Tikisoo
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18 hours ago, Dargo said:
Nope, first, it's all the great and memorable dialogue in it, and how it's so well delivered and acted by all in it.
Agreed. You know my classic movie journey started with WB films, then expanded to all the others....and now find my preferences returning back to WB. They weren't the most lavish productions, but they sure had talented screenwriters/actors and consistently delivered great, succinct movies that almost everyone can enjoy.
19 hours ago, TomJH said:Does he mind that you say "Oh, Errol" a lot in your dreams?
Not so much when dreaming, but I bet it's annoying "other" times. 😉
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On 3/10/2022 at 12:27 PM, Sepiatone said:
I'M usually the one who does the "grammar Nazi" thing.
Yeah, the title indicates inarticulation & deterred me from opening it.
On 3/9/2022 at 6:38 PM, Technicolor33 said:it’s like just random.
..and I wasn't disappointed.
I just found out MrTiki has never seen CASABLANCA. I'm not a fan but would absolutely attend a screening-it could make all the difference in my enjoyment of the movie. Something about this movie seems to appeal to men, especially. Maybe Ingrid Bergman?
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COLD MOUNTAIN....I always mix that up with BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN-never saw either.
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51 minutes ago, Hoganman1 said:
As long as the filmmaker doesn't deviate too far away from the facts I can live with a little "creative license" in non-fiction movies.
Yeah, how can a filmmaker know what that person was thinking or their motivation? Every biopic is an impression/interpretation to some extent.
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7 minutes ago, Sepiatone said:
Maybe that's all he has to do. Go in and adjust the color settings.
Well that's a loaded gun. It could skew everything else watched on that TV. It's one of the reasons I'm SONY brand loyal. I know what Sony Colors look like and prefer that to other brands/manufacturers. I judge the overall colors by the blacks & saturation.
I detest "high definition" pictures because the contrast is way too harsh. High Def is really just High Contrast.
So I often watch old B&W movies in "theater" mode, which softens harsh, too bright whites.
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7 hours ago, Grumpytoad said:
Respect your opinion of China Seas. Grand Hotel was great. Was one of my first pre-code viewings-first time I saw Garbo too. I'll never understand her attraction. I tried with a few other of her movies, but just am unable to relate.
I don't care for CHINA SEAS nor GRAND HOTEL. We screened Grand Hotel and I didn't like it much better with an audience. (I do however enjoy ensemble flick DINNER AT EIGHT)
OTOH, I love Garbo and completely understand her appeal. I love ANNA CHRISTIE but do think her most accessible movie is NINOTCHKA. She is good, but basically a one note actress playing herself.
I love that there's movies for everybody, every taste - that's why they're "classic".
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4 hours ago, Dargo said:
I love Joanne Woodward. I'm so glad I got her autograph while I could. I think she's a great actress & decent, kind person.
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7 hours ago, Grumpytoad said:
What other Rosalind Russell movie would you suggest that I watch?
I love Roz, she is a unique personality. I like her brash charactor best in THE WOMEN '39- an ensemble piece full of fabulous performances, a fun movie if a bit long. The "Eye" dress she wears in one scene is a riot. You're so right about the genius of Adrian costumes.
Roz is also well known for her early role in Howard Hawks' HIS GIRL FRIDAY '40, in which she's great, but all the frantic yelling kind of gets to me after awhile.
Her signature role was the stage struck Mother in GYPSY '62 but if you don't like musicals...she plays a similar outspoken charactor in AUNTIE MAME '58.
She's also adds great flavor to the late THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS '66 as Mother Superior in this light tween comedy.
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On 3/6/2022 at 12:42 PM, rjbartrop said:
In some ways, creating historical fiction is a lot like making science fiction or fantasy, because you're trying to create a world.
Agree with your take on historical films. In the case of The King & I/Anna & The King, it's really just a story based on historical charactors and possibly one real event, much like Funny Girl or Young Abe Lincoln.
Then you look at Rossalini's War Trilogy and it's more like a documentary of real events with a fictional but typical story to illustrate.
And then you have Judgement At Nuremberg, a dramatization of true history, using the real transcripts.
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2 hours ago, TomJH said:
At the same time, though, Flynn spoke very little about some people who were friends (like Ida Lupino who is buried beside him) and left out many incidents and, particularly in his pre-Hollywood life, you have to wonder how much of what he told (through ghost writer Earl Conrad) was good old fashioned bull.
Love this conversation as I agree with all the Lee Remick, John Huston & Flynn comments. Could any other actress imprint the simple line, "He likes to go"? Never a bad performance.
As an older person who also lived a brash & "wicked" youth, I much appreciate Flynn's autobiography. Most of us have a vast different perspective of our lives when older, some minor events became life-changing & once huge emotional events like romances become intellectualized over time.
Who knows who cares? It's a well written great autobiography of what he wanted to say.
I also really love this book:
..but I'm a Kate Hepburn fan. Hepburn is a pro & trouper but still a woman and she describes the rough conditions, having to dress behind a bush & fix herself for filming. It's a thin book & easy to find. I've purchased several copies as gifts.
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Well I'm going to NYC the last weekend in May too. My itinerary includes a couple of movie star gravesites, a few classic movie locations as well as some live performances.
Why not do the reference yourself? Findagrave.com & Hollywood Graveyard both are great resources for important burial sites. NYC Location Scout is an awesome online resource for movie locations. Although I'm not sure he has included my fave - the millionaire's castle from The Fisher King at Hunter College.
I don't need some teen on a bus to point out the Dakota Building and tell me why it's "significant".
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My favorite political punk band Chumbawamba had written an original Ding Dong song for Thatcher to be released upon her death, "So Long, So Long". The explanation of how you pre-purchased & received it posthumously is in the intro-
(yeah, I bet none of you realized the band was kind of folksy)
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22 hours ago, SansFin said:
He has in his will that it is to be placed in his coffin.
THAT'S when you open it! When YOU can decide what/if is added to his fire or urn.
Thelma Todd's remains urn was placed in her Mother's hands when she was buried in her coffin, decades later.
23 hours ago, mkahn22 said:Journey for Margaret is a quirky entry in the WWII propaganda movie genre. Foreign correspondent (played by) Robert Young and his wife (played by) Laraine Day, as a result of Young's assignments, seem inured to the carnage of WWII having fled country after country just ahead of Hitler's army.(snipped)Made in 1942, Journey for Margaret breaks with most of the "we will win" propaganda films of that early time in the war to encourage Americans to adopt orphaned war children. It's a serviceable, if too-obvious story that holds together because of the talents of Young, Baintor and aborning child-star O'Brien.I added everything in blue, for clarification.
While we all like reading personal impressions, it's kind of a "spoiler" to include play by play details of the plot for those who haven't seen it & unnecessary for those who have.
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Wow I can't believe there's a whole thread about cartoons (on another channel no less) here. I'll have to make sure I'm up early on Saturdays to watch from now on....sounds right up my alley
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Haha thanks for that, Tom. We are screening Robin Hood June 6th, I'm super excited to see it on the big screen. Basil always wins the sword fight of my heart...woman slayer!
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16 hours ago, Dargo said:
Sans' new avatar would now make THREE instances in which this annoying and intrusive little rocket ship "works" within the framework of their avatar.
Both Dargo & I have the rocket pointing to what is in the avatar's mouths. I hate it.
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HAHA Sans! That is PERFECT! I especially like the shooters are pink rockets.
It's PhotoShop time....
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(Sorry, screwy editor won't allow a response to 2nd quote^^^)
I liken this movie to a biopic about Orange Boy. Telling the story of their personal life will indicate how they conducted themselves on the job. Telling anything about their job would only infuriate viewers. All viewers.
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8 hours ago, David Proulx said:
I agree with you on biopics. That's why I rarely watch them.
I avoided seeing this & was glad you started a thread on your impressions of it, thanks.
I'm actually more interested in it knowing it focuses solely on the person, not politics - making it into a wholly different movie. Although doesn't everyone's career influence their personal life? Thanks for the warning about confusion/Alzheimers element too, it matters to my enjoyment of the story.
8 hours ago, David Proulx said:As I always say, if the story was remarkable enough to make a movie of it, then tell the **** story without embellishments, and let it stand on its own merit.
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8 hours ago, SansFin said:
It is quite possible that we will never be truly 'settled in'.
Heh, I moved here in 1998 and stored all my possessions from the moving van in the attic, in attempt to not "take over" my grandma's house. She's been gone a decade & I'm still dispersing everything among friends, relatives and ebay. Very little is accepted back into living space.
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17 hours ago, Janet0312 said:
This film is right up there with one of my faves: The Horrors of Spider Island. If MST3K got their hot little hands on The Playgirls & the Vampire, my day would be complete.
Have you found Gary yet? Where did you find this movie? I once received 40 Something Weird Video DVDs as a gift 🤩it may be on the shelf. Wonder if I could find it streaming....
I love the opposing feelings about Eddie Coyle- making me want to see it just to compare! Kingrat, I love your succinct & sensitive posts but especially your acknowledgment of different "tastes" and reactions to movies.
I also now want to see KILLIMANJARO, which I've avoided because I don't care for Gregory Peck. I must confess though, I usually get the gist of longer posts by the second or third paragraph & stop reading. I don't want to know too much so I can see the same movie with fresh eyes.
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LOVE this topic-although it'll take me awhile to think of one. Until then I'll enjoy the posts.
LOL Sheridan Whiteside! But Clifton Webb is the king of snide intelligent put downs. A big reason to love Joan Blondell, Ann Sheridan too.
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On 3/4/2022 at 9:10 AM, Janet0312 said:
I later came across an episode of What’s My Line in which Francis, and I guess it was his trainer because the guy kept making Francis smile. Does that count as animal cruelty?
No. I have a horse that does tricks & she will do them when not asked-it's her way of demanding a treat. And you cannot make an animal do anything it doesn't want to do-they'll find a way to refuse.
Here's videos of her smiling & bowing...notice her cue: crinkle of the candy wrapper held up high off camera.
https://www.facebook.com/soo.ji.10/videos/359980895662847
(I think the end links take you to my channel)
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Can someone explain to me why Gigi has aired two days in a row?
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Ugh, I had to stop listening to the Wall by 1981. Oversaturation. While I have every LP from PIPER TO THE GATES to the Wall, I've never bought their music again.