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Some quirkiness ages well, and some doesn't. Good: Julie Andrews in Sound of Music; Diane Keaton in Godfather. Not so: Liza in Cabaret.
Yeesh, Diane Keaton is terrible and wasted in Godfather. I love her, but that was a forgettable role for her. Her quirkiness in Annie Hall still works.
I like Liza in Cabaret. She's supposed to be hyper and shallow.
It's really not a personal attack, P-C. I still love you, man. Even if you like that terrible movie.
Unless you're secretly Swedish. You're not secretly Swedish, are you?
I did say that about Clockwork last night, though I didn't remember when Kubrick had left the U.S. Hell, Bob had to remind me that he was actually American. And Lawrence of Arabia, though that may be American financed, for all I know.
I was riffing on something that Tim Minear said in Minearverse with that "too much magic" line, P-C. I wasn't serious.
You're not secretly Swedish, are you?
God, my parents would have a FIT.
I like Liza in Cabaret. She's supposed to be hyper and shallow.
Exactly. Her Sally Bowles is the epitome of flightiness, but by the end of the film, that flightiness is an obvious shell since we've grown to know the frightened, rejected child she is underneath. A really excellent performance by Liza, and one she (supposedly) based partially on her mother.
A secret message for Sean: pfffffffttttttthhhhh!!!
Corwood, that song is AWESOME!
Thanks!
Diane Keaton is terrible and wasted in Godfather
Oh, I don't agree with this. She's not great in parts, but when Kay realizes just how fucked she is towards the end, Keaton pulls off some great pathos. She's definitely the most over-the-top actor in G2, though.
Movies I haven't seen but have an opinion about: Raging Bull, The Wild Bunch, On the Waterfront. Perhaps I should add, not a favorable one, at least not enough for me to watch enough of each movie to see if I'm wrong.
Movies I haven't seen but have an opinion about: Raging Bull, The Wild Bunch, On the Waterfront.
I finally watched On the Waterfront as part of the film noir podcast and it was much better than I thought it would be.
I've seen 31 of the movies on the list. I've seen more of the ones taken off the list.
I hate Forrest Gump because I don't like Forrest the character. Actually the book wasn't half bad but the movie just...ugh. It's one of the reasons I don't like Tom Hanks as much. Although I was never a huge fan of his.
I'm also in the corner with JZ and Ple and the love of It's a Wonderful Life it totally should be on the list. It gets hurt becuase it's so over exposed and has been parodied a lot but it is a good moive. The scene where Mary and George share the phone is just amazing.