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It’s pretty much true although tastes differ
But I’m sure many would agree that although she wasn’t on SNL for long Julia Louise Dreyfuss meets the criteria…
Uuuhhhmmm
Someone else has heard of Helen Merrill?!
I’m pleasantly surprised.
Fitzgerald has always been overrated imo and she brought down upon us the scourge of female scat singing so that’s a downvote lol. Only Louis and she could pull it off.
It’s Sarah Vaughan for me!
Anyone who’s interested should also look up Robin McKelle’s first album “Introducing RM” which has fantastic arrangements like Sinatra always did and a fun loose delivery.
Her later stuff is good too but they Diana Kralled and overproduced them.
Her first is amazing though and even though she’s female reminded me of Sinatra more than anyone else.
This thread is missing some more artsy farts choices…there were so many back then
Sophie’s Next Predicament
Out of Asia
The Nigerian Patient
A Room with a French Door
Terms of Estrangement
A Passage to China
Dead Screenwriter’s Society
You know…..now that I think about it, you’ve got
Bob Scissorhands
Nightmare Before Bobmas
Bob and the Chocolate Factory
Planet of the Bobs
Bobman of course
and Bob’s Big Adventure
I’d never really noticed this before! There’s probably others I forgot
However I do not believe he was involved with What About Bob?
It was ok…time will tell. Quite a different role compared to It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia for the actress!
I liked Elsbeth on CBS better though, kind of similar. That was new last year and a second season starts soon. That has a little more humor which I like. And you know who did it the whole time so it’s a different dynamic, just wondering how she’ll finally trap the person.
I just love The Conversation and there’s so much more there….throughout the film there’s a lot of religious iconography that symbolizes Hackman’s guilt over how he failed in his infamous previous job that gets discussed, and I have a (old!) post there about looking at this movie as a study of guilt vs. the usual focus on paranoia that the ending prompts.
It truly is a movie that requires multiple viewings to appreciate!
And it’s discussion board here is at a really high level and one of the best from the good old days
Things have evolved in fifteen years I guess, for the better….?
Nice work!
That’s why I brought it up, wasn’t sure if you’d thought of that before.
I have a thick skin as far as movies go but Chinatown is pretty frickin dark and quite a downer ending so I can see how it would bother her.
The Conversation though doesn’t seem that bad but I guess it could freak some people out…..especially if she was Catholic!
But it speaks to how great those films are that they effected her so much.
I just rewatched “Cuckoo’s Nest” for the first time in forever and I hope you didn’t take her to that lol
Not much to add to all this but….
It’s kinda criminal to me to mention Blow Up in relation to Blow Out but then not bring The Conversation into the discussion.
I point this out because Conversation is on my short list of greatest, favorite films
(Chinatown too)
And Coppola had the idea first to take Blow Up and translate it to sound instead of a visual image
Every one of these replies avoids the true answer. I have to wonder how many who replied know the real answer but push it aside, and how many really don’t know their own subconscious.
This is the scariest movie ever for many (most?) who see it partly because of the mood, way it’s filmed, slow realistic build, music, and good acting. Yes.
But the MAIN reason it’s so damned scary is that most of us fear, sub- or unconsciously at least, that this could really be true, that Evil, the devil, some form of invisible purely evil force could be all around us. Whether one is not religious, say agnostic, or even atheist, there’s always a doubt that the religion that’s surrounded us in our culture our whole life might be real. Even in people who don’t want to admit it to themselves!
I grew up in the 70’s but never saw this until I was home alone at about 20 years old….. and I couldn’t believe how much this frightened me when it was over! I was not at all religious at this point and I found “horror” movies just fun to laugh at and not scary.
After all it was just a movie, not real, why be scared! I’d laugh at people who got scared by a dumb movie.
So I thought about this one a lot and realized that even though I wasn’t religious there was a part of me that did actually 🤔 think, you know it could be true, after all what do we know about anything after death?
I had to admit to myself as I walked down a dark hallway scared silly that I never thought at 20 years old I’m gonna run into a monster or slasher or ghost…….but I couldn’t completely dismiss that I might run into a demon.
First I have to say, these idea about him traveling back more than once are insane and unnecessary!
As far as this point, it’s a good question, and I took it to mean that he had changed a lot, probably saved her, but he hadn’t changed everything…..and very probably not the explosion, and maybe not changing her dying either ( thus telling her she has to come with him, he wants to keep an eye on her)
Rewatched this for the first time in a while….holds up well! Silly and pure entertainment but keeps your attention.
Man that’s a quick reply! Is there a way to get notifications or you just hang around here a lot?
I’ve been coming here since the old days at IMDB but just don’t post much. Being retired now, cruising through here every now and then is fun though!
I love this flick and have never figured out why it doesn’t have more cult cachet, like say Better Off Dead level.
And while Myers is great and Travis too, those cameos really put it over the top for me.
And all the quotes, Move your heed, it’s like Sputnik!
I’ve still got my Jan and Dean Meet Batman vinyl from 1967! Apparently I was a huge 5 year old fan who didn’t get the tongue in cheek-ness. Pics of me driving my plastic Batmobile prove it lol
Anyone who’s a fan should have it, great songs plus some comedy bits about the ineffective crime fighting duo Captain Jan and Dean the Boy Blunder….besides a fantastic version of the theme song the other ones will be ones you’ve never heard but they hold up well. One called Flight of the Batmobile has a Beach Boys Barbara Ann vibe..
Hard to shop for a vinyl copy but Apple’s iTunes Store has the entire album for 8 bucks
Absolutely! I love this movie and have to rewatch it every couple of years. You can see him working on some of the schtick he’ll use later, but this is before he went overboard with it.
A movie both the wife and I love, although I get much more enjoyment out of how gorgeous Nancy Travis is with so many different looks in this.
And man some of the supporting bits:
Alan Arkin as a police captain trying to be tougher like the ones on tv
Steven Wright as an unperturbed pilot in a storm
The awesome Charles Grodin
And Phil Hartman with some unique takes as a guide in Alcatraz
All hilarious!
I’m not bothered by any of the stuff mentioned…
BUT IF I HAVE TO SEE SNOOP DOG ONE MORE TIME I’LL SCREAM AND SLIT MY THROAT!!!
🤬😱🤮☠️
This is true
But it made me laugh when you mentioned the tip…..no way she was getting any tip!
You’re definitely a little younger, from a later period than myself. We actually had the original Atari and when it came out it was fun but the games were easy to master.
When the more role playing type games showed up I was too old and too busy living life.
I wonder if I would’ve gotten into Zelda etc. but I just don’t know. I liked sports a lot more and if I couldn’t get good at a video game quickly……I was done with it!
No patience just wasn’t worth the time and trouble.
But my kids loved them on Nintendo and especially Zelda
Since there was an entire series of sketches about the person, and everyone got exactly what they were referring to, then yes there was plenty of awareness about people like that!
The only difference is the humorless world some people are trying to create where this has to be a seeerrrious issue rather than, you know, just life and the way people are.