There we go.
Thanks, babe. Knew I could count on the hivey-est mind EVAH!
I love that movie too.
Tara: That was funny if you've studied Taglarin mystic rites and... are a total dork... Riley: Then how come Xander didn't laugh?
'Selfless'
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Aims - Jul 22, 2004 8:25:26 am PDT #1132 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Nutty - Jul 22, 2004 8:34:02 am PDT #1133 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Now, Jennifer Jones and Gregory Peck in Duel in the Sun ... *that* was chemistry.
Whoa nelly. You aren't kidding. It was electric, even in the bad ways (and even in the stereotypical ways, although he always seemed to be the aggressor). Also, another "Joseph Cotten holds down the fort and gets to watch quietly while someone else chews the scenery" movie.
I find it hilarious that that movie is the one Martin Scorsese mentions as the first movie he remembers ever seeing (at age 4 or something).
Frankenbuddha - Jul 22, 2004 8:51:05 am PDT #1134 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Also, another "Joseph Cotten holds down the fort and gets to watch quietly while someone else chews the scenery" movie.
Which is ironic since that's the kind of role Peck usually plays. Although, for sheer whacko casting against type, nothing beats Peck as Dr. Mengele in BOYS FROM BRAZIL
Beverly - Jul 22, 2004 8:54:39 am PDT #1135 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Peck was lousy casting in Boys from Brazil. And I thought the whole movie was stupid. Bad script, worse casting, just a train wreck through and through.
Vonnie K - Jul 22, 2004 8:59:44 am PDT #1136 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I find it hilarious that that movie is the one Martin Scorsese mentions as the first movie he remembers ever seeing (at age 4 or something).
Hee. Had I seen the movie when I was 4, I'd have remembered it as well. All that smouldering sexuality and violence. Yowza.
Cotten went against type and played a serial killer in Shadow of a Doubt and he was friggin' excellent in it. Made me wish he had the chance to play more villains. Granted, the movie works because Cotten's outward manners are so deceptively gentle, in keeping with his usual onscreen image.
Talking of Cotten and Jones, I am ridiculously fond of A Portrait of Jennie, which is deeply silly when you think too hard about it, but never fails to reel me in on the atmosphere alone. All that florid lyricism and gorgeous Debussy and the time travel and oh my!
Fred Pete - Jul 22, 2004 9:04:35 am PDT #1137 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Chemistry? John Garfield and Lana Turner in The Postman Always Rings Twice. I thought the screen would spontaneously combust.
Scrappy - Jul 22, 2004 9:06:15 am PDT #1138 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Ellen Barkin and Dennis Quaid in The Big Easy. Chemistry to burn.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 22, 2004 9:06:19 am PDT #1139 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Peck was lousy casting in Boys from Brazil. And I thought the whole movie was stupid. Bad script, worse casting, just a train wreck through and through.
Oh, I agree whole-heartedly. Peck and Olivier in a scenery-chewing smackdown, poor James Mason just trying to collect his check with a little dignity, and the out-and-out cognitive dissonance of having Steve Guttenberg turn up as the Israeli nazi-hunter/student at the beginning.
Beverly - Jul 22, 2004 9:09:36 am PDT #1140 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Ellen Barkin and Dennis Quaid in The Big Easy. Chemistry to burn.
Oh gods yes. This movie and Dirty Dancing usually go along on our vacations. Just, you know... Not that we ever watch them. The heat radiating from them is inspiration enough.
Beverly - Jul 22, 2004 9:11:07 am PDT #1141 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh, I agree whole-heartedly. Peck and Olivier in a scenery-chewing smackdown, poor James Mason just trying to collect his check with a little dignity, and the out-and-out cognitive dissonance of having Steve Guttenberg turn up as the Israeli nazi-hunter/student at the beginning.
Yep. I don't know whether to cringe or laugh. Or both. It's one I've tried hard to forget.