The Oscars - Page 16

Not Afraid · 02-27-2007, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

Dying is easy. Comedy is hard.

And most of it isn't very funny. Annoying, yes, but funny, no. (But, I am very hard sell on comedy.)

innerSpaceman · 02-27-2007, 08:34 PM

Cate Blanchette is another actress who, imo, melts into every role.

Oh, and as more of the show comes back to me, I wanted to register a bit of appreciation for the Screenwriting Montage. I especially got a kick of out Jack Nicholson's bit from The Shining (but mostly because I had just watched it with zapppop earlier in the week ... he had never seen it before!)

flippyshark · 02-27-2007, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I especially got a kick of out Jack Nicholson's bit from The Shining (but mostly because I had just watched it with zapppop earlier in the week ... he had never seen it before!)

Did he like it?

innerSpaceman · 02-27-2007, 09:04 PM

Yes, very much.

And he's very much into catching up on movies that are constantly pop-culturally quoted.

Next week ... likely Young Frankenstein.

Not Afraid · 02-27-2007, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Next week ... likely Young Frankenstein.

He'll be ahead of his mom watching that one.

wendybeth · 02-27-2007, 09:09 PM

Great. Now I have the 'Sweet mystery of Life' song running around in my brain.

mousepod · 02-27-2007, 09:12 PM

When I was a kid, I had the Young Frankenstein soundtrack (with dialog) on 8-track. I got it from the Columbia House Record Club and played it on my Panasonic Dynamite player. I can recite most of that movie in my sleep...

innerSpaceman · 02-27-2007, 11:13 PM

If films remade from other films are the lowest form of creativity ... what then to make of such movies as The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Ten Commandments, Pocketful of Miracles, The Children's Hour, An Affair to Remember, and Destry that were remade by the very same filmmaker?!

Ahem, it was none other than Alfred Hitchcock who remade his own film, The Man Who Knew Too Much. Can we ascribe the lowest sub-circle of creative hell to such a giant???

Alex · 02-27-2007, 11:21 PM

If you remake the movie yourself you get to keep all of the creative credit but unless you do something substantially unique in the second go 'round (which is not the case for The Man Who Knew Too Much or An Affair to Remember) then that total creative amount is not much increased by the second movie.

In my opinion, of course.

Not Afraid · 02-27-2007, 11:19 PM

And the second version of TMWKTM is even better than the first! Imagine that!

02-27-2007, 08:34 PM	#2
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Cate Blanchette is another actress who, imo, melts into every role. Oh, and as more of the show comes back to me, I wanted to register a bit of appreciation for the Screenwriting Montage. I especially got a kick of out Jack Nicholson's bit from The Shining (but mostly because I had just watched it with zapppop earlier in the week ... he had never seen it before!)
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Yes, very much. And he's very much into catching up on movies that are constantly pop-culturally quoted. Next week ... likely Young Frankenstein.
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wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	Great. Now I have the 'Sweet mystery of Life' song running around in my brain. __________________
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mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	When I was a kid, I had the Young Frankenstein soundtrack (with dialog) on 8-track. I got it from the Columbia House Record Club and played it on my Panasonic Dynamite player. I can recite most of that movie in my sleep... __________________ "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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02-27-2007, 11:13 PM	#8
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	If films remade from other films are the lowest form of creativity ... what then to make of such movies as The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Ten Commandments, Pocketful of Miracles, The Children's Hour, An Affair to Remember, and Destry that were remade by the very same filmmaker?! Ahem, it was none other than Alfred Hitchcock who remade his own film, The Man Who Knew Too Much. Can we ascribe the lowest sub-circle of creative hell to such a giant???
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02-27-2007, 11:21 PM	#9
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	If you remake the movie yourself you get to keep all of the creative credit but unless you do something substantially unique in the second go 'round (which is not the case for The Man Who Knew Too Much or An Affair to Remember) then that total creative amount is not much increased by the second movie. In my opinion, of course.
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02-27-2007, 11:19 PM	#10
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	And the second version of TMWKTM is even better than the first! Imagine that!
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