubt I prefer this one, the original. Yes the later one was made with 20 times the budget which was gobbled up by big name stars like Travolta and Walken. But everything, and I mean every bit of story and comedy is to be found right here. Travolta in a female fat suit just makes you concentrate upon it being Travolta in a female fat suit. Divine as the mother is simply Divine and does distract from the film. It seems natural.
The big difference is the 2007 version uses the Broadway play soundtrack with new songs. The original film uses the real hit records from that time period and there is quite a lot of it. I'm a classics type of guy so I'm gonna prefer the real songs-The Chubby Checkers, The Leslie Gores, The Mashed Potatoes, the real stuff. And all of these actors and actresses in this version are pure heaven-you also get Pia Zadora and The Car's Ric Ocasek.
The 2007 film is fine, its worth seeing. But if I was to own a version it would be this one (actually I own both)
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 22, 2016 18:03:51 GMT -5
The Bride Of The Re-Animator (1989) Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott
Horror/comedy Unbalanced scientist discovers the formula to reanimate the dead and begins to construct the perfect woman
I watched the first film, Re-Animator maybe a year or so ago and enjoyed its sense of sick humor. The sequel does not bring anything new to the table. In fact, I got kinda bored with it halfway through and hit eject. Maybe I'll try again but it does not seem to be anything new versus the first version
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Post by Prince Hal on Jan 22, 2016 19:23:51 GMT -5
Fargo (1996) Written/Directed by the Coen Bros Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, William Macy, Why I Love Movies 101- This, This This is one of the reasons . Just about perfect. Script, perfomances, direction, the works. I don't have to write more about this film. If you haven't seen it then I have no business discussing movies with you So true, and hoping you feel the same way about O Brother, Where Art Thou?, which has one of the all-time best screenplays. "Gopher?"
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 22, 2016 21:09:22 GMT -5
Fargo (1996) Written/Directed by the Coen Bros Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, William Macy, Why I Love Movies 101- This, This This is one of the reasons . Just about perfect. Script, perfomances, direction, the works. I don't have to write more about this film. If you haven't seen it then I have no business discussing movies with you So true, and hoping you feel the same way about O Brother, Where Art Thou?, which has one of the all-time best screenplays. "Gopher?" Yes I quite liked O Brother. Only seen it once but it is memorable. Even liked their theme song. Not quite to the level of Fargo but still an excellent film
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2016 22:28:28 GMT -5
The Bride Of The Re-Animator (1989) Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott Horror/comedy discover the formula to reanimate the dead and begin to construct the perfect woman I watch the first film, Re-Animator maybe a year or so ago and enjoyed its sense of sick humor. The sequel does bring anything new to the table. In fact, I got kinda bored with it halfway through and hit eject. Maybe I'll try again but it does not seem to be anything new versus the first version I love the original and this one is nowhere near as good as the 1st one. I find it watchable enough though. Avoid the next entry Beyond Re-animator at all costs.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 23, 2016 12:32:16 GMT -5
Seven Beauties (1975) Directed by Lina Wertmuller Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey
Pasqualino deserts the Italian army during WWII and is captured by the Germans and put in a POW camp. Surrounded by torture, starvation and death, Pasqualino comes up with an idea on how to survive as he flashbacks to his prewar days as the only brother to 7 unattractive sisters.
Lina Wertmuller scored back-to-back international hits with this film and 1974's Swept Away (avoid the Madonna remake). She and lead actor Giannini made a great team. This is quite a remarkable film starting off light hearted with Pasqualino acting like a tough guy because he owns a gun and looking out for his sisters' honor. Slowly the film turns dark with murder, imprisonment, rape and war. It gets extremely bleak and brutal. A real rollercoaster ride of a flick
Shirley Stoler as the German Commandant of the prison camp is unforgetable. She can also be seen in the cult classic The Honeymoon Killers as well as The Deerhunter, Frankenhooker and Malcolm X. What a resume!!
Great movie and highly recommended
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 23, 2016 14:53:27 GMT -5
I watched Special Agent (1935) this morning and I really enjoyed it. Bette Davis is a mob accountant! George Brent is the good guy. Ricardo Cortez is the bad guy. And J. Carroll Naish compensates for the brevity of his role with some gleeful bloodthirstiness. But Bette Davis is a mob accountant! If that doesn't make you want to see Special Agent, I'm not sure what else can be said to tempt you.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 24, 2016 10:05:07 GMT -5
I watched another film by Yasujiro Ozu last night. The End of Summer (1961). It was his next-to-last movie. So most of us have seen Yojimbo, right? Do you remember this guy? That's Inokichi. He's the brother of Ushi-Tora, one of the feuding gang leaders. Inokichi was dumb and strong and at times seemed to have a mancrush on Sanjuro. The actor is Daisuke Kato and he's in a couple of Ozu movies that I've seen. The movie opens with Daisuke Kato (looking like a normal slightly overweight guy) meeting a friend at a bar/restaurant. The friend is a widower and he wants to get married again, so Daisuke is setting him up to meet a woman that he thinks the friend will like. I think she's Daisuke's niece. I got a little confused by the relationships. Daisuke and his friend have a conversation about what the friend looks for in a woman. The friend doesn't want it to be too obvious that Daisuke has arranged this meeting so he sits in the back of the restaurant and then walks up after the woman arrives and acts like it's a chance meeting. It's pretty obvious. The woman stays long enough to chat. She works in an art gallery. Daisuke's friend says he might like a painting of a cow. She says she'll look for one. Then she has to go because she has to check on her sister Fumiko. Then the friend is never seen again. And Daisuke and his niece wander into the rest of the movie, which doesn't have a main character, it's about a very large family led by a mischievous patriarch who has several children (including the woman in the first scene) as well as a longtime mistress on the side who has a 21-year-old daughter that she says is his. He's neglecting the family sake business. The illegitimate daughter wants a mink coat. The pressure is on the other daughters to get married. His daughter-in-law (I think she's his daughter-in-law) makes suggestive remarks about his mistress. Somebody at the sake business sends one of the employees to follow him around to find out where he goes in the middle of the day. Fumiko stops writing to the fellow she liked in the early scenes and starts writing to a fellow in Sapporo. (Every time they say Sapporo, I get thirsty for a beer.) Almost nothing happens for 100 minutes. I was fascinated. It's kind of strange to see the guy who played Inokichi in a mundane domestic drama. (Or whatever it is that Ozu makes.) I'm recommending Ozu again. Any Ozu. My favorite is Good Morning, which has more of a plot than usual. A little.
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