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Perhaps it would help if you check to see that person's movie character name isn't also the name of another actual actor or actress. If so, then pick another of their characters. Sepiatone

Oddly enough, during one of my earliest TV viewings(I was 5), Hamilton never bothered me at all. But for some reason, the scene where the wicked witch's feet(from under the house) shrivel up and slide under the house shook me up. And as a very young kid watching those Weismuller Tarzan flicks, the scenes of where alligators (or were they crocs?) trotting into the water would shake me up. And I'd actually visibly shudder during those scenes where headhunters supposedly had their victims tied to two bent and crossed thin trees and the ropes were cut, apparently ripping their victims in two! My Mom would swiftly be at the TV, turn it off saying, "That's enough of that sh-t." Sepiatone

Seriously, that movement y'all's b-itchin' about isn't all that fast enough to bother me. Besides. all needs be done is to focus on the host/hostess and you'll not notice the slow movement. But that "hand-held" filming technique, used a lot on that TV show NYPD BLUE annoyed me no end. Which is why I never really bothered to watch it after the first couple. Reminded me of when my brother in law would insist on letting my five year old nephew(at the time) hold his camcorder and let him do the taping. Sepiatone

Interesting. Not "horror" but scary? Well, off the top, I can only come up with a Suspense/thriller DADDY'S GONE A-HUNTING('69) with Carol White and Paul Burke. Had me white knuckled on the edge of my car seat(saw it at a drive-in). I might come up with a few more later. Interesting thread CHAYA. Sepiatone

Silly me. I thought this was a thread about actress DIANE TAYLOR, who starred in APACHE BLOOD('75) and died in 1976. Just another of ARI's misleading thread titles. Sepiatone

I grit my teeth at that too. As in---- "I was talking with this guy, and he's like, "I never saw that thing before." and I'm like, "But they're not hard to see." and he's like, "where do you go to see them?"------- ECHH! It was a bit OK when used in "Beatnik speak"; "Man like, I dig it the most, Daddy-o." . E-w-w-w Those are terrible shots of Alan Ladd. I think I don't want to see EITHER of the movies those stills are from! OK, I've had my fun. Don't want to send someone running for their MIDOL. Sepiatone

EEE! Maybe not that version, but... As DOBIE GRAY once sang---"The original's still the greatest!" Sepiatone

Personally, MY favorite "plant based" horror is..... Sepiatone

Oh, THANKS! NOW I'm hearing Dooley Wilson singing "Knock On Wood" from CASABLANCA! Wonder for how long now..... Sepiatone

In my opinion, there's nothing wrong with Ms. Lake. I think she was a cutie. But sure, not the only one. And red lipstick? I'm with DARG on that one too. As for the hair-dos, it all depends. Some were good, some bad, and several seemed to choose do's that did them no justice( unless the producer or director made the choice for some movie). And incidentally.... The mid '40's to mid '50's VIRGINIA MAYO still makes my heart race. Sepiatone

SO.........THAT'S what he was washing down with all that BOOZE! Sepiatone

I wasn't referring to you specifically, but note that there were some who seemed to post about songs in movies they liked and just watched and went around hearing those particular tunes for days(or longer) afterwards. I was mostly referring to songs from movies you(or anyone else) haven't seen in a while and came to mind from out of nowhere and stuck in your head all day(or longer). Like one morning recently I woke up and started hearing that TOP BANANA tune all that day, and after NOT seeing that flick for a long time. MUCH different than when I walked out of Detroit's Madison theater in '70 and heard CSN's "Long Time Gone" in my head for a week. Sepiatone

Ah, but JAMES, TOM wasn't claiming the statement "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" wasn't true, but implying his opinion that Top was mistaken in HIS opinion that it was an unflattering shot of Olivia. And merely disagreeing with said opinion. MY only issue with any of this is... Flattering, unflattering or whichever, to condemn an entire movie based on ONE SHORT SHOT seems somewhat pathological to me. And now, after seeing that shot, it seems "tempest in teapot" to p-iss and moan so much about. The two going on and on about it always struck me as being above such "boosh-whah". and for the record.... I think nonsense phrases such as "passive-aggressive" are just so much Millennial schmutz "Newspeak". Sepiatone

So long since I've seen the picture, not sure about Olivia's close-up. I could only say that I wouldn't think a bad close-up of anybody would "compromise" any otherwise well presented and filmed story. And I can agree with that "above poster" and his "eye of the beholder" claim. I wasn't brought up in farm country, but my Mother's side were coal miners tuned farmers and I have many old photos from the early 20's into the early '30's of family members, And the women in those photos run the gamut from heart stopping to clock stopping. And can agree with Top's disdain for a stereotype of what farm women are supposed to look like. But then too, as the story supposedly takes place shortly after the civil war, and mid 19th century, there could be a considerable difference as to how a farm woman might have looked in those times compared to how they might have looked in the time TOP grew up in farm country. And Top's opinion of Olivia's "terrible" close-up might have been the result of the director's attempt at time period "reality". But it's all another person's opinion, and really no reason to "fly a rag" over it. And really, it does seem difficult to take a bad photographic image of Olivia. At any age. Sepiatone

Kidman is probably up to the task. But I do have reservations as to Bardem pulling off the Desi role. But I'll wait and see. I might be surprised. And hopefully pleasantly. Sepiatone

Hey, I do appreciate your response, and I'll thank you for the "bump". And where did you get the idea that I was arguing with you? Sepiatone

"Schlock" in describing LSJTD is putting it mildly. I renamed it "Let's BORE Movie-Goers To Death". I also joked, When it came out, that BURNT OFFERINGS might have been a movie about my mother in law's pork chops. Long believing that not cooking them long enough would give people tapeworm, she'd fry them suckers until they had the consistency of a dog's rawhide chew toy. Sepiatone

Yeah, but.... TWENTY or more years AFTER seeing it? Again, HOW long after seeing it? Getting a tune stuck in your head right after seeing it or shortly after is one thing. As a kid, I spent a week or more singing and "head hearing" "Whatever Lola Wants" From DAMN YANKEES after seeing it with my folks. It's been 30+ years since I last saw it, but now, after mentioning it, I'll probably spend the rest of the day hearing it in my head. And note; This ISN'T a "favorite movie song" thread. Sepiatone

THE SHINING? I wasn't too thrilled with it either. Sepiatone

You know(I hope) that an "earworm" refers to a song or piece of music that gets stuck in your head. You hear it in your head for most to all of the day or maybe more than just one day. For me, I've been hearing the main title song to the movie TOP BANANA ('54) all day so far. Can't figure it out as it's been at least 20 or more years since I've seen the movie. So..... This ever happen to anyone else? and if so, what was the movie? Sepiatone

Sure. Like I elaborated about my brother. I got that. Which is why I elaborated further with the whole "Eloise" story. Sepiatone

Well KATIE, I couldn't care LESS about what Eddie likes or dislikes. Never could tolerate that buffoon. But THOMPSON'S claim of classical music being boring....? Well I like classical music but too, gotta admit quite a bit of it can be boring. Same with a lot of jazz. And a lot of rock music can be annoying and over formulaic. AND the same goes for country, hip-hop, rap and that pre-pubescent "pop" music that's the main feature of every Grammy awards show. But not all of those genres can be thus classified. Tell the truth, I don't think Sinatra was the greatest singer ever too. But that doesn't mean I think he wasn't any good. I preferred Nat King Cole when it came to the genres Frank also sang in too. And although I also can say Bill Holden wasn't my favorite actor, I must admit I thought he did well with most of the roles he was given. "Fast"? "Slow"? Those are acting referrals that are still too ambiguous to entertain. Sepiatone

I disagree, although they often aren't. I feel the only time they shouldn't be a factual replication of a novel is when there's a way they found to improve upon it( like what was done with '78's THE SILENT PARTNER, certainly an improvement on the Anders Bodelsen novel THINK OF A NUMBER on which it was based). Sepiatone

Yeah, I like that house too ANDREA. But as for TV houses, I'm kinda on the simplified lifestyle side of the fence, and thought the house ANDY GRIFFITH had in Mayberry wasn't too bad either. Sepiatone

I was always amused at this film as I don't recall Frankenstein's monster and his bride ever consummating their "marriage". Or any mention of Henry and Elizabeth having any son. Too bad Mary Shelly never wrote a sequel. Last I heard(or read) Henry was still chasing his creation all over the arctic. Sepiatone