ValentineXavier

I just hope that no one says *Pirates of the Caribbean*.

Burning down some of the many TCM films stored on my two DVRs... Seriously, they are showing lots of good films I like, but I have seen most of them many times. I am looking forward to *Under the Volcano*, and *The Invisible Woman*, and more later, I'm sure. Edited by: ValentineXavier on Jan 31, 2012 10:00 PM

> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote} > > > I'm afraid that when the weather's that bad in my neighborhood, my electricity goes out, and I can't watch TCM. I wind up reading the newspaper by kerosene lamp light, listening to jazz and blues on the boombox. Seriously, I share your sentiments. But, I would describe TCM as an oasis amidst deserts and junkyards.

*Killing Zoe* *Romeo is Bleeding* *Gangster Number 1* *Hugo* *The Devil's Backbone* *Pi* *Down By Law* *Careful* *Saddest Music in the World* *Mulholland Drive* *Erendira* *Man Facing Southeast* *Pixote* *Bye Bye Brazil* *Brazil* *Tideland* *Jacob's Ladder* *Donnie Darko* Edited by: ValentineXavier on Jan 31, 2012 8:59 PM

Methinks that perhaps not all of BB's synapses are firing, producing a neural effect that the brain interprets as zooming and editing...

> {quote:title=TopBilled wrote:}{quote}I really want to see LOLLY MADONNA XXX. It is not on DVD. It looks very interesting and was one of his final pictures. I can't say it's a good picture, but it is what I call a good Drive-In movie. It's amusing, and worth a look.

Even with inflation, they deserved more. It was right on the money. You can see why it has become such a classic.

There's nothing made with lemon that isn't better made with limes. I think there's a special place in Hell for dummies who make guacamole with lemon, instead of lime. Key limes are very good, better than the more common Persian lime, which is big, and looks like a green lemon. There is another alternative - Mexican limes. They are round, like a Key lime, but a little bit bigger. You might find them at an ethnic food store. The place I buy them, a produce place, they are 10 for $1. Tasty and cheap!.

I also appreciate your thread very much. Sorry for the nitpick, but I thought you might want to correct this, from below: GENE HANKMAN

I do like 3D, when it's done well. But, there are only two films I know of that HAD to be in 3D to do what they do - *Hugo*, and *Cave of Forgotten Dreams*. It's odd, but I was dreading that they would convert some of Melies ' films to 3D. But when they did, it was magical, and really worked well in the film.

> {quote:title=infinite1 wrote:}{quote} > > > I don't think you can fairly compare the SEA HAWK to MASTER and COMMANDER although I basically agree with everything you are saying. THE SEA HAWK was a fictional swashbuckler while MASTER and COMMANDER was more HISTORICAL DRAMA. I think the more valid comparrison is to compare SEA HAWK, or for that matter, CAPTAIN BLOOD, to JOHNNY DEPPS' PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN films. The reason we will never see a new film on a par with either CAPTAIN BLOOD or THE SEA HAWK is that 1. Errol Flynn is dead and he was the only one who, in my opinion, could carry it off without the CGI effects, and 2. CGI EFFECTS. On the whole, I disagree with you. *The Sea Hawk* and *Captain Blood* are excellent films, *CB* being my favorite Flynn film, and my favorite swashbuckler. I wouldn't really want to see either remade today. But, *Master and Commander* shows that it is perfectly possible to make an intelligent, entertaining, period sea adventure film today. Much as I like Johnny Depp, *PotC* is none of those, it is a cartoonish joke, and no fair comparison to *TSH* or *CB*. Further, I think there are any number of modern actors who could do a credible job in such a film. Crowe, obviously, Daniel Craig, and Clive Owen, to name just two more. I do agree that many modern adventure/entertainment films are often over done, even to the point of absurdity, and they can go wild with the CGI. But, there are plenty of fine films where that is NOT the case.

I'm sure it was not TCM that screwed with the music. Why the distributor would, I can only guess. Perhaps a rights issue? Well, thanks for the info. I have recorded it, but not watched it yet. If we're lucky, maybe someone who knows for certain what's up with that will let us know.

> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}From the comments on these boards over the years, I believe that REBECCA is just about everyone's favorite Fontaine performance > Definitely not my favorite. In fact, I dislike *Rebecca* because of her performance. But, I haven't seen it in decades, because I disliked it so much. I should probably watch it again.

> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}I got carried away with the stars. It really should have been ****. And I thought you meant flesh balloons...

While both The Fugs and The Mothers were definitely social satirists, Zappa was far and away the best musician. The Fugs, led by Ed Sanders, were poets, more so than musicians. They did use language to outrage people, and push the envelope. Their influence wasn't very wide, but it was deep. Most people on the left, in that day, knew their work well. Their early albums were both artier, and coarser, than their later work. They would intersperse songs like River of Sh*t with songs composed of poems by Swinburne, and Blake. Their later work, like Johnny **** was more obvious and accessible. I think they were trying for more listeners, while staying true to their message. Zappa, on the other hand, had a caustic wit, was explicit when he wanted to be, w/o any four letter words, as you have said. He was one of the greatest composers of his generation, perhaps the best. I own all of his earlier albums, and was lucky enough to see him in concert at Cobo Hall a couple of times.

Most of those are good films. But, I vaguely recall *City Beneath the Sea* as being one of the worst films I ever saw. But, that was 30 or 40 years ago.

Agee sums up my feelings on *Jane Eyre* perfectly. I'd say that he took the words right out of my mouth, but I would not have said it so well.

Didn't *Z* get best foreign film? I agree with that.

*Yellow Sky* has run, uninterrupted, often on FMC, but not lately.

You're right. Well, that is in *Britannia Hospital*. I had forgotten. At best a fair film, not in the same ballpark with the first two of the trilogy, *If*, and *O, Lucky Man*.

> {quote:title=OtisCriblecoblis wrote:}{quote} > I didn't realize that the f word was sung in Baba O'Riley. I know it's not in > the lyrics and can't remember hearing it in the song, but then again I wasn't > listening for it. > You're right. If we were in the same room, I'd turn around and let you kick me in the be-hind. It's not in Baba O'Riley, in fact, I'm sure it's in Quadrophenia, in Bell Boy, I think. Years ago, I could have recited every lyric by heart, except for a few words I couldn't understand. Guess I watch too much TCM these days, and don't listen to the old songs enough. The actual line is "Oh, f... him, really."

Okay, I finally watched it, and here's what I posted about the ending in another thread: > >In the parole hearing, Darin convinces the parole board that he is sane, reformed, and Poitier just hates him, because Poitier is prejudiced against him for being white. Later, Darin tells Poitier that of course the parole board believed him, a convict, rather than Poitier, a Dr., because Darin is white, and Poitier black. All this takes place while while Poitier is packing up, because he has resigned his job. Poitier responds by putting Darin in his place, verbally, and Darin is obviously taken aback by it. > >Flash forward to present day - Peter Falk asks Poitier what ever became of Darin. Poitier says that 10 years later, he killed an old man for no reason, and was hung. Falk decides not to resign, but to go back to try and help the black kid he has not been getting through to. He says that he will see the kid in black face next time, and Poitier says that's a good idea.

Suffocation by filling the mouth and nose with sand fleas would be better...

The IMDb says that *The D.I.* was shot in 1.66:1. Well, I appreciate knowing they weren't shown in their OAR. Now I know what to do with them.

I guess I should probably rewatch *Soylent Green*. I haven't seen it since it first came out. I found it to be a big letdown.From near the beginning, I assumed that *all* soylent products were made from humans, so finding out that was the big deal with soylent green seemed very anticlimactic. I expected something more.