I finally just saw War of the Worlds on the teevee. I really liked it. What a nicely creepy movie, even if the ending is eye-rolly.
Hey! What a surprise! Hostile 17! Can I get you a drink, Hostile 17?
Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
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bon bon - May 19, 2006 6:44:03 pm PDT #1787 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Fred Pete - May 21, 2006 6:36:46 am PDT #1788 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Got another oldie to pimp: What's Up Doc?. May be the last of the great screwball comedy/farce combos.
Four identical overnight cases end up on the same floor of a hotel in San Francisco. One holds top secret documents, one holds very expensive jewels, one holds rocks, and one holds clothes and books. People are trying to steal the cases with the documents and the jewels.
The case with the rocks belongs to an uptight musicologist (Ryan O'Neal), who's in town with his equally uptight fiancee (Madeline Kahn), competing for a grant to investigate his theory that prehistoric man first learned music from the vibrations of rocks. He meets the owner of hte case with the clothes and books (Barbra Streisand), who's kooky and wacky in the best 1972 movie style.
Of course, cases get mixed up, and then....
This one starts slow, but once it picks up, it doesn't stop. The owner of the case with the jewels is played by Mabel Albertson (who you may recognize as Darrin's mother from Bewitched, the series -- except Darrin's mother wouldn't have been caught dead in matching leopard print vest and miniskirt).
Similar in style to Bringing Up Baby. But be careful if you watch them in a double feature -- you may die laughing.
Frankenbuddha - May 21, 2006 6:48:01 am PDT #1789 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
What's Up Doc?
I dislike both Ryan O'Neal and Babs intensely, generally speaking, and, yet, I love this movie. Go figure.
Scrappy - May 21, 2006 6:55:53 am PDT #1790 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I love your reviews, Fred Pete. One of my very favorite things about this thread.
Saw Art School Confidential last night. I did not like it and was surprised by that, due to loving Zwigoff's other work. The art school satire was very heavy-handed and the main character, although well-played by bambi-eyed Max Minghella,is all over the place. I really liked Sophia Myles--she manages to invest the role of the Idealized Love Interest with a lot of depth.
Fred Pete - May 21, 2006 7:08:18 am PDT #1791 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Frank, I think at least one factor is that O'Neal isn't the most expressive actor. In WUD, he's supposed to be wooden. And while it may not be your sort of thing, I really enjoyed the scene where he was wearing only boxer shorts and a bowtie.
And if you like the silents -- TCM is showing a Rudolph Valentino festival starting at 8 (ET) tonight.
Hil R. - May 21, 2006 7:54:08 am PDT #1792 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
And if you like the silents -- TCM is showing a Rudolph Valentino festival starting at 8 (ET) tonight.
Ooooooh.
Hmm. Must figure out what to Tivo.
Strega - May 21, 2006 8:52:35 am PDT #1793 of 10001
Seconding the ooooh. I definitely need to see Horsemen after reading about the tango scene.
And hey, tomorrow Penn & Teller host F for Fake and Freaks. And other movies not starting with "F."
Polter-Cow - May 21, 2006 8:55:59 am PDT #1794 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Deep Blue Sea is on TBS! I love this movie. But they seem to be cutting graphic shark violence.
Hayden - May 21, 2006 9:40:37 am PDT #1795 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
And hey, tomorrow Penn & Teller host F for Fake and Freaks. And other movies not starting with "F."
Where? Wow! Where?
Frankenbuddha - May 21, 2006 11:13:45 am PDT #1796 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Frank, I think at least one factor is that O'Neal isn't the most expressive actor.
Heh, well, I think I dislike the idea (and some seriously unpleasant details about his personal life) of Ryan O'Neal more than I actually dislike him, because he's been in several movies I really, really like even though when I think "Ryan O'Neal" the response is "Ugh": Barry Lyndon, The Driver, Zero Effect, and of course What's Up Doc just off the top of my head.
Wheras I kinda like the idea of Babs, but usually actually experiencing her makes me want to scream like the kids in SOUTH PARK when she showed up there.