[Taltarzac725]

A friend of mine saw the play a few days ago of Born Yesterday at the Ocala Theater and mentioned that it was also a movie.

Had never heard of either before but it does look very interesting.

Born Yesterday (1950) - Rotten Tomatoes

[Boomer]

Originally Posted by Boomer

In 1981, film noir was back with Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lang in a remake of “The Postman Always Rings Twice.” The original was with Lana Turner and John Garfield in 1946. Interesting to compare.

1981 was also the year of “Body Heat” with Kathleen Turner and William Hurt. She wants her rich husband, Richard Crenna, dead.

Kathleen Turner is gorgeous. William Hurt is stupid. Well, actually, not thinking with his brain. She even says to him, “You’re not too smart. I like that in a man.” But he was not listening, I guess.

An earlier film, 1944, with the same general plot is “Double Indemnity” starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray — poor dumb Fred didn’t have a chance either.

Originally Posted by New Englander

I had forgotten about Richard Crenna. Another great actor!

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My favorite television show when I was a kid was "Our Miss Brooks" starring Eve Arden, with Richard Crenna playing one of her students. That must be where he got his big break early in his long career.(Whoops! TMI! My age is showing.) I wanted to be Miss Brooks when I grew up.

[Polar Bear]

I've been away on vacation for a bit. But I'm back, so here's goes again...

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) - Rotten Tomatoes

Remember...very personal reviews!!

So much drama!! Argh! It was fun watching Marlon Brando at this stage of his career, but that's about all the good I can say for this movie. Maybe I just don't care much for screen adaptations of plays. But again...ARGH!!

PB Rating: 3/10

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Polar Bear

I've been away on vacation for a bit. But I'm back, so here's goes again...

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) - Rotten Tomatoes

Remember...very personal reviews!!

So much drama!! Argh! It was fun watching Marlon Brando at this stage of his career, but that's about all the good I can say for this movie. Maybe I just don't care much for screen adaptations of plays. But again...ARGH!!

PB Rating: 3/10

I sometimes hear a beautiful woman yelling "Stella" in the distance. She is calling her pooch.

I do think of this movie whenever I hear the lady calling her dog. Stella did not like my umbrella last week and approached me in anger and confusion when she saw me with one and I soon heard "Stella!" Stella!". Nothing happened as this is a very sweet dog for the most part. Sure does not like umbrellas though.

I suppose it could be worse if the dog were named "Cujo"!

Cujo is a pretty scary movie. One of Stephen King's better ones.

[Taltarzac725]

Schindler's List 25th Anniversary - Official Trailer - In Theaters December 7 - YouTube

I did see a trailer for this today at the Rialto here in the Villages. Not sure which movie theater this is coming to though.

[New Englander]

It's a great film but it's so sad and depressing that I can't bear to see it again.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by New Englander

It's a great film but it's so sad and depressing that I can't bear to see it again.

It is that. I have seen it a number of times though.

[Polar Bear]

All right. I want to take the thread in a slightly different direction. Don't get me wrong...still totally on topic. But this movie is a little bit more "recent" than most movies mentioned so far. And here's the big difference...it's definitely a lot "edgier" than most of the titles in the thread to this point.

The Usual Suspects (1995)

The Usual Suspects (1995) - Rotten Tomatoes

Main characters are all scumbag criminals. All the activity and language you would expect from such characters. At times the resulting violence displayed clearly and even a bit graphically, but never simply gratuitously imo. (And for the record, I do not typically rate violent and vulgar moves very highly. But for you sensitive types out there...you've been warned! )

The story and every scene are so skillfully depicted. Plot twists, clever dialog, humor, great characters. It's all there.

This movie is on my all-time favorites list. In fact, I basically consider it my favorite movie of all time. (I will admit that those movies on my all-time-favorites list are basically tied for #1...heheh...depending on which movie is being discussed at the time.)

PB Rating: 9/10. Would easily be a 10/10, but after more-times-watched than I care to admit, there is still one small plot hole I still haven't fully resolved. (I'll save the last point for when I do...heheh.) But overall the plot is extremely satisfying...and that's putting it mildly!!

Brace yourself...then give it a try!

SIDE NOTE: This movie alone made Benicio Del Toro one of my favorite actors. I had never heard of him before first watching this movie.

[Ecuadog]

The Usual Suspects is one of my favorites too. This is the one that made it for Kevin Spacey, IMHO.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Ecuadog

The Usual Suspects is one of my favorites too. This is the one that made it for Kevin Spacey, IMHO.

Great movie. Benicio Del Torro was one of the henchmen in a James Bond movie if memory serves. Think I saw it with my girlfriend in Minneapolis in 1989. Benicio del Toro - Wikipedia

[Madelaine Amee]

Does anyone recall Bette Davis and James Stewart in the made for TV movie Right of Way (1983)? They were both in their 80s when they made this movie. Primarily it is about a suicide pact they make because one of them is dying, but they tell their daughter who interferes.

It comes and goes in my brain from time to time and I was going to ask the movie experts on here what it was, then I remembered the internet knows everything!!!! and it does.

Great story about aging together with great love.

[New Englander]

I hadn't seen it in many years but it's still a great movie. Two great actors, Dustin Hoffman (Ratso Rizzo) & Jon Voight (Joe Buck). It difficult subject matter. The seamy side of life in NYC. It's my humble opinion that Dustin Hoffman may be the greatest actor of all time.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by New Englander

I hadn't seen it in many years but it's still a great movie. Two great actors, Dustin Hoffman (Ratso Rizzo) & Jon Voight (Joe Buck). It difficult subject matter. The seamy side of life in NYC. It's my humble opinion that Dustin Hoffman may be the greatest actor of all time.

I really liked him in Outbreak which was filmed near where we were living at that time. Outbreak (1995) - Rotten Tomatoes

[Ecuadog]

I just found Taking Chance on Amazon Prime video. I haven't watched it in a few years. I remember it being a great story about honor and respect. It's perfectly appropriate for viewing around Veteran's Day. I'm going to go watch it now.

"Kevin Bacon stars as a military officer whose life is changed after taking an assignment to escort home the body of a 19-year-old Marine killed in Iraq in this profoundly moving HBO Films drama."

[BK001]

Originally Posted by Ecuadog

I just found Taking Chance on Amazon Prime video. I haven't watched it in a few years. I remember it being a great story about honor and respect. It's perfectly appropriate for viewing around Veteran's Day. I'm going to go watch it now.

"Kevin Bacon stars as a military officer whose life is changed after taking an assignment to escort home the body of a 19-year-old Marine killed in Iraq in this profoundly moving HBO Films drama."

OMG - First off, thank you for your recommendation. I just finished watching this on Amazon Prime. What an emotionally gripping true story. I was sobbing within the first half-hour and probably didn't stop until the end, Kevin Bacon was incredible. Both he, and the movie, deserved all the awards:

Bacon received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie. The film received ten nominations for the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards, winning the Emmy for "Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or Movie".

This is a movie that will stay with me for a long time.