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LawrenceA
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26 minutes ago, speedracer5 said:
Apparently the real Blanche Barrow was not impressed with her portrayal by Estelle Parsons (gosh I can't imagine why). I don't know if she actually sued or whether she just expressed her dissatisfaction with the final result.
And just think, Estelle Parsons won an Oscar for her performance.
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20 minutes ago, Gershwin fan said:
I made a thread on it a while back. I liked the historical accuracy in regards to the couple (yes, I know the prison escape wasn't exactly how it went but they also weren't fun loving kids) the most, that it didn't try to whitewash the couple and portray Hamer as a tool like the 1967 film did (though it is still a much better film). I don't have a problem with either actor though so if you dislike them then yeah, you won't like it.
My problem with it was the depiction of Bonnie & Clyde, especially Bonnie. There's actually no real evidence that she ever killed anyone herself, yet the film shows her as a sadistic cop-killer who enjoys tormenting her targets. I'm not saying that either of them were angels, or even good people at all, but they weren't the super-sinister, highly-competent figures of malevolent dread that this latest film depicted them as, either. It's the same problem as the '67 film, but only in the opposite direction.
For anyone interested in the real story, I suggest reading the comprehensive Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI by Bryan Burrough. It covers all of the major crime figures of the period, including Bonnie & Clyde, John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, Baby Face Nelson, Ma Barker's family, among others. It illustrates how the exploits of these criminals, as well as the cops chasing them, were greatly exaggerated by the media of the day, both to sell papers, and in an orchestrated effort by J. Edgar Hoover to prove how necessary the FBI was, and how they needed to be granted greater policing powers.
I'd also recommend reading up on the real Frank Hamer and his wife. Their true-life story would make a good movie, too.
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21 minutes ago, Gershwin fan said:
I think he is joking or exaggerating as is his style. In another interview, Herzog claimed to have never seen any of the Star Wars films before, even the prequels. Though maybe it's just a very lifelike puppet.
Herzog was also recently quoted as saying that he likes to watch Wrestlemania and the Kardashians to keep up with American culture.
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1 minute ago, laffite said:
Oh God! ... a movie with both Kevin and Woody? Yike!!! Two of the most irritating actors ever. This is probably one of those Netflix originals that are hyped to the hilt.
I believe Gershwin Fan reviewed it on here somewhere, perhaps the "Films of 2019" thread. He liked it a lot, as I recall.
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If you're on a Bonnie & Clyde kick, you might want to watch The Highwaymen on Netflix. It stars Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson as the men who eventually ended Bonnie & Clyde's crime career. The criminal duo are shown throughout, but only fleetingly.
The movie's not bad, but it's full of inaccuracies, which wouldn't be much of a problem for me, only that the filmmakers talked up how much research they did and how realistic they were making the details.
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12 minutes ago, speedracer5 said:
I have over 500 movies recorded on my DVR, and am at 89% capacity.
Do you know if the recordings are SD (standard definition) or HD (high definition)? That makes a big difference on my DVR. A two-hour SD movie will take up about 1% of space, while a two-hour HD movie will take up 5% or more.
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I haven't seen The October Man, or Never Wave at a WAC.
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40 minutes ago, Sepiatone said:
And sadly, lately these days AFRICAN-AMERICAN actors( and mainly comics) seem to be playing up to the stereotype speech patterns. I've noticed it largely on MARTIN(Lawrence Martin's TV show).
Sepiatone
You've noticed it lately on a show that was canceled 22 years ago?
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4 minutes ago, Princess of Tap said:
Stepin Fetchit's racist stereotype of a black man was "Sublime" and completely over-the-top in his ability to project a sense stupidity, docility, seemingly downright wormy and subhuman.
I would wonder if others have seen a great deal of him in the movies? Obviously I've seen a lot of movies in different places, but I honestly had never seen him before except in documentaries.
I've seen Stepin Fetchit in David Harum, Judge Priest, Marie Galante, Charlie Chan in Egypt, Steamboat Round the Bend, On the Avenue, Love Is News, and Bend of the River. He was a favorite of Will Rogers, thus his multiple appearances in his movies.
I've seen Willie Best (aka "Sleep 'n' Eat"), Fred Toones (aka "Snowflake"), and Mantan Moreland more often, I think.
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2 hours ago, EricJ said:
Okay--As Daffy Duck says, let's get down to fundamentals:
While it may be the same unidentified species as Yoda, the Yoda would have been a sprightly 900 years young by the time of the events in "Return of the Jedi" (heheh, look as good at 900, you will not), in which Boba Fett--he is the titular Mandalorian, right?--was killed off and out of the series an hour in the picture before the senior Jedi master did his Little Nell act. (Or is it supposed to be Jango thirty years earlier, before he was killed off in "Attack of the Clones"?)
Which raises the same "spinoff" questions that Solo raised in the theaters: Does ANY of this make the slightest remote sense in canon, or are they now just making it up as they go along, in order to just join nostalgic Original Trilogy references at random?
(Y'know, like the "Where they get blue-milk from" thing in Last Jedi... 😓 )
Let me push my glasses up and adjust my pocket protector for a moment, and state that 1) as you surmised, the "baby Yoda" isn't supposed to be Yoda as an infant, but rather another of the same species, and people are just calling it "baby Yoda" because George Lucas never wanted to identify what Yoda's race was called, as it would lessen the "mystery" (perhaps this show will finally give the race a name), and 2) the title Mandalorian is neither Boba nor Jango Fett, but another member of the Mandalorian race, a group that figures prominently in ancient Star Wars lore.
And the setting of the show is supposed to be 5 years after the events of Return of the Jedi.
And I know all of this despite neither having Disney+ nor having seen one minute of any episode of The Mandalorian. I'm just burdened with a memory loaded with a lot of useless BS.
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7 minutes ago, Princess of Tap said:
Worse than Bogie. Don't quite understand what you mean by that.
What's wrong with Humphrey Bogart?
I think they meant Bogie56. He's such a stinker!
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"Degrees"? Do you mean "decree"?
https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/paramount-decrees-end-makan-delrahim-1203408484/
I keep reading that Sony is looking to sell off Columbia/TriStar/Screen Gems, possibly to Netflix.
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6 minutes ago, Princess of Tap said:
All the "Charlie Chans" are all over YouTube and in my public library.
Of course, some people may have issues with them but they are quite available to anyone and everyone.
Yeah, that availability is why I'm surprised TCM doesn't show them.
Note that my previous post wasn't a plea for TCM to show these movies, only to point out that they aren't shown, and to reference past accusations of "PC programming". I've seen them all, and once was enough.
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1 hour ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
As noted, TCM has shown the film multiple times. TCM does NOT practice PC programming (e.g. NOT showing a film due to context that might offend some group) as far as we know.
E.g. TCM shows Birth of a Nation.
Wasn't it generally assumed that the reason TCM never shows any of the Charlie Chan or Mr. Moto movies is due to "PC" considerations, as in fear of controversy and/or complaints from the audience? As far as I know no one has posted any inter-office memos on the subject that would act as clear evidence of such considerations, but I know the notion has been floated on here a few times.
I'm with you on this topic usually, as I think we both believe that only financial considerations come into play when it comes to what is and what is not shown, but TCM management may feel the risk of social-media outrage isn't worth the effort of showing these particular movies.
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30 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
Larry,
#3 is THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946).
#7 is CRAZY MAMA (1975).
Then I've seen them all.
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I don't know what #3 or #7 are, but yes on the rest.
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2 hours ago, Fedya said:
The problem is that so-called "social justice" is often as misused as "patriotism" (or other ideas) as a veneer for being a really nasty person while claiming that your nasty behavior is not only acceptable, but virtuous because you're fighting some perceived wrong. For good examples of this, read up on "woke knitting" or "Young Adult" Twitter
That "YA Twitter" article gave me a headache. It further demonstrates why I'll never use Twitter.
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6 minutes ago, laffite said:
Promising, although it probably is over the top for me. Then again might survive that because it might be very funny. Wow, they cut off his arm in the original, I might have thought they might have come up with some more grisly demise for the modern audience. That music is pretty good. I have a sweet little friend who has a monthly pass for movies and if the movie shows on her pass I might go with her. I wonder how gory it is. I expect it to be so, but hopefully not disturbingly graphic. I haven't seen a movie in a theater since '00, and before that it was '89. I'll be ok though. From what I've heard I will need ear plugs and perhaps a copy of War and Peace to occupy myself until the main-event movie finally co mes on.
You probably won't be seeing the above reviewed Beowulf in the theater, as it was released 12 years ago. I'm not sure why Jake felt the need to post about it now. Is it being shown on TCM? Did he just watch it? Is today some sort of Beowulf anniversary? Everything's a mystery to me these days.
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Zulu has been shown on TCM at least 4 times, but the last was in 2009.
Zulu Dawn has only been shown once, in 2014.
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3 minutes ago, Princess of Tap said:
(BTW-- Larry, What post-War movie is that for Toshibo on your avatar?-- it's very inviting!)
It's from Snow Trail (1947), Mifune's debut. He co-stars with Takashi Shimura, who he would appear with in many of his Akira Kurosawa films. Kurosawa got screenplay credit on Snow Trail.
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2 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
Notable films for Pleasence include Polanski's CUL-DE-SAC (1965) and Kotcheff's WAKE IN FRIGHT (1971).
He's also quite good in an episode of Columbo entitled 'Any Old Port in a Storm' from 1973.
I would think his most well-known parts were in The Great Escape, You Only Live Twice, and of course the Halloween movies.
I thought he was good in the two films you mention, as well as Dr. Crippen, Fantastic Voyage, and Soldier Blue. His breakthrough role was in the original 1954 BBC version of 1984, and he appeared in the 1956 film version as well. He ended up with around 160 film and TV-movie credits.
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9 minutes ago, cigarjoe said:
How About Eli Wallach - Not discussed much don't even know if he ever had a SOTM.
There seems to be a few threads about him, including an obit thread. Oh, and some joker started this old thread:
http://forums.tcm.com/topic/31963-eli-walllach-to-get-oscar/?tab=comments#comment-587094
It does seem odd that he's never had a SUTS day or been SOTM.
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1 minute ago, TopBilled said:
Donald Pleasence. Appeared in a lot of interesting films. He's someone people should discuss a bit more.
I used to mention him a lot in reviews, as he was an actor whose work I was trying to see all of. Then someone else chimed in about how awful and ugly they thought he was, and wondered why he ever had a career. Beyond that I don't recall much discussion of him.
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1 minute ago, TomJH said:
Actually I like all of Jackie Brown, but maybe that's because I've forgotten Chris Tucker's contribution to the film.
He played the guy Samuel L. Jackson invites to get into his car trunk at the beginning.
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Like speedy mentioned above, a lot of people now know Estelle Parsons (who turned 92 this year) as Roseanne's mother on the Roseanne sitcom and its follow-up The Connors, the latter of which she appeared in this year. Just think of that family tree - Roseanne's mother is Estelle Parsons, and Estelle's mother was played by Shelley Winters. Yikes!
I thought Michael J. Pollard had died but he's still around, having turned 80 back in May. I've seen him in a lot of low-budget genre stuff, but nothing high profile.