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| bartist |
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| Doot doot doot, lookin' out my back door. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 12:32 pm |
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bartist wrote: Doot doot doot, lookin' out my back door.
Don't know what this relates to, but anything that gets me on a Creedence kick makes at least part of my day. Best. Group. Ever. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 3:16 pm |
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Just heralding another page break, in the Marantz tradition. And it's Friday.
I was/am a huge fan of CCR, when I'm not listening to Buck Owens on my dinosaur Victrola, looking at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
Worst mishearing of CCR lyrics in my early teens:
"Down on the corner, rowdy in the street."
or..
"Oh, Lord, stuck in the old eye again."
It's a good thing they write lyrics down for people like me. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 3:31 pm |
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bartist wrote:
"Oh, Lord, stuck in the old eye again."
What is this really? |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 3:35 pm |
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Saw The Uninvited for the first time from beginning to end. The 1944 ghost story offers the tune "Stella by Starlight" and a nice performance by Ray Milland, but little else. It's one of those movies people habitually rave about, but it's really dated. The photography is moody, but Gail Russell as the Stella of the song is flavorless, and Cornelia Otis Skinner in a supporting role is severely over the top.
Interesting trivia is that Russell played Skinner a year or two later in Our Hearts Were Young and Gay and its sequel Our Hearts Were Growing Up. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 3:43 pm |
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| I caught another Milland classic on TCM a couple of weeks ago--"Ministry of Fear." I thought I'd seen it before, but I think I had it mixed up with an Eric Ambler; "Ministry" was written by Graham Greene. It was rather peculiar and had a lot of bumps along the way--Fritz Lang was the director--but it was quite intriguing. Glad I saw it. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 6:48 pm |
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| Love The Uninvited, but to rave is a mistake since it's a quiet, understated movie. I love the atmosphere, and the way it's as much a mystery as a ghost story. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 10:03 am |
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billyweeds wrote: bartist wrote:
"Oh, Lord, stuck in the old eye again."
What is this really?
From "Lodi."
"Oh, Lord, stuck in Lodi again." |
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| Marj |
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Joe Vitus wrote: Love The Uninvited, but to rave is a mistake since it's a quiet, understated movie. I love the atmosphere, and the way it's as much a mystery as a ghost story.
I kind of feel the way Joe does. I doubt the film warrants a rave, as it is a rather understated movie. I think if its received any, its because it was the first of its kind. I've always loved the combination of mystery and ghost story. Indeed, if anything I like the mystery element more. It was also a first in that there was a clear lesbian element in it. I've always wondered why the censors allowed that. Perhaps they just didn't get it. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 4:52 pm |
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| I just realized the lesbian thing when you mentioned it. Of course, Rebecca had Mrs. Danvers and Rebecca's lingerie four years earlier, and the Cornelia Otis Skinner character and Mary Meredith were clearly derived from Rebecca, so I'm surprised at myself for not having picked up on the lesbian thing. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 5:40 pm |
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I wonder if there was some kind of "women don't do those things" blindness?
I suspect the raves come from a lot of what Marj said. Plus, in Old Hollywood, straightforward ghost stories were rare. Usually they were done as comedy films. |
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| Trish |
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| I Saw The Fighter over the weekend. Didn't really live up to expectations. I like both Melissa Leo and Christian Bale as actors - they've put in some excellent work over the years so I guess I don't begrudge their oscars- but I don't think what they did in The Fighter was so spectacular - it was alright. it had moments. I think Christian had better moments in such films as 3:10 to Yuma, Laurel Canyon, and certainly Harsh Times. Melissa Leo was revelatory in 21 Grams. I dont know - i guess I just wasn't that drawn into the story, honestly. Amy Adams (like almost always) didn't impress me. Mark Wahlberg was serviceable. Not even on the same stratosphere as other nominated films - The King's Speech, The Social Network, The Kid's Are Alright |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 2:56 pm |
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Trish--Totally, completely disagree with you about everything you said. Everything. About Bale and Leo being better elsewhere. About the other nominated movies being superior. About Adams and Wahlberg being less than amazing. Everything.
But you know what? That's what makes horse races. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 3:18 pm |
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I was underwhelmed by most of the Hollywood offerings in 2010. I really liked Rabbit Hole and that's about it. Thought there were a number of good docs, animation and foreign films.
Social Network, King's Speech and Black Swan were disappointments. A pretty down year for H-wood in my O.
I haven't seen True Grit yet. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 3:26 pm |
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| Not the best year in H'wood history IMO, but not a bad one either. The Social Network may have been a disappointment in view of the outrageously great reviews it got, but it was a pretty impressive disappointment. And The King's Speech was a piece of pure entertainment masquerading as a British masterpiece, so there may have been some unreal expectations going on. But they were excellent movies. With that said, my favorite of the year was an English movie (Another Year), and another in my top three (TS3) was animated--never my genre of choice. Leaving one Hollywood film in my top three, Trish's non-fave The Fighter. So there you are. |
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