tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post8783482423796602660..comments2024-01-21T11:18:54.087-05:00Comments on Lost in the Movies: Remembering the Movies, Jan. 28 - Feb. 3Joel Bockohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-58917985736452428982011-01-31T21:17:26.810-05:002011-01-31T21:17:26.810-05:00If you plunked me down in front of a TV playing &q...If you plunked me down in front of a TV playing "Silence" I'm sure I'd enjoy myself, so perhaps my take on the film is nitpicky. It's just that the level of praise it's received seems inordinate; it's a fun movie, but vastly overrated as art.<br /><br />Joe, I still haven't seen Steel Helmet. I liked The Misfits more than most of the critics whose reviews I found - flawed as it was, it had a certain magisterial appeal. As for Hitch, I never had much interest in seeing Mr. and Mrs. Smith but those enticing shots of Lombard have certainly nudged me to reconsider...Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-50138417867999397692011-01-30T18:50:37.303-05:002011-01-30T18:50:37.303-05:00"Silence of the Lambs is entertaining enough,..."Silence of the Lambs is entertaining enough, and I usually don't mind a film that's amoral or even immoral. But, for now at least, Silence is a bit too hypocritical and overrated for my - pardon the expression - taste."<br /><br /><br />I guess the major irony of this weekly installment Joel is that Anthony Hopkins is teh star of a new horror release this week, THE RITE, which has been roundly booed by critics. But the original 1991 film still holds the stage, mostly as a result of Hopkins' continuing charisma. I understand your above position though, and this kind of bizarre potpouri is most assuredly not to everyone's taste. But of course the Hitchcock, the Fuller and the Arbuckle are, just to name a few in this splendid mix.Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-24440656543878346212011-01-30T13:56:13.603-05:002011-01-30T13:56:13.603-05:00I've been away for a bit, but I'm back and...I've been away for a bit, but I'm back and reading again. <br /><br />I missed a lot of these movies. Maybe I would enjoy "The Misfits" more now that I am older, but it didn't mean anything to me the first time I saw it. <br /><br />Sam Fuller's "Steel Helmet" is a good movie. I knew some WWII retreads who got sent to Korea and most of them felt like Gene Evans' character. <br /><br />"Mr and Mrs Smith" is an enjoyable movie, even though Hitchcock didn't think much of it.Joe Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165780971886135575noreply@blogger.com