JackFavell
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I thought Robert Mitchum was a sap in *Out of the Past.* Talk about soft!
h5. ooops. Sorry, Out of the Past fans.
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>*Going back to "Valance" (Don't we always?) I sometimes see Valance and Tom as two sides of the same coin. Tom is every bit as tough, every bit as hard as Valance but his side of the brain won't let him do it. Valance could never weep for a lost love but Tom is perfectly capable, if not willing, to shoot someone down from the shadows. This is the very thing we would expect of Valance. That difference also comes to Tom's ruination, at least part of it, where Valance would just wander off to his next victim.*
WHOA!!!! nice!
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I like the soft. It's friendly.
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Coop is a great father figure too, but only in one film I can think of.
And his villain in Man of the West is definitely his fear, his past coming back to get him.
Edited by: JackFavell on Oct 5, 2011 2:40 PM
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So if they hacked off the "happy" ending, the last two minutes of the film, would you like it? or If they went down in a hail of bullets?
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I do see your point about the ending, it's left open ended but is at least a little hopeful.
I thought you were the one who liked the redemption of love, the Angel and the Badman, two wounded people coming together from different worlds and finding a little peace.
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His decision is either her or run. She's not running. So he chooses her. "Yes, dear."
Whoa... what happened to Mr. Romance? I think you were actually watching You Only Live Once. Now he really does choose her in that one. So what's the diff? And what makes it so bad that he does choose her? Let's see.... life with a future, or a running death in a hole somewhere .... oh yeah... I see which one is better.
Edited by: JackFavell on Oct 5, 2011 1:49 PM
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Formatting wise - Half the time I end up going back five or six times to try and fix it and I just make it all worse.
I really loved KTBOMH, it was very well done, romantic, yet also quite creepy - the Robert Newton character was something else and really scared me. I love Robert Newton, but he was an awful character in this film.... the kind to prey on people who are already victims and can't really do anything to stop him or defend themselves from him. They are already cut off from the means to protect themselves so it's easy pickings for him.
They could have called the movie Touch of Evil, since poor Burt had been harmed by the evil of war, man's natural evil coming to the fore, then he comes back to a society that not only doesn't care, but forces him into that very mold that he escaped from... Everything he touches, including Joan, is tainted, through no real fault of his own.
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Great points about KTBOMH MissG!
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Now see, this is why I like Oskar - He's lovely in *Ball of Fire.* My favorite scene is when all the cherubs are sitting around the big table talking and they start to sing... gosh. I love it. That's what ensemble acting is all about.
Edited by: JackFavell on Oct 5, 2011 8:09 AM
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LOL! I will try to wrest the control so I can watch this one, Mava!
You know, I don't think we've ever had a good *Peyton Place* discussion, but I really like that one a lot. It's the "classy" potboiler.
*Portrait in Black* looks STEAMY. Anthony Quinn...... pant pant....
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I was wondering if it was a movie version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's *Bernice Bobs Her Hair....*.
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I really would love a copy of LHerbier's *Le Bonheur* with Charles Boyer, if you ever find it, please let me know where!
Marie Prevost is one of my favorite actresses. She just had something, a real spark, could go from comedy to drama easily and back again, even in the same movie. I like Mary Nolan as well.
It never occurred to me that they could be mistaken for one another, but they both have a kind of pouty quality.
Edited by: JackFavell on Oct 4, 2011 4:42 PM
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>She does play a similar character to the one in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek. But I thought she was tougher in this one. She had more of a sweetness to her in Sturges' film.
Sweet like an axe murderer.....
though I guess she was pretty protective of her sister. Little sis would have hog tied Norval into marriage without the least thought....
"He was MADE for it. Like the ox was made to eat and the grape was made to drink."
I have NEVER seen a good copy of *Nothing Sacred* ! Wa-hoo! Now if they would just clean up *A Star is Born* (37).
Edited by: JackFavell on Oct 4, 2011 4:10 PM
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I think they are discussing economics in that scene in the taxi!
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Yes, that's the beginning of the end for me, sympathy wise, when he sends out Stevie, with hardly a thought, because he is afraid.... afraid to be what he is, a simple shopkeeper, afraid of his bosses, afraid not to do it, afraid to stand up and be a man.
I never realized what you wrote - that he says he doesn't want anything to call attention, but everything he does calls attention.... is this his psyche wanting to be caught, or simply an accident of fate?
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Hey rey! I think I like 1961 and 1962's choices the best.
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1. Mississippi Mermaid
2. Woman of the Year
3. Love in the Afternoon
4. Big Jake
5. The Major and the Minor
6. The Tall Men
7. Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
8. Follow the Fleet
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Oh good lord! I think you hated them all!
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Luis Alberni completely stole the movie for me - I have only seen it once and can only remember him. Oh, and Jean and Ray going through that fabulous apartment, ending up sitting in the tub.
Oh, and Goddess - I missed The Journey yesterday! I got home at 4:30 and completely forgot it was on till 5:30. It's a real bummer. I'm going to check and see if I can find it online somewhere.
Edited by: JackFavell on Oct 1, 2011 5:03 PM
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I can't wait to read your impressions!
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ICK! David Caruso isn't on this show, or I wouldn't be watching it. This one has Marg Helgenberger all stretched taut, and now Ted Danson has taken the place of Lawrence Fishburne who took the place of William Perterson.
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I really like that one, MN!
Isn't it funny how Graham Nash hasn't changed that much?
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*I also think Scott makes Boone look at himself. Especially in that "skinning" scene. Boone seems to make excuses for the two crazies with him, and Scott says something that made him think. I don't have this movie to refer to either, sorry! But it's kind of a reverse, instead of the hero being confronted with his fears in the person of the villain, the villain is confronted with his weaknesses in the hero. *
I love this too! You guys are really making me think.