movieman1957
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I like Moore but he made the weakest bunch in the lot. "I've never cared much for "Man WIth The Golden Gun" and "Moonraker" is a little too much too stretch. Even "A View To A Kill" is better than "Moonraker" for me. Having said that I do like "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "For Your Eyes Only" are the best of the Moore lot. "Octopussy" is ok too.
I am one of the few, I believe, Dalton fans. I think he brought an edge to the films that was lost with Moore. "License To Kill" is a revenge film but I think "The Living Daylights" fits the Bond theme quite well.
I liked Brosnan too as I think they played that edge well. "Die Another Day" may have been a bit too far fetched but parts of it were pretty good. Most of the other Brosnan films I enjoyed.
Loved "Casino Royale" but I didn't care much for the leading ladies. I heard the new one hasn't received very good reviews in England but maybe it will play better here.
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Hi April:
Was it you that was talking about "The Lonely Man" with Jack Palance? (If not don't read below.)Well, I watched it last night. It is an unusual pairing of Palance and Tony Perkins who plays his son. Pretty good movie. Well directed with an interesting music score. Both by people I don't know. (henry Levin and Van Cleave respectively.) What is also interesting is the long list of familiar character actors who pop up almost as a cameo. They add a lot in their short parts.
SPOILERS POSSIBLE
A couple of questions did occur to me. Neville Brand is out for revenge but I never quite picked up on why. If Perkins hated his father so much why didn't he leave? (No place else to go?) At one point Perkins and his dad's former girl lose control and kiss ewach other but no more is made of it. At the end Brand shoots Palance with a derringer from across the street and then follows up with his revolver.
Great picture on the disc. It's a nice film but not great.
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Hi Kathy:
Duvall did have a little hair when he played Boo Radley but not much. I made a mistake when I mentioned a second rate supporting cast as I really was limiting that to Darby and Campbell as they were the other main characters.
Duvall and Martin and the second tier actors are fine. Hopper when he was younger made a career out of playing a troubled son of troubled families. The two that come to mind first are "Gunfight At The OK Corral" and "The Sons of Katie Elder."
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Hi Kathy:
Too bad they couldn't have had a better supporting cast for Wayne. Maybe it's just me but I find Darby awfully annoying and Campbell is no actor. The one scene I do enjoy Darby in is her negotiation with Strother Martin.
Good story. After Duke it's a second rate cast.
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Yes, my barber and tailor are the same person, why?
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He was the big blow hard speech maker at the statehood convention. Big on oratory short on substance. He was dressed in a long gray coat of I remember right.
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>You've seen nearly all of 'em? Wow! That's very impressive.
You have to remember I'm old.
Back in the 70's when I fell in love with movies it is what the small independent stations ran. A syndicated program and the movie was at 9pm. You could see almost anything. That was when I say a lot of movies. One local station ran a Bogart movie every week night one month. There were commercials but you got to see a lot of good stuff.
The beauty of it is it was long enough ago that when I do get to see one it is almost like seeing them for the first time.
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Good list. I've even seen some of the lesser films. (read - bad.)
The Barbarian and The Geisha
The Conqueror
Jet Pilot
Big Jim McLain
Legend of The Lost
Circus World
nearly all those "B" westerns fomr about 1932 through 1939.
I'm thorough if nothing else.
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>do you have a favorite Princess?
Yes. She turns 18 in about two weeks. (My Maureen.)
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>...."Madness" But it usually has little to do w/ war or even bridges when we say it.
Would it have anything to do with children?
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I thought that line happened earlier but it's been awhile. WIth that line he is setting up a chance for Stewart to leave town, or more accurately sneak out.
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"Frank"
I don't have a list for Gary. I have seen nearly all of his sound films but some have been so long ago it would be a disservice to tell you anything about them.
Most of his most popular ones are among his best. My favorites include -
Friendly Persuasion.
Mr. Deeds Goes To Town
Meet John Doe
Sgt York
High Noon
Love In The Afternoon.
The Real Glory
There are a lot in the middle.
Those to watch maybe as a way to say you've seen once are -
They Came To Cordura
The Fountainhead
The Wreck of The Mary Deare (I don't remember being that exciting.)
Several early 50's westerns are only average at best.
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This was a TCM broadcast and it was widescreen.
The interesting thing about McCrea in this is he is not a manic racist. He plays it tough as he is the troop leader and his hatred is more subdued but it is the reason for everything he does.
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I watched "Fort Massacre" this weekend. Unusual story of Cavalry troop having survived one battle trying to make it back to a fort while keeping their subsequent confrontations with the Indians to a minimum. Mostly without any luck.
What is surprising is the character played by, of all people, Joel McCrea. He takes command by default. Long time dedicated sergeant whose family died as a result of an Indian incident. Determined to take out as many as they can while in the course of his duty. One of the few times McCrea has played someone you really won't like. Which is why the movie may not play better. Even with all that it is probably only average at best.
Some good action scenes. Pretty good support from John Russell. It clocks in at about 80 minutes. I wouldn't run out looking for it but if you stumble on it you might give it a look.
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>Isn't all fiction fantasy?
Not always. I think it is a matter of degree. I don't agree that you can have what you want if you want it badly enough. How ultimately frustrating must their lives have truly been because they could not really have each other. I do agree that the story strives to find some way to be together when that is our heart's desire. Whether is satisfies, I guess, depends on your side of the story.
Interesting film.
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This morning it was "Peter Ibbetson." First thing is, can we say "melodrama?" Cooper and Harding were wonderful. (What a weird career for Harding. A handful of movies and then she is almost gone.)
Love so grand and yet so fleeting. Everything is typically movie-like for the first 45 minutes or so. Then trouble comes. They continue their romance through dreams. They never age. They never give up.
Maybe it is best watched as fantasy. In a dream so much can be done.
Mr. Grimes was right about the spiritual part. At the very end Mary tells Peter about heaven. What it will be like and what we will be like. The hope of it is we will be reunited with those we love. We will be restored. It will be beautiful.
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Kathy:
A very nice writeup on "Ox Bow." I think your husband is mostly right but the one other thing is that the victim was their friend. A man who seemed to be well liked and respectable. This lights their rage and carries them away. The fact that they were unwilling to seek any kind of real justice, never mind that they couldn't wait to carry out their justice, adds to the tension of the work. The colonel does his best to have a proper hanging but it's all show. Those that follow him, in spirit, I think feel with his position comes the proper way of doing things. Fonda, with his best effort to persuade them from creating an injustice, never mind crime (thus the comparison to "12 Angry Men"), can only stand by to be a witness. It must seem heartbreaking to be so right and feel so helpless.
The sad thing is there was no reason for handling the way they did.They couldn't wait. They were so right, so righteous. There was no way they could be wrong so why not be done with it now and do everyone a favor. They will have the undying gratitude of everyone for taking care of this ourselves. Well, the best laid plans.....
Great cast in a well told compact story. I almost don't think of it as a western. It seems the only thing really western about it is the setting.
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I watched "Design For Living" last night. (It was first on the disc.) This is a rare case of the movie picking up momentum as it went along. I thought the first half hour was kind of slow but when March gets his play picked up, well, the movie picked up. By the end I was enjoying it.
I kept thinking Melvyn Douglas would have been better than March (if he had been around.) March handled the serious stuff better than the fluff but he was fine by the end. I don't have any problems with Hopkins though I can see what you mean about her style. Horton is a hoot no matter what he is in. Cooper was grand all along the way. Pleasant enough way to spend 90 minutes.
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Kathy:
I'll be happy to talk about "Ox Bow" when you get started. Comparisons to "12 Angry Men" at a basic level make sense. We can compare those too.
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Sir Francis:
I would recommend "Lost Patrol." It is relatively short clocking in at about 65 minutes. Fine work by McLaglen and I think a very unusual casting for Karloff. Interesting story of survival.
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"Lost Patrol"?
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Kyle:
Well put. I was thinking of the "Roll Film" moveable stage music intro before I got to your paragraph. The one thing that seems to have been abandoned is the sense of time of the days of the movies. I think they at one time wanted you to feel you were in an old theater. I liked it. Being too young to have experienced it I thought clever to mingle your between features segments with graphics that fit the time..
I also liked the "31 Days" promo that I saved it on a disc with just those kinds of clips. I also agree that using some variation of that, and with that type of music, fit much better "the event" atmosphere that is needed. I just don't get it with the new one.
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I did see that. You were keeping it in the tube until you got to put it up just the way you wanted. I didn't even know there was a freebie for that. I've had some posters but never a good place to hang them.
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No. I have taken up guitar several times but have been unable to get my fingers to tolerate the stress.
One good thing is that with the keyboard I play in my church band I can play pretty near anything you can think of. At times I have the most fun because I play strings, organ, flute, cello and some others that no one else has the luxury to do.
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imdb does list an uncredited actor for "From Russia With Love" and "Thunderball." A very small part no doubt.
The first Bond I saw in the theater was "Live and Let Die." I thought the coolest things were the boat chase and the McCartney song.