Miscellaneous Movie Musings

Ghoulish Delight · 07-03-2006, 08:15 AM

We watched Philladelphia Story last night (one of the items on our queue that I'm sure shocked GC). Actually, believe it or not, that may have been the first Hepburn movie I've seen in whole, unless something's slipped my mind. Not that I've been avoiding them, but with 50 or so years of movie history happening before my birth, it takes a fella a while to get to everything. But I did enjoy PS.

Gemini Cricket · 07-03-2006, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

(one of the items on our queue that I'm sure shocked GC).

That one and 'Citizen Kane'.

I'm glad you liked 'Philadelphia Story'. It's a fun film.

There are a ton of Kate Hepburn movies that I like. Not all of her films are good, but there are some really classic moments in a lot of them.

If you haven't seen 'Lion in Winter', see it. It's heavy in places but there are so many great one liners in it. Another I recommend is 'Stage Door' (not to be confused with 'Stage Door Canteen') this has a stellar cast and Hepburn does her classic 'the callalilies are in bloom' line in it. There are many, many more...

Ghoulish Delight · 07-03-2006, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

That one and 'Citizen Kane'.

Citzen Kane is one of those that I might as well have seen. I've never sat and watched it beginning to end, but I've seen at least 80% of it over the years in various bits and chunks. It's on the queue because I do eventually have to view it in whole, but it none of it will really be news to me.

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but what was more interesting was just the "wrongness" of it by contemporary standards.

Same with Philladelphia Story. The movie starts with a man threating to punch his wife, only to show amazing restraint by just shoving her to the ground by her face. It then proceeds to show respectable people getting hammered. Though there was a message of "drinking is bad", it still showed some binge drinking in a humorous light, something you most definitely wouldn't see today. Oh, and there was the humorous dirty old uncle who liked to pinch girl's asses.

07-03-2006, 08:15 AM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	We watched Philladelphia Story last night (one of the items on our queue that I'm sure shocked GC). Actually, believe it or not, that may have been the first Hepburn movie I've seen in whole, unless something's slipped my mind. Not that I've been avoiding them, but with 50 or so years of movie history happening before my birth, it takes a fella a while to get to everything. But I did enjoy PS. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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