tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post3986173601712215559..comments2024-03-28T01:36:10.408-04:00Comments on Dancin' Dan On Film: Thursday Movie Picks - Movies About MoviesDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-3366550991312445662018-04-19T14:48:01.697-04:002018-04-19T14:48:01.697-04:00Tropic Thunder is the only one I've seen and i...Tropic Thunder is the only one I've seen and it didn't work for me.Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942463921185187112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-57206647530641096022018-04-13T12:00:08.731-04:002018-04-13T12:00:08.731-04:00Tropic Thunder is a freaking laugh riot. RDJ's...Tropic Thunder is a freaking laugh riot. RDJ's performance there is one of my all time favorite Oscar nominated performances. The entire cast is incredible but he was just out of this world amazings.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13987831438787776712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-69839383980061033162018-04-13T05:25:38.622-04:002018-04-13T05:25:38.622-04:00I haven't seen any of these but Bowfinger and ...I haven't seen any of these but Bowfinger and Tropic Thunder were popular this week. I'll check them out. Sonia Cercahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313734872038610058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-62179087819663227632018-04-12T22:53:18.676-04:002018-04-12T22:53:18.676-04:00I love Bowfinger and found it a great satire but a...I love Bowfinger and found it a great satire but an homage to the people who love film but don’t quite know how to do it except the Ed Wood way. I always crack up seeing the illegal Mexican cameramen reading Cahier De Cinema. Tropic Thumder is silly, stupid and so funny...always makes me laugh. I can’t believe I haven’t seen For Your Consideration because I love Guest’s comedies with his acting group. Have you seen Schitt’s Creek? It is a Canadian comedy that stars Catherine O’Hara and Eugene Levy that I think is so funny but I don’t see it much because my hubby is the opposite of me when it comes to this type of comedy.Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-90647322737893375472018-04-12T11:35:24.910-04:002018-04-12T11:35:24.910-04:00I've seen 'em all, but I guess I need to s...I've seen 'em all, but I guess I need to see them again. Can't remember much about any of these. <i>Tropic Thunder</i> was a clever film--I do remember that much.<br /><br />Arlee Bird<br /><a href="https://tossingitout.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Tossing It Out </a>Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-78882195920820507292018-04-12T08:53:39.618-04:002018-04-12T08:53:39.618-04:00What makes Bowfinger so good is that Murphy isn...What makes Bowfinger so good is that Murphy isn't phoning it in as he does all too often but instead is giving it his all. Maybe being pitted against Martin and Baranski, two actors not adverse to stealing the spotlight from an under-performing costar, smartened up his game. You're right its not a lost classic but a fun film. <br /><br />Catherine O'Hara is just brilliant in For Your Consideration, so of course she was passed over come award time.<br /><br />I had hoped to love Tropic Thunder but while I thought it was alright I didn't think it was that great. Once was enough for me.<br /><br />Many, many choices this time out and I love this type of film so choosing was easy.<br /><br />Hollywood Story (1951)-Producer Larry O’Brien (Richard Conte) decides to make a film of the infamous unsolved murder of a silent film director that had occurred decades earlier and remained shrouded in mystery. As he attempts to investigate during pre-production the truth begins to emerge and he finds his life in danger. We see behind the scenes of at the time modern filmmaking as well as the appearance of several one-time silent stars. Slightly reworked (probably because many of the participants were still living) version of the infamous real life murder of silent film director William Desmond Taylor which remains officially unsolved to this day and destroyed the careers of silent stars Mabel Normand and Mary Miles Minter and rocked the 1922 film community. <br /><br />The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)-Movie producer Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas), ruthless and opportunistic claws his way from bottom of the barrel movies to the apex of studio system success. Along the way he enlists, uses and betrays movie star Georgia Lorrison (Lana Turner in her best screen work), director Fred Amiel (Barry Sullivan) and writer James Lee Bartlow (Dick Powell) making sworn enemies of each. Now down on his luck Shields, though his agent (Walter Pidgeon), attempts to involve them in a collaborative project but old wounds are not so easily healed. Nominated for six Oscars it won five including Adapted Screenplay and Supporting Actress (Gloria Grahame-a great actress but her role is a nothing).<br /><br />Contempt (1963)-Writer Paul Laval (Michel Piccoli) is hired by boorish American producer Jeremy Prokosch (Jack Palance) to contemporize his current film’s script about Ulysses which he feels director Fritz Lang (who plays himself) is making too prosaic. Heading to the Isle of Capri with wife Camille (Brigitte Bardot) in tow he becomes enmeshed in the process of filming as his marriage disintegrates in large part due to Camille’s resentment that Paul is using her to leverage his position in the production. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-76180464902673026032018-04-12T08:02:44.295-04:002018-04-12T08:02:44.295-04:00I love all three of these movies! Excellent picks....I love all three of these movies! Excellent picks. Tropic Thunder always gets huge props from me because RDJ's character could've gone so horribly wrong and it didn't. Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.com