tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post7267515956032085690..comments2024-03-28T01:36:10.408-04:00Comments on Dancin' Dan On Film: Thursday Movie Picks - MeltdownsDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-75046462906992191462018-04-26T14:01:58.464-04:002018-04-26T14:01:58.464-04:00I've seen all your picks and enjoyed them, but...I've seen all your picks and enjoyed them, but they totally escaped me when I made my picks.Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942463921185187112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-2665831181402232982018-04-20T14:11:20.787-04:002018-04-20T14:11:20.787-04:00LOOK AT THAT FUCKING COOKIE!
Love that movie. McC...LOOK AT THAT FUCKING COOKIE!<br /><br />Love that movie. McCarthy's nomination is one of my all time favoritess.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13987831438787776712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-7943556448808649442018-04-20T13:58:29.667-04:002018-04-20T13:58:29.667-04:00I watched Sunset Boulevard last week and I loved i...I watched Sunset Boulevard last week and I loved it. I really liked the other two too and I almost picked American Beauty myself. Sonia Cercahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313734872038610058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-10072792244281121572018-04-19T13:46:41.197-04:002018-04-19T13:46:41.197-04:00I picked Sunset last week and it is brilliant, sim...I picked Sunset last week and it is brilliant, simply put. American Beauty seems to have all sorts of breakdowns and lyrical poetry in my book. Bridesmaids is just downright hilarious in my book. The scene in the exclusive shop made me laugh so hard I almost peed my pants...almost. Great picks!Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-36759425120500222872018-04-19T11:59:00.649-04:002018-04-19T11:59:00.649-04:00So Mommie Dearest, strange beast of a film that it...So Mommie Dearest, strange beast of a film that it is, WAS on my list, until I came up with the angle of watching a character meltdown basically throughout the whole film. Which KIND OF happens in Mommie Dearest, except that the big breakdown comes with the hanger scene which is... halfway through? ANYWAY, Faye is just beyond great in that role... literally. She is completely beyond notions of good and bad.<br /><br />I'm talking a lot about Mommie Dearest because I haven't seen the others, although I have heard of They Drive By Night.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-45586415630208934132018-04-19T11:54:27.027-04:002018-04-19T11:54:27.027-04:00Well, you're in good company on not liking Bri...Well, you're in good company on not liking Bridesmaids - my mom didn't like it either, and I really thought she would.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-10041397182106997342018-04-19T10:06:14.026-04:002018-04-19T10:06:14.026-04:00You can't do better than Sunset Blvd. Sad, fun...You can't do better than Sunset Blvd. Sad, funny, tragic and fascinating I can't pass it on TV without stopping and watching to the end. Holden gets short shrift because Swanson and von Stroheim are so powerful but he is pitch perfect as well.<br /><br />American Beauty is too dark to return to often but it is brilliantly acted. That paper bag scene was seen as so cutting edge at the time and has such a total cliche now.<br /><br />While it fits in well with the week I LOATHED Bridesmaids.<br /><br />This was an easy week for me, all three came to me very quickly.<br /><br />They Drive by Night (1940)-Joe and Paul Fabini (George Raft & Humphrey Bogart) are wildcat truckers struggling to make enough to get their own business off the ground. When Paul is seriously injured in an accident Joe goes to work for old friend Ed Carlsen (Alan Hale) the owner of a successful trucking firm and all seems well. The problems start when Ed’s much younger wife Lana (a riveting Ida Lupino) discovers that Joe is seriously involved with Cassie (Ann Sheridan) and allows her (unreciprocated) desire for Joe to take extreme measures leading to betrayal and death. Rough, tough Warner’s drama climaxes in a high grade courtroom meltdown. <br /><br />Mommie Dearest (1981)-Joan Crawford (Faye Dunaway) is a huge star at a crossroads in her life and career. Released after decades by MGM and between husbands she decides to start the family she’s always wanted by adopting several children with the oldest being Christina (Mara Hobel as a child/Diana Scarwid as an adult). Madly ambitious and competitive she is not suited to motherhood and rides the children relentlessly meting out hard punishments for small infractions. Among these is a spectacular meltdown late at night when she discovers that the young Christiana has failed to take her expensive dresses off wire hangers from the dry cleaners. While Crawford was a tough customer and a harsh taskmaster and child abuse is no joke this hatchet job reeks of score settling and has been largely discredited. Faye however pours her guts into the role giving almost a kabuki performance. <br /><br />Falling Down (1993)-William Foster known through most of the film by his license plate moniker D-FENS (Michael Douglas) an unemployed defense worker frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society abandons his car in LA gridlock and begins to psychotically and violently lash out against most everyone he encounters as he makes his way across the city to attend his daughter’s birthday party. The entire film is really one long meltdown.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-31035270831610207552018-04-19T07:39:23.832-04:002018-04-19T07:39:23.832-04:00American Beauty is my all time favorite film and I...American Beauty is my all time favorite film and I love Sunset Boulevard. Great picks! I'm in that tiny minority that didn't like Bridesmaids lolBrittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.com