Finally finished a movie. It's been a while. It was Holiday, and while the ending is a bit lame, I really enjoyed. I definitely took to heart what Grant's character was feeling, since I feel that now in my late twenties myself. It's kind of hard to just "follow the path" when you don't even know what it is you're looking for. Like with most older movies, i love how short and to the point it is. Hour and a half, and we're out.
Very special movie for me. One of the few times in my life I watched a movie for the first time and then, when it was over, immediately started it over from the top. Hepburn was fucking stunning in it and she plays that character with such pathos, her and Grant's relationship was so perfectly written and acted, and like you said, everything with Grant's character is really resonant and I love the way he played the ups-and-downs while trying to fit into that world.
What was it about the ending that you didn't like? How rushed it is once Grant leaves?
Still havent watched Lyndon.
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Well I re-watched Night of the Living Dead last night. Still an amazing movie.
I had a friend in high school who was fucking OBSESSED with the Dead movies. I've never really cared about zombies, but
Night of the Living Dead is legit and I rewatched that one a bunch of times after I first saw it.
is it common knowledge that Morricone is going to score The Hateful Eight?
As much as I've bitched about Tarantino staying in Westernland, this is cool as hell.
F[o]rged;107546899 said:
Has Bullitt watched Mad Max: Fury Road yet?
No, he has not.
F[o]rged;107546899 said:
Looking forward to that write-up.
He cannot guarantee it'll happen anytime soon, but he'll be sure to post his thoughts once he gets around to it :wink:
I'm struggling through French Connection right now. I like Friedkin's movies and this one has a great reputation but I can't get into it.
I don't like Friedkin's movies and I've never managed to sit through that one beginning to end and don't ever care to.
Besides:
Bullitt FTMFW
I saw The Third Man for the first time
The #2
film noir behind
The Maltese Falcon IMO and just one of the GOAT. Joseph Cotten is so fucking underrated and he KILLS IT in this one, and Welles brings the heat, too. And the cinematography is phenomenal. And that score!
Amazing film.
I also watched 1956's Invasion of the Body Snatchers for the first time!
Far and away the best of the '50s sci-fi films. Great premise and very smart filmmaking.
I could tell I was watching something special with the Third Man, but I just couldn't connect with the film in any emotional way.
Oh, man. Cotten sells that emotionality like a boss.
Inside the apartment, meanwhile, Cotten and Valli talk about the Welles they remember and the Welles they've now learned about. This is one of my favorite scenes of the film because it's very dramatic and Cotten's a damn underrated actor. We've known all along that he's been smitten with Valli, but we've also known all along that Welles was the love of her life, and she even says, after Cotten assures her that she'll fall in love again, that she doesn't want to.
While talking about the depressing truths they'd learned about Welles, Cotten cracks a joke and makes Valli laugh. He remarks how it's the first time he'd ever seen her laugh and he asks her to do it again. Her happiness disappears as quickly as it had appeared, and she tells him "there isn't enough for two laughs."
Cotten goes over to her and says, "I'd make comic faces and stand on my head and grin at you between my legs and learn all sorts of jokes. . .I wouldn't stand a chance, would I?"
It's a beautiful scene and possibly the best piece of acting I've seen from Cotten.
I don't know what that "possibly" is doing there. That's
easily Cotten at his best in one of the most beautiful scenes in all of cinema.
I think Touch of Evil kind of outdoes all of those, in a way.
No way.
Touch of Evil isn't even on the pedastal, IMO.
The Maltese Falcon,
The Third Man, and
The Big Sleep are at the top of the list. Then you've got stuff like
Laura,
The Killers,
Out of the Past,
The Woman in the Window, etc. Even staying within Welles' filmography, I think
The Trial beats
Touch of Evil while both
The Lady from Shanghai and
Mr. Arkadin are right there with it.
Not saying it's not an awesome movie, but it's a few steps behind the best of
film noir IMO.
I'll say this for The Third Man, I've spent a long time looking for another movie like it and have never really succeeded in finding one.
I haven't found another one like it, either, and I don't expect to.
I'll never understand you
Well, you made it through his worst two. Now go for
Ivan's Childhood.