Grant No: 2? Amazing. I don't know if he would even make my list.
Grant No: 2? Amazing. I don't know if he would even make my list
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I meant more than 1 submarine pictures . As far as more than 1 movie that "wasn't that bad" , definitely . And that would be the general consenses amoung most who know movies .
As far as star power, I can see Grant at or near the top. I love his work. But, I would put Barrymore and several others ahead of him as actors. In fact, one I'd put right up there, Charles Laughton, is on TCM tonight in his magnificent portrayal of Henry VIII.
I also just noticed that "12 Angry Men" is on right now.
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How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your vegetables?
Is it any good?
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
Too much dialog. Not enough action.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
Bummer.
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
No CGI. Its crap.
Second-rate casting, too.
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Not even a car chase or shoot out. The aliens were practically nonexistent.
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Touché, damn it. Meh. Just an old film with no cgi, no body counts. You know, they were so cheap they had to shoot it in only one room. A bunch of old guys you never heard of. I hope you didn't waste your time.
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And right after on another channel, another loser, The invisible Man.As far as star power, I can see Grant at or near the top. I love his work. But, I would put Barrymore and several others ahead of him as actors. In fact, one I'd put right up there, Charles Laughton, is on TCM tonight in his magnificent portrayal of Henry VIII.
I also just noticed that "12 Angry Men" is on right now.
The older I get, the better I was.
And they expected this thing to be worth seeing? Ha!
The older I get, the better I was.
Luv period films.As far as star power, I can see Grant at or near the top. I love his work. But, I would put Barrymore and several others ahead of him as actors. In fact, one I'd put right up there, Charles Laughton, is on TCM tonight in his magnificent portrayal of Henry VIII.
I also just noticed that "12 Angry Men" is on right now.
The older I get, the better I was.
No nudity in 12 Angry Men either though that's probably just as well.
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Yeah, this could certainly give rise to some sort of gang activity.
The older I get, the better I was.
Too much anger, too. Couldn't they just get along and play nicely? Or at least 12 mildly perturbed men?
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
Glad I didn't waste my time, then.
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
TCM has "Day of the Dolphin" on late tonight! I think they're stretching the definition of classic, plus they've classified it as "Horror." Nevertheless, I'm recording it because I don't think I've seen it since the theatrical debut. George C. Scott has a pretty varied filmography, doesn't he?
EDIT: The screenplay was written by Buck Henry, and the movie was directed by Mike Nichols. Could there have been a movie with more randomly mismatched credits? What were they snorting?
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Buck Henry strikes me. TCM will slide in a ringer once in a while.
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You seem to forget Henry wrote the screenplay for The Graduate, which was directed by Nichols.
I haven't seen DotD since probably the late 70s. I liked it. The thing I remember most about it, tho, is:
IIRC, didn't Scott's character have some sort of contract with the Navy? And at the end he has to sacrifice his dolphins? Man, that killed me.
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
Yeah, I just thought the Buck Henry/Nichols involvement was weird since the movie is pretty much humorless. Maybe it was supposed to be satire but fell flat?
George C. Scott is one of the true giants of film.
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I wondered if that's what you meant. But, no, I don't think it was intended to be satire. And now that you bring it to my attention, it does seem weird because I think Henry was mostly a satirist. I've always thought Catch-22 was brilliant.
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
Anatomy of a Murder, The Hustler, doesn't get much better. I've watched Patton many times but I think I would have rather seem him in, Battle of the Bulge. Star packed, the action scenes, he and Fonda would have been great together. But just as a war film, BOTB is superior. Now this man has presence.
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