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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 21, 2019 12:15:40 GMT -5
Big Blake Edwards fan but those are two I haven't seen. I've always meant to watch SOB but have never gotten around to it, for no particular reason, after missing it in the theatres at the time. I've never liked John Ritter, so I doubt I'll ever watch Skin Deep. I think Outlaw Josey Wales is one of Clint's best westerns - but then they were all pretty high quality. Still, I'd rate it near the top, certainly of the American ones. It's interesting in that he gets away a bit from his untouchable loner persona and sort of builds a little community as the film progresses, collecting various misfits as he pursues his quest for vengeance. Unless I'm mixing this up with some other movie altogether, haven't seen it for decades. Also, I think "Dyin' ain't much of a livin', boy" was one of his best lines, in a career with a lot of pretty memorable ones. Outlaw Josey Wales was kind of the Post-Vietnam Western. ales was on the wrong side of the war, saw too much loss and suffered heavily. he's lost in the world after, mostly looking to die, until he finds something worth living for. The parallels are pretty heavy (and deliberate, I think) and it really is a good film. Ritter wasn't really leading man material and Skin Deep kind of shows that; but, when it's funny, it's side-splitting funny. It's the self-examination and relationship material that feels cliche and falls flat; which, unfortunately, is a lot of the story. It feels rather like Edwards was trying to be Woody Allen. SOB was sold rather badly to the general audience and kind of fell flat to it. I suspect it also bit the hand that fed it too much. too bad, because it really is a funny and pointed satire of Hollywood, though more of the pre-corporate Hollywood. Much of the film is based on Edwards and Julie Andrews experiences making Darling Lili, in which Andrews was playing a sexier role, but which had massive studio interference, including taking away the final cut from Edwards, shooting in Europe against Edwards' wishes, and little distribution or publicity in the US. Ironically, SOB was distributed by Paramount, which was the studio that made a hash of Darling Lili.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2019 5:46:58 GMT -5
I just watched Libeled Lady on TCM this early morning that has Tracy, Harlow, Loy, and Powell and this movie really an amazing show of pure comedy joy. I just loved this movie more as I get older.
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 23, 2019 20:44:08 GMT -5
We watched Skin Deep tonight, since we had been watching other Blake Edwards. It was better than I remembered, though it isn't as profound as it wants to be. It's not 10, either, though the studio tried to sell it that way.
We did notice scenes where John Ritter is obviously wearing a fake beard, compared to a real beard, in most of the scenes. Must have had to do reshoots and he didn't have time to grow it back in, or something. Lot of faces that I vaguely recognized and had to go to imdb to look up. One was a beauty, with a rock guitarist, who ends up with Ritter (with the glow-in-the-dark condom scene) and I knew I had seen her before. I had; she played Teela in the He-Man live action film, with Dolph, "I Have the Power!" Lundgren. Mrs Springsteen was also in it, which is why I recognized her (from the "Glory Days" music video). I still recalled Raye Hollitt, aka Zap, from American Gladiators.
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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 31, 2019 18:12:17 GMT -5
In March, I watched 11 movies from the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" list. The Saragossa Manuscript (1965), The Official Story (1986), Through the Olive Trees (1994), Strictly Ballroom (1994), Killer Of Sheep (1977) and The Wedding Banquet (1993) were all great movies! But I think my favorite was Attack the Gas Station, a Korean film from 1999. I have to admit, I got a kick out The Mother and the Whore (1973) but it would have been better if Alexandre had fallen down the stairs or something. 1. The Saragossa Manuscript (1965) - If you see something you like in this movie, stick around. You'll see it again before too long. Did you like "El topo" just for being original and weird? Me too. The Saragossa Manuscript struck me the same way. And it's not at all like "El topo." 2. The Mother and the Whore (1973) - The last great film of the French New Wave! Or so it's called. It's three and a half hours long and it's about a French layabout who hangs out in cafes and smokes a lot and talks a lot and mooches off his various girlfriends. I've seen enough of the French New Wave that I've now get a perverse enjoyment out of them, but it's mostly an ironic pleasure because I like to make fun of them. 3. Killer of Sheep (1977) - Watts is the 1970s! I like this a lot. It's a series of vignettes about life in the ghetto, and the occasional moments of really bad acting give it a unique charm. 4. Le dernier combat (The Last Battle) (1983) - Luc Besson's first film! And Jean Reno is in it! And there's only one line of dialogue! 5. The Official Story (1986) - It's very heavy and very intense and it's not the kind of movie I'm likely to watch more than one. But The Official Story is powerful and exceedingly well-made. I can see why it won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language film. 6. Landscapes in the Mist (1988) - A very dream-like film about a brother and sister running around train stations and hopping in trucks and getting rides on motorcycles and running into the cast of the film "Traveling Players" for some reason. They are looking for their father, who they think is in Germany. Very beautiful and poetic. I would love to see it again with somebody who understands it a lot better than I do. 7. A Brighter Summer Day (1991) - Classic Taiwanese films are frequently about the conflict between the native Taiwanese and the mainland Chinese who fled to Taiwan after the Communists took over. A Brighter Summer Day gives us four hours of a teenage boy having trouble adjusting, so he goes to night school and hangs out with a tough crowd, and he dates a Taiwanese girl who's a bit fickle, but she has to be because her flirting persuades the doctor to give the family a discount when the mother is too sick to work. The Chinese boy gets picked up and interrogated and harassed by Taiwanese government investigators. And he loses his job. There are some entertaining musical numbers because some of the kids like to learn American pop songs and perform at dances. But all the depressing threads come together at the end and it's not very nice for anybody. I liked it well enough, mostly because I've seen enough Taiwanese cinema that I've developed a better appreciation for it. 8. Strictly Ballroom (1992) - Geez Louise! This movie's great! I should have seen it a long time ago! 9. The Wedding Banquet (1993) - Another good one! From the director who brought you the 2003 version of "Hulk." 10. Through the Olive Trees (1994) - So far, this is my favorite from Abbas Kiarostami. 11. Attack the Gas Station (1999) - I love this one so much! Korean Cinema! This movie gives me the impression that attacking the gas station is just something you do in Korea when you're bored.
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Mar 31, 2019 19:15:14 GMT -5
3. Killer of Sheep (1977) - Watts is the 1970s! I like this a lot. It's a series of vignettes about life in the ghetto, and the occasional moments of really bad acting give it a unique charm. I'm a longtime fan of this film and screened it two weeks ago in my Cinema History class. Some students found the low-key narrative disengaging but some of them "got it," especially because they watched Bicycle Thieves a few weeks earlier and understood the different aesthetic concerns of neorealism. I haven't seen a few of the other films on your list and will check them out. I'm particularly intrigued by Attack the Gas Station - that premise is great.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2019 19:38:12 GMT -5
4. Le dernier combat (The Last Battle) (1983) - Luc Besson's first film! And Jean Reno is in it! And there's only one line of dialogue! I seen this movie in Vancouver B.C. with several friends and it very enjoyable film to watch. Saw this in the 90s ... and can't remember it and I find Reno's performance outstanding.
5. The Official Story (1986) - It's very heavy and very intense and it's not the kind of movie I'm likely to watch more than one. But The Official Story is powerful and exceedingly well-made. I can see why it won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language film. Another film in Vancouver B.C. ... I seen this movie back in 1990.8. Strictly Ballroom (1992) - Geez Louise! This movie's great! I should have seen it a long time ago! Love this movie, Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, and others did a great job and all of them had excellent on screen performances and this film had perfect chemistry and all that. Saw it in 1992 when it came out and I would love to see it again.
I only seen these three movies and made comments about them inside the quote in italics ... nice selections of movies that you seen so far.
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 31, 2019 21:41:54 GMT -5
In March, I watched 11 movies from the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" list. The Saragossa Manuscript (1965), The Official Story (1986), Through the Olive Trees (1994), Strictly Ballroom (1994), Killer Of Sheep (1977) and The Wedding Banquet (1993) were all great movies! But I think my favorite was Attack the Gas Station, a Korean film from 1999. I have to admit, I got a kick out The Mother and the Whore (1973) but it would have been better if Alexandre had fallen down the stairs or something. 1. The Saragossa Manuscript (1965) - If you see something you like in this movie, stick around. You'll see it again before too long. Did you like "El topo" just for being original and weird? Me too. The Saragossa Manuscript struck me the same way. And it's not at all like "El topo." 2. The Mother and the Whore (1973) - The last great film of the French New Wave! Or so it's called. It's three and a half hours long and it's about a French layabout who hangs out in cafes and smokes a lot and talks a lot and mooches off his various girlfriends. I've seen enough of the French New Wave that I've now get a perverse enjoyment out of them, but it's mostly an ironic pleasure because I like to make fun of them. 3. Killer of Sheep (1977) - Watts is the 1970s! I like this a lot. It's a series of vignettes about life in the ghetto, and the occasional moments of really bad acting give it a unique charm. 4. Le dernier combat (The Last Battle) (1983) - Luc Besson's first film! And Jean Reno is in it! And there's only one line of dialogue! 5. The Official Story (1986) - It's very heavy and very intense and it's not the kind of movie I'm likely to watch more than one. But The Official Story is powerful and exceedingly well-made. I can see why it won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language film. 6. Landscapes in the Mist (1988) - A very dream-like film about a brother and sister running around train stations and hopping in trucks and getting rides on motorcycles and running into the cast of the film "Traveling Players" for some reason. They are looking for their father, who they think is in Germany. Very beautiful and poetic. I would love to see it again with somebody who understands it a lot better than I do. 7. A Brighter Summer Day (1991) - Classic Taiwanese films are frequently about the conflict between the native Taiwanese and the mainland Chinese who fled to Taiwan after the Communists took over. A Brighter Summer Day gives us four hours of a teenage boy having trouble adjusting, so he goes to night school and hangs out with a tough crowd, and he dates a Taiwanese girl who's a bit fickle, but she has to be because her flirting persuades the doctor to give the family a discount when the mother is too sick to work. The Chinese boy gets picked up and interrogated and harassed by Taiwanese government investigators. And he loses his job. There are some entertaining musical numbers because some of the kids like to learn American pop songs and perform at dances. But all the depressing threads come together at the end and it's not very nice for anybody. I liked it well enough, mostly because I've seen enough Taiwanese cinema that I've developed a better appreciation for it. 8. Strictly Ballroom (1992) - Geez Louise! This movie's great! I should have seen it a long time ago! 9. The Wedding Banquet (1993) - Another good one! From the director who brought you the 2003 version of "Hulk." 10. Through the Olive Trees (1994) - So far, this is my favorite from Abbas Kiarostami. 11. Attack the Gas Station (1999) - I love this one so much! Korean Cinema! This movie gives me the impression that attacking the gas station is just something you do in Korea when you're bored. Watched Le Dernier Combat, after it finally came out on DVD, in the US (I made a point to catch Besson's earlier films, as I started with La Femme Nikita, like most Americans, who didn't discover him with Leon (aka The Professional). My favorite elements are the raining fish and the road runner and coyote relationship between the man barricaded in the hospital and Reno's character. Bizarre film; but, most of Besson's films have bizarre elements. For those who have only see his big American films, here are some things worth seeing: Subway: second film, after Le Dernier Combat. Christophe Lambert is a thief who has some documents from a safe, which affects Isabelle Adjani. he takes refuge in the Paris Metro system, which features stations, underground malls, maintenance tunnels and a whole society of misfits, thieves, and oddballs. he ends up putting together a band, that includes composer Eric Serra and Reno, on drums. Attempt at a modern New Wave film that is more stylish visually then good storytelling,establishing a pattern in his work. The Big Blue: Besson's parents were scuba instructors and he grew up diving, until a deviated septum ended that. This is a film about a free diver, who meets an American woman (Rosana Arquette) and has a rivalry with another diver (Jean Reno) He is dangerously pursuing a world record free dive (without air tanks), showing where his true love lies. Nikita aka La Femme Nikita: Besson's international breakthru film, about a young drug addict who is involved in a break-in at a pharmacy, which leads to the death of a police officer and she finds herself drafted into a secret French intelligence training program, to become an assassin. Her destructive tendencies are tamed and she finds life and love and must face her masters and their plans for her life. It spawned to copies (Point of No Return and Black Cat, the Hong Kong rip-off) and two tv series(meh...). Reno is Victor, the cleaner, which was a sort of template for his character, in The Professional. Tcheky Karyo (Goldeneye) is "Bob," Nikita's minder. Also features Jeanne Moreau (French film legend) and Jean Hugues Anglade (Killing Zoe, Queen Margot). Leon aka The Professional: Natalie Portman's first film, with Gary Oldman and Danny Aiello. Portman is the daughter of a minor hood who has screwed up with some crooked DEA cops. They kill her entire family, while she is away from the apartment. reno is a neighbor, a "cleaner," or hitman, working for mobster Aello. Portman has befriended him, before the attack and is bringing him back milk, when she discovers the aftermath of the murder and seeks sanctuary with Reno. He reluctantly takes her in and shelters her. She manipulates him into teaching her to be a cleaner. he finds life with her, as she seeks revenge; but, she ends up leading the DEA cops to Reno, in a climactic battle. The international version includes scenes of her assisting in a hit, against a drug dealer, and her trying o seduce Reno in a restaurant. T he Messenger, The Story of Joan of Arc: Milla Jovovich is Joan of Arc and the film, whose sister is murdered and raped (in that order) by English soldiers, and leads French soldiers against the English, through her "visions." The film presents several realities, especially later, when Joan is on trial with the English, leading to her being burned at the stake. Tcheky Karyo is here and John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway and Dustin Hoffman are also part of the cast. Arthur and the invisibles: CGI children's fantasy film, which I haven't seen. There is also a sequel. The Fifth Element: Besson's sci-fi hit, inspired by the bande dessine of Moebius and Jean-Claude Mezieres, who worked as conceptual designers on the film. Those who call it a rip off of Heavy metal have never read the actual magazine or the Moebius stories that were swiped for the Harry Canyon sequence in Heavy Metal (The Long Tomorrow); not to mention Tarna (Arzach). Most of the rest was inspired by Mezieres Valerian and Laureline series, with Pierre Christin. Besson would return to this, more recently. The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec, adapting the Jacques Tardi bande dessine. The Lady: Michelle Yeoh as Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi The Family: Robert Deniro and Michelle Pfeiffer as mob parents, in witness protection, in France. Hilariously dark film that pokes fun at their mob film past. Kind of violent; but, that is Besson. Lucy: with Scarlett Johansson, who goes from victim and drug mule into butt-kicking warrior. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets: besson finally gets to adapt Valerian. Kind of a mixed bag, though. I kind of felt he shortchanged the characters and focused too much on the wild visuals. He's also been the writer producer of things like Wasabi (with Jean reno) and the Transporter series, with Jason Statham. Also, if you like Reno, check out the thriller The Crimson Rivers, with Vincent Cassel, directed by Mathieu Kassovitz (director of La Haine and Gothika and actor in The Fifth Element, Amelie, and Munich. Reno is a police inspector, investigating a murdered body, found in a glacier, near a mountain university village. The case leads to the death of a young girl, in a traffic accident, in years past and theories of eugenics and a dark secret of the university. Cassel is a young cop investigating the desecration of the grave of the young girl, from the traffic accident and their cases end up intersecting. Cassel gets to show off his martial arts skills in a great action scene. He also gets to work with his father, Jean-Pierre Cassel (The Three Musketeers, Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines), who plays an optician, there in the village. Kassovitz, himself, is a fine actor; but, his first film, La Haine, was a sensation, telling the story of three disaffected youths, from a ban lieu, a French ethnic ghetto neighborhood 9one African, one Arab, one a Jew). The film has been shown to government officials in recent years, after riots in the ban lieus, in response to lack of economic and social opportunities, to get them to understand the perspective of the rioter s and try to diffuse the tension. Criterion has a disc out of it.
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 31, 2019 22:00:43 GMT -5
The wife and I watched a bit of Neil Simon parody, with the twin bill of Murder By Death and The Cheap Detective. Murder By Death features the tremendous cast of Alec Guinness, Truman Capote (more character than actor, really), David Niven, Maggie Smith, Else Lanchester, James Coco, James Cromwell, Peter Falk, Eileen Brennan, Peter Sellers and Nancy Walker as famous detectives are invited to an eccentric's home for a dinner party and to match wits with him in a murder mystery. All are satires of great literary & movie detectives (Nick & Nora Charles, from the Thin Man series, Sam Spade, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, and Charlie Chan). very funny, great send up of the detective genre (especially the cheats). The Cheap Detective takes Peter Falk's excellent Bogey impersonation and does an entire satire of Bogey's big films, including The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep and Casablanca. Madeline Kahn, brennan, Louise Fletcher, Fernando Lamas, John Houseman, Dom Delouise, James Coco, Ann-Margaret, Sid Cesar, Nicol Williams, Marsha Mason (of course), Stockard Channing, Vic Tayback, Abe Vigoda and Scatman Crothers are the cast. I kind of like this one a little better, as Falk has all kinds of fun with this and the jokes work a bit better (not all; but, a higher percentage).
Since we were in the detective spoof mood, we also watched Steve Martin's Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, directed by Carl Reiner. Martin is inserted in various film noir classics, while Rachel ard is the love interest.
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Mar 31, 2019 23:10:18 GMT -5
The wife and I watched a bit of Neil Simon parody, with the twin bill of Murder By Death and The Cheap Detective. Murder By Death features the tremendous cast of Alec Guinness, Truman Capote (more character than actor, really), David Niven, Maggie Smith, Else Lanchester, James Coco, James Cromwell, Peter Falk, Eileen Brennan, Peter Sellers and Nancy Walker as famous detectives are invited to an eccentric's home for a dinner party and to match wits with him in a murder mystery. All are satires of great literary & movie detectives (Nick & Nora Charles, from the Thin Man series, Sam Spade, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, and Charlie Chan). very funny, great send up of the detective genre (especially the cheats). The Cheap Detective takes Peter Falk's excellent Bogey impersonation and does an entire satire of Bogey's big films, including The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep and Casablanca. Madeline Kahn, brennan, Louise Fletcher, Fernando Lamas, John Houseman, Dom Delouise, James Coco, Ann-Margaret, Sid Cesar, Nicol Williams, Marsha Mason (of course), Stockard Channing, Vic Tayback, Abe Vigoda and Scatman Crothers are the cast. I kind of like this one a little better, as Falk has all kinds of fun with this and the jokes work a bit better (not all; but, a higher percentage). Since we were in the detective spoof mood, we also watched Steve Martin's Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, directed by Carl Reiner. Martin is inserted in various film noir classics, while Rachel ard is the love interest. T he Cheap Detective is hilarious and I recently revisited Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid for the first time since seeing it when it was first released. It remains a modestly entertaining spoof and a fascinating editing exercise. I've not see Murder by Death but will add it to my "to see" list.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2019 9:15:49 GMT -5
Mata Hari 1931 Greta Garbo on TCM last nightThis movie was on TCM last night and I enclosed this picture because in this movie the costumes were lavish and elegant. It was done in great style and it was an iconic role for Greta Garbo and rightly so. I just find the acting was done in tour de force manner and the directing of George Fitzmaurice should be praised and got everyone together and the exotic dance sequence of Garbo is mesmerizing to watch. Here's the clip of that. Both Lionel Barrymore and Ramon Novarro were equally good as Greta and and I finally understood Novarro's role as Lt. Alexis Rosanoff that's proves that love of her is greater than its parts. In this clip shows how good is an actor is Ramon is and I did not see that in my earlier viewing and again this movie is great to watch and I really enjoyed this time around because it was done in great taste and the pace of the film is noted for on the testament of Fitzmaurice's brilliance.
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Apr 3, 2019 9:21:28 GMT -5
Mata Hari 1931 Greta Garbo on TCM last nightThis movie was on TCM last night and I enclosed this picture because in this movie the costumes were lavish and elegant. It was done in great style and it was an iconic role for Greta Garbo and rightly so. I just find the acting was done in tour de force manner and the directing of George Fitzmaurice should be praised and got everyone together and the exotic dance sequence of Garbo is mesmerizing to watch. Here's the clip of that. Both Lionel Barrymore and Ramon Novarro were equally good as Greta and and I finally understood Novarro's role as Lt. Alexis Rosanoff that's proves that love of her is greater than its parts. In this clip shows how good is an actor is Ramon is and I did not see that in my earlier viewing and again this movie is great to watch and I really enjoyed this time around because it was done in great taste and the pace of the film is noted for on the testament of Fitzmaurice's brilliance. Mata Hari looks fabulous - can't believe I haven't seen it yet. It's gone straight to the top of my "to-see" list.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2019 3:01:47 GMT -5
I watched Enter the Dragon tonight for the first time in nearly 30 years. I had picked up the 2 disc special edition of the movie last year at a local used video store... but hadn't gotten around to watching it yet. I also watched the Making of Bonus feature by producer Paul Heller, and was pleasantly surprised to hear him talk about Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates being a big influence on the look of the movie and the set design, as well as the desire to have a "dragon lady" character be a part of the film. Overall, I really dug seeing the movie again and appreciated it with a whole different perspective than I had the last time I watched it. There are still some other special features and the whole second disc I want to dig into yet, but so far it's been well worth the $4 I dropped on it. -M
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Post by Hoosier X on Apr 4, 2019 6:29:07 GMT -5
Mata Hari 1931 Greta Garbo on TCM last nightThis movie was on TCM last night and I enclosed this picture because in this movie the costumes were lavish and elegant. It was done in great style and it was an iconic role for Greta Garbo and rightly so. I just find the acting was done in tour de force manner and the directing of George Fitzmaurice should be praised and got everyone together and the exotic dance sequence of Garbo is mesmerizing to watch. Here's the clip of that. Both Lionel Barrymore and Ramon Novarro were equally good as Greta and and I finally understood Novarro's role as Lt. Alexis Rosanoff that's proves that love of her is greater than its parts. In this clip shows how good is an actor is Ramon is and I did not see that in my earlier viewing and again this movie is great to watch and I really enjoyed this time around because it was done in great taste and the pace of the film is noted for on the testament of Fitzmaurice's brilliance. This is by far my favorite Greta Garbo movie. I've seen it a bunch of times, but not lately.
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Post by Hoosier X on Apr 4, 2019 6:43:27 GMT -5
The wife and I watched a bit of Neil Simon parody, with the twin bill of Murder By Death and The Cheap Detective. Murder By Death features the tremendous cast of Alec Guinness, Truman Capote (more character than actor, really), David Niven, Maggie Smith, Else Lanchester, James Coco, James Cromwell, Peter Falk, Eileen Brennan, Peter Sellers and Nancy Walker as famous detectives are invited to an eccentric's home for a dinner party and to match wits with him in a murder mystery. All are satires of great literary & movie detectives (Nick & Nora Charles, from the Thin Man series, Sam Spade, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, and Charlie Chan). very funny, great send up of the detective genre (especially the cheats). The Cheap Detective takes Peter Falk's excellent Bogey impersonation and does an entire satire of Bogey's big films, including The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep and Casablanca. Madeline Kahn, brennan, Louise Fletcher, Fernando Lamas, John Houseman, Dom Delouise, James Coco, Ann-Margaret, Sid Cesar, Nicol Williams, Marsha Mason (of course), Stockard Channing, Vic Tayback, Abe Vigoda and Scatman Crothers are the cast. I kind of like this one a little better, as Falk has all kinds of fun with this and the jokes work a bit better (not all; but, a higher percentage). Since we were in the detective spoof mood, we also watched Steve Martin's Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, directed by Carl Reiner. Martin is inserted in various film noir classics, while Rachel ard is the love interest. T he Cheap Detective is hilarious and I recently revisited Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid for the first time since seeing it when it was first released. It remains a modestly entertaining spoof and a fascinating editing exercise. I've not see Murder by Death but will add it to my "to see" list. It's been a while since I saw The Cheap Detective and I remember that it has its moments but my mom didn't like it and she was kind of mad that my brother and I talked her into taking us to see it. Dead Man Don't Wear Plaid is very very clever with a few really good laughs. I saw it when it first came out when I had only seen a few of the movies that were represented by the clips. (Sheesh! I hadn't seen Double Indemnity yet! That's the funniest thing in the movie even if you haven't seen the source material.) My brother rented it last year and asked me if I wanted to see it again. "Heck, yeah!" I said. I liked it a lot better this time. The only movie I hadn't seen this time around was Humoresque, which was on TCM a month or so later. So now that I've seen all of the movies, I want to see it one more time. Murder by Death is my favorite among these three films. My dad was a big mystery fan, Agatha Christie in particular, but not much of a movie buff for the most part, but he wanted to see this. And my mom had been a big movie goes since she was a little girl in the 1940s. And my brother and I were both fans of old detective movies and Charlie Chan and stuff like that. So we all wanted to see Murder by Death! We had a great time! Almost as much fun as when we saw The Poseidon Adventure! I hadn't seen it for a long time, but I got it from Netflix about five years ago. I'd forgotten how good it is. I've seen it a couple of times since then because it's on the MOVIES! channel so much.
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Post by Hoosier X on Apr 4, 2019 6:52:15 GMT -5
And I saw Terminal Velocity (1994) a few days ago. I remember when I saw the trailer back in the 1990s. I thought "This looks like the stupidest movie of the year. I want to see it so bad!" And I finally did! It's on YouTube movies for $3. And it's exactly what I thought it was! Terminal Velocity does for "falling out of an airplane" movies what The Meg does for "giant shark" movies and what Lock-Up does for "moon prison" movies.
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