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  • #871
    Re: New/Rented Movies: Have Mercy on Michael Bay's Soul, He Knows Not What He Does

    Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
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    • #872
      Re: New/Rented Movies: Have Mercy on Michael Bay's Soul, He Knows Not What He Does

      Oh, and bbdl, I, too, have spent my life pretty opposed to old movies until recently. And I also agree that Casablanca > Any Hitchcock I have seen. The other Bogart movies I have seen are The Maltese Falcon and The African Queen. Both were good, I still liked Casablanca better.

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      • #873
        Re: New/Rented Movies: Have Mercy on Michael Bay's Soul, He Knows Not What He Does

        Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
        What "pre-code"?
        Hays Code. The blue noses were complaining in the 30's about Mae West's tits, so production companies self-censored to avoid Congressional action.

        There have been Tipper Gores in every age.
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        • #874
          Re: New/Rented Movies: Have Mercy on Michael Bay's Soul, He Knows Not What He Does

          Originally posted by duper View Post
          Oh, and bbdl, I, too, have spent my life pretty opposed to old movies until recently. And I also agree that Casablanca > Any Hitchcock I have seen. The other Bogart movies I have seen are The Maltese Falcon and The African Queen. Both were good, I still liked Casablanca better.
          There was something about Bogart that reminded me of a modern actor, I think it was the way his voice sounded, but I just can't place who it is.
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          • #875
            Re: New/Rented Movies: Have Mercy on Michael Bay's Soul, He Knows Not What He Does

            Originally posted by duper View Post
            Oh, and bbdl, I, too, have spent my life pretty opposed to old movies until recently. And I also agree that Casablanca > Any Hitchcock I have seen. The other Bogart movies I have seen are The Maltese Falcon and The African Queen. Both were good, I still liked Casablanca better.
            I also recommend:

            To Have and Have Not (the classic Bogie-Bacall movie)
            The Caine Mutiny (Bogart's best pure acting performance, not his typical role at all)
            Beat the Devil (great screwball comedy with guys like Robert Morley)
            In a Lonely Place (very quiet, introspective role)
            Key Largo (fantastic drama with Edward G. Robinson)
            The Big Sleep (best Philip Marlowe film)
            High Sierra (his best gangster role)
            They Drive by Night (great suspense opposite George Raft)
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            • #876
              Re: New/Rented Movies: Have Mercy on Michael Bay's Soul, He Knows Not What He Does

              Originally posted by bigblue_dl View Post
              There was something about Bogart that reminded me of a modern actor, I think it was the way his voice sounded, but I just can't place who it is.
              Bogart's characters are often ironic and irony is (hyper) pervasive in modern movies. That makes him seem very modern.
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              • #877
                Re: New/Rented Movies: Have Mercy on Michael Bay's Soul, He Knows Not What He Does

                All 4 Bogie-Bacall movies are worth it.

                The Big Sleep is my fave.
                To Have and Have Not is my other fave. Can't pick between the two.
                Key Largo is pretty good.
                Dark Passage is a little strange but an ok film.
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                • #878
                  Re: New/Rented Movies: Have Mercy on Michael Bay's Soul, He Knows Not What He Does

                  Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View Post
                  The Big Sleep is my fave.
                  It's also one of Hollywood's great "problem plays." To this day, it doesn't quite make sense but nobody can figure out why. Chandler didn't even know. It's sort of like an optical illusion -- really disconcerting.

                  It's one of the great noirs ever made, up there with Double Indemnity, Maltese Falcon and Sunset Boulevard.
                  Last edited by Kepler; 09-11-2012, 10:32 AM.
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                  • #879
                    Re: New/Rented Movies: Have Mercy on Michael Bay's Soul, He Knows Not What He Does

                    Hitchcock movies are pretty good, but tend to be predictable. He was pretty much the originator of the "get 'em" scene that has long since become ubiquitous in every suspense/mystery/horror from the A list to LMN.

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                    • #880
                      Re: New/Rented Movies: Have Mercy on Michael Bay's Soul, He Knows Not What He Does

                      Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post
                      Hitchcock movies are pretty good, but tend to be predictable. He was pretty much the originator of the "get 'em" scene that has long since become ubiquitous in every suspense/mystery/horror from the A list to LMN.
                      In some ways they are predictable because he created the template. Psycho is predictable because a thousand movies have exploited its twist.

                      The only thing I find really predictable in Hitchcock is his casting. Enough with the distant, frigid blondes, Alfred.

                      My favorite Hitch movies:

                      Saboteur
                      Rebecca
                      The Lady Vanishes
                      Suspicion
                      Lifeboat
                      Foreign Correspondent
                      Rope
                      Notorious
                      Strangers on a Train
                      Shadow of a Doubt


                      A cool thing about AH is his silents and early soundies are all in the public domain, so you can pick them up on a DVD dirt cheap or watch them streaming for free. They are very uneven, but some are amazing and if you like the atmospherics of early Brit film (like the Eeling Pie comedies) they are a lot of fun.

                      Here is a list of AH silents. Unfortunately most of the early ones are lost. I bolded the ones I think are great.

                      1920 The Great Day (titles) [lost]

                      1920 The Call of Youth (titles) [lost]

                      1921 The Princess of New York (titles) [lost]

                      1921 Appearances (titles) [lost]

                      1921 Dangerous Lies (titles) [lost]

                      1921 The Mystery Road (titles) [lost]

                      1921 Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush (titles) [lost]

                      1922 Three Live Ghosts (titles) [lost]

                      1922 Perpetua (titles) [lost]

                      1922 The Man from Home (titles) [lost]

                      1922 Spanish Jade (titles) [lost]

                      1922 Tell Your Children (titles) [lost]

                      1922 Number Thirteen (director/film unfinished) [lost]

                      1923 Always Tell Your Wife (co-replacement director) [one reel of two survives]

                      1923 Woman to Woman (co-script, assistant director, art director) [lost]

                      1923 The Prude’s Fall (script, assistant director, art director) [survives incomplete]

                      1924 The Passionate Adventure (co-script, assistant director, art director) [survives]

                      1924 The Blackguard (script, assistant director, art director) [survives]

                      1924 The White Shadow (art director) [lost] [update - discovered in 2011, see comments]

                      1925 The Pleasure Garden (director) [survives]

                      1926 The Mountain Eagle (director) [lost]

                      1926 The Lodger (director, actor) [survives]

                      1927 Downhill (director) [survives]

                      1927 Easy Virtue (director) [survives]

                      1927 The Ring (director, screenplay) [survives]

                      1927 The Farmer’s Wife (director) [survives]

                      1928 Champagne (director, adaptation) [survives]

                      1929 The Manxman (director) [survives]

                      1929 Blackmail (director, adaptation, actor) [silent and sound versions were made, both survive]

                      Hitchcock remade many of his silents as early soundies, sometimes with different names. "Number Seventeen" is one of the weirdest movies ever made.
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                      • #881
                        Re: New/Rented Movies: Have Mercy on Michael Bay's Soul, He Knows Not What He Does

                        Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post
                        Hitchcock movies are pretty good, but tend to be predictable. He was pretty much the originator of the "get 'em" scene that has long since become ubiquitous in every suspense/mystery/horror from the A list to LMN.
                        Right, but he's the originator. Pyscho is like a thousand other films but Psycho was the first.

                        Vertigo still holds up. I don't think anyone has recreated that one effectively.
                        North By Northwest is Bond before Bond. Since Bond took it to the next level North By Northwest looks old and dated.

                        I could go on and on.

                        Originally posted by Kepler View Post

                        My favorite Hitch movies:

                        Saboteur
                        Rebecca
                        The Lady Vanishes
                        Suspicion
                        Lifeboat
                        Foreign Correspondent
                        Rope
                        Notorious
                        Strangers on a Train
                        Shadow of a Doubt
                        No, Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho, or North By Northwest? That's his best run. Dial "M" for Murder is one of my faves. And Frenzy (which should have been his last film) is really good.
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                        • #882
                          Re: New/Rented Movies: Have Mercy on Michael Bay's Soul, He Knows Not What He Does

                          Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View Post
                          No, Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho, or North By Northwest? That's his best run. Dial "M" for Murder is one of my faves. And Frenzy (which should have been his last film) is really good.
                          I was trying to mention some early ones that are overlooked. RW, V, P, NNW and M are all great. (I personally do not care for Frenzy.)
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                          • #883
                            Re: New/Rented Movies: Have Mercy on Michael Bay's Soul, He Knows Not What He Does

                            Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                            I was trying to mention some early ones that are overlooked. RW, V, P, NNW and M are all great. (I personally do not care for Frenzy.)
                            I love it. One of the murder scenes in that movie rivals the Psycho shower scene.
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                            • #884
                              Re: New/Rented Movies: Have Mercy on Michael Bay's Soul, He Knows Not What He Does

                              Just watched Battleship. Not sure if it's the 4 glasses of Scotch flowing through my system right now, but that movie was amazing!!!!!!!!!
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                              • #885
                                Re: New/Rented Movies: Have Mercy on Michael Bay's Soul, He Knows Not What He Does

                                Originally posted by Rimbaud View Post
                                Just watched Battleship. Not sure if it's the 4 glasses of Scotch flowing through my system right now, but that movie was amazing!!!!!!!!!
                                Did Michael Bay personally jack you off? Not that I need to know...
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