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1 minute ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
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YES! ESPECIALLY IF SHE SICS CAT-ALEXIS ON THOSE B****Y NEIGHBORHOOD GIRLS WITH THE JUMROPE!
Terrorizing horrible children is almost always a highlight in any film.
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4 hours ago, JamesStewartFan95 said:
I didn’t get to finish The Strange Love of Martha Ivers the last time I sat down to watch it! And it’s so weird, but I have a hard time watching that scene where the Aunt hits the cat. Despite this, I do laugh at that scene in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation with the cat and the electric lights. Why is that?
P.S. I should also mention that I’m a cat lover and owner.
Re: the cat
In 'Martha Ivers' It's probably because the Aunt is a terrible person and openly dislikes Martha's cat. Her hitting Martha's cat is done out of cruelty.
Whereas in 'Christmas Vacation,' Clark doesn't hate Aunt Bethany's cat and he's not a bad person. He doesn't directly cause Aunt Bethany's cat's death. The death is funny because it's so ridiculous, especially in combination with the "Griswold Family Christmas Tree" collapsing.
This is coming from a bird owner and someone who isn't particularly fond of cats, but doesn't hate them.
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I have Goodbye Mr. Chips in my stack of library movies. I've never seen it before. I recently saw Robert Donat for the first time in The 39 Steps and I thought he was fantastic. I knew that 'Mr. Chips' was his "big" movie that he won an Oscar for, so I wanted to see it. Maybe I'll watch it tonight. I need a cleanser after watching Joker last night.
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2 hours ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
Thanks for that info. Now I wonder if any live streaming service of the Oscar ceremony "counted" towards the rating. (not expecting an answer but if NOT it might help explain the low rating).
There were also tons of people live streaming the ceremony. I'm sure the illegal bootlegs of the proceedings are not counted as part of the show's ratings.
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26 minutes ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
I on the other hand used to pull the legs off DADDY LONG LEGS all the time as a child.
That explains EVERYTHING.
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1 hour ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
ONE OF THE only things I enjoy more than when we are giving a movie a hard time is when we collectively giving a movie a hard time and someone has THE GUTS to say "well, I liked it." I actually went and watched SOME of THE TWO MRS. CARROLLS on HULU because nothing in the past or coming days holds any interest for me. i started it late, and while i still say the film has weaknesses, THERE IS SOMETHING DELICIOUSLY OFF ABOUT SOME OF THE ELEMENTS ESPECIALLY THAT CREEPY AS HELL LITTLE GIRL WHO- HONESTLY- I CAME TO LOVE AS IF SHE WERE MY OWN UNGODLY PSYCHIC SPOOKY CHILD VERSION OF JOAN GREENWOOD.
The accents are a puzzle, everyone seems to be American and it is in ENGLAND??? and even if the characters are OFF, at least they made them RICH and we can watch them in their SUMPTUOUSNESS.
i'M WITH YOU ON NIGEL BRUCE. HE IS A BORE.
I can't help but LOVE SOMETHING about a movie where BARBARA STANWYCK calls the NEIGHBORING ESTATE to ask their HOT HOUSE GARDENER to send over some roses for the table. "YES, 'MEDALLION' WILL DO JUST FINE" ie DON'T YOU DARE SEND ME ANY ICEBERGS OR ANGEL FACE' UNLESS YOU WISH A STERN LETTER BE SENT TO LADY GREENWOOD.
BOGART was AWFULLY clean and BUTTONED UP for an artist.
the sets were fabulous.
I wish they had made a third CAT PEOPLE movie with ALEXIS SMITH.
i don't always like it when WARNER BROS decided to be all MGM STYLE HOITY-TOITY IN THE FORTIES but at the same time, there is some PRETTY GRAPHIC VIOLENCE in this movie!
better direction was still needed. such an outlandish story needed more interesting editing, camera movement and shot lengths, this was shot without an eye. EDIT- ON LOOKING IT UP, I SEE it was directed by the same guy who directed CRY WOLF, which this film reminded me of, and which also did not impress me entirely.
I said I liked The Two Mrs. Carrolls a few posts prior. I didn't like the little girl though, she was getting on my nerves. She being the only character with an English accent was weird. She reminded me of The Simpsons when the children of Springfield decide to start telling all the adults' secrets and start speaking with faux British accents.
I also liked Cry Wolf because it has my love, Errol Flynn playing a villain-esque type character, which he doesn't play often.
I actually think that if Flynn and Bogart traded places in The Two Mrs. Carrolls and Cry Wolf, both films would be better. The only issue I see with Cry Wolf is that Flynn seems too young to be Babs' uncle! Unless her dad was really old and Flynn was a much younger sibling.
I also agree that a third Cat People with Alexis Smith would have been excellent. She could re-team with Ann Carter (aka the faux British child) who was in the first film.
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I've seen 652 The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, 653 Rope, 654 The Lady and the Tramp, 656 Bye Bye Birdie, 657 The Muppet Movie, and 658 Victor/Victoria. I may have seen the James Bond film at some point in time, but I don't remember.
I love The Muppet Movie. I also love Bye Bye Birdie despite Conrad Birdie being way too old and Bobby Rydell being a little too smiley "golly gee" for my tastes.
Paul Lynde though, is a treasure. I cannot see a picture of Ed Sullivan or hear his name mentioned somewhere without thinking of the "Ed Sullivan" song from this movie.
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5 hours ago, CinemaInternational said:
I said earlier that I approach things haphazardly, and that's still mostly true, but since December, I've been trying to do a bit of a movie balancing act.....After I hit a certain moviegoing milestone, with half before 1970 and half in that year or later, I decidedly to try to maintain a close 50/50 level with both time periods, more or less.
Like Polly, I have a letterboxd account, although I'll give you a few warnings. I tend to do more writeups on modern films not because I like some of them more, but because they usually get more notice, and I often tend to be positive because 4/5 is my passing grade (anything lower is not)... and well, I usually go after things I think sound interesting, so I ended up passing 80% of what I've seen! And expectations sometimes matter. I gave some wildly appreciated films 3.5s, and yet i gave one film on a worst list here a 4, maybe because I was in a giddy mood one day. But classic films remain one of the strongest driving forces for me. here goes: https://letterboxd.com/BCarr95/
I just "followed" you. o.O
My rankings are based on whether or not I would buy the film and watch it again and again, watch it if it comes on TV, or completely repulsed by it and never want to see it again.
I "review" my films in chunks as I watch them. Many of the films I've already seen, but I have some actual new films sprinkled throughout and some new to me films. Tonight we Redboxed Joker, so we'll see what happens with that.
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5 hours ago, CinemaInternational said:
I haven't seen it. That said, I was just going to order it because it sounded fun and it doesn't air on TCM. Movies Unlimited is running a DVD sale (not Blu-ray) on Olive Films titles currently in their catalog (don't know about online)
My copy of Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid was a blind buy for me. I saw the Olive Films copy, used, at one of the DVD stores I frequent. I decided to take a chance on it, because I'm a big fan of William Powell and Ann Blyth. I was very happy that when I watched the film, I found it very enjoyable. It's an interesting part for William Powell (for me anyway) because he's so entrenched in Nick Charles. Seeing him in a fantasy part and in a part where everyone thinks he's nuts is interesting.
It's funny that Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid was in the same group of films as Cactus Flower. Irene Hervey plays the dental patient in Cactus Flower (the older lady who always has a bad tooth) and she plays William Powell's wife in Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid.
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3 hours ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
Was the Oscar ceremony streamed on any streaming service? I ask because all of my younger relatives do NOT purchase TV services that contain the 4 major networks.
Some just have Netflixs and a few other steaming services that don't contain the standard T.V. networks.
If only standard over-the-air broadcasting, of course ratings will continue to go down.
I think it was streamed on abc's service. Not sure if it's a subscription service or a free app. Hulu was airing Oscar content too, but as far as I could tell, they weren't streaming the Oscar ceremony--unless I missed it, because I didn't check until after the ceremony was over. It looks like the ceremony is on there now.
I have satellite and watched the broadcast on ABC, albeit on a delay, because I DVR'd it because I was out and about.
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2 minutes ago, CinemaInternational said:
Do I think that some people were turned off by things? Definitely, as can be seen from outrage in certain quarters. But there is another elephant in the room and its bigger and more of a reason why the ratings slid so much. It's a combination of internet and streaming. Internet in that the winners can be found updating after every single award on Wikipedia, and that the clips of the wins turn up within a few days on YouTube. This is what many in my age range have done rather than to sit through a 3 and a half hour ceremony, where over an hour of it is commercials.
And streaming caught on so much that millions of people cut the cord and got rid of cable, thus lowering the chances of a bigger audience for ABC. Speaking of which, for the people who do still have cable, the major networks have shed quite a bit of their old audience due to all the other channels out there.
And finally, there was another difference between this year and last. Last year had three movies that took over $200 million up for Picture: Black Panther (the biggest hit of the year), Bohemian Rhapsody, and A Star is Born. All pretty much liked by most of their target audience, and all three picked up awards, two of them in multiples, and one even scoring an acting win. They all lost to Green Book, but Film Twitter aside, many seemed to like that film. There was also the potential draw over Glenn Close looking like she'd finally win (I'm still smarting over that hurtful loss). This year, the only hit of that size was Joker, a film that fiercely divided audiences, and your next biggest were Once upon a Time in Hollywood, Little Women, Ford Vs Ferrari, and 1917, all well loved by thoughtful, mature audiences, but films that had trouble (unfortunately) in drawing the popcorn crowd, which is obviously what ABC wanted to tap. You could also say that another problem was that all the award shows this year were mimicking each others wins, for acting, technical prizes, and more. It was like an award ceremony for lemmings, one of the most predictable Oscars I've ever seen.
The videos of the wins were on You Tube the same evening. My DVR recording cut off before the last three awards of the evening. I found Joaquin Phoenix, Renee Zellweger and Best Picture all on You Tube. There were also tons of live streams taking place--so people without a paid television service or whatever app it was streaming on, could bootleg it. Not sure if bootleg viewers are counted among the viewership.
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I didn't recall seeing any "feraks" on the Oscars. I just saw people. People who made films which were voted upon by another group of people and deemed worthy enough to be in contention for an award.
I'm sure the Academy is proud of itself because it bestowed the night's highest honor on a film that received the most votes and was deemed the best picture of the year.
Why is a South Korean film winning a few film awards such a threat?
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I love 643 Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid. Ann Blyth is so great in this film and she doesn't say a word--only sings a little bit. I also love 647 Cactus Flower. It is quite a different role for Ingrid Bergman. It was nice seeing her in a comedic part.
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12 minutes ago, JamesStewartFan95 said:
Spence! I’m sorry to say that you’re fighting a one-man battle. Parasite won because it was deemed the best film released this year.
I read weeks ago that Parasite was anticipated to possibly play spoiler. It was hardly a surprise. Especially after Bong Joon Ho kept winning.
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Why does it matter what John Wayne would think?
He's the one who portrayed freaking Genghis Kahn.
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1 hour ago, misswonderly3 said:
You're right, Doris Day and Stanley Donen were also classic Hollywood legends.
I dunno, maybe they could have some kind of special tribute to the undeniable "legends' like Kirk, Doris, and Stanley Donen who have died. There certainly aren't that many of them anymore, so they deserve that kind of attention . Personally, I couldn't care less about a lot of the people named in the memorial segment, many of them I've never heard of. (I mean, agents and the business people like that...I've no doubt they did a good job , but the tribute to me, should be about people most movie-lovers have heard of. It seems to me the memorial tribute used to be like that, but in recent years it has become very cluttered with all kinds of people who may have been in the filmmaking business in some way, but not actors or directors or producers or screenwriters or score composers, people a movie-lover would be familiar with.)
I wish they'd move the Governor Awards and Humanitarian award presentation back to the main ceremony.
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1 hour ago, misswonderly3 said:
Right, I was thinking of all those credits at the end of a movie nowadays too. "Credit bloat", I like that. My husband always jokes that they now have credits for the people who made the sandwiches and coffee. And I think they do.
They do! It falls under the catering credit.
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1 hour ago, Dargo said:
OH my heavens, yes! That Maya Rudolf/Kristen Wiig "audition" comedy routine which took up, what, several minutes, certainly shouldn't or couldn't have been cut and/or shortened so that a few other recently deceased notables could have had their names mentioned for a second or two, huh!
(...and despite the fact that I think both ladies are very talented and funny)
That went on forever. I think they could have also cut the "re-cap" thing. And they could have eliminated the people introducing the people introducing awards. I wish they would have introduced the Best Song performers.
I am glad to see that they cut the individual presentations of each of the 10 (!) Best Picture nominees.
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2 hours ago, Hibi said:
WHY was he even on this show? He wasn't nominated! Because he didnt appear over a decade ago?
I was also confused about Eminem, but I enjoy "Lose Yourself" and liked it when it was on the Oscars when it won the Oscar for Best Song. I'm not even a rap fan, but I like the song.
What I want to know is why there were people introducing people who were introducing awards?
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2 hours ago, lilyrose30 said:
What kind of people are in this forum who would make comments and post tweets like this?
The kind of people you place on "ignore."
There are others here who are open to all types of film--not just ones made in 'Murica that represent so-called 'Murican values.
I have not seen Parasite but am intrigued based on the response it received at the Oscars. Some here (those who would freely use the word "t a r d" for example, ::gag::) seem to believe that the Oscars are exclusively devoted to American films, not realizing that they are just another stop on the international film circuit.
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5 hours ago, Hibi said:
Thanks, Speedy. Too bad it's not on a wknd. Will only be able to watch a couple of them.
WHY is the interview with Michael in there? I know he's his son BUT STILL....
I thought that was weird too. They had a 45-min gap to fill and figured that that interview was something they found that would fit the time frame?
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1 minute ago, Bogie56 said:
You should have heard Renee's speech at the BAFTAs ! Talk about incoherent babble. She did rather well at the Oscars in comparison.
Personally I really disliked her performance altogether and thought it rather 'obvious' that people would find it award worthy.
Lol. I think Renee would have benefited from writing her speech down. I thought she was great in Judy, but I was also hoping that Saorise Ronan would play spoiler and win for Little Women.
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8 minutes ago, LawrenceA said:
What do you think about the name change?
I'm not sure I like it, since if it were to be true to its name, then they would have to consider English-language films from Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, etc., among the potential nominees.
I'm assuming the name change was due to some notion that the term "foreign language" is now in some way offensive? I'm not sure.
I was thinking that it was thought that the word "foreign" carried a negative connotation. Wasn't the category called "Best Foreign Film" ?
When American films compete at the BAFTAs (for example), is there a foreign film category that they compete in, separate from the British films?
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) 8:00 AM (ET) 
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962) 10:00 AM (ET) 
The Story of Three Loves (1953) 12:15 AM (ET) 
Along the Great Divide (1951) 2:00 PM (ET) 
Out of the Past (1947) 3:45 PM (ET) 
Young Man With a Horn (1950) 5:45 PM (ET) 
Lust for Life (1956) 8:00 PM (ET) 
Paths of Glory (1958) 9:45 PM (ET) 
Spartacus (1960) 1:15 AM (ET) 
Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival: Michael Douglas (2018) 2:30 AM (ET) 
The Bad and the Beautiful (1953) 4:45 AM (ET) 
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There are also really bad children like Veda Pierce in Mildred Pierce. But she's so awesome, she's the highlight of the film for me. There's a fine line between horrible snotty children and awesome horrible children, apparently.
Bonita Granville's character in These Three is a horrible little girl. Or Rhoda in The Bad Seed is awful.
There are also really irritating children in movies that I enjoy seeing terrorized. Case in point: the annoying playground song that the children sing in The Birds. I like to think that the birds are attacking these children because they couldn't stand the song any longer.