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[GWF]

Hmm. Caught this about 1/2 way thru...and it hit the inevitable 'reveal' which seemed labored...I mean when a flick goes black and white, not regular b+w but surveillance cam b+w, where peoples pupils are black, you are trying too hard. And the surveillance cam-vision went on for a good 5 minutes which really seemed longer in a 70-ish minute flick. Anyway, I re-watched it from the beginning, and something that kinda had me shaking my head...made more sense. Is this a good flick...no. Too clever for it's own good. But good acting and beautiful cinematography...along with some guilty pleasure 'i wish this had been better' feelings, make this a decent watch as long as ya didn't pay for it.

Agreed for the most part. I think Steve Zhan is an under rated actor. He's good in just about everything. The movie is not all that shocking, but I enjoyed it on a completely guilty pleasure level. My issue with the black and white section is the "Vanilla Sky" over simplification of the plot twist. I got it in ten seconds, no need to go on for five minutes. But with the average movie going crowd, people won't get it unless you beat them over the head with it.

 

[GWF]

Saw Toy Story 3. Great movie.

It was truly one of the most moving films I've seen in a long time. I thought it shared some themes with "The Wrestler," which, in a "kids" movie, is deep. I don't want to give any thing away, but I'd love to explain my theory further with anyone who has seen both films.

 

[adgy-san]

Very good.

Hadn't seen this in ages. SO ****ing good.

I'mma start a Toy Story 3 thread.

 

[keller09]

 

[orpheus]

Very good.

OMG! I LOVE NOTORIOUS.

Some years ago, just by coincidence, I watched Casablanca and Notorious for the first time, and I couldn't, but develop a crush on Ingrid Bergman.

Have you watched Rebecca, Adgy? If not you should. It's another one of Hitch's 40's films that I LOVE!

And here are some of the films that I have been watching lately.

Cold Souls-Film staring Paul Giamatti about souls being able to be taken from bodies and stored or exchanged. Pretty interesting.

Sleep Dealer- Mexican? or Maybe part Mexican and American science fiction film about this technology that allows people to connect and control machines in and outside of their countries as a job. I liked it because I just loved the concept and it worked well within the film.

The Abandoned-Horror film about a woman who goes back to Russia to discover her roots and we all know that those type of trips don't do well. Nothing ground breaking, but I thought that it was interesting enough and there was some good atmosphere throughout.

And I have also been watching a bunch of Masters of Horror episodes, which aren't technically movies, but close enough. I have enjoyed most of them.

 

[adgy-san]

Have you watched Rebecca, Adgy? If not you should. It's another one of Hitch's 40's films that I LOVE!

Unfortunately, I have not. I'm actually depressingly deficient when it comes to his early stuff. For now...

 

[orpheus]

Unfortunately, I have not. I'm actually depressingly deficient when it comes to his early stuff. For now...

His early stuff isn't as good as his fifties stuff. However, Rebecca, Notorious, and maybe Suspicion are MUST watch Hitch early films, but yeah, my man, Hitch hit his stride during the Fifties, at least, in my opinion, and then it all culminated in a 1960's film about Norman Bates.

It's funny, but before my watching all of this stuff, I thought that Cary Grant was just a pretty boy, but he actually was a good actor, I mean didn't he show that in Notorious?

Shadow of the Doubt is also a Hitch 40's movie one needs to watch. Actually, I was just thinking about that film this morning, but I was in a weird mood and was thinking about my time in Santa Rosa, which that film is set in. Joseph Cotten is in that film and it is awesome and it predates Psycho with the whole American Serial Killer thing!

 

[arizonabay]

I watched the Girlfriend Experience this weekend. Didn't find it, or the characters, all that interesting. Didn't care.

Also watched Young Frankenstein. Just an awesome collection of jokes, puns, gags, word play, sight gags. Love it. Also Blazing Saddles, great friggin' movie.

 

[arizonabay]

His early stuff isn't as good as his fifties stuff. However, Rebecca, Notorious, and maybe Suspicion are MUST watch Hitch early films, but yeah, my man, Hitch hit his stride during the Fifties, at least, in my opinion, and then it all culminated in a 1960's film about Norman Bates.

It's funny, but before my watching all of this stuff, I thought that Cary Grant was just a pretty boy, but he actually was a good actor, I mean didn't he show that in Notorious?

Shadow of the Doubt is also a Hitch 40's movie one needs to watch. Actually, I was just thinking about that film this morning, but I was in a weird mood and was thinking about my time in Santa Rosa, which that film is set in. Joseph Cotten is in that film and it is awesome and it predates Psycho with the whole American Serial Killer thing!

Rope is also a 40's Hitch movie I'd recommend. And the 39 Steps for Hitch before coming to Hollywood.

 

[orpheus]

I watched the Girlfriend Experience this weekend. Didn't find it, or the characters, all that interesting. Didn't care.

Also watched Young Frankenstein. Just an awesome collection of jokes, puns, gags, word play, sight gags. Love it. Also Blazing Saddles, great friggin' movie.

Mel Brooks rules.

Isn't that scene from Young Frankenstein, "Putting on the Ritz" just fun!?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH2nQHPs4aA]YouTube - puttin on the ritz[/ame]

 

[arizonabay]

Mel Brooks rules.

Isn't that scene from Young Frankenstein, "Putting on the Ritz" just fun!?

YouTube - puttin on the ritz

It's a fantastic scene, so much freaking fun.

 

[orpheus]

Rope is also a 40's Hitch movie I'd recommend. And the 39 Steps for Hitch before coming to Hollywood.

How did I forget Rope, OMG, yeah, that is another of his '40's film that is awesome. That film's subtext is awesome!

I have a pretty good academic essay on! If you guys want to hear it just PM and I will sent it!

 

[adgy-san]

I watched the Girlfriend Experience this weekend. Didn't find it, or the characters, all that interesting. Didn't care.

Totally agree. I like Sasha Grey, and I liked a couple parts of the movie, but otherwise it did nothing for me. It was kind of boring.

Also watched Young Frankenstein. Just an awesome collection of jokes, puns, gags, word play, sight gags. Love it. Also Blazing Saddles, great friggin' movie.

Young Frankenstein is genius. Man, I love Gene Wilder.

 

[BoobyTrap]

How did I forget Rope, OMG, yeah, that is another of his '40's film that is awesome. That film's subtext is awesome!

I have a pretty good academic essay on! If you guys want to hear it just PM and I will sent it!

You have academic essays on Hitchcock movies??? Or do you take orders for them? I'd like some on North by Northwest, Vertigo, and Psycho please.

Cary Grant was mother****ing sexy in the day!!! I don't care if he was possibly bi or homosexual. The whole time we watched Notorious I kept on saying "Hawt!!" at the tv.

I've seen Rebecca and have read the book. It is one of my favorites.

Yes, Adgy is deficient in his Hitchcock movies but it's a fun process to get him caught up. We watched The Lady Vanishes a few months back, I thought it was pretty funny.

 

[GWF]

Rope is also a 40's Hitch movie I'd recommend. And the 39 Steps for Hitch before coming to Hollywood.

Rope is pretty amazing. I didn't realize it was the 40's, I always assumed it was much later. The movie has only one obvious cut. The rest of the film is made to look like one long tracking shot (though they do cut by moving past a bookshelf or person about every 8 minutes as that is the amount of film a camera could hold back then).

I'm also a fan of the remake of The Man Who Knew to Much.

 

[GWF]

Just watched F is for Fake. It's a pseudo documentry by Orson Welles. It's about the nature and validity of frauds and fakes in the world. And what makes something fake? It's a mind trip. By the end you truly feel mind ****ed. The acting and the writing are excellent. It's pretty damn good. There is a Criterion release of it. Also netflix streams it.

Anyone seen this film?

 

[arizonabay]

Rope is pretty amazing. I didn't realize it was the 40's, I always assumed it was much later. The movie has only one obvious cut. The rest of the film is made to look like one long tracking shot (though they do cut by moving past a bookshelf or person about every 8 minutes as that is the amount of film a camera could hold back then).

I'm also a fan of the remake of The Man Who Knew to Much.

Rope is suspenseful as hell and is a great style experiment of essentially making a film-play. It's so smooth and works so well.

The James Stewart/Doris Day version of the Man Who Too Much is definitely much better than the original. But gotta give the original props for being Peter Lorre's first English speaking role.

 

[orpheus]

You have academic essays on Hitchcock movies??? Or do you take orders for them? I'd like some on North by Northwest, Vertigo, and Psycho please.

Well, as a college student, I have access to all these databases, which are like a candy store to me. I often look for sources for my papers, but because I am such a nerd, I procrastinate by looking up for academic essays based on random stuff that I like, including films.

If you want a good source on Psycho, however, you can check out "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho" by Stephen Rebello.

"The women who knew too much: Hitchcock and Feminist Theory"
by Tania Modleski is also a very interesting look at several Hitch films through a feminist lens.

That's a good start.

YCary Grant was mother****ing sexy in the day!!! I don't care if he was possibly bi or homosexual. The whole time we watched Notorious I kept on saying "Hawt!!" at the tv.

I have never heard of Grant having the Gayness. Laurence Olivier yes, but not Grant. Lol! However, I wouldn't be surprised if he was. He was really good in Arsenic and Old Lace too.

YI've seen Rebecca and have read the book. It is one of my favorites.

I love the film and watch it at least once a year, but have never read the book. I really should. In fact, I think that the only book that served as the basis for a Hitch film that I have read is Psycho. I want to read the book that served as the basis for Strangers on a Train, which I am sure was written by the same woman who wrote the novel that served as the basis for The Talented Mr. Ripley (seen the film, but haven't read that novel either).

YYes, Adgy is deficient in his Hitchcock movies but it's a fun process to get him caught up. We watched The Lady Vanishes a few months back, I thought it was pretty funny.

The Lady Vanishes IS really funny. I finally got around to watching my first silent Hitch film, The Lodger, which was pretty interesting. Hitch worked alongside Fritz Lang for a while and The Lodger definitely channeled Lang. I think that The Lady Vanishes and The 39 Steps, however, are the first films when Hitch begins to find his voice.

 

[GWF]

Rope is suspenseful as hell and is a great style experiment of essentially making a film-play. It's so smooth and works so well.

The James Stewart/Doris Day version of the Man Who Too Much is definitely much better than the original. But gotta give the original props for being Peter Lorre's first English speaking role.

Peter Lorre is, hands down, one of my all time favorite actors. The guy had a gift.

 

[orpheus]

Peter Lorre is, hands down, one of my all time favorite actors. The guy had a gift.

Oh, but seriously. I just LOVE LOVE Fritz Lang's M.