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| Syd |
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Marc wrote: Quote: I think my favorite last line from a movie is from Breaking Away.
and the line is...
"Bonjour, Papa," from David, who of course has been trying to be Italian through most of the film. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:36 pm |
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| lshap |
| Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:07 pm |
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| Breaking Away is one of those rare films that has everything - action, suspense, romance and great humour. It was rightly nominated for Best Picture in 1979 but was passed over, possibly in part because of its then unknown cast. It featured a very young Dennis Quaid and Daniel Craig, along with a future Watchman, Jackie Earle Haley. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:11 pm |
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| I forget the last line of Breaking Away. But I love it. My only objection is that my friend Paul Dooley was not nominated for the Oscar for his wonderful performance as the dad. Barbara Barrie got the nod as the mom, but Paul lost the nom to Justin Henry, the son in Kramer vs. Kramer, who scarcely ever worked again. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:14 pm |
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| whiskey--The ending of Notting Hill has to be viewed in context. Much earlier in the movie, Roberts and Grant take a moonlight walk through that little pocket park, and they see the bench. I think there's some kind of plaque or something that identifies it as the bench that belonged to a married couple now deceased. Something like that. In any case, the bench is symbolic of a happy relationship. Anyway, after that the bench is never once alluded to, until the very end of the movie when we see Roberts and Grant on the bench. No words are necessary. I think this is inspired. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:15 pm |
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whiskeypriest wrote:
Boy, could Billy Wilder end a movie or couldn't he?
Like no one else, ever. And Double Indemnity's ending ain't cream cheese, either. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:17 pm |
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billyweeds wrote: I forget the last line of Breaking Away. But I love it. My only objection is that my friend Paul Dooley was not nominated for the Oscar for his wonderful performance as the dad. Barbara Barrie got the nod as the mom, but Paul lost the nom to Justin Henry, the son in Kramer vs. Kramer, who scarcely ever worked again.
David has just met a cute foreign exchange student from France, and when his father drives by, David replies, "Bonjour, Papa!" and papa does a double-take. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:32 pm |
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I just caught the last half of "Harold and Maude" on TCM tonight when I got home from work. And I thought, I'd have liked "Thelma and Louise" a lot better if it had ended that way.
One of my favorite endings: "King of Hearts," for obvious reasons. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:42 pm |
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| I would have liked the ending better if shot from the opposite side. But I don't care for the movie at all, so ultimately it might not have made any difference for me. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:19 pm |
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One of my favorite final scenes is from Mephisto. People should see it for Brandauer's amazing performance, but the ending is chilling, haunting and perfect.
Not sure I can remember any famous final words. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:57 pm |
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| I like the ending of Fitzcarraldo. The ending of Aguirre: the Wrath of God is very strange. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:00 am |
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Is the ending to Stroszek when his broken down pickup truck spins in lonely pathetic circles in a parking lot?
If so, sign me up. |
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| McBain |
| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:07 am |
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Marc wrote: Quote: When faced with a screaming queen like Bruno, I get borderline homophobic myself.
Obnoxious is obnoxious, whether it be gay, straight, transgendered or none of the above. I don't find Bruno in the least bit charismatic or funny. He's too extreme to be believable. I've known flaming queens before, but none as charmless and stupid as Bruno. The concept doesn't hold up for me because it is too divorced from reality.
I agree that obnoxious is obnoxious, so I understand this defense of Billy's comment.
Cohen's whole shtick is to make people very uncomfortable, even the viewer, and I think he does it well. Its no coincidence that Larry Charles is largely a part of Curb Your Enthusiasm which is awesome cringe humor. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:24 pm |
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I liked Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince quite a bit better than Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The same is true of the book, which is the second-best of the series. This is one of the more difficult books to adapt, because there are two main threads, one of which involves Draco Malfoy in a dark and mysterious plot involving Dark Eaters against Dumbledore, and an oath made by Snape. The second involves tracing the threads of Voldemort's life to unravel a particular piece of dark magic he has performed. To discover this, Dumbledore and Harry need a particular memory from Horace Slughorn, a professor who Dumbledore recruits back to Hogwarts with a bit of psychology.
The movie drops a lot of the biography of Voldemort, reducing it to a few essential scenes, and this works very well, although it means that you don't get why a particular ring and locket are so important to him that he puts them to another use.
The kids are growing up and falling in love, and this is a major subtext. Hermione has a major competitor in Lavender Brown, who is sappily infatuated with Ron; this provides a bit of humor. Evanna Lynch is back as the moony Luna Lovegood, who has a unique perspective on life. Unfortunately, we don't get to hear her announce a Quidditch match. Lynch is pretty good.
The casting is good as usual. Jim Broadbent doesn't match the description of Horace Slughorn in the book, but is excellent in capturing Slughorn's character.
The colors are muted this time, which befits the darker subject matter. A scene set in a cavern is almost black and white. I'd better warn you that this is a scene that may well induce nightmares in young children.
I do not advise seeing this if you have not seen the previous five movies or read the books. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is very much a lead-in to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which will be sensibly split into two movies, while keeping a lot of the darkness of Order of the Phoenix. I can now see the point of keeping this director, even if he's not quite as good as the directors of the third and fourth segments. The way the movie series is set up, the end of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is exactly in the middle, and signals a major change in the series which dominates the last three books. It'll be good to have continuity in the director's chair for the last four segments. |
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| lshap |
| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:36 pm |
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Speaking of great endings, My Big Fat Greek Wedding had one of the great closing shots in film. No dialogue, just a slow pan, for a final, great punch line.
Nia Vardalos may have been a one-trick talent, but it was a damn good trick. |
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