Think i've told this before, but the movie musical my director cousin most wanted to follow his Chicago with was a remake of Guys & Dolls. Even with all of Hollywood saying yes to the reigning director of the Best Picture, NObody would back him in this because it's such an anachronism. He only mentioned this to me after he'd accepted Memoirs of a Geisha as his next project. Being a poker boss at the time, i suggested updating it to the present day, changing Nathan Detroit's focus from a floating crap game to the WSOP (this was right after Chris Moneymaker's victory had launched the tournament's popularity into the stratosphere) and replacing the Times Sq opening scene with one under the digital canopy of the Fremont Street Experience. He was instantly fascinated and i wasted months trying to update his vision without ultimate result, but it caused me to have to watch Brando sing & dance like a cat thrown into a swimming pool about 40 times over 6 months.Wtaching Guys and Dolls which was an intersting choice for Brando day on TCM since he is so far out of his element here. I like the movie but it would have been 100x better with Gene Kelly instead of Marlon.
The laughing is only at the Brando singing part. Pretty quickly from starting this I thought it should be done again in the vein of a Chicago. The Texas Hold'em Part in Vegas makes a ton of sense. That could have worked really well IMO- probably still could with some updated music. LaLa Land, Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman, Greatest Showman have shown their is still a big market for well done musicals.Think i've told this before, but the movie musical my director cousin most wanted to follow his Chicago with was a remake of Guys & Dolls. Even with all of Hollywood saying yes to the reigning director of the Best Picture, NObody would back him in this because it's such an anachronism. He only mentioned this to me after he'd accepted Memoirs of a Geisha as his next project. Being a poker boss at the time, i suggested updating it to the present day, changing Nathan Detroit's focus from a floating crap game to WSOP (this was right after Chirs Moneymaker's victory had launched poker's popularity into the stratosphere) and replacing the Times Sq opening scene with one under the digital canopy of the Fremont Street Experience. He was instantly fascinated and i wasted months trying to update his vision without ultimate result, but it caused me to have to watch Brando sing & dance like a cat thrown into a swimming pool about 40 times over 6 months.
Rob didn't want to lose the Adelaide angle & songs - that was the biggest hangup. My major interest was forming all the slang i'd heard from poker players after 20 yrs in the business into a meta-language for the Rounders-heads to adopt. Woulda been coolThe laughing is only at the Brando singing part. Pretty quickly from starting this I thought it should be done again in the vein of a Chicago. The Texas Hold'em Part in Vegas makes a ton of sense. That could have worked really well IMO- probably still could with some updated music.LaLa Land,Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman, Greatest Showman have shown their is still a big market for well done musicals.
Yeah, would be tough since the slang is so built into it: guys and dolls and all that. Still, the right people could get it right IMO. Maybe Hugh Jackson or Zac Efron as Sky Masterson, not sure who would play Nathan Detroit- hard to replace Sinatra. The hardest part would which songs to keep, which to cut and which new ones to add,Rob didn't want to lose the Adelaide angle & songs - that was the biggest hangup. My major interest was forming all the slang i'd heard from poker players after 20 yrs in the business into a meta-language for the Rounders-heads to adopt. Woulda been cool
Sometimes it's not the music itself as much as does it flow into the story.Ilov80s said:The music? It was Bach and Purcell and Schubert and Schumann. Couldn’t disagree more on the quality of the music!
Fair- I liked it. It stood out but I think that was the point and I liked the pieces so it was fine with me. I can't even put my finger on what I didn't like. I liked all the characters, actors, it was funny, etc. Just something about it had me checking the time a lot.Sometimes it's not the music itself as much as does it flow into the story.
In this case, I thought it didn't fit well and in some places was a negative distraction.
I liked The Favourite, but it seems pretty divisive. My wife hated it.Ilov80s said:Watched The Favourite which is now on HBO. It’s funny and looks amazing but I was a little disappointed since I had such high hopes as it was right in my wheelhouse. Holy cow did it remind me of The Draughtsman’s Contract. Also this is the 2nd Yorgos movie that disappointed me. I did like this better than The Lobster tho.
They Drive By Night is hilarious. I wont tell you why. Dark Passage uses first person for part, which is both interesting & lame. High Sierra is boilerplate Hays Code gangsta, but it's adapted by JHuston from a book by the same guy who wrote Li'l Caesar & Scarface and might redeem the very talented Ida Lupino for you off her performance in They Drive By NightHumphrey Bogart day on TCM today. Passage to Marseille on now — not bad, not great.
Schedule from 2:00-midnight is fire: The Big Sleep, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, In a Lonely Place, The African Queen, and the Caine Mutiny.
ETA: And during the night, debating whether to record Dark Passage, They Drive By Night, and High Sierra. I haven’t seen those.
My son said he would help watch the little one so I could go.Apocalypse Now is in theaters next Thursday for one night only.
It's a new cut of the film, with remastered audio and video, and I've read a few articles that all say it's absolutely fantastic.
Nope, today might be good one to do it as it looks like rain here.Not sure - did @Ilov80s finish his list of movies everybody should see? Thank to him and @wikkidpissah, I have another library pile accumulating at home:
Grapes of Wrath
Dr. Strangelove [it's been awhile, and I would currently have it as my least favorite Kubrick movie (you know me and comedy), but I've wanted to try to give it another go ]
The Best Years of Our Lives
Malcolm X
I also have the next 2 movies for the movie club coming in, along with extra credit that ties into those two movies. Now, if I can lay off the weed so I don't turn the TV on and watch Fast and the Furious and Alien vs. Predator instead.
I am still debating if I want to do this and if I can convince anyone to come with me. It's at a theater that is kind of out of the way. TCM also has Godfather 2 and Lawrence of Arabia in the theaters this year. LoA is next month.Got tix to Apocalypse Now for next Thursday. This should be cool despite the theater. I will have to look at the rest of the TCM schedule as well - right now I just remember Shawshank and Alien.
Of those 3, G2 is the only one i'd have no urgency about seeing on the big screen. The other two are musts - the scale is essential to the drama. LoA was the first epic to have a big restoration revival and i was very happy to have another crack at it in theaters.Nope, today might be good one to do it as it looks like rain here.
I am still debating if I want to do this and if I can convince anyone to come with me. It's at a theater that is kind of out of the way. TCM also has Godfather 2 and Lawrence of Arabia in the theaters this year. LoA is next month.
Just watched it last night and remembered your criticism for some reason.Hmm. Reading more on Janet & Neil it appears I'm being too hard on her and not enough on him.
I'll have to watch it again.
I’m excited to get to see 2 BK movies I’ve been waiting awhile to see: The Navigator and Sherlock JrDelicious opportunity for cinema fans tomorrow - 22 hours of Buster Keaton movies on TCM Monday, starting @ 6am, surrounding a 2 hour special on the great master by Peter Bogdanovich @ 8pm with Keaton's best film, The General following @ 10pm.
Buster Keaton fell in a puddle once. FunNEE!!TCM blah blah blah.
I watched Aquaman this weekend with 8yo floppinho. that was a thing.
:JEALOUS:Got tix to Apocalypse Now for next Thursday. This should be cool despite the theater. I will have to look at the rest of the TCM schedule as well - right now I just remember Shawshank and Alien.
I was watching this last night. I had not seen the footage of Buster Keaton on Candid Camera before. That had me rolling.The Buster Keaton doc done by the psychologist from the Sopranos is wonderful.
That's where my love of him must have started - cuz i NEVER missed an ep - but i'd forgotten that until i saw it again.I was watching this last night. I had not seen the footage of Buster Keaton on Candid Camera before. That had me rolling.
Updated my streaming queues. I realized how far behind I am in the last couple years so I was going to get to some new stuff soon. Anybody have a strong opinion on any of these movies? (I just glanced at a couple of best of year lists, mainly the AV Club since I seem to agree with a lot of their ratings):
Burning, Support the Girls, Cold War, First Reformed, You Were Never Really Here, If Beale Street Could Talk, Leave No Trace, Lean on Pete, Shoplifters, Private Life, Shirkers
(I also have Buster Scruggs and Roma added, but remember a bit of talk in her about them. At home I have First Man and Blackkklansman that I grabbed at the library).
That's what I naturally gravitate to anyway. Thanks.First Reformed and You Were Never Really Here are both really good and really dark. Not exactly cheer you up movies, but both excellent.
Awwww. I'm especially happy the local theater is playing the new Apocalypse cut on the biggest screen.Ended up with a sick kid and not able to go.
Enjoy! I wasnt too upset. It would have been cool, but it was only $5. At least I purchased a ticket to support movies like that in the theater and it counts for the numbers.Awwww. I'm especially happy the local theater is playing the new Apocalypse cut on the biggest screen.
nope.Plz.....everyone......because this thread is so huge and there are so many formats for viewing cinema entertainment these days - IMAX, streaming, home theaters - could we just keep this for movie rentals, and recently viewed at that (not one of those lying under your couch and making Blockbuster mad at you) and then other people can start threads for the 3D and the watching on the phone and such. Much tidier, don't you think?
and gadgets?I saw a mission impossible movie. There were chases.
Just finished viewing the 4k of the Final Cut. What an amazing job they've done with the remastered video AND audio. Stellar.Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut
Probably my all-time favorite movie. Rather than long, rambling effusive paragraphs, I'll just simplify with bullets:
- Robert Duvall...what can I say? A one of a kind performance - could be my favorite thing. Anywhere. Of any genre.
- Sheen: I love the way this character is written and acted. Right on the edge of cold and manic.
- The music is so similar to Blade Runner, I wondered if Vangelis composed it. But no, it's Coppola.
- The final cut includes the scenes at the French plantation. They aren't terrible, but the music in those scenes is bad.