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billyweeds wrote: The Proposal is the Bullock-Reynolds item. It sounds tolerable, but I'm annoyed that he got more press out of that and the Johansson marriage than for Definitely, Maybe, which is really a gem. Have you seen it?
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:18 pm |
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Marj wrote:
Btw, remember a few years ago, I spoke of the opening minutes of Goodfellas as the most intelligent opening few moments of I film I'd ever seen. I now also give that honor to The Philadelphia Story, as well. But in this case no words are spoken; it's silent but for the music. It's a few moments and a few beats of music that give us all the back story we need to know. Brilliant.
Agree. I wonder if it was meant as a tip-of-the-hat to silent comedy? |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:23 pm |
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The Proposal got decent reviews. There are a number of films that I've wanted to see in the last month or so but it just hasn'r worked out.
Has TCM been showing old TV shows lately. They are doing that here. |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:25 pm |
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Joe Vitus wrote: Marj wrote:
Btw, remember a few years ago, I spoke of the opening minutes of Goodfellas as the most intelligent opening few moments of I film I'd ever seen. I now also give that honor to The Philadelphia Story, as well. But in this case no words are spoken; it's silent but for the music. It's a few moments and a few beats of music that give us all the back story we need to know. Brilliant.
Agree. I wonder if it was meant as a tip-of-the-hat to silent comedy?
I have no idea. But it was very smart movie making.
I edited this post so don't think you've lost your mind when you see it again after your response. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:33 pm |
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| That movie with Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore was a good rom-com. And the highly under-rated My Super Ex Girlfriend was very good, but more of a nutty rom-com. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:45 pm |
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Marj wrote: Joe Vitus wrote: Marj wrote:
Btw, remember a few years ago, I spoke of the opening minutes of Goodfellas as the most intelligent opening few moments of I film I'd ever seen. I now also give that honor to The Philadelphia Story, as well. But in this case no words are spoken; it's silent but for the music. It's a few moments and a few beats of music that give us all the back story we need to know. Brilliant.
Agree. I wonder if it was meant as a tip-of-the-hat to silent comedy?
I have no idea. But it was very smart movie making.
I edited this post so don't think you've lost your mind when you see it again after your response.
I'm...I'm going CRRRAAAAAAAAAZZZZZZZZZZZYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:45 pm |
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Marj wrote:
And Joe, Anne Hathaway can sing. She's not a great singer but she is good.
Julie Jordan doesn't have to be a great singer, either. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:47 pm |
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I actually kind of enjoyed both Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail, in much the same way I might enjoy a bag of Doritos. Of course, my "guilty pleasure" sort of fondness for the female lead actress in those movies may have a lot to do with that.
I enjoyed definitely, Maybe, a little bit more. Maybe like a really great pizza. It's lunchtime in Phoenix, by the way.
I am very much looking forward to catching Summer - I suspect I will be dissenting from the use of the all-too-cutesy parenthetical in the title - if only for the chance to spend a couple hours gazing at Zoey Daschenel, who was the only bearable thing about the truly god-awful Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Whether I see it in a theater or rent will depend on Mrs. Whiskeypriest's inclinations. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:47 pm |
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Thanks for the clarification, Marj. Too bad.
Very much beg to differ, Billy. "If I Loved You" requires a very strong singer, and all the voices of Carousel need something close to operatic talent. With musical comedy precision. |
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| Interesting that Nora Ephron and Carousel were both the subject of threads here, since Nora's parents, Phoebe and Henry Ephron, were largely responsible for the horrendous, unwatchable mess that was the Gordon MacRae-Shirley Jones version of Carousel, one of the worst movie musical adaptations ever. |
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| Non-talent runs in the family. As well as detroying the reputation of an already revered work or genre (Carousel for them; romantic comedy for her). |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:57 pm |
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| I don't think of Philadelphia Story as RomCom but as Screwball. If those count as RomComs, add Bringing Up Baby and The Awful Truth to the list. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:03 pm |
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| I think The Philadelphia Story comes at a cross roads in Hollywood history between screwball and romantic comedy. I'd call Bringing Up Baby screwball comedy. I'd call The Shop Around the Corner romantic comedy. The Philadelphia Story is somewhere in between. |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:19 pm |
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| Whatever the genre, Philadelphia Story is one of my all time favorite movies. But then, the only way to improve any movie starring Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn and James Stewart would be by getting Billy Wilder to write and direct. |
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| inlareviewer |
| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:29 pm |
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Trouble in Paradise, that's another favorite romantic comedy. Also, The Palm Beach Story.
I really liked Adventureland. It really did deserve a wider audience. Here's hoping it does well on home video. |
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