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Post by EdoBosnar on Jul 23, 2023 5:26:30 GMT -5
Watched Beverly Hills Cop last night...
...after not seeing it probably since the late 1990s. I'd almost forgotten what a solid action/comedy this movie is. This is peak Eddie Murphy as well; even though I personally still like both 48 Hours and Trading Places more, I fully understand why this movie was so wildly popular when it was first released (something I remember quite well).
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 23, 2023 8:54:01 GMT -5
Watched Beverly Hills Cop last night... ...after not seeing it probably since the late 1990s. I'd almost forgotten what a solid action/comedy this movie is. This is peak Eddie Murphy as well; even though I personally still like both 48 Hours and Trading Places more, I fully understand why this movie was so wildly popular when it was first released (something I remember quite well). I haven’t seen it in quite a while (though not that long). It was an absolutely huge movie when it came out. I think at this point it gets kind of forgotten but it’s a very enjoyable film. And now I have Axel F running through my ear worm hole.
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Post by Batflunkie on Jul 23, 2023 9:00:19 GMT -5
Watched Joe Dante's "Matinee" a couple of nights ago, really great little film about B-grade monster movies and the Cuban missile crisis
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 23, 2023 9:07:52 GMT -5
Watched Joe Dante's "Matinee" a couple of nights ago, really great little film about B-grade monster movies and the Cuban missile crisis I remember liking that a fair bit, it’s just been eons since I’ve seen it. I really want to see Mant. And Galigator.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 23, 2023 9:26:14 GMT -5
I saw Matinee when it first came out and I remember liking it a lot. I wonder if I can watch it for free somewhere?
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Post by Batflunkie on Jul 23, 2023 9:31:39 GMT -5
I remember liking that a fair bit, it’s just been eons since I’ve seen it. I really want to see Mant. And Galigator. Somebody did do a full upload of Mant, run time is about 16 mins though. Probably because of the actual ending to Matinee
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 23, 2023 13:29:50 GMT -5
I watched 1936's My Man Godfrey, starring William Powell and Carole Lombard and directed by Gregory La Cava, yesterday. This may have been my first time watching it. If I'd seen it before it had been so long I had almost zero memory. Powell was amazing as always, though it was disconcerting to see him as a "forgotten man" at the start of the film. He's always so dashing and sophisticated. Carole Lombard was appropriately ditzy as Irene. It's interesting that she and Powell had been divorced for a number of years when they made the film but Powell insisted she was the only person for the Irene role. The supporting cast was generally very good, especially Gail Patrick as scheming sister Cornelia and Eugene Pallette (Friar Tuck!!) as the put-upon father. The only one I really don't understand it is Mischa Auer, who was inexplicably (to my mind) nominated for one of the inaugural Best Supporting Actor Oscars. The part was a nothing-burger to me and he was annoying. Pallette was far better.
A super fun screwball rom-com (of the old-school type) with just enough social conscience to make it even more interesting. A very fun movie.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 23, 2023 13:36:33 GMT -5
I watched 1936's My Man Godfrey, starring William Powell and Carole Lombard and directed by Gregory La Cava, yesterday. This may have been my first time watching it. If I'd seen it before it had been so long I had almost zero memory. Powell was amazing as always, though it was disconcerting to see him as a "forgotten man" at the start of the film. He's always so dashing and sophisticated. Carole Lombard was appropriately ditzy as Irene. It's interesting that she and Powell had been divorced for a number of years when they made the film but Powell insisted she was the only person for the Irene role. The supporting cast was generally very good, especially Gail Patrick as scheming sister Cornelia and Eugene Pallette (Friar Tuck!!) as the put-upon father. The only one I really don't understand it is Mischa Auer, who was inexplicably (to my mind) nominated for one of the inaugural Best Supporting Actor Oscars. The part was a nothing-burger to me and he was annoying. Pallette was far better. A super fun screwball rom-com (of the old-school type) with just enough social conscience to make it even more interesting. A very fun movie. Pallette wound up in your neck of the woods, Slam, somewhere in Oregon, one of the original doomsday preppers. He was sure that A-bombs were going to bring on the end of the world and built a stronghold on a huge spread up there with a herd of cattle and stores of food. He had a rep as a racist type, so that doesn't surprise me. Though I loved him as Friar Tuck and many other characters.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 23, 2023 13:37:07 GMT -5
I remember liking that a fair bit, it’s just been eons since I’ve seen it. I really want to see Mant. And Galigator. Somebody did do a full upload of Mant, run time is about 16 mins though. Probably because of the actual ending to Matinee That's awsome!
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 23, 2023 21:03:49 GMT -5
Watched Joe Dante's "Matinee" a couple of nights ago, really great little film about B-grade monster movies and the Cuban missile crisis I saw that in the theater, at the time; but I don't think I ever watched it again. I enjoyed the film, as I recall and Goodman was great as a sort of William Castle.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 23, 2023 21:10:58 GMT -5
Watched Beverly Hills Cop last night... ...after not seeing it probably since the late 1990s. I'd almost forgotten what a solid action/comedy this movie is. This is peak Eddie Murphy as well; even though I personally still like both 48 Hours and Trading Places more, I fully understand why this movie was so wildly popular when it was first released (something I remember quite well). I always enjoyed that and BHC 2, which made for a nice sequel and gave us some nice camera shots of Brigitte Nielsen's very long legs (Rrrowrrrr!), as well as Robert Ridgely, the voice of the Filmation Tarzan and Flash Gordon, as well as Thundarr the Barbarian, as the mayor. On my first midshipman training cruise, on my flight to Hawaii, to catch my ship, the in-flight movie was an edited version of BHC. It really lost something with the removal of language and some scenes. I saw the film several times, on board ship and VHS, which kind of burned me out on it, for several years. Great action movie and a funny comedy, all rolled into one, aided massively by Steven Berkoff, who is always excellent. Great soundtracks for the first two films, too, with the original showcasing Axel F, from Harold Faltermeyer, The Pointer Sisters' "Neutron Dance," and Glen Fry and Harold Faltermeyer's "The Heat is On."
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jul 24, 2023 5:44:35 GMT -5
I always enjoyed that and BHC 2, which made for a nice sequel and gave us some nice camera shots of Brigitte Nielsen's very long legs (Rrrowrrrr!), as well as Robert Ridgely, the voice of the Filmation Tarzan and Flash Gordon, as well as Thundarr the Barbarian, as the mayor. (...) I never really liked the idea of the Beverly Hills Cop franchise; as noted, I think the first movie is quite good, but I found the sequel, Nielsen's legs notwithstanding, watchable at best. It just seems to hit all of the same beats as the first movie and not much else. The third one, which I watched once and once only, is almost cringe-inducing.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 1, 2023 16:38:11 GMT -5
I watched 1937's Dead End starring Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea and Humphrey Bogart, directed by William Wyler. This was very very much based on a Broadway play and does very little to disguise that fact. Given that the screenplay was by Lillian Hellman who was a playwright I guess that's not super surprising. But it makes it feel pretty claustrophobic...and not in a good way. The entire movie is set in on a single street near the Queensboro Bridge on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The film looks at the intersection of tenement slum life with the opulent luxury apartments that are almost next door. This is particularly the case as McCrea's character, an architect who is reduced to painting signs and doing odd jobs falls for a "kept woman" from the luxury apartments when the sweet hard-working tenement girl is right there for the taking. Bogie plays gangster "Baby Face" Martin, who grew up in the slums and has come back seeking his lost girl, Francey, played by Claire Trevor. The Hayes Code required that a lot of the issues that Francey faced in the play were barely hinted at in the film. Of course we also have The Dead End Kids front and far too center. To me, the only thing to really recommend the movie is that it's another step in the evolution of Humphrey Bogart from background to heavy to featured player to film icon. Otherwise it is just a bit too stage-y to work as a movie. It does have some fun "Hey is that..." moments. Yeah, that's Ward Bond as the doorman. And that's Marjorie Main as Bogie's Ma. So that's fun.
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Post by codystarbuck on Aug 1, 2023 20:40:51 GMT -5
I watched 1937's Dead End starring Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea and Humphrey Bogart, directed by William Wyler. This was very very much based on a Broadway play and does very little to disguise that fact. Given that the screenplay was by Lillian Hellman who was a playwright I guess that's not super surprising. But it makes it feel pretty claustrophobic...and not in a good way. The entire movie is set in on a single street near the Queensboro Bridge on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The film looks at the intersection of tenement slum life with the opulent luxury apartments that are almost next door. This is particularly the case as McCrea's character, an architect who is reduced to painting signs and doing odd jobs falls for a "kept woman" from the luxury apartments when the sweet hard-working tenement girl is right there for the taking. Bogie plays gangster "Baby Face" Martin, who grew up in the slums and has come back seeking his lost girl, Francey, played by Claire Trevor. The Hayes Code required that a lot of the issues that Francey faced in the play were barely hinted at in the film. Of course we also have The Dead End Kids front and far too center. To me, the only thing to really recommend the movie is that it's another step in the evolution of Humphrey Bogart from background to heavy to featured player to film icon. Otherwise it is just a bit too stage-y to work as a movie. It does have some fun "Hey is that..." moments. Yeah, that's Ward Bond as the doorman. And that's Marjorie Main as Bogie's Ma. So that's fun. Saw it, on cable, back in high school; but, I mostly just remember the Dead End Kids. Wasn't really the right age to appreciate it much, then.
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Post by Hoosier X on Aug 1, 2023 23:03:01 GMT -5
I watched 1937's Dead End starring Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea and Humphrey Bogart, directed by William Wyler. This was very very much based on a Broadway play and does very little to disguise that fact. Given that the screenplay was by Lillian Hellman who was a playwright I guess that's not super surprising. But it makes it feel pretty claustrophobic...and not in a good way. The entire movie is set in on a single street near the Queensboro Bridge on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The film looks at the intersection of tenement slum life with the opulent luxury apartments that are almost next door. This is particularly the case as McCrea's character, an architect who is reduced to painting signs and doing odd jobs falls for a "kept woman" from the luxury apartments when the sweet hard-working tenement girl is right there for the taking. Bogie plays gangster "Baby Face" Martin, who grew up in the slums and has come back seeking his lost girl, Francey, played by Claire Trevor. The Hayes Code required that a lot of the issues that Francey faced in the play were barely hinted at in the film. Of course we also have The Dead End Kids front and far too center. To me, the only thing to really recommend the movie is that it's another step in the evolution of Humphrey Bogart from background to heavy to featured player to film icon. Otherwise it is just a bit too stage-y to work as a movie. It does have some fun "Hey is that..." moments. Yeah, that's Ward Bond as the doorman. And that's Marjorie Main as Bogie's Ma. So that's fun. I like this movie a lot. I saw it on TCM in the 1990s, and I taped it on VCR the next time it rolled around. So I watched it quite a few times back then. I hadn’t seen it for 20 years when one of my longtime friends was talking about the Bowery Boys, and how he loved them as a kid, and how cool it is that it’s pretty easy to find most of their movies somewhere or other these days. I mentioned Dead End ... he’d never heard of it. So we watched it on Tubi a few days later. It blew his mind. I thought it held up very well. I like it as much as I ever did. But I’m a sucker for most 1930s movies that aren’t totally horrible.
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