Talk About Movies: Part 4
Somehow threads merged, so here's part 4 of our ongoing movie discussion.
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Not really about movies, but Jo Malone is releasing Orange Marmalade, a cologne inspired by Paddington Bear.
As some of you know, Paddington 2 was my favorite movie of 2017.
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I would wear that
The Big Goodbye, a book about the making of Chinatown, is really interesting and really entertaining.
The Big Goodbye, a book about the making of Chinatown, is really interesting and really entertaining.
Can confirm.
I realize that I am somewhat promiscuous in my love for the movies, but you are correct, this script was perfect from beginning to end.
It is a really good script and great film, of course, but all the 'best script ever' nonsense is a bit over the top for me as a movie buff.
"Perfect" and "best ever" are entirely different concepts. You can say perfect without being comparative to other movies. The Big Sleep had a perfect script and people love to tear it apart. Get Shorty? Perfect. Memento? Perfect.
Of course, everything I say about the movies is nonsense, so there is that.
Not really about movies, but Jo Malone is releasing Orange Marmalade, a cologne inspired by Paddington Bear.
As some of you know, Paddington 2 was my favorite movie of 2017.
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I adore paddington 2 and was watching the unbearable weight of massive talent and they give it a huge shout out was pretty great.
"Perfect" and "best ever" are entirely different concepts. You can say perfect without being comparative to other movies. The Big Sleep had a perfect script and people love to tear it apart. Get Shorty? Perfect. Memento? Perfect.
Of course, everything I say about the movies is nonsense, so there is that.
well get shorty was absolutely both a perfect script and a perfect movie.
Criterion Channel is featuring popular adaptations of Shakespeare. One of the best known is Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho. Last night I watched Kenneth Branagh's Love's Labour's Lost.
It's musical adaptation. Branagh stages a number of song and dance numbers, using songs such as "Cheek to Cheek" and "The Way You Look Tonight." I've never read the play, but given the number of song and dance numbers, I'd estimate Shakespeare's play is cut down to about 45 minutes, but that's still enough time to get the gist of the play (at least for me).
If you have read a few of Shakespeare's comedies, you will get it. If you haven't, you might be confused. But even if you are confused, it's still a lot of fun. I plan on watching the rest of the featured adaptations.
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I rewatched Gladiator the other night. I liked it a lot more this go around than the first time I saw it. Not sure why.
However, one "flaw" stuck in my craw.
There's this group of fighters that are seemingly invincible, taking on big roman dudes with chariots, tigers, and all manner of fighters outnumbering them. But they can't escape from the caravan hauling them around with like 10 or so not really armed men guarding them?
Paul Mazursky's Tempest, which apparently is based on Shakespeare's play, is downright terrible. I tried to make it through the entire film but couldn't. Just find another version of Shakespeare's last great play.
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yeah, Tempest was not good
Have you seen the Ethan Hawke 90s corporate Hamlet? Or Ian McKellen's Nazi Richard? Obviously the best modern adaptation of Shakespeare in Ten Things I Hate About You. 😀
Watching The Final Countdown from 1980, with Kirk Douglass, Martin Sheen, Ron O'Neal, Katherine Ross, James Farantino, and Charles Durning.
About a modern aircraft carrier out of Pearl Harbor that gets sucked back in time to Dec. 6, 1944. Do they let history happen? Dol they take on the Japanese Fleet thats about to attack?
It's not a good movie, but it is a fun one and a film I loved when I was a teen.
yeah, Tempest was not good
Have you seen the Ethan Hawke 90s corporate Hamlet? Or Ian McKellen's Nazi Richard? Obviously the best modern adaptation of Shakespeare in Ten Things I Hate About You. 😀
I will watch the Ethan Hawke one tomorrow. I've seen the Ricard III. I just watched Josh Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing. It's terrific. Beatrice and Benedick are the stars of the play, and I like it more than Branagh's version. Whedon filmed it at his home in B&W and it works.
I love Shakespeare's comedies. By the way, the "Nothing" in the title refers to the vagina.
It's useful to have a copy of Eric Partrige's Shakespeare's Bawdy available, especially for the comedies. I believe if students were made aware of the dirty bits in Shakespeare, they would like the plays more.
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That's Keenan Wynn and James Whitmore.
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Chungking Angels
Double feature:
Chungking Express (1994)
Fallen Angels (1995)
Important numbers to be committed to memory before reading the review.
Spoiler
1818
Jukebox number of song for Agent/Partner (Michelle) to play.
Forget Him!
223
Cop #1 - Kaneshiro’s badge number
368
Beeper account number for 223.
702
Room where Lin and Kaneshiro wait out the night.
05.01.1994
The original expiration date.
633
Second Cop's mistaken badge number.
663
Second cop's actual badge number.
1015
“One More Time (with bubbles)” Wurlitzer Jukebox Model Number.
3662
Message-service account number for the Killer.
223
Ho Chi Moo's Prisoner #. (The Mute, Dummy.)
A simple yet helpful Venn diagram that will allow you to keep all the females straight.
Spoiler
57 hours later I fell in love with this woman.: Jogging!
Expiration Dates: Portuguese Sardines; May’s love; 30 cans of pineapple!
If May doesn’t change her mind by May 1: Our love will expire!
Are you sure you want to do this?: Give me your passports!
Some men would have sacrificed a kid: To save their own skin!
We were classmates: In 4th grade!
This must be some kind of record--I ate all 30 cans: Bottoms Up!
Your friend in Room 702 says happy birthday: But 6 hours later she fell in love with another man!
Do you like noisy music?: The louder the better!
What a Difference a Day Makes
Oh, you mean #633?: He’s off duty!
Keep it!
Everything in the apartment: Is sad since she left!
Need some help: Yes!
You live near here: Drop by some time!
I had a dream that afternoon. It seemed I was in his apartment. I thought I’d wake up when I left. Apparently you never wake up from some dreams.
Must be a local shower: Lychee nuts!
Fallen Angels
A few years back, I paid a black woman $30 to have her picture taken with me so that if people asked I could say she was my wife.
I guess I am a late bloomer: Maybe I am too picky!
She didn’t show up: My expiration date came first!
I asked you not to see her: But you did!
We all need a partner: When will I find mine?
I want to place an advertisement for my friend: On the front page!
The best thing about my profession: Is that there is no need to make any decisions!
“We rub elbows with a lot of people every day. Some of them might become your friends or even confidants. So I never turn my back on a chance to rub elbows. Sometimes I rub ‘til I bleed. No big deal as long as I’m happy. “
Despite viewing these movies countless times, I have no idea what they are about. I think one problem I have with them is that I become so mesmerized by what is happening on the screen, and the Mad-Magazine-esque scenes going on in the background, that I neglect to watch the subtitles. As a result, I have to make up the story in my head as I go along.
But maybe we’re not supposed to know what is going on. Some of the greatest movies ever made. Check them out!
Pop Quiz (to make sure you were paying attention).
Spoiler
1. How are relationships nurtured?
a) Stalking
b) Murdering the beloved
c) Rubbing elbows
d) House cleaning
2. Who is Blondie?
a) Karen Mok
b) Offscreen paramour of Johnnie
c) Some random guy trying to mind his own business and eat dumplings
d) Dummy
e) Bar-girl girlfriend of creepy bar-owner.
f) Bridgette Lin
g) Debbie Harry
3. Who sells the best food?
a) Ice cream parlor with kidnapped kid
b) Diner where Charlie talks to Johnnie on payphone.
c) Snack bar where Charlie (in her stew uniform) snubs The Mute.
d) Noodle joint with brawl in background where Michelle picks up the Mute at end of 2nd movie
e) Midnight Express
f) Dumpling joint, site of first “Blondie” brawl
g) Mute’s stolen frozen custard truck.
4. What are legitimate motives for homicide?
a) Playing mahjong in a noisy manner
b) Feeding stray kittens
c) Unsatisfactory job appraisal as drug courier
d) “He dumped me”
e) “Boyfriend services are no longer required”
5. (True/false.) You have to be blonde to be a stewardess.
The Hollow Crown series is the way to go for adaptaions of Shakespeare's history plays.
Hollow Crown was fantastic.
10 things I hate about you is fantastic, larry miller is a comedic genius.
him and charles grodin so criminally underused and underappreciated.
