Cinemascope
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Tnx for the link, I think I borrowed that book from someone a while back.
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Well, what can I say, the Academy is the Academy.
Just to point out the obvious, 2006 brought us 3 interesting movies by talented Mexican directors... all of them had merits, but which one go the most nominations? Could it be a coincidence that the one with most nominations was the one with the big Hollywood stars?
Well, as I said before, it's the Academy, it's their game, and it's their rules. We just get to sit back, watch, and snicker a little at the wonderful tackyness of it all.
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You're on, Fred! I'll bring a big water gun, it'll be hotter than a Laredo parking lot in the summer out there!
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lol Fred, thanks for a good laugh
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Gosh, must we really argue semantics? Fine, I edited the earlier post to say "suggestions" rather than "tips".
In any event, the basic idea remains the same. I think people have become so used to Clint's usually laconic persona that they somehow assume it was his creation. Who knows. Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. I think the character of The Man with No Name behaves in a way that fits in with the whole Leone universe, so I am inclined to give credit to Leone and believe that Eastwood simply saw that it worked on-screen and adopted some of those traits in his later movies.
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The first Rocky was a nice film, but unfortunately it gave way to one of the worst cases of sequelitis in recent Hollywood history. Guess as long as people buy tickets they'll keep making 'em...
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There's no doubt I'd like to see Scorsese win, but it would be more for the "the Academy owes it to him by now" thing than a true assessment of his work here -- which is fine, as usual, but by now he should be able to make this kind of movies with his eyes closed.
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Little Miss Sunshine is a perfectly good little movie, but it definitely became over-hyped at some point. There were other "independent" releases that were as good or better.
And I use "independent" with quotation marks because it was a Fox Searchlight release.
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Ah, but the Oscar goes to whichever movie the Academy likes best, and artistic merits aren't the only things they take into account... there's sympathy votes, showbiz politics, etc. at work. When judging films merely on artistic merits, some of the critics' associations/circles might arguably come closer.
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> Most of the big hits in the sixties were
> only filmed because of their previous stage
> reputations.
Good point... and wouldn't that hold true for even some early 70's musicals? I'm thinking of Man of La Mancha, Fiddler on the Roof, etc.
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The other nominees for 1930/31 were East Lynne, The Front Page, Skippy, Trader Horn.
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Nice photo
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Your post is full of innuendo, insinuation, and misrepresentation of what others have said or done...
To begin with, nobody has ever said everyone in the boards is stupid. We know we're not, but that's beside the point. A lot of people will be cautious or suspicious without necessarily saying anything... so you're ultimatley criticizing someone simply for pointing out the possibility that it could be an attempt to get people going, by posting inflammatory threads.
Now, if you'd taken the time to actually go back to the beginning of the thread, you'd have seen that I gave this person all the benefit of the doubt, at least initially... yes, of course I can realize that someone could innocently start a thread like that right after registering. So you know, I ain't stupid, either.
Simply saying that you're OK with the movies being shown during Oscar month isn't the same as saying that programming decisions are "divinely inspired" or call someone a "TCM-can-do-no-wrong groupie" - your use of sarcasm in this regard doesn't make you any better than those of us you criticize.
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Aren't some of those movies from different studios, though? I think WHV has the rights to Thief of Bagdad and obviously Arabian Nights and other Hall-Montez pics were from Universal...
Don't really know why, but they never seem to do that kind of thing in the U.S. In the UK, sometimes you have DVD sets with movies from different studios.
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I think aging definitely *has* changed... the life expectancy in the U.S. has definitely increased in the last 50 years, I don't have figures handy but I can look for them.
There's all kinds of examples of people who for whatever reason don't seem to have aged all that much. Seen photos of Sophia Loren lately?
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I saw it when it was first released, months before the Oscar season rolled into high-gear, so I'm glad I got to see it before the Oscar hype. It's a good movie, and I suppose its heart is definitely in the right place!
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> "about letting go of your ideals and getting them
> back."
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> Thank you Cinemascope for adding that. Wish I'd
> included a reference along those lines.
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And I take it you haven't been to the Egyptian Theater in Seattle, either?
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I don't know, Izcutter, I see the points you're making and they all sound very fair and reasonable. Yet I still think it's a bit of an exaggeration to say all of a director's films are horribly directed when there's a few you don't like (not you personally).
It's a little bit like not liking Pepe and saying all of George Sidney's films were horribly directed.
Some people have more of a gift for certain things, and when they do, they usually aren't even aware of it, because it just comes so naturally to them. So sometimes I have more admiration for those who couldn't be considered to be naturally gifted yet went out and tried to make the best they could under the circumstances, they represent to me the triumph of the "common man" to use a hackneyed expression and of course I mean for that to include both men and women.
Sure, Ford, Hitchcock, Wilder, all of these great directors had a gift, and the world is better off for it.
But just as Tim Burton made a lovingly made picture about -- of all people! -- Ed Wood and Bela Lugosi, so, too, my heart goes out for everyone who was less than gifted but caught the movie bug and was driven to do the best they could any way they knew how.
If only for that, I'll watch Joshua Logan films with the same enthusiasm some would have for the likes of Ford or Hitchcock.
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Have you ever been to the Egyptian theater in Seattle? I don't suppose it's nearly as awe-inspiring, but it must come a pretty close second!
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Ooops!
I did a review of that DVD a couple of weeks ago, under Fantasy Films... didn't know you wanted to review it.
But I agree, it looks very, very good.
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And if the VHS tape doesn't have copy-protection, try making a copy on DVD for your own personal use. Remember, the fair use doctrine is your friend!
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Sometimes watching a classic movie with someone who's never seen it before can remind you of what it was like when you watched it for the first time!
For me, there's an awful lot of movies I haven't seen since my college days... this was one of them, I watched it late last year on TCM for the first time in more than a decade. I enjoyed it as though it had been my first time.
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Well all I can say is, hopefully Paramount Home Video will see what all the other home video divisions are doing and take a hint.
Who knows, perhaps some day they might even release Wings on DVD.
Your candidate for most over-rated movie?
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Then you probably haven't read enough serious film criticism and/or film history.