route66 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Oh, you are wicked! Now that I've listened to that, I'm bound to have some horrible Wonka factory nightmare! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calypsogal Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 What makes you so sure it would have to be a nightmare? It could be a very pleasant dream, involving lots and lots of chocolate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
route66 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Ah, now you're talking. Chocolate is always good. Chocolate with marshmallows is even better. Did they have chocolate with marshmallows in the Wonka factory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calypsogal Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Oh, you betcha! They had everything. Chocolate, marshmallows, all the things you'd expect in a chocolate or candy factory. They probably even had things you've never heard of. But I have to confess, although I don't usually care for remakes, I kind of preferred Tim Burton's version a little bit better. I find Johnny Depp far more handsome than Gene Wilder, who is very charming but, well, he's just not the same. (Would you accept a chocolate from this guy?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterscotchgreer Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 hey dahlink! youre right The Manchurian Candidate very much shows its similarities to today's culture in so many aspects even though it was made so long ago. its freaky, but then again, unfortunately i believe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
route66 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 > (Would you accept a chocolate from this guy?) Well, that's a tough question. I would probably feel safer if it wasn't him giving it to me, personally. But that's really just the character, not Johnny Depp. Depp, I'd accept anything from! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviefan1951 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 At the risk of sounding too old-fashioned, I would have to say I always found Gene Wilder to be quite charismatic. He may not be handsome in the way that Depp is, but he usually came across as a genuinely nice, goofy kind of guy. He was great in the movies he made with Richard Pryor, and also in "The Frisco Kid", with Harrison Ford. And that's without even mentioning "The Producers" and all the great Mel Brooks comedies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
route66 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Fair enough, fair enough. Gene Wilder really has made a lot of us laugh over the years. I'd have to say, however, that "The Frisco Kid" wasn't his best movie - nor Harrison's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calypsogal Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 But any movie with Harrison Ford is worth watching. OK, with the possible exception of "Force 10 From Navarone". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviefan1951 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 And just what exactly is so wrong with "Force 10 From Navarone"? I mean, it's obviously nowhere near as good as the original, but it's probably pretty good compared to other action movies being made at that time. And Robert Shaw is always quite compelling, I think. He was really great in almost everything he was ever in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
route66 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 True, that. Almost makes me wish Shaw would have been in "The Guns of Navarone". But that one still had a pretty darn good cast, didn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calypsogal Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Oh, it was a terrific cast. :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
route66 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 They just don't make 'em like they used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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route66 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Ah, "Clash of the Titans". Another good 80s movie. B-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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moviefan1951 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Hey, that's a _Murnau_ movie. Aren't you off-topic now? The Murnau thread is here: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=138165&tstart=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CineMaven Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Hi Bronxgirl...I haven't seen "Fatal Attraction" in its entirety in many many years. I guess this is the ultimate nightmare of any man who strays from his marriage no matter how appealing or how opportune the moment is. ?youre right The Manchurian Candidate very much shows its similarities to today's culture in so many aspects even though it was made so long ago. its freaky, but then again, unfortunately i believe it.? - ButterScotchGreer 3/26/09 - 1:08AM Another fine movie, "The Manchurian Candidate" and I agree...so apropos today. I wouldn't be surprised of what Cheyney and Bush's legacy tour had up its sleeve. Looks like Michaela brought out all her big guns today. All laughable and ultimately all so very very sad. (And creepy). Oh well. Let's keep the ramblings going; at least we have the thread to use as reference. Since this has been going on a year...it's a fount of information. But remember ladies, rambling is different from babbling to one's self. By the by Bronxgirl...what movie is that picture of the Hydra from? Is it defeated by Beowulf?? What's its story? Thanx 4 any info you might have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 . Message was edited by CineMaven: one of the usual glitches..a double post. I only need to say what I need to say once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Hey-ho, Maven. Glenn Close as Alex Forrest (I'd like to believe they picked the character's last name deliberately, to represent a thicket of twisted branches, withering leaves, and decaying roots) is one of the screen's great psychos. She just WON'T be ignored. A real sicko who hides her pathology underneath a competent, intelligent exterior. But possessing an intellectual mind and an educated background is worthless if the individual is suffering from mental or emotional problems, either brought on by a traumatic childhood, or from just perhaps being a bad seed since the day they were born. In either case, their socialization skills are nil, and because they realize they are outcasts, they turn their bitterness and envy outwards. They are lonely and empty, and I could almost feel sorry for them. Almost. Angela Lansbury in THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE is also a prime villain. I'm figuring her backstory is one of poverty and deprivation, either materially or psychologically, and she no doubt has been ill-used by men. Again, this is a person who turns her bitterness and hatred outward (in a really grandiose way) in order to subvert and destroy the leading country of the free world. I don't know the name of that Hydra movie, it just looked "appropriate" so I posted it. I first thought it was from the 60's JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS, but apparently not. But YES, back to good old-fashioned rambling! The energy expended in dealing with Hydras is very draining, but sometimes a stand needs to be taken. Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 I'm looking forward to THE GOOD FAIRY tonight. Haven't seen it in ages. Shall we ramble about it tomorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 I have never seen it before and would love to see it. I'll try and stay up for it, but don't count on me making it through.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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