Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 68

mousepod · 07-28-2006, 11:14 PM

Hey Alex, I didn't post in your thread because you put a spoilers tag on it. Since I'm not a fan of spoilers of a film I intend to see, I didn't read your post until this evening. I made the leap and assumed that I wasn't alone in my spoilerphobia, so in an effort to get the word out that the movie might not be worth the price of admission, I posted here. I referenced your thread so that others might look it up.

As far as Marilyn is concerned - I also don't completely "get" her - I'm not mesmerized by her on-screen presence, but most Hollywood sex symbols leave me puzzled and questioning my taste as it relates to the mainstream. Having said that, I love "The Seven Year Itch", though it probably has more to do with Billy Wilder than Miss Monroe...

Alex · 07-28-2006, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by mousepod

Hey Alex, I didn't post in your thread because you put a spoilers tag on it.

No problem, I have no problem with this type of thread and don't care if comments about Clerks II get posted in a half-dozen threads that aren't the one I started.

€uroMeinke · 07-28-2006, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

No problem, I have no problem with this type of thread and don't care if comments about Clerks II get posted in a half-dozen threads that aren't the one I started.

Perhaps, though you did seem to need to post about that

Alex · 07-28-2006, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Perhaps, though you did seem to need to post about that

But only to have it be a mild poke at the someone who occasionally complains about this type of thread.

Another movie musing. Today I watched Choose Me from 1984. Stars Keith Carradine, Genevieve Bujold, and Lesley Ann Warren. It's some kind of parable about love and repression and just taking advantage of the moment when it happens. There are a couple very well acted scenes but I was mostly bored with the whole thing. Patrick Bauchau plays something of a heavy which was amusing to me since I only know him as Sydney from The Pretender.

Prudence · 07-28-2006, 11:25 PM

Which one's the one on a cruise ship? That's Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend, right? That one I watch for the other chick, who's way cool even if her name escapes me.

Alex · 07-28-2006, 11:27 PM

The cruise ship is Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Marilyn performs "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" in it.

Jane Russell is the other one, I presume.

BarTopDancer · 07-29-2006, 10:51 PM

I really enjoyed Elizabethtown.

Prudence · 07-28-2006, 11:28 PM

oh yeah. (My brain is currently full of evidence rules and doesn't have space for movie titles.)

BarTopDancer · 07-28-2006, 11:33 PM

I like Breakfast at Tiffanys.

And I'm not sure why, but I miss seeing George Peppard in stuff (yes, I know he died). That's probably one of the many reasons I TiVO the A-Team.

And I really hope this plot outline from IMDB is wrooooooong.

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Four soldiers, who refuse to fight in the Iraq war because they feel the war is unjustified, go on the run and help people in trouble.

. Better yet I hope the whole movie is scrapped.

innerSpaceman · 07-28-2006, 11:44 PM

The poor-man's Marlyn, namely Jayne Mansfield, is in a fabulous movie called The Girl Can't Help It.

Hysterical Frank Tashlin pic, lots of early rock'n'roll bands doing famous numbers, even Julie London in a featured cameo, and her classic rendition of Cry Me a River featuring heavily in the story.

Oh, why oh why can't I find this one on DVD? It's an absolute classic!

07-28-2006, 11:14 PM	#1
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Hey Alex, I didn't post in your thread because you put a spoilers tag on it. Since I'm not a fan of spoilers of a film I intend to see, I didn't read your post until this evening. I made the leap and assumed that I wasn't alone in my spoilerphobia, so in an effort to get the word out that the movie might not be worth the price of admission, I posted here. I referenced your thread so that others might look it up. As far as Marilyn is concerned - I also don't completely "get" her - I'm not mesmerized by her on-screen presence, but most Hollywood sex symbols leave me puzzled and questioning my taste as it relates to the mainstream. Having said that, I love "The Seven Year Itch", though it probably has more to do with Billy Wilder than Miss Monroe... __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	Which one's the one on a cruise ship? That's Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend, right? That one I watch for the other chick, who's way cool even if her name escapes me. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	The cruise ship is Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Marilyn performs "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" in it. Jane Russell is the other one, I presume.
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Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	oh yeah. (My brain is currently full of evidence rules and doesn't have space for movie titles.) __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	The poor-man's Marlyn, namely Jayne Mansfield, is in a fabulous movie called The Girl Can't Help It. Hysterical Frank Tashlin pic, lots of early rock'n'roll bands doing famous numbers, even Julie London in a featured cameo, and her classic rendition of Cry Me a River featuring heavily in the story. Oh, why oh why can't I find this one on DVD? It's an absolute classic!
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