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Odd choice of director, but as long as it isn't Leto as the Joker, I would give it a watch at some point.
very uneven flick, but that villain guy's my favorite villain. movies these days needs an oldworld sophisticated psychopath likat.
I am in general, but really disliked his version of The Joker in SS.I'm a Leto fan, so
I agree that it's a bit uneven. It has some really good parts- anything with Rita- but overall it's just ok. The director doesn't appear to have directed anything else of too much significance.
omg
Doesn't hold up.
Love Ghost World as well, and that is going to be my next Criterion purchase. Might be my favorite Buscemi too. So many good characters and scenes and I thought that it captures a lot of the emotions of going from HS to whatever really well, especially if your friends aren't going in the same direction as you.
I own Boogie Nights, Reservoir Dogs, and Blade Runner on DVD, and I find myself watching them at least every couple of years.
That looks like a parody of The Omen - which I'm sure will have plenty of comic fodder. Speaking of parodies, did you hear that Matt Groening is making an animated fantasy series for Netflix? As a huge Game of Thrones and Simpsons fan, I am at maximum geek level.
It's ok. The music is a solid with Frank, Bing and Louis Armstrong but there's nobody anywhere near as funny in the cast.
Hard to top Der Bingle's scenes w Pops & that skinny kid. What a swell party!
I like Bing and Frank, but they aren't Cary Grant or Jimmy Stewart. Grant is probably the funniest non-purely comedic actor ever. Also while Grace Kelly is wonderful, she's not funny. Hepburn can do funny very well.
Who rated The Road highly? I mean, I'm not saying it's great. But it's a mostly faithful adaptation of a truly great novel.
Actually yeah, it probably was seen as a disappointment, right? Also I did not find the novel great at all. Give me Blood Meridian every time.
State of the Union (1948) was Capra's follow-up to It's a Wonderful Life. It's the story of a wealthy industrialist who gets political aspirations to get the Republican nomination for President. In his campaigning, he is conflicted by his desire to be honest and speak to the people or make political alliances by abandoning his true self. He starts on a campaign of "drown the politicians" but is guided into the traditional D.C. political web. Like most Capra films, it's a bit corny and rarely seems super serious. Which is a weakness but also a strength because it's actually pretty funny. Some of the characters feel they fell out of a screwball comedy. Good film and the charm of Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn easily carries it.
It's all good. I don't know a single person that loves exactly all the same movies I love.
You should post a list of your DVD / Bluray collection so we can see how many we have in common.
I'd have to look and post later.
Nice. I've been listening to the ones of movies that I have basically memorized like Res.Dogs, Die Hard, Aliens, etc.. I like what they bring so some of the others I haven't seen I will try to watch the movie before listening - ie Amadeus.
Oh you've got to see Amadeus. If my memory is correct, you have expressed some interest/enjoyment of classical music, right?
For sure. Not sure why I haven't gotten around to it, just haven't. One of the many movies on my list to watch.
Amadeus is very close to a perfect movie. The only thing that spoiled it for me is that i'd seen Tim Curry as Wolfie in the play and Tom Hulce just never really captured the torture of genius like Curry had. I've warmed up to the Hulce performance more over the yrs, but...
Interesting. I can't imagine Curry in that role. I'm not a big fan of him so I a glad I just have the Hulce performance in my mind.
