Josiah Bartlett is one of the New England representatives in 1776, and I liked how Sorkin gave Jed that rather formidable ancestry.

Edited to add a "t" to be correct.

Well, I gotta stand by the Brainy Jewish Guy's misspelling at this point...maybe he'll let me have a Josh Lyman of my own, sometime. It'd be nice to have somebody to hang with when I'm feeling all hand-wringy.

Seeing it in a theatre is no guarantee that you'll love it, but seeing it on a TV is a near-sure bet that you won't.

Echoing, but: yes. I'd seen bits of 2001 occasionally on TV when I was younger, and it was edited and had commercials, and meh. Then, I think in high school, we went to go see it at the Uptown. On a 70 foot screen. And then I fell in love with Kubrick.

I liked Bull Durham, but I'm normally bored by sports movies. So maybe that's why people who do like sports movies don't like it.

Then, I think in high school, we went to go see it at the Uptown

Love the Uptown! (It's saying something that I can't remember if I saw 2001 for the first time there, or at an IMAX theatre. BIG fucking screen!)

On a 70 foot screen.

I've seen Apocalypse Now, Blade Runner, Lawrence of Arabia and 2001 all on 70 foot screens. Frigging awsome!!!

Arsenic and Old Lace

But but but ... it's wonderful! And it's my family's traditional Christmas movie!

Forbidden Planet is also a movie that improves a lot on a widescreen. Not up to 'classic' values, but since the director seems to have loved shot compositions where one character is emoting over here and the other character is way over there, suddenly scenes seem to make just a little more sense, hyuuuuge rooms seem roomier, Krell machines seem Krellier, and et cetera.

(The book is not only much more racially biased, but a lot more complicated. Scarlett actually had three children!)

Not to mention that many of the County people were eliminated or reduced to bit appearances.

Part of the problem is the impossibility of filming a faithful representation of the novel. I vaguely remember reading somewhere or other that a faithful movie version of the novel would run about a week.

Now I want to watch Arsenic and Old Lace but I deleted it from my dvr before I watched it (to make room for stuff from TCM I hadn't watched). My day's been kinda sucky but thinking about Cary Grant's expressions when he finds the body in the window seat and also when he realizes his aunts are killers is making it better. Oh! And the discussion about who has more kills.

Did anyone watch the three "Forbidden Hollywood" movies TCM had one a few nights ago. It was three pre Code films that were just released as a box set - Baby Face, Waterloo Bridge, and something else. Are they good movies and worth watching on their own or just good as relics from that era?

But but but ... it's wonderful! And it's my family's traditional Christmas movie!

Heh. So very not surprised.