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    I Just Watched...

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    9 minutes ago, Det Jim McLeod said:

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    National Velvet (1945) TCM On Demand 6/10

    In 1920s England, a young girl yearns to have her horse ride in the Grand National Steeplechase.

     

    First time viewing for me, I liked it, I thought it was a bit slow going but the scenes at the Grand National were great. The cast was very good. Mickey Rooney is given top billing but he is really a supporting character. Elizabeth Taylor is wonderful in a role that would make her a star, I had read this was her own favorite of all her movies. Angela Lansbury plays her older sister and she looks gorgeous. It was also interesting seeing the height difference between the two as Lansbury towers over Taylor.  Donald Crisp plays another of his seemingly strict but really soft hearted father roles. Ann Revere won an Oscar as Taylor's loving mother. Her best scene is a touching one where she talks about her past dreams and encourages daughter Taylor to follow hers.

    I love this movie and can easily understand why it's Elizabeth's favorite among her films. She is so adorable and full of life as the optimistic Velvet, determined to take her horse Pie to the heights of glory.

    Anne Revere more than deserved her Oscar for Best Supporting Actress that year. Mrs. Brown is so full of warmth, support and encouragement, she's the kind of ma anyone would want.

    And even though Mr. Brown (Donald Crisp) is not as encouraging as Mrs. Brown when it comes to Velvet and her horse, and gets a little carried away after the race is over, he shows he actually is a decent man who loves and cares for his family very much.

    Though I admit I am not the biggest Mickey Rooney fan by any means, I have to say he was very convincing as Mi Taylor, the young lad at first anxious to make an easy buck through theft, but he comes to care for Velvet and the rest of the Brown family and grows a bond with Velvet throughout the movie so much that he comes to share Velvet's dream to make a champion out of Pie.

    I give the movie 9/10. But I have to admit I am a sucker for any movie where the horse plays an important part in the story. I love horses.

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    May Schedule is Up! SOTM Edward G. Robinson

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    Can't get enough of Edward G.

    Still peeved though that the Academy, in their so-called infinite wisdom, never saw fit to nominate him for any one of his fine performances (particularly DOUBLE INDEMNITY, KEY LARGO and his wonderful double turn in THE WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING).

    Like James Cagney, Robinson made any movie, no matter how dismal, worth watching.

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    Opinion On The Caine Mutiny (1954)

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    Even Keefer himself admits to being  a yellowbelly by the end of the movie.

    When Marek says he's surprised Keefer had the guts to show up at the acquittal party for Marek and Keith after Keefer had taken the stand against Marek at the hearing, Keefer says he simply didn't have the courage NOT to appear.

    I loved it when Greenwald threw that drink in Keefer's face.

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    Opinion On The Caine Mutiny (1954)

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    I always enjoy THE CAINE MUTINY. Though I confess I too could have done without the love story.

    I can see both sides on the case of the mutiny. At the time of the typhoon I do think Marek needed to do what was necessary to save the ship and the lives of the men since Queeg was completely incompetent at the time to handle such a stressful situation.

    On the other hand I do think that Greenwald was correct that if the men had been a bit more willing to try and accommodate Queeg, however difficult he may have been, perhaps the situation during the typhoon wouldn't have come up....he might have been a bit more coherent and confident to be able to handle the stress of getting through the storm and a bit more willing to listen to the men in what to do to avoid going under.

    At the very least the men could have been a bit more discreet in mocking Queeg.

    I do think that Keefer (Fred MacMurray) seemed almost determined to undermine Queeg's authority from the start....hence why he's considered the real bad guy of the film instead of Queeg.

    I give the movie a solid 8/10 as well.

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    I Just Watched...

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    41 minutes ago, TomJH said:

    I always thought that Alexis Smith was grotesquely wasted by Warner Brothers during the '40s in bland "other woman" roles. The two exceptions to this were when she was allowed to banter on screen and have antagonistic relationships with Errol Flynn in Gentleman Jim and San Antonio (the earlier scenes in that western, at least). She comes across as spirited and feisty with Flynn. (The two were friends off screen, with Errol best man at her wedding to Craig Stevens).

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    And, I must say, I also thought Alexis looked marvelous when she warbled the sentimental "One Sunday Morning" (a song that became a big hit afterward) to a saloon full of appreciative cowboys in San Antonio.

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    Aside from those two roles (and, perhaps, an unexpected turn at something different, playing a scheming manipulator in One More Tomorrow) I thought that little of this actress's real talent was allowed to blossom during her Warners years.

     

    I agree that Warners did not use Alexis to her best advantage, which is a shame because she always came across to me very spirited in her performances.

    She should have had a more impactful career.

    Nice to know she and Errol were such good friends offscreen. Really love their teaming in GENTLEMAN JIM.

    You can dis the oscars, but you still talk about em.

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    All right, I said I wasn't going to debate on this anymore, but this will be my final word on the matter (I swear it).

    I never said that there was never any worth to this years' non-nominees, black, white, male, female or whatever.

    I simply stated that the Academy  may not have shared the enthusiasm for these films that were lauded by the critics and audiences, for reasons that had nothing to do with being prejudiced against African Americans or women.

    If there was any REAL true discrimination against black filmmakers, please explain to me the rise of Oscar nominations and wins that have increased over the years. It was only last year that Regina King and Mahershala Ali won the Supporting Acting categories.

    Not to mention it was only a couple years ago when MOONLIGHT won Best Picture (ignoring the mix-up with reading LA LA LAND by mistake).  And a couple years before that 12 YEARS A SLAVE also won Best Picture.

    Also you had Mo'nique winning Best Supporting Actress for PRECIOUS, Viola Davis for FENCES and Octivia Spencer for THE HELP.

    Where is the discrimination again.....

    I will concede on one point....I know in the directing category there has been very scarce directing nominations for women, and to date Kathryn Bigelow is the only female to actually win Best Director. But as a woman, and I can only speak for myself, if I was a woman director, I would want to be nominated and win for my work, not because I was born a female.

    Okay, I'm done.

     

     

     

    You can dis the oscars, but you still talk about em.

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    8 minutes ago, Dargo said:

    Oh, c'mon here, Beth! Half the fun of watching the Oscar telecasts has ALWAYS been waiting to see who is gonna make an a$$ out of themselves!!! ;)

    (...and it's STILL, and hopefully always WILL BE, that way!) 

    LOL

    I love it when something totally unexpected and shocking happens.

    I'll never forget when Adrien Brody went up to the podium to accept his Best Actor Oscar for THE PIANIST in 2002 and he takes Halle Berry off guard and locks lips with her.

    Now THAT was an Oscar moment no one could have foreseen.

    Nothing like that happened at this year's Oscars, or in recent Oscar telecasts over the years.

    I suppose I'll keep on watching the Oscars anyway no matter what. I hate to break my own traditions, lol.

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    You can dis the oscars, but you still talk about em.

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    8 minutes ago, speedracer5 said:

    I always watch the Oscars and the Emmys, every year.  I have since I was little. Golden Globes I'll catch here and there.  The Grammys I used to watch but have lost interest over the years when they started giving awards to just anyone. 

    But Oscars, Emmys, and Olympics are the events I always watch no matter what.

    I used to watch the Emmys, but lost interest, as I stopped watching the newest shows when the new seasons started out in the fall.

    I'm mostly into just watching TCM or my DVD's now.

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