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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.
I haven't seen 44 of those films. I have little urge to catch up on Westerns or musicals or war movies. But 12 Angry Men is deinitely on the list. And All About Eve. I can't imagine how I missed that.
As I type, I keep realising I've seen more than I'd thought. Now I'm down to having not seen 42, and it may keep dropping.
I hated Forrest Gump, and that's right where my Hanks hatred started too. Ugh. Triumph of the magical handicapped. Blecch.
I hate Forrest Gump because I don't like Forrest the character.
One of my biggest problems with it is the music, which I found particularly grating. It was like they thought about what they wanted to put out on the CD and then tried to jam as much of that music as possible into the film.
This should come as a surprise to no one, but The Wild Bunch is pretty much my favorite movie and I believe that, like it or hate it, everyone should watch it once.
Also, I love On The Waterfront, despite its convoluted relationship with McCarthyism.
I hate Forrest Gump because I don't like Forrest the character. Actually the book wasn't half bad but the movie just...ugh.
My understanding (second hand) is that one of the main tidbits from the book that the movie leaves out is that Forrest has a HUUUUUUUGE cock, and that's why Jenny sleeps with him, and why she decides to stay with him at the end.
12 Angry Men is deinitely on the list
That is one of the best plays/movies ever, and should be seen by everyone. Sure, gaping legalistic holes, but amazing.