SansFin
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On 12/28/2018 at 9:28 AM, speedracer5 said:
Julia Misbehaves (1948).
I don't know if the title, Julia Misbehaves, was really apt. She only really misbehaves a couple times.
This is my absolute favorite Greer Garson movie!
It is so light and easy-going that it is a welcome viewing no matter my mood.
I believe that the title refers to the fact that her actions would be fraud, theft-by-deception and several other felonies if done by any other person but they are only misbehaviours for her because she is so goodhearted and goodnatured. She does not act out of greed or malice. She simply does what needs doing and it is the fault of the world if it sets financial obstacles in her path.
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Beast, Beauty and their love child:
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One of my favorite movies of the modern era is: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990). It follows the adventures and misadventures of two minor characters of: Hamlet. They are so very minor that they do not appear in many of the movie adaptations of the play. They are missing from Sir Laurence Olivier's 1948 version even although they are in Nicol Williamson's 1969 version.
The movie is fascinating as it moves between their own lives and the action depicted in the play.
I would very much like to see the same treatment done with other characters from plays or movies.
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I do hope that all here will remember to put their shoes out tomorrow night so that St. Nicholas might fill them with goodies.
I wish all a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays no matter your what traditions and beliefs may be.
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Elefant Studios AG Christmas advertisement:
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1 hour ago, Dargo said:
Really, Tiki?!
Wow! I didn't know those long ago extinct animals had the power of speech?
(...man, those scientists come up with new theories about those critters every day, don't they)
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I went to the Silver Screen Oasis website when I saw the title of this post. I attributed the lack of a post there concerning the guest to be due to time constraints. I returned to the site several times over the weekend as I believed it would appear at any time.
It was only when it was obvious that it was not going to appear that I came back here and actually read the post.
I am greatly disappointed that this was on Facebook instead of the Silver Screen Oasis site as I would have liked very much to have participated.
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Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)
This movie was written, produced and directed by Werner Herzog.
I believe that statement is all the description necessary. I believe it explains also why it is such a difficult movie to describe. He has said in interviews that it came to him as a fully-realized nightmare. I consider the movie a great success in that it does let us look into a perverse genius's nightmare. It is nearly as disjointed as any dream and it scratches at the scabs of primal fears.
Inmates take over the asylum. Then what? They realize it would be pointless to escape because they would be quickly caught. It is obvious that there is no place for them in the bleak landscape. This lack of place is truly why they are there in the first place. The situation quickly devolves into tiny debaucheries of juvenile violence and impotent sexuality.
I found the movie as fascinating as it was disturbing. The implications re: unfettered human behaviour are as deep and as far-reaching as it is superficial and shortsighted.
I believe this is one of those movies which a person will either love or hate with very little middle ground. I hesitate for that reason to recommend that any watch it but I do hope that all do watch it at least once for it is a unique experience.
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I am very sorry for your loss.
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On 11/25/2018 at 10:43 PM, hamradio said:
"Mortal Engines", this has to be the dumbest plot ever, all the remaining world cities are put on wheels.
Do you believe that they should use tracks instead of wheels as all the best helicopters do?
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On 11/29/2018 at 7:54 AM, DougieB said:
Being articulate is so hard, kids. SansFin is lucky to have it be without end
I thank you for your kind words but flattery will get you nowhere. :) I have reached the point where I no longer feel it is a total fib to claim that I am fluent in writing English but it will be many years yet before I can hope to nibble at the edges of being articulate in it.
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3 hours ago, scsu1975 said:
There are 10 kinds of people; those that understand binary and those that don't.
There are two kinds of people: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
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On 11/24/2018 at 1:01 PM, Bronxgirl48 said:
Haven't seen any of the movies you mention. I must be gettin' old....
I am sorry that I have taken so long to address this issue.
Alice in Wonderland (2010) I have seen a great deal of criticism of this movie. I must wonder if it is because expectations were so very high. It is: Tim Burton (The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Corpse Bride (2005)) and Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean (2003), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)) in a Disney movie with Helena Bonham Carter and Crispin Glover. It does seem that the movie should be perfect.
I am sad to say that it is not. The CGI is astounding but it is still CGI. It in many ways seems to me to be more of a technical-craft movie than whimsical surrealism. I find it emotionally quite flat.
I like it sufficiently to have purchased the DVD and rewatch it at intervals but I do not question the taste or intelligence of people who do not like it.
Ran (1985) This is a version of King Lear set in Japan and directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is a very powerful and intense movie.
My Neighbor Totoro (1988) This is one of my favourite movies of all time! It is innocent beyond belief but does not stoop to sickly sweetness. It is a world with soot sprites which take over old houses and spread dust everywhere but which scatter when people come near. Friendly monsters nap in forest glades. Giant cats carry you wherever you wish to go.
Hayao Miyazaki is best known for: Spirited Away (2001) and Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) but I love this movie much more.
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) This was a play written by Tom Stoppard and directed by him as a movie. Gary Oldman and Tim Roth are such minor characters in Hamlet that they are unsure which is Rosencrantz and which is Guildenstern. Their story intersects with Hamlet but they are very much actors given no direction and are seeking meaning in the world.
Player: Audiences know what they expect and that is all they are prepared to believe in.
I feel very strongly that the last two should be required viewing for all. Their humour could not be more different but are two of the best movies ever made.-
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I believe that one synopsis ruined a movie for me. I am sorry to say that I do not remember either title or stars. The synopsis stated that there was a romantic triangle. The movie is about an aviator who was overprotective of his sister and a new aviator who wished to date that sister. I spent the time of the entire movie looking for cues and hints indicating that the brother and sister were dating. The movie was made during the code and so I knew that they would have to be subtle but I found none. This distraction and disappointment made the movie seem quite uninteresting.
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10 minutes ago, DougieB said:
For someone with such a distinguished lineage, his tentacles are wandering unconscionably.
It was the photographer's discretion to not capture where the end of the nose is exploring.
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5 hours ago, DougieB said:
The carried-off-by-an-ape plot is one they haven't gotten to yet, especially robotic outer space ones.
You may be happy to learn that in production is a movie of the relationship between an "I only made that movie because I needed the money" bimbette and her co-star who she learns is the love-child of: The Creature From the Black Lagoon and an African bat.
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49 minutes ago, scsu1975 said:
I'd like to know how Sepiatone became an "Enhanced Member." Is this a physiological thing?
It can be a result from indulging in herbs. One should seek medical attention if it causes one to watch movies for more than four hours.
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I am happy to say that my Thanksgiving was uneventful. I finished installing the carpet in the transition area between hallway and living room. I made great headway in sorting the items in one large junk drawer into smaller drawers. I found a remote for the television which we replaced last year. I won $40 on a $2 scratch-off lottery ticket!
I did not bother to make a meal. I ate the best parts of the leftovers in the refrigerator and threw away the rest of them so that now the refrigerator is relatively clean. The only 'new' thing I ate was a complete package of chocolate-mint cookies.
Capuchin left Wednesday and I do not expect him to return before Monday or Tuesday.
I miss him a little but it is no hardship that he is gone for this time because Thanksgiving is not one of my holidays. I am coming to enjoy it but it is not close to my heart.
I braved the Black Friday crowd by going out at approx. ten o'clock today to purchase a vacuum cleaner at Lowe's. I now have to determine best placement before Capuchin's return. I will not tell him of it and will wait for him to be surprised. I hope he approves as I put it on his credit card.
My movie watching yesterday and today has been minimal because I am working through the Diana Rigg/Emma Peel seasons of: The Avengers on Tubi. I did watch: Alice in Wonderland (2010) which I love despite its reviews, Ran (1985), My Neighbor Totoro (1988) and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990).
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It is my understanding that 'noir' connotes a work which obscures lines in traditionally black-and-white situations. It involves moral ambiguity while good people do bad things and bad people become heroes. The cynicism is cranked up to eleven and the fatalism is palpable.
There is no reason why such a stylistic approach to storytelling would be confined to a single genre.
I have read reviews which state that: Gunslinger Girl (2003) is a type of noir. None did explicitly term it as: anime noir but the implication is there. I would not personally term it such as I find little moral ambiguity within the main characters: they are simply sweet and innocent little girls who assassinate Republicans.
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What you plan and what takes place ain't ever exactly been similar.
Serenity (2005)
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I hope that all here are safe and have a Happy Thanksgiving!
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11 hours ago, Dargo said:
I remember liking Bob Fosse's vanity project quite a lot when I first watched it back in '79
I love this movie very much for many reasons. Each scene is precise in its meanings and execution. It is narcissistic self-evaluation and realization. There are dichotomies within dichotomies. The movie is in all regards honest at the expense of the ego and vanity of the autobiographer.
Bob Fosse was the greatest choreographer of the Twentieth Century and he choreographed this entire movie with his unique blend of sinister sexiness and self-destructive passion.
The movie is a disturbingly realistic close-up of a life fully embracing Wallenda's: "To be on the wire is life. The rest is waiting." It clearly delineates between what is tolerated, what is embraced and what is sacrificed on the altar of passion. It is the story of a flawed hero continuously seeking a chalice beyond human reach.
The only uncomfortable spot for me is the: Everything Old is New Again dance scene. Ann Reinking has the longest and most graceful legs in human history and I am intolerably jealous to the point of exasperation.
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Why do we remember the worst of some characters?
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Military dictum: If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly.