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Started by GravitySucks, June 11, 2016, 05:28:45 PM

Quote from: TigerLily on August 27, 2016, 12:39:19 AM
Really? I love the Vivian Leigh, Robert Taylor version. And the film score.  Pre-code can make all the difference. I will keep an eye out for the Mae Clarke one

That is the reason why.

Zetaspeak

I am going to say something that will guarantee to get me a lot of hate. But here it goes. I watched the French Connection for the first time, and I felt the whole thing to be very "meh". Okay throw your tomatoes at me  :-X

TigerLily

Quote from: Zetaspeak on August 27, 2016, 03:49:00 PM
I am going to say something that will guarantee to get me a lot of hate. But here it goes. I watched the French Connection for the first time, and I felt the whole thing to be very "meh". Okay throw your tomatoes at me  :-X

Never Zeta. Nice to see you here. All opinions welcome speaking for myself. FC is that specific kind of 70s New York movie. Not for everyone I guess. Any particular reasons?

Not a classic movie, but a classic television series. For the Trekkies here, BBC America will be airing the uncut original Star Trek series as a 50th anniversary marathon. It looks like they will be starting with "The Cage". Air time is 8:30 pm Eastern starting Thursday September 8th.

TigerLily

Quote from: (Sandman) Logan-5 on August 29, 2016, 02:03:02 AM
Not a classic movie, but a classic television series. For the Trekkies here, BBC America will be airing the uncut original Star Trek series as a 50th anniversary marathon. It looks like they will be starting with "The Cage". Air time is 8:30 pm Eastern starting Thursday September 8th.

*sigh*  Ah. Binge watching. Looks like it's time to set up the feeding tube and urinary catheter again. Note to self: stock up on Visine

GravitySucks

Quote from: TigerLily on August 29, 2016, 02:03:18 PM
*sigh*  Ah. Binge watching. Looks like it's time to set up the feeding tube and urinary catheter again. Note to self: stock up on Visine

El Tearo Mas Grande


I watched my first Jean Luc Godard movie.  Vivre  sah vie with Anna Karina.  It irritated me in certain places particularly the beginning when Anna is having a conversation with a guy and all you see are the backs of their heads.  I wanted to throw something at the screen.  Thankfully, the movie got better as it went along but then it ends rather quickly when Karina gets shot when a transaction goes bad.  I guess I should have picked Breathless, Contempt or Band Of Outsiders as my first selection.  Not a formal review but it wasn't all that great.  Karina was beautiful though.

TigerLily

Quote from: 21st Century Man on August 29, 2016, 04:39:13 PM
I watched my first Jean Luc Godard movie.  Vivre  sah vie with Anna Karina.  It irritated me in certain places particularly the beginning when Anna is having a conversation with a guy and all you see are the backs of their heads.  I wanted to throw something at the screen.  Thankfully, the movie got better as it went along but then it ends rather quickly when Karina gets shot when a transaction goes bad.  I guess I should have picked Breathless, Contempt or Band Of Outsiders as my first selection.  Not a formal review but it wasn't all that great.  Karina was beautiful though.

French New Wave is not for the faint of heart. Generally, I'm faint-hearted. I think the only ones I've really enjoyed were Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) by Godard, and Jules et Jim and 400 Blows both by Truffaut

Quote from: TigerLily on August 29, 2016, 05:22:38 PM
French New Wave is not for the faint of heart. Generally, I'm faint-hearted. I think the only ones I've really enjoyed were Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) by Godard, and Jules et Jim and 400 Blows both by Truffaut

I'm a sucker for European films, especially French and Italian, circa 1950s - 1960s. Granted, many don't have happy endings; that's usually Hollywood required; but I don't care.

TigerLily

Quote from: Astrid Galactic on August 29, 2016, 05:27:47 PM
I'm a sucker for European films, especially French and Italian, circa 1950s - 1960s. Granted, many don't have happy endings; that's usually Hollywood required; but I don't care.

Totally with you on that, Boots.  In general my favorite foreign movies come from France and Japan but also many other countries. The French seem to hate a happy ending and have a nuance and complexity one rarely sees in American films. I generally really dislike American remakes of foreign films

Quote from: TigerLily on August 29, 2016, 05:22:38 PM
French New Wave is not for the faint of heart. Generally, I'm faint-hearted. I think the only ones I've really enjoyed were Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) by Godard, and Jules et Jim and 400 Blows both by Truffaut

I've seen a bit of Truffaut.  Mostly in Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind....lol.... which is still in my top 3 favorite Spielberg films.  I did watch Fahrenheit 451 and that was ok.  A bit slow when it should not have been.  I have a bunch of New Wave films.  Just haven't gotten around to watching them yet. I don't require a happy ending just a logical one.  I'll give Breathless a shot soon as that really is Godard's most famous film.

I do think Vivre sah vie was a bit pretentious.

Quote from: TigerLily on August 27, 2016, 10:30:51 AM
That was beautiful, Logan.  You reminded me that one of the best things about the Classics is romance. Who did it better than Bogie and Bacall?

Welcome into the flickering dark of the movie playhouse. Post often.  Do you have a favorite movie or genre?
I like the exotic. ;) I like it all, but anything set in a jungle, lush tropical island, futuristic society, or that features aircraft,  dinosaurs, or burlesque I'll go out of my way to watch. (Maybe that's why I'm heavy into steam and diesel punk. :D  ) I love the 1912 version of the lost world. Once in a while a good romance hits the spot too. (Not like the junk they're putting out today.) Something where women projected Class and self confidence, and men were hard nosed when they needed to be.
  The old gangster movies are pretty good too. I like watching them shoot up the joint with 'Tommy' guns and B.A.R.'s, and the old car chases are just fun to watch.
  The Tarzan serials w/ Johnny Weissmuller were the best, and Buster Crabbe did a pretty good Flash Gordon. (Both of these actors were professional swimmers before turning to acting, and Johnny held a couple of records.)
The old horror flicks I watch as comedies. Don't get me wrong, there's some very good acting in there.
  One of the best things about the old movies is the cliche`s, the mannerisms, and the slang of the time. Word play and actual plots are in a lot of them too. You have to pay attention to catch the innuendo and a lot of times it's extremely funny, insightful or both. One-liners and zingers abound.

Favorite actors in no particular order:
Spencer Tracy
Leslie Howard
James Cagney
Johnny Weissmuller
Buster Crabbe
Clark Gable
Yul Brynner

(Newer - but still did B&W)
Robert Conrad
Charles Bronson
James Coburn


Favorite Actresses:
Myrna Loy
Rosamund John
Andrea King (Yowsa Yowsa)
Ava Gardner
Greta Garbo
Gene Tierney
Lauren Bacall
Audrey Hepburn (Hi IB)
Debora Paget - (what a siren.   * drool, pant, drool*  :P)
Luana Patten
Maria Montez - (sexier than Bettie Page but still has that same look with more style and class)
Maria - - -              
Bettie - - -  

Vivian Leigh
Ingrid Bergman
Lizabeth Scott
Elizabeth Taylor's early work
Joan Crawford
and
Grace Kelly

Quote from: TigerLily on August 29, 2016, 06:42:44 PM
Totally with you on that, Boots.  In general my favorite foreign movies come from France and Japan but also many other countries. The French seem to hate a happy ending and have a nuance and complexity one rarely sees in American films. I generally really dislike American remakes of foreign films
Ditto  ;)

Zetaspeak

Quote from: TigerLily on August 27, 2016, 11:26:45 PM
Never Zeta. Nice to see you here. All opinions welcome speaking for myself. FC is that specific kind of 70s New York movie. Not for everyone I guess. Any particular reasons?

I am not sure, I am not saying it's a bad movie. Obviously a lot of people love it, and friends constantly recommend to me which was the reason I went to see it. Maybe they build it up too much? Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood. I will fully admit it's probably more of a "me thing" than the movie itself lol. I can totally see the aspects that make it popular, it's just one of those movies that didn't connect with me for whatever reason. I probably should watch it a second time in a few months.

Probably my all time favorite film ever. It's French and it actually has a happy ending.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHJcwMrqnJo

Love this one just as much:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO3SIkso0QQ

A couple of the few films that I can watch over and over and over again. Tati was the ultimate Master of filmmaking.

TigerLily

Jacques Tati is a comic genius.

There are a lot of great French comedies despite their love of the dour ending

The Artist, Amelie, La Cage aux Folles, Les Comperes. All the way back to 1932 Boudu Saved from Drowning made by the wonderful Jean Renoir. So many have American remakes  :P


Quote from: TigerLily on August 31, 2016, 01:41:05 PM
Jacques Tati is a comic genius.

There are a lot of great French comedies despite their love of the dour ending

The Artist, Amelie, La Cage aux Folles, Les Comperes. All the way back to 1932 Boudu Saved from Drowning made by the wonderful Jean Renoir. So many have American remakes  :P

The Artist was my favorite film of that year and for once I agreed with the Academy.

Quote from: TigerLily on August 31, 2016, 01:41:05 PM
Jacques Tati is a comic genius.

There are a lot of great French comedies despite their love of the dour ending

The Artist, Amelie, La Cage aux Folles, Les Comperes. All the way back to 1932 Boudu Saved from Drowning made by the wonderful Jean Renoir. So many have American remakes  :P

Speaking of inferior remakes, the first time that I saw "Les Misérables", it was the original French version which is 4 1/2 hours long. Took forever to get through it but anytime I saw another version, I hated it because it felt so rushed or empty. The original ruined it for me for all other versions regardless of how good they were. Well worth seeing sometime, if you have the time.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025509/

Quote from: Astrid Galactic on August 31, 2016, 02:06:06 PM
Speaking of inferior remakes, the first time that I saw "Les Misérables", it was the original French version which is 4 1/2 hours long. Took forever to get through it but anytime I saw another version, I hated it because it felt so rushed or empty. The original ruined it for me for all other versions regardless of how good they were. Well worth seeing sometime, if you have the time.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025509/

First version that I saw of that story was the 1935 version with March and Laughton.  I'll have to check out this version.

Rix Gins

This is a TCM viewer alert:  Dean Martin is being spotlighted on TCM's Summer Under The Stars series.  Naturally, they are showing a number of his flicks, from the ridiculous (At War With The Army, with Jerry) to the sublime, (the original Ocean's Eleven, with Frank.)  Actually, Dean is a supporting actor in several of these movies but they are still fun to watch...especially Ocean's.  If you have never seen it, then you are in for a special treat.  I won't be watching it because I've got it on DVD, but it's a fun movie and quite colorful, read: the lights of Las Vegas.  Cool early sixties tunes delivered by Dean, and Sammy too.  It will be on at 10:15 PM Eastern & 7:15 PM Pacific.

What's the Dean Martin movie where he wants to get rid of his money and has a romance with some hot woman? Almost certain that he played an artist. Haven't seen it for many years but was always my favorite Dean Martin movie. Saw it when I was a kid and really liked it.

If you know what I'm talking about, is it on tonight?

Quote from: Astrid Galactic on August 31, 2016, 03:28:07 PM
What's the Dean Martin movie where he wants to get rid of his money and has a romance with some hot woman? Almost certain that he played an artist. Haven't seen it for many years but was always my favorite Dean Martin movie. Saw it when I was a kid and really liked it.

If you know what I'm talking about, is it on tonight?

Sounds like Artists and Models with Jerry Lewis, Shirley McLaine and Dorothy Malone.  Malone being the hot chick.  It is not on today.

Quote from: 21st Century Man on August 31, 2016, 03:33:41 PM
Sounds like Artists and Models with Jerry Lewis, Shirley McLaine and Dorothy Malone.  Malone being the hot chick.  It is not on today.

Hmmm, no. I don't 'think' that's it. Not positive either. That reminds me of a movie I saw a couple months ago with someone like Jack Lemmon or Tony Randall. It was in France. But it wasn't that movie.

Here's the IMDB link for Artists And Models.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047840/

Rix Gins

Quote from: Astrid Galactic on August 31, 2016, 03:28:07 PM
What's the Dean Martin movie where he wants to get rid of his money and has a romance with some hot woman? Almost certain that he played an artist. Haven't seen it for many years but was always my favorite Dean Martin movie. Saw it when I was a kid and really liked it.

If you know what I'm talking about, is it on tonight?

All I can think of is What a Way to Go! starring Shirley MacLaine who portrays a woman who wants love in a marriage rather than riches.  She winds up marrying four different dudes, three of which start out poor and then get rich before dying and leaving Shirley the wealth.  Husband number four is Dean, who starts out rich but then becomes poor, so Shirley marries him and they live on a farm and have kids.  Life is great until Dean is out on his tractor and discovers oil.  It ends that way, but I think he inadvertently opened up an oil pipe.  He wasn't an artist though.

Quote from: Rix Gins on August 31, 2016, 04:37:23 PM
All I can think of is What a Way to Go! starring Shirley MacLaine who portrays a woman who wants love in a marriage rather than riches.  She winds up marrying four different dudes, three of which start out poor and then get rich before dying and leaving Shirley the wealth.  Husband number four is Dean, who starts out rich but then becomes poor, so Shirley marries him and they live on a farm and have kids.  Life is great until Dean is out on his tractor and discovers oil.  It ends that way, but I think he inadvertently opened up an oil pipe.  He wasn't an artist though.

That's it! Wonder why I thought he was an artist? That was a fun movie. Well paced and entertaining.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058743/

Rix Gins

Quote from: Astrid Galactic on August 31, 2016, 04:42:43 PM
That's it! Wonder why I thought he was an artist? That was a fun movie. Well paced and entertaining.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058743/

Great!  Glad that was the one. Though I was wrong...there were four husbands before Dean came along.  One of them was Paul Newman who played an artist.  lol  Yes, it was a very funny movie.

Quote from: Rix Gins on August 31, 2016, 04:54:53 PM
Great!  Glad that was the one. Though I was wrong...there were four husbands before Dean came along.  One of them was Paul Newman who played an artist.  lol  Yes, it was a very funny movie.

Thanks for figuring it out. I'm going to have to keep an eye out for that one.

Quote from: Astrid Galactic on August 31, 2016, 03:45:41 PM
Hmmm, no. I don't 'think' that's it. Not positive either. That reminds me of a movie I saw a couple months ago with someone like Jack Lemmon or Tony Randall. It was in France. But it wasn't that movie.

Here's the IMDB link for Artists And Models.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047840/

Had the actor wrong but here's the other movie that Artists and Models reminded me of. Not A List but worth watching for a fun evening's entertainment.

The Art of Love

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058920/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_66

albrecht

Quote from: Rix Gins on August 31, 2016, 03:11:36 PM
This is a TCM viewer alert:  Dean Martin is being spotlighted on TCM's Summer Under The Stars series.  Naturally, they are showing a number of his flicks, from the ridiculous (At War With The Army, with Jerry) to the sublime, (the original Ocean's Eleven, with Frank.)  Actually, Dean is a supporting actor in several of these movies but they are still fun to watch...especially Ocean's.  If you have never seen it, then you are in for a special treat.  I won't be watching it because I've got it on DVD, but it's a fun movie and quite colorful, read: the lights of Las Vegas.  Cool early sixties tunes delivered by Dean, and Sammy too.  It will be on at 10:15 PM Eastern & 7:15 PM Pacific.
We used to page 'Duke Santos' at the Vegas airport and hotel/casino lobby when we visited in homage to the great Cesar Romero character. One buddy would do the page and then the rest of us would pause, turn around, and exclaim 'Duke Santos is is town!?'

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