movies

[KyCardinalFan]

Saw "Bill Cosby:Himself" on cable this weekend. That still holds up as very funny, but now I'm seeing it from the parent instead of a child. Just a couple of odd moments when he talks about what men and women hear in their vows, and also when he's talks to his son saying, your mother wants me to kill you.

[Maclowery]

I'm on a kids movie kick, I guess. Watching Tron now. It's as badass as it was the first time I saw it.

[Richie Allen]

Jeepers, what a great, obscure find.

My queue (all from library):

Stray Dog - Kurosawa/Toshiro Mifune 1949
Paths of Glory - Kubrick/Kirk Douglas 1957
Rio Bravo - Hawks/John Wayne 1959

Paths of Glory is one of my top two favorite Kubrick films. Rio Bravo is high on my list of films I want to see. I need to look into Stray Dog. I'd never heard of it.

I don't think I loved Hobson's Choice, although it was definitely worth watching. One of those films I feel I'll have to watch again some time before I completely decide how much I like it. Comedy-wise, I don't think it was quite up to par with some of the better Alec Guinness, Ealing Studios comedies from the same period.

[omaha_red]

My little Podunk, one horse town library continues to amaze me. Just rented the recently released Criterion version of Hobson's Choice. 1953 David Lean film starring two of my favorite actors, Charles Laughton and John Mills. Impossible for me to not love this one.

Jeepers, what a great, obscure find.

My queue (all from library):

Stray Dog - Kurosawa/Toshiro Mifune 1949
Paths of Glory - Kubrick/Kirk Douglas 1957
Rio Bravo - Hawks/John Wayne 1959
I Will Fight No More Forever - 1975 TV Movie
Triplets of Belleville - 2003

stray dog.. while being one of my favorite kurosawa/mifune movies ever..
also has one the coolest movie posters ever..

[cards2468]

My little Podunk, one horse town library continues to amaze me. Just rented the recently released Criterion version of Hobson's Choice. 1953 David Lean film starring two of my favorite actors, Charles Laughton and John Mills. Impossible for me to not love this one.

Jeepers, what a great, obscure find.

My queue (all from library):

Stray Dog - Kurosawa/Toshiro Mifune 1949
Paths of Glory - Kubrick/Kirk Douglas 1957
Rio Bravo - Hawks/John Wayne 1959
I Will Fight No More Forever - 1975 TV Movie
Triplets of Belleville - 2003

stray dog.. while being one of my favorite kurosawa/mifune movies ever..
also has one the coolest movie posters ever..

Wow, that is pretty awesome, I might have to be a tool and see that movie just because of the poster

[omaha_red]

My little Podunk, one horse town library continues to amaze me. Just rented the recently released Criterion version of Hobson's Choice. 1953 David Lean film starring two of my favorite actors, Charles Laughton and John Mills. Impossible for me to not love this one.

Jeepers, what a great, obscure find.

My queue (all from library):

Stray Dog - Kurosawa/Toshiro Mifune 1949
Paths of Glory - Kubrick/Kirk Douglas 1957
Rio Bravo - Hawks/John Wayne 1959
I Will Fight No More Forever - 1975 TV Movie
Triplets of Belleville - 2003

stray dog.. while being one of my favorite kurosawa/mifune movies ever..
also has one the coolest movie posters ever..

Wow, that is pretty awesome, I might have to be a tool and see that movie just because of the poster

the movie is japanese, slow, and a very early film noir.. it's not for everyone.. just fyi..

[cards2468]

My little Podunk, one horse town library continues to amaze me. Just rented the recently released Criterion version of Hobson's Choice. 1953 David Lean film starring two of my favorite actors, Charles Laughton and John Mills. Impossible for me to not love this one.

Jeepers, what a great, obscure find.

My queue (all from library):

Stray Dog - Kurosawa/Toshiro Mifune 1949
Paths of Glory - Kubrick/Kirk Douglas 1957
Rio Bravo - Hawks/John Wayne 1959
I Will Fight No More Forever - 1975 TV Movie
Triplets of Belleville - 2003

stray dog.. while being one of my favorite kurosawa/mifune movies ever..
also has one the coolest movie posters ever..

Wow, that is pretty awesome, I might have to be a tool and see that movie just because of the poster

the movie is japanese, slow, and a very early film noir.. it's not for everyone.. just fyi..

I added it to my netflix, that way if I don't like it I won't feel too bad

[Richie Allen]

Kurosawa loved to put those women down on their knees. Usually, with their backends facing the camera. I suppose that might not have worked as well for the movie poster.

[The Third Man]

Hey, Paths of Glory is one of my two favorite Kubricks as well. The other is The Shining.

I watched Brazil last night. Holy crap, what a movie. That was so fun and unique and insanely creative. I haven't seen anything that original in a long time.

[cpebbles]

Paths of Glory is more a movie that I admire than that I love. I prefer Kubrick's later films when he started to take his time with the pacing. Personally, my two favorites are A Clockwork Orange and 2001, with Eyes Wide Shut coming in very close behind.