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Arabesque (1966)
Maybe I've lost my sense of humor
I'd love to be smoking whatever the other reviewers are smoking! I don't believe I've ever seen a worse movie with such top stars. There is a plot, but it's little used except to hang lots of shots of beautiful Sofia and the equally beautiful Gregory Peck. If that's all you're interested in, this is the movie for you. The acting is terrible. I can't think of one believable moment in the film. It's like horrible science fiction without the science.
If your girlfriend had been kidnapped at knife point, wouldn't you ask her about it when she wandered home the next day? Peck whispers something in the ear of a Buckingham Palace guard that causes him to faint. Does that really work? Fantasy is fun, stupidity rarely.
Having just watched it, I can hardly write this review because I'm still in shock at how bad it was. Beautifully shot, rich colors, fabulous set and clothes. But oh sweet mother of pearl what a rotten movie. What was Mr. Donen thinking? You may enjoy watching it to laugh how bad it is, but it's comforting to me that most of the cast are dead so they don't have to continue to be embarrassed. I can't say enough bad things about this waste of 105 minutes of good film. Ack!
Angels in America (2003)
Oh my gosh! I haven't seen anything this good in years!
Gee...6 hours! I wish it had been 12 or 24! It's been years since I've seen a movie this good. I'm trying to think, maybe I've never seen a movie this good? Never a dull moment, never predictable. Poor ole humans really do have a hard time, life is too complicated for the least of us. This movie is mind altering, no need for pot. It should be a must see for the Bush Administration! It's dark with a meaning and a message, several messages. Don't miss this one!
Nine Good Teeth (2002)
Excellent! Bravo!
It is very rare that a little gem like this will pop up. Rarely are the very oldest among us given the spotlight, and what a great spotlight it is. Alex Halpern's love of his Nana is apparent at every turn and who could blame him? Many families used to be held together by someone such as Nana who is both loved and feared, tender and scathing. This movie dares to show both sides of a remarkable woman who is both honest and at times selective in her memories. I was delighted to learn that Nana is still alive at 104. Maybe death is afraid to take on this old gal. This is a must see movie!
The Mind of the Married Man (2001)
It's good stuff for married people
I love this show! Lots of little cues for us married folks. Married guys do think like Mike. It ain't easy you know.... Sonya Walger somehow channels the spirit of the late Elizabeth Montgomery (Bewitched) and is the most original beauty to hit the screen in decades. Amazingly she can act too and I hope Hollywood wakes up
and makes her a star. Mike Binder does a great job of showing how guys can
suffer deep misery even when they have the world by the tail. I'm too married to "get" Sex and the City so maybe you could be too single to get Mind of the
Married Man. Still, it's top notch stuff and a pleasure to watch every week. HBO has been silent lately and I worry that Mind of the Married Man is a goner for next season. Sure hope not!
Our Blushing Brides (1930)
Dated but wonderful!
Few things are holding up after 72 years, but if one can remember they are watching a real antique and excuse the movie for being so old, it is a step above most other movies of that era. Though she scared me when I was a child, my admiration of Joan Crawford keeps growing every day. A little heavy at times as was the style of the day, Joan displays real acting. Anita Page appears to be the only living cast member and should be honored on a daily basis just for still breathing in 2002! Not only breathing but still appearing in films. Surely no one can beat her record. Thanks to Turner Classic Movies for making Joan Crawford Star of the Month, it has been a real education watching her career from the beginning to end!
The Drifter (1932)
Edwin Booth lives on with William Farnum's performance
All I could think of was my late grandfather, who probably only saw 1 movie in his life (Mrs. Miniver). He would have truly loved this old antique of a movie. The director was obviously still stuck in the silent era as most of the actors emote something awful. However, there is something magic about William Farnum's performance. I read where his first job on stage was in a play with Edwin Booth and even with a fake French accent I could hear Booth standing right behind him. The story is a real throwback with everyone turning out to be the long lost brother, child, father in the end. As an antique, probably outdated the day it was released, I forgive it of its sins and really enjoyed watching it with a deep sense of how far we have come. I also think I spotted Margaret Hamilton, that old wicked witch from the Wizard of Oz in a small role of an angry mother throwing sticks at The Drifter. Any future watchers of this movie, please keep your eyes peeled for her. But I'd put 5 bucks on me being right!
Long Gone (1987)
A Baseball movie that deserves more credit than it gets.
I am not a sports fan and I accidentally saw this movie back in the 80s. I was surprised how good it was, how great the cast was and here it is years later and I still remember it. The story had been done before and was done again after Long Gone in bigger productions, but in my opinion, Long Gone was the best of the field. It is believable, no magic golden dolphins come to the rescue in this movie. The cast is just wonderful and Teller and Henry Gibson are delicious as father and son rats. I can't find out if I had a stroke or if there was a bad guy character named J. Harold Smythe in this movie. If so I know another wonderful connection, but will not pass it on until I'm sure. I hate to make fact out of rumor. See it, you'll like it!
Save the Tiger (1973)
The difference in seeing this movie at 18 and 44
The wife is out of town, the kids are in bed, it's just me and the dog.....Save the Tiger came on AMC. I remember going to the theater in 1973, at age 18 and seeing this movie. I was impressed by Jack Lemmon's performance back then. Seeing it now, at age 44....Wow! Jack was my father back then, now I'm my father. I think save the Tiger was the first movie I ever saw that didn't have a happy ending. Except for some dated parts, it is still a very powerful movie about the harshness of life. In real life, well dressed men and women spend every day trying to continue while burdened with almost impossible problems on their back. And we do what we have to do to get by. Little honor in that, but it's real life. Save the Tiger reminded me to be a little nicer to the next grump I meet, I may not know what is hiding behind the nice suit. Laurie Heineman as Myra the hippy chick excited me then and now and is still that fantasy oasis every aging, harried man dreams of to escape the world of his own making.