What blockbusters have we forgotten about?

What blockbusters have we forgotten about? Apr 9, 2017 12:15:38 GMT

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Post by Salzmank on Apr 9, 2017 12:15:38 GMT

Apr 9, 2017 5:59:01 GMT moviemouth said:

Apr 9, 2017 5:05:59 GMT Salzmank said:

Thanks, Bat! I suppose I like it so much because I went into it not expecting anything special, at least besides silly cartoon antics. But, besides the obvious novelty value of seeing both Disney and Looney Tunes characters in the same movie, it's actually a great movie.

Not in the "well, it's a great kids movie," or "animated movie," or so forth, but in an actual cinematic, I-am-unashamed-to-say-that-it-is-great way. Or, in other words, if, heaven forbid, the animated parts were removed, people would be applauding the lighting, acting, directing, writing, etc.

The late Bob Hoskins, in particular, is superb as private eye Eddie Valiant. It's a grand performance.

Naturally, me being me, with my love with the '30s and '40s, I love the atmosphere.

And I know well that it's still a beloved little film by many, but fangirl1975 's comment worried me because many people nowadays may just not know it or, indeed, have forgotten about it and have no interest in showing it to their kids.

Probably shouldn't worry me so much, except that it's a part of the general trend of "gee, my kid wouldn't be interested, that's an old movie"--yeah, some "old movie," being from '88!

Same here. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is awesome.

Happy to see another fan! Amusingly enough, from what I've read, the book on which it's based, Gary K. Wolf's Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, is terrible. I suppose that's one case where, by changing the source material, the filmmakers far improved it!

Speaking of those filmmakers, Robert Zemeckis, who has shorn off his Spielbergian roots (Back to the Future and its ilk), is really one of the most consistently interesting directors in Hollywood nowadays. He is very much a traditionalist in his filmmaking--think of not only Roger Rabbit? but also Romancing the Stone, Death Becomes Her, What Lies Beneath, and last year's oh-so-brilliant Allied. Less an auteur than an artisan, of the old-fashioned Hollywood craftsman type, but in this day and age, we need more old-fashioned Hollywood craftsmen! (Honestly, what I wouldn't give for just a few more like Michael Curtiz!)