bailey1007
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No other dancer has given me chills with his technique, voice, and looks like Gene Kelly has. Fred Astaire is a great dancer but he lacks that charisma that Kelly has all over the place.
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Good point about 30's movies being syrupy. I love those old movies and they give me a deep sense of comfort and security. somehow, for me, those movies belong frozen in time and that feeling doesn't translate to modern film. With "Titanic" ( and, yes, I'm referring to the James Cameron version, wink wink) I felt the "media machine" behind it like I do with so many of today's films. I just found it really boring despite the special effects.
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No other director has moved me as profoundly as Akira Kurosawa has. He is a masterful storyteller and the way he captures nature is breathtaking. I first discovered Kurosawa on TCM. "Rashomon" was playing though I didn't know the name of the film at the time. The way he filmed the trees, the way they moved, the lighting of the woods in the rape scene, the powerful rainfall, all of it captured me and I was transfixed until the end when I finally found out who the director was. I've seen almost all of his films now and I am still deeply affected by his work. I can't say any other director has made me think as much as Kurosawa does, or made me feel as deeply as he does.
Another wonderful director is Woody Allen. He's made some klunkers, but when he's good, like in "Annie Hall," he is very good!
Go now and rent "Seven Samurai" or "Rashomon" if you're looking for inspiration in your life. I am a 42 year old housewife and he changed the way I view cinema for good.
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Hands down, "Titanic"!! I never understood why everyone was so crazy about this film. I thought the it was very syrupy and overacted. My husband actually cried in the theater and I felt like Elaine in "Seinfeld" when she went to see "the English Patient" which she hated and everyone loved. Not a big fan of the "Titanic" movie. Anyone else feel like I do?
Your Favorite All-time Horror Flick!
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Not a fan of the slash and gore flicks but my two faves are "The Invisible Man" and "Blair Witch Project." Both stayed with me for a very long time after I saw them.