Must. See.
I've heard that Stewart did movies like Liberty Valance after WWII and being disillusioned with American Rah Rah stuff. I find that very interesting with him being an icon and all. When did he do Harvey?
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
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Daisy Jane - Jun 21, 2007 6:21:05 pm PDT #9540 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Strega - Jun 21, 2007 6:34:30 pm PDT #9541 of 10001
I’ve seen 52 movies on the new AFI list. Of the ones I haven’t, there are a dozen or so I really want to see, and a bunch I wouldn’t exactly seek out, but wouldn’t refuse to watch. And then there are these:
- The Godfather
- Raging Bull
- Schindler's List
- The Godfather Part II
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Rocky
- Saving Private Ryan
- Titanic
- Platoon
I love EWS, and the idea that it was in a rough state is utterly ludicrous,Me too! Yay. And I think I remember that we both hated Raising Arizona. We're kindred spirits!
Laga - Jun 21, 2007 6:35:31 pm PDT #9542 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Harvey was 20 years before Cheyenne Social Club.
Laga - Jun 21, 2007 6:37:43 pm PDT #9543 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I've seen all of those except for Schindlers List (in its entirety) and the only one that makes me feel really sad for your loss is Fellowship of the Ring.
Daisy Jane - Jun 21, 2007 6:44:42 pm PDT #9544 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I have never made it all the way through Schindler's List. I don't do movies where people are awful to each other. I've seen the first tape. Won't do the second.
§ ita § - Jun 21, 2007 6:45:05 pm PDT #9545 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I loved Godfather, even going into it braced against yet another classic, and the feeling some people had after Citizen Kane like when you have a really good spinach lasagne and you think maybe spinach is actually kinda tasty? Yeah, that. Then you go see Godfather II and you realise it's all about the preparation, and spinach can taste like crap after all.
I had a point. Spinach ate it.
Daisy Jane - Jun 21, 2007 6:50:14 pm PDT #9546 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I don't like the Godfather movies. I don't relate to anyone in them. Don't care at all.
I find Harvey very post-WWII, so I'm ... well, but Stewart is cool, so maybe not.
Strega - Jun 21, 2007 6:55:29 pm PDT #9547 of 10001
Well, my brother forced me to watch The Two Towers, so I feel pretty confident that I'd be just as irritated by the other two movies.
...Fucking elves.
Beverly - Jun 21, 2007 6:58:44 pm PDT #9548 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh, but The Two Towers is an awful movie--or book--unless you've done Fellowship. (Or, as I typed first, Fellowhip). TTT is dirty, gritty, all about ugly orcs and horrible gollums and dark, dank, icky places. At least Fellowship is set in green and gentle lands, lets you discover in wonder before the dark invades. I'm not surprised you didn't like it.
§ ita § - Jun 21, 2007 7:00:34 pm PDT #9549 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The Two Towers is definitely the weakest of the three, and I say that having seen the first one. I cannot imagine it being a happy fun time on its own.
Not that I'm trying to talk you into it...I'm a rabid Ringer myself with much pervy elf love. But I think you'd be less irritated by either of the other two.
Perhaps not enough, but less.