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Saturday Evening Movie Thread 02-27-2021 [Hosted By: Moviegique]

Movie Review 27 Feb 2021: The Man in The Chair

In honor of Christopher Plummer's passing, I thought I would repost a review of a movie he made nearly fifteen years that nobody saw. For reviews of other recent Plummer works, check out Remember, the last Nazi warcrime story (at least it was until we deported Friedrich Berger last week!) and the out-and-proud Beginners. The 'gique also recommends the classic The Sound of Music and, of course, the always amazing Starcrash.



man in the chair 01.jpg
Plummer wouldn't wear this much eyeliner again until "Beginners".

****"STAUETTE HUNTING" (originally published December 20, 2007)****

It’s that time of the year when all the movies designed for Oscar glory are released on to not the unsuspecting masses (who often have to wait months or weeks for a wide release) but the suspecting elite.

A lot of this annual burst of energy seems to have been absorbed or deflected by anti-war films. It’s still possible these films will carry home Oscars, but I think Hollywood likes to be popular as well as right, and with the way the war seems to be going these days, rewarding anti-war films may prove to be neither.

And so we have a strange little low-budget film, The Man In The Chair, from Michael Schroeder, a man probably best known for introducing the world to a (occasionally topless) 17-year-old Angelina Jolie in the even lower budget Cyborg 2. (I have to admit I find that film watchable but that may have more to do with comparing the Jolie of then–awkward but still with a sort of presence–to the Jolie of now than any other quality of the film.)



man in the chair 02.jpg
Yeah, I could've put a pic of topless 17-year-old Jolie here, but this is a classy post.

Christopher Plummer plays lighting man “Flash Madden” who wanders around L.A. reading, drinking, smoking Cuban cigars, and yelling at the screen at the Beverly, much to the amusement of juvenile delinquent Cameron Kincaid (played by Michael Angara) who spends his time in-between school and getting tossed in jail dreaming of making a movie.

This is to Christopher Plummer what last year’s Venus was for Peter O'Toole. A film that no one is going to see, but which shows the old man’s chops and gives him a shot at the little gold statue. ‘course, O'Toole missed out on his because the Academy had given him a “get this guy an Oscar before he croaks” award in the previous years.

Plummer is not the icon O'Toole was, but his age shows far less on his face. A lot of the wide-open expressions O'Toole has used his whole career look overly broad now, with age pulling his long face down even longer. Plummer (who is three years older) seems young by comparison.

And he is good, as you might imagine. As is M. Emmet Walsh, letting himself be filmed in a most unflattering way. Robert Wagner joins the crew as the still rakishly good looking and rich arch-rival. (Also with a small role is one of my favorite character actors, George Murdock.) Another remarkably well-preserved specimen in the cast is the very lovely 65-year-old Margaret Blye.



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Steve Carell, Chris Plummer, Jeff Bezos and M. Emmet Walsh at the premiere.

Am I obsessing on age here? Well, yeah, because the movie’s about aging and what we do with the aged. Also, the cast is ten years too young. Flash was a young gaffer on Citizen Kane…but I kept thinking, “okay, he had to be born in 1920, making him 87…no way is Plummer 87.” (He’s 78.)

If I had to describe this movie in ten words or less, I’d call it “an afterschool special on steroids”. It’s very well done with a top-notch cast, tightly directed and edited (though with a gratuitous shaky-blurry-cam scene transition effect, in a style most commonly used by zombie flicks).

The story is kind of pat, a little clichéd, a bit run-of-the-mill. Old people teaching younger people, and aren’t we horrible for not taking better care of, and respecting our senior citizens? Flash, through his horrible life mistakes, has learned that he might be better off now, if only he hadn’t treated people so badly through the rest of his life.

Except, well, we’re never sure about Mickey Hopkins (Walsh’s character) who seems to have been abandoned by his daughter. He seems like a very nice fellow but he can’t get his daughter to talk to him for five minutes.

I actually felt a sort of blowback after seeing this film. Are we supposed to generically care about old people? And take care of them? Even when they had an entire life to cultivate friends and family and did none of that? Do we feel sorry or empathize when they reach the end of that life alone?

Well, yeah, we do. But maybe somewhat begrudgingly.



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L.A.'s greatest landmark, the San Fernando Valley's own Sepulveda Dam.

Another thing that sort of annoyed me: One of the old characters dies in this film. I won’t say who it is so as not to spoil anything but I will say I both saw it coming and hoped it wouldn’t as soon as I realized what the movie was about. OK, if you’re watching a movie about old people, it’s natural some might die, especially if the movie spans the course of a year or longer.

This movie takes place over three weeks.

And the character just…dies. Rather conveniently, too. But unnecessarily, except maybe to give the whole thing a little more gravitas (and hopeful Oscar contenders a meaty scene).

What I liked about this film was the idea that, in the retirement homes of the San Fernando Valley, you could find a top-level crew still capable of making a high quality movie. A highly romantic notion, to be sure, and one that would’ve been better served by the whole crew getting together for ANOTHER movie after shooting the first one.

Nonetheless, it’s a good film, with Oscar-worthy performances.

***POSTSCRIPT***

Well, upon review, it seems that the cast has gone on to do many more notable things, most notably dying, though not as many as you might think. Plummer, of course, went on to a career renaissance, winning an Oscar for the gay movie, and Walsh and Wagner live yet. Blye and Murdock a few years after production. Unlike your usual low-budget film, a lot of the younger actors had at least minor Hollywood careers both before and after, while writer/director Michael Schroeder does not appear to have worked since making this.

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1 movieeees

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at February 27, 2021 07:47 PM (nUhF0)

2 Hiya

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 07:49 PM (arJlL)

3 Finally saw Parasite last week. Wow. Did not see the eruption at the end, but looking back, it was pretty much inevitable.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at February 27, 2021 07:49 PM (yEz9I)

4
Sepulveda!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 27, 2021 07:50 PM (pNxlR)

5
It's no Zardoz

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 27, 2021 07:50 PM (pNxlR)

6 Plummer.

Posted by: Land Shark at February 27, 2021 07:51 PM (5ZHS+)

7 watching Freaky

its a LOLfest so far

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at February 27, 2021 07:51 PM (nUhF0)

8 Hey 'gique, ever see a movie called The Berlin File? It's got the most insanely complicated plot of any political thriller I've ever watched. And the fight scene that started out in that guy's apartment was just unreal. I've never seen anything quite like it.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at February 27, 2021 07:51 PM (yEz9I)

9 I liked Christopher Plummer in Waterloo as the Duke of Wellington

Posted by: Skip at February 27, 2021 07:52 PM (Cxk7w)

10 First of all..THAT IS JEFF BEZOS ???!! Now I totally get his megalomania. And the chick with inflated tits on his arm.

Posted by: runner at February 27, 2021 07:53 PM (zr5Kq)

11 I loved Plummer in the old classic. "The Red and The Black."

Plummer was a Nazi stationed in Open Rome, who ALMOST converted out of his evil while interacting with a most respectable Cardinal.

Posted by: Eleanor, What the Cat Dragged In at February 27, 2021 07:53 PM (QU+qf)

12 And the fight scene that started out in that guy's apartment was just unreal. I've never seen anything quite like it.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional

What about the fight scene in the gas station in Its a Mad,Mad Mad World ?

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 07:53 PM (arJlL)

13 Plummer's greatest role was as the hammily Shakespearean Klingon General Chang. "Cry havoc, and let slip the Dogs of War!"

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at February 27, 2021 07:53 PM (Dc2NZ)

14 It doesn't really mention Plummer, but for those of you interested in the great Brit actors of the 1960s, I recommend Hellraisers: The Life and Inebriated Times of Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole and Oliver Reed. I have collected a lot of good stories from this, which I would repeat to you if we were drinking together:

https://tinyurl.com/526mjbef

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 27, 2021 07:54 PM (2JVJo)

15 Plummer should've gotten an Oscar for his Ebenezer Scrooge in The Man Who Invented Christmas.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at February 27, 2021 07:54 PM (yEz9I)

16 I rewatched Downfall this week and I have to say that I think it is a good film, and not just as the genesis of Hitler Learns memes.

Anyone who hasn't seen it, should.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 27, 2021 07:55 PM (emxxF)

17 OOPS, that's the "SCARLETT md the Black."

Gregory Peck played the Monsignor.

Posted by: Eleanor, What the Cat Dragged In at February 27, 2021 07:56 PM (QU+qf)

18 Plummer was a good lookin guy.

Posted by: Dr. Vivi at February 27, 2021 07:57 PM (USW1s)

19 What about the fight scene in the gas station in Its a Mad,Mad Mad World ?
Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 07:53 PM (arJlL)


You mean this?

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

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at February 27, 2021 07:58 PM (yEz9I)

20 Hmmm. Never heard of this movie and it sounds weird. A movie about an old lighting guy?
Bezos looks like someone else entirely (almost human!); Steve Carrell looks like a normal person too.

But I like old movies so maybe ill like a movie about old movie people.

Posted by: LASue, aka Les White at February 27, 2021 07:58 PM (Ed8Zd)

21 11- that movie was based on a real priest. There's been an effort to have him mentioned in Yad Vashem. Awesome movie, Gregory Peck is great, so is John Geilgud.

Posted by: Dr. Vivi at February 27, 2021 07:59 PM (USW1s)

22 Plummer was a good lookin guy.
Posted by: Dr. Vivi

That's a line from a porn flick !

(That's what I heard)

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 07:59 PM (arJlL)

23 I remember liking Plummer in Triple Cross, a WWII spy movie, but I haven't seen it in 50 years.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 27, 2021 08:00 PM (VVEnO)

24 uh oh.

Posted by: Dr. Vivi at February 27, 2021 08:00 PM (USW1s)

25 Never realized how much Christopher Plummer could look like David Bowie if he worked at it.

Posted by: Splunge at February 27, 2021 08:00 PM (RzGcW)

26 22 *golf clap*

Posted by: Dr. Vivi at February 27, 2021 08:00 PM (USW1s)

27 I liked Christopher Plummer in Waterloo as the Duke of Wellington
Posted by: Skip at February 27, 2021 07:52 PM (Cxk7w)
-----
Group Captain Harvey in "Battle of Britain", too.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 27, 2021 08:01 PM (GLv8N)

28 While hunkered down during the Great Freeze of '21, I spent an evening re-watching a couple of British mob films. The first - "Stormy Monday" - is worth a look, even though it doesn't hold up all that well in the end. The second, "The Long Good Friday", is a masterpiece.

Posted by: Dagwood at February 27, 2021 08:01 PM (K3bk4)

29 What about Firehead, with Chris Lemmon? You know, Jack's stupid son.

Mr. Plummer's finest role.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 08:02 PM (x8Wzq)

30 Sometimes (OK, often) the movie thread is so erudite that I start to think "you are not tall enough for this ride." This is one of those times. I think the only movie I saw with Christopher Plummer was the first Pink Panther movie.

Then I remember I'm a moron, and I post anyway.

Posted by: Splunge at February 27, 2021 08:02 PM (RzGcW)

31 "The Load" (201 Set in 1999, Serbian roadtrip turns into lessons about the three most recent wars thereabouts. This led me to watch "Battle of Sutjeska" (1973) with Richard Burton as Tito, leading partisans against Nazis. That must have taken a really big budget for the Yugos to make, with thousands of extras, plenty of pyro, and copious stunt flying. Then by pure coincidence, I stumbled upon "Five Branded Women" (1960,) also about the Yugo resistance. They sure do have some steep-ass mountains over there; I think that's part of the reason those folks are so ornery.

Posted by: gp at February 27, 2021 08:02 PM (qpX6U)

32 "1944" (2015) WWII as experienced by Estonian soldiers. Their country was whipsawed: annexed by Reds, then invaded by Nazis, then re-invaded by Reds. I learned some interesting history.

"Fear and Desire" (1953) Bad acting, bad dialog, and loony voiceover monologues that would make even Ed Wood shudder. Don't blame Kubrick, since he only directed, shot and edited it; somebody else "wrote" it. Stanley's first feature film.

"Blue Murder: Killer Cop" (1995) Two episode drama based on true story about very nasty corrupt cops in Sydney. As if Aussie lingo isn't hard enough to understand, the director does the Altman thing, having all the actors talking at once. Very intense and very inebriated.

"Pups" (1999) Movie expects us to seriously contemplate the random rants of an ignorant 13 year old ADHD case. Skip this turd.

Posted by: gp at February 27, 2021 08:03 PM (qpX6U)

33 I rewatched Downfall this week and I have to say that I think it is a good film, and not just as the genesis of Hitler Learns memes.

An excellent movie. Bander would be the one to comment, but from what I understand, Ganz studied a great deal to get Hitler's Austrian / Bavarian accent just right.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 27, 2021 08:03 PM (2JVJo)

34 In space all warriors are cold warrior.

General Chang

Posted by: LTCHAM at February 27, 2021 08:05 PM (pauoB)

35 I saw a relatively coherent and non-grotesque Fellini movie the other say -- "Juliet of the Spirits" , starring Giulietta Masini as a proper upper class wife who suspects her husband is cheating on her. Juliet has brief visions and flashes of contact with the spiritual world.

The film still has Fellini's cast of oddballs and psychedelic visuals.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at February 27, 2021 08:05 PM (Dc2NZ)

36 7 watching Freaky

its a LOLfest so far
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at February 27, 2021 07:51 PM (nUhF0)

------------------------

We watched that earlier today. Vince Vaughn plays his role eerily well.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 27, 2021 08:05 PM (CAJOC)

37 One of Plummer's best roles is in and, to plant a flag here, the best movie of his later career is -

"The Silent Partner"

Watch it and you'll see a great actor at work, building backstory into his psychopathic character through sheer force of will.
He is genuinely scary in this role. Not hammy "scary" like Anthony Hopkins "Hannibal Lector".
The Silent Partner" would've been an excellent small modern noir movie even without Plummer but Plummer's performance raises it to greatness. Actually, I'd like to have seen Plummer's Hannibal Lector.

Check it out.
Available for streaming on Prime and buying on blu-ray.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 27, 2021 08:05 PM (dWwl8)

38 Watched the Cold Blue last night. Amazing that we had men such as those. I don't think we'd find them again for some time. I hope I'm wrong.

Posted by: Old Blue - Round Headed Bald Kid at February 27, 2021 08:06 PM (VNmG1)

39 Watched Hillbilly Elegy, thought I was watching family movies 16mm converted to vhs

Posted by: Jean at February 27, 2021 08:06 PM (Xih1H)

40 You mean this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqRiAeHLBFg ?
Posted by: OregonMuse,

YES !

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 08:06 PM (arJlL)

41 Currently watching the BBC series Rome on the recommendation of several here.

What a great series. It's a drama that has a lot of humor and excellent character development. Caesar is well-played as are Mark Antony, Octavian and Pompey, but they aren't even the main characters. Constantly in trouble Legionnaire Titus Pullo and stiff upper lip Centurion Lucius Vorenus are the focus while the other characters scheme around them, frequently pulling Vorenus and Pullo into the action.

Very highly recommended. And of course I had to grab a book on Roman Warfare as well as a bio of Julius Caesar, both by Adrian Goldsworthy, to accompany my watch exoerience. Also highly rec'd.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 27, 2021 08:06 PM (0bGEp)

42 Plummer was good as the reprehensible J. Paul Getty in All the Money In the World.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 27, 2021 08:06 PM (VVEnO)

43 ||The Berlin File

I have not but I =totally= understand. The Asians love them some complicated crime dramas. I'll check it out if I have a chance.

Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 08:06 PM (3RHq/)

44 Oh, and I really liked the Aussie movie "Ned Kelly".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at February 27, 2021 08:07 PM (Dc2NZ)

45 What about the fight scene in the gas station in Its a Mad,Mad Mad World ?
Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 07:53 PM (arJlL)


A story:

The land the "gas station" occupied belonged to songwriter Jimmy Van Huesen (writer of many great Sinatra songs). One day, he was driving to the local airport, saw the set and figured his agent had rented the land. A week later, returning home, he saw the ruins of the set and frantically called his agent, thinking that the "real" gas station had blown up and he was going to be called into court to explain why he had rented the land.

And then his agent explained that it had all been a movie stunt.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 27, 2021 08:08 PM (2JVJo)

46 So, just to clarify that is NOT Steve Carell NOR is it Jeff Bezos. I have no idea who those people were and I panicked.

||Then I remember I'm a moron, and I post anyway.

Splunge, I'm worried if I tell you that was David Niven and not Christopher Plummer in "The Pink Panther", I'm going to be like all those people who thought that was Jeff Bezos in the picture.

Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 08:08 PM (3RHq/)

47 Went to theater to see Cold Blue, fantastic on big screen.

Posted by: Skip at February 27, 2021 08:09 PM (Cxk7w)

48 Plummer also played the bad guy in Dragnet.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 27, 2021 08:09 PM (CAJOC)

49 *golf clap*
Posted by: Dr. Vivi

(Bows deeply.....)

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 08:09 PM (arJlL)

50 MP4, I was driving around Oahu's North Shore years ago and saw what looked like a plane crash near Kaena Point. They were filming "Lost".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at February 27, 2021 08:09 PM (Dc2NZ)

51 I have not but I =totally= understand. The Asians love them some complicated crime dramas. I'll check it out if I have a chance.
Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 08:06 PM (3RHq/)


Amazon Prime.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at February 27, 2021 08:09 PM (yEz9I)

52 44 Oh, and I really liked the Aussie movie "Ned Kelly".
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at February 27, 2021 08:07 PM (Dc2NZ)


That's not the one with Mick Jagger, is it?

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at February 27, 2021 08:10 PM (yEz9I)

53 We talked about "Freaky" here back in...September? Early October? Last move I saw in a theater.

https://moviegique.com/2020/12/freaky/

Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 08:10 PM (3RHq/)

54 Why are you talking about Christopher Plummer?

Posted by: Angelina's Perfect Boobies at February 27, 2021 08:10 PM (5ZHS+)

55 Can barely stay awake, not even a hundred comments in

Posted by: Skip at February 27, 2021 08:10 PM (Cxk7w)

56 Yes, Rome is great. Didn't find enough audience, so the they ran out of money, which is why the second season is choppy

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 27, 2021 08:10 PM (ZHVt1)

57 46 Splunge, I'm worried if I tell you that was David Niven and not Christopher Plummer in "The Pink Panther", I'm going to be like all those people who thought that was Jeff Bezos in the picture.
Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 08:08 PM (3RHq/)


Crap. OK, maybe it wasn't the first one? I have vivid memories of Plummer and a very cute woman...oh, wait. It was the second one, wasn't it?

Posted by: Splunge at February 27, 2021 08:10 PM (RzGcW)

58 Remember is pretty incredible. I think there are people who see the plot unfolding long before it does, and I say good for them. I just watched it, and let it all happen, so when things DO happen, it's pretty stunning to watch.

All these mixed emotions.....

Posted by: BurtTC at February 27, 2021 08:10 PM (C7zIl)

59 Well, I've seen 2 movies the past 7 days that are either nominated for Golden Globe or Oscar. Nomadland and Minari (which I saw today). Both are excellent. So.. take that for what its worth.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 27, 2021 08:11 PM (nxdel)

60 I watched a Plummer film this week, the TV movie Scarlet and the Black. It was pretty good, hate to say it but Gregory Peck was the worst part in it. It's free on YouTube.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 27, 2021 08:11 PM (qH6FZ)

61 52 44 Oh, and I really liked the Aussie movie "Ned Kelly".
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at February 27, 2021 08:07 PM (Dc2NZ)

That's not the one with Mick Jagger, is it?
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at February 27, 2021 08:10 PM (yEz9I)

Nope, this one has HEath Ledger:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0277941/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at February 27, 2021 08:11 PM (Dc2NZ)

62 You forget Plummer's role in Dragnet as the leader of P.A.G.A.N.

Posted by: DB- just DB at February 27, 2021 08:11 PM (iTXRQ)

63 Ciaran Hinds does not age. He was in the Excalibur. Looks almost the same in Rome.

Posted by: runner at February 27, 2021 08:11 PM (zr5Kq)

64 ||Amazon Prime.

Canceled it. No Prime, no Netflix, no Disney+.

I'm down to Shudder and VRV.

Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 08:11 PM (3RHq/)

65 Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

I love that movie.

And the cars.......

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 08:12 PM (arJlL)

66 The guy in the pic ATE Bezos.

Posted by: klaftern at February 27, 2021 08:12 PM (RuIsu)

67 I've seen far less Plummer movies than I thought. Very good actor but I think his name exceeds his body of work.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 27, 2021 08:12 PM (2DOZq)

68 54 Because we didn't see you

Posted by: Skip at February 27, 2021 08:12 PM (Cxk7w)

69 So, just to clarify that is NOT Steve Carell NOR is it Jeff Bezos. I have no idea who those people were and I panicked.

||Then I remember I'm a moron, and I post anyway.

Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 08:08 PM (3RHq/)

Was gonna say, I think Beezors is something of a runt.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 27, 2021 08:12 PM (C7zIl)

70 Currently watching the BBC series Rome on the recommendation of several here.

What a great series. It's a drama that has a lot of humor and excellent character development. Caesar is well-played as are Mark Antony, Octavian and Pompey, but they aren't even the main characters. Constantly in trouble Legionnaire Titus Pullo and stiff upper lip Centurion Lucius Vorenus are the focus while the other characters scheme around them, frequently pulling Vorenus and Pullo into the action.

Very highly recommended. And of course I had to grab a book on Roman Warfare as well as a bio of Julius Caesar, both by Adrian Goldsworthy, to accompany my watch exoerience. Also highly rec'd.
Posted by: Sharkman at February 27, 2021 08:06 PM (0bGEp)

@Sharkman, excellent miniseries. After the first season it goes somewhat downhill, but the first season is excellent. And Polly Walker!

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 27, 2021 08:13 PM (BMmaB)

71 ok someone else mentioned it

Posted by: DB- just DB at February 27, 2021 08:13 PM (iTXRQ)

72 Can barely stay awake, not even a hundred comments in
Posted by: Skip

'Nite Skip !

See ya in the AM.

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 08:13 PM (arJlL)

73 The Silent Partner" would've been an excellent small modern noir movie even without Plummer but Plummer's performance raises it to greatness. Actually, I'd like to have seen Plummer's Hannibal Lector.

Hopkins tells a story that, after the release of Silence of the Lambs, if he happened to be in a city that was showing the movie, he would go in and sit behind someone who was sitting by themslves and, at a really intense point in the film, would tap them on the shoulder and, in his Hannibal Lecter voice, hiss, "How do you like the movie?"

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 27, 2021 08:14 PM (2JVJo)

74 ||Crap. OK, maybe it wasn't the first one? I have vivid memories of Plummer and a very cute woman...oh, wait. It was the second one, wasn't it?

Return of the Pink Panther, in 1975. The fourth in the series (and the last? second to last?).

Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 08:14 PM (3RHq/)

75 Hubby is watching the remake of Blade Runner. He loves sci fi, but I don't. He dragged me to watch Interstellar with him a few years ago and I think I ruined the experience for him because I kept asking questions. How is he alive? Is he alive? Is he a ghost? Who the hell is she? Matt Damon! Let him die, dude.

Posted by: jmel at February 27, 2021 08:15 PM (bVhJi)

76 I've seen far less Plummer movies than I thought. Very good actor but I think his name exceeds his body of work.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

Orson Wells' name didn't exceed HIS body.

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 08:15 PM (arJlL)

77 "The guy in the pic ATE Bezos."

The guy went on steroids and hired a bunch of personal trainers to get buff all for some frumpy looking middle age Hispanic woman. The guys weird.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 27, 2021 08:15 PM (qH6FZ)

78 Up way to early
Have a great night all

Posted by: Skip at February 27, 2021 08:15 PM (Cxk7w)

79 I hope he learned a lesson, jmel.

Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 08:15 PM (3RHq/)

80 natural fake -

One of Plummer's best roles is in and, to plant a flag here, the best movie of his later career is -



"The Silent Partner"

Excellent film, and one I immediately thought of when seeing MovieGique's post. Plummer was scary - even with (imo) overtones of being gay in that role.

Posted by: Dagwood at February 27, 2021 08:16 PM (K3bk4)

81 ||54 Why are you talking about Christopher Plummer?
Posted by: Angelina's Perfect Boobies at February 27, 2021 08:10 PM (5ZHS+)||

|| And Polly Walker!||

Sometimes I'm amazed we don't just sit around drooling.

Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 08:16 PM (3RHq/)

82 Hopkins tells a story that, after the release of Silence of the Lambs, if he happened to be in a city that was showing the movie, he would go in and sit behind someone who was sitting by themslves and, at a really intense point in the film, would tap them on the shoulder and, in his Hannibal Lecter voice, hiss, "How do you like the movie?"
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

LOL !

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 08:17 PM (arJlL)

83 Plummer's daughter is "Honey Bunny" in Pulp Fiction

Posted by: DB- just DB at February 27, 2021 08:17 PM (iTXRQ)

84 Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

I love that movie.

And the cars.......
Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 08:12 PM (arJlL)


My favorite comedy is Mad World.

My favorite serious movie is Sunset Boulevard.

My favorite silent might be The General, but my tastes change every now and then.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 27, 2021 08:17 PM (2JVJo)

85 Hopkins tells a story that, after the release of Silence of the Lambs, if he happened to be in a city that was showing the movie, he would go in and sit behind someone who was sitting by themslves and, at a really intense point in the film, would tap them on the shoulder and, in his Hannibal Lecter voice, hiss, "How do you like the movie?"

==

The world is so void of humor and irony these day, that if it was to happen today he would not only be fined and drummed out of the industry altogether, but quite possibly jailed for life.

Posted by: runner at February 27, 2021 08:18 PM (zr5Kq)

86 79
LOL. I think he did!

Posted by: jmel at February 27, 2021 08:18 PM (bVhJi)

87 Did jot see the eruption at the end, but looking back, it was pretty much inevitable.

That's always my reaction to tranny pron. "Wait, the lady has a penis too?!? Is this real life? What could possibly happen." But then the inevitable happens, and I'm like, yeah, that probably was the endgame all along.

I saw American Animals this week. A caper movie/documentary hybrid. Worthwhile.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 27, 2021 08:18 PM (H5knJ)

88 Same year he did "Starcrash," he did "Murder by Decree" (1979) playing a kind of tragic Sherlock Holmes.

After this movie he was in "The Tempest," "The Girl With A Dragon Tattoo" and provided a voice for "The Elder Scrolls" video game.

Man was a working actor. Gotta admire that.

Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 08:18 PM (3RHq/)

89 Nope, this one has HEath Ledger:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0277941/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at February 27, 2021 08:11 PM (Dc2NZ)


I'll have to check it out.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at February 27, 2021 08:20 PM (yEz9I)

90 Movie theaters reopened at 25% here a few days ago. We went to see the Tom and Jerry movie last night.

It was produced as a Warner Bros production with animation superimposed on live action.

Minimal woke crap. Quite a few Easter eggs to back in the day characters and situations, not all Warner Bros either. Overall rather an homage to Roadrunner and the Coyote.

The bad guy was Hispanic believe it or not The heroine was perfectly circumspect but has kind of a freak in the sack vibe. Or maybe that's just my projection...

Perfectly suitable for kids with just the usual sort of fall off the building splat cartoon violence.

I enjoyed it stone cold sober so I guess that's an endorsement. The theater is brand new it had been open for just a few days before Governor Inbred shut the state down. Our recliners were comfy the big screen and sound system pretty amazing.

The kids were overjoyed. It made for a pleasant evening.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at February 27, 2021 08:21 PM (CPI5W)

91 >>An excellent movie. Bander would be the one to comment, but from what I understand, Ganz studied a great deal to get Hitler's Austrian / Bavarian accent just right.

I have never seen Downfall, but have enjoyed Ganz in "Bread and Tulips" and "Vitus" - in both he plays a quiet, gentle character. From the mem clip, looks like he is just as comfortable playing the monster Hitler.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 27, 2021 08:21 PM (bDqIh)

92
"The Silent Partner"

Excellent film, and one I immediately thought of when seeing MovieGique's post. Plummer was scary - even with (imo) overtones of being gay in that role.
Posted by: Dagwood at February 27, 2021 08:16 PM (K3bk4)


Yeah, I agree. I think that's Plummer building a backstory into his character, not something in the script. That and the other things he does is why his psycho feels like a very scary real person not a simple movie construct.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 27, 2021 08:21 PM (dWwl8)

93 Plummer's greatest role was as the hammily Shakespearean Klingon General Chang. "Cry havoc, and let slip the Dogs of War!"
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes


He had NAILS holding his eyepatch on his bad eye.

NAILS.

The Klingons were always such biker-drama bad boyz.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative ....Living on the prison planet at February 27, 2021 08:23 PM (tjZg/)

94 ESKIMO

Posted by: REDACTED at February 27, 2021 08:23 PM (6iURM)

95 Hopkins tells a story that, after the release of Silence of the Lambs, if he happened to be in a city that was showing the movie, he would go in and sit behind someone who was sitting by themslves and, at a really intense point in the film, would tap them on the shoulder and, in his Hannibal Lecter voice, hiss, "How do you like the movie?"

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 27, 2021 08:14 PM (2JVJo)


In an interview with Dick Cavett, James Earl Jones confessed to being on a cross-country road trip and using his Darth Vader voice over CB radio. He felt bad about it, but I thought, no way, hearing it would be fookin' awesome.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at February 27, 2021 08:23 PM (yEz9I)

96 Plummer played a George Soros type figure in Inside Man.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 27, 2021 08:23 PM (H5knJ)

97 Plummer was a good lookin guy.
Posted by: Dr. Vivi


I think he was ghey.

No really, I think he was.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative ....Living on the prison planet at February 27, 2021 08:24 PM (tjZg/)

98 Plummer's daughter is "Honey Bunny" in Pulp Fiction
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 27, 2021 08:17 PM (iTXRQ)

Whenever she's in a movie, she usually plays the heroin.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 27, 2021 08:25 PM (C7zIl)

99 My favorite silent might be The General, but my tastes change every now and then.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 27, 2021 08:17 PM (2JVJo)


My views on silents change occasionally, but I think it's hard to beat Chaplain's "Gold Rush".

After seeing that movie, I understood why he was considered a comic genius.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 27, 2021 08:25 PM (dWwl8)

100 Test

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 27, 2021 08:25 PM (TdMsT)

101 The Silent Partner" would've been an excellent small modern noir movie even without Plummer but Plummer's performance raises it to greatness. Actually, I'd like to have seen Plummer's Hannibal Lector.

Check it out.
Available for streaming on Prime and buying on blu-ray.
Posted by: naturalfake


Yeah, he was kind of terrifying at times in it. The end had a nice twist, as the character played by Elliot Gould got one up on him.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative ....Living on the prison planet at February 27, 2021 08:26 PM (tjZg/)

102 >>. . . think I ruined the experience for him because I kept asking questions. How is he alive? Is he alive? Is he a ghost? Who the hell is she? Matt Damon! Let him die, dude.


Heh, yes. Also - how much did you want to strangle Jessica Chastain's character?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 27, 2021 08:26 PM (bDqIh)

103 "The General" sometimes takes my place for "best movie ever", tbh.

But "Gold Rush" is great and "City Lights". "Modern Times" seems like it's trying too hard to say something.

Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 08:26 PM (3RHq/)

104 My favorite comedy is Mad World.

My favorite serious movie is Sunset Boulevard.

My favorite silent might be The General, but my tastes change every now and then.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

So many flicks, its hard to have ONE fave.

William Holden was a fave actor of mine.

Last week I saw The Revengers.....what a HOT TURD that was !

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 08:27 PM (arJlL)

105 ESKIMO
Posted by: REDACTED

PIE !

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 08:29 PM (arJlL)

106 Test
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist

Hiya !

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 08:29 PM (arJlL)

107 OT, but here's a spittle-flecked rant by Razorfist on metal man Jon Schaffer of Iced Earth being busted by the FBI for participating in the Jan 6th fracas.

I praise it for the swears, and for calling Angela Merkel "Adolf Clitler".

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

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at February 27, 2021 08:30 PM (Dc2NZ)

108 103 "The General" sometimes takes my place for "best movie ever", tbh.


don't make me come back there

Posted by: Caddyshack at February 27, 2021 08:30 PM (6iURM)

109 William Holden was a fave actor of mine.

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The guy knew how to party!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 27, 2021 08:31 PM (VVEnO)

110 I'm not particularly a Humphrey Bogart fan boy but he just happens to be in 5 of my top ten movies. I guess I must subconsciously like him or he just picks great roles.

Casablanca
Sahara
Key Largo
Caine Mutiny
African Queen

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 27, 2021 08:31 PM (2DOZq)

111 "The General" sometimes takes my place for "best movie ever", tbh.

But "Gold Rush" is great and "City Lights". "Modern Times" seems like it's trying too hard to say something.
Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 08:26 PM (3RHq/)

Other than the comedy greats, when I think of silents, the first that comes to mind is the Murnau gem, "Sunrise."

It sneaks up on you.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 27, 2021 08:31 PM (C7zIl)

112 Murder By Decree was directed by Bob Clark, the guy that gave us Porky's and Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at February 27, 2021 08:32 PM (3DZIZ)

113 Hopkins tells a story that, after the release of Silence of the Lambs, if he happened to be in a city that was showing the movie, he would go in and sit behind someone who was sitting by themslves and, at a really intense point in the film, would tap them on the shoulder and, in his Hannibal Lecter voice, hiss, "How do you like the movie?"

==

The world is so void of humor and irony these day, that if it was to happen today he would not only be fined and drummed out of the industry altogether, but quite possibly jailed for life.
Posted by: runner

Hopkins was on Craig Ferguson's talk show a while back (before Ferguson lost his show, which was a shame, because he was genuinely funny), Anthony Hopkins was on. The two of them were hilarious, and Hopkins was extremely self-deprecating and funny. Really came across as a very charming guy.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative ....Living on the prison planet at February 27, 2021 08:33 PM (tjZg/)

114 My views on silents change occasionally, but I think it's hard to beat Chaplain's "Gold Rush".

Ugh. I do not like that movie. Frankly, I don't like Chaplin much at all, except for his Keystone and Esanay shorts.

The only full-length Chaplin I like is City Lights.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 27, 2021 08:33 PM (2JVJo)

115 I always confuse Christopher Plummer and the guy who played Dracula.
But I've been drinking.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 27, 2021 08:33 PM (lgiXo)

116 112 Murder By Decree was directed by Bob Clark, the guy that gave us Porky's and Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at February 27, 2021 08:32 PM (3DZIZ)

The Porky's Trilogy

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 27, 2021 08:33 PM (49Dnm)

117 Speaking of William Holden , The Devils Brigade was like Full Metal Jacket. Two movie in one.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 27, 2021 08:33 PM (2DOZq)

118 >>> 100 Test
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 27, 2021 08:25 PM (TdMsT)

*holds up card*

4.4

Posted by: East German Judge at February 27, 2021 08:34 PM (TK8Ry)

119 But "Gold Rush" is great and "City Lights". "Modern Times" seems like it's trying too hard to say something.
Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 08:26 PM (3RHq/)


Yup. Lecturing Charlie Chaplain is the worst Charlie Chaplain.

It really ruined his later movies.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 27, 2021 08:35 PM (dWwl8)

120 Hopkins was on Craig Ferguson's talk show a while back (before Ferguson lost his show, which was a shame, because he was genuinely funny),

AMEN !

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 08:35 PM (arJlL)

121 Ugh. I do not like that movie. Frankly, I don't like Chaplin much at all, except for his Keystone and Esanay shorts.

The only full-length Chaplin I like is City Lights.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 27, 2021 08:33 PM (2JVJo)

Far be it for me to judge, but saying one doesn't like Chaplin is sorta like saying you don't like air.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 27, 2021 08:35 PM (C7zIl)

122 Wind Across the Everglades is pretty good--a very young Christopher Plummer as a game warden trying to round up a poacher played by Burl Ives.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at February 27, 2021 08:36 PM (3DZIZ)

123 I'm not particularly a Humphrey Bogart fan boy but he just happens to be in 5 of my top ten movies. I guess I must subconsciously like him or he just picks great roles.

Casablanca
Sahara
Key Largo
Caine Mutiny
African Queen
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 27, 2021 08:31 PM (2DOZq)


Have you not seen The Maltese Falcon?

And Bogie is a great "co-star' in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 27, 2021 08:36 PM (2JVJo)

124 Devil Doll is on me tv. Evil ventriloquist dummy runs amok!

Posted by: JuJuBee at February 27, 2021 08:36 PM (+Et7s)

125 109 William Holden was a fave actor of mine.

The guy knew how to party!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

He was terrific in "Picnic".

Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2021 08:36 PM (Rvt88)

126 I always confuse Christopher Plummer and the guy who played Dracula.
But I've been drinking.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy

Grab an accordion !

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 08:36 PM (arJlL)

127 I liked Bogart in movies like Conflict and the two Mrs. Carrolls

great at playing the talented crazy killer

Posted by: REDACTED at February 27, 2021 08:37 PM (6iURM)

128 If you like air why would you move to Mars.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 27, 2021 08:37 PM (63Dwl)

129 Plummer wasn't gay. Married 3 times. He was married to wife #3 for 51 years.

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 27, 2021 08:37 PM (VTXt/)

130 115 I always confuse Christopher Plummer and the guy who played Dracula.
But I've been drinking.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 27, 2021 08:33 PM (lgiXo)
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Leslie Nielsen?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at February 27, 2021 08:37 PM (Dc2NZ)

131 ||Other than the comedy greats, when I think of silents, the first that comes to mind is the Murnau gem, "Sunrise."
====
That's in my queue. I'll bump it.

||Murder By Decree was directed by Bob Clark, the guy that gave us Porky's and Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things.
===
And "Porky's," "A Christmas Story,"...uh "Turk 182"?...and..."Black Christmas"? To say nothing of "Baby Geniuses".

Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 08:37 PM (3RHq/)

132 Hopkins was on Craig Ferguson's talk show a while back (before Ferguson lost his show, which was a shame, because he was genuinely funny), Anthony Hopkins was on. The two of them were hilarious, and Hopkins was extremely self-deprecating and funny. Really came across as a very charming guy.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative ....Living on the prison planet at February 27, 2021 08:33 PM (tjZg/

Funny and self-deprecating are very English traits. Also, you need to have a sense of humor to create the kind of Hannibal Lecter he did.

Posted by: runner at February 27, 2021 08:38 PM (zr5Kq)

133 He was terrific in "Picnic".
Posted by: Tonypete

As well as The Wild Bunch.

"We want Angel"

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 08:38 PM (arJlL)

134 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 27, 2021 08:36 PM (2JVJo)

Yes the Maltese Falcon was very good but not in my top ten all time favorite movies.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 27, 2021 08:38 PM (2DOZq)

135 Yup. Lecturing Charlie Chaplain is the worst Charlie Chaplain.

It really ruined his later movies.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 27, 2021 08:35 PM (dWwl

And then there's "The Great Dictator," which sits up there with "To Be or Not To Be" as great comedy that also happens to be important cinema.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 27, 2021 08:38 PM (C7zIl)

136 Far be it for me to judge, but saying one doesn't like Chaplin is sorta like saying you don't like air.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 27, 2021 08:35 PM (C7zIl)
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He can be a tad schmaltzy.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at February 27, 2021 08:38 PM (Dc2NZ)

137 Plummer wasn't gay. Married 3 times. He was married to wife #3 for 51 years.
Posted by: Puddleglum


Wow. She was a GREAT beard!

Sorry, but I was thinking that some recent old actor came out as ghey at the end of his career.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative ....Living on the prison planet at February 27, 2021 08:39 PM (tjZg/)

138 Speaking of silents, I'd like to see "The Man Who Laughs".

Not cuz of the Joker connection.

It seems to be the kind of melodrama I can get into(which is rare) but also one that could only hold up as a silent film.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 27, 2021 08:39 PM (dWwl8)

139 Speaking of Great Actors! *Jon Lovitz voice*

I watched "Strange Brew" last night, because I got a new copy what wasn't damaged.

Max von Sydow was friggin' awesome as the Brewmeister. And I really think he liked doing that role.

Well, that, or he just liked money.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 08:39 PM (x8Wzq)

140 Royal Hunt of the Sun, a Plummer vs Robert Shaw scenery chewing contest. Shaw plays Pizzaro and Plummer is Atahualpa. Strange but good.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at February 27, 2021 08:39 PM (3DZIZ)

141 Moviegique, we just finished watching Patterns (1956), a Rod Serling film, minutes ago. Excellent writing, and a very good prequel of sorts to The Twilight Zone, in how it sets up suspense and psychological drama. Its on the YouTube. We thought it was a Twilight Zone episode until we looked at the clock, actually, since it was on someone's TZ channel, and the writing made it hard to tell otherwise.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist (bofa/deez) at February 27, 2021 08:40 PM (OssQ4)

142 Christopher Plummer as a game warden trying to round up a poacher played by Burl Ives.

-
He couldn't out run Burl Ives?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 27, 2021 08:40 PM (VVEnO)

143 ||115 I always confuse Christopher Plummer and the guy who played Dracula.
But I've been drinking.

I never got him mixed up with Christopher Lee but sometimes I mixed him up with Peter Cushing. But Plummer didn't really hang with the Lee/Cushing/Price/Carradine crowd.

Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 08:40 PM (3RHq/)

144 Christopher Plummer as a game warden trying to round up a poacher played by Burl Ives.

-
He couldn't out run Burl Ives?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler

Shoulda cast Orson Wells.

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 08:41 PM (arJlL)

145 Far be it for me to judge, but saying one doesn't like Chaplin is sorta like saying you don't like air.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 27, 2021 08:35 PM (C7zIl)

love Chaplin's shorts. The truncated time made him condense his ideas into a perfect 10-20 minute entertainment (I think One A.M. is one of his finest films). When he was given unlimited time and money, he indulged himself to his detriment (Monsieurr Ledoux, The Great Dictator, The Gold Rush and so on).

I would much rather watch a Keaton, Arbuckle or Laurel short than a full-length Chaplin.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 27, 2021 08:41 PM (2JVJo)

146 Christopher Plummer as a game warden trying to round up a poacher played by Burl Ives.

-
He couldn't out run Burl Ives?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 27, 2021 08:40 PM (VVEnO)

How the hell can't anyone outrun a snowman?!!!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 08:41 PM (x8Wzq)

147 He couldn't out run Burl Ives?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler

Burl was singing "Holly Jolly Christmas" ala Big Daddy. Plummer was laughing so hard he gave up the chase.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2021 08:42 PM (Rvt88)

148 ||Other than the comedy greats, when I think of silents, the first that comes to mind is the Murnau gem, "Sunrise."
====
That's in my queue. I'll bump it.
Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 08:37 PM (3RHq/)

I don't mean to get all artsy fartsy (that's your job!), and I won't disclose anything here, other than to say you really get the full experience of watching someone make a film where the expressions on people's faces speak volumes. I don't know enough to know how innovative it was, so let us know what you think after you see it.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 27, 2021 08:42 PM (C7zIl)

149 Where did the nonsense go?


===

*this can be a nice start to a ballad...

Posted by: runner at February 27, 2021 08:42 PM (zr5Kq)

150 139 Plummer wasn't gay. Married 3 times. He was married to wife #3 for 51 years.
Posted by: Puddleglum


notice the gay gossips never claim the Fatty Arbuckles

Posted by: REDACTED at February 27, 2021 08:42 PM (6iURM)

Posted by: runner at February 27, 2021 08:42 PM (zr5Kq)

152 me no do italics. *points up*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 08:43 PM (x8Wzq)

153 oh shit, it's the Italians

Posted by: REDACTED at February 27, 2021 08:43 PM (6iURM)

154 I guess I was confused because Plummer's role in "The Beginner" was about him coming out as ghey at the end of his life.

See what a convincing performance it was?

Posted by: Bozo Conservative ....Living on the prison planet at February 27, 2021 08:43 PM (tjZg/)

155 He was married to wife #3 for 51 years.
Posted by: Puddleglum

They say the first 51 years are the hardest. I hope that's true. Give me something to look forward to.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 27, 2021 08:43 PM (VVEnO)

156 Where did the nonsense go?


===

*this can be a nice start to a ballad...
Posted by: runner at February 27, 2021 08:42 PM (zr5Kq)

*tunes guitar to Celtic D*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 08:44 PM (x8Wzq)

157 Far be it for me to judge, but saying one doesn't like Chaplin is sorta like saying you don't like air.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 27, 2021 08:35 PM (C7zIl)

He can be a tad schmaltzy.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at February 27, 2021 08:38 PM (Dc2NZ)

I love a good butterscotch schmaltz.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 27, 2021 08:44 PM (C7zIl)

158 ||Moviegique, we just finished watching Patterns (1956), a Rod Serling film, minutes ago.

Ooh, thanks Taqiy! It's on YouTube and I snagged it.

Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 08:44 PM (3RHq/)

159 He couldn't out run Burl Ives?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler

Shoulda cast Orson Wells.
Posted by: JT

Nope.

Paul Masson had Welles under contract (and the table).

Posted by: Miklos, before his time at February 27, 2021 08:45 PM (QzkSJ)

160
Christopher Plummer as a game warden trying to round up a poacher played by Burl Ives.

-
He couldn't out run Burl Ives?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler


Burl had henchmen who would catch you and tie you to a poisonous tree.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 27, 2021 08:45 PM (63Dwl)

161 Oh sweet baby jesus, where did all the old crazy commenters go?
Posted by: Blinkin

Isn't that pretty much everyone here?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2021 08:45 PM (Rvt88)

162 102
Jessica Chastain is a good example of an actress being forced on audiences. Hollywood says, You will like her, dammit! Nah, kind of like Julia Ormond in the 90s. Do not want. Do not like.

Posted by: jmel at February 27, 2021 08:45 PM (bVhJi)

163 Not watching a movie tonight. Been watching "The IT Crowd."

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 08:46 PM (x8Wzq)

164 Christopher Lee. Talk about finding a niche and sticking to it.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 27, 2021 08:46 PM (2DOZq)

165 Moviegique, you'll like it if you liked Twilight Zone. Excellent acting by all, too.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist (bofa/deez) at February 27, 2021 08:46 PM (OssQ4)

166 Speaking of silents, I'd like to see "The Man Who Laughs".

The 1928 one with Conrad Veidt (later famous as Major Strasser in Casablanca). Well worth watching, IMO.

Veidt's makeup was later credited as an inspiration for the clown prince of crime, The Joker:

https://tinyurl.com/fvdym258

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 27, 2021 08:46 PM (2JVJo)

167 We're friends with a deaf couple. Years ago we started watching movies together. We've slowly begun occasionally watching silent movies together. It's uniquely fun.

Posted by: Dr. Professor Neal Degreasse Tyson Esquire the Third at February 27, 2021 08:47 PM (nMXLX)

168 Paul Masson had Welles under contract (and the table).
Posted by: Miklos, before his time at February 27, 2021 08:45 PM (QzkSJ)

so, itz Orson who is gay

stinking badges

Posted by: Gold Hat at February 27, 2021 08:47 PM (6iURM)

169 Jessica Chastain is a good example of an actress being forced on audiences.
Posted by: jmel

Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012.

I'm still like - Who?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2021 08:47 PM (Rvt88)

170 134 Funny and self-deprecating are very English traits. Also, you need to have a sense of humor to create the kind of Hannibal Lecter he did.
Posted by: runner at February 27, 2021 08:38 PM (zr5Kq)


What's most amazing about Hannibal Lecter is that Anthony Hopkins was able to make such an iconic character out of only a few minutes of screen time in the original film.

He sounds like a pretty decent guy, too.

Posted by: CppThis at February 27, 2021 08:48 PM (zcf1k)

171 Jessica Chastain is the worst part of an otherwise excellent movie, Interstellar.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 08:49 PM (x8Wzq)

172 And the other day I ran across this clip starring both Sgt. Schultzes.

https://tinyurl.com/z9cep6uu

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at February 27, 2021 08:49 PM (3DZIZ)

173 Hiya JT!!!

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 27, 2021 08:49 PM (TdMsT)

174 ||I don't know enough to know how innovative it was, so let us know what you think after you see it.||

Will do! This is also on Youtube for interested parties.

Should I do a silent-movie topic next time?

Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 08:50 PM (3RHq/)

175 addendum: the girl who played Young Murph in Interstlellar was far more lively and likeable than *waves paw* her.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 08:51 PM (x8Wzq)

176 >Should I do a silent-movie topic next time?
Posted by: moviegique



no one would hear it

Posted by: DB- just DB at February 27, 2021 08:51 PM (iTXRQ)

177 Hey everybody! Hey Movie Thread! Hey Moviegique!

For years I thought Christopher Plummer played the mean Dean Wormer in Animal House. Turned out that was another actor, John Vernon. I'd bet Plummer was at least considered for the part though.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 08:51 PM (L2ZTs)

178 Jessica Chastain is a good example of an actress being forced on audiences. Hollywood says, You will like her, dammit! Nah, kind of like Julia Ormond in the 90s. Do not want. Do not like.
Posted by: jmel at February 27, 2021 08:45 PM (bVhJi)

Right around the time she was creating a buzz for something she said, I got a blu ray in the mail. I hadn't ordered it, but it had my name on the package. It was some movie she was in, some sort of "important" drama about something or other. I put it in a pile of movies to donate to Goodwill without even removing the plastic.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 27, 2021 08:51 PM (C7zIl)

179 An older actor that we've not discussed much is Glenn Ford. I just watched Gilda for the first time this past month. Rita Hayworth's smoking hot red headness even comes out in black and white.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 27, 2021 08:51 PM (2DOZq)

180 Oh sweet baby jesus, where did all the old crazy commenters go?
Posted by: Blinkin



Okay. Fiiiiiiiiiiiine.

Jenny Agutter had the finest tits of any major movie star bar none.

And she showed them frequently,

Susan George and Susanna York's were also very nice limey boobs.

There. My work here is done.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 27, 2021 08:52 PM (dWwl8)

181 >>Jessica Chastain is a good example of an actress being forced on audiences.


Yes. And her character is a jerk. When she sets her brother's crops on fire to get them to evacuate, grrrr!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 27, 2021 08:52 PM (bDqIh)

182 Hopkins was on Craig Ferguson's talk show a while back (before Ferguson lost his show, which was a shame, because he was genuinely funny), Anthony Hopkins was on. The two of them were hilarious, and Hopkins was extremely self-deprecating and funny. Really came across as a very charming guy.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative ....Living on the prison planet

I'll check it out.

Check out Jay Leno's 3 appearances on Ferguson's show.

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 08:52 PM (arJlL)

183 170
Judi Dench won an Oscar for portraying Elizabeth I for only eight minutes of screen time in Shakespeare in Love. Of course, it could have been an apology for robbing her of the statue for Mrs. Brown

Posted by: jmel at February 27, 2021 08:52 PM (bVhJi)

184 saw a little of Urban Cowboy and then watched Hud

one got TX right and the other was a joke

Posted by: REDACTED at February 27, 2021 08:52 PM (6iURM)

185 Emmett Walsh? Not that mother scratcher.

Posted by: Grail Knight at February 27, 2021 08:53 PM (ybIRR)

186 Christoph Walz also reminds me quite a bit of Plummer. I bet they could have played father and son in a Nazi drama. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 08:53 PM (L2ZTs)

187 I thought it was funny how they pushed Jessica Chastain in everything then noticed how a pale redhead was in everything I thought that's what people wanted and started putting Ron Howard's daughter in everything.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 27, 2021 08:53 PM (qH6FZ)

188 Should I do a silent-movie topic next time?
Posted by: moviegique

NO !

Can you hear me ?

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 08:54 PM (arJlL)

189 Rita Hayworth's smoking hot red headness even comes out in black and white.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

I did not know until rather recently Hayworth considered herself primarily a dancer - then an actress.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2021 08:54 PM (Rvt88)

190 Should I do a silent-movie topic next time?
Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 08:50 PM (3RHq/)


Please do. I adore silents.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 27, 2021 08:54 PM (2JVJo)

191 Should I do a silent-movie topic next time?
Posted by: moviegique
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no one would hear it
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 27, 2021 08:51 PM (iTXRQ)

Eh.... *rimshot?*

Posted by: BurtTC at February 27, 2021 08:54 PM (C7zIl)

192 Glenn Ford could sweat on command.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at February 27, 2021 08:54 PM (3DZIZ)

193 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is one of my favorite movies and a very underappreciated gem.

Someone mentioned Robert Shaw. It's a damn shame that 99% of the population remembers him only as Quint from Jaws. He was an excellent actor with many, many memorable roles.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 27, 2021 08:55 PM (4rS50)

194 >> It was some movie she was in, some sort of "important" drama about something or other.


Probaby that one where she's a badass WOMAN lobbyist (FEMINSM!!) who does absolutely psycho stuff, but they play it as just super committed to outlawing guns so it's all cool.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 27, 2021 08:55 PM (bDqIh)

195 Bozo and JT, Ferguson didn't really lose The Late Late Show. He quit after CBS gave The Late Show to (spit) Colbert right out from under him.

I personally hope Craig gave their brass a nice double finger on the way out the door too.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 08:55 PM (L2ZTs)

196 Judi Dench won an Oscar for portraying Elizabeth I for only eight minutes of screen time in Shakespeare in Love. Of course, it could have been an apology for robbing her of the statue for Mrs. Brown
Posted by: jmel at February 27, 2021 08:52 PM (bVhJi)

pfffft

Posted by: Beatrice Straight at February 27, 2021 08:55 PM (6iURM)

197 Susan George and Susanna York's were also very nice limey boobs.

What about cantelope boobs ? Or watermelon boobs ?

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 08:56 PM (arJlL)

198 What's most amazing about Hannibal Lecter is that Anthony Hopkins was able to make such an iconic character out of only a few minutes of screen time in the original film.

He sounds like a pretty decent guy, too.
Posted by: CppThis at February 27, 2021 08:48 PM (zcf1k)

Bet the slurping sound he made after his legendary ".. fava beans and a nice Chianti" is not in the script.

Posted by: runner at February 27, 2021 08:56 PM (zr5Kq)

199 An older actor that we've not discussed much is Glenn Ford. I just watched Gilda for the first time this past month. Rita Hayworth's smoking hot red headness even comes out in black and white.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 27, 2021 08:51 PM (2DOZq)


Hayworth once said, "Men go to bed with Gilda, but they wake up with me."

Like many, many actresses, a very unhappy woman.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 27, 2021 08:56 PM (2JVJo)

200 Should I do a silent-movie topic next time?
Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 08:50 PM (3RHq/)


Yes, please.

Posted by: runner at February 27, 2021 08:57 PM (zr5Kq)

201 Michael Fassbender reminds me of Plummer.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at February 27, 2021 08:57 PM (3DZIZ)

202 I thought it was funny how they pushed Jessica Chastain in everything then noticed how a pale redhead was in everything I thought that's what people wanted and started putting Ron Howard's daughter in everything.
Posted by: lowandslow at February 27, 2021 08:53 PM (qH6FZ)

Yeah, but I don't care that the girl has no talent at all, I'd just put Bryce Dallas in alternating loose fitting and tight fitting outfits and watch her all day long, never going to work, never getting any sleep.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 27, 2021 08:57 PM (C7zIl)

203 lowandslow, Jessica Chastain is actually pretty good in The Tree Of Life. Her role, like most everyone else's, is almost entirely non-verbal.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 08:57 PM (L2ZTs)

204 Should I do a silent-movie topic next time?
Posted by: moviegique
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Yes!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at February 27, 2021 08:57 PM (Dc2NZ)

205 John Vernon was transcendent in Chained Heat.

Posted by: Grail Knight at February 27, 2021 08:57 PM (ybIRR)

206 Hayworth once said, "Men go to bed with Gilda, but they wake up with me."

Like many, many actresses, a very unhappy woman.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

As I understand it, her father molested her as a child. Lots of demons tearing at her - poor thing.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2021 08:58 PM (Rvt88)

207 Grail, I could be wrong but believe John Vernon was great at playing pitiless asshole authoritarian types.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 08:58 PM (L2ZTs)

208 I watched 'I Married a Witch' tonight.
I did not remember it being so...dumb.

Veronica Lake looks so good it should be a crime. The movie starts off really stupid but it sorta grows on you. I did laugh a time or two.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 27, 2021 08:58 PM (uxJPn)

209 It was some movie she was in, some sort of "important" drama about something or other.
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Probaby that one where she's a badass WOMAN lobbyist (FEMINSM!!) who does absolutely psycho stuff, but they play it as just super committed to outlawing guns so it's all cool.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 27, 2021 08:55 PM (bDqIh)

Yes, I think that's the one. Yeesh, could you just send me the film of my last colonoscopy? I'd rather watch that.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 27, 2021 08:59 PM (C7zIl)

210 Should I do a silent-movie topic next time?
Posted by: moviegique
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Yes!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread)

Oh, all right !

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 08:59 PM (arJlL)

211 Rachel Ward (hubba hubba): "I could be your Reinemachefrau."

Carl Reiner: "Ja! My Rrrrrrreinemachefrau!!"

Steve Martin: "???"

Carl Reiner: She would be my 'cleaning woman!"

Steve Martin: *goes berserk, saves the day*

Posted by: Sharkman at February 27, 2021 09:00 PM (4rS50)

212 Yes, I think that's the one. Yeesh, could you just send me the film of my last colonoscopy? I'd rather watch that.
Posted by: BurtTC

It's been done.
-- Katie Couric

Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2021 09:00 PM (Rvt88)

213 saw a little of Urban Cowboy and then watched Hud

one got TX right and the other was a joke
Posted by: REDACTED at February 27, 2021 08:52 PM (6iURM)

I grew up in a refinery town in the Houston area, actually went to Gilley's a number of times in my misspent youth. I don't know who his voice coach was, but John Travolta's accent was perfect. So many times Hollywood gets it wrong, but he clearly worked to get it right.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 27, 2021 09:01 PM (BMmaB)

214 I watched Gilda recently. What the heck is he movies about I cannot tell you, but Hayworth's 2 numbers at the end are good. Singing dubbed, though.

Posted by: runner at February 27, 2021 09:01 PM (zr5Kq)

215 Mark, it's sad how Veronica Lake ended up (basically impoverished and an alcoholic, I believe).

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:01 PM (L2ZTs)

216 Michael Fassbender is smoking hot. He also played Magneto in the re-vamped X-men series. Ian McKellan also played Magneto in the older X-men movies. Both men have also played Macbeth. Did I mention that Fassbender is smoking hot?

Posted by: jmel at February 27, 2021 09:01 PM (bVhJi)

217 ||An older actor that we've not discussed much is Glenn Ford. I just watched Gilda for the first time this past month. Rita Hayworth's smoking hot red headness even comes out in black and white.

Oh, Rita. My heart still breaks for you.

There is something about the tragedy behind so many of these beauties that seems especially tragic. Carole Landis. Gene Tierney. Veronica Lake.

My best friend came close to marrying Hayworth's granddaughter, and poor Margarita was offer her rocker by that time.

Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 09:01 PM (3RHq/)

218 193 Someone mentioned Robert Shaw. It's a damn shame that 99% of the population remembers him only as Quint from Jaws. He was an excellent actor with many, many memorable roles.
Posted by: Sharkman at February 27, 2021 08:55 PM (4rS50)


He was fantastic in the original Taking of Pelham 1-2-3

Posted by: Splunge at February 27, 2021 09:02 PM (RzGcW)

219 Grail, I could be wrong but believe John Vernon was great at playing pitiless asshole authoritarian types.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 08:58 PM (L2ZTs)

The Outlaw Josey Wales.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 27, 2021 09:03 PM (BMmaB)

220 Splunge, yup.
A great bonus in the original Pelham: Jerry Stiller in a semi-comedic role.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:03 PM (L2ZTs)

221 *is the movie about...

Posted by: runner at February 27, 2021 09:03 PM (zr5Kq)

222 I've always liked Fassbender. He was in Band of Brothers, and Inglourious Basterds. German father, Irish mother.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 09:03 PM (x8Wzq)

223 213 saw a little of Urban Cowboy and then watched Hud

one got TX right and the other was a joke
Posted by: REDACTED at February 27, 2021 08:52 PM (6iURM)

I grew up in a refinery town in the Houston area, actually went to Gilley's a number of times in my misspent youth. I don't know who his voice coach was, but John Travolta's accent was perfect. So many times Hollywood gets it wrong, but he clearly worked to get it right.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 27, 2021 09:01 PM (BMmaB)

I'm not sure which one he was talking about because both were fairly accurate to me.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 27, 2021 09:04 PM (2DOZq)

224 Splunge, yup.
A great bonus in the original Pelham: Jerry Stiller in a semi-comedic role.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:03 PM (L2ZTs)

Original > remake.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 27, 2021 09:04 PM (BMmaB)

225 John Vernon was excellent in the Outlaw Josie Wales.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 09:04 PM (x8Wzq)

226 >>Michael Fassbender reminds me of Plummer.

Indeed! They're both just a little scary.
Was I the only one who thought Plummer was scary in Sound of Music? Not horror or anything so dramatic, just a 'really, do NOT piss this guy off, you do not want to see him angry' vibe.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 27, 2021 09:04 PM (bDqIh)

227 Steve Martin turned himself into an actual dramatic actor with real chops.

But man, his first few movies like The Jerk and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid and The Man With Two Brains ("You cooked her nines!!") are so incredibly dumb but they are comedy genius.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 27, 2021 09:04 PM (4rS50)

228 I grew up in a refinery town in the Houston area, actually went to Gilley's a number of times in my misspent youth. I don't know who his voice coach was, but John Travolta's accent was perfect. So many times Hollywood gets it wrong, but he clearly worked to get it right.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 27, 2021 09:01 PM (BMmaB)

I was thinking the opposite

of course I don't have much of a TX accent

just grew up there

Posted by: Beatrice Straight at February 27, 2021 09:05 PM (6iURM)

229 Mark, it's sad how Veronica Lake ended up (basically impoverished and an alcoholic, I believe).
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:01 PM (L2ZTs)

Yep, too many of those screen legends died early or badly. I don't know if it was just booze that killed her or having her fame yanked away at age 26.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 27, 2021 09:05 PM (uxJPn)

230 I'm not sure which one he was talking about because both were fairly accurate to me.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 27, 2021 09:04 PM (2DOZq)

Good point. Seriously, I grew up in the Urban Cowboy world, and the setting was about as authentic as a fictional movie could get.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 27, 2021 09:05 PM (BMmaB)

231 sorry, had my beatrice sock on

Posted by: REDACTED at February 27, 2021 09:06 PM (6iURM)

232 of course I don't have much of a TX accent

just grew up there
Posted by: Beatrice Straight at February 27, 2021 09:05 PM (6iURM)

Travolta could have been one of the guys I hung out with.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 27, 2021 09:06 PM (BMmaB)

233 Michael Fassbender is smoking hot. He also played Magneto in the re-vamped X-men series. Ian McKellan also played Magneto in the older X-men movies. Both men have also played Macbeth. Did I mention that Fassbender is smoking hot?
Posted by: jmel at February 27, 2021 09:01 PM (bVhJi)

Ewww... but he's a guy!

All I really know about the new X-men movies is the meme lords taking the scene where Mystique changes herself to other people, and Magneto eventually says "perfection" when she turns back into the blue thing.

The meme guys put... eh... others in there at the end.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 27, 2021 09:06 PM (C7zIl)

234 Should I do a silent-movie topic next time?
Posted by: moviegique


Need a good piano player

Posted by: Miklos, with a Buster Keaton straight face at February 27, 2021 09:08 PM (QzkSJ)

235 Rita Hayworth's smoking hot red headness even comes out in black and white.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

I did not know until rather recently Hayworth considered herself primarily a dancer - then an actress.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2021 08:54 PM (Rvt8

She was Fred Astaire's favorite partner.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 27, 2021 09:08 PM (uxJPn)

236 Fun fact about Gilley's: If you didn't put your windshield wipers up, you got a bumper sticker put on your car or truck while it was parked there.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 27, 2021 09:08 PM (BMmaB)

237 Yep, too many of those screen legends died early or badly. I don't know if it was just booze that killed her or having her fame yanked away at age 26.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

iirc, Lake was diagnosed as schizophrenic as a child and got into acting as therapy. Had a unyielding stage mother. Was sick of the Hollywood grind and just up and quit. Left town for good and then started drinking hard to deal with the schizophrenia.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2021 09:09 PM (Rvt88)

238 219 Grail, I could be wrong but believe John Vernon was great at playing pitiless asshole authoritarian types.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 08:58 PM (L2ZTs)

The Outlaw Josey Wales.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon



Yep. He was fantastic in that. Great movie. In my top 5.

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 27, 2021 09:09 PM (VTXt/)

239 it's sad how Veronica Lake ended up (basically impoverished and an alcoholic, I believe).
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:01 PM (L2ZTs)

Yep, too many of those screen legends died early or badly. I don't know if it was just booze that killed her or having her fame yanked away at age 26.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 27, 2021 09:05 PM (uxJPn)

Like Yvette Vickers. A friend stopped by to check on her, only to find her dead, and mummified (dry SoCal air, I guess ) in her home.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 09:10 PM (x8Wzq)

240 One of the things Hollywood often falls short on is portrayals of smart people by actors who cannot convince you that they are as smart as the character. Putting glasses on a model does not make her seem really smart.

Robert Shaw, in Pelham, made you think he was obviously smart enough to plan the whole elaborate caper.

Posted by: Splunge at February 27, 2021 09:10 PM (RzGcW)

241
Fun fact about Gilley's: If you didn't put your windshield wipers up, you got a bumper sticker put on your car or truck while it was parked there.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon


Why?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 27, 2021 09:10 PM (63Dwl)

242 iirc, Lake was diagnosed as schizophrenic as a child and got into acting as therapy. Had a unyielding stage mother. Was sick of the Hollywood grind and just up and quit. Left town for good and then started drinking hard to deal with the schizophrenia.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2021 09:09 PM (Rvt8

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it wasn't really schizophrenia.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 27, 2021 09:11 PM (C7zIl)

243 German father, Irish mother.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Like Adolph's nephew, who served in the USN under the name Hitler.

Posted by: Miklos, pulling an anschluss on this next drink at February 27, 2021 09:11 PM (QzkSJ)

244 241
Fun fact about Gilley's: If you didn't put your windshield wipers up, you got a bumper sticker put on your car or truck while it was parked there.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon

Why?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 27, 2021 09:10 PM (63Dwl)

A Gilley's bumper sticker. If you didn't want one that was the way you told them.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 27, 2021 09:12 PM (2DOZq)

245 You can, to this day, buy Riesling and Gruner Veltliner from an Austrian producer named Hiedler.

Posted by: Splunge at February 27, 2021 09:12 PM (RzGcW)

246
John Vernon was excellent in the Outlaw Josie Wales.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 09:04 PM


Heavy Metal

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 27, 2021 09:12 PM (o263H)

247 Fun fact about Gilley's: If you didn't put your windshield wipers up, you got a bumper sticker put on your car or truck while it was parked there.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon

Why?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 27, 2021 09:10 PM (63Dwl)

Advertising. There were thousands of cars and trucks driving around the Houston area with Gilley's bumper stickers.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 27, 2021 09:13 PM (BMmaB)

248 Grail, I could be wrong but believe John Vernon was great at playing pitiless asshole authoritarian types.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 08:58 PM (L2ZTs)

There was a ?cracked? article about "that guy" actors. There was a niche to be filled, and there was one guy who was absolutely the best at it. And what's funny is there is the go-to alternative who is a lesser-known "that-guy".

EG "I want an older man who is a jerk, that the audience is sympathetic to. His rousing speech in the 3rd act will be grumbly and low-energy to show that his confidence is not for show." That Guy: Harrison Ford, Alternate That Guy: Dennis Quaid.

When Paul Giamatti played John Adams, they cast his alternative as King George III.

Posted by: Grail Knight at February 27, 2021 09:13 PM (ybIRR)

249 ||Was I the only one who thought Plummer was scary in Sound of Music?||

No, he played far more Nazis than anti-Nazis, I think. Also, in real life, he may have been a terror.

For myself, I'm half expecting him to shout "Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!" in Klingon.

Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 09:13 PM (3RHq/)

250 Like Yvette Vickers. A friend stopped by to check on her, only to find her dead, and mummified (dry SoCal air, I guess ) in her home.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 09:10 PM (x8Wzq)

She had no cats, I gather.

Posted by: runner at February 27, 2021 09:13 PM (zr5Kq)

251 Captain von Trapp was scary because he was a u-boat ace. Stone cold killer.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at February 27, 2021 09:14 PM (3DZIZ)

252 Was I the only one who thought Plummer was scary in Sound of Music? Not horror or anything so dramatic, just a 'really, do NOT piss this guy off, you do not want to see him angry' vibe


Yep. That kind of snuck out near the end of the movie when he confronted that young nazi. Been a while since I've seen that movie.

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 27, 2021 09:14 PM (VTXt/)

253 Like Adolph's nephew, who served in the USN under the name Hitler.

Posted by: Miklos, pulling an anschluss on this next drink at February 27, 2021 09:11 PM (QzkSJ)


That is one heck of a disguise...

Posted by: runner at February 27, 2021 09:14 PM (zr5Kq)

254 Are you related to...NO !

Posted by: runner at February 27, 2021 09:15 PM (zr5Kq)

255 234 Should I do a silent-movie topic next time?
Posted by: moviegique


Need a good piano player
Posted by: Miklos, with a Buster Keaton straight face at February 27, 2021 09:08 PM (QzkSJ)

-----------------------

Not a piano player, but rather a piani player.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 27, 2021 09:15 PM (CAJOC)

256 Husband has switched from watching Blade Runner to Dunkirk. I think he just doesn't want me to ask him anything. LOL

Posted by: jmel at February 27, 2021 09:15 PM (bVhJi)

257 Paul Giamatti and Steve Buscemi seem like proof of the rule that "talent will out." Two ugly, incredibly talented people who have succeeded wonderfully in the movies.

If you say that can't happen to women, explain Kathy Bates.

Posted by: Splunge at February 27, 2021 09:15 PM (RzGcW)

258 Hilter! It's Hilter.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 09:16 PM (x8Wzq)

259 Captain von Trapp was scary because he was a u-boat ace. Stone cold killer.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at February 27, 2021 09:14 PM (3DZIZ)

I remember when I was a kid Mad magazine pointed out that Austria was a landlocked country. (Obviously, he had been in the Navy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire).

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 27, 2021 09:16 PM (BMmaB)

260 You can, to this day, buy Riesling and Gruner Veltliner from an Austrian producer named Hiedler.
Posted by: Splunge

Unfortunately, no longer in Fucking, Austria.

They just changed the village name, because they got Fucking tired of all the idiots who showed up to have their pictures taken at the Fucking sign.

Posted by: Miklos would have done that, but said "Gruss Gott" at February 27, 2021 09:16 PM (QzkSJ)

261 moviegique, I know that Christopher Plummer did NOT like being asked about The Sound Of Music by anyone. He got really sick and tired of discussing his experience on that film, which I can understand (although he also became lifelong friends with Julie Andrews).

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:16 PM (L2ZTs)

262 250 Like Yvette Vickers. A friend stopped by to check on her, only to find her dead, and mummified (dry SoCal air, I guess ) in her home.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 09:10 PM (x8Wzq)

Mrs. Truman Peters in Hud

Posted by: REDACTED at February 27, 2021 09:17 PM (6iURM)

263 219 Grail, I could be wrong but believe John Vernon was great at playing pitiless asshole authoritarian types.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 08:58 PM (L2ZTs)

The Outlaw Josey Wales.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 27, 2021 09:03 PM (BMmaB)

YOUR GRADE POINT AVERAGE IS ZERO POINT ZERO!!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 27, 2021 09:17 PM (bxPTJ)

264 Jessica Chastain is an attractive woman and a decent line-reader, but man does she ever insist upon herself.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 27, 2021 09:17 PM (4rS50)

265 The Danube flotilla.

Posted by: runner at February 27, 2021 09:17 PM (zr5Kq)

266 YOUR GRADE POINT AVERAGE IS ZERO POINT ZERO!!!!
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 27, 2021 09:17 PM (bxPTJ)

Double secret probation.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 27, 2021 09:18 PM (BMmaB)

267 Tom, yup.

Also, his reaction when the golfers destroy his water pitcher.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:18 PM (L2ZTs)

268 They just changed the village name, because they got Fucking tired of all the idiots who showed up to have their pictures taken at the Fucking sign.
Posted by: Miklos would have done that, but said "Gruss Gott" at February 27, 2021 09:16 PM (QzkSJ)

not to mention that tourists kept showing up and stealing their Fucking signs.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 27, 2021 09:18 PM (bxPTJ)

269 260 Unfortunately, no longer in Fucking, Austria.

They just changed the village name, because they got Fucking tired of all the idiots who showed up to have their pictures taken at the Fucking sign.
Posted by: Miklos would have done that, but said "Gruss Gott" at February 27, 2021 09:16 PM (QzkSJ)


I think the last straw was this. As you know if you have driven through the German countryside, when you enter a town, there's a sign with the town name. When you leave it, there's a sign with the town name with a line through it, diagonally, as though to say "No more of this town."

Some couple actually filmed themselves doing the deed under the "No more Fucking" sign.

Really annoyed the residents.

Posted by: Splunge at February 27, 2021 09:19 PM (RzGcW)

270 I remember when I was a kid Mad magazine pointed out that Austria was a landlocked country.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon

Austrian U-Boat commanders 1

Jamaican bobsled team 0

Posted by: Miklos, nostalgic for East German Judges when thy weren't American actual judges at February 27, 2021 09:19 PM (QzkSJ)

271 257 Paul Giamatti and Steve Buscemi seem like proof of the rule that "talent will out." Two ugly, incredibly talented people who have succeeded wonderfully in the movies.

If you say that can't happen to women, explain Kathy Bates.
Posted by: Splunge at February 27, 2021 09:15 PM (RzGcW)

They aren't ugly, they just look like everyday people. Which in Hollywood is ugly.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at February 27, 2021 09:20 PM (Dc2NZ)

272 I know that Christopher Plummer did NOT like being asked about The Sound Of Music by anyone. He got really sick and tired of discussing his experience on that film, which I can understand (although he also became lifelong friends with Julie Andrews).
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:16 PM (L2ZTs)

It's a thing. Alec Guinness grew weary of Star Wars questions. he did not hate his role. But Jeez.

Ritchie Blackmore got tired of Smoke on the Water questions. We have a rather extensive catalog of music.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 09:20 PM (x8Wzq)

273 271 They aren't ugly, they just look like everyday people. Which in Hollywood is ugly.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at February 27, 2021 09:20 PM (Dc2NZ)


I'll give you the other two, but Mr. Buscemi is pretty darned strange-looking.

Posted by: Splunge at February 27, 2021 09:20 PM (RzGcW)

274 If you say that can't happen to women, explain Kathy Bates.
Posted by: Splunge at February 27, 2021 09:15 PM (RzGcW)

Thelma Ritter

Posted by: REDACTED at February 27, 2021 09:21 PM (6iURM)

275 You can, to this day, buy Riesling and Gruner Veltliner from an Austrian producer named Hiedler.
Posted by: Splunge at February 27, 2021 09:12 PM (RzGcW)


"Hitler" or its variants (Heidler, Huttler, Heidler and so on) is a Czech name centered mosty in the northwestern Austrian region called the "Waldveirtel."

Morgan Sperlock (Supersize Me) produced a documentary about people who had the cursed name, Meet The Hitlers.

https://tinyurl.com/pystumad

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 27, 2021 09:22 PM (2JVJo)

276 Did Einstein hate being asked about the theory of relativity?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 27, 2021 09:22 PM (2DOZq)

277 The largest city in Germany, apparently is "Ausfahrt." Well, based on my years driving on the Autobahn.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 09:22 PM (x8Wzq)

278 Pug, yup.

I've often wondered what George Lucas would think of me. While everyone else I'm sure deluges him with Star Wars questions, I'd want to talk to him almost entirely about THX-1138 and American Graffiti.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:23 PM (L2ZTs)

279 268 They just changed the village name, because they got Fucking tired of all the idiots who showed up to have their pictures taken at the Fucking sign.
Posted by: Miklos

not to mention that tourists kept showing up and stealing their Fucking signs.
Posted by: Tom Servo

They also lost a lot of the ones at the edge of town that said: "We hope you enjoyed F*cking!"

Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2021 09:23 PM (Rvt88)

280 I remember seeing Starcrash in a theater when it came out and while I wasn't well versed in Plummer's filmography, I did recognize him and what is he doing in this trash?

Posted by: Darth Randall at February 27, 2021 09:23 PM (Eq/gH)

281 They aren't ugly, they just look like everyday people. Which in Hollywood is ugly.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread

Look at Danny De Vito; short, fat, bald and what a career he's had !

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 09:23 PM (arJlL)

282 277 The largest city in Germany, apparently is "Ausfahrt." Well, based on my years driving on the Autobahn.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 09:22 PM (x8Wzq)


This is true, not a joke (except on me): my first time driving in Germany, I got really confused, because no matter what turns I made to get where I was going, I kept finding myself on the same street, Einbahnstrasse.

It took me surprisingly long to learn that that means "one-way street," and to discover the unexpected place that their street signs are actually located.

Posted by: Splunge at February 27, 2021 09:24 PM (RzGcW)

283 Florence Bates made a helluva career in spite of looks

it's kinda of amazing how many big stars came out of San Antonio

Posted by: REDACTED at February 27, 2021 09:25 PM (6iURM)

284 The Danube flotilla.
Posted by: runner

The remnant of the Hungarian Navy survived until about 2002.

Their only job was to send off fireworks from boats in the Danube every August 20 (Hungary's July 4th).

Until some of the pyrotechnics set off a grass fire over on the Buda side.

Oh-maybe hot burning stuff should be sent over, not from, the river.

Sic transit gloria.

Posted by: Adm. Miklos (not the Horty one) at February 27, 2021 09:25 PM (QzkSJ)

285 There are a few 'not ugly, just plain' actors and actresses who IMHO made it in Hollywood, and actually look like people we've all met in real life.

Monica Horan, who played Robert's girlfriend/wife in Everybody Loves Raymond, comes to mind. (Although it helped her a lot that she was married to executive producer Phil Rosenthal.)

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:25 PM (L2ZTs)

286 I've often wondered what George Lucas would think of me. While everyone else I'm sure deluges him with Star Wars questions, I'd want to talk to him almost entirely about THX-1138 and American Graffiti.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:23 PM (L2ZTs)


----

I'm sure he would appreciate it. Graffiti is his most personal film.

Posted by: Darth Randall at February 27, 2021 09:25 PM (Eq/gH)

287 Darth, I hope so. I personally think Lucas' all-time best flicks are his early ones.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:26 PM (L2ZTs)

288 not to mention that tourists kept showing up and stealing their Fucking signs.
Posted by: Tom Servo

They also lost a lot of the ones at the edge of town that said: "We hope you enjoyed F*cking!"
Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2021 09:23 PM (Rvt8

Colorado highways have started changing out mile marker signs. I-70 no longer has a 420 marker.

Also, on US 40, west of Craig, they placed a 68.99 mile marker. Fucking juveniles.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 09:26 PM (x8Wzq)

289 Paul Giamatti ....
Posted by: Splunge at February 27, 2021 09:15 PM

Ironclad and John Adams are my two favorites he is in. Great actor.

Posted by: Tree of Liberty Landscaping at February 27, 2021 09:26 PM (DB16e)

290 It took me surprisingly long to learn that that means "one-way street," and to discover the unexpected place that their street signs are actually located.
Posted by: Splunge

I bet a bunch of American WWII vets used to go to Germany and turn the signs around.

Like they learned from the locals.

Posted by: Miklos would have done that at February 27, 2021 09:27 PM (QzkSJ)

291 Unattractive great actress with a great career--Flora Robson.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at February 27, 2021 09:28 PM (3DZIZ)

292 Paul Giamatti vs. Clive Owen in Shoot 'em Up is one of my guilty pleasure movies.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 27, 2021 09:28 PM (4rS50)

293 289 Paul Giamatti ....
Posted by: Splunge at February 27, 2021 09:15 PM

Ironclad and John Adams are my two favorites he is in. Great actor.
Posted by: Tree of Liberty Landscaping at February 27, 2021 09:26 PM (DB16e)


And yet, willing to take a risk. He was in the extremely strange John Dies At The End, which I watched because I read the (equally strange) book. I made Mrs. Splunge watch it too, which was a tactical error. She was bewildered.

Posted by: Splunge at February 27, 2021 09:28 PM (RzGcW)

294 Bob Barker was great as a villain in Happy Gilmore.

Posted by: Grail Knight at February 27, 2021 09:29 PM (ybIRR)

295 Yup, she was real alright.

Posted by: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid at February 27, 2021 09:29 PM (5ZHS+)

296 I've never seen American Graffiti. Well, I sort of did. Mom and dad went to see it in the drive-in on the west end of Billings, MT. but they made us go to sleep in the way-back of the Rambler. I peeked up a lot.

In hindsight, why did they even bring us along? I love Mom and Dad, but that' kind of messed up. Guess it was cheaper than a babysitter.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 09:29 PM (x8Wzq)

297 They also lost a lot of the ones at the edge of town that said: "We hope you enjoyed F*cking!"
Posted by: Tonypete

Werk In Velcome Zenter vas interressings.

Posted by: Franz von Miklos, retired, ja mit "stories" at February 27, 2021 09:29 PM (QzkSJ)

298 I'll give you the other two, but Mr. Buscemi is pretty darned strange-looking.
Posted by: Splunge at February 27, 2021 09:20 PM (RzGcW)

There's been a long tradition in Theater, not to mention Vaudeville, that rather unusual people with talent were often cast because they were very memorable to the audience. In fact, that's a big problem for me with the current crop of young actors; they all look the same to me, and none of them interest me.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 27, 2021 09:29 PM (bxPTJ)

299 Then there is Joseph Fiennes in Risen, about a Roman Centurion at the end of his 25 year term of service being asked by Pontius Pilate to find the body of Jesus and stamp out rumors of the Resurrection.

Great flick.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 27, 2021 09:30 PM (4rS50)

300 Pug, you need to see American Graffiti.
Very good, Lucas apparently knew then how to get really good performances from his actors, and a good bit of comedy in there. Plus Wolfman Jack!, for whom it was a comeback role.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:30 PM (L2ZTs)

301 American Graffiti.
Very good, Lucas apparently knew then how to get really good performances from his actors, and a good bit of comedy in there. Plus Wolfman Jack!, for whom it was a comeback role.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:30 PM (L2ZTs)

Gracias. Will do.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 09:31 PM (x8Wzq)

302 In hindsight, why did they even bring us along? I love Mom and Dad, but that' kind of messed up. Guess it was cheaper than a babysitter.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 09:29 PM (x8Wzq)

at least you got the way back seat. My mom and dad used to throw a blanket on the roof of the station wagon and make my brother and I watch the movie up there, in between the luggage racks, so they could have the inside to themselves.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 27, 2021 09:31 PM (bxPTJ)

303 I want to watch Battleship. I Like most of the movie. I hate the first thirty minutes. If I watch that part I spend the rest of the movie hoping the main character dies and being disappointed that he does not. That first half hour makes me hate that character.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at February 27, 2021 09:32 PM (Vxu+H)

304 Look at the difference in the cast between Carpenter's The Thing and the 2011(?) reboot/remake/prequel thing.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at February 27, 2021 09:32 PM (3DZIZ)

305 The scene in Fargo in which Steve Buscemi's character tries to bribe the cop is one of the most awkward things I've ever seen. It's just brilliantly written and brilliantly acted.

Posted by: Splunge at February 27, 2021 09:32 PM (RzGcW)

306 harrison ford has a very small early role in American Graffiti, as the other street race driver.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 27, 2021 09:32 PM (bxPTJ)

307 American Graffiti > Happy Days

Posted by: davidt at February 27, 2021 09:33 PM (5ZHS+)

308 Tom, yup.
"What is that car color, piss yellow or vomit green?!!"

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:33 PM (L2ZTs)

309 I swear Jeff Lynne and ELO have never made a weak album.

https://youtu.be/C5bOZXhw92I

Posted by: Grail Knight at February 27, 2021 09:33 PM (ybIRR)

310 Then there is Joseph Fiennes in Risen, about a Roman Centurion at the end of his 25 year term of service being asked by Pontius Pilate to find the body of Jesus and stamp out rumors of the Resurrection.

Great flick.
Posted by: Sharkman at February 27, 2021 09:30 PM (4rS50)

Excellent film. Have seen it twice now. Tom Felton was also very good. I like that he is escaping his Draco Malfoy persona.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 09:33 PM (x8Wzq)

311 davidt, yup.
And of course American Graffiti led to the 1950s episode of Love American Style which then led to Happy Days.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:33 PM (L2ZTs)

312 In hindsight, why did they even bring us along? I love Mom and Dad, but that' kind of messed up. Guess it was cheaper than a babysitter.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

---

My parents were cheap.

Plus, we usually played at the playground during intermission, or we were bored.

Posted by: SMH at February 27, 2021 09:33 PM (hEdp8)

313
harrison ford has a very small early role in American Graffiti, as the other street race driver.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 27, 2021 09:32 PM


Bob Falfa

"I ain't nobody, dork"

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 27, 2021 09:34 PM (o263H)

314 Grail Knight, not even Balance Of Power? :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:34 PM (L2ZTs)

315 291 Unattractive great actress with a great career--Flora Robson.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at February 27, 2021 09:28 PM (3DZIZ)

her role in Saratoga Trunk was great

Posted by: REDACTED at February 27, 2021 09:34 PM (6iURM)

316 280 I remember seeing Starcrash in a theater when it came out and while I wasn't well versed in Plummer's filmography, I did recognize him and what is he doing in this trash?
Posted by: Darth Randall at February 27, 2021 09:23 PM (Eq/gH)

Starcrash! I was trying to remember where that Plummer pic up top was from! There's a great MST3K version of that, best way to watch it. "He's peeing in the corner!!!" yeah, it does look like that at one point.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 27, 2021 09:35 PM (bxPTJ)

317 And yet, willing to take a risk. He was in the extremely strange John Dies At The End, which I watched because I read the (equally strange) book. I made Mrs. Splunge watch it too, which was a tactical error. She was bewildered.
Posted by: Splunge at February 27, 2021 09:28 PM (RzGcW)
--

I love all the "John" books, especially the "spiders" one (I read them out of order).

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at February 27, 2021 09:35 PM (Dc2NZ)

318
Trivia:

In which film is there a "Carousel" of light and death?

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at February 27, 2021 09:35 PM (aAFjn)

319 It took me surprisingly long to learn that that means "one-way street," and to discover the unexpected place that their street signs are actually located.
Posted by: Splunge

The German for "inability to learn where they put the one-way street signs"-

UnfähigkeitdenbegriffzurEinbahnstraßelernenskeit

Posted by: Ever Helpful Miklos von und zu Miklostein at February 27, 2021 09:36 PM (QzkSJ)

320 American Graffiti > Happy Days

American Graffitti > Love and the Happy Day > Happy Days > Joanie Loves Chachi.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 27, 2021 09:36 PM (2JVJo)

321 >>Paul Giamatti and Steve Buscemi seem like proof of the rule that "talent will out."

Ugh, sometime during the first episode of Billions I realized what bugs me about Giamatti: he does this breathing as talking thing. Now that I've noticed it, can't stand watching him.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 27, 2021 09:36 PM (bDqIh)

322 Sooth, sounds like Logan's Run.
Which I think of as the very last old-fashioned pre-Star Wars sci-fi flick.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:36 PM (L2ZTs)

323
In which film is there a "Carousel" of light and death?
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at February 27, 2021 09:35 PM (aAFjn)

Oh yeah, Logan's Run. Where they all emerge out of the Fort Worth Water Gardens at the end.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 27, 2021 09:37 PM (bxPTJ)

324 The prequels were made with a lazy shitty attitude. George Lucas has an ineffable talent, but it can't carry every movie.

Same for the Wachowski dick-choppers. The next Matrix will be bad, but possibly interesting.

Posted by: Grail Knight at February 27, 2021 09:37 PM (ybIRR)

325 I realized what bugs me about Giamatti: he does this breathing as talking thing. Now that I've noticed it, can't stand watching him.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 27, 2021 09:36 PM (bDqIh)

"I am not drinking any Gawdam Merlot!!!"

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 09:38 PM (x8Wzq)

326 304 Look at the difference in the cast between Carpenter's The Thing and the 2011(?) reboot/remake/prequel thing.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at February 27, 2021 09:32 PM (3DZIZ)
--

Some of the all-time great character actors in Carpenter's Thing

Can I get a shoutout for Keith David, who's good in everything?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at February 27, 2021 09:38 PM (Dc2NZ)

327 There's another Matrix coming?

Posted by: davidt at February 27, 2021 09:38 PM (5ZHS+)

328 Grail, I expect the next Matrix flick(s) to be so woke they're practically parodies.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:38 PM (L2ZTs)

329 Which I think of as the very last old-fashioned pre-Star Wars sci-fi flick.

==

It was. Because Star Wars changed everything. Or at least its fans think so.

Posted by: runner at February 27, 2021 09:38 PM (zr5Kq)

330 I know there is a next installment of Fraser coming. Most of the old gang signed up.

Posted by: runner at February 27, 2021 09:40 PM (zr5Kq)

331 >>In which film is there a "Carousel" of light and death?


Logan's Run???

Posted by: Lizzy at February 27, 2021 09:40 PM (bDqIh)

332 runner, exactly.

In my mind there's really three eras of science fiction films:

-Pre 2001
-From 2001 to Star Wars (short time period of course)
-Everything after Star Wars

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:40 PM (L2ZTs)

333 Silent Running predated Star Wars, and had droids suspiciously similar to R2D2.

Posted by: davidt at February 27, 2021 09:40 PM (5ZHS+)

334 On strange looking actors. I saw the 5 minute opening on the new Superman and Lois everyone was raving about. The woman that plays Lois is a strange/hard looking woman. I remember her from Grimm, I wondered back then why they thought she was a good choice for a lead female in a TV show.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 27, 2021 09:40 PM (qH6FZ)

335 Most bizarre looking woman who had a significant film career: Linda Hunt, aka the original Shadout Mapes, and Billy Kwan.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 27, 2021 09:40 PM (bxPTJ)

336 One thing Star Wars did was make the ships and cities look lived in. Previous SF movies were all gleaming white and Mod.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at February 27, 2021 09:40 PM (Dc2NZ)

337 Brother and I watched Logan's Run from our backyard, from where the screen of the drive-in theater was visible.

Why?

Because Dad told us not to watch Logan's Run from our backyard.

What? What did he expect us to do?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 09:40 PM (x8Wzq)

338 OMG LADY GAGA'S DOGS HAVE BEEN FOUND SAFE

Posted by: DB- just DB at February 27, 2021 09:41 PM (iTXRQ)

339 Hey little girl

Wanna make a movie

Not in the garden those roses have stickers

Posted by: Joey B. , where am I at February 27, 2021 09:41 PM (QzkSJ)

340 DB, our national nightmare is over!! ;-)

davidt and All Hail Eris, yup.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:42 PM (L2ZTs)

341 -Pre 2001
-From 2001 to Star Wars (short time period of course)
-Everything after Star Wars
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:40 PM (L2ZTs)

ah, you mean the movie, not the year.
I would argue that Forbidden Planet really started well made Sci Fi on film.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 27, 2021 09:42 PM (bxPTJ)

342 Can I get a shoutout for Keith David, who's good in everything?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes


Yep. He was terrific in The Thing.

Wilford Brimley stole it, though. He was a good friend of my uncle and I actually met him in the 70s. Brimley ALWAYS looked as old as he was in Cocoon, even in 1973.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 27, 2021 09:42 PM (0bGEp)

343 OMG LADY GAGA'S DOGS HAVE BEEN FOUND SAFE
==

I am so glad that news of international, nay, intergalactic importance has finally , finally hit the thread !

Posted by: runner at February 27, 2021 09:43 PM (zr5Kq)

344 If any members of the horde live in the Bay Area I'll give you $200 a week to do my laundry. No butt skids or other gross stuff, just work clothes. Working 7/12's and no time to do laundry, I just want to sleep when I get home. Let me know. Thanks!

Steve Buscemi as Mr. Pink in Reservoir Dogs, killed it.

Posted by: JROD at February 27, 2021 09:43 PM (0jZnq)

345 "Most bizarre looking woman who had a significant film career: Linda Hunt"


Didn't care for her in Silverado, her scenes didn't do anything for the movie.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 27, 2021 09:44 PM (qH6FZ)

346 Tom, hmmm, I'll check that out thanks.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:44 PM (L2ZTs)

347 the best performance in the 1951 "Thing" was by James Arness. He really emoted his lines well.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 27, 2021 09:44 PM (bxPTJ)

348 @343 runner-No, my laundry is more important than Lady Gaga's dogs. : )

Posted by: JROD at February 27, 2021 09:45 PM (0jZnq)

349 Because Dad told us not to watch Logan's Run from our backyard.

What? What did he expect us to do?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 09:40 PM (x8Wzq)


Sounds like an invitation to me.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 27, 2021 09:45 PM (W+T/C)

350 If any members of the horde live in the Bay Area I'll give you $200 a week to do my laundry. No butt skids or other gross stuff, just work clothes. Working 7/12's and no time to do laundry, I just want to sleep when I get home. Let me know. Thanks!

Steve Buscemi as Mr. Pink in Reservoir Dogs, killed it.
Posted by: JROD


Mr. Buscemi must decline your kind offer.

Posted by: Miklos Talent, agent for Mr. Buscemi at February 27, 2021 09:45 PM (QzkSJ)

351 The Matrix was 'woke' already. They diversified the human race by making it 80% black.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 27, 2021 09:46 PM (2DOZq)

352 Fucking Austria

"Ooh, zees tourists keep stealing our signs!"
"Well, you have to admit, it's kind of funny."
"Vat is funny about it?"
"You know, 'We hope you enjoyed Fucking', 'No Fucking', all that."
"I do not get it."

(cont.)

Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 09:46 PM (3RHq/)

353 JROD, many dry-cleaning establishments do laundry, you pay by the pound. May even do pickup.

Posted by: runner at February 27, 2021 09:46 PM (zr5Kq)

354 (Part 2)

"Wait, I see! What does the word 'fucking' mean in German?"
"It iz when ze air is smoky."
"Ah, you see, in Eng--"
"Also, when the sex is haven."
"..."
"So, what is funny about it?"

Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 09:46 PM (3RHq/)

355 JROD, geez if you're serious I'll do it from here in SoCal. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:46 PM (L2ZTs)

356
Twitter = Carousel

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at February 27, 2021 09:46 PM (aAFjn)

357 Can I get a shoutout for Keith David, who's good in everything?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread)

Yep !

And don't confuse him with David Keith !

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2021 09:46 PM (arJlL)

358 Because Dad told us not to watch Logan's Run from our backyard.

What? What did he expect us to do?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 09:40 PM (x8Wzq)


Sounds like an invitation to me.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 27, 2021 09:45 PM (W+T/C)

In hindsight, Mom was there when he told us that. he was cool enough not to wink, though.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 09:46 PM (x8Wzq)

359 Xmen First Class script started as a villain origin. Seeing a character struggle (EG Phoenix Joker) might be the best way to make you sympathetic. Here you get frustrated with the X-men patriarch and moral center. FFS Charles the blue chick was throwing herself at you, and if you said "perfection", you would have saved her, and a lot of harm would have been avoided.

Charles knows and understand the world, and he is a good man. Eric is broken and incomplete and full of rage ... and yet ... and yet he can still pick up a few things.

Posted by: Grail Knight at February 27, 2021 09:47 PM (ybIRR)

360 Steve Buscemi as Mr. Pink in Reservoir Dogs, killed it.

Posted by: JROD
iirc, the roll was originally written for James Woods.

Posted by: davidt at February 27, 2021 09:47 PM (5ZHS+)

361 -Pre 2001
-From 2001 to Star Wars (short time period of course)
-Everything after Star Wars
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:40 PM (L2ZTs)

If you've never seen it, you're in for a treat! Gene Roddenberry copied big chunks of the setup for that little series he put together in the 60's - especially the part about the central drama always being about the interactions of the Troika that run everything; the Captain, the First Officer, and the Doctor.

and underneath the Sci Fi overlay, it's Shakespeare's "The Tempest."

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 27, 2021 09:48 PM (bxPTJ)

362 "I do not get it."

(cont.)
Posted by: moviegique


Time for a documentary-

"The Last Day of Fucking"

Posted by: Miklos, auteur and fucking artiste at February 27, 2021 09:48 PM (QzkSJ)

363 Steve Buscemi Is great in everything even though he plays the same sarcastic character.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 27, 2021 09:48 PM (2DOZq)

364 love all the "John" books, especially the "spiders" one (I read them out of order).

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes



Those are some seriously F'd up stories. The author has a new series out now:

Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits, and Zoey Punches The Future In The Dick.

I've read Futuristic Violence and it wasn't bad. Not as good as the John Dies trilogy.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 27, 2021 09:48 PM (0bGEp)

365
I know there is a next installment of Fraser coming. Most of the old gang signed up.
Posted by: runner


When is After AfterMASH ?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 27, 2021 09:48 PM (63Dwl)

366 Just finished watching the last movie Burt Reynolds did, Elbow Grease. It was filmed in our area.

To be honest, it's close to two hours we'll never get back. The acting wasn't that good. I recognized a few places, but it was mostly filmed off the main roads in neighborhoods I'm not familiar with.

Thankfully it was free on you tube.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at February 27, 2021 09:48 PM (R5lpX)

367 When is After AfterMASH ?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 27, 2021 09:48 PM (63Dwl)


Dying to see Alan Alda ?

Posted by: runner at February 27, 2021 09:49 PM (zr5Kq)

368 Tom also hmmm. :-)

I know Roddenberry started doing cinema and tried various other genres before finally coming back to Trek in 1979 with The Motion Picture.

He even tried making a romantic comedy, "Pretty Maids All In A Row."

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:50 PM (L2ZTs)

369 Buster Keaton > Charlie Chaplin.

Those who disagree, suck cock by choice.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 27, 2021 09:50 PM (emxxF)

370 I've read Futuristic Violence and it wasn't bad. Not as good as the John Dies trilogy.
Posted by: Sharkman at February 27, 2021 09:48 PM (0bGEp)

I did love the ultimate libertarian cyber-Vegas setting.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at February 27, 2021 09:50 PM (Dc2NZ)

371 Thankfully it was free on you tube.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy

We are pleased that our product considered this film a good deal.

Posted by: YouTube at February 27, 2021 09:51 PM (QzkSJ)

372 @355 qdpsteve-Hell I'd next day air it to you if I could. Working a shutdown at Conoco Phillips refinery, I only get one day off every 13 days. Great money but no time and dragging ass.

Posted by: JROD at February 27, 2021 09:51 PM (0jZnq)

373 You know, if they hadn't had those pictorial signs, they would have needed signs with words.

"Now Entering Fucking"
"Now Leaving Fucking"

Not really an improvement.

Posted by: Splunge at February 27, 2021 09:51 PM (RzGcW)

374 Bertram: there will be more M*A*S*H after Alan Alda and Mike Farrell pass away. They, I believe, are the ones who make the most noise and trouble whenever Fox even just thinks about trying to reboot the series (or movie) ever again.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:51 PM (L2ZTs)

375 Just saw Spider-Man - Far From Home this week, finally. How nice to (a) see it for free at home (b) not be smacked in the face with a bunch of social justus crap and (c) just see some fun, frenzied spidey action.

However, I still can't watch the unbelievable "Aunt May" without wanting to watch her again in Cousin Vinnie again.

That's my 2¢ for the movee thread. Seen an ONT lurking around here anywhere?

Posted by: mindful webworker - thwiiiip at February 27, 2021 09:51 PM (e3Ezr)

376 I watch the old western channels when I watch tv, but I hear TWD is back on tomorrow night. I may give it a look. Don't want to get started with it really cause I know it will woker than fcuk.

Posted by: Eromero at February 27, 2021 09:51 PM (gjvwR)

377 JROD, you make me wish I lived in Central California now.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:52 PM (L2ZTs)

378 Buster Keaton > Charlie Chaplin.

Those who disagree, suck cock by choice.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

No reaction

Posted by: Buster Keaton at February 27, 2021 09:52 PM (QzkSJ)

379 @360 davidt-Would have been well cast either way then.
Didn't know that Woods was in mind for the role, thanks for the info.

Posted by: JROD at February 27, 2021 09:52 PM (0jZnq)

380 369 Buster Keaton > Charlie Chaplin.
Those who disagree, suck cock by choice.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 27, 2021 09:50 PM (emxxF)


Wow, and I thought I was old.

Posted by: Splunge at February 27, 2021 09:53 PM (RzGcW)

381 Wasn't Woods in True Romance?
He might have gotten his fill of Tarantino then.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:53 PM (L2ZTs)

382 qdpsteve:

I can spot more eras than that!

Art Deco SciFi: The German Expressionists with their "Metropolis" and their "Alraune". Flash Gordon in the US.

Cardboard Box SciFi: Between Art Deco and the '50s, where grownups were too busy fighting a war to make beautiful fantasies.

The '50s/'60s era, which starts out with a bang with things like "Forbidden Planet" but which gets tired and dated by the time Kubrick rolls around.

(cont)

Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 09:53 PM (3RHq/)

383 The 2001 era, from 1969-1977.

The Star Wars era, from 1977-1998.

The Matrix era, from 1999-2010.

Currently, we're in the superhero era, which is really lame as far as SF goes, and IMO, very dated.

And that's just the =visual= aspects. The narrative aspects don't break along the same lines!

Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 09:53 PM (3RHq/)

384 "Most bizarre looking woman who had a significant film career: Linda Hunt"


She won an Oscar for playing a man. That's pretty good acting.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 27, 2021 09:53 PM (emxxF)

385 G'rump, at least Keaton wasn't into communism and messing around with really young girls like Chaplin was.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:54 PM (L2ZTs)

386 moviegique, yup.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:54 PM (L2ZTs)

387 newd

Posted by: DB- just DB at February 27, 2021 09:55 PM (iTXRQ)

388 Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 09:53 PM (3RHq/)


yes, very good summary

Posted by: runner at February 27, 2021 09:55 PM (zr5Kq)

389 I did love the ultimate libertarian cyber-Vegas setting.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes



David Wong's entire shtick is "over the rop", which I like.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 27, 2021 09:55 PM (0bGEp)

390 "Now Entering Fucking"



Slower

Slower

Now Faster

Faster

MORE FASTER MORE

Posted by: Speed signs from Fucking, Austria at February 27, 2021 09:56 PM (QzkSJ)

391 @353 runner-Thats right, I have a dry cleaner down the street that I take my suits too. I've actually inquired before, thanks for reminding me.

Posted by: JROD at February 27, 2021 09:56 PM (0jZnq)

392 Great thread, moviegique. So, next time - silent films !

Posted by: runner at February 27, 2021 09:56 PM (zr5Kq)

393 ||He even tried making a romantic comedy, "Pretty Maids All In A Row."

Whoa, whoa, whoa. That is NOT a romantic comedy. It's so far NOT a romantic comedy I find it hard to believe it was intended as one.

(Rock Hudson is a womanizing serial killer who outwits the police while Angie Dickinson seduces her nerdy student.)

Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 09:57 PM (3RHq/)

394 JROD, like others have said, just drop a bag of your dirty clothes off at the nearest dry cleaner shop. You'll maybe spend 50 bucks a week and everything will be clean and folded for you.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 27, 2021 09:57 PM (0bGEp)

395 moviegique, really? I've read Pretty Maids described as a romcom. I'll have to check it out. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:57 PM (L2ZTs)

396 I wrote a script for the trailer for Marriage Story 2. I put it in the comments, back before minx would cut long messages.

When you think of Alan Alda, I want you think of him in a car being pushed off a cliff, while he shouts furiously "You got the same rates as in town you filthy c***sucker!"

I'd engrave that on his tombstone if they'd let me.

Posted by: Grail Knight at February 27, 2021 09:58 PM (ybIRR)

397 Yeah, silents next time.

Everyone's homework is to read Peter Bogdanovich's "Who The Devil Made It?"

;-)

Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 09:59 PM (3RHq/)

398 moviegique, really? I've read Pretty Maids described as a romcom. I'll have to check it out. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 27, 2021 09:57 PM (L2ZTs)



No, it's a very black comedy.

I think this is the movie that was released when Rock Hudson's gay controversy raised it's head.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 27, 2021 10:01 PM (dWwl8)

399 Colorado highways have started changing out mile marker signs. I-70 no longer has a 420 marker.

Also, on US 40, west of Craig, they placed a 68.99 mile marker. Fucking juveniles.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Call me Loretta at February 27, 2021 09:26 PM (x8Wzq)

Just west of Schulenberg, TX there is Mile 666 on I-10. Since about 1999 or so TXDoT just has a plain old yellow-and-black striped marker there. They are no fun.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 27, 2021 10:01 PM (49Dnm)

400 ||moviegique, really? I've read Pretty Maids described as a romcom. I'll have to check it out. :-)

Hudson is f*cking his teen girl (I feel the need to clarify somehow) students and then murdering them. Pre-Kojak Telly Savalas tries to pin it on him, and (through some machinations I forget) Rock throws him off the trail by throwing nerdy school kid in the path of horny Angie Dickinson.

Very raunchy.

Doohan and Koenig have small roles as Savalas' flunkies.

Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 10:02 PM (3RHq/)

401 Watching "Age of the Samurai" on Netflix.

Fascinating stuff.

Kind of like the documentary version of "Vikings" Japanese style.

Very much worth watching.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 27, 2021 10:07 PM (dWwl8)

402 Hey, NaturalFake, I called you out on the last post--we had been talking "The Wind Rises" and difficult POVs--and you didn't even show up!

(It's fine. I kind of came to the conclusion it was a terrible idea. Or I couldn't think of a good way to do it.)

Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 10:09 PM (3RHq/)

403 Plummer, Reed and Burton could totes carry off a toga. The best guyliner goes to James Purefoy as the dissolute Antony in "Rome".

Oh...who knew? Sir Patrick Stewart rocked a loincloth:

https://tinyurl.com/3kaemcjc

Posted by: Shanks for the memory at February 27, 2021 11:08 PM (TdCQk)

404 To tie two threads together; early in his career Craig Ferguson did stand-up as Bing Hitler.

Posted by: Lawdawg at February 27, 2021 11:15 PM (6K2vl)

405 Hey, NaturalFake, I called you out on the last post--we had been talking "The Wind Rises" and difficult POVs--and you didn't even show up!
(It's fine. I kind of came to the conclusion it was a terrible idea. Or I couldn't think of a good way to do it.)
Posted by: moviegique at February 27, 2021 10:09 PM (3RHq/)


Well, like this answer to this comment, I came to the post a day late. We had a family night that evening. So, I missed making a timely comment.

I guess it would've boiled down to something like -

"Rather than "Birth of a Nation" kinds of things, where time is the main factor. I was thinking more of things that seem out of step with the culture or known history at their time. You know, where someone (writer?director? producer?) has an agenda or very idiosyncratic take on the story.

Miyazaki with "TWR" is a good one because his take on the Zero was to bend everything he possibly could around the fact that the Zero was in essence designed for war.

Anyway, I thought that would be interesting.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 28, 2021 09:06 AM (dWwl8)

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