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Post by tclion on Dec 29, 2009 9:03:53 GMT -6
Yes Marry Poppins is a great movie. I like it as well cause it has a good message as well as the great advances in the stunts and theatrics.
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Post by Hedvig on Dec 29, 2009 10:05:32 GMT -6
It's a great message that I never fully understood when I was a kid, because the message in question is of course directed at the dad, Mr Banks. And also at the kids who need to see where there father is coming from, as Bert says. He's a person who fends for himself in the world. Yes Kimmer, once I had realized that that was a cockney accent that character did lose some credibility with me too. It's inevitable I guess. I am fond of Mary Poppins because I saw it on my first real date with a boy. Oh a date. Yes, it's actually quite a romantic film, I can see that. That rooftop view over London. They wrote their own version of the word, super-opsy-mopsy-something!
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Post by Kimmer on Dec 30, 2009 17:33:18 GMT -6
LOL When the 40th anniversary DVD was released, I was at a store that was showing it on the ir HD TV and was amazed to see all of Julie Andrews' freckles. It proved to me that HD really worked!! I loved Jane and Michael. I had the Mary Poppins, Jane and Michael Bank's "Barbie" dolls--still in their original clothes with all of the accessories. Of course, my grandmother gave them away, along with my "Pebbles" and "Bamm-Bamm" dolls, my "Honey West" "Barbie" style doll, my "Samantha Stephens" "Barbie" style doll. Ahhhh, if I only had them now....think of the money I could make from eBay!!
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Post by tclion on Dec 31, 2009 9:58:48 GMT -6
Yes Kimmer I had a Pebbles doll too. Mind disappered a long time ago too.
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Post by Hedvig on Jan 1, 2010 9:01:07 GMT -6
Ah, that's such a pity. Barbie-dolls were better quality then too. My mother kept her Skipper and Midge safe in their boxes, together with all their clothes and accessories, they were the only Barbie dolls she ever owned so they were more special to her than any of mine were to me. I can imagine what a nice doll Mary Poppins would have been.
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Post by dvdjunkie on Jan 1, 2010 9:59:25 GMT -6
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Post by Hedvig on Jan 2, 2010 7:52:29 GMT -6
Ooh, we did the same thing with the Lord of the Rings movies a few years back! A couple of days after Christmas, we watched them all over one night. With breaks of course.
We were so gone that we missed that there was a Tsunami catastrophe then.
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Post by diane on Jan 4, 2010 17:04:14 GMT -6
Kimmer I had a "Pebbles" doll as well that I'll never forget and you know my mother gave her away to my cousin. I was really hurt, although I tried hard not to show it but my mother often did things like that. We even now have a little red pomeranian that we call Pebbles and you know, occasionally I've called him (yes he is a little boy) Pebbles Flintstone and he actually comes!!!! I also have a "Skipper" doll - I'm pretty sure it was in it's original case but at the moment she is in a box keeping my "Tammy" doll company. Again I can remember the box - she had "bendable" legs and she was sitting on a swing.(the Tammy doll that is). I have been introducing my husband to Film Noir. About a year ago we watched "Desperate" - a film I really like but he wasn't too impressed. On Christmas we watched "Tension" - that was another story - he was on the edge of his seat. On Sunday we watched "Impact" with Brian Donlevy and it definately ticked all Herb's boxes - he liked it very much.
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Post by dvdjunkie on Jan 6, 2010 13:23:20 GMT -6
Last night we watched another of my many movies that I received for Christmas. We watched the Blu-Ray version of Close Encounters of The Third Kind - 30th Anniversary Collection. While the standard DVD is a three disc set, one disc for each version of the movie - Theatrical, Extended, and Director's Cut, the new Blu-Ray version has all three versions on the same disc. The second disc is filled to the brim with lots of extras and early work of Spielberg while he was searching for the right "Mother Ship" to use for the movie's climax.
We watched the Director's Cut of the movie and really enjoyed Steven Spielberg's masterpiece as if it were just released today.
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Post by filmnoirfanatic on Jan 23, 2010 15:27:01 GMT -6
Belita - she brings back memories from when I was a kid - watching her on television. Wasn't she an ice skater.. Oh! Yes, Diane, but this is my first time being introduced to ice skater Belita...by way of author Eddie Muller, while lurking on his website. Anyway over the weekend I watched - "West of Zanzibar" with Lon Chaney as a revenge crazed cripple and the beautiful Mary Nolan as the girl in distress (boy, was she ever in distress). Yesterday I watched "Betrayed" - I can't remember the original title but you would know this DeeDee. It starred Kim Hunter who marries a stranger, who seems to have a lot of secrets (that are not really explained during the film) and Robert Mitchum is her friend who offers his shoulder to cry on. I just bought "B Movies" by Don Miller and he thought this was the "best B ever made". I had it in my video collection - always remembered liking it and got it out for a look. I still like it but have got a bit more critical in my old age. Nothing the husband (Dean Jagger) did was ever explained. When she got to the apartment and found a different name near the bell - his explanation about the alias was "I do that sometimes"!! Now if the male roles were reversed and Robert Mitchum played her husband - because as her friend he seemed a bit too suave - that would have been better. Just me rambling. Hi! Diane, Wow...Unfortunuately, I never watched Betrayed. Therefore, I must seek this film out to watch...I'am quite sure that one or two of the collectors, that I trade films with may have a copy on his (their) list. Betrayed (Or When Stranger Marry...) It appears as if Betrayed is the original title. Year: 1944 Starring: Robert Mitchum Kim Hunter Dean Jagger Director: William Castle Genre: Suspense Synopsis: A waitress suspects her new husband, and another man she knows, of murder. Directed by William Castle. Rating: Not Rated Length: 67 Minutes Diane, Thanks, for the heads-up! :thumbsup: What I will be watching this weekend... Hammer Film Noir Volume 6 and 7, In The Valley of Elah (again), Solaris (A film collector and fellow blogger sent me this film) and finally, Pixar animated Ratatouille.What I "threw" in the cart...Hitchcock's Paradine Case and The Wrong Man. (I have never watched the former, but the latter only once.) Larry Diner Members, I hope that you have a very pleasant weekend too! DeeDee
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Post by dvdjunkie on Jan 24, 2010 10:02:34 GMT -6
After going to the cinema to see Harrison Ford's new movie Extraordinary Measures, Beverly and I decided to have an afternoon of our favorite Harrison Ford movies. We watched Regarding Henry (1991) also featuring Annette Bening. This is the story of a ruthless attorney, who wins at any cost, and what it does to those closest to him. He goes out late one night to get some cigarettes and walks into a robbery where he is shot for refusing to give the gun-toting stick-up man his wallet. Ford is shot once in the shoulder and once in the head, leaving him for dead. The rest of the film follows his very slow recovery from a vegetative state to a kinder, much more gentle Henry Turner. This movie is, by far, the second best movie of Ford's long career. The best movie of his career, and one that he received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for is 1985's Peter Weir film Witness. This is the film about a young Amish boy (Lukas Haas), who along with his mother, played by first-time actress Kelly McGillis, are on a trip to Baltimore, Maryland and end up with a three-hour layover in Philadelphia. While waiting in the train station Samuel (Haas) goes to the restroom, and while there is witness to a brutal murder. Turns out he is the ONLY witness to the crime and he and his mother are taken under protective custody of a hardened detective named John Book (Harrison Ford). Turns out that the men that Samuel saw do the deed are two cops on the force with Ford. He gathers up McGillis and Haas and they head for Amish country to hide until the evil-doers can be brought to justice. Unaware that the only person Book confides in about what he is doing, is the ringleader of the 'dirty cops' and also the Police Captain. Great story filmed in Amish country with a very subtle love story in the background. Look for first-time appearances by Viggo Mortensen and Alexander Godonov, with a stellar supporting performance by Danny Glover as a truly evil bad guy. Very good movie, with solid performances by all. To end the evening we decided to lighten things up a bit and watched Robert Aldrich's 1979 comedy The Frisco Kid, starring Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford. It's the year 1850 and new rabbi Avram Belinski (Wilder) heads out west from Phildelphia to San Francisco. Cowboy bandit Tom Lillard (Ford) hasn't seen a rabbi before, but he one who needs his help when he sees one, and getting this 'man of the cloth' to 'Frisco will cause a heap of trouble with the law, Native Americans and a bunch of killers. Put on your seat belts, because this movie will make you laugh until your sides hurt. Not since "Blazing Saddles" has the west been turned upside down with this blend of roughhouse laughter that Aldrich fans who remember "The Longest Yard" and "The Dirty Dozen" will attest. Just one heck of a lot of fun. To close out the evening we watched Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), the fourth installment from producer George Lucas and Director Steven Spielberg. It's been almost twenty years between adventures for Indiana Jones and this time he is caught up in a battle of wits with beautiful spy, portrayed by Cate Blanchett, and discovering that he has a son, played by Shia LaBeouf. Karen Allen returns as his long-lost love Marion Ravenswood and the three of them take us on an adventure of our lives. Despite all the critical pans of this film, I think it is truly better than the second installment of the original Indiana Jones films, but not quite in the same class as the "Last Crusade" movie which featured Sean Connery as his father. This movie is still fun, and if not taken too seriously, provides a lot of entertainment. And that was just yesterday (Saturday, January 23) .
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Post by Hedvig on Jan 24, 2010 14:52:26 GMT -6
Amazing work, Bill! I haven't seen the latest Indy - but I agree about the first and the third films being good adventures, and also that the second film did not live up to that.
I saw the new Star Trek movie. It's entertaining, with a good sense of humour and some good acting, particularly by Zachary Quinto who played Spock. It's not quite what I think of when I think of the classic Star Trek. For one thing, I think this movie was supposed to be about how Spock came to display some feelings under strong pressure, but the movie made it evident that he had feelings from the start, which made the whole stress on his inability to show emosions seem sort of ridiculous. Also, Captain Kirk needed some more redemption, he came across as so arrogant. Perhaps that's something for the next film? They worked to bring a female character from the original series, Uhura, more into the fore in this as well, and succeeded in bringing her character to life, but her role was still pretty much to be the love interest in a short skirt - the 60's lives on that way. It's a good adventure movie still, perhaps it has more in common with Indiana Jones than the original Trek? I've only seen a few episodes of that series, mind...
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Post by liz on Jan 28, 2010 0:33:17 GMT -6
I saw the new Star Trek movie. It's entertaining, with a good sense of humour and some good acting. Saw that movie,too,Hedvig. The kids got it. Quite good. Tonight,"The Big Country." Peck,Lancaster,Ives,Simmons,etc. Good cast, wonderful movie. Oh, Chuck Conners. . . . as Burl Ives's son. Funny seeing him as a bad guy. "Rifleman" was my favorite show,growing up. Think I had alittle crust on Conners. He was ALWAYS the good guy,on that show. haha.
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Post by dvdjunkie on Jan 28, 2010 13:11:11 GMT -6
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Post by Midge on Jan 28, 2010 15:43:45 GMT -6
I loved The RIfleman because of Johnny Crawford. He's all grown up now and leads a 1920's style dance orchestra. Here's what he looks (and sounds) like now:
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Post by filmnoirfanatic on Jan 30, 2010 9:07:05 GMT -6
Hi! Larry66 Diner Members... I plan to watch last week Solaris, Edvard Munch, Pixar animation Ratatouille, and two film noirs The Brighton Strangler and Diplomatic Courier. In honour of the late actress Jean Simmons, I plan to watch Hilda Crane and Ginger Rodgers, in The Lady in the Dark.Members, I hope that you have a nice weekend too! DeeDee
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Post by Midge on Jan 30, 2010 15:28:48 GMT -6
Thanks, Dee Dee, and the same to you. Last night I went to the Film Noir festival at the Castro Theater in San Francisco and saw a Richard Widmark double feature: Slattery's Hurricane and Pickup on South Street. I will review them here soon.
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Post by dvdjunkie on Feb 4, 2010 20:50:41 GMT -6
Watched a couple of the Duke's movies last night.
First we watched The High and the Mighty, which featured an all-star cast and the beautiful music of Victor Young.
Then we were looking for fun, and we watched Donovan's Reef with Wayne and Lee Marvin. Just a very good knock-down, knock-around, buddy flick.
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Post by dvdjunkie on Feb 9, 2010 18:35:16 GMT -6
On Sunday, before the Super Bowl, we watched a couple of classic westerns. First we watched: Shane (1953) starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon de Wilde, and introduced us to the baddest of all bad guys, Jack Palance, here billed as Walter Jack Palance. Just one classic movie that brings out every emotion a person can have. Here it is over 50 years and it still brings a tear to my eyes at the end.
Then, we watched another Alan Ladd film, Whispering Smith (1948). This film showed us a soft-spoken Ladd as a 'no-nonsense' railroad detective who learns that his best friend, played by Robert Preston, was fired from his job and has now taken to helping bad guy Barney Rebstock (Donald Crisp) rob and wreck trains. Non-stop action in this thrilling western directed by Leslie Fenton.
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Post by dvdjunkie on Feb 20, 2010 13:16:42 GMT -6
Today, Saturday, February 20, after checking my Facebook page, I sat down and watched my recently purchased Blu-ray copy of Casablanca.
What a great hi-definition transfer of this classic Bogart/Bergman film. It was like watching it for the first time. The sound was crisp and clear, and the black and white is just amazing.
This is the second Black and White movie that I own on Blu-ray, the other is "The Day The Earth Stood Still" with Patricia Neal and Michael Rennie.
The best thing about this film was the price. Wal-Mart has a big sale on Blu-ray movies and I picked "Casablanca" up for only $13.
Some of my favorite MGM musicals have been announced as coming out this summer in the Blu-ray format, titles like "Singing In The Rain", "Showboat", "Kiss Me Kate", and many many more.
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Post by diane on Feb 20, 2010 14:43:26 GMT -6
Last night my daughter and I watched "Pillow Talk" . I don't think she was really in the mood for a comedy, but before 5 minutes were up she was laughing uproariously. She was also quite disappointed to learn that is the only film of Rock Hudson's that I possess. He was so handsome.
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Post by Midge on Feb 20, 2010 16:29:20 GMT -6
If you only have one Rock Hudson film, that would be the one to have IMHO. It's wonderful!
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Post by dvdjunkie on Feb 21, 2010 10:46:34 GMT -6
In honor of the recent announcement that is will soon be released on DVD (for the first time in the US) and Blu-ray, I watch my old, brittle copy of The African Queen with Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn and Robert Morley. What a great movie, and now Sony Pictures has announced the DVD and Blu-ray release of this film on March 23, 2010, and I just can't wait. Given the choice of the Olympics or this film, Olympics loses out every time. "The African Queen" was truly the perfect movie!!
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Post by dvdjunkie on Mar 7, 2010 9:45:27 GMT -6
Watched The Great Caruso starring Mario Lanza and Ann Blythe, as part of my Mario Lanza evening in the Junkie Home Theater.
Also watched "The Toast of New Orleans" with Lanza and Kathryn Grayson. Remarkable in its presentation, and the duets of Lanza and Grayson were just memorable.
Lanza's career was a short one, and he died before his time, but I am so glad that he left behind all his music, and movies for us to enjoy.
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Post by Midge on Mar 7, 2010 19:38:48 GMT -6
I love both those movies, although as a lifelong fan of Enrico Caruso I object to the way The Great Caruso sentimentalizes and trivializes the life of the great tenor. He was a much more complex character in real life, but the script portrays him as a comic simple-minded peasant. This is is typical of the stereotyped way Hollywood treated Italian-Americans in those days. Lanza had an amazing voice.
Tonight I am watching the Oscars, though Al and I will probably do some channel-flipping if the ceremony drags.
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Post by tinyhippy on Mar 12, 2010 9:47:51 GMT -6
I just saw Flying Down to Rio (1933?) for the first time. Not a great movie, but entertaining enough, and worth it just to see Fred and Ginger in their first movie together. It's a shame they weren't the stars of the movie, because their scenes were so much more interesting than the other actors' scenes (Dolores del Rio and Gene Raymond).
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Post by dvdjunkie on Mar 12, 2010 14:42:34 GMT -6
"What a combination" is what people are saying after I tell them what we watched last night. It was triple feature night in the Junkie Home Theater and we watched:
The King and I starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr. Probably my second favorite musical after "Singing In The Rain".
Footloose starring Kevin Bacon, Dianne Weist, and John Lithgow. One of my favorite 80's movies, with some pretty great music.
Royal Weddingstarring Fred Astaire. This is without a doubt one of my top ten favorite movie musicals. When we are doing movies with dance themes, this seems to be the one I reach for more than others.
So, those were the three we picked for yesterday and last night, tonight I think we are going to watch some good Westerns. For sure we are going to watch "Shane" with Alan Ladd, Van Heflin, Jean Arthur and Brandon de Wilde. It is in my Top Three westerns of all time.
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Post by dvdjunkie on Mar 13, 2010 9:10:54 GMT -6
Last night was Sean Connery night in the Junkie Home Theater as we watched:
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, while not one of his best, it is a lot of fun to watch.
Robin and Marian costarring Audrey Hepburn as Maid Marian, this is quite the film. Robert Shaw is the villain, and there are so many inside jokes about how many years it has been since Robin and his Men of Sherwood were the rascals we all remember. Good fun, and if you haven't seen this one, do so at your convenience.
Goldfinger, probably the second-best of the Bond films. This film is full of remembered one-liners, and one of the better casts of the Bond series.
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Post by tinyhippy on Mar 15, 2010 10:15:47 GMT -6
I watched again Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942) with Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers. This movie has some real comedic moments even though it has quite a serious main story. I'm trying to make my way through some movies I haven't seen in awhile. I think To Be Or Not To Be is next!
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Post by Larry's 66 Diner on Mar 16, 2010 22:17:06 GMT -6
TC and I watched Haldane of the Secret Service (1923) a silent film starring Harry Houdini .... this was his final film as an actor! It also featured Gladys Leslie and William Humphrey. He played the part of an undercover Secret Service operative who had to infiltrate a band of coutnerfeiters. Parts of it were a little difficult to follow; TC and I both agreed on that. Perhaps we'll have to watch it again in the future. Taking all things into account, though, I think it was a pretty decent movie. :thumbsup: Prior to that, we watched several Houdini shorts as well as a 5-minute fragment from 1919, entitled The Grim Game. What is shockingly stunning about this film is that the cameras actually captured on film two small-engine planes colliding in mid-air! When this happened, they thought that it was quite awesome and so they revised the script to put in the storyline! :huh:
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