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.

askye, I looked at TCM's schedule. Of that night's offerings, the only one I've seen is Red-Headed Woman. Which stars Jean Harlow at her most amoral. Definitely worth seeing, but before you take my advice, be warned that I'd watch Harlow read the phone book.

Heh. So very not surprised.

Yeah, I know. When I was 10, it was the late-night movie that was airing on the night Dad and I put up the tree. I was being allowed to stay up as late as I wanted, because Dad was hoping it would distract me (and probably him) from our waiting to hear if Mom would be allowed out on a Christmas day pass from the oncology ward. To this day, my Dad and I can crack each other up by saying "I'm not their nephew! I'm the son of a sea cook!"

Okay, HAL was pretty great. I do find myself saying, "What are you doing, Dave?" on occasion.

"Open the pod bay door, Hal" comes off my lips fairly often.

Though I'm generally meh about 2001 and think the whole last portion is doofy pot-head Symbolism! And yes, I've seen it in a theater more than once. My favorite parts were like...the stewardess uniforms and the instructions on how to flush the toilet.

People that don't like Bull Durham are simply bad human beings. I don't mean to impugn your taste, but it's a proven fact. Really, it's not even a question of taste, it's about your worth as human beings on this planet. Consider yourselves judged.

The same can be said about people who do like Forest Gump.

Don't bother to complain to me about your failings! I don't make up these rules. I'm just explaining them to you.

I need to watch some movies with Gloomcookie's GF.

My feeling about Kubrik in general is that he is probably the best craftsman in the history of film, but he is not nearly as intelligent as he thinks he is.