Vautrin
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In my limited experience, librarians are usually hotter than book store clerks. Of course there are exceptions.
Most of the used book stores I've been in seem to have male clerks who are about ten years beyond the usual
retirement age.
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5 hours ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
Are you talking about the book or the 46 movie version?
In the book Carmen does kill Regan but in the movie Mars' men kill him because he was messing with Mrs. Mars. This switch was done so that Marlowe could kill another person under the justification of moral retribution. (like when Marlowe murders Canino, a scene that was initially banned by the censors).
In the book it is Marlowe that is having an affair with Mrs. Mars.
Mostly about the novel, though it doesn't matter that much. If Hollywood can fiddle with the source work,
than anyone can. Since the movie Mars has had more than one person killed, Marlowe didn't really need
the killing of Regan to give him justification for Mars' death. It was also kind of neat that he had Mars'
own men kill him. Of course in the novel Regan was married to Vivian. While I agree that understanding
all the details of the plot is not necessary to enjoying the movie, it's interesting to try to tease out all
those details.
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I think the lady cab driver was not really a cab driver, just a ho with a driver's license.
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Carmen was not punished for killing Regan because Regan was still alive. Anyway she was too hot and crazy
to be punished. Regan, being the stalwart IRA soldier he was, left the U.S. and returned to Ireland to continue
the valiant struggle against the limey oppressors. Sadly he was blown up while constructing a bomb. Rusty R.I.P.
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7 hours ago, LawrenceA said:
By the way, here's a pic of the guy who wrote the original post's article from The Federalist website, which should tell you all you need to know:
Ahoy, me hardies.
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4 hours ago, lavenderblue19 said:
Agree with this post totally Vautrin. As a matter of fact, when Basehart kills Hayward I was thinking exactly the same thing, he can get off due to self-defense, he saved Joan. Of course he does say he's insane, so he'll probably be put away anyway, although I thought he was the smartest character in the film. I loved that last line of his about fate not caring how to get to the outcome as long as the outcome is the same ( something to that effect_)
I didn't pay over much attention to the details of Basehart's supposed insanity. Back then it was easier to get someone
into an asylum and with Schaefer's money and influence, who knows. After the year starts over again it seems that
whatever Joan does to avoid a repeat of her husband's death doesn't work and fate will out, even when there is a
change in circumstance, like his leg injury. I was amused when she thought it would be enough to bring Conway
back home with her to avoid a repeat of what happened before. Why not get in a car and head west? Yes, in the
end the same fate occurred, it was just carried out by a different person.
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Enjoyable little picture. Hayward did put on a bit of the ham, but since his character is such an outright
bastard, little harm done. By the time the film comes to a conclusion, I'm kind of hoping he will be killed
a second time. I didn't find Basehart's character to be particularly gay. He's a sensitive poet who later on
is supported by Natalie Schaefer. Maybe he "services" her in exchange for those nice suits. Of course maybe
that's all it took in the late 1940s to be thought of as gay. He also seems to be in love with Joan Leslie, and in
more than just a "platonic" manner. And he can make a claim for self-defense as Hayward was about to
attack Joan. Maybe Raymond Burr will get him off.
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I would like to confer with Virginia (Hold The) Mayo about cabbages and kings, and
why the sea is boiling hot and whether pigs have wings and other miscellaneous topics.
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17 hours ago, Dargo said:
And that's 'cause even though The Kid had a damn good hand, you never EVER check-raise and then go all in against another player's hand who might just have the one hold card which could beat your hand. The Kid should have just called the hand after checking, as the pot was already one of the biggest of the night.
(...even I know this, and I've always been just a so-so poker player)
I haven't played poker too much, but the odds are much against Eddie getting that straight flush with one card down,
so I guess Steve's bet with a full house wasn't that bad. Sometimes you eat the tiger and...
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6 hours ago, lavenderblue19 said:
I thought Steve and his character in Thomas Crown was cool. The film wouldn't have worked if he wasn't cool. He also was very appealing physically or his relationship with Faye wouldn't have worked. One of the se-xiest scenes in film, Steve and Faye playing chess, and then that kiss. sorry, Vautrin, can't agree on this one
That's okay. Cool, like many things, is in the eye of the beholder. I do agree that the chess scene in the movie was pretty
sexy, though I was more interested in Faye Dunaway's moves than Steve's.
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1 hour ago, lavenderblue19 said:
Time for you to rewatch The Thomas Crown Affair (the Steve version)
I like McQueen, I just never found him cool, except in that tired macho motorcycle retread way. One can like a movie
star without thinking they are cool. I rewatched The Thomas Crown Affair when it was on about a year ago. Good
movie, and a millionaire who plans bank robberies is sort of cool, but first you have to be a millionaire. I watched
The Cincinnati Kid last night. Steve is good in that one too and a Cincinnati kid is cooler than an Akron kid, but then
he lost big to Eddie G. That wasn't too cool.
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15 hours ago, EricJ said:
Welllll....maybe Tony Curtis.
That was just a temporary gig, though Tony did a good impression of Cary.
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Mr. Mal Evans on tambourine.
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Presenting Smokin' Joe Frazier and the Filter Tips
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3 hours ago, Polly of the Precodes said:
Ah, but Cary Grant...Actually I think he was one of the all-time beneficiaries of the "British accent = quality" fallacy.
Probably. And as the old saw goes No one plays Cary Grant like Cary Grant. Whatever one may think of his
acting abilities, I still like Cary Grant, even if he is often playing himself.
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Sammy was a great entertainer, though personally he was a little too much tired ol' Vegas shtick for me.
But I still dig the candy man, baby.
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Well done and entertaining flick in the patented British subdued approach. There's nothing funnier than seeing
the tables turned on a hidebound control freak who now finds himself under the thumb of someone else who is now
in charge of him just as he is in charge of his cringing subordinates. That has to hurt him tremendously. Granted,
Morell is a more charming and personable chap than Cushing, though that's a bit of a low bar. Still, if push came
to shove I wouldn't trust Morell at all. I think the Scrooge comparison is a bit of a stretch. While at the end of the
film Cushing manages a tiny smile and will come to the Christmas party, I wouldn't be surprised if he showed up
after the holidays are over as the same authoritarian pain in the neck as he was before. Redemption highly in
doubt. At least he got those volumes of Gibbon for all his troubles.
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Rin Tin Tin had more talent in his right front paw than Shirley Temple had in her whole body.
Martin Kosleck was a better propagandist than Joseph Goebbels.
Alfred Hitchcock is both the most overrated and underrated director of the studio era.
David O. Selznick was more handsome than Gary Grant.
James Dean made tastier sausages than Jimmy Dean.
Claudette Colbert had a neck.
Greer Garson was a bigger bull dykee than Deborah Kerr.
Clifton Webb would have won a arm wrestling contest with Victor Mature.
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I always thought McQueen was about as cool as Lawrence Welk. As least Mitch would bring a little
weed with him.
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8 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
It's very difficult to scare or genuinely unsettle someone; it is VERY EASY to repulse them.
(If I ever meet ELI ROTH, that's the FIRST THING I'M GONNA SAY TO HIM.)
True. And the all blood and guts horror movies are pretty repetitious, just the instrument used to shed
the blood being different.
I know a fair number of people don't like the Christmas season, but I do enjoy it myself. Sometimes I almost
feel guilty about it.
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4 hours ago, MusicalsGalore said:
Same. I try to remain open with all movies, but there's some genres/sub genre's that I don't like
Biblical epics, Cheaply made horror movies, D-Grade Westerns of the 30s and 40s, and gangster movies are some examples of genres I don't like
Yeah, after a while most people know their own individuals tastes and what types of movies they like or don't like.
I like some gangster movies and some horror films, but the nothing but blood and guts horror movies I avoid.
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Listen up men. Things aren't looking good. Army is kicking our can
all over the place. I think of George Gipp. He once said to me when
things look bad and the team is down, just tell 'em to go out there
and win one for the Gipper. So that's what we're going to go. Pull
down our pants and go out there and win one for the Gipper.
Knude Rockne, All American
A biopic that tells the true story of Knude Rockne. Few knew that the Rock liked to hold all his practices in the nude, nothing there, in birthday suits. Rockne's preference had nothing sexual about it. With his Norwegian background, Rockne felt that football should be practiced in the nude to toughen up his players. And doing so in Indiana during football season certainly fit Rockne's bill. When players came to Rock complaining about "shrinkage" Rockne told them to man up and keep playing. And Rockne's let it all hang out philosophy certainly paid off for the famous Notre Dame coach with his sterling winning record. The only sad part of the story was George Gipp. At first the modest Gipp did not take to Rock's nude practice. But gradually Gipp was won over and started going around as naked as a jaybird at every opportunity. Even when the temps went below zero, George Gipp went around in the all together. This led to exposure, then pneumonia, then his unfortunate death. So it seems only right that Rock asked his players to go out and win one for Gipper, who had given his all.
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The Creature from the Black Lagoon might make the beginning of an interesting artificial Christmas tree.
I hadn't seen it in about twenty years. Okay, but nothing special. And it's only about 80 minutes long.
Our local PBS stations are showing a lot of that Peter, Paul, and Mary special and also a British Invasion
special hosted by Petula Clark. These old timers don't look too bad, then I saw that the program was
from about 15 years ago.
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Usually with both eyes open. There are certain types of movies I stay away from--Lassie/animal flicks,
swashbuckling stuff, biblical epics, low-budget 1930s westerns, and probably a few more sub-genres
I'm missing. Saves a lot of time.
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The Big Sleep Explained
in General Discussions
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Yes, it was probably more acceptable to make a thug like Mars the killer instead of a young woman like
Carmen. Maybe a few years in the nuthouse will straighten her out. Nothing wrong with a sex crazed
girl who wants to have a little fun, unless she pulls out a gun. Then it's time to head for the exit.