movies

[JL21]

A Face in the Crowd was fabulous.

Unmistakably a Kazan film - story of grand proportions. Patricia Neal -the best. Andy Griffith -who knew. Walter Matthau.
The film is worth watching for time capsule noir alone (starting in NE Arkansas, to NYC and early TV Land and Madison Avenue.)

And good grief- TV was in it's infancy as a media when this film aired 1957. Bradbury-esque prophecies with the abuse of media personality and never-ending appetite of the masses lap it up.

My mom is an extra in that movie.

[Freed Roger]

A Face in the Crowd was fabulous.

Unmistakably a Kazan film - story of grand proportions. Patricia Neal -the best. Andy Griffith -who knew. Walter Matthau.
The film is worth watching for time capsule noir alone (starting in NE Arkansas, to NYC and early TV Land and Madison Avenue.)

And good grief- TV was in it's infancy as a media when this film aired 1957. Bradbury-esque prophecies with the abuse of media personality and never-ending appetite of the masses lap it up.

My mom is an extra in that movie.

let me guess - the Lonesome Rhodes homecoming to Arkansas.

[JL21]

A Face in the Crowd was fabulous.

Unmistakably a Kazan film - story of grand proportions. Patricia Neal -the best. Andy Griffith -who knew. Walter Matthau.
The film is worth watching for time capsule noir alone (starting in NE Arkansas, to NYC and early TV Land and Madison Avenue.)

And good grief- TV was in it's infancy as a media when this film aired 1957. Bradbury-esque prophecies with the abuse of media personality and never-ending appetite of the masses lap it up.

My mom is an extra in that movie.

let me guess - the Lonesome Rhodes homecoming to Arkansas.

I honestly haven't seen it, so I don't know which scene. But whichever scene, it was filmed in the bootheel.

[Freed Roger]

My mom is an extra in that movie.
I honestly haven't seen it, so I don't know which scene. But whichever scene, it was filmed in the bootheel.

I'm guessing this scene-Lonesome Rhodes returns to the bootheel to judge a baton-twirling contest - a smokin young Lee Remick in the front there.

[The Third Man]

A Face in the Crowd is damn good. Who knew Andy Griffith could be such a prick?

[cpebbles]

Apparently anyone who has spent any time at all around him personally.

[G. Keenan]

I watched Take Shelter tonight.

Wow. Probably the finest acting I've seen this year, and I'm still not sure what to make of it.

[jim]

We saw Decendant tonight with Clooney. My wife liked it, but a big thumbs down from me. Not well acted, ridiculously bad writing. I hate to sound like a movie critic, but it had potential with the plot but I just couldn't get over some of the nonsense. The daughters b/f just hanging around the whole [expletive] movie? When Clooney went to confront the wife's b/f at the house the daughter declined the tour of the house because she said "Oh, us girls will sit out here and talk.". You are [expletive] 17 [expletive]. No 17 year old is going to say that. And the little daughter brings a random kid up to see the mom on the ventilator on a bet? Not happening. And when the wife of Clooney's wife's b/f comes to the hospital to visit? The idiot random b/f "gets it" and says "Hey, let's go to the cafeteria". The guy was a fcuking stoner that didn't get anything, and I'm not sure he knew the whole story there, but he finally "gets it"? And the little kid doesn't [expletive] about it? And then the lady goes off of the almost dead lady? No. I'm sorry. Ridiculous.

Bad bad bad bad bad bad. I know it's getting many good reviews, but I just can't fathom it. It's just stupid bad writing.

[Jocephus]

Young adult was better than I expected

[Richie Allen]

A Face in the Crowd was in the most recent top 50 movie list I made but it'll probably drop out by the next one. I still like it a lot and Griffith is amazing ("Stupid Idiots...") but it seems to be less fun to watch every time I see it. But it is amazing how well they had our society today pegged in that movie.

Our Idiot Brother: One genuine laugh (not from any of the stars) and a few smiles in 90 minutes. Can't recommend.

Horrible Bosses. Ridiculous but pretty fun. Wish it had been a little more ridiculous. Or I should say more funny.