The story illustrates the poison of prejudice, so much so that it undermines every institution it touches.
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The story illustrates the poison of prejudice, so much so that it undermines every institution it touches.
The Maltese Falcon is without a doubt one of my all time favorites. The Big Sleep and, of course, Casablanca . Key Largo as well !
I noted that you also liked The Ladykillers and The Lavender Hill Mob. (Two great movies).
Very sorry to learn that your box set was not up to standard - I hope you let them know that the product was exceptionally unsatisfactory.
My box set (The Definitive Ealing Studios Collection: Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Ladykillers, The Lavender Hill Mob, Passport to Pimlico, and The Man in the White Suit) - which arrived this morning, all seem to work.
Following your informative if depressing posts on the matter, I thought to check them all first.
For a Few Dollars More
Classic spaghetti western. Clint & Lee. Sergio & Ennio. 'nuff said.
Possibly my favourite of the original trilogy; a tight and beautifully told story with an something resembling an ethical core, amazing cinematography, a stunning sound-track, and a great cast - Clint and Lee van Clef on the same side; fantastic. Loved it then, and still love it.
That is true; he resurrected the careers of Pam Grier, Robert Forster, and John Travolta among others, and introduced us to Christoph Waltz among others, while giving Samuel L Jackson and other established actors (Bridget Fonda, Robert de Niro, Uma Thurman, Leonardo di Caprio among others terrific roles).
Agree completely.
The only completely safe check is to play them all the way though, so get to watching.
The only completely safe check is to play them all the way though, so get to watching.
Ah, yes. Fair warning. They seemed alright at the very start.......
Okay, I shall watch a series of Ealing Comedies over the coming evenings.
Tonight (or tomorrow), it shall be Kind Hearts and Coronets.
Am currently watching Kind Hearts and Coronets.
Ealing Studios, 1949, brilliant, bitter-sweet, hilarious, deepest, darkest, blackest humour, and as superb, witty, intelligent, and savagely funny as I remember it.
@SandboxGeneral: I really recommend this. This is what I consider to be an example of seriously classy story telling.
Ealing Studios, 1949, brilliant, bitter-sweet, hilarious, deepest, darkest, blackest humour, and as superb, witty, intelligent, and savagely funny as I remember it.
@SandboxGeneral: I really recommend this. This is what I consider to be an example of seriously classy story telling.
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Alec Guinness (rightly) received a lot of praise for his tour de force in (credibly) playing eight members of the aristocratic D'Ascoyne family, all different in age, aptitudes, character and gender; the story goes that he had been offered four roles in the movie, and was reading the script on a beach in France, when he found himself helpless with laughter and fired off a telegram to the producers which read, "Only four? Why not eight?"
However, stunning though Guinness was (playing eight D'Ascoynes), - and he was extraordinary - their characters are quite distinct and beautifully sketched - the movie also derived its considerable power from the flawless and simply superb Dennis Price as Louis Mazzini, while Valerie Hobson was outstanding as Edith D'Ascoyne and Joan Greenwood was astonishing in her portrayal of the utterly splendidly, cynical, Sibella, the amoral equal of Louis.
The dialogue is sharp, the diction and language exquisite and elegant, the acting sublime, and the movie as a whole hilarious. One of my all time favourites.
However, stunning though Guinness was (playing eight D'Ascoynes), - and he was extraordinary - their characters are quite distinct and beautifully sketched - the movie also derived its considerable power from the flawless and simply superb Dennis Price as Louis Mazzini, while Valerie Hobson was outstanding as Edith D'Ascoyne and Joan Greenwood was astonishing in her portrayal of the utterly splendidly, cynical, Sibella, the amoral equal of Louis.
The dialogue is sharp, the diction and language exquisite and elegant, the acting sublime, and the movie as a whole hilarious. One of my all time favourites.
Yup.
Never heard of this film until you mentioned it and it now ranks as one of my favorites as well.
Munich(2005)
One of my favorite action movies. Stellar performances all around, great sets and cinematography, and a subtle yet powerful soundtrack by John Williams.
One of my favorite action movies. Stellar performances all around, great sets and cinematography, and a subtle yet powerful soundtrack by John Williams.
I'm watching Live Free or Die Hard. After the original Die Hard it is my favorite in the series.
Finally saw The Last Jedi.
I have to give Mark Hamill huge props for agreeing to take Luke where they did. And I admit I did like him being such a crank (and LOL funny during the first training lesson). The movie was basically about perceptions and failures and learning from them. The moments with Yoda sold that, otherwise that theme wasn't very successful. I found my fan woman rage just fizzled into "Oh, okay. That's all they can do now? Whatever. I still love SW, Luke and the Jedi: this doesn't change a thing."
A couple of moments on the Island made me laugh hard (Rey always making the caretakers lives so difficult by destroying their property, and the aforementioned bit of teasing by Luke). Most of the humor fell very flat though and there were a lot of unintentionally funny moments (seriously what was up with making Finn's awakening so awkwardly bad? Why can't anyone write this character so John Boyega can play him as a legit person, and not as an occasionally goofy, lovestruck sidekick?) When you see how many characters stumble through this movie and how much time is wasted on things that add nothing to the story or characters, it's obvious that the PTB committed to a first draft without consideration for TFA (which was just as bad).
A bummer for Kelly Marie Tran as she had a difficult role (bringing Finn into heroism, while also kind of being a love interest), and some dumb "fans" are giving her so much grief on the internet for "ruining Star Wars". For me, the script was mostly garbage, and it would have been difficult for anyone to make that part work.
Ultimately, whatever they do with Luke and Leia and these new characters (none of whom work for me, which stinks because I want the young characters to work for me), it won't ruin my love for the six films Lucas made and my like of Rogue One.
Shrugs.
And that is that.
I have to give Mark Hamill huge props for agreeing to take Luke where they did. And I admit I did like him being such a crank (and LOL funny during the first training lesson). The movie was basically about perceptions and failures and learning from them. The moments with Yoda sold that, otherwise that theme wasn't very successful. I found my fan woman rage just fizzled into "Oh, okay. That's all they can do now? Whatever. I still love SW, Luke and the Jedi: this doesn't change a thing."
A couple of moments on the Island made me laugh hard (Rey always making the caretakers lives so difficult by destroying their property, and the aforementioned bit of teasing by Luke). Most of the humor fell very flat though and there were a lot of unintentionally funny moments (seriously what was up with making Finn's awakening so awkwardly bad? Why can't anyone write this character so John Boyega can play him as a legit person, and not as an occasionally goofy, lovestruck sidekick?) When you see how many characters stumble through this movie and how much time is wasted on things that add nothing to the story or characters, it's obvious that the PTB committed to a first draft without consideration for TFA (which was just as bad).
A bummer for Kelly Marie Tran as she had a difficult role (bringing Finn into heroism, while also kind of being a love interest), and some dumb "fans" are giving her so much grief on the internet for "ruining Star Wars". For me, the script was mostly garbage, and it would have been difficult for anyone to make that part work.
Ultimately, whatever they do with Luke and Leia and these new characters (none of whom work for me, which stinks because I want the young characters to work for me), it won't ruin my love for the six films Lucas made and my like of Rogue One.
Shrugs.
And that is that.
Wow you left that a while to watch as a SW fan!
It’s not as god as RO or TFA in my opinion.
The Mary Popins Leia and the keeping the imperial fleet at bay until we run out of fuel both low points.
Luke has obviously gone a bit dolaly living on the isle of sky. Not unlike Yoda on Dagabah.
But as a diehard SW fan, I’ll keep watching these movies. But I do miss the characters as they developed in the expanded universe. The writing seemed better to my mind.
Munich(2005)
One of my favorite action movies. Stellar performances all around, great sets and cinematography, and a subtle yet powerful soundtrack by John Williams.
I saw that film at the cinema when it came out and haven’t watched it since. Seeing your post has spurred me on to watch it again. A great film if I remember.
I actually did not want to see it, but my eternal fondness for Mark Hamill goaded me into finally renting. The Mary Poppins Leia thing was one of those unintentionally funny moments but Carrie looked wonderful while in MP mode (also a wink to Disney, which was nowhere near as successful as Doctor Strange's awesome Disneyfied cloak of levitation.)
I'll be there for the Kenobi movie (providing Ewan comes back and they greenlight it), and I'll rent IX eventually (no way I will pay more than $5 to see that). If they make more movies like Rogue One (tying into the established universe, but mostly new characters), I'll consider seeing theatrically.
Also just rented Mandy. I want my $6.99 back. Nicholas Cage and Andrea Risborough were very good and the heightened visuals fun, but you cannot get much more one dimensional than the cult who become Cage's fodder after they murder his wife (the title character). I suppose that was the point, but disappointing especially since it promised it would be a horror movie and a heavy metal long form music video and failed so hard on both counts.
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Hereditary
Maybe my expectations were too high going into this one, but i found it to be a mixed bag.
Pros: original concept which is a big deal for the genre. Cinematography & score really helped create a creepy, uneasy mood.
Cons: script was medicore at best, and the acting was off.
It was definitely above average, and if you’re a fan of the genre don’t miss it.
Maybe my expectations were too high going into this one, but i found it to be a mixed bag.
Pros: original concept which is a big deal for the genre. Cinematography & score really helped create a creepy, uneasy mood.
Cons: script was medicore at best, and the acting was off.
It was definitely above average, and if you’re a fan of the genre don’t miss it.
Oh I loved it. Actually gasped out loud a few times. I just didn’t like the dad sometimes talking with an American accent and sometime slipping back into his Irish accent.Hereditary
Maybe my expectations were too high going into this one, but i found it to be a mixed bag.
Pros: original concept which is a big deal for the genre. Cinematography & score really helped create a creepy, uneasy mood.
Cons: script was medicore at best, and the acting was off.
It was definitely above average, and if you’re a fan of the genre don’t miss it.
Thumbs up on Rogue One.
In hindsight, the Solo movie is not really tugging at me to see it again.
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OK, we're doing a horror-movie-a-night through Halloween, but here's specifically what we did: the wife and I put some favorites in a big list - some older, classics, some newer, a few "revisits", in fact, there's more than 31, then I dropped that into a randomizer and we're abiding by the results.
A few additional "rules" for our fun: if we get started early, and there's a matching prequel / sequel in the list, we'll do that as a double feature, we can add/remove titles at the month goes along
Oct 01 The Purge
A few additional "rules" for our fun: if we get started early, and there's a matching prequel / sequel in the list, we'll do that as a double feature, we can add/remove titles at the month goes along
Oct 01 The Purge
I haven’t seen Solo yet. It didn’t really appeal. Solo is Harrison Ford.Thumbs up on Rogue One.
A bit like the Young Indie series. It just isn’t the same.