Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 432

Alex · 05-04-2009, 09:05 AM

I need to watch Tom Jones again. I absolutely hated it and consider it the worst movie (I've seen) that won Best Picture.

But maybe I was in a bad mood because a lot of people seem to like it. But then a lot of people like Chicago and Forrest Gump and they're all obviously wrong.

As for Albert Finney's declining looks I cut him slack for being 70+ years old. Not everybody gets to age like Paul Newman.

Snowflake · 05-04-2009, 09:22 AM

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Ah, but look how he aged. All that fun took its toll.

Well, that did not happen to ~~Alan Bates~~, ~~Richard Burton~~, ~~Peter O'Toole~~, ~~Richard Harris~~, ~~Robert Newton~~, right?

Now, Cary Grant, he looked great at 30 and great at 80.

innerSpaceman · 05-04-2009, 09:40 AM

Oh, I'm not saying it happens to everybody. And I'm not saying Albert Finney did not and does not remain a fine actor.

His particular path to age has not been graceful in the looks department. And I was just kidding about its relation to the hard-partying life of his early famous characterization of Tom Jones.

I don't follow celebrity who-ha, and have zero idea about Albert Finney's private life.

I admire his professional life quite a bit. My personal favorite performance (not indicative of his best, by my fave) is as Ebenezer Scrooge in the bizarre, fantastic 1970 Brit musical "Scrooge."

flippyshark · 05-04-2009, 03:18 PM

I loves me some Scrooge. I usually watch it at some non-Christmas time of year.

Deebs · 05-04-2009, 04:54 PM

I loved Albert Finney in Scrooge. I try to watch it at least once during the Christmas season, but my only copy is a funky old VHS tape from way too long ago, which does take away some of the enjoyment.

Tref · 05-04-2009, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Snowflake

Now, Cary Grant, he looked great at 30 and great at 80.

At 83 -- not so much.

flippyshark · 05-04-2009, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Deebs

I loved Albert Finney in Scrooge. I try to watch it at least once during the Christmas season, but my only copy is a funky old VHS tape from way too long ago, which does take away some of the enjoyment.

The DVD can be found very cheaply, and the movie fills every bit of its widescreen frame with elaborate detail, so whenever you have a chance to graduate from your old VHS, you may well find it a revelation.

innerSpaceman · 05-04-2009, 05:55 PM

Heheh, I remember the first time I finally saw it in widescreen. Revelation indeed!

second class citizen · 05-04-2009, 08:20 PM

Okay, I just watched perhaps the most bizarre and most definitely "mislabeled" movie ever. Grizzly Man is listed on IMDb as a "heartrending" tale. Heartrending? Not. One for the Darwin Awards? Most definitely. All I could think of throughout the entire movie was Christopher Guest thinking, "Okay, I can retire now. Someone [Werner Herzog] has bested me. This movie is Life intimating Art."

CoasterMatt · 05-04-2009, 08:30 PM

Grizzly Man was a Pauly Shore comedy, right?

05-04-2009, 09:05 AM	#4311
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I need to watch Tom Jones again. I absolutely hated it and consider it the worst movie (I've seen) that won Best Picture. But maybe I was in a bad mood because a lot of people seem to like it. But then a lot of people like Chicago and Forrest Gump and they're all obviously wrong. As for Albert Finney's declining looks I cut him slack for being 70+ years old. Not everybody gets to age like Paul Newman.
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05-04-2009, 09:40 AM	#4313
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Oh, I'm not saying it happens to everybody. And I'm not saying Albert Finney did not and does not remain a fine actor. His particular path to age has not been graceful in the looks department. And I was just kidding about its relation to the hard-partying life of his early famous characterization of Tom Jones. I don't follow celebrity who-ha, and have zero idea about Albert Finney's private life. I admire his professional life quite a bit. My personal favorite performance (not indicative of his best, by my fave) is as Ebenezer Scrooge in the bizarre, fantastic 1970 Brit musical "Scrooge."
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05-04-2009, 03:18 PM	#4314
flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	I loves me some Scrooge. I usually watch it at some non-Christmas time of year.
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05-04-2009, 04:54 PM	#4315
Deebs ... Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 961	I loved Albert Finney in Scrooge. I try to watch it at least once during the Christmas season, but my only copy is a funky old VHS tape from way too long ago, which does take away some of the enjoyment.
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05-04-2009, 05:55 PM	#4318
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Heheh, I remember the first time I finally saw it in widescreen. Revelation indeed!
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05-04-2009, 08:20 PM	#4319
second class citizen Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 135	Okay, I just watched perhaps the most bizarre and most definitely "mislabeled" movie ever. Grizzly Man is listed on IMDb as a "heartrending" tale. Heartrending? Not. One for the Darwin Awards? Most definitely. All I could think of throughout the entire movie was Christopher Guest thinking, "Okay, I can retire now. Someone [Werner Herzog] has bested me. This movie is Life intimating Art." __________________ An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he, for some reason, thinks it would be a good idea to give them." - Andy Warhol
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05-04-2009, 08:30 PM	#4320
CoasterMatt BRAAAAAAAINS! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: One Step Beyond... Posts: 8,802	Grizzly Man was a Pauly Shore comedy, right? __________________ Do you like my photography? Visit photosbymatt.tumblr.com to purchase prints!
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