I grew up with musicals! In addition to the last vestiges of Hollywood big-screen attempts in the genre (the first movie I remember seeing in the theater was Sound of Music, in the now-long-defunct Princess Theater in downtown Joliet during its second or third run in the early 1970s), not getting a VCR or cable until sometime in high school meant that afterschool TV viewing was a lot of old-time musicals, Three Stooges and Our Gang comedy shorts, and reruns of The Mickey Mouse Club. A big part of my New Years Eve babysitting gigs in junior high was the Astaire/Rogers movies that the local PBS station always showed.
I seen you without your clothes on before. Never thought I'd see you naked.
Mal ,'Trash'
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Kathy A - Jan 31, 2006 3:32:09 pm PST #261 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Strega - Jan 31, 2006 3:52:12 pm PST #262 of 10001
I seem to deal best with musicals if they're either completely surreal or completely... not. Sunday in the Park with George is fine, Yankee Doodle Dandy is fine. It's when they alternate between real and surreal that I get thrown.
lori - Jan 31, 2006 3:54:57 pm PST #263 of 10001
FYI. 1981 Best Director/Best Picture noms. Last time there was a perfect match-up.
Warren Beatty, Reds
Hugh Hudson, Chariots of Fire
Louis Malle, Atlantic City
Mark Rydell, On Golden Pond
Steven Spielberg, Raiders of the Lost Ark
Chariots of Fire won Best Picture. Warren Beatty won for Director.
Fred Pete - Jan 31, 2006 4:19:50 pm PST #264 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Sound of Music is an excellent musical. The problem is, (1) not everyone cares for musicals (Disclaimer: which is a fair point of view), but even more significant, (2) it came out just before that type of old-fashioned musical became, well, old-fashioned.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 31, 2006 7:13:23 pm PST #265 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Anyway, The Set-Up has been added to my queue.
An excellent decision. If you've never seen THE HAUNTING (and I mean the Wise version, not the incredibly well casted yet truely vile recent atrocity - talk about a waste of resources) add it in too. First film that SERIOUSLY scared the shit out of me as a kid. It's all implication, sound and style (with one freaky exception) that makes it scary, and very little has topped it since for keeping me up at night.
Strega - Jan 31, 2006 7:46:18 pm PST #266 of 10001
Oh, yes, I think "The Haunting" was one of my first rentals because it had been on my must-see list for a while. And yes. Brr. I still need to read the book, too. Actually, I need to hit the used book store this weekend. Let's see if I remember to look for it.
I'm also good on "The Day the Earth Stood Still." Plus I've got a bunch of stuff from Joe Bob's "Profoundly Erotic" that I need to see. I think I'm confusing the hell out of Netflix's recommendation logic.
Hayden - Jan 31, 2006 8:31:42 pm PST #267 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
The Haunting & The Day The Earth Stood Still are two of my fave-raves, too.
Beverly - Jan 31, 2006 9:12:00 pm PST #268 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Robert Preston
"Greetings, Starfighter!"
Robert Mitchum
Gregory Peck
::speechless with the white-hot lust::
"...the Andes is mere foothills!..."
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bon bon - Feb 01, 2006 7:04:52 am PST #269 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I'm pleased Amy Adams got nominated. Michelle Williams would beat her, but I really recommend Junebug-- her performance is wonderful.
Kathy A - Feb 01, 2006 7:14:24 am PST #270 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Robert Preston
"Greetings, Starfighter!"
One of my all-time favorites! Yes, objectively, The Last Starfighter only rates 3 stars, max, but the casting of Robert Preston puts it into Personal Favorite category. Also, I love the character of Louis, the little brother, and Dan Herlihy as Grig, who I didn't realize until he passed away was the same guy who played the CEO of the megacompany in Robocop.