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Post by readsalot on Oct 6, 2017 5:06:11 GMT -5
I watched "Out of the Past" yesterday afternoon. I remember seeing this movie back in the late 60's and being at least a bit shocked with the Jane Greer character (Kathie). I was not use to seeing a woman who was so evil.
I also watched this movie a few months ago--and intended to write a review back then but forgot about it. The effect of the movie at this stage in my life, was pretty anemic compared to the first time I watched it in (I think) 1969. Particularly the character portrayed by Kirk Douglas. He doesn't get a lot of screen time but I think he is supposed to be all surface charm and cold blooded killer underneath--and I have seen Douglas portray that character--and, for me, it just didn't seem menacing at all except in his last scene where he threatens Kathie.
I know this is a favorite of Mr. Smith, and as I said, pretty startling the first time I watched it, but much of the effect is gone--maybe seeing so many violent films over the years has deaden my sensibilities. I will say that I watched the original "Cape Fear" a while back and it still made me tense, edgy. It occurred to me watching it that Robert Mitchum's two best performances (imo) were in "Cape Fear" and "Night of the Hunter". He was truly monstrous in each--and oh so believable.
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Post by antver on Oct 7, 2017 8:23:19 GMT -5
Haven't seen the Tom Cruise Mummy movie yet. Someone loaned me a copy so I will get to it eventually.
Other upcoming films receiving a wide or somewhat wide release that I want to see: Murder on Orient Express, The Snowman, Justice League, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Hour of Darkness, The Killing Of Sacred Deer, Suburbicon, Molly's Game, The Man Who invented Christmas, Thor:Ragnorak, Downsizing, He's Out There, The Greatest Showman on Earth, I, Tonya.
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Post by antver on Oct 7, 2017 8:44:48 GMT -5
I just read that the innocuous little romcom Overboard from the eighties is being remade with the roles reversed in the story.
A movie starring a man and a woman is being remade into a movie starring a man and a woman.
If that's not political correctness run amok I don't know what would be.
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Post by stevign on Oct 7, 2017 8:57:30 GMT -5
Wind River
Decent drama, good acting and no over-the-top action. 6/10 Stars
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Post by William Smith on Oct 7, 2017 13:54:45 GMT -5
I watched Out Of The Past again fairly recently, and it still works for me. Kirk Douglas is truly reptilian (a trait common to many of his performances) and Jane Greer's Kathie is astonishingly evil. Mitchum played a very wide range of characters in noir films, many of them sympathetic--Out Of The Past, The Locket, His Kind Of Woman, Crossfire. I've never warmed either to Cape Fear or The Night Of The Hunter--they've always seemed a bit one-dimensional to me.
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Post by William Smith on Oct 7, 2017 13:58:03 GMT -5
Antver: I just Googled the Overboard remake. Very sad, much like the misbegotten reboot of Ghostbusters.
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Post by epicgordan on Oct 7, 2017 22:19:52 GMT -5
I think the only way that would work is if the man acts like a woman and the woman acts like a man. Just try watching videos on YouTube of women hitting on men like a man would stereotypically hit on a man. Or vise versa. Unfortunately, I cannot possibly fathom why ANYONE would remake a film so bad that its star, Adam Sandler, has basically gone out of his way to pretend it never even existed.
It hurts more by how dated the movie in question happens to be. Horribly, horribly dated.
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Post by William Smith on Oct 7, 2017 22:35:43 GMT -5
Gordo: You are confusing two films. Overboard is a 1987 film with Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, directed by Garry Marshall. It's slight, but charming and pleasant and funny. Not the same thing as 1989's Going Overboard with the unspeakable Adam Sandler, which has the distinction of being the 21st lowest rated film on IMDB. And in interesting company! www.imdb.com/chart/bottom?ref_=tt_awd
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Post by epicgordan on Oct 8, 2017 2:50:41 GMT -5
So, the Emoji Movie is now officially regarded as one of the worst films ever made. And this just in--water is wet!
But seriously. I think I can make a list off of the most notoriously bad animated films of all time just by looking at this list alone and then throwing in a couple additions. Not worst animated films, but notoriously bad. As in, universally reviled. Among others:
1. Foodfight! 2. Animated Titanic movies (all three of them) 3. The Emoji Movie 4. Norm of the North 5. Ratatoing
Okay, I'm stuck. It doesn't help matters that animated features, for whatever reason, seldom ever come up when it comes to the discussion of worst movies of all time. And that does indeed include Foodfight! and the animated Titanic movies. Norm of the North looked poised for Razzie nominations, and it was all but ignored. Somehow, I have a feeling they'll ignore The Emoji Movie as well.
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Post by stevign on Oct 8, 2017 9:11:51 GMT -5
The Hero
The Hero stars Sam Elliott in the most surprising and realistic way you've ever seen him, and if you didn't already know that Katharine Ross was in the film, you would be hard-pressed to recognize her. Meanwhile both Laura Prepon (Orange is the New Black) and Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation, The Founder, Fargo) turn in excellent performances. Rotten Tomatoes has given it 4/5 Stars, I give it 7 or 8 out of 10 Stars.
* I wouldn't be surprised if Elliott is nominated for an Oscar. He will no doubt lose, but he really stretched out in this role and proved to be more than just a good looking mustache-wearing actor with an iconic voice.
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Post by stevign on Oct 8, 2017 9:56:15 GMT -5
By the way, what the hell is with the skinny borders on this thread??
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Post by stevign on Oct 9, 2017 6:34:19 GMT -5
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Post by stevign on Oct 10, 2017 15:03:16 GMT -5
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Post by William Smith on Oct 12, 2017 23:10:24 GMT -5
stevign: I haven't figured out how to widen the borders. I am not sure that one can.
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Post by William Smith on Oct 13, 2017 13:11:17 GMT -5
TCM devoted two nights this week to the films of George Pal, probably best known for The Time Machine and War Of The Worlds. One interesting aspect of his work with which I had not been familiar (although I had seen one or two of them) are the Puppetoons, essentially stop-motion cartoons, which he did at Paramount in the 1940s--he started doing them in the Netherlands in the late 1930s, before he left for the US, just two months before the Germans invaded the Netherlands. Fascinating technique.
They also showed Destination Moon, which I had not watched in some considerable time. It's a film of considerable historical importance, done in a semi-documentary style, and the first film that seriously addressed some of the real issues in space travel. The screenplay was written in part by Robert Heinlein and incorporates elements of some of his earlier work. Another notable feature is art designed by the noted illustrator Chestley Bonestell. It won an Academy Award for special effects.
I wish that I could say that it's worth watching for more than its historical importance. Anyone seriously interested in science fiction films should see it--but taken as a film, it's dated badly. The screenplay relies on far too many cliches; the acting is pretty substandard; and the visuals and effects, apart from Bonestell's paintings, are not even state of the art for 1950. I've giving it a 5 out of 10, with the caveat, above, that those interested in science fiction film should definitely see it.
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