MelTex
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"I want a Jonny 7 all-in-one gun..."
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Post by MelTex on Feb 25, 2005 16:28:16 GMT -5
Peter O'Toole is absolutley wonderful isn't he! I have yet to see Lawrence of Arabia, but I was captivated by his performance in Joan of Arc(the one with LeeLee Sorbiesky(sp?) and Peter Strauss) I know it was just a made-forTV movie, but I found it historically accurate ( for a tv movie) and very moving. Wonderful performances from Strauss, O'Toole and the young Miss Sorbiesky.
I do love David Niven in just about everything I've ever seen him in. He's truly talented at bringing a smile to my face. (The Pink Panther, Candlestick w/Helen Hayes and others)
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Post by NikkiGreen on Feb 25, 2005 16:35:58 GMT -5
I was captivated by his performance in Joan of Arc... Indeed! I taped the mini-series when it came on. In fact, I still have the tape. I even labelled it right away. I saw this yesterday. John Wayne Still Biggest Movie Money-Makerwww.zap2it.com/movies/news/story/0,1259,---24821,00.html Yeah John Wayne and Doris Day (sorry, never really been a Tom Cruise fan).
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MelTex
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Post by MelTex on Feb 25, 2005 17:02:36 GMT -5
Indeed! I taped the mini-series when it came on. In fact, I still have the tape. I even labelled it right away. It ROCKed didn't it! You can get it( Joan of Arc) on DVD now, and I'm planning to go find it tonight. I've found a couple of tv min-series movies on DVD, and I went out and got The Tenth Kingdom as soon as possible. I need my escapism fantasy avery now and then...the in-your-face-realism of the crime dramas has to be cut with some good 'ol fantasy fun every now and then, for me. I don't know if anyone here saw The Tenth Kingdom, but it is a very fun, entertaining spin on "Happily Ever After...that didn't last as long as they'd hoped." Great adult/new age spin on fairy tales, well worth the time. Oh and Nikki... AMEN on the "Duke" and Doris Day... Many a day I spent with my late father, when I was around 6 or 7...watching John Wayne westerns and wanting to duplicate the Duke's moves on my horse later. (yes, although it is a horrible TX steriotype that we all ride horses and wrangle cattle, or drive "bubba trucks" (j/k),... I did own a horse when I was younger. LOL...I traded it in for a car tho (just kidding*giggle*) One of my fave Doris Day flicks, Pillow Talk. Its just fun entertainment, and she has a beautiful voice.
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Post by NikkiGreen on Feb 25, 2005 19:26:41 GMT -5
I take it that you weren't able to duplicate the moves! I still find myself watching a John Wayne movie on the weekend, no matter that I may have already seen it too many times! Rio Bravo, El Dorado and The Quiet Man come to mind. I especially enjoy the ones with Maureen O'Hara. One of my fave Doris Day flicks, Pillow Talk... Me, too! And the terrific threesome in Send Me No Flowers. And Please Don't Eat the Daisies with David Niven. And Move Over Darling with James Garner. And Calamity Jane....gee, I could go on forever, but I won't. ;D
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MelTex
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Post by MelTex on Feb 26, 2005 1:27:58 GMT -5
I take it that you weren't able to duplicate the moves! Yea... only when I tried to duplicate the moves, my horse had other ideas. The feats usually ended with me landing in the grass (which is NOT soft, by the way) or in a barbed-wire fence (the time I tried to duplicate Wayne's jump over the fence at the end of True Grit Yea... didn't work out so well... Oh that is one of my all time fave Doris Day's movies! So funny! I need to see Calamity Jane. Ooo... The Quiet Man comes on TCM this weekend? That's a really good early John Wayne, and I've always loved Maureen O'Hara
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Post by NikkiGreen on Feb 26, 2005 16:04:02 GMT -5
Barbed-wire fence! I hope you weren't hurt. This reminds of the Little House on the Prairie episode where Laura was giving Bunny a run and didn't know the barbed-wire fence was there... I hope you get to catch The Quiet Man. A great John Wayne non-western. Heck, just a great movie PERIOD
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Post by janetcatbird on Feb 26, 2005 16:18:11 GMT -5
As tot hat TV version of Joan of Arc, if I recall correctly Neil Patrick Harris played the Dauphin, quite well for his limited screen time. Have not seen much of John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, just "Miracle on 34th Street" and "Angel and the Badman", but they weren't bad and I would like to see more of them. The few Westerns I've seen I've liked--"Magnificent Seven", "Support Your Local Sheriff", "Angel and the Badman" was alright. (John Wayne's gunslinger falls in love with a Quaker girl, more humorous than outright drama.) Although "Shane" had me pulling my hair out, we had to watch that as an example of Grail Literature. I'm sorry, they might have been going for story archetypes but I doubt they were looking to the Fisher King or the sun-fire warrior /rain-water nurturer concept. And I've told y'all way more than y'all ever wanted to hear.
The rest of the weekend will be devoted to all those TCM tapes that were on during classes or at 2:00 AM. Just saw "Georgy Girl" and loved it. I may identify way too much with Georgy for my own comfort, but her sense of humor was great. And that song at the party--oh my God, the gutsiness for that is just amazing, hopefully I'll be able to devil-may-care like that at some point. James Mason was also an interesting character, he's a dirty old fart and the contract is outrageous, but he seems to genuinely care for Georgy (unlike that father of hers). Now if I could just find the song on soundtrack.
For only about the third time in my life I slept til noon today. Hey, I'm a college student, it's allowed! Besides, this past week has been really long (and the next three weeks will be as well, what with Casey and New York-- come see me sing at Carnegie Hall!), so I made an executive decision to just chill. Last night was a very casual dorm night, we just piled in the parlor to play Twister, kick a ball around, and I humiliated myself on DDR but it was fun. Now, for a snack and a return to the tapes, fortuantely the TV has a headphone jack so I don't bug my roommate.
Later all, Catbird
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Post by NikkiGreen on Feb 26, 2005 18:53:41 GMT -5
I got to sleep in to 9:30 this morning! That's a whole 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep.
I didn't know what to do today, so I've spent time watching Henry Fonda in Mister Roberts.
It sures beating cleaning the house. ;D
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MelTex
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Post by MelTex on Feb 27, 2005 0:45:49 GMT -5
Mister Roberts, one of my all time favorite WWII movies! Dang, if it came on this weekend, I can't believe I missed it! I went and saw Constantine tonight.
McClintock is on! YEA!
Yea, I forgot Neil Patrick Harris was in Joan of Arc, he was very good in it.
Cool, my ranking just went up another star... ;D
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Post by NikkiGreen on Feb 27, 2005 1:50:13 GMT -5
Actually, I have the DVD of Mister Roberts. I watched that. McLintock!... hehehe When Katie (or Katherine, as she prefers with her nose stuck up high) is being chased through town by GW, in just her skivvies... BTW, congratulations Detective.
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Post by trisha on Feb 27, 2005 10:53:15 GMT -5
Sorry to interrupt the movie chat, but I just want to say congratulations to Meltex I hope all goes off without a hitch -- except the one between you and hubby-to-be Also, I saw "Around The World in 80 Days" with Jackie Chan last night and it was quite awful. Not as bad as "Time Machine," but not nearly as good as the original. Has anyone ever seen a remake of a classic that rivaled it's predecessor?
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Post by Techguy on Feb 27, 2005 15:28:24 GMT -5
No, Trisha, I can honestly say I have yet to see a remake that is anywhere near as good as the original. That's why when I hear talk of remaking movies like "Casablanca" with so-and-so I cringe in disbelief and shudder at the thought. What makes classic movies classic is their ethereal timeless quality that holds up decades later. Any attempt to modernize or update such films is pointless, since by the very act of making such movies contemporary immediately dates them to the present time.
Which gives me the opportunity to rant a little about the two versions of "The Vanishing"--the 1988 French-Belgian original and the 1993 American remake. The former is a masterful, suspenseful horror movie, a psychological jigsaw puzzle with the one and only ending it could possibly have given the subject matter. The latter is a sham of a movie that utterly trashes the original concept in order to give American audiences a more satisfying Hollywood ending. What's incredible here is the same person, George Sluizer, directed both movies. Shame on him for dumbing down the subject and insulting his American audience with his travesty of a remake.
Someone whose name I do not recall once said that classic movies should not be remade, it's the really bad ones that need to be done over to hopefully get it right. Of course, even then it might not be possible to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear of a movie.
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Post by Metella on Feb 27, 2005 15:37:21 GMT -5
Good points. I even kinda like the so so black and white flicks though, the ambiance is cool, calming and the photography is interesting and .... seems more artistic. When I had TMC; I used to like to put it on no matter what b&w movie was playing .... just more interesting to mind and eye than TNT (except when an L&O rerun is on).
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Post by janetcatbird on Feb 27, 2005 17:31:54 GMT -5
Has anyone seen the episode of "In Living Color" where they do Ted Turner's colorized classics featuring..."Billy Dee Williams" and "Stevie Wonder" in "Casablanca"? Oh my lord that was hysterical and perfect reasons why they should stay away from things like that. "Of all the bars in all the world, she had to bring her big butt into mine. Why shouldn't I have loved her? She's the only woman I ever knew as beautiful as me. Stevie, play it!" My biggest beef is not necessarily remakes, but I have been known to fling pillows at the TV set when they ruin a wonderful novel. The 90s version of "Les Miserables" with liam Neeson, prime example, as was the Orson Welles production of "Jane Eyre".
Watched the 1939 version of "Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "The Sundowners". Maureen O'Hara did the best she could with a bad script, of course since the novel was one of myf avorites I was shaking my head in disgust at the screen for poor Hugo. "Sundowners was quite good", Peter Ustinov was terrific, as were Deborah kerr and Robert Mitchum.
Today was Roomie's birthday, so I left a note on her board (it was erased as soon as she saw it). Fortunately she's been living it up with friends, suits me just fine (even if she had offered me any of her cheesecake I give up sweets for Lent, so I was a bit miffed but otherwise apathetic). Oh well, let her have her fun. Sunday afternoon, suppose I ought to settle down and get some work done...at least until popping in another movie tonight!
Take care all, Catbird
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Post by Metella on Feb 27, 2005 18:06:48 GMT -5
cheesecake! Now that is grounds for some grump/butt smooching. I'll smile at almost anyone for a chunk o'cheesecake.
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