What Swanky Things are you Watching?

[Claire]

My husband likes A Mighty Wind more than Show or Guffman, but he loves them all. I think he likes the irony of A Mighty Wind....the return of Spinal Tap in a way, I guess.

I LOVE Guffman and Show equally I think--Guffman because of the characters and Corky and the story, and Show because the characters played by the same actors are so different....shows their range. I mean I just LOVE them. I think they're both flawlesss!! The humor and character actors are right up my alley.

We watched North By Northwest last night. Loved it! I grew up with the movie--it was one of my dad's favorites, but I hadn't seen it in probably 15 years. It was like the return of an old friend!

The movies I have sitting here are:

The Women
Bringing up Baby
The Philadelphia Story
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Psycho
Citizen Kane
Schindler's List

My goal this week is to get to all of them (want to watch Philadelphia Story and Psycho tonight....there's a combo for ya).....I hope I do, but I probably won't. Too much to do this week. But here's to hoping!!!

[Not Afraid]

I LOVE Bringing Up Baby! It's not a great movie, but it's wonderful - if that makes any sense. And, Philadelphia Story is my favorite, ever, for ever. Fabulous.

I enjoy A Mighty Wind more than the others. Best in Show is my least favorite of the bunch. Go figure.

[Claire]

Well......the weather outside is sucky. And the older two are grounded (long story--and they get no Gameboys or TV), so we stayed in and watched movies today.....while they did homework, Valentines, and cleaned their rooms.....bwahahaha!!!

Last night we watched Philadelphia Story. We laughed our butts off. I thoroughly enjoyed the loooooong drunk scenes!! Too funny! And I don't love Katharine Hepburn (I know, blasphemy), but I loved her drunk! And James Stewart was awesome. We've been saying "levellevelelleleleleverevelerleveler" all day. For some reason, we had to watch that over and over again.

Today we watched....get ready, it's a list:

~Whatever Happened to Baby Jane We turned this on at 7 a.m!! What a way to start the day! Bwahahaa!!! I loooooved it! I've seen parts of it before and knew the story, but to watch it from beginning to end was so much fun. Kelly loved it too. I only wish I could watch it in color.....

~ Sunset Blvd. Wowza. I had never seen this one....holy crap. Of course, the Disney dork in me took over and I concentrated on Nancy Olson the whole time....trying to figure out which Disney movies she'd been in. Duh. Pollyanna and The Absentminded Professor.....and I know, I know....Son of Flubber. We watched the extra features, too. Loved the Edith Head stuff.

~We tried to watch Westside Story but after twenty minutes of twirling, snapping.....we couldn't take anymore. I wanted to strangle kittens. Kelly said we ought to use it to punish the kids....and the thought crossed my mind. Sorry....I'm sure it's against some sort of law to hate Westside Story, but I just couldn't take it!!! Maybe on stage I'd like it.

~Midnight Cowboy.....loved it. My dad had it on video when I was younger and I remember watching it in a theater when I was little and watching it when I could sneak it in junior high. It was one of my dad's favorites. I thought Dustin Hoffman was sexy as Rizzo at first. Is that wrong? Also....here's my nerd alert.....the young student in the glasses that has no cash for Joe Buck is played by Bob Balaban....who played Russell Dalrymple on Seinfeld, as well as the guy on A Mighty Wind who was afraid the flowers might poke someone in the eye.....I'm a nerd.

I have some auction crap to do....and then I'll reward myself with some Psycho or From Here To Eternity.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Claire

~We tried to watch Westside Story but after twenty minutes of twirling, snapping.....we couldn't take anymore. I wanted to strangle kittens. Kelly said we ought to use it to punish the kids....and the thought crossed my mind. Sorry....I'm sure it's against some sort of law to hate Westside Story, but I just couldn't take it!!! Maybe on stage I'd like it.

I forgive you.

I think real deal old-school movie musicals are rather divisive - you either like 'em or you don't. I was raised on them. Westside Story is about the most abstract of movie musicals because the idea of these "street kids" dancing around /is/ kinda weird.

But I love it!

[Claire]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I forgive you.

I think real deal old-school movie musicals are rather divisive - you either like 'em or you don't. I was raised on them. Westside Story is about the most abstract of movie musicals because the idea of these "street kids" dancing around /is/ kinda weird.

But I love it!

I wish I liked it.....but I couldn't stop laughing. I know the music like the back of my hand and I know who the major actors are....the history of it, all that. But the movie itself just made me laugh, and not in a good way. My husband was all game....being nice and not complaining. I was whining like a baby, groaning and finally had to turn it off.

I'll have to try it again.....possibly without my husband....my daughters might like it. We were going to watch it with them last weekend, but didn't do it. Maybe next weekend. If I can keep my eyes from rolling....does it get better after twenty minutes?

And now that I'm done with all my auction crap for the night, and if I can drag my husband away from the Happy Days reunion thing on ABC.....we'll head upstairs and watch Psycho or Schindler's List or From Here to Eternity. If he won't come upstairs.....I'll watch From Here to Eternity. Alone. How sad is that???

[€uroMeinke]

We saw Bitter Moon last night - a dark, sexual, Polanski exploration of a relationship of extremes. I found I really liked this movie a lot more in the second viewing. Perhaps, the shock value has worn off - thought this film is still a depiction of extremes. Why this film is packaged as a "Comedy" is beyond me, there are a few comic scenes, but the darkness of it makes all the laughs uncomforatble ones. It's not a "feel good" movie.

Peter Coyote was brilliant as he is transformed from seductive to creepy - where has this guy been? The young Hugh Grant is a perfect British prude and fall guy for Peter Coyote's musings. Emmanuelle Seigner, is likewise wickedly seductive in her role.

All in all, I'm glad this one is part of our collection.

[Not Afraid]

C.K. DEXTER HAVEN! Oh C.K. DEXTER HAVEN!


I named my cat after that scene.

[€uroMeinke]

Yar, she was...

Now you have to see High Society - it's Swellegent

[Claire]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Yar, she was...

Now you have to see High Society - it's Swellegent

Hahaha, I have and it sucks compared to Philadelphia Story. I went through a Grace Kelly hero-worship thing in high school. Other girls had Diana, I had Grace.

[Not Afraid]

NO! IT'S MY SHE WAS YAR!

Where have you been!