CineMaven
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"THERE WILL BE BLOOD!" (Funny...that's the same line Jigsaw uses in the "SAW" movies).
This was the story of one of the most unfeeling, uncaring, immoral, amoral, asexual conflicted, sacriligeous, low self-esteemed rat bastids that ever came down the pike.
No big mystery folks. Why r u reaching for deeper meaning.
Plain & simple this was the story of a royal S.O.B.
I liked how the film took its time. It didn't rush through scenes in montage-like fashion to tell a story. (I did think he cared for his son up until his son became un-perfect and he felt replaced by the man that did the sign language). I do think he surprised himself with the intensity of emotion when he admitted in front of the congregation: "I ABANDONED MY BOY!!!"
Am I spoiling anything...who cares. Ya should've seen the movie already. (One question: was Paul/Eli playing twins or was the "preacher" schizophrenic?) The ending was funny, shocking and whoaaaaaa!
So while Hollywood's pretty boys want to be heroes and well-liked & loved, real actors take chances...real actors risk being disliked. (I think in an interview once, Bette Davis said to Dick Cavett: "you have to dare to be hated!") Real actors subjugate their personality for character.
All I know is I went into the theatre with popcorn, soda, raisinets and got the ride of my life, for a mere $12.00. Sorry to those of you who feel you didn't get your money's worth! And again...I'm rooting for him and the beautiful Julie Christie to win Oscars tomorrow nite. And will lament that Sidney Lumet's latest film was virtually ignored by the Academy.
Now THAT is the REAL dammmm shame!
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..."If I were Tyrone i would've stayed with Linda cause Rita's Donia Sol was mean and fickle."
C'mon Randy!! Since when does a man care if the hottest woman on the planet is mean and fickle as long as he gets to 'be' with her and have her walk in a room with him??? Hot mean and fickle over simple sweet & good?? They just played down Darnell's persona in THAT pix. (Check out "Fallen Angel.")
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Laura Linney makes me think of Virginia Mayo though Linney is not nearly as voluptuous. I'll take my Mayo on some "White Heat" and "Best Years of Our Lives" with a little Steve Cochran on the side. Hot'cha!!!
She was a dreamboat, wasn't she?
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I enjoyed the movie.
Daniel Day-Lewis was a fascinating trainwreck. (Didn't he sound like John Huston??) I thought he gave an amazing performance. I was utterly entranced by his Machiavellian machinations. I felt bad at how cruel he was to his son in later years. ORPHAN He decided to get baptized just to get the leases from the people. He humiliated himself. And turnabout is fairplay...the priest near the end humiliated himself to Day-Lewis. They were two sides of the same coin.
Day-Lewis totally immersed himself in the role and I couldn't take my eyes off him. I'm rooting for him to win an Academy Award.
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Ms.G.: you're so right. I think it takes a helluva presence to command our attention full time on screen. Few of the greats had it: Stanwyck, Hepburn, Rita, Monty, Brando and Garbo among a talented few on Mt. Olympus.
Vivien's mesmerizing...she has all the men at the ball but her eye catches Ashley, and she's upset; her face watching a man's leg being amputated; her going back to Tara and seeing her mother lay dead; her satisfaction after sweeping Rhett off his feet when he takes her up those stairs to forget about the 'wooden-headed Ashley Wilkes.' Her face when Ashley & Melanie's bedroom door closes before he goes back to war. How lovely she looks when she's about to be attacked by a varmint b4 Big Sam saves the day. And many many other scenes. She's so captivated Gable (who basically wants to tame a wild cat and have something he CAN'T have) that his moment is so tender with her on the bridge. I wait for the whole picture just to hear him ask her to kiss him, "...once."
Yep, all Leigh all the time. This was the triumph of her career... though she wouldn't know that yet. What a loss.
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"CM may I be so bold to ask you what movies are on your list ? I want to compare your list with mine...Thanx VI"
Alas and alack...I've only made comments here becuz my film tastes tend to run to films that are popular and still in circulation. But from what I've read on this thread, looks like I've missed some gems and have some catching up to do. "Peter Ibbetson" is a film I've read about on the TCM board, that has sparked my interest, but I don't have any films on my list. Sorry.
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Merrily to hell we go... ;-)
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Here in New York we've got our first snowstorm. Eeech!
"hey Cinemaven...
I'm straight and thought Duel WAS the Three Stooges and still did not like it."
****!
If you tell me that was Curly in blackface playing Bashti...I'll hunt ya down!
P.S. I understand your logic Erebus. I didn't use my logic with "Duel in the Sun." There's a reason folks call it "LUST in the Dust." I just followed where ever Jennifer and Gregory led me. (Down a garden path perhaps, but I went willingly).
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Ahhhh a bi-cinephile. ;-)
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Jack, I'm glad there's no guilt. Quoting you below:
"I finally took it off my screen last week, but it was a heart- wrenching decision."
And your little girl in the mud is reminiscent of Scarlett "never going hungry again." Good 4 u.
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The Vikings!!!
JULIE CHRISTIE or HELEN MIRREN.
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See, I can sit back and learn a lot if I just listen to grown folks talk.
I must see "Unfaithfully Yours." I've been a recent convert to Preston Sturgess and Darnell is just about the most...most...ahh...The Most!
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A poster on the "Duel in the Sun" thread in General Discussions thinks that Jennifer Jones (and Gregory Peck) are the problem in that movie.
I think he's all wet!!
She's the reason for any movie.
I cannot take credit for the pictures though. They were posted by ForeverGarland.
Jones does get under your skin. You want to protect her and ravish her. Ingrid Bergman has that effect on me too. Am I going to Hell???
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Scarlett certainly is a proponent of 'hope springs eternal.' Great performance from Vivien Leigh. From girl-to-woman.
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"...Veda, played so fetchingly by Ann Blyth was certainly Rotten to the Core! That girl deserved a spanking every day of her life and a few socks to the jaw. I'll bet she ruled the women's prison she was locked up in..."
You're wrong Princess. When Veda got to prison she was broken in by Hope Emerson or Lee Patrick. I'm sure they'd love to spank her. (Is THAT what they're calling it?) Then after a visit to Ida Lupino's cell...it would've been all over but the screaming. But then again, Veda was a very fetching little thing; she'd probably have those baritone babes wrapped around her little finger though they'd think THEY were in control.
Veda was deliciously rotten wasn't she? And as for Monty who never shrank from a fifty dollar bill because it smelled of grease, smarmy ****, wot?! Good choices for Evil, Princess.
Coming Mother!!!
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Is Colt 45 a malt liquor?
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Peck & Jones ruined it? It never ever occurred to me that they could be the reason. You've given me food for thought. I still won't swallow it but it's definitely food for thought.
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Ooops! Just wanted to bring Julie back up to the top.
...And you know Glenn and Meryl and Sigourney and Laura and others wish they had played that role in "Away From Her."
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Snorky, off & on for the past couple of weeks I've glimpsed and skimmed this thread, been annoyed that it's still going on and on and then totally ignored it. Well, this morning I took the IGNORE BUTTON off of everything and started from the beginning of this thread and really read every single posting. And all I can say is you rat ****:
YOU ARE A GENIUS!!!
This was a hilarious read and I think you've sent home the message with both barrels. Very funny!!! I'm going to mind my p's and q's lest I be snorked on.
There...I've made a noun of your name. (Or is it an adjective?? I never could get that right in school). Spell checkers, esoteric savants, triple posters, self-aggrandizers beware. The snorkerbeam may be trained on you next. Share the board with everyone. Don't hog up space or be rude or you'll get yours.
Great thread man!!! You've reminded me that the pen IS mightier than the sword. Nice! 'Scuse me, gotta run. My chocolate chip cereal is ready.
Toodles!
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I love "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers." But I have to gird my loins when Van Heflin comes on the screen. It's only in recent years I've been able to tolerate him touching Lizabeth Scott or Stanwyck kissing him in this movie. In fact, I always thought Stanwyck and Scott should've kissed in that hotel room scene and kick out Heflin. (Oops! Did I slip my fantasy in there?) ...And wassup with his 'Joseph Cotten' wavy hair. How do you run your fingers through that straw anyway? (I did like Heflin in "East Side, West Side").
Re: Deborah Kerr in "From Here to Eternity" I think you boys are being a little hard on Deborah Kerr (or not 'hard' enough? Sorry!) Kerr was playing against type (as you movie buffs well know) by doing the wayward wife bit with a soldier in ev'ry port. She usually played good girls and this was a stretch for her to be the Colonel's wife. Yeah, yeah I know. Stretch... sMetch. Who cares if she stretches. You just want to see Burt tussle with Rita Hayworth. You envision yourselves tussling with Rita in the Hawaiian surf.
Well, actually...I would've wanted to see that too, but I'm a fan of Deborah Kerr's and found her believable as the wife in "From Here to Eternity." Save your fantasies for "Gilda." (And I'll save mine for Scott & Stanwyck).
Great thread. Lizabeth Scott??? Barbara Stanwyck??Thinking of "Desert Fury" and "The Furies"OH NO I just had a horrifying thought...
Don't get me started on Wendell Corey!!
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Come on people:
"FOLLOW THAT CAR!!!"
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Jack...why have you removed Olivia DeHavilland from your screen, and what have you replaced her with?
"Gone With the Wind." The perfect motion picture.
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So now this thread has come down to who narrated it: Racket Squad or The Millionaire? OY VEY! Doesn't anyone have anything to say about sexy Jennifer Jones??? Check her out in the red blouse in a picture on the thread about Jennifer Jones. Or are you straight men only really interested in The Three Stooges? (Not you Fred; you want Hedy Lamarr on your arm while you're speeding down the boulevard on your chariot).
* (See "The Women" thread on this forum).
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Hi Gregory: "I'm a gay man. Of course I'm a fan of THE WOMEN. It's part of my genetic makeup much the same way straight men are genetically programmed to laugh hysterically at The Three Stooges."
THAT was too too funny. But, I'm afraid, genetically inaccurate. Straight men like wrestling tv shows from the 50's. (Gorgeous George, Bruno Sanmartino et al.)
It's great seeing some names I haven't seen in a while on the board. I miss you folks. Now... I love "THE WOMEN." The cast is marvelous though the message it sends is suspect. That they are remaking this classic movie is not wise. Putting on my Nostradamus hat...I predict a failure at the box office. Youngsters may not know Shearer & Crawford & Goddard & Fontaine & the wonderful Auntie Mame and though I like most of the actresses in the remake, I just don't think this film should be done. Well, when the suits see the money they've lost...
Again, I LOVE THIS FILM.
And of course you're not a fan Triple HHH. It's not a thread YOU started.
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Hi there. Tell me, why did you put Paulette Goddard on your list of depressive actors??