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| marantzo |
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| I only saw the Brando and Leachman movies, Marc. Very good picks. Of course Brando got the Oscar for The Godfather, in which he was very good, but in Last Tango In Paris he was way beyond very good and should have got the Oscar for that one instead. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:13 am |
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| My assessment of a great performance tends to drop off over time -- easier for me to take the "Nobel" approach, looking at a body of work. When I was 10, I would have suggested Dick Van Dyke in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as topping the list. Now I'm not so sure. |
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| knox |
| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:52 am |
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| It's so subjective, that I just openly go with the subjective....I like comedic women, for example: Diane Keaton, Frances McDormand, and (though not yet established enough to be on a list) Kristen Wiig. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 12:16 pm |
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knox wrote: It's so subjective, that I just openly go with the subjective....I like comedic women, for example: Diane Keaton, Frances McDormand, and (though not yet established enough to be on a list) Kristen Wiig.
Which reminds me, one of the movies I caught on TCM recently was the Tracy-Hepburn 'Without Love." I had seen bits of it before but somehow never realized that Lucille Ball was in it--as one of those snappy, too-smart-for-the-room dames who turn up so often in those '40s flicks. She nearly stole the show from the stars, and I was more interested in her love life than in theirs (hey, we KNOW they'll get together). |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 2:56 am |
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| Vengeance starring French superstar Johnny Hallyday and directed by one of the master's of Hong Kong cinema Johnny To is one of the best action flix I've seen in a very long time. To, a modern day Sergio Leone, blends the poetic with the brutal, revenge with redemption, and knows how to choreograph violence that would make Peckinpah's jaw drop. A must-see. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 4:06 am |
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| Does anyone remember Massacre at Central High? I just watched it again after well over a decade. Odd to say about a movie with this title (which is something of a misnomer; the movie had a title before it had a screenplay), but it's charming. It more than holds up after all these years. I recommend it to everyone. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:59 am |
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Joe Vitus wrote: Does anyone remember Massacre at Central High? I just watched it again after well over a decade. Odd to say about a movie with this title (which is something of a misnomer; the movie had a title before it had a screenplay), but it's charming. It more than holds up after all these years. I recommend it to everyone.
Interestingly--and frustratingly--it's not available on Netflix. Where did you watch it? |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:00 am |
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Marc wrote: Vengeance starring French superstar Johnny Hallyday and directed by one of the master's of Hong Kong cinema Johnny To is one of the best action flix I've seen in a very long time. To, a modern day Sergio Leone, blends the poetic with the brutal, revenge with redemption, and knows how to choreograph violence that would make Peckinpah's jaw drop. A must-see.
Gonna watch it immediately. It streams on Netflix.
Later: Watched it. Marc is right. It's a terrific movie. Several sequences are very violent, others are exquisitely tender, even spiritual. Hallyday is iconic, out-Eastwooding Clint. And the photography is breathtaking, even on the small screen. To sometimes goes for the grand effect at the expense of credibility, but who cares? His grand effects are really grand.
It also features a final scene to rival Brando's last scene in The Godfather. You'll get what I mean when you see it. |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 6:22 pm |
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| The Scent of Green Papaya is a standard romance, but that's a sidelight. See it for its detailed look at an uppper class household in Saigon in the early 50's, before France would have done real damage to the city. The servant girl, beautiful in body, mind and spirit, lets you see this clamerous family through her eyes. Her preparation of a meal, with gentle folk instruction from an elder, is like a prayer to God. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:41 pm |
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billyweeds wrote: Joe Vitus wrote: Does anyone remember Massacre at Central High? I just watched it again after well over a decade. Odd to say about a movie with this title (which is something of a misnomer; the movie had a title before it had a screenplay), but it's charming. It more than holds up after all these years. I recommend it to everyone.
Interestingly--and frustratingly--it's not available on Netflix. Where did you watch it?
It is frustrating. I think it was out on DVD for a short while then went out of print. I watched it on You Tube. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 11:45 pm |
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| Finally saw Terribly Happy and am not terribly happy to have done so. Though all the Coen comparisons are valid, the movie just doesn't deliver on the promise. Maybe it's the subtitles; maybe it's the setting; but I think it's just the over-weirdness of the plot that left me cold. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 4:10 am |
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Okay Billy, next up Johnny To's Exiled. Also streaming on Netflix and starring all of To's regulars, including the fabulous Anthony Wong (Hong Kong cinema's Bogart).
Anthony Wong.
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:37 am |
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I was wondering which was which. Had no idea that guy was a star, but he certainly has star quality. Can't wait for Exiled.
Checked it: Exiled is not currently streaming, but Election, another To epic, is, so will see that one in the meantime.
Marc--This may seem minor to you and many others, but I suspect To cares: his name is spelled Johnnie (like Johnnie Ray), not Johnny (like Johnny Carson and Johnny Hallyday). |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 6:48 am |
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NEWS FLASH
For those who haven't seen Apocalypto, Mel Gibson's greatest film by far (and I'm not making a joke here), it is now streaming on Netflix. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 8:16 pm |
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