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Thanks for the recommendations. Although I tried to watch Kiss Kiss Bang Bang awhile back, and couldn't get into it. I wasn't that fond of Iron Man 3 either (both were written and directed by Shane Black). But I digress.
I know someone who watches It Happened on Fifth Avenue every Christmas. Ever since he told me that, I've tried to catch it too, if I can.
Speaking of holiday movies, in addition to It's a Wonderful Life, I like Christmas Vacation and different versions of the Scrooge tale (A Christmas Carol). I've always identified with Scrooge in some ways, I think that story is brilliant. I'm sure Elf and A Christmas Story are watched a lot by modern audiences.
One thing I definitely always try to watch during the holidays is a TV show, not a movie (so apologies for going off topic here): The Twilight Zone episode "Night of the Meek" with Art Carney as a drunken department store Santa. I never get tired of seeing that.
Some of these I look for during "Christmas in July" also.
I agree with others this movie isn't really that woke. All I can think of is that there is a black female lead, and Michelle Yeoh is Asian. That shouldn't matter. And Bowen Yang's character is obviously gay, but there is more gay/bisexual content in the original novel than there is here or in the musical. So not that woke.
I've got to be honest, for some of those movies, the main reason I ended up watching them so much is because certain channels reran them a lot. And it just became a thing that if it was on, I would watch. Twister and Shawshank especially fall into that category, even though I like them both (obviously, or I wouldn't have watched them so much). The Aviator I actually became obsessed with, and would seek out viewings.
Pizza Hut has fries?
Apparently. Boris Karloff was against the monster talking too. I always thought it added quite a bit, an extra layer, and arguably Bride is the best movie of the series. And arguably the scenes with the hermit are the best in the series.
I knew I was getting old when I was talking to this girl and she didn't know who Bob Hope was.
I like that scene where Pearl tells Jed they have to chop wood and haul water from the creek, plus other hardships. And Jed says you're right, why would I want to leave all this?
I've wondered that myself, how Jethro was able to navigate his way to Beverly Hills. Seems very surprising. You have to remember though, that in the earlier episodes, Jethro wasn't QUITE as stupid as he was in later ones.
I eat nearly all of those, except I don't like blueberries or blackberries. I like blueberries in a muffin, but then it's not healthy.
I can't remember eating a hazelnut, so I don't know if I like them or not. Greek yogurt's okay, I can take it or leave it.
I love avocados and spinach.
Regarding compliments, women expect them, but they have to be the right compliments or they won't appreciate them. They expect them because they get them so often. Meanwhile, a guy can go years without getting a compliment.
Let's see...
Napoleon Dynamite
Nacho Libre
Shawshank Redemption
The Aviator (the Howard Hughes movie with Leonardo DiCaprio)
Twister
Tombstone
I'm sure there are more, but that's all I can think of at the moment. Funny how some movies just lend themselves to repeated viewings.
Kentucky Fried Movie, in the theater. Quite an eye opener.
As for Vacation, I still looking forward to seeing Beverly D'Angelo's lovely body when that movie is on.
He doesn't say much though (in the Abbot and Costello movie). I don't really count the speaking in Ghost of Frankenstein, because that is Ygor talking, whose brain had just been transplanted into the monster. It wasn't Abby Normal :)
This two parter is one of my favorite storylines. It's also notable for me because it has Laurel Goodwin in it, who played Yeoman Colt in Star Trek, and was also in the Elvis movie Girls, Girls, Girls. I agree Granny's "I need a little pot" line was one of the series' funniest.
Who would want to sit silently and watch their mother get murdered? Would he even be able to do it?
But maybe the answer is that they planned to explore that in a potential sequel.
I enjoyed it also. Not sure what all the hate is about, really. It was a nice popcorn movie with some nostalgia and nods to fans. And it's nice to see nods to fans these days since it seems like so many projects despise the real fans of whatever franchise.
I can understand him feeling that way, since he was closely associated with those projects. But as a viewer, I thought the Cage bit was a nice Easter Egg, and it was certainly nice seeing Keaton play Batman again.
If you want to see a great performance by JK Simmons, watch Whiplash, which he won a (well deserved) Oscar for.
I guess Simmons doesn't look that much like Frawley, but I was able to get past that. I still thought he played him convincingly.
I wonder what her problem with Rosalind Russell was, if that's true? They both certainly performed fantastically in the first movie.
It's pretty obvious that the Stella Stevens is kind of supposed to be the Mary Clancy character from the first movie, but not really *wink wink*.