tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post3069629638071211458..comments2024-03-28T01:36:10.408-04:00Comments on Dancin' Dan On Film: Thursday Movie Picks - Character Name in TitleDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-30988806665350576562018-01-11T00:04:41.033-05:002018-01-11T00:04:41.033-05:00Kill Bill is SO MUCH FUN. As is Doctor Strangelove...Kill Bill is SO MUCH FUN. As is Doctor Strangelove, but in a VERY different way.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-29174890863597262712018-01-11T00:03:32.298-05:002018-01-11T00:03:32.298-05:00I like Kill Bill Vol. 2 just fine, and it's gr...I like Kill Bill Vol. 2 just fine, and it's great, but doesn't quite hit the highs on Vol. 1 for me.<br /><br />Don't be sorry! Strangelove is definitely one of those films where you have to be able to get on the film's wavelength, and if it's not your thing, it's not your thing.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-42207824483838749372018-01-11T00:01:56.960-05:002018-01-11T00:01:56.960-05:00lol Michael Clayton isn't boring so much as a ...lol Michael Clayton isn't boring so much as a bit full of itself? But Tilda is SO WORTH IT. Doctor Strangelove is ESSENTIAL.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-83683394052148098462018-01-11T00:00:40.773-05:002018-01-11T00:00:40.773-05:00hehe LOVE your theme within the theme! The only on...hehe LOVE your theme within the theme! The only one I've seen is Rachel, Rachel, which is definitely worth it for Woodward (although I found it a bit dated). I've always been intrigued by Corrina, Corrina, but haven't ever gotten around to it.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-62896077282803419112018-01-05T12:40:58.735-05:002018-01-05T12:40:58.735-05:00I have seen Michael Clayton which was good. I real...I have seen Michael Clayton which was good. I really love the styling of Nutbar Tarantino but I still have to see Kill Bill. Gosh! I was finally going to watch Dr. Strangelove and I still haven't. I taped it (old saying but you know what I mean) and just haven't watched it yetBirgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-74783678064758696712018-01-04T21:02:13.571-05:002018-01-04T21:02:13.571-05:00Kill Bill is an amazing movie. Actually, I love bo...<i>Kill Bill</i> is an amazing movie. Actually, I love both parts. <i>Michael Clayton</i> is fine, but a bit too convoluted for me to love. I'm not a fan of <i>Dr. Strangelove.</i> I tried several times. I really, really tried. It just doesn't work for me. Sorry.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-83538433155203384442018-01-04T20:08:09.352-05:002018-01-04T20:08:09.352-05:00I love Kill Bill! I never saw Michael Clayton or D...I love Kill Bill! I never saw Michael Clayton or Doctor Strangelove but I'd like to see both eventually. I was silently boycotting Michael Clayton because I thought the trailer looked so boring during that Oscar season and I'm sure I was wrong. lolBrittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-19799310894813215662018-01-04T20:03:58.009-05:002018-01-04T20:03:58.009-05:00Good choices though I can't honestly say I lov...Good choices though I can't honestly say I love any of them. I do like two, one quite a bit more than the other. <br /><br />Tilda and her ace performance were the most memorable parts of Michael Clayton though Clooney was decent in the lead just outmatched acting wise by her. <br /><br />Dr. Strangelove is such a weird beast, I hated it the first time I watched it but upon a revisit and knowing what to expect I appreciated its unique point of view. I don't see myself ever loving it but it a complete original.<br /><br />I tried with Kill Bill but it just wasn't for me. I'll never watch the sequel. <br /><br />I did a theme within the theme of which I'm sure you'll approve since it is Debbie Reynolds inspired. My first pick which she stars in has been a long time favorite of mine and when I received a copy of the DVD for Christmas I used the title as my guide.<br /><br />Mary, Mary (1963)-Struggling New York book publisher Bob McKellaway (Barry Nelson-who is fine but his role has Jack Lemmon’s name all over it) is getting ready to marry his socialite fiancée Tiffany (a knockout Diane McBain) as soon as his divorce from first wife Mary (Debbie Reynolds) comes though. However his accountant Oscar (a delightful Hiram Sherman) requests Mary come up from Philadelphia for the day to straighten out some tax issues before the decree becomes final. Once together Bob and Mary start to jab wittily at each other and before you know it their attraction starts to resurface aided by the attentions to Mary of movie star and prospective author Dirk Winsten (Michael Rennie) and an inconvenient snowstorm. Betrays its stage origins (the play ran for over 1500 performances) but is often clever and witty. Both Rennie and Nelson repeat their Broadway roles.<br /><br />Rachel, Rachel (1968)-Rachel Cameron (Joanne Woodward) is a lonely middle-aged schoolteacher. Never married and still a virgin she lives a life of quiet desperation with her widowed mother over the funeral home left to them by her father. Over summer vacation she goes to a revival meeting with her best friend fellow teacher Calla (Estelle Parsons) during which she has an epiphany and begins to emerge from her shell taking her life in unexpected directions. Directed by Paul Newman as a vehicle for his wife this received four Oscar nominations including ones for Woodward, Parsons and Best Picture.<br /><br />Corrina, Corrina (1994)-Widower Manny Singer (Ray Liotta) is frustrated in his search for a nanny for his young daughter who has withdrawn into herself since her mother’s death and stopped speaking. When Corrina Washington (Whoopi Goldberg) applies she is able to break through the child’s reserve and is hired. As time passes she and Manny discover an attraction and grow closer but all does not go smoothly.<br /><br />And to show this is not strictly a female happenstance:<br /><br />Buddy Buddy (1981)-Trabucco (Walter Matthau) a hitman on a job to rub out a Mob informant before he testifies is waylaid by Victor Clooney (Jack Lemmon), the suicidal guy in the hotel room next door. Once he talks him off the ledge he plans to jump from their lives become intertwined and nothing goes as planned. Billy Wilder’s final film as director would seem to have everything needed to succeed, a reteaming of Lemmon and Matthau, a quality supporting cast and the great man himself behind the camera but even he admitted that it was more or less a miss. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.com