I've never even heard of Desk Set.
I actually haven't seen any Tracey/Hepburn movies.
But I love His Girl Friday. And Chinatown is good.
Early: You folks are all insane. Simon: Well, my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.
'Objects In Space'
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Polter-Cow - Jul 16, 2004 3:19:49 pm PDT #737 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
beekaytee - Jul 16, 2004 3:25:10 pm PDT #738 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Desk Set introduces one of the first computers seen on film. It's room-sized.
The subtext involves human intelligence (Hepburn's reference desk/fact-finding department) pitted against cold technology (Tracy's efficiency expert's revolutionary, labor & money saving innovation). Plus there's a romantic triangle. And it's Christmas.
Something for...well...not everybody. It's sweet.
Volans - Jul 16, 2004 3:31:21 pm PDT #739 of 10001
move out and draw fire
I've been spending the last week fighting with conservatives who refuse to see Farenheit 9/11 but feel qualified to lecture me on how it's not factual. So I've bookmarked Michael Moore's site for reference. Admittedly it's not unbiased, but at least it's focused on the facts in question.
Otherwise, I'm sitting here getting depressed about Sci-Fi's Earthsea attempt. The previews are looking a lot different from the books.
Jesse - Jul 16, 2004 3:43:36 pm PDT #740 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Desk Set is freaking awesome. See it!
Also awesome? Ocean's Eleven. SO FUN. I love heist movies, I love each of the people in it, I love Vegas. Really, you can't go wrong.
Polter-Cow - Jul 16, 2004 3:48:32 pm PDT #741 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I love heist movies, I love each of the people in it, I love Vegas. Really, you can't go wrong.
So The Score wouldn't have sucked had it been in Vegas?
Steph L. - Jul 16, 2004 4:10:15 pm PDT #742 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Plus there's a romantic triangle.
Desk Set has one of my favorite lines of gal-to-gal advice, about a fella who's taking Katherine Hepburn's character for granted (advice delivered by the fabulous Joan Blondell): "You're like an old coat that's hanging in his closet. Every time he reaches in, there you are. Don't be there once."
Consuela - Jul 16, 2004 4:36:12 pm PDT #743 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm sitting here getting depressed about Sci-Fi's Earthsea attempt. The previews are looking a lot different from the books.
All I've seen is the three-second ad on SFC, and what I've heard about the casting. Those in themselves are enough to make me nervous. It makes it all sound... twee.
Sigh.
Jesse - Jul 16, 2004 5:30:25 pm PDT #744 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So The Score wouldn't have sucked had it been in Vegas?
I didn't hate The Score. Granted, it was Generic Heist Movie, Style 7 Plus Twist C, but still. Heist. Plust great cast.
Dana - Jul 16, 2004 5:37:17 pm PDT #745 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Was that the one with Ed Norton? I liked that one too.
And I liked Reign of Fire, in that profoundly cheesy way. But as far as eye candy went, not bad at all.
Jesse - Jul 16, 2004 5:41:58 pm PDT #746 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, Norton, De Niro, Brando.