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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Feb 1, 2021 22:12:33 GMT
At long last...I'm finally watching Laura (1944)!   |
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Post by kijii on Feb 2, 2021 4:46:17 GMT
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 2, 2021 6:31:53 GMT
MAJOR DUNDEE 1965 I watched this restored before but couldnt remember much about it. Now I know why. There's something not very memorable about it--if you compare it to say ZULU, it just does not have the same kind of sticking power.I didnt even remember Senta Berger after watching it. The characters kind of drift along with moments of conflict but there's just not enough there to really stand out. I wouldnt have even known the fate of Charlton Heston in this if someone had asked me the first time I watched it.
Even the dialogue is not distinctive.
But this gives me the opportunity to once again share the LQ Jones anecdote about the director in an audio commentary for a totally different film:
"If he was alive today he would be committed, sad but true, because he had so many boogers, because he picked on anybody, Bill Holden, biggest man in our business, Chuck Heston, didn't make any difference, treated them like they were trash...we got along fine because the second picture I did with him,..I told him "Peckinpah, you ain't got enough talent to direct me to the Men's room." Everything came to a halt for about three or four minutes while he decided what bus I was going to be on....but that's the way you had to deal with Sam. If you didn't, Heston almost killed him. And he told us, there's a scene in Major Dundee where he's sitting on a horse and he's got his sabre out, and Sam was riding him so hard, you can see it on film, he damn near cut Peckinpah in two. That's just the way he was. Sam was an ass."
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Feb 2, 2021 6:47:10 GMT
 Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)"My reputation precedes me. Otherwise I'd be late for all my appointments."Private eye Harry Crumb (John Candy) has built himself quite a reputation over the years, and while at first sight, he may seem a bit clumsy but don't let that fool you, because Harry is a master of disguise and a very proud member of the infamous Crumb clan.
And with the recent news that an evil mastermind is behind the mysterious kidnapping of a young girl, Crumb will finally get the chance that he has been waiting all his life for, which is to prove himself worthy towards not only his boss, but his own family name.Had another go at this somewhat underrated late 80s John Candy slapstick comedy, last night. Sure, it ain't exactly a "great classic". I guess they went for a bit of Fletch (1985) and The Naked Gun (1988) meets up with Peter Sellers and his classic Pink Panther films, and ended up with, well, Harry Crumb, private dick! But it does come with lots of the feel-good factor, which most of Candy's films has so much of. So, probably most likely one which would sit well with his fans, but for those new to his films, I guess it might come off the other way around. Still, something about this release, just makes me smile a bit more than some of his other movies. Everything from the the goofy first appearance of Candy, hanging outside the window of some love making couple, seemingly having a good time. And then Candy is all dressed up, as some mad professor, just trying to get a few good pictures to show for. To all the hilarious one-liners, and not to forget about the incredible sexy Annie Potts. All in all, I had good time re-watching it once again. Again, never close to being a great film, but as a very light hearted, silly and over-the-top late 80s comedy vehicle for John Candy, this is surely one of his funnier and enjoyable ones. 6,5/10
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Feb 2, 2021 21:33:07 GMT
Let's Make It Legal (1951) 
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Feb 2, 2021 23:13:07 GMT
Se7en (1995).  
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Post by kijii on Feb 3, 2021 5:10:09 GMT
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Feb 3, 2021 7:04:38 GMT
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Post by Spooky Ghost Ackbar on Feb 3, 2021 7:22:23 GMT
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Feb 3, 2021 12:12:39 GMT
"Rebecca" - I finally spotted Hitchcock, he was the man outside the phonebooth after Favell called Danvers. Its one of the fun parts of watching a film directed by Hitchcock.
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Post by teleadm on Feb 3, 2021 18:26:05 GMT
 Cotton Comes to Harlem 1970 directed by Ossie Davis, based on a novel by Chester Himes, starring Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St Jacques as Harlem cops Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson. The two cops investigate a robbery, believing that a reverend has staged it in order to steal the money he's collected for a local fundraiser. Very cool and funky music on the soundtrack. It's a crime thriller comedy, were the comedy part hasn't aged very well, but that doesn't take away the joy of watching it. Good use of actual Harlem locations. The cotton that comes to Harlem is actual cotton, a big bale of cotton, that everyone is looking for, since there may be something hidden in the bale that might crack the case...  
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 4, 2021 7:16:47 GMT
THE BRIGAND OF KANDAHAR 1965 - Finally watched this Hammer obscurity. It uses a massive amount of stock footage from another film. They awkwardly insert the actors in some brief battle scenes of the footage.
Story-wise it's kind of erratic. The "hero" is a half-Indian British soldier having an affair with the wife of a soldier who gets captured. We are left wondering if the boyfriend deliberately let her husband be captured--although later we see the husband in a terrible state after being tortured. The wife doesn't come across as sympathetic, and Oliver Reed as a crazy rebel leader looks like he is having the most fun. There's also Yvonne Romain as his wicked sister--but by the end we aren't really sure who the good guys are.
I am surprised to see Duncan Lamont with a larger than average part, as the not so likable colonel. Usually he doesn't have a big part--here he's technically has a bigger role than Oliver Reed (the last film he and Romain made for Hammer).
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Post by Spooky Ghost Ackbar on Feb 4, 2021 18:25:08 GMT
Overall, maybe not the best alien invasion movie of the era, but the final attack featuring Harryhausen’s effects is one of my favorite action scenes of all time. It’s a blast.  |
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Feb 4, 2021 18:56:19 GMT
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Feb 4, 2021 20:03:27 GMT
I love watching Harryhausdn movies.
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Post by Spooky Ghost Ackbar on Feb 4, 2021 20:12:23 GMT
I love watching Harryhausdn movies. Which is your favorite?
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Feb 4, 2021 22:25:18 GMT
I love watching Harryhausdn movies. Which is your favorite? Valley of the Gwangi
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Feb 4, 2021 22:53:26 GMT
We're Not Married (1952) Hey, you guys never told me Lee Marvin was in this! Fun comedy with an excellent cast. 
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Post by kijii on Feb 5, 2021 5:36:57 GMT
Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991) / Charles Sturridge
Mrs. Herriton (Barbara Jefford) : [Speaking about Italy] It may be filled with churches and beautiful pictures, but you can only judge a country by its men.
Caroline Abbott (Helena Bonham Carter) : Do you want the child to stop with his father who loves him but will bring him up badly, or do you want him to come to Sawston, where no-one loves him but he will be brought up well?
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 5, 2021 5:58:01 GMT
What's funny that is the one Harryhausen movie where the director tried to get him kicked off the set! I think it's the best directed of the movies (although I think Golden Voyage and Clash of the Titans are well-directed).
I watched THE KING'S PIRATE 1967 A remake of Against All Flags--with Doug McClure, Jill St. John, Guy Stockwell, Mary Ann Mobley, and Harryhausen alumni Torin Thatcher. Oh and Fred Rutherford shows up. It's ok but seems more like a tv-movie and is such a close remake of the other.
Anyway the Gwangi score is really good.
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