tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post8178224456419689085..comments2024-03-28T01:36:10.408-04:00Comments on Dancin' Dan On Film: Thursday Movie Picks - Intersecting StoriesDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-84982885100824596642016-03-23T15:14:44.965-04:002016-03-23T15:14:44.965-04:00I don't think Crash was terrible but I didn...I don't think Crash was terrible but I didn't think it was that good either. It was one of those message movies that tries to drive the message in a heavy-handed way like one of those Lifetime movies except it has better actors a slightly better script. Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942463921185187112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-53933839910198526292016-03-20T13:44:15.864-04:002016-03-20T13:44:15.864-04:00Amorres perros (2000); Lock,stock & two smokin...Amorres perros (2000); Lock,stock & two smoking barrels (1998) / snatch (2000); Back to the future part II (1989)esthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00769135712112355276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-65181953452254266222016-03-19T20:59:00.917-04:002016-03-19T20:59:00.917-04:00It is SO. GOOD. Despite how I feel about the endin...It is SO. GOOD. Despite how I feel about the ending.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-90021857326508040902016-03-19T20:57:44.260-04:002016-03-19T20:57:44.260-04:00I don't know that Crash is PERFECTLY well-made...I don't know that Crash is PERFECTLY well-made, but it's not nearly as bad as its reputation suggests. And the performances are great all around.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-57845395089323143532016-03-19T20:55:47.646-04:002016-03-19T20:55:47.646-04:00I like Crash but not much more. But Tarantino real...I like Crash but not much more. But Tarantino really is a genius, Hateful Eight notwithstanding.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-43528642614852707582016-03-19T20:54:59.144-04:002016-03-19T20:54:59.144-04:00YES! It's still only about my third favorite T...YES! It's still only about my third favorite Tarantino but it really is great.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-86133411595424294852016-03-19T18:59:28.533-04:002016-03-19T18:59:28.533-04:00Great picks. I hadn't seen Magnolia in an age ...Great picks. I hadn't seen Magnolia in an age until the other week - forgot what a moving film it isKatie Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01176992567322682222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-49681236620511603382016-03-18T22:58:27.151-04:002016-03-18T22:58:27.151-04:00Hypnotic is a great word to describe Magnolia. Tha...Hypnotic is a great word to describe Magnolia. That movie glides through three hours. And I fucking love the frog rain ending. Pulp Fiction is a pure work of genius. And, sorry but not sorry to anyone, I think Crash is a really solid movie. So what it's on the nose as far as the script is concerned. That's the point. It is perfectly well-made, and Matt Dillon's work is outstanding. Kevin Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219017960488448934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-45524087616392341472016-03-18T20:51:33.404-04:002016-03-18T20:51:33.404-04:00I am envious! I hope you will give your "repo...I am envious! I hope you will give your "report" on this. By the way, what happened to Fisti? I hope everything is ok because suddenly he is gone and that is such a shame.Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-41003785989728476152016-03-18T09:25:00.170-04:002016-03-18T09:25:00.170-04:00Sorry to hear about your rough week. I hope it get...Sorry to hear about your rough week. I hope it gets better. I loved Crash, but Pulp Fiction, man Tarantino is a genius! Sonia Cercahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313734872038610058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-5090949126602557572016-03-17T16:18:59.711-04:002016-03-17T16:18:59.711-04:00YEY for Pulp Fiction! One of my all time favorites...YEY for Pulp Fiction! One of my all time favorites. That film is just brilliant and still the best thing Tarantino ever made.<br /><br />I hope your week will get better!s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13987831438787776712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-63065810718092128762016-03-17T15:48:40.102-04:002016-03-17T15:48:40.102-04:00Yeah, another Lee Grant fan!!! There just can'...Yeah, another Lee Grant fan!!! There just can't be too many. I read her auto-bio last year, fascinating reminisces on dealing with life and her career under the blacklist.<br /><br />She's always wonderful whether playing it straight and heavy or gobbling up scenery right and left ala Airport '77. Have you seen her deeply moving performance in It's My Party? That movie is loaded with so much great work, ultimately it's a crusher but there's a lot of humor mixed in.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-88563590373800249572016-03-17T15:34:14.154-04:002016-03-17T15:34:14.154-04:00I KNOW, RIGHT?!? Pulp Fiction is a stone cold clas...I KNOW, RIGHT?!? Pulp Fiction is a stone cold classic and I can't believe I'm the only one who went there! I was really into Magnolia until the climax which just stopped the movie dead in its tracks for me. I don't think Crash is bad, but it is messy and it's nowhere near Best Picture material.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-87985620687274584892016-03-17T15:32:15.078-04:002016-03-17T15:32:15.078-04:00Thanks Birgit. It will be, because I am seeing Ver...Thanks Birgit. It will be, because I am seeing Vertigo in 35mm!!! THANK YOU, Metrograph!!! I feel the same as you about all these films - fine, very good, great.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-45823539953416414902016-03-17T15:31:11.541-04:002016-03-17T15:31:11.541-04:00I REALLY liked Magnolia UNTIL the end, which compl...I REALLY liked Magnolia UNTIL the end, which completely took me out of the story in the worst way. Magical realism done WRONG. But MY GOD the performances. They are out of this world.<br /><br />Yeah, I could not understand it when Crash was even nominated for Best Picture. Then it WON.<br /><br />Vantage Point is an interesting pick, since it's really one story told from multiple perspectives. I remember seeing it in the theater and by about the fourth time it rewound, the entire audience started groaning. LOUDLY.<br /><br />LOVE Grand Hotel even if Garbo is ridiculously miscast as a ballerina. I haven't seen Detective Story but I will, if only for Lee Grant.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-24658384922462478202016-03-17T15:27:48.911-04:002016-03-17T15:27:48.911-04:00Thanks. Thankfully I have good friends that are ke...Thanks. Thankfully I have good friends that are keeping me busy and keeping the alcohol flowing JUST enough. :-)<br /><br />I feel the same about Crash. It's not bad, but I don't love it or anything.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-9745146974426303542016-03-17T12:43:50.004-04:002016-03-17T12:43:50.004-04:00Shocked that this is the first mention of Pulp Fic...Shocked that this is the first mention of Pulp Fiction that I've seen today. What a great movie. Still need to see Magnolia. Crash. No.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-19949796727410147692016-03-17T12:27:57.808-04:002016-03-17T12:27:57.808-04:00Sorry to hear about your rough week. I hope the we...Sorry to hear about your rough week. I hope the weekend will be a bit better. I enjoyed Crash even though it is just OK, Love Magnolia and really love Pulp Fiction. All great for this weekBirgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-60518340692736129322016-03-17T09:50:48.344-04:002016-03-17T09:50:48.344-04:00I haven't seen Magnolia but the other two fit ...I haven't seen Magnolia but the other two fit the theme very well. <br /><br />I saw Crash in the theatre on its initial release with a friend and we both thought it was passable but promptly forgot about it. When it started getting all the hype my buddy and I had to shake our memories to think if we had actually seen it.<br /><br />Pulp Fiction is a love it or hate it movie and I'm in the latter camp. It was torture for me to make it through even once.<br /><br />Most films have stories that intersect which made this a bit of a challenge so I decided to go with films whose main idea was that they were multi-focused. <br /><br />Vantage Point (2008)-The various stories related to an attempted assassination are told from numerous vantage points. Over plotted but still engrossing film, some story threads are better realized than others. Strong cast includes Sigourney Weaver, Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker and Édgar Ramírez.<br /><br />Detective Story (1951)-One day in the life of the detective squad of the 21st Precinct. The intersecting story of the various people who pass through their doors includes: a sweet but dotty old lady; an embezzler and his girl; a pair of blustering burglars and a naive shoplifter (Lee Grant). One of the officers, Detective Jim McLeod (Kirk Douglas) is a tough cynical man whose obsessive pursuit of an abortionist could lead to personal disaster. Both Grant and Eleanor Parker as McLeod’s wife scored Oscar nominations.<br /><br />Grand Hotel (1932)-“Grand Hotel...always the same. People come, people go. Nothing ever happens.” So it seems to the desk clerk of the title building but this tells the tale of many intermingling stories. Creaks a little with age but contains some really fine performances, Joan Crawford’s best early work, the Barrymore brothers, but also some less distinguished ones, Garbo in particular seems stiff in many scenes. The genesis of the all-star picture this holds the distinction of being the only Best Picture winner to do so on a sole nomination.<br />joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-46884603224862803422016-03-17T09:33:28.949-04:002016-03-17T09:33:28.949-04:00I'm sorry your week was rough! I hope it goes ...I'm sorry your week was rough! I hope it goes smoothly from here.<br /><br />Love Magnolia and Pulp Fiction. I'm not crazy about Crash. It's by no means a bad movie, but I just wasn't the biggest fan.Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.com