tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post1680120590315430544..comments2024-01-21T11:18:54.087-05:00Comments on Lost in the Movies: Remembering the Movies, Apr. 22 - 28Joel Bockohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-89669620927179685182011-04-29T10:45:27.425-04:002011-04-29T10:45:27.425-04:00A quote from Hala Pickford? Are you serious? Have...A quote from Hala Pickford? Are you serious? Havent you heard she has been successfully sued for attacking film fans in public, and has publicly admitted on her very own blog to having had a mental breakdown and is "armed at all times" Hala Pickford is to be avoided!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-51852095673595261762011-04-24T13:21:51.317-04:002011-04-24T13:21:51.317-04:00Cerainly, Wellman's PUBLIC ENEMY is the one he...Cerainly, Wellman's PUBLIC ENEMY is the one here that stands tallest for all kinds of reasons, not the list of which is the historical importance it boasts (a fact that sits at the center of this weekly series) I am another who has never been particularly enamored of AMELIE, though I am most assuredly a fan of the director's A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT. Seems like today is a day I am in agreement with Jaime; YOJIMBO is basically 'just another samurai flick' for me as well, though otherwise I am a huge fan of Kurosawa in a generla sense.Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-86397282395155372572011-04-23T18:08:59.541-04:002011-04-23T18:08:59.541-04:00For some reason, I never think of Only Angels Have...For some reason, I never think of Only Angels Have Wings as a dramatic role even though it is, perhaps because hardboiled dramatic Grant is different still from weepie dramatic Grant, and also because the film has such humor in it.Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-30482167771181710402011-04-23T12:18:06.528-04:002011-04-23T12:18:06.528-04:00I quite like Amelie, but The Public Enemy is far m...I quite like Amelie, but The Public Enemy is far more my thing - one of my favourites by Wellman and a wonderful performance by Cagney. A film I could almost watch endlessly. <br /><br />Penny Serenade is a film I watched on TV while heavily pregnant, wrongly assuming that because it starred Cary Grant it was bound to be a comedy. Instead, it turned out to be a weepie, which in my hormonal state at the time had me in floods of tears. I've never been able to bring myself to watch it again since - I do like Cary Grant in dramatic roles, such as None but the Lonely Heart and Only Angels Have Wings, but I remember this one as being unbearably bleak.Judyhttp://movieclassics.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-6200397935946932852011-04-22T19:12:40.124-04:002011-04-22T19:12:40.124-04:00I'm a bit eh on Amelie myself, charming if a b...I'm a bit eh on Amelie myself, charming if a bit forced. I couldn't pan it based on the sheer verve of the filmmaking alone, but I wasn't as nuts about it as everyone else. Then again I also missed the boat, not seeing it till a few years ago on TV.<br /><br />I liked Yojimbo when I saw it but was a bit overwhelmed maybe because, like the reviewers Kael takes shots at it in her quote, I was expecting something else. I think I'd get more out of it now. But for some reason Kurosawa is one of those directors I'm more impressed with/respectful of than "into". Not sure why that is.<br /><br />Regardless, Public Enemy is definitely my movie of this week though Scarface is the best of the early Warners gangster flicks.Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-3171177005833403182011-04-22T14:21:26.037-04:002011-04-22T14:21:26.037-04:00The charm of Amelié has always eluded me, and you ...The charm of Amelié has always eluded me, and you chose the perfect capsules that actually eclipse what I don't understand from the people who watch it. It's just way too unrealistic for the subject it tries to take care of: a good-doer trying to enmend the wrongs of the world, but those aren't present or just aren't treated with the seriously they should have. Anyway, I give it a positive review based only on the cheer beauty of the images (****).<br />Yojimbo is just another animal, it's a good samurai flick and little else, but it doesn't need to be anything else, because it's entertaining. It may lack a profound message, but you don't need it when you have that much fun. (****1/2)Jaime Grijalbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00175192502767519362noreply@blogger.com