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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2018 8:51:42 GMT -5
Hoosier X -- I'll be seeing Europa 51 in Vancouver B.C. by end of this month at a private film festival and the good news that this film is closed captioned and looking forward seeing it.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 6, 2018 12:16:05 GMT -5
Hoosier X -- I'll be seeing Europa 51 in Vancouver B.C. by end of this month at a private film festival and the good news that this film is closed captioned and looking forward seeing it. That sounds great! You might want to read up on it a little. I was a little bit lost after the first half. I took a break and fiddled around on the InterTubez and found a quote from Rossellini about what he was trying to do and it made the second half a lot more enjoyable when I got back to it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2018 17:12:36 GMT -5
Hoosier X -- I'll be seeing Europa 51 in Vancouver B.C. by end of this month at a private film festival and the good news that this film is closed captioned and looking forward seeing it. That sounds great! You might want to read up on it a little. I was a little bit lost after the first half. I took a break and fiddled around on the InterTubez and found a quote from Rossellini about what he was trying to do and it made the second half a lot more enjoyable when I got back to it. I'll be doing that very shortly and thanks for the "heads-up" and I have a dear friend in Vancouver that will explain to me about this movie a day before we see it -- he and his wife will help me on this and proceed from there. I'm going to see this movie on the 28th of July and I'll plant a review of this movie first thing Monday on the 30th for your own enjoyment.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 7, 2018 21:33:51 GMT -5
Just rewatched the Boys From Brazil, the other night. The premise is a bit much; but, it is an excellent thriller, based on the novel by Ira Levin (Rosemary's Baby, The Stepford Wives, A Kiss Before Dying). Elevated greatly by an excellent cast, including Laurence Olivier, Gregory Peck, James Mason, Walter Gottel, Michael Gough, Wolf Kahler, Uta Hagen, Rosemary Harris, John Dehner, Denholm Elliott, Steve Guttenburg (who is a heck of a lot better than his more famous years), Bruno Ganz and young Jeremy Black, as multiple children across the globe. He had to learn to do a German and an English accent and does both well enough. He does come across as rather frightening, which fits the role he plays.
The version I saw was the more graphic cut, which has more of the vicious fights between Olivier (who wasn't in great health) and Peck (who was no spring chicken) and the dogs attacking Peck. It also has the ending, that was cut in some versions, where Jeremy black is looking at photos his character has taken, of blood and mayhem and seems awed by them. Black didn't continue in Hollywood; but, instead, pursued theater. Given the company he worked with (and his father was a theater director and writer), it makes sense.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2018 18:20:54 GMT -5
I've watched the following movies in the past week on TV
1) King Kong: Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange, Charles Grodin, and others - pretty dated movie back then and holds up fairly good for today.
2) Goldeneye: Pierce Brosnan, Famke Janssen and others - one of Brosnan films that I considered one of his best.
3) Under Siege: Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey, and Erika Eleniak in a role that surprised me.
4) The Notorious Bettie Page: Borrowed a DVD of this movie and I had mixed feelings about this and it was pleasantly surprised how well Gretchen Mol did with this role here.
5) The Spy Who Loved Me: Roger Moore best film as 007. Barbara Bach was sensational and so did Richard Kiel as Jaws.
6) Batman vs Superman - Dawn of Justice: It's doesn't do any justice on a small TV -- even my TV is a 55 Inch Screen.
7) WALL-E: I will always enjoyed this film -- one of my favorites.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 27, 2018 23:51:04 GMT -5
I've watched the following movies in the past week on TV1) King Kong: Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange, Charles Grodin, and others - pretty dated movie back then and holds up fairly good for today. 2) Goldeneye: Pierce Brosnan, Famke Janssen and others - one of Brosnan films that I considered one of his best. 3) Under Siege: Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey, and Erika Eleniak in a role that surprised me. 4) The Notorious Bettie Page: Borrowed a DVD of this movie and I had mixed feelings about this and it was pleasantly surprised how well Gretchen Mol did with this role here. 5) The Spy Who Loved Me: Roger Moore best film as 007. Barbara Bach was sensational and so did Richard Kiel as Jaws. 6) Batman vs Superman - Dawn of Justice: It's doesn't do any justice on a small TV -- even my TV is a 55 Inch Screen. 7) WALL-E: I will always enjoyed this film -- one of my favorites. Goldeneye is, by far, the best of the Brosnan Bonds. I've already ranted about Under Siege. The title describes my logic center, watching it. Notorious Bettie Page was good for the acting, not so great on the history. Jared Harris plays John Willie (aka John Alexander Scott-Coutts), creator of Sweet Gwendoline and publisher of the fetish magazine Bizarre. He and Bettie Page never met. Also, by accounts of people who knew him, he was not a vulgar person and was known to be quite charming and outgoing, though he drank and smoked too much. A lot of the stuff with the Klaws and the models is highly fictionalized. They didn't bring up Eric Stanton, the fetish artist who shared a studio with Steve Ditko, who did meet Bettie, as he worked directly for the Klaws and took his artwork to them. Their association with Willie was minor, consisting of reprinting a couple of the Gwendoline serials. It's a shame they cut her bio to the end of the Klaw modelling, as she modelled after that, for a time, then was living in Florida, with a man and his children, before living in a religious community and then her later mental health issues and incarceration. Also, the film exaggerated her notoriety, as the Klaw materials and the camera club stuff wasn't that widely distributed out of the New York area. In later years, yes; but, not as much then. Playboy would have been her biggest exposure (so to speak), nationally. I always felt For Your Eyes Only was Moore's best film, though Spy is his best spectacle film. FYEO has a better plot and is less a rehash, while Spy is a mix of You Only Live Twice and Thunderball. Originally, they wanted it to revolve around a new SPECTRE, made up of former members of the top international terrorist organizations, who would start out by murdering the original SPECTRE board. However, the shared rights to SPECTRE had expired and Kevin McClory had sole rights to SPECTRE and Bloefeld, for film. Stromberg was a bit weak, as a villain; but, Jaws made a nice henchman (until he was ruined, in Moonraker). Anything that has Caroline Munro in a bikini, though, is tops in my book. Wall-E is just a great, heart-felt movie. I avoid anything with Zack Snyder's name on it. King Kong I haven't seen since it first aired on network tv, back in the day. If I remember correctly, it was shown over two nights. I know it used additional footage.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jul 28, 2018 3:01:44 GMT -5
I like Wall-E, but I suspect for different reasons than most people. I think it's the darkest Pixar film ever.
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Post by brutalis on Jul 31, 2018 7:45:46 GMT -5
Stop me if you have heard this one before. Fred Flintstone, Dino and a T-Rex go for a swim and are flash frozen sleeping a few million years to wake up hungry in the future. Yes folks, it is that "classic" from 1960 called DINOSAURUS. Comet TV ran it last night when I got off work so I spent dinner reliving this crazy movie of which I grew up with. A perennial rerun on our local TV station's Saturday science fiction theater this is the story of a Caribbean island construction crew unearthing a Brontosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex and a caveman who were frozen underground in the ocean. An electrical storm revives them all and hilarity and fun adventures ensue. The T-Rex eventually kills the Bronto and the caveman dies in a cave (irony?) as he prevents the roof from caving in on his young friend Julio and the hero's girlfriend. The movie ends with our hard working construction hero in a duel with good old T-Rex and a mechanical digger knocking the tired old Dino killer into the ocean where he is presumably back into deep freeze.
This is NOT a serious film in any way but I have fond memories of watching it every time it would play on television as I grew up. Silly and entertaining fun. Pure popcorn and soda for an afternoon's enjoyment!
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 31, 2018 13:07:53 GMT -5
Here are the ten film I saw in July from the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" list: Hill 24 Doesn't Answer (1955) - The first feature film produced in Israel. My Life to Live (1962) - Apparently France wasn't a particularly happy place during the French New Wave. Keeper of Promises (1962) - Brazilian movies! This is about a guy whose donkey is sick so he carries a giant cross all the way to Rio to the main church. Everybody has to get into the act! The press, the church hierarchy, local shopkeepers, etc. What a mess! You have to see a few Brazilian movies before you realize just how little you understood in all the other Brazilian movies you've seen. Prima della rivoluzione (1964) - I wasn't surprised to find out that filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci was a big fan of Godard when he made this film. It takes place in Parma, the Italian counterpart to Dayton, Ohio. The afternoons never end so Aunt Gina decides to have an affair with her nephew. Wanda (1971) - An amazing low budget film from one-time director Barbara Loden. I was thinking "This is the movie John Waters would have made if his favorite movie was "Gun Crazy" instead of "The Bad Seed."" Housekeeping (1987) Smoke (1995) - Harvel Keitel runs a smoke shop in Manhattan and his best friend is novelist William Hurt. I was completely charmed by Hurt's spotty (at best) New York accent. Funny Games (1997) - I saw two films by Haneke in July. Why do I do this to myself? The Son's Room (2001) The Piano Teacher (2001) - This was the other Haneke film I saw but at least it had Isabelle Huppert. Oh, Isabelle, why would you do that to yourself?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2018 10:26:35 GMT -5
Hoosier X -- I have seen The Piano Teacher (2001), Wanda (1971), and Hill 24 Doesn't Answer (1955) ironically in Israel back in 1988 with friends from work. I like all three of these films for their merits alone and especially enjoyed Wanda that was done so well with the money they spent on it. I was shocked to learn that this movie cost $115,000 to make.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2018 16:51:03 GMT -5
August TCM ScheduleMovies that I want to see ... 8/3 ... GORILLA, THE (1939) Three screwball detectives try to protect a lawyer from a murderous gorilla. Haven't see this in 30 years!8/6 ... LADY IN THE LAKE (1947) Philip Marlowe searches for a missing woman in this mystery shot entirely from the detective's viewpoint. One of my Marlowe's favorites.8/7 ... GIRL SHY (1924) In this silent film, a small-town boy raises a ruckus when he writes a book about how to handle women. Harold Lloyd's masterpiece8/17 ... WHAT'S UP, DOC? (1972) The accidental mix up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations. Hope it rains on this day -- must see movie and loaded with laughs8/20 ... SCARAMOUCHE (1952) In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder. Eleanor Parker looks so glamorous and lovely in this picture.8/24 ... SILK STOCKINGS (1957) A straitlaced Soviet agent is seduced by Paris and a high-stepping film producer. Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse movie that I missed and haven't seen it yet.8/25 ... CARPETBAGGERS, THE (1964) A young tycoon takes Hollywood by storm to quench his thirst for power. Haven't seen this movie since 1980!8/29 ... SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL (1964) A journalist sets out to expose a female sex expert but falls for her instead. Natalie Wood never better in this comedy.Movies Schedule of Turner Classic Movies is here for reference.
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Post by codystarbuck on Aug 1, 2018 17:40:37 GMT -5
Scaramouche has that great duel, at the end; but, is kind of dull in getting there. Stewart Granger was handsome; but rather a bland actor, for a Sabatini film. He's a little better here, than in The Prisoner of Zenda (Ronald Coleman was so much better). He gets away with it, thanks to Eleanor Parker's sizzle (with Janet Leigh on a very low burner) and Mel Ferrer adding enough cold villainy. Zenda succeeded due to James Mason (much as Douglas Fairbanks Jr added pizzazz to the earlier Rupert).
What's Up Doc? is a riot, filled with great character actors (especially Kenneth Mars, Austin Pendleton and Madeline Kahn) , a witty script, and a lot of attitude. Plus, the chase through San Francisco is terrific! When i was a midshipman, on my first summer training cruise, we stopped in San Francisco and the other middies and I tried to find Lombard street; but, we were too tired to keep walking and gave up. I wanted to find it because of this film. Peter Bogdanovich was brilliant, at this time!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2018 12:56:01 GMT -5
8/3 ... GORILLA, THE (1939) Three screwball detectives try to protect a lawyer from a murderous gorilla. Haven't see this in 30 years! It was a delightful humor and it's really grabbed you to the point that these detectives tried their best to protect a lawyer from a beast with a mind of its own to kill a lawyer being played by Walter (Atwell) Stevens. Jimmy, Harry, and Al Ritz were great as Detectives and the entertainment is quite delightful and fun to watch and here the full movie found on YouTube.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2018 20:31:01 GMT -5
Today, I watched Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, Naked Gun 33 1/3, Spy Who Loved Me, and now I'm watching Bringing Up Baby right now on TCM and later on a different channel ... Young Frankenstein.
I enjoyed Frankenstein Movie and its has Ilona Massey in it and its was surprisingly good movie and I wished that they had better music in this movie. Naked Gun was the riot -- the best scenes was the Academy Awards and Leslie Nielsen and Raquel Welch was funny to the bone. Bringing Up Baby is a classic and I've never got tired of watching it. The torn dress scene was a hoot and everything about it including incident with the leopard is sensational.
I've watch about 3-4 movies a day and nothing else.
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Post by brutalis on Aug 13, 2018 7:51:50 GMT -5
Sunday morning while cooking my weekday lunches I put on Disney's The Black Hole for watching. This one is a Disney classic in my opinion that didn't get the attention it deserved at the time. Stellar cast and exquisite set designs along with wonderful special effects. Probably one of the "last" special effect movies before computer CGI began taking over. This one draws you into it's world building and takes you into the realm of deeper thought and concepts while delivering some fun adventure.
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