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Something else that these boards have.... although i'm not certain how many really pay attention to them, are reputation points. You get one for every like you receive and mayb e one for every time you are quoted. Naturally, most of the time, the more you post, the more you get.....
http://forums.tcm.com/topmembers/?filter=pp_reputation_points
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George Raft, maybe? Most of his Paramount gangster films are rarely seen.
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Just now, John Louis Gerdes said:
Excellent point of view! I never thought of it. When I took screenwriting at the university, that was what you were thought as "Character introduction". Interesting observation, thank you! BTW, did you say upcoming "Death on the Nile"? I love the 1978 version with Peter Ustinov and a movie hard to see on TV (don't know why???)
Yes, they have a new Death on the Nile coming. Again with Branagh. The biggest name in the rest of the cast so far in Annette Bening, although one name familiar to blockbuster fans won't be in this film for long: the current Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot, gets the Lois Chiles part, and we all know what that means.....
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14 hours ago, EricJ said:
Except that the Suchet version ridiculously fiddled with one of the clues just to give Poirot some "personal drama" in the story--
In the Lumet version (and presumably the original Christie, although I hadn't read it in school because we had "And Then There Were None" instead), there's the clue about an "H", which might incriminate our good heroine...Or, as Poirot notes, is it actually a Russian "N", which would incriminate the old Russian princess? The Suchet version completely skips over the latter, and, instead of Poirot deciding to turn a blind eye at the end, has him basically hide the clue, out of respect and hidden affection for the girl, suggesting that it really WAS there to incriminate her, and we were supposed to be gullible enough to fall for it...Oh, and for some reason, the death-threat notes don't have twelve letters, either.
Still, the Lumet version is one of the first three movies I picture when trying to imagine the 70's Golden Age. Every good reason for a mid-70's movie was there. 😁
In the book, it was the elderly Russian princess's hankerchief. It did stand for the Russian N.
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Days won.... 1. Oh well, its kind of like an Olympics for Forums members.
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Oftentimes if the topic of the 1970s come up, I usually use the one line Marilyn Sokol had in Foul Play: "Really, honey, you gotta drag yourself into the 70s! You gotta get some merchandise!"
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The original has the better cast, the wittier script, and hews closer to the Christie mileau, but the later version benefits from a fine Michelle Pfeiffer performance, more heart than 1974's, and a sleek look thanks to being made completely on 70 mm film. The 1974 gets my vote, but I feel the more recent one was good in its own right and was better than some of the more praised titles of 2017.
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Also it was used in Tron Legacy, where they made Jeff Bridges look like he did in the 1980s, and in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, where most of the first half of the film had Brad Pitt look like an elderly man, but a later scene had him deaged to look like he was 21.
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Been on a bit of a divided tear, classic and recent today, but the most recently finished was Bureau of missing Persons earlier when it aired. At first, though it still had that early 30s WB/First National snap, it was a bit standard, but things really brightened in the later sections when Bette came to the fore. Having seen her in so many roles both sympathetic or nasty over the years, the stages in which you had to guess which side of the law her character was on were downright exciting and suspenseful. A nice little way to spend 72 minutes.
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Finally got around via DVD to a film I wanted to see for years, Lovers and Other Strangers (1970). It didn't disappoint. It's a sharp, lively ensemble comedy drama that feels very much of the time it was made, but also has some timeless insights about relationships that would ring true in any era. The cast is wonderful, cast to perfection, although Oscar nominee Richard Castelliano and Bea Arthur steal the show from everyone else.
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It's November 2019, and the current decade has 59 days left in it. it has been a time of great change in the movie industry with collapsing companies, the emergence of streaming, rising and falling careers, new movements of cinema, and audience splintering. I'm starting this thread, in the spirit of the one thread asking what it will be like moviewise in the 2020s, just so members here can muse about films, and the pluses and minuses of the movies this decade, favorites and films that you didn't care for, changes in things, etc...
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I've seen very little from this year, but I'm game for the decade best....
Top 10, with 40 after that unranked.
1. Brooklyn
2. About Time
3. 45 Years
4. True Grit
5. 20th Century Women
6. Never Let Me Go
7. The Grand Budapest Hotel
8. Life Itself (2014)
9. Nebraska
10. Phantom ThreadRunners-up:
Anna Karenina
Bad Times at the El Royale
Blade Runner 2049
Boyhood
The End of the Tour
Florence Foster Jenkins
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Gravity
Hell or High Water
The Help
How to Train Your Dragon
Hugo
If Beale Street Could Talk
The Imitation Game
Inside Out
Jackie
Joy
Labor Day
La La Land
Last Flag Flying
Lean on Pete
Les Miserables
Mary Poppins Returns
Paterson
Philomena
Ready Player One
Sing Street
Spotlight
Stan and Ollie
Testament of Youth
Their Finest
The Tree of Life
12 Years a Slave
When Marnie Was There
Whiplash
The Wind Rises
Woman in Gold
Won't You Be My Neighbor
Young Adult
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Just now, speedracer5 said:
Was that The Rat Race ? I think I remember when that came out and I remember seeing the Lucy scene. I don't think I've ever seen the actual movie. In her movie career, Lucy seems to have trouble with trailers and campers.
I'm not sure if it was an homage or not. I hadn't heard that it was. If it wasn't, then it should have been. I find The Long, Long Trailer very relevant to my every day life.
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When disappointed about the size/look of something seen online:
"It (the "bungalette") looked enormous in the ad!"
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When something isn't what you were expecting when you get home:
"It's a fine thing when you come home to your home and your home is gone."
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When you've figured out the solution to your problem:
"I know what happened! They sent two sets of towels!"
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To provide advice/encouragement to someone driving:
"Trailer brakes first!"
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To provide (un)helpful help on navigating the city in a large vehicle:
"Think of it has a train behind you--40 feet of train!"
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To tell someone to be quiet:
"Save it Joe!"
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Navigation while driving:
"Turn right here left!"
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To express irritation when above navigation was incorrect:
"Have you any conception how much room it takes to turn this thing around? We may have to go on for miles and miles!"
*I was able to (jokingly) use this on my husband when we accidentally turned the wrong way in CA on our honeymoon. The "thing" we were driving was my Toyota Corolla, which made the quote even funnier.
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To express anger for someone damaging your property:
"My rose! My rose! You tore down my rose with your lousy, stinking trailer!" ::Fake sob::
Yes, that was Rat Race. The Lucy scenes were the highlight of the film which was a cross between It's a Mad mad mad Mad World and the anything goes, over the top style of Ruthless People. Not sophisticated comedy at all (the Lucy scenes were the classiest ones in the film on the whole), but fun none the less with an exceedingly game cast.
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18 hours ago, NickAndNora34 said:
If you think that's crazy, you must not know that Michael Bay's "Armageddon" also got a Criterion release. One word: WOOF
18 hours ago, LawrenceA said:Armageddon and The Rock. I like a lot of junk movies, and action flicks to boot, but thought both of those were atrocious. People thought Criterion had lost their minds, or "sold out, man", but it ended up being an anomaly. That being said, I recall reading that those were the two best selling releases Criterion has ever had.
18 hours ago, speedracer5 said:Lol. That was my reaction when I found out that Armageddon had a Criterion release too. I think I rented that movie in the 90s and remember thinking it was bad. And I was 14-15! Probably the prime demographic.
At times like this I have to quote from Roger Ebert's review of Armageddon. Absolutely hysterical.
QuoteHere it is at last, the first 150-minute trailer. "Armageddon" is cut together like its own highlights. Take almost any 30 seconds at random, and you'd have a TV ad. The movie is an assault on the eyes, the ears, the brain, common sense and the human desire to be entertained. No matter what they're charging to get in, it's worth more to get out.
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OK, say you do succeed in blowing up an asteroid the size of Texas. What if a piece the size of Dallas is left? Wouldn't that be big enough to destroy life on Earth? What about a piece the size of Austin? Let's face it: Even an object the size of that big Wal-Mart outside Abilene would pretty much clean us out, if you count the parking lot.
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The movie begins with a Charlton Heston narration telling us about the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. Then we get the masterful title card, "65 Million Years Later." The next scenes show an amateur astronomer spotting the object. We see top-level meetings at the Pentagon and in the White House. We meet Billy Bob Thornton, head of Mission Control in Houston, which apparently functions like a sports bar with a big screen for the fans, but no booze.
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"Armageddon" reportedly used the services of nine writers. Why did it need any? The dialogue is either shouted one-liners or romantic drivel. "It's gonna blow!" is used so many times, I wonder if every single writer used it once, and then sat back from his word processor with a contented smile on his face, another day's work done.
Disaster movies always have little vignettes of everyday life. The dumbest in "Armageddon" involves two Japanese tourists in a New York taxi. After meteors turn an entire street into a flaming wasteland, the woman complains, "I want to go shopping!" I hope in Japan that line is redubbed as "Nothing can save us but Gamera!"
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Staggering into the silence of the theater lobby after the ordeal was over, I found a big poster that was fresh off the presses with the quotes of junket blurbsters. "It will obliterate your senses!" reports David Gillin, who obviously writes autobiographically. "It will suck the air right out of your lungs!" vows Diane Kaminsky.
If it does, consider it a mercy killing.
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18 hours ago, speedracer5 said:
I demand that “The Long, Long Trailer” receive a Criterion release.
I saw a 2001 comedy the other day and thinking now, I wonder if a running gag was meant to be a homage to that: a bus filled with Lucille Ball impersonators. All of whom cried like her and had the same hair as her, and resented being denigrated by another character. Made me laugh pretty hard.
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4 hours ago, BingFan said:
Criterion just announced its 50%-off sale at Barnes & Noble, running Nov. 1 to Dec. 1:
NEWSLETTER - NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Roar! Starting today, all Criterion Blu-rays and DVDs are 50% off at Barnes & Noble, both online and in stores!
This includes new editions of When We Were Kings, Matewan, 3 Silent Classics by Josef von Sternberg, and Häxan. You can also preorder our upcoming releases of The Daytrippers, Cold War, Betty Blue, Now, Voyager, and All About Eve. The sale runs through December 1.
Cluny Brown and The Circus, here I come!
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Another one to add to the list as of early today, and boy did it get trashed when it was released: 1989's She-Devil. It made me laugh long and hard and Meryl Streep and Sylvia Miles were aces in it.
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Latest cartoon is odd....
No whole concensus on what this sketch of Beyonce is referring to, although people have been guessing Diva (1981) or An Unmarried Woman (1978).
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6 minutes ago, jakeem said:
ScarJo has never been nominated for an Oscar, despite her memorable work opposite Bill Murray in "Lost in Translation" (2003). That could change during this awards season. In addition to her being mentioned as a Best Actress nominee for "Marriage Story," she could compete with Dern, JLo and other Best Supporting Actress hopefuls for her performance in the much-talked-about World War II satire "Jojo Rabbit" (pictured below).
She'll definitely get in for Marriage Story. Jojo is a bit of a question mark so far, but I think she has a chance at that last slot.
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Just now, sewhite2000 said:
Well, these things are cyclical, I guess. I remember reading once after Marty won Best Picture, all the nominees in that category next year were mega-epics in Technicolor, almost in direct opposition to it: 80 Days, Ten Commandments, King & I, Giant, Friendly Persuasion.
I don't even know what Laura Dern wold be up for, though I don't generally pay attention to what movies haven't been released yet (unless I've been bombarded with trailers).
Laura Dern's film is Marriage Story, a film where she plays a high-powered divorce attorney. She's been getting raves for it (the film is also regarded as a shoo-in for a Best Picture nomination and two other performers, Adam Driver and Scarlett johannson, and might be able to pull down a nod for Alan Alda as well), and being a Netflix production, most will be able to see it within the next few weeks. She also has a supporting part as the mother in Little Women at year's end, another big "prestige" production.
As for the big films, I think its a blend of several things: a response in part to all of the articles kvetching at the Academy for not nominating the "popular" movies, to the element that with the incoming of Netflix and Amazon, the shrinking of the independent film market, the scare last year over the popular film category, and maybe even some residual shuddering at some of the Miramax/Weinstein Oscar campaigns.
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Burton's best and Depp's best too. the key to the movie is how unexpectedly sweet and empathetic it is. It could have so easily been completely mocking of Wood and his entourage, but it really looks inside their souls and sympathizes with them. Landau is a show-stopper, the B & W photography is luminous, the writing is on point, and the gallery of supporting players is colorful indeed. Out of 52 films seen from 1994, I'd place it around #4 or #5 (after Quiz Show, The Browning Version, Widows Peak, and maybe That's Entertainment III); its definitely one of that years best.....
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20 hours ago, Det Jim McLeod said:
I was looking forward to seeing this since it would put Eddie Murphy back in "R" rated movies after all those awful kiddie friendly films he made. Now that I see it is by Ed Wood writers I really want to see it. I don't have Netflix so I hope it will be released to theaters.
It's only playing in theatres in NY/LA, maybe some other city or two as well. Such is how Netflix releases their films, or so it seems. Even Scorsese's $200 million The Irishman is getting that treatment.
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Just now, LawrenceA said:
Her age was part of it. She was already 40 by the end of '32, which is old in Hollywood-actress years. Her film career was basically over by the time she appeared in Dodsworth in '36. Warners considered her too old and not bankable enough.
I liked her in the five or six films I've seen her in, and wish that she'd had more good roles in memorable movies.
And as if to reinforce the age issue, there was that scene in Dodsworth where Maria Ouspenskaya keeps ridiculing her for going after a man younger than she. Kind of like rubbing salt in wounds....
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On 10/28/2019 at 6:49 PM, LawrenceA said:
That's Life is not in B&W. They weren't releasing too many B&W features in 1986.
I thought the movie was pretty awful, but die-hard fans of the stars may like it more than I did.
I saw it once several years ago and looked at bits of it again last night..... I remember the feeling the first time around that Lemmon's character was too much, and that Andrews by underplaying nicely (and getting that one excellent scene where she finally gives him a piece of her mind) was the best thing about the film and the main reason to watch, even though some of the other scenes were funny or touching.Her Golden Globe nomination, I felt, was deserved, and an Oscar nomination would not have been remiss. Looking at it again last night, Lemmon's character was still a bit too much , but after finding out about real-life parallels, it didn't grate on me quite as much and I noticed that quite a few of the scenes were deeply felt. In some ways, its one of the more intensely personal films of its era and kind of daring. But it is still true that it is still a tough nut to crack.
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I guess. You have over 5,000 of them.....i have a little over 2,000. The all time champ, jakeem, has over 55,000.