But I think Leigh/Gable is pretty amazing.
Ah, Clark Gable as Rhett Butler is just wonderful. But then, I'm a sucker for the "rakish, dashing scoundrel" type of guy.
I'm a vision of hotliness, and how weird is that? Mystical comas. You know, if you can stand the horror of a higher power hijacking your mind and body so that it can give birth to itself, I really recommend 'em.
Cordelia ,'You're Welcome'
Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned
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Steph L. - Jul 29, 2004 4:05:53 pm PDT #1665 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
erikaj - Jul 29, 2004 4:08:39 pm PDT #1666 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
And he's good with a quip, too. He's Spike, 1939. Complete with rape controversy(smacks forehead) Missed that, till right now...
Steph L. - Jul 29, 2004 4:11:00 pm PDT #1667 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
He's also Han Solo.
Complete with rape controversy
Yup. That's the only thing that keeps me from totally loving the movie in an incoherent way. I don't like the whole idea of Scarlett-protests-but-then-it-turns-out-she-just-needed-a-good-fuck.
erikaj - Jul 29, 2004 4:20:39 pm PDT #1668 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Whole sections of Han/Leia are quoted from it, yeah. Yeah, I know, Tep, in my head he kind of sweet-talks her and gives her whiskey, so she'll say yes, and the kicking and screaming, is, like a game,but that's not in the movie. Dude, my first fic.(I didn't actually write anything, but I ficced a lot before there was a name for it. Kind of like masturbation.) And I'm just smutting up the posts today.
Volans - Jul 29, 2004 4:40:48 pm PDT #1669 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Sorry, Hec - little prickly at the moment, I am. I'll be living in Athens, and you know, I do have a HEPA filter mask that we got for living in Kuala Lumpur.
Anyone seen Amateur by Hal Hartley? This is one wacky movie.
Fred Pete - Jul 29, 2004 4:45:45 pm PDT #1670 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Of the AFI list, I've seen and don't get the love for --
The Godfather
The Graduate (though I probably should have seen it at 21 instead of 41)
Chinatown (but Nicholson and Dunaway both make my teeth hurt)
Annie Hall
Birth of a Nation belongs in a whole nother category. It (and if I saw GWTW today, I'd probably say the same of it) is a technically brilliant and innovative telling of a story that didn't need to be told.
DavidS - Jul 29, 2004 4:46:22 pm PDT #1671 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Anyone seen Amateur by Hal Hartley? This is one wacky movie.
Is that the one with Isabelle Huppert as the ex-nun who writes porn? I haven't seen that. But I do love Hal Hartley.
erikaj - Jul 29, 2004 4:48:34 pm PDT #1672 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Fred, man, those are some of my favorite movies, *ever*. I'm getting verklempt.
Volans - Jul 29, 2004 4:54:16 pm PDT #1673 of 10001
move out and draw fire
That's the one. Also there's an amnesiac and corporate assassins.
I think I like it, a lot. The characters aren't really so much characters as Line Delivery Devices, but it's odd and funny.
My take on the Big 10:
1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
I get why it's here, but I can't rewatch it.
2. CASABLANCA (1942)
There is no limit to my love for this movie.
3. THE GODFATHER (1972)
Stunningly good, but won't be in my personal Top 10.
4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
Haven't made it through; hate all the characters.
5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
Awesome.
6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
Watched this once a year on my birthday until age 12.
7. THE GRADUATE (1967)
Didn't speak to me.
8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
Not sure if the whole movie deserves to be in the Top 10.
9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
I can't objectively judge this movie. It's too Spielbergy.
10. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
Was this a movie? I thought it was gratuitous Gene Kelly. Which is perfectly fine.
Polter-Cow - Jul 29, 2004 4:55:09 pm PDT #1674 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The Graduate (though I probably should have seen it at 21 instead of 41)
I saw it recently and also didn't really see what was so ultrabrilliant about it, but I generally liked it.
Chinatown (but Nicholson and Dunaway both make my teeth hurt)
I haven't puzzled out what makes this one of the best screenplays ever, but again, I liked it.
Annie Hall
I saw this again a few months ago. Still funny. Subtitle scene? Brilliant. Waiting for the movie scene? Great. And I don't know, it seems to do a good job of tracking the rise and fall of a relationship without making judgments. And now that I think about it, the final line makes me think the movie's not too different from Eternal Sunshine.