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Post by Cate on Aug 30, 2005 0:07:50 GMT -5
Shaun:
Thanks ;D I'm pretty sure he's only watching the movies because he likes me and thinks that is going to get me to like him... Boys are so dumb. lol Just kidding. He actually watches Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies all the time... so I'm hoping he'll see the light eventually.
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Post by Richard on Aug 31, 2005 21:59:52 GMT -5
Catherine: American Beauty is on my Netflix account. I should recieve it in a couple weeks.
Meanwhile...
Invisible Stripes (1939) A Bogart film. A nice one too. His TCM tribute is starting off well.
Edward, My Son (1949) What was most interesting about this picture is that the title role of Edward is a character we never see. But he's constantly mentioned through-out the film and gradually get's older by a sequence of birthday cakes that would appear every so often on screen; Happy 12, 17, 19, 21... birthday. Most of film's story evolves itself around the boy's father played by Spencer Tracy as he begins to have an affair with another woman and is ultimately faced with a divorce from his wife. I thought this was pretty good movie.
Eye Of The Devil (1967) This movie is so bizarre, it's also confusing. I hate that I didn't like this movie as much as I should, because it looks like a film I'm suppose to like... make sense? I think it was suppose to be a thriller, but it's story is lackluster to the point that anyone will give up and stop caring. Although, I thought the directing was nice and, in my opinion, Sharon Tate's first starring role is hardly a breakout performance. It's like a cross between "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Wicker Man". At one point when I was watching the film, I thought of those two movies. Skip this picture, you can do better.
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Post by Cate on Sept 1, 2005 13:31:28 GMT -5
Great, Richard ;D I hope you like it. Runaway Jury - Kind of slow... but as usual John Cusack is great. Not to mention Dustin Hoffman, one of my favorites... Gene Hackman... Jennifer Beals is in it as well though she has pretty much no speaking part whatsoever. It's set in New Orleans so that brought about a conversation about the disaster there. I wonder if they will ever get them out of the water. It's not as though the water can recede since the entire city is below sea level anyway. So they have to rebuild the levies and then, what? Pump the water out??? Seems pretty impossible to me. It's sad. A city with such culture (one of the few in this country) and it is completely demolished. Of course it wasn't exactly built in the best geographical area... and I'm guessing they didn't realize that until it was already flourishing so they just kept building and building with that thought looming over their heads -- one day this city is going to be under water. Kind of like California and its becoming an island one day.  |
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Post by Shaun on Sept 1, 2005 16:25:36 GMT -5
Yeah. And I heard that the people are going to be without electricity for like, three months! That's outrageous. Hopefully there will be no one living in New Orleans at that time; I'm sure there won't be though. All of this kind of makes me grateful that I live in KY.
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Post by Richard on Sept 2, 2005 14:22:41 GMT -5
It's sad. A city with such culture (one of the few in this country) and it is completely demolished. Of course it wasn't exactly built in the best geographical area... and I'm guessing they didn't realize that until it was already flourishing so they just kept building and building with that thought looming over their heads -- one day this city is going to be under water. Kind of like California and its becoming an island one day. Like Waterworld? Reading your response made me think about that movie. |
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Post by Cate on Sept 3, 2005 16:18:04 GMT -5
I actually liked Waterworld  Even though I think Kevin Costner is as fun to watch as melting ice. But... that movie didn't exactly come to mind lol |
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Post by Cate on Sept 3, 2005 16:28:19 GMT -5
Oh, yeah.... my movies:
Girl 6 - I don't remember what channel this was on but we had just finished watching Rosemary's Baby and I remembered that Madonna has a cameo in Girl 6... so I had to watch it. We ended up watching it until the end. I don't know why.
Rosemary's Baby - Crazy. Mia Farrow was such a beautiful creature -- and I liked the short hair -- but she was just so dumb... or maybe just out there. I don't know. Anyway, I can't decide if I liked it. It was captivating -- what movie about Satan-worshippers impregnating an innocent child-like girl wouldn't be? I can't get over the fact that something like that was made in 1965.
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Post by Richard on Sept 4, 2005 17:33:22 GMT -5
Rosemary's Baby is brilliant. My love for Roman Polanski started there.
These are all the Humphrey Bogart movies I watched in the past few days. I'm not going to comment on them individually because I'm much too lazy today and I know none of you really care, but I will say that most of them were good. Three On A Match; King Of The Underworld; The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse; The Two Mrs. Carrolls; Across The Pacific; High Sierra; San Quentin; One Fatel Hour (a.k.a Two Against The World).
High Sierra, The Two Mrs. Carrolls, and King Of The Underworld are now three of my favorite Bogart performances.
Now onto the good stuff...
Strangers On A Train (1951) Brilliant movie. This is one of the many prime examples on why Hitchcock is one of the greatest influential directors filmmaking has ever known. It's an amazing conceived idea and disappointing to know stories like this are not being written anymore.
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) I may be in the minority when it comes to this movie, but Kubrick went out with a BANG. He really did. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this picture, though maybe at times, it lacks the alluring quality some die-hard Kubrickers would expect. Kubrick, a man of incomparable craftsmanship challenges us one final time, not many filmmakers nowadays do.
Man... I have never seen so much nudity in a film like this before.
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Post by Shaun on Sept 5, 2005 9:18:19 GMT -5
Forrest Gump (1994) What can I say about this movie that everyone else doesn't already know? I wonder where the status of it will be in 50 years; it will probably still be considered a classic. Oh yeah, I liked the movie.
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Post by Cate on Sept 5, 2005 13:55:23 GMT -5
Forrest Gump is one of my favorites. In fifty years it will be considered a must-see classic. Great music as well ;D
I think a person knows when they've been watching too many Tracy/Hepburn movies when they start having dreams about them. Last night I had a dream where I was shooting a movie with Spencer Tracy. It ended when we had to shoot a scene where we were falling from the roof of an apartment building. I woke up before I hit the bottom. If only it could have been a dream with Kate! Spence was very nice though. ;D
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Post by Richard on Sept 5, 2005 14:35:14 GMT -5
Just a few nights ago I had a dream about Miriam Hopkins. Anybody know her? She's an actress. It took place in the old west, and she kept following me around.
It was so surreal it stayed with me for hours. But it could be one of best dreams I've ever had.
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Post by Shaun on Sept 7, 2005 15:19:42 GMT -5
Garbo-This is probably the best documentary I've seen about a movie star; TCM did a masterful job creating it. After watching it, I am now seriously considering becoming a Greta Garbo fan; I haven't seen a single movie of hers yet though.
Garbo's career had such a sad ending though; she made that excellent screen test in 1949 but the movie never materialized, thus encouraging her to retire for good. I couldn't help but comparing her career move to Kate's; Katharine would never have let some studio head's refusal to produce a film stop her from acting. That's probably why Kate will always be number one for me. I believe KH was right in saying "actors should act. Why stop if you're still in demand?" or something along those lines.
I often wonder if Hollywood will have a rebirth; you know, out with all of the Paris Hiltons and Lindsay Lohans and return to what made the Golden Age of movies so great. One can dream!
Okay, I'm done.
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Post by Cate on Sept 7, 2005 16:50:19 GMT -5
Hm.... I started watching Ninotchka but I fell asleep. Didn't captivate me much... but again, I started it at about 1 am. The Lion in Winter is the same... I guess I have to be really awake to follow it. I don't know enough about Garbo to form an opinion on her but Kate seemed to be a huge fan of hers which might say something Kate's tough attitude is what made her great and made her last as long as she did... Her acting ability might have had something to do with it as well ;D Which is why I adore her. As for Hollywood having a rebirth -- I seriously doubt it. Not as long as producers know they can make a lot of money using cute bimbo girls without acting skills for pretty cheap. Just seeing all the ridiculous movies they spit out - one after the other - makes me want to pull my hair out. What a waste. What happened to quality not quantity?  Okay, I'm done as well. |
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Post by Richard on Sept 7, 2005 21:11:31 GMT -5
Nice to know that Garbo documentary is great. I recorded it yesterday but haven't gotten around to watching it yet. I too haven't seen a single Garbo picture. My first will be Ninotchka, which will air soon I believe.
EDIT: Oh, and in my opinion, Hollywood is only going to get worse. As much as I would love for that 'golden age' to come back, it just won't ever happen, unless future movie directors start to realize that not everything has to be modern, and the major over-use of FX. If I ever become a movie director, I have serious plans on writing and directing pictures that take place in the past time. For instance; I've always wanted to write and direct a screwball comedy set during the turn of the 19th century. A spring break movie set in the 1960s. And much more...
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Post by Cate on Sept 8, 2005 11:09:34 GMT -5
Hmm a screwball comedy set in early 19th century... that could be interesting I'd like to see that. As for great movies, I say stick with indies. There are a lot of respectable actors turning to them because of the lack of great scripts and directors in Hollywood. It seems like the passion is missing and money has taken over. Ray - Speaking of mainstream Hollywood movies, I have to say, this is actually a great movie. Intelligently made, never a dull moment -- which, for me, says a lot. It made me less irritated that Jamie Foxx beat out Leo at the Oscars. I still need to watch Million Dollar Baby... Anyway, I thought the cinematography was wonderful. The flashback scenes were so well-done. The lighting was great... the music -- obviously -- was great. Needless to say, Jamie Foxx did an incredible job. It was actually a movie I was still thinking about hours after seeing it. Contact - One of my favorite movies I love Jodie Foster although I can't quite figure out why she has this sudden fascination with claustrophobic spaces in movies. |
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Even though I think Kevin Costner is as fun to watch as melting ice. But... that movie didn't exactly come to mind lol
Okay, I'm done as well.
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