roverrocks

Darn Dargo2 Darn, I WOULD like to have the MAUSER and a potato masher too but I am Shocked, simply Shocked at your suggestion/inference....................................................................one of Wayne's revolvers as well plus Walter B.'s grungy old hat and one of the weird blue French Army coats and red pants that made them such delightful targets. Your "ol' Triumph or Harley" would have been a heck of a five fingered PRIZE for sure and maybe Brando's cycle hat. The list is endless now that I think of all the cool memorabilia one could have BORROWED FOR EXTENDED RESEARCH over the decades.

One of the extras portraying the French and German soldiers in 1930's All Quiet on the Western Front or one of the cowboys in Red River.

> {quote:title=markfp2 wrote:}{quote}No doubt THE KID is my favorite Chaplin film. The sad thing is how many people will never experience the greatness of that film because it's a silent film and most people won't watch silent films. It their loss. My good wife is one of those sad people who won't give silent films a chance. I have a hard enough time trying to get her to watch any of the talking classics occasionally. Bugs the heck out of me!!

My list in no order of any kind: Paths of Glory The Dawn Patrol Breaker Morant All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Full Metal Jacket Twelve O'Clock High The Train La Grande Illusion The Hill Cross Of Iron Enemy at the Gates (excluding the ridiculous love interest scenes) The Seven Samurai

Thanks for the site.

What's offensive dialogue to one is not to another. What is politically correct to one is not to another. This endless "modern" political correctness malarky/BS under every rock in the stream bed will be the death of us all. High time to bury all this endless and often mindless political correctness six feet under.

I tried to name our first born son Greta in honor of Garbo but my wife got quite violent in her reaction to my brilliant idea. I was out of surgery and rehab in only a couple of months.

Just watched Chaplin's "The Kid" for the very first time. Stunning and wonderful silent movie. Jackie Coogan is so amazing in his Kid role. I can't say enough about this moving film and then the tribute shown after "The Kid". Chaplin was such a genius. I'll quit gushing but I loved the film.

I 100% think that avoiding watching 1933's BABYFACE on a first date would be a good thing unless.......................................................................................nuff said.

> {quote:title=Geminigirl wrote:}{quote}There is no such thing as too much film noir......................... A BIG ditto to that...........................

Rennie certainly had a magnificent voice. So very, very hard to beat an English voice. So many great ones.

Clint Eastwood has to be somewhere in the top 10-15 especially for a lot of women I would think. As the good looking wife of my best friend said to him 40 years ago: "Honey, if Clint Eastwood ever shows up on my doorstep you're history". She meant it 100%. He's not in my top 10-15 but then I don't have ovaries. Chime in women. Where does good ol' Clint rank for you?? For my money the top three would be Cary, Bogie, and Paul Newman.

Clara Bow, Clara Bow, Clara Bow!!!!! After watching "It" for the first time last night I finally understand and get "It". I had seen her in Wings" and thought Bow was cute and interesting but until I viewed "It" then (it, the word) was just an overused meaningless word out of a dictionary. Let's just say Bow had (the word) in spades and then some. One can't take one's eye off of Bow even with a few dozen other gorgeous ladies in screen view. My only problem with this fascinating silent film is that the very young Gary Cooper who also posesses oodles of (the word) did not have the central male role. The pizazz of the film would have been quadrupled at least and the celluloid might even have caught fire. Bow is my new favorite ultra-sexy siren at the moment.

I'll take the 1953 classic War of the Worlds over Forbidden Planet any day of the week. Over This Island Earth as well. I will also take 1951's The Day the Earth Stood Still over both as well by a wide margin.

> {quote:title=Evenjob wrote:}{quote}I didn't catch the whole thing, but from the parts I saw they should have titled > the 1931 version The Maltese Gigolo, which is what Cortez's characterization > reminds me of. From what I recall of the novel, Spade is a lot closer to Bogie's > roughhewn and gritty type than Cortez's tango dancer. Tens years is a long while > in movie making and Huston's version makes this earlier one look static and > humdrum, though it's interesting as a curiosity piece from the early 1930s. I got > a kick out of the wardrobe of Gutman--looks like he just escaped from Oz. > > The thing about these pre-code flicks is that while people might have gotten all > lathered up when a woman lifted her dress to roll up her stockings, that just doesn't > mean much today, so the fact that the 1931 version is more risque than the 1941 > version is rather irrelevant to the overall quality of the pictures. I agree totally with your thoughts especially with the "Maltese Gigolo" characterization. I much, much prefer the 1941 Bogart version and especially Bogart himself over Cortez.

W.C. Fields and Mae West are the alltime hams to me but I love them. The hammiest voices and acting of them all. For that matter every silent star was also a ham. What else could they be? Edited by: roverrocks on May 29, 2013 4:02 PM

I agree. Almost people in the world over 10,000 years of recorded history have just been average Joes and Jills caught up in the quagmires and wars of brutal ideologues and fanatics. We today demonize Muslems but most are just average people trying to eat, sleep, raise families, and survive the terrors they never asked for or were brainwashed into. They all could be "us" and we all could be "them" but for the accident of our birthplaces be they WW2 German soldiers, Red Army soldiers, Japanese soldiers, or British/American soldiers.

Looking forward to seeing the great Hard Times (1975) tonight. I have not seen this in many, many years. The definitive Charles Bronson film to me. Was there ever a tougher man portrayed than Bronson's Chaney? Captures the brutal Depression era in all it's tragedy and survivalist had-to-be. I'm so glad I did not have to live through the Depression. Chaney is the ultimate quiet tough guy wimps like me wish we were, had been, and could be. Love Coburn in this as well.

Great list! I love The Dawn Patrol especially.

Another fine movie about a submarine, a commander, a crew, and great despair was On the Beach.

I really like One-Eyed Jacks as well and would like to see it again soon as well. Really liked Brando in Viva Zapata as well as far as Brando western style movies go.

Das Boot beyond a doubt for me. Run Silent, Run Deep is second but a ways back. The Hunt For Red October would be third but I thought the novel was better than the movie though the movie version is still very good.

Ditto for "The Natural" having one of the all-time great endings. Gives me goosebumps and chills every time I watch the cosmic last AB: heart stopping broken bat, foul balls, blood on the uniform, and finale slow motion HR for the ages like Bobby Thompson's miracle six decades ago and then playing catch with Hobb's son while the strength of the eternal Mother watches over them. Pure cinema magic that makes one feel good. Edited by: roverrocks on May 23, 2013 10:08 AM

I watched "Le Jour Se Leve" on May 21 for the first time. What a marvelous film. So well acted with gritty realism and great dialog by all concerned. Jean Gabin amazing. I will definitely watch it again.

The cottages in "The Enchanted Cottage" and "Random Harvest". So peaceful and homey. The spaceship in "2001: A Space Odyssey". The stark military courtroom in "Breaker Morant". The gas station/cafe in "The Petrified Forest". Utah's Professor Valley/Fisher Towers used in so many westerns. I've been there many times in life. Monument Valley used in numerous films. I've been there many times in life. Rick's Cafe in "Casablanca". Can there really be anyplace better to spend your evenings in? The Grand Hotel in "The Grand Hotel". I'd love to spend a week there.