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That makes me 0 for 2 .. ha.
I just watched the original Sabrina for the first time in awhile and it's much more complicated than I remember. There is a lot going on in this.
Bogie's '40s were so good that it's easy to forget the 50s, but his 1953 - Captain Queeg and two great world-weary performances in Sabrina & Barefoot Contessa, was about as good a movie year as a old guy can put together. His pursuit of Sabrina wasn't obsessive or creepy at all - he almost didn't want her to go for it. I'm old enough to have tried half-my-age relationships a coupla times and that what-are-we-doing-here thing is just there. Thought Bogie handled it w grace & humor.
Had occasion recently to be reminded of the general opinion in movieland that GWH was ghosted. I got too many half-finished scripts already, but the story of two beefcakes who decide on a strategy for being taken seriously would be a great way to have fun w entertainment commerce these days.
Coming into it I was pretty certain I was going to choose LA Confidential. I was certain that or Boogie Nights would be the FBG vote. Maybe I got swept up in the crowd here but I like GWH. Not every Best Picture has to be gritty or center around murder, sex, violence. Sometimes a great movie can be hopeful and inspiring even if it’s a bit overly sentimental or totally unrealistic.
Oh I won't fault you for liking Goodwill Hunting. I just think there are far stronger candidates.
well, this is what Affleck & Damon allegedly did - stole a story and let everyone from Wm Goldman to Kevin Smith try to crack the structure while they improvised dialogue together to create a coupla scenes - but they both turned out to be pretty darn good filmmakers. but a possible story of two, say, 90210 types who decide to become remedial auteurs in a Bill & Ted-type quest thru every canyon film maverick in Hollywood could be a juicy satire
Bogey even went out on top imo. The 1956 adaptation of Bud Schulberg’s The Harder They Fall is really good. It’s Bogarts last film and one of my sneaky favorites.
I love Boogie Nights and this shouldn't be an insult, but it always struck me as maybe a bit too influenced by Goodfellas.
It's a fair critique, especially the opening shot. At least PTA was smart enough to leave behind the voice-over.
hella better than GWH
I think most of my dislike for Titanic is due to age. I was in 8th grade or so when it came out and every girl in school was fawning over Leo and seeing it repeatedly at the theater. A big soap opera love story with a teen heartthrob was the exact opposite of what I was looking for in a movie at the time. Add in the popularity and ubiquity of the Celine Dion song and I was just staunchly against it- partly for the sake of being cool and contrarian. Good Will Hunting might be soapy but it's movie that made me as a young person feel good about myself. It made me feel like there was hope and there was a reason to not just be resigned to be who your friends were but to step out and take risks on your own. To be better a person. Titanic was just a sinking romance on a sinking ship with a stinking song.
I watched 10 minutes of Titanic, and I thought it was unbearable. That said, I liked Avatar a lot and people hate that movie so...
