PeaceFrogYum Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 On 3/31/2020 at 12:37 PM, redrum said: Literally puts the remake to shame. And shame on them for even doing a remake. As much as I love Jeff Bridges he screwed up the remake. Came across as a caricature and a bad one at that. Plus the girl actress was just way, way too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 16 hours ago, PeaceFrogYum said: As much as I love Jeff Bridges he screwed up the remake. Came across as a caricature and a bad one at that. Plus the girl actress was just way, way too much. Ol Jeff just kind of mumbled his way through that one. The girl was also annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceFrogYum Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 10 hours ago, redrum said: Ol Jeff just kind of mumbled his way through that one. The girl was also annoying. Yep, and there is no way a girl that age, in that time would have acted as she did. They likely would have just taken her to a brothel and put her to work the first time she opened her mouth and pissed everyone off. Women / girls had only two options in the Old West, wife or whore. That's why most whores in the Old West were widows and / or runaways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 1 hour ago, PeaceFrogYum said: Yep, and there is no way a girl that age, in that time would have acted as she did. They likely would have just taken her to a brothel and put her to work the first time she opened her mouth and pissed everyone off. Women / girls had only two options in the Old West, wife or whore. That's why most whores in the Old West were widows and / or runaways. Tough times. The good ol days. 😕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 More Quarantine Cinema. The 1972 original. Accept no substitutes. In my top 5 of Bronson movies...top 5 Jan-Michael Vincent, too. Cool vintage '70s Los Angeles locations. John Payne is a boxing mug who gets framed for the murder of his double-crossing wife. Evelyn Keyes tries to help him out. Best of all are the jewel fence and his heavy, played by Jay Adler and Jack Lambert.t Evelyn Keyes creates a pandemic in New York City. Definitely B-movie quality...maybe even C-level. Two notable things about the movie are Evelyn Keyes and cinematography by Joseph Birac. A solid little noir. Again...stick with the original. Accept no substitutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Love 'em all. Watching this right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 13 hours ago, redrum said: Love 'em all. Watching this right now. Fabulous! Giulietta Masina (Mrs. Fellini) is a doll! Ever watch "Nights of Cabiria"? She'll break your heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Twas Bette Davis's birthday yesterday so I watched these two early Bettes last night. This morning I put on a couple of other classics...one old, one new. "A Letter to Three Wives" has a moment or two that influenced ELO's "Mr. Blue Sky". If you watch it you'll know it when you hear it. "Tous les Matins du Monde" is simply a moving experience and one of the greatest classical music movies ever. Up there with "Amadeus" and "32 Short Films About Glenn Gould". It is the movie that introduced me to Jordi Savall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 "My name is Pussy Galore." "I must be dreaming." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 10 hours ago, Strider said: Twas Bette Davis's birthday yesterday so I watched these two early Bettes last night. This morning I put on a couple of other classics...one old, one new. "A Letter to Three Wives" has a moment or two that influenced ELO's "Mr. Blue Sky". If you watch it you'll know it when you hear it. "Tous les Matins du Monde" is simply a moving experience and one of the greatest classical music movies ever. Up there with "Amadeus" and "32 Short Films About Glenn Gould". It is the movie that introduced me to Jordi Savall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 32 minutes ago, Strider said: "My name is Pussy Galore." "I must be dreaming." One of the greatest movie songs ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceFrogYum Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 11 hours ago, Strider said: "My name is Pussy Galore." "I must be dreaming." The media is having a real time with Ms. Blackman's death as they refuse to name her character in Goldfinger. They do quote the Sean Connery line but leave out the Pussy Galore part, they simply say, "When Bond wakes up in Goldfinger and sees Honor Blackman he says, "I must be dreaming."' Kinda looses the point when they leave out Blackman first introducing herself to Bond as Pussy Galore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 1 hour ago, PeaceFrogYum said: The media is having a real time with Ms. Blackman's death as they refuse to name her character in Goldfinger. They do quote the Sean Connery line but leave out the Pussy Galore part, they simply say, "When Bond wakes up in Goldfinger and sees Honor Blackman he says, "I must be dreaming."' Kinda looses the point when they leave out Blackman first introducing herself to Bond as Pussy Galore. How about 'Vagina Aplenty?' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceFrogYum Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 2 hours ago, redrum said: How about 'Vagina Aplenty?' Good question as Vagina is the medical term for that particular piece of equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 4 hours ago, PeaceFrogYum said: The media is having a real time with Ms. Blackman's death as they refuse to name her character in Goldfinger. They do quote the Sean Connery line but leave out the Pussy Galore part, they simply say, "When Bond wakes up in Goldfinger and sees Honor Blackman he says, "I must be dreaming."' Kinda looses the point when they leave out Blackman first introducing herself to Bond as Pussy Galore. 3 hours ago, redrum said: How about 'Vagina Aplenty?' They almost changed her character's name to Kitty Galore. But the producers were able to satisfy the British censors by explaining 10-year old boys wouldn't know "Pussy" was a reference to anything other than a cat. And if any 10-year olds did know what pussy was slang for, then they were dirty little bastards anyway. In America though, they could not use Pussy Galore in any of the promotional material...no posters or photos with the name Pussy Galore. Honor Blackman took great delight in mentioning her character's name as often as she could in interviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryder1978 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 ....don't forget about Plenty O'Toole! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 7 hours ago, Stryder1978 said: ....don't forget about Plenty O'Toole! 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceFrogYum Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 8 hours ago, Stryder1978 said: ....don't forget about Plenty O'Toole! I hear he is quite the hit with the ladies...and possibly a few gentleman as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryder1978 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Lana Wood as "Plenty O'Toole" in "Diamonds are Forever": Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 9 hours ago, Stryder1978 said: ....don't forget about Plenty O'Toole! Nobody is forgetting Plenty O' Toole...or Holly Goodhead and all the rest of the double-entendre Bond Girl names. Two notes to consider: 1. Honor Blackman just passed away. Lana Wood is still alive. 2. "Goldfinger" came out in 1964. "Diamonds Are Forever" came out in 1971. There was a complete cultural shift during that time. 1971 was a much more permissive time. By then nobody was batting an eye at a name like Plenty O'Toole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 You may have heard the news that some idiot has decided to remake the Robert Mitchum classic "Night of the Hunter". Okay...maybe it won't totally suck. Maybe a 10% chance it will be watchable. With that in mind, today I am watching a pair of movies that illustrates the rare example of a remake not being an embarrassment. "Seven Samurai" and "The Magnificent Seven" . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 6 hours ago, Strider said: You may have heard the news that some idiot has decided to remake the Robert Mitchum classic "Night of the Hunter". Okay...maybe it won't totally suck. Maybe a 10% chance it will be watchable. With that in mind, today I am watching a pair of movies that illustrates the rare example of a remake not being an embarrassment. "Seven Samurai" and "The Magnificent Seven" . Night Of The Hunter remake...................Blasphemy! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102533/ Seven Samurai.......Mifune is awesome in that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Creepy scene from the original Night Of The Hunter. Shelley Winters sleeps with the fishes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Granny gets him in the end. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 Introduced this movie to my younger brother and nephew last night. This was the first John Wayne movie I remember seeing...it was at a drive-in in 1969. Now, imagine this movie with Elvis Presley and Mia Farrow instead of Glenn Campbell and Kim Darby. The producers wanted Elvis Presley but his agent asked for top billing over John Wayne and that was a no-go. Mia Farrow was first offered the girl part but she tried to get Henry Hathaway fired and Roman Polanski hired as director. Goodbye Mia. Just as well. Mia would have been unbelievable as a tough tomboy of the West. I find her annoying in most movies. Karen Carpenter, Tuesday Weld and Sondra Locke and Sally Field all had a chance at the part before it went to Kim Darby. Frankly, I think it turned out for the best that Kim Darby and Glenn Campbell got the parts. Watch for Robert Duvall, Strother Martin, and Dennis Hopper, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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