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Post by WarrenPeace on May 8, 2018 5:51:14 GMT
How can anyone not love him?
Great at playing the every day man roles.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on May 8, 2018 12:10:55 GMT
He was brilliant, and gone too soon too! I remember watching the movie Dad, so sad I wanted to cry!  Just the best!  |
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Post by mattgarth on May 8, 2018 13:06:09 GMT
#1 Jack remains OUT OF TOWNERS.
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Post by bravomailer on May 8, 2018 13:23:54 GMT
I'll second Glengarry Glen Ross. He does a superb job of eliciting a little sympathy for Levene yet never letting us forget what a huckster he is. He plays a similar figure in Save the Tiger for which he won Best Actor.
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Post by outrider127 on May 8, 2018 14:37:28 GMT
He and Walter Matthau, Grumpy but Lovable Old Men
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Post by WarrenPeace on May 9, 2018 1:01:34 GMT
He and Walter Matthau, Grumpy but Lovable Old Men Yeah. What an odd couple. They also star in the underrated The Fortune Cookie. |
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Post by WarrenPeace on May 9, 2018 1:09:08 GMT
Ones I've seen him in so far that I can recall.
Missing
Out of Towners (Will never bother with the remake. Never.)
Days of Wine and Roses
The Odd Couple
My Fellow Americans (Really great one. Check it out.)
Save the Tiger
The Prisoner of Second Ave (Gonna re-watch it soon)
The Apartment
Some Like It Hot (Others like it. Just meh for me. Still a classic.)
Grumpy Old Men (Don't know what the hype was all about.)
Tuesdays with Morrie (About a dying man. How poignant since he made that one towards his end.)
Glengarry
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on May 9, 2018 1:13:55 GMT
I think Glengarry Glen Ross should have ended with Lemmon losing it, grabbing one of Alec Baldwin's steak knives and plunging it into Kevin Spacey's chest while screaming "You're fired! You're fired!! Always be closing, motherfucker!"
I think it would have punctuated the dreariness.
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Post by WarrenPeace on May 11, 2018 23:03:50 GMT
I think Glengarry Glen Ross should have ended with Lemmon losing it, grabbing one of Alec Baldwin's steak knives and plunging it into Kevin Spacey's chest while screaming "You're fired! You're fired!! Always be closing, motherfucker!" I think it would have punctuated the dreariness. I will never, ever get it how important steak knives are supposed to be following first prize as a Caddy. It would have made more sense to have a trip to Hawaii or a cruise or a new dishwasher or a new suit. Steak knives are a joke for a 2nd prize. |
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Post by Doghouse6 on May 11, 2018 23:11:15 GMT
I think Glengarry Glen Ross should have ended with Lemmon losing it, grabbing one of Alec Baldwin's steak knives and plunging it into Kevin Spacey's chest while screaming "You're fired! You're fired!! Always be closing, motherfucker!" I think it would have punctuated the dreariness. I will never, ever get it how important steak knives are supposed to be following first prize as a Caddy. It would have made more sense to have a trip to Hawaii or a cruise or a new dishwasher or a new suit. Steak knives are a joke for a 2nd prize. I always took that to be the point (no pun intended): they're meant as an insult; top closer gets the Caddy; anyone else gets contempt and shame. |
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Post by WarrenPeace on May 11, 2018 23:12:09 GMT
I will never, ever get it how important steak knives are supposed to be following first prize as a Caddy. It would have made more sense to have a trip to Hawaii or a cruise or a new dishwasher or a new suit. Steak knives are a joke for a 2nd prize. I always took that to be the point (no pun intended): they're meant as an insult; top closer gets the Caddy; anyone else gets contempt and shame. That makes sense. |
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Post by WarrenPeace on May 11, 2018 23:13:32 GMT
Got copies today from the lib. of:
The Prisoner of 2nd Ave for a re-watch and How To Murder Your Wife for the first time viewing.
Whew! Lemmon starred in movies with long titles!
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Post by petrolino on May 11, 2018 23:55:46 GMT
Two late mid-period dramatic performances worth seeing from Jack Lemmon - 'The China Syndrome' (1979) and 'Missing' (1982).
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Post by WarrenPeace on May 11, 2018 23:59:26 GMT
Two late mid-period dramatic performances worth seeing from Jack Lemmon - 'The China Syndrome' (1979) and 'Missing' (1982). I would like to re-watch The China Syndrome. Missing is just such an epic movie. Re-watched it recently. The sad thing is it was based on a true story. How can Americans do that to one of their own? |
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Post by WarrenPeace on May 12, 2018 0:01:31 GMT
#1 Jack remains OUT OF TOWNERS. I never had any interest in the re-make. Might have tried it for all of 10 seconds when I saw it was on TV. Changed the channel. I own the original and I don't buy movies that often. |
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Post by outrider127 on May 12, 2018 0:41:51 GMT
The Prisoner of Second Ave(1972) was also, like The Out of Towners, a funny NYC satire, and Lemmon was great in it, but the film suffers when he's not on screen
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Post by outrider127 on May 12, 2018 0:42:39 GMT
#1 Jack remains OUT OF TOWNERS. I never had any interest in the re-make. Might have tried it for all of 10 seconds when I saw it was on TV. Changed the channel. I own the original and I don't buy movies that often. Remake was a nightmare, had to stop after 15 minutes or so |
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Post by BATouttaheck on May 12, 2018 3:21:35 GMT
Pick ONLY one of the many ? For me, it would have to be :   |
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Post by deembastille on May 13, 2018 13:01:14 GMT
No one has mentioned How to Murder Your Wife?
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Post by WarrenPeace on May 13, 2018 13:23:21 GMT
Got copies today from the lib. of: The Prisoner of 2nd Ave for a re-watch and How To Murder Your Wife for the first time viewing. Whew! Lemmon starred in movies with long titles! No one has mentioned How to Murder Your Wife? |
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