JAWS At 35
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Nah, "The 39 Steps"
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Well BigRR, I'm pretty tuned in to racial issues (hell I've been told I'm "hypersensitive" on other boards) and I've seen GWTW uncountable times and never took that away from it. I suppose its all in the perspective, or what you want to get out of it.
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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Probably true, Guin.
since you've read the book, let me ask you, do you think the book does do some of the downnplaying of the evils of slavery, and the use of the klan to defend what is left of the nobility of the south, even if you don't get that in the movie. I think the book is even more blatant.
since you've read the book, let me ask you, do you think the book does do some of the downnplaying of the evils of slavery, and the use of the klan to defend what is left of the nobility of the south, even if you don't get that in the movie. I think the book is even more blatant.
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Dang. I have to agree with BigRR on this.
Despite the panoramic views and the scope and techno color vision of the film; it was decidedly from the start a Racist Film. And the book even more so.
Sentiments aside: I enjoyed " To Kill A Mockingbird" far more. Both the book AND the movie. Gregory Peck kicked Ass in the movie.
Just my humble opinion.
Despite the panoramic views and the scope and techno color vision of the film; it was decidedly from the start a Racist Film. And the book even more so.
Sentiments aside: I enjoyed " To Kill A Mockingbird" far more. Both the book AND the movie. Gregory Peck kicked Ass in the movie.
Just my humble opinion.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Arthur Schopenhauer-
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I never did like 'romance novels'. Way too much two-dimensional, female stereotyping. I gave them a chance since everyone seemed to think they were so wonderful, but ~Gah~ I couldn't believe people could so insipid.
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Gob wrote:Nah, "The 39 Steps"
Hitch was the master, as was Fellini, or Kurosawa.
I have copies of both "The 39 Steps" and "Citizen Kane".
Both these films are masterpieces in their own right.
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
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While there's no such thing as a "bad" Hitchcock movie, (can anyone think of another major director who never made a bad or even mediocre film? John Huston maybe...)
My personal favorite will always be North By Northwest....
My personal favorite will always be North By Northwest....
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The Hitch is the bomb.
I loved Rear Window as well.
Jimmy and Gracie. What a combo.
I loved Rear Window as well.
Jimmy and Gracie. What a combo.
Bah!
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While I have great respect for the body of Hitchock's work, I honestly couldn't stand Family Plot, one of his last (or maybe his last) film. I think he wanted more and more to direct comedies, and this film was a pretty stupid comedy IMHO.Lord Jim wrote:While there's no such thing as a "bad" Hitchcock movie, (can anyone think of another major director who never made a bad or even mediocre film? John Huston maybe...)
My personal favorite will always be North By Northwest....
As for the best, I love many of his films, but "Shadow of a Doubt" tops my list.
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A few more words about Robert Shaw....
Robert Shaw's best role aside from "Quint"....
Was probably where he played "Col. Hessler"....in "The Battle Of The Bulge"...
A made up character who was a cross between Erwin Rommel and Reinhard Heydrich...
If you compare that character to "Quint" you really get an appreciation for the dramatic range this man had as an actor...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EHgT54V ... re=related
(another great moment in cinema, along side "Men Of Harlech")
And of course his portrayal of Henry VIII in "A Man For All Seasons"
He didn't get as much work as he should have, and wound up playing in B movies like "Force 10 From Navarone" (which really isn't that bad a movie unless you compare it to the original "Guns Of Navarone" with Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony Quinn) because he got a reputation for drinking heavily and being difficult to work with....
Robert Shaw's best role aside from "Quint"....
Was probably where he played "Col. Hessler"....in "The Battle Of The Bulge"...
A made up character who was a cross between Erwin Rommel and Reinhard Heydrich...
If you compare that character to "Quint" you really get an appreciation for the dramatic range this man had as an actor...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EHgT54V ... re=related
(another great moment in cinema, along side "Men Of Harlech")
And of course his portrayal of Henry VIII in "A Man For All Seasons"
He didn't get as much work as he should have, and wound up playing in B movies like "Force 10 From Navarone" (which really isn't that bad a movie unless you compare it to the original "Guns Of Navarone" with Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony Quinn) because he got a reputation for drinking heavily and being difficult to work with....