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It’s Bad Like really Bad my wife is finding this funny but yeah oh well
A few films
1. Casino Royale 1954
2. When harry met sally
3. National lampoons European vacation
This reminds me. Back in 2008, Vanity Fair did a special Hitchcock photo shoot tribute by recreating images from his films with modern movie stars. RDJ did one with Gwyneth Paltrow for TO CATCH A THEIF.
For comparison:
I remember those! There were several great images from that photo shoot, and these – along the To Catch a Thief one, are my favourites.
https://www.ifitshipitshere.com/vanity-fairs-hitchcock-recreations-compared-to-the-movie-originals/
https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2008/3/the-2008-hollywood-portfolio-hitchcock-classics
Didn't even notice until looking at these photos again right now that Eva Marie Saint is one of the actors featured in the Lifeboat recreation!
I was wondering about that, @Creasy47. Haven't been able to find a name, unfortunately. Have to agree with @MakeshiftPython , that it's a bit strange they didn't seek out a well known actor who fits the part. Even so, that guy looks the part.
About drama students in a Paris conservatory persuing careers in theatre and B.S. ing each other.
Louise Rainer is the lead with Ann Rutherford, Paulette Goddard, Gale Sondergaard and of course, my favorite Lana Turner. Cute movie and another film in my Lana library.
And speaking of Ms. Davis, I just finished another watch of ALL ABOUT EVE (1950) – a film that is rapidly making its’ way up my personal all-time list.
What a film! Perfectly cast, and the screenwriting (and direction) by Joseph L. Mankiewicz is flawless. Every five minutes or so, there is a great line of quotable dialogue.
Llyod Richards (Hugh Marlowe): You knew when you came in that the audition was over, that Eve was your understudy, playing that childish little game of cat and mouse.
Margo (Betty Davis): Not mouse, never mouse. If anything *rat*!
Ironically, especially given the plot of the film (Davis was about the same age as “Margo Channing” at the time of filming), one can make a case that this was the high point of her career. At least for me, her 1950s films to be non-descript.
And since I know that – in addition to Lana Turner – you're a big Marilyn Monroe fan:
Miss Casswell (Monroe): Oh, waiter!
Addison DeWitt (George Sanders): That is not a waiter, my dear, that is a butler.
Miss Casswell: Well, I can't yell "Oh butler!" can I? Maybe somebody's name is Butler.
Addison DeWitt: You have a point. An idiotic one, but a point.
=))
Can't praise ALL ABOUT EVE enough, @Dwayne . Loved it since I first saw it about 11 years ago. Superb movie that sits in my DVD/Blu-ray Marilyn library. I may watch it again soon as well.
Always liked the suave George Sanders. Great actor and he made an excellent Simon Templar, too.
My favourite 'men on a mission' movie! Great chemistry between the three leads (Burton, Moore, Harris) and some excellent action (John Glen second unit dir and editor)
No matter how many times I see it I still think Richard Harris will make it to the plane this time...!
That scene always brings a lump to my throat,
"Emil....Emil!" 😭
Recently upgraded my dvd to bluray, but not much improvement picture wise! Great action blockbuster, and what a cast!!
Yeah I was dithering whether to upgrade my DVD copy, but is it worth it?
I would say No, mate!
Though I was an avid cinema goer in the 80s, this was one I intended to see but didn't! Doesn't turn up much on Telly either. Medieval tale of lovers who have been cursed by an evil Bishop, he (Rutger Hauer) a man by day, a wolf by nght, she (Michelle Pfeiffer) a woman by day and hawk by night! Aided by a thief (Matthew Broderick) they try to break the spell. Directed by Richard Donner, this a beautifully made film, with good performances ( the great Leo McKern is in there too) and a cracking final duel on horseback INSIDE a Cathedral! But, oh dear, that score!!?! Truly awful ( credited to Alan Parsons) its twee, lightweight, and completely distracts and takes you out of the film! It gets less prevalent as the movie goes on, but the damage is done by then. A pity, as the film is entertaining! James Horner or.Jerry Goldsmith would have been a better choice!
Oops, you are absolutely right. Watched it last week, and fuzzy head this morning, (me and the missus celebrated our wedding anniversary last night!) So got it wrong way round!
Ashamed to say I've never seen it. Perhaps I should remedy that soon...😏
Worth seeing mate, but be wary of that score!
Yes, I agree completely. I would absolutely love the film, no matter how silly its overall premise, but the score kills the mood for me. Some synthy thing, and not in a good 'Blade Runner' kind of way. The music is distracting. Set in Medieval times, the film was given a score that feels like someone just punched a few keys on a Casio keyboard, and a couple of pre-programmed jingles started playing. It's horrible!!
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...the Alan Parsons Project.
(Disclaimer: I didn't see that movie "Ladyhawke". Just read about the composer.)
DEEP RED (1975) (aka Profondo rosso)
My kind of stuff this one. Giallo, and Dario Argento specifically, play second fiddle only to the Bond films for me, and this is one of the best: intruiging murder mystery, gorgeous visual style, a crazy but beautiful Goblin score, fantastic atmosphere, vivid colours and a twist ending that comes suitably out of nowhere. Love it. Highly recommended and compulsory viewing for every horror fan in my mind.
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (2002)
I hear this one is generally at the bottom of most people's HP ranking. Personally I quite like it, the atmosphere and the mystery do the trick for me. Always have a blast with Gilderoy Lockhart as well. Shame about those end scenes though, it's been a while since I read the books but does the whole school really stand up and start applauding Hagrid at the end? A bit too corny for me. All in all, think it sits somewhere in the middle of my HP ranking.
Am surprised there's not a thread for Harry Potter aficionados! I remember bringing my daughter to the early ones, is Chamber of Secrets the one with fhe spiders? When that scene came up, she put her coat on "am going!" 🤣 ( She didnt go though, and enjoyed rest of it!) I wouldn't be a huge fan, but have seen them all, Prisoner of Azkaban, I think is still the best one (Director Alfonso Cuaron created more of a magic atmosphere imo!)
Yep, that's the one! I love your story about the spiders, I also struggle with that scene since I am slightly arachnophobic :))
Quite right about Prisoner of Azkaban too, that one is much better directed than most of the others. My favourite though is the fourth one: Goblet of Fire (dir. Mike Newell).
Directed by the unrelenting Abel Ferrara…..
It's such a nasty yet oddly beautiful film. One of the staples of Ferrara, for me, is that some of the best scenes in his films are scenes that you would look at on paper and think "no, that would never work" and yet, somehow.....they do.