'Dirty Girls'
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but it's one of my wife's favorites (along with The Fifth Element, a movie that makes me want to claw out my eyes)
I love The Fifth Element ! It's Die Hard in space!
I was perplexed by 2001 as well.
And I like all of GC's meh classics except for Grand Hotel, which I've never even heard of.
Another classic that I'm totally meh on (this one drives GF absolutely insane as she loves it): The Maltese Falcon
Okay, HAL was pretty great. I do find myself saying, "What are you doing, Dave?" on occasion.
"I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that" is a good one, too.
I liked The Maltese Falcon too, although it was a little strange.
I like Fifth Element it's mindless fun with pretty colors and fighting. I've never seen Lawrence of Arabia but now that I have a new tv I probably well. TCM's infomercial thing about why widescreen is the only way to watch a movie features Lawreance of Arabia and Gigi (another of my favorite movies -- good songs and beautiful clothes). I was never a fan of GTWT the book or the movie. In the book I liked Rhett and Melanie and wanted them to ditch thier respective spouses and hook up.
To get my cred back up, I love these classics:
The Philadelphia Story
Casablanca
His Girl Friday
Bringing Up Baby
Rebecca
To Be Or Not To Be
Mildred Pierce
Notorious
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Sunset Blvd.
And many many more
I like The Fifth Element as long as the sound is off. It's a very pretty movie, but the plot, dialogue, and performances make me want to throw things.
I was obsessed with GWTW when I was a kid, but I haven't seen it in years. I wonder how it'd hold up.
The Philadelphia Story Casablanca His Girl Friday Bringing Up Baby
These I love. I've not seen the rest.
Very psyched.
Awesome! I'll spread the word.
I did enjoy Ninotchka and one other one that I can't remember offhand (I think it had Basil Rathbone as her dicky husband).
Anna Karenina (that's a pretty big movie to forget)
"I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that" is a good one, too.
"My mind is going. There is no question about it."
*Well, meh on the bits that involve people talking to each other.
So true, even if the "meh" was deliberate (and I'd argue that it was).