tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post3941677829640723719..comments2024-02-22T17:59:50.213-05:00Comments on in so many words...: Cinematic Reviews 20 Questions (Part One)Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-42825383756013053242012-10-01T11:32:30.252-04:002012-10-01T11:32:30.252-04:00Cromwell also became a vegan after filming BABE. H...Cromwell also became a vegan after filming BABE. He's a good guy. Maybe we need to start a James Cromwell fan page on Facebook. :)<br /><br />Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-56297575090674285352012-09-29T20:28:11.409-04:002012-09-29T20:28:11.409-04:00Well, the Jewish community was split on The Produc...Well, the Jewish community was split on The Producers.<br /><br />I've seen parts of it and laughed, and, of course Mel Brooks, the lunatic genius, makes everything funny.<br /><br />James Cromwell, in addition to being a great actor, went to Mississippi, risking his life, in the 1960s to help register Black people to vote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-33415614495683749902012-09-27T11:01:19.301-04:002012-09-27T11:01:19.301-04:00Well, Kathy, you know that Mel Brooks is Jewish. S...Well, Kathy, you know that Mel Brooks is Jewish. So if he can laugh at the horror, then who are we to deny him? If anyone else had made this film it might not have worked as well as it does.I might not have laughed as hard. <br /><br />Mel maintains that laughter is the best medicine - the best way to defeat hatred. <br /><br />I too love James Cromwell. I love BABE and watched it recently. Loved it just as much as the first time. What an amazingly good film. Though, of course, it is bittersweet.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-50564500879167808082012-09-26T04:42:45.775-04:002012-09-26T04:42:45.775-04:00I loved Babe! I'm afraid to see it again as I...I loved Babe! I'm afraid to see it again as I'd tear up at the adorableness of it all. <br /><br />And I like James Cromwell and admire him for brave things he's done in his life.<br /><br />And I love those quotes by Gertrude Short, especially, and then Grace Kelly and Zero Mostel.<br /><br />I wish I could like The Producers, but it's hard for me to combine Nazis and humor, but then again, it's Mel Brooks, the lunatic genius, who always makes me laugh. (I can't even listen to him for 2 minutes without loud laughter, just listening to his voice gets me going.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-43233325087289414602012-09-25T12:58:15.988-04:002012-09-25T12:58:15.988-04:00I disagree with you on BABE, Ryan. A lovely, quite...I disagree with you on BABE, Ryan. A lovely, quite, beautifully conceived and executed movie.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-35939825309553297192012-09-25T12:57:42.701-04:002012-09-25T12:57:42.701-04:00Thanks so much, Kathy. Well, it's true that wi...Thanks so much, Kathy. Well, it's true that with blogging as in life, you're bound to repeat a thing or two or three. <br /><br />Netflix is the way to go if you run out of films to watch at the library. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-1669107846470401692012-09-25T12:56:29.236-04:002012-09-25T12:56:29.236-04:00Dorian I love your answers, not so much because I ...Dorian I love your answers, not so much because I agree - I've never heard of a couple of your choices - but because you gave them some thought. <br /><br />Thanks, m'dear. <br /><br />I love movie quizzes. Wait, I already said that. Ha!<br /><br />The Zero Mostel quote from THE PRODUCERS is one of my faves too. Actually, there are several from that film. Remember, "...he's wearing a helmet." <br /><br />A great movie.<br /><br />Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-49178544996945228972012-09-24T14:28:22.740-04:002012-09-24T14:28:22.740-04:00I think almost all the Best Picture nominees for 1...I think almost all the Best Picture nominees for 1995 were horrible, including the winner, Braveheart. Babe should never have been nominated.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17786139533776263328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-29683246093676039272012-09-24T04:24:21.253-04:002012-09-24T04:24:21.253-04:00Yvette, it's fine to see some movies and books...Yvette, it's fine to see some movies and books pop up again and again. It reminds me to see the ones I put on my TBR and TBS (to be seen) lists and then to actually go to the library website and put them on reserve. And to rewatch old favorites, like A New Leaf. (And I may even be venturing near Netflix.)<br /><br />Moreover, I love your commentary, so write away, repeat, whatever. I read, I laugh, I blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-58066174701578229192012-09-23T15:54:30.571-04:002012-09-23T15:54:30.571-04:00Yvette, you've got an impressive 20 Questions ...Yvette, you've got an impressive 20 Questions Quiz here! Here's my list for Part One:<br /><br />Favorite Movie: NORTH BY NORTHWEST! Romance, suspense, Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, great locations, great script by Ernest Lehman (which he later borrowed elements for THE PRIZE); what's not to love? Runners-up: THE THIN MAN, REAR WINDOW, CHARADE, THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD.<br /><br />Least Favorite Movie: BULLET - no, not the Steve McQueen crime/action thriller, but Julien Temple's dreary 1996 drama about a Jewish Brooklyn family, most of whose sons are gangsta types and losers. Even Adrien Brody's presence as the youngest, most attractive, and least reprehensible of the brothers isn't enough to make me want to watch it again; life's too short to squander precious time that way!<br /><br />Movie I Love But Grew To Hate: Richard Rush's erotic thriller COLOR OF NIGHT. At first I liked its overwrought nutzoid over-the-top plotting and performances (they didn't need a craft service table when the actors had lunch breaks; they had all that scenery to chew!). I don't full-tilt hate it, but over time it became more exhausting than suspenseful, and that weird calliope music was just odd!<br /><br />Guilty Pleasure: CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC (Couldn't stop the '80s, though! :-))<br /><br />Favorite Quote: From David Mamet's THE SPANISH PRISONER, uttered by Ricky Jay: "Worry is like interest paid in advance on a debt that never comes due."<br /><br />Favorite Quote From a Performer NOT from a movie: Bill Murray: "I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'Try being rich first. See if that doesn't cover most of it.'" (That'd work for me! :-))<br /><br />3 Favorite Movie Scenes:<br />Gertrude Short to Harold Huber in THE THIN MAN: "I don't like crooks, and if I did like crooks, I wouldn't like crooks that were stool pigeons, and if I DID like crooks that were stool pigeons, I STILL wouldn't like YOU!"<br /><br />REAR WINDOW: Grace Kelly balks at globe-trotting photographer James Stewart's reluctance to commit to their relationship: "I can't fit in here, you can't fit in there. According to you, people should be born, live, and die on the same spot!"<br /><br />THE PRODUCERS: Zero Mostel muttering to himself while Gene Wilder tries to calm down from his hysteria: "They come here. They all come here. How do they find me?"<br /><br />Films That Should've Won the Best Picture Oscar: I agree with all your choices, except that I'd add DOUBLE INDEMNITY to that list!<br /><br />Must stop here for now, my friend, as I must get deadlines out of the way...but I'll be ba-a-ack! :-) Great quiz!DorianTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357778472575080022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-35318332191534169592012-09-23T12:00:07.469-04:002012-09-23T12:00:07.469-04:00Excellent choices, Kathy. I know, I know, if you s...Excellent choices, Kathy. I know, I know, if you stick around here long enough, you'll see the same books and films pop up. I can't help it - they're what I love.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-59375344660634033772012-09-21T17:36:23.118-04:002012-09-21T17:36:23.118-04:00I love these posts, the questions and the answers ...I love these posts, the questions and the answers here. Lots more movies to add to my TBS list (to be seen).<br /><br />However, as loyally as I follow this blog, I have added many of these from previous posts and seen some of them in the meantime.<br /><br />I wish I could remember films like this, although I would put Notorious, The Lady Vanishes, Shawshank Redemption, Invictus, My Brilliant Career, The Visitor, Frozen River and some of the Bogart/Bacall on any answer list.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-88589191673166996532012-09-21T11:10:15.766-04:002012-09-21T11:10:15.766-04:00Perhaps, Patti. Although I think you're more o...Perhaps, Patti. Although I think you're more of a realist than I am. :)<br /><br />Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-73310435306318418352012-09-21T11:07:29.945-04:002012-09-21T11:07:29.945-04:00I've never heard of THE SERPENT'S KISS, Ta...I've never heard of THE SERPENT'S KISS, Tasha. But maybe that's just as well. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-68771220457675513372012-09-21T11:07:00.644-04:002012-09-21T11:07:00.644-04:00Well Rick, then maybe I'd better change it to ...Well Rick, then maybe I'd better change it to CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON. Ha!<br /><br />Any of a handful of films set way back when meet the criteria for me.<br /><br />Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-35381900450904087782012-09-21T11:05:39.298-04:002012-09-21T11:05:39.298-04:00Thanks, Mary and welcome. :)Thanks, Mary and welcome. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-38564726670431523972012-09-21T09:59:14.592-04:002012-09-21T09:59:14.592-04:00We have very similar tastes.We have very similar tastes.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-36541986733727849322012-09-21T01:12:18.610-04:002012-09-21T01:12:18.610-04:00Haha, Anonymous was AWFUL. It's still not as b...Haha, Anonymous was AWFUL. It's still not as bad as The Serpent's Kiss, though, that has to be the absolute worst movie I've seen.Heidenkindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09494625457587427781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-18204468237325245602012-09-20T22:54:20.589-04:002012-09-20T22:54:20.589-04:00Loved reading your answers! Heck, I wouldn't c...Loved reading your answers! Heck, I wouldn't call A&C MEET FRANKENSTEIN a guilty pleasure--I think it's a legitimately fine pic.Rick29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08358116647815569722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-50722634283789633822012-09-20T15:08:41.734-04:002012-09-20T15:08:41.734-04:00I did so enjoy this, look forward to tomorrow'...I did so enjoy this, look forward to tomorrow's!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16426376131822123842noreply@blogger.com