What's your glue movie?
VictoriaB
I saw them talking about this on TV. Glue movies are any movie you can't
stop watching whenever you happen to surf by it on TV.
Doesn't matter how many times you've seen it, doesn't matter if you already
own it .. just forget the dishes, skip the laundry and let the yard work go
to hell .. might as well pop some corn because you're stuck in your glue
movie until the credits roll.
I have several, Caddy Shack is one .. Like Water for Chocolate is another,
also A Fish Called Wanda. I got stuck in a Julia Roberts movie last
weekend -- and not a very good one -- Something to Talk About (with Dennis
Quaid, Kyra Sedgwick, Robert Duvall and Gena Rowlands). The best casting of
sisters (Julia and Kyra), that I've ever seen .. their mouths are even the
same. I don't know why I like this movie, I just do. Also love Bonnie
Raitt's song.
Marian wrote: My 'glue' movies - 'Hunt for Red October', 'Patriot Games',
'Dirty Dozen'...
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I guess I have three. Sgt York because one of my uncles was in it. No,
not Gary Cooper but Lasses White, the guy that rode the mule carrying
the mail up the mountain in the rain. The Greatest Show on Earth
because another of my uncles was in it. Merle Evans, the bandleader of
Ringling Brothers Circus for 50 years. And my all time favorite, Steel
Magnolias, because it was just a great movie with great stars.
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Joy
I don't surf, but if I did, there are a few I'd have to watch again - The
Green Mile, Second Hand Lions, and The Bucket List come to mind. I know
there are others, but I can't think of them now. Oh, I'd probably watch the
original Jurassic Park.
Joy
Dink
The Wizard of Oz, Battleground, Twelve O'Clock High, To Kill a
Mockingbird, The Quiet Man, Union Pacific, Houseboat, Annie Get
Your Gun, Meet Me in St. Louis, Miracle on 34th Street, Cinema
Paradiso, The Two Jakes, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, A League of
Their Own, Captains Courageous, Smoky and the Bandit... (and
others)
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ylem
Casablanca
Rear Window
Vertigo
Fargo
The Big Lebowski
The Big Sleep
Elmer Gantry
Black Hawk Down....
All come to mind.
Ylem
Scout Lady
today! My glue movies would have to be Scarface and The Godfather 1&2. They
aren't movies but anytime Keeping Up Appearances or The Golden Girls are on
I usually stop whatever I am doing to watch it.
Marian
Forgot 'The Big Easy', 'Blazing Saddles'; Dink: 'The Quiet Man'; Ylem:
'Fargo'.
May I take this moment to unload my feelings of loathing for the
British actor, David Tennant (currently ruining a contemporary version
of Hamlet on PBS)?
I can't remember where I saw him first, but was appalled by him as
Blair in 'The Queen' and David Frost in 'Frost/Nixon'. It's unfair
because there's nothing whatsoever he can do about his weak jaw and
lack of chin, but WHY does he get so much work?
He might be a credible Hamlet, but I'll never know because all I have
to do is see his name or face and I turn away.
a furious Marian
VictoriaB
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Oops .. forgot about To Kill a Mockingbird. I even named a horse Atticus.
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VictoriaB
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I forgot about Casablanca and The Big Sleep .. and the film noir with Robert
Mitchum, Out of the Past.
v
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ylem
> "ylem" <primordial_y...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
Add Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Mary Astor in The
Maltese Falcon!
Ward Bond is in that film too.
Great stuff. I likes me some Dashiell Hammett.
Ylem
Marcus
> The Wizard of Oz
> Casablanca
> Rear Window
> Vertigo
>
I definitely feel the same way about those movies as my "glue" movies,
but I would also include "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles", "National
Lampoon's Vacation", "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation", "Young
Frankenstein", "To Kill A Mocking Bird", "Abbott and Costello Meet
Frankenstein", "Field Of Dreams", just about any of the Marx Brothers'
movies, particularly, "Duck Soup" and "A Night At The Opera, Laurel
and Hardy's "The Music Box", "Sons Of The Desert" , and the first two
"Thin Man" movies.
,
Ed Maier
Airplane
Young Frankenstein
Heathers
Ferris Buehler's Day Off (sp?)
Schindler's List
Patton
Eddie
Gene Seibel
> I saw them talking about this on TV. Glue movies are any movie you can't
> stop watching whenever you happen to surf by it on TV.
>
> Doesn't matter how many times you've seen it, doesn't matter if you already
> own it .. just forget the dishes, skip the laundry and let the yard work go
> to hell .. might as well pop some corn because you're stuck in your glue
> movie until the credits roll.
>
Top Gun, of course.
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Crusher
On Apr 28, 4:35 pm, "VictoriaB" <Victor...@privacy.net> wrote:
> I saw them talking about this on TV. Glue movies are any movie you can't
> stop watching whenever you happen to surf by it on TV.
>
> Doesn't matter how many times you've seen it, doesn't matter if you
> already
> own it .. just forget the dishes, skip the laundry and let the yard work
> go
> to hell .. might as well pop some corn because you're stuck in your glue
> movie until the credits roll.
Saving Private Ryan, Patton, any WWII submarine movie, The Longest Day, many
60's musicals, Ray, many documentaries.
--Bob--
Joy
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I'll add Young Frankenstein to my list. I'm not sure about Airplane. I
loved it the first four times I saw it, but by the fifth time I was tired of
it. Of course, that was a lot of years ago, so I might enjoy seeing it
again now.
Joy
Joy
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Saving Private Ryan is one of the best movies I've ever seen, but I never
want to see it again.
Joy
DittyDu...@webtv.net
I would like to see again The Maltese Falcon, or Key Largo, I have
watched Casablanca more than once because folks told me I looked like
that gal. Never figured out exactly why. There was one that doesn't
make the reruns, called Orchestra Wives, made during WWII when there
weren't many men to cast. One called The Women had not a single man in
it.
I dont care for the current movies. - prefer the classics. I would
like to see an old Mae West movie, because I have never seen one all the
way through. . I used ot like Laurel and Hardy, and the Marx Bros. when
I was waiting to go into the hospital. blake
VictoriaB
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Man chemistry between William Powell and Myrna Loy.
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VictoriaB
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>>
>> I saw them talking about this on TV. Glue movies are any movie you can't
>> stop watching whenever you happen to surf by it on TV.
>
> Airplane
> Young Frankenstein
> Heathers
> Ferris Buehler's Day Off (sp?)
> Schindler's List
> Patton
>
> Eddie
Yes, Ferris is good .. and I forgot to mention Grease.
Sadly, I never made it all the way through Schindler's List.
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VictoriaB
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I like the original The Women, with Joan Crawford .. they made a recent
remake, but it was boring. Those old Mae West and Marx Bros. films are still
funny today.
v
VictoriaB
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> On Apr 28, 4:35 pm, "VictoriaB" <Victor...@privacy.net> wrote:
>> I saw them talking about this on TV. Glue movies are any movie you can't
>> stop watching whenever you happen to surf by it on TV.
>>
>> Doesn't matter how many times you've seen it, doesn't matter if you
>> already
>> own it .. just forget the dishes, skip the laundry and let the yard work
>> go
>> to hell .. might as well pop some corn because you're stuck in your glue
>> movie until the credits roll.
>>
>
> Top Gun, of course.
<g> Of course. Some of my 'glue' TV documentaries have to do with aircraft
carriers. Loved the one PBS aired in '08 - Carrier - filmed aboard the USS
Nimitz. My heart was in my throat watching them land on a pitching deck.
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VictoriaB
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Ditto for me. But most other Tom Hanks movies are 'glue'....
v
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ylem
I am watching Spielberg and Hank's latest World War II epic HBO
series, The Pacific. It's as good as Band of Brothers and has a
personal element in it for me...my father served in the 1st Marine
Division from Guadalcanal to Okinawa.
I now know why he would never talk about Peleliu.
Ylem
S�im� mac Liam
Some are, some aren't.
Here's three for consideration:
for cinematography alone:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_(2002_film)
also for cinematography(my all-time best prior to Hero:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streets_of_Fire
Romantic comedy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Eden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Kiss_(film)
coming of age sage(a Must see for all young men and their fathers)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_from_Snowy_River_(1982_film)
All-time number one glue fillum:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V_(1989_film)
This brings tears every time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAvmLDkAgAM
BTW, 'You pipple mek my azz twitch' :-)
Saint S�im� mac Liam
Carriagemaker to the court of Queen Maeve
Prophet of The Great Tagger
Canonized December '99
VictoriaB
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> On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:53:14 -0500, "VictoriaB"
> <Vict...@privacy.net> wrote:
>>"Joy" <toa...@real-me.net> wrote in message
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>>> Saving Private Ryan is one of the best movies I've ever seen, but I
>>> never
>>> want to see it again.
>>>
>>> Joy
>>~~~
>>Ditto for me. But most other Tom Hanks movies are 'glue'....
>>v
>
>
> Some are, some aren't.
>
> Here's three for consideration:
>
> for cinematography alone:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_(2002_film)
>
> also for cinematography(my all-time best prior to Hero:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streets_of_Fire
>
> Romantic comedy:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Eden
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Kiss_(film)
>
> coming of age sage(a Must see for all young men and their fathers)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_from_Snowy_River_(1982_film)
>
>
> All-time number one glue fillum:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V_(1989_film)
>
> This brings tears every time:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAvmLDkAgAM
>
> BTW, 'You pipple mek my azz twitch' :-)
>
really loved them. Will be on the look-out for Big Eden .. I like French
Kiss and Snowy River well enough. I have the Kenneth Branagh Henry V CD ..
'bout time to watch it again. Yes, excellent speech.
Just last night I got stuck in a favorite movie - The Commitments - an Irish
film about poor working class youth forming a rock band, "bringing soul to
Dublin." You should hear them do Try a Little Tenderness, Mustang Sally, In
the Midnight Hour, etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDBlBT8BgNc
The lead singer with the blond ponytail is the 16 y/o son of a producer ..
16 years old. He just happened into the role when the other singer couldn't
make it. I can't believe this kid's Joe Cocker voice.
Anyway, this is about the 6th time I've seen it, still love it, great music,
great fun, great characters .. a sad peek into Dublin's slums .. you have to
have an ear for the accent .. which I do.
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Crusher
In addition to whole movies there are also longtime favorite scenes or
skits. Two of my alltime favorites are the W.C. Fields pool table skit
and Gene Kelly's dance to "Singing in the Rain."
--Bob--
DittyDu...@webtv.net
funny. blake
DittyDu...@webtv.net
usual hero/shero romance, during the war years when all the men were
off to war.
male matinee idols all wanted to be in the army, not make movies. this
was sort of a phenomenon to see if it would draw at the box office. I
would be drawn to FAntasia, but don't think I would sit in front of it.
Might just turn up the sound and do some work within ear reach. blake
VictoriaB
>
>
> In addition to whole movies there are also longtime favorite scenes or
> skits. Two of my alltime favorites are the W.C. Fields pool table skit
> and Gene Kelly's dance to "Singing in the Rain."
>
> --Bob--
>
Loooove Gene Kelly's dance to "Singing in the Rain."
Joy
I saw Schindler's List in the theater and thought it was very good, but
don't particularly want to see it again.
Joy
Joy
Yes. I'd almost forgotten Castaway. A friend of mine said, "It was just
Tom Hanks on a beach for an hour and a half." My response was, "Yes, but it
worked!" He is one of the outstanding actors of the present. Another is
Dustin Hoffman. I wish they'd both make more movies.
Joy
Joy
> "S�im� mac Liam" <gwy...@comcastnospam.net> wrote in message
Your comments here remind me of a couple of other good ones - Angela's Ashes
and The Full Monty.
Joy
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)
>
> coming of age sage(a Must see for all young men and their fathers)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_from_Snowy_River_(1982_film)
>
I tried the link, which didn't lead anywhere. I looked because I wanted to
see if it had any connection with the Australian song of the same name,
which is actually a poem by Henry Lawson set to music.
Joy
S�im� mac Liam
Banjo Paterson, IIRC, As for the link...add the 1982_film in brackets
to the url.
Dink
and Donald O'Connor's Make 'Em Laugh?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oWk4ZiuSHE
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Peaches
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Glue movie's are Saving private Ryan, Hope and Glory, Full Monty, Hunt for
Red October. Not a movie but the HBO series Band Of Brothers...a few more
that I can't think of now, plus all the BritComs I watch....
Peaches
Joy
You're right. The other great Aussie bush poet. Thanks. I'll keep an eye
out for that movie. I like the song very much, so I'm sure I'd like the
movie.
Joy
Marcus
> "VictoriaB" <Victor...@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>
>
>
>
>
>
> > "Ed Maier" <evmaiertakethis...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> >> On 4/28/2010 5:35 PM, VictoriaB wrote:
>
> >>> I saw them talking about this on TV. Glue movies are any movie you can't
> >>> stop watching whenever you happen to surf by it on TV.
> > [..]
>
> >> Airplane
> >> Young Frankenstein
> >> Heathers
> >> Ferris Buehler's Day Off (sp?)
> >> Schindler's List
> >> Patton
>
> >> Eddie
> > ~~~~~~~~~
> > Yes, Ferris is good .. and I forgot to mention Grease.
>
> > Sadly, I never made it all the way through Schindler's List.
> > v
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> I saw Schindler's List in the theater and thought it was very good, but
> don't particularly want to see it again.
>
Yes, there are certain movies which are so emotionally "heavy", that I
can't watch them again even though I thought they were excellent. Two
that come to mind are "Sophie's Choice" and "The Fisher King".
But back to "glue" movies..."Airplane" YES!!! How could I forget
that.
Guess I picked the wrong week to pick out "glue" movies. ;-)
DittyDu...@webtv.net
funny. I can't recall if it was a silent movie or not. I think there
must have been some dialogue. His moves are comic moves. I recall it
ony varuely. I think my SIL had it. blake
Marian
google a WWII thriller involving the assassination of Patton (that car
wreck, at least in this movie, was Not an accident). Think it starred
James Fox and Max von Sydow, but must be mistaken...
So... No one's going to take up my rant on David Tennant, fer or agin?
On Apr 28, 8:21�pm, Marian <lustr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 28, 6:35 pm, "VictoriaB" <Victor...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > I saw them talking about this on TV. Glue movies are any movie you can't
> > stop watching whenever you happen to surf by it on TV.
>
> > Doesn't matter how many times you've seen it, doesn't matter if you already
> > own it .. just forget the dishes, skip the laundry and let the yard work go
> > to hell .. might as well pop some corn because you're stuck in your glue
> > movie until the credits roll.
>
> > I have several, Caddy Shack is one .. Like Water for Chocolate is another,
> > also A Fish Called Wanda. I got stuck in a Julia Roberts movie last
> > weekend -- and not a very good one -- Something to Talk About (with Dennis
> > Quaid, Kyra Sedgwick, Robert Duvall and Gena Rowlands). The best casting of
> > sisters (Julia and Kyra), that I've ever seen .. their mouths are even the
> > same. I don't know why I like this movie, I just do. Also love Bonnie
> > Raitt's song.
>
> > Marian wrote: My 'glue' movies - 'Hunt for Red October', 'Patriot Games',
>
> > 'Dirty Dozen'...
>
> > v
> > --http://soonerblue2.wordpress.com/
>
> Forgot 'The Big Easy', 'Blazing Saddles'; Dink: 'The Quiet Man'; Ylem:
> 'Fargo'.
>
> May I take this moment to unload my feelings of loathing for the
> British actor, David Tennant (currently ruining a contemporary version
> of Hamlet on PBS)?
> I can't remember where I saw him first, but was appalled by him as
> Blair in 'The Queen' and David Frost in 'Frost/Nixon'. It's unfair
> because there's nothing whatsoever he can do about his weak jaw and
> lack of chin, but WHY does he get so much work?
>
> He might be a credible Hamlet, but I'll never know because all I have
> to do is see his name or face and I turn away.
>
> a furious Marian
VictoriaB
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[..]
> So... No one's going to take up my rant on David Tennant, fer or agin?
>
Sorry, but I don't share your disgust, I watched his Hamlet on PBS the other
night and thought he was quite good .. and after a while I even stopped
thinking of Dr. Who. I enjoyed his delivery .. especially his cutting puns
and dry quips. The play is so dark that we forget its comedy.
The audio sometimes irked me, especially when they were in hallways, but I
didn't mind the gun or modern dress as much as I thought I would.
So, you've never seen him in *anything* you liked?
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[>> May I take this moment to unload my feelings of loathing for the
>> British actor, David Tennant (currently ruining a contemporary version
>> of Hamlet on PBS)?
>> I can't remember where I saw him first, but was appalled by him as
>> Blair in 'The Queen' and David Frost in 'Frost/Nixon'. It's unfair
>> because there's nothing whatsoever he can do about his weak jaw and
>> lack of chin, but WHY does he get so much work?
>>
>> He might be a credible Hamlet, but I'll never know because all I have
>> to do is see his name or face and I turn away.
>>
>> a furious Marian ]
VictoriaB
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[..]
>
> Glue movie's are Saving private Ryan, Hope and Glory, Full Monty, Hunt for
> Red October. Not a movie but the HBO series Band Of Brothers...a few more
> that I can't think of now, plus all the BritComs I watch....
>
> Peaches
Hey Peach, good to see you here! How's things? I love all those BritComs
too.
v
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Rex
> Forgot 'The Big Easy', 'Blazing Saddles'; Dink: 'The Quiet Man'; Ylem:
> 'Fargo'.
>
> British actor, David Tennant (currently ruining a contemporary version
> of Hamlet on PBS)?
> I can't remember where I saw him first, but was appalled by him as
> Blair in 'The Queen' and David Frost in 'Frost/Nixon'. It's unfair
> because there's nothing whatsoever he can do about his weak jaw and
> lack of chin, but WHY does he get so much work?
>
> He might be a credible Hamlet, but I'll never know because all I have
> to do is see his name or face and I turn away.
>
>
> - Show quoted text -
The actor who played Frost in 'Frost/Nixon' and Blair in 'The Queen'
was Michael Sheen. David Tennant was a recent Dr. Who and also
Hamlet on PBS. Rex.
Peaches
Nice to see you too V! I haven't been around here for awhile, but thought I
would look in and see what's going on..
Forgot to say that any Martin Scorsese movie is on my list..The Departed,
Wiseguys, bloody shoot 'em ups..no chick flicks though, I get impatient LOL
Peach
Marian
> "Marian" <lustr...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> [..]> So... No one's going to take up my rant on David Tennant, fer or agin?
>
> ~~~
> Sorry, but I don't share your disgust, I watched his Hamlet on PBS the other
> night and thought he was quite good .. and after a while I even stopped
> thinking of Dr. Who. I enjoyed his delivery .. especially his cutting puns
> and dry quips. The play is so dark that we forget its comedy.
>
> The audio sometimes irked me, especially when they were in hallways, but I
> didn't mind the gun or modern dress as much as I thought I would.
>
> So, you've never seen him in *anything* you liked?
>
> v
> --http://soonerblue2.wordpress.com/
Possibly, prior to The Queen, but if so I must have felt he was
suitable for the role. Now I can't abide him in anything. Hated his
Dr. Who as well. Eccles was a hard act to follow.
>
> >> May I take this moment to unload my feelings of loathing for the
> >> British actor, David Tennant (currently ruining a contemporary version
> >> of Hamlet on PBS)?
> >> I can't remember where I saw him first, but was appalled by him as
> >> Blair in 'The Queen' and David Frost in 'Frost/Nixon'. It's unfair
> >> because there's nothing whatsoever he can do about his weak jaw and
> >> lack of chin, but WHY does he get so much work?
>
> >> He might be a credible Hamlet, but I'll never know because all I have
> >> to do is see his name or face and I turn away.
>
> >> a furious Marian ]-
Marian
> > Forgot 'The Big Easy', 'Blazing Saddles'; Dink: 'The Quiet Man'; Ylem:
> > 'Fargo'.
>
> > May I take this moment to unload my feelings of loathing for the
> > British actor, David Tennant (currently ruining a contemporary version
> > of Hamlet on PBS)?
> > I can't remember where I saw him first, but was appalled by him as
> > Blair in 'The Queen' and David Frost in 'Frost/Nixon'. It's unfair
> > because there's nothing whatsoever he can do about his weak jaw and
> > lack of chin, but WHY does he get so much work?
>
> > He might be a credible Hamlet, but I'll never know because all I have
> > to do is see his name or face and I turn away.
>
> > a furious Marian
>
> was Michael Sheen. � �David Tennant was a recent Dr. Who and also
> Hamlet on PBS. � � �Rex.
Gasp! You're right. I'm mortified. Both chinless wonders. Hate them
both, but may watch Hamlet next time around...~;-)
Sheen: http://www.topnews.in/files/michael-sheen.jpg
Tennant: http://tinyurl.com/y8m48to
an abashed Marian
Marian
wrote:
> Marian" <lustr...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> [..]
>
> > So... No one's going to take up my rant on David Tennant, fer or agin?
>
>
> [>> May I take this moment to unload my feelings of loathing for the
>
> >> British actor, David Tennant (currently ruining a contemporary version
> >> of Hamlet on PBS)?
> >> I can't remember where I saw him first, but was appalled by him as
> >> Blair in 'The Queen' and David Frost in 'Frost/Nixon'. It's unfair
> >> because there's nothing whatsoever he can do about his weak jaw and
> >> lack of chin, but WHY does he get so much work?
>
> >> He might be a credible Hamlet, but I'll never know because all I have
> >> to do is see his name or face and I turn away.
>
> you sure you've EVER seen him?
>
> � � The actor whose face you hated as Blair in the Queen and Frost in
> Frost Nixon, is not David Tennant. �It's Michael �Sheen.
>
> � � Janet
Yep, you're right. I wuz wrong. I do in fact hate them both.
Marian
VictoriaB
>> Just last night I got stuck in a favorite movie - The Commitments - an
>> Irish film about poor working class youth forming a rock band, "bringing
>> soul to Dublin." You should hear them do Try a Little Tenderness, Mustang
>> Sally, In the Midnight Hour, etc.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDBlBT8BgNc
>>
>> The lead singer with the blond ponytail is the 16 y/o son of a producer
>> .. 16 years old. He just happened into the role when the other singer
>> couldn't make it. I can't believe this kid's Joe Cocker voice.
>>
>> Anyway, this is about the 6th time I've seen it, still love it, great
>> music, great fun, great characters .. a sad peek into Dublin's slums ..
>> you have to have an ear for the accent .. which I do.
>> v
>
> Ashes and The Full Monty.
>
> Joy
Both good ones .. and now I've remembered another favorite - Waking Ned
Devine. An Irish film about what happens in a small village when one of
their elders wins the lottery, then dies of shock.
VictoriaB
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>>> In addition to whole movies there are also longtime favorite
>>> scenes or skits. Two of my alltime favorites are the W.C.
>>> Fields pool table skit and Gene Kelly's dance to "Singing in
>>> the Rain."
>>>
>>> --Bob--
>>>
>>~~~
>> Loooove Gene Kelly's dance to "Singing in the Rain."
>>
>>v
>
> and Donald O'Connor's Make 'Em Laugh?
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oWk4ZiuSHE
>
Excellent, and now I'm remembering Jimmy Cagney's great dance in Yankee
Doodle Dandy .. the song was It's a Grand Old Flag, and he danced up a wall
(and flipped over I think), every bit as well as O'Connor. I saw Cagney
interviewed about that tap-dancing jig .. he said he made it up as he went
along .. won an Academy Award too.
v
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VictoriaB
>
> Nice to see you too V! I haven't been around here for awhile, but thought
> I would look in and see what's going on..
> Forgot to say that any Martin Scorsese movie is on my list..The Departed,
> Wiseguys, bloody shoot 'em ups..no chick flicks though, I get impatient
> LOL
>
> Peach
<G> You sound as though you would fit right in with our Godfather Marathon
Weekend -- at least once a year certain friends gather and watch all three.
Everybody brings Italian food and lots of wine .. it takes a week for us to
stop imitating gangsters.
I still loves me some chick flicks though .. like First Wives Club with
Goldie Hawn, Bette Middler and Diane Keaton.
v
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> Yes, there are certain movies which are so emotionally "heavy", that I
> can't watch them again even though I thought they were excellent. Two
> that come to mind are "Sophie's Choice" and "The Fisher King".
>
Sophie's Choice is an excellent movie .. and I stuck it out because I was
fascinated with Meryl Streep's acting, had never seen her before. Though I
did cover my face during certain horrific scenes .. like the one where she
has to "choose" ..
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Peaches
Oh yeah baby, I have those too! And I do the Indiana Jones
Marathon...Watched 'The Rock' again last night, as I always swoon at Nick
Cage..
Watched the First Wives Club once. Sorry. Made the mistake of seeing 'Mama
Mia' with some girlfriends and they kicked me to the lobby as I was holding
my nose and muttering....lol
Peaches
Joy
I liked Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail.
Joy
Joy
Indiana Jones - Yes! Have you seen Nicholas Care in City of Angels? Talk
about swoon!
Joy
Peaches
Yep! Nick Cage = good movie...
And I'm having a Band of Brothers Marathon this week. Complete with 1940's
music and some of the meal. I have a lot of old magazines from the '40's and
love to cook them..
Peaches
Joy
Yes, of course. You caught my typo. Now you've reminded me of another of
my favorites - O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Joy