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Post by toshtego on Sept 27, 2021 20:06:28 GMT -5
Avanti (1972) - Jack Lemmon is darn near insufferable and the 150 minute run time could really be cut down to 90 minutes. A few jokes you couldn't really get away with now about Mussolini, WWII, Sacco and Vanzetti, and women's lib (besides a Spiro Agnew joke, Nixon was surprisingly spared) but most don't really hold up anyway. Avoid. Mannequin (1987) - Kim Catrall as a manic pixie dream statue. Not the smartest of teen movies but you can still see the appeal of the premise. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) - Still a lovable and surprisingly tight film. Andie McDowell isn't given anywhere near enough to do in it. I agree on all points, except I LOVE young Kim Cattrall because she was just so damn cute! Still is just so damn cute. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 27, 2021 20:41:49 GMT -5
She's still damn sexy,but back then she was the epitome of cute!
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 27, 2021 20:49:41 GMT -5
Me and 10 high school buddies saw The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly at a drive-in in a VW bus. Tight quarters for an hour and a half. I guess things must have gotten pretty ugly. We didn't stay in the bus. We had lawn chairs and there were a lot of cars full of girls. Plus hanging out at the concessions. No way we could have stayed in the bus. |
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Post by zambini on Sept 28, 2021 13:34:18 GMT -5
Avanti (1972) - Jack Lemmon is darn near insufferable and the 150 minute run time could really be cut down to 90 minutes. A few jokes you couldn't really get away with now about Mussolini, WWII, Sacco and Vanzetti, and women's lib (besides a Spiro Agnew joke, Nixon was surprisingly spared) but most don't really hold up anyway. Avoid. Mannequin (1987) - Kim Catrall as a manic pixie dream statue. Not the smartest of teen movies but you can still see the appeal of the premise. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) - Still a lovable and surprisingly tight film. Andie McDowell isn't given anywhere near enough to do in it. I agree on all points, except I LOVE young Kim Cattrall because she was just so damn cute! Super cute and bubbly. It's surprising to think she was 30 when it was filmed. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 28, 2021 13:41:28 GMT -5
I agree on all points, except I LOVE young Kim Cattrall because she was just so damn cute! Super cute and bubbly. It's surprising to think she was 30 when it was filmed. When I look at a 30 year old I think "that's someone's daughter". It sucks to get old. |
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Post by zambini on Sept 28, 2021 13:44:43 GMT -5
Super cute and bubbly. It's surprising to think she was 30 when it was filmed. When I look at a 30 year old I think "that's someone's daughter". It sucks to get old. Hahaha. |
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Post by toshtego on Sept 28, 2021 18:00:29 GMT -5
I agree on all points, except I LOVE young Kim Cattrall because she was just so damn cute! Super cute and bubbly. It's surprising to think she was 30 when it was filmed. She claims she accepted the role to pay the rent not realizing the movie would be a mega hit. Who would have thought that??? Brilliant movie. She was just wonderful. |
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Post by urbino on Sept 29, 2021 1:12:14 GMT -5
Super cute and bubbly. It's surprising to think she was 30 when it was filmed. When I look at a 30 year old I think "that's someone's daughter". It sucks to get old. Who did you think they were, before? |
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 29, 2021 10:15:22 GMT -5
When I look at a 30 year old I think "that's someone's daughter". It sucks to get old. Who did you think they were, before? When I was younger I didn't think that way. |
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Post by toshtego on Sept 29, 2021 14:56:13 GMT -5
Who did you think they were, before? When I was younger I didn't think that way. I confess to carnal desires unmet when gazing upon young women in town. You see, we have many Texans visiting here. Texas, as most of you know except perhaps the most backwards Yankees, produces some fine looking young women. They appear in the stores and on the streets wearing what I would have considered underwear in my day. I make no remark nor do I act age inappropriately. Yes they are someone's daughter but they are still "Wimmen." The day I no longer notice or appreciate them is when the grass can be pulled up over my head. |
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Post by urbino on Sept 29, 2021 21:57:43 GMT -5
Who did you think they were, before? When I was younger I didn't think that way. A lot of people seem be in the same boat. Like you can be desirable, or you can be somebody's daughter, but not both. But they're all both. I dunno. It's just a thing I notice about the way people talk about this stuff sometimes. We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming, already in progress. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 3, 2021 16:15:45 GMT -5
Just watched "Lucky" with Harry Dean Stanton. Pretty good, but you probably have to be my age or older to get it.
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Post by Darin on Oct 3, 2021 16:43:14 GMT -5
Just watched "Lucky" with Harry Dean Stanton. Pretty good, but you probably have to be my age or older to get it. That was a good one. 👍 |
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Post by trailboss on Oct 3, 2021 16:52:48 GMT -5
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Post by toshtego on Oct 3, 2021 18:07:54 GMT -5
Just watched "Lucky" with Harry Dean Stanton. Pretty good, but you probably have to be my age or older to get it. That was a lovely scene and one with gravity in these parts. |
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Post by urbino on Oct 3, 2021 21:55:22 GMT -5
Yup. If I'm checking out a movie and see Vera's in it, that's a point in its favor. |
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Post by trailboss on Oct 4, 2021 20:25:25 GMT -5
Yup. If I'm checking out a movie and see Vera's in it, that's a point in its favor. She can play the part of smokin' hot to Haggard, and I ain't talking about Merle's sister. |
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Post by trailboss on Oct 5, 2021 18:00:04 GMT -5
Watching this today, All Dracula stuff on Movies TV Network.   |
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Post by toshtego on Oct 5, 2021 19:43:30 GMT -5
Watching this today, All Dracula stuff on Movies TV Network. Poor John Caradine. A little too much Ham to be taken seriously. Confined to "B" movies. I love the guy. See, "Mr. Moto's Last Warning". He took on the Dracula roles at Universal when Bella was too sick to carry on. My old mother told me of seeing him crossing the lobby of the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco in the early 1940s. A very Tony place. He had recently made one of the Universal Dracula movies. He was in full costume, cape and the whole nine yards. totally immersed in character. She got a big laugh out of that. |
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Post by sperrytops on Oct 8, 2021 13:58:49 GMT -5
This weekend I will be watching the HP Lovecraft 2021 film festival. I would have loved to attend the live version in Portland last weekend, but Covid risk has stopped me from doing that at least this year. Hoping to get there in person next year. Glad they're doing a streaming version of the event this weekend.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2021 15:04:34 GMT -5
I just finished watching Dracula (1931) with Bela Lugosi. Simply loved it.
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 9, 2021 12:02:39 GMT -5
This weekend I will be watching the HP Lovecraft 2021 film festival. I would have loved to attend the live version in Portland last weekend, but Covid risk has stopped me from doing that at least this year. Hoping to get there in person next year. Glad they're doing a streaming version of the event this weekend. What all movies did they have? The latest one we've seen was The Color Out of Space. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 9, 2021 21:05:05 GMT -5
Watched The Saints of Newark. Pretty good Sopranos prequel.
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Post by toshtego on Oct 9, 2021 21:05:15 GMT -5
I just finished watching Dracula (1931) with Bela Lugosi. Simply loved it. The original is excellent. Not many actors could make a career from the line, "I never drink...wine". |
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 22, 2021 22:02:22 GMT -5
We just watched Dune. Not as bad as I expected, in fact I'll give it 4 out of 5 stars. The acting is above average although the kid playing Paul was probably chosen for his woke pedigree he carries it off well. The main problem is that they haven't decided yet if they will make part 2, so it's a half movie, which knocks it to 2 stars. It looks like they busted the bank on effects.
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Post by toshtego on Oct 22, 2021 22:47:01 GMT -5
We just watched Dune. Not as bad as I expected, in fact I'll give it 4 out of 5 stars. The acting is above average although the kid playing Paul was probably chosen for his woke pedigree he carries it off well. The main problem is that they haven't decided yet if they will make part 2, so it's a half movie, which knocks it to 2 stars. It looks like they busted the bank on effects. The 1984 version was much fun with a wonderful cast. I am looking forward to this version. |
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Post by Gandalf on Oct 22, 2021 22:50:58 GMT -5
We just watched Dune. Not as bad as I expected, in fact I'll give it 4 out of 5 stars. The acting is above average although the kid playing Paul was probably chosen for his woke pedigree he carries it off well. The main problem is that they haven't decided yet if they will make part 2, so it's a half movie, which knocks it to 2 stars. It looks like they busted the bank on effects. The 1984 version was much fun with a wonderful cast. I am looking forward to this version. The 1984 version wasn't bad, except if you hadn't read the book, you were lost. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 22, 2021 22:54:12 GMT -5
We just watched Dune. Not as bad as I expected, in fact I'll give it 4 out of 5 stars. The acting is above average although the kid playing Paul was probably chosen for his woke pedigree he carries it off well. The main problem is that they haven't decided yet if they will make part 2, so it's a half movie, which knocks it to 2 stars. It looks like they busted the bank on effects. The 1984 version was much fun with a wonderful cast. I am looking forward to this version. Lynch told the story the only way to get it in one movie and stayed true to the book. |
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Post by Gandalf on Oct 22, 2021 22:57:37 GMT -5
Watching this today, All Dracula stuff on Movies TV Network. That looks as bad as Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter.  |
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 22, 2021 22:59:14 GMT -5
Watching this today, All Dracula stuff on Movies TV Network. That looks as bad as Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. The Lincoln book wasn't bad. Very imaginative. |
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