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Top 27 best movies - ever

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Brenthoven said:
Liked it, but parodies are a subset, IMO. :) And even if it wasn't a subset....I stand by my statement.
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Yeah, "Men in tights" is a terrific film. But simply not in the category of Flynn's "Robin Hood." There are very few guys who can wear tights and come off convincingly as straight and a charming rogue not to be messed with. Flynn was one. Everytime it's on TCM, Doc and I exchange e-mails about new things to look for. Like in a recent showing, Doc, who had seen it dozens of times, noticed (for the first time) a shot where you can clearly see a car drive by in the background.

The film was a hit on every level. Cast (let's not forget Gene Pallet as Friar Tuck). Score (Korngold absolutely at the top of his game). Sets. Action (notice in the first fight scene in the great hall there are a bunch of soldiers who aimlessly run back and forth behind the dining table, like targets in a shooting gallery. They never join the fight. Just run back and forth). Script. Color (magnificent). As Doc says, and I agree, just a wonderful motion picture. Among the very best ever made.

Flynn has that wonderful double take when he realizes the "friar" is really King Richard. He had a similar moment in the earlier "Prince and the Pauper" when he realizes this nutty kid he's been humoring and protecting really is the next King of England.
 
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Old Pio said:
Yeah, "Men in tights" is a terrific film. But simply not in the category of Flynn's "Robin Hood." There are very few guys who can wear tights and come off convincingly as straight and a charming rogue not to be messed with. Flynn was one. Everytime it's on TCM, Doc and I exchange e-mails about new things to look for. Like in a recent showing, Doc, who had seen it dozens of times, noticed (for the first time) a shot where you can clearly see a car drive by in the background.

The film was a hit on every level. Cast (let's not forget Gene Pallet as Friar Tuck). Score (Korngold absolutely at the top of his game). Sets. Action (notice in the first fight scene in the great hall there are a bunch of soldiers who aimlessly run back and forth behind the dining table, like targets in a shooting gallery. They never join the fight. Just run back and forth). Script. Color (magnificent). As Doc says, and I agree, just a wonderful motion picture. Among the very best ever made.

Flynn has that wonderful double take when he realizes the "friar" is really King Richard. He had a similar moment in the earlier "Prince and the Pauper" when he realizes this nutty kid he's been humoring and protecting really is the next King of England.
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A little sidelight diversion here-Near the end of the Robin Hood movie-King Richard asks Olivia De if she wants to marry Flynn (as Robin). Her response was "Mor than anything in the world". When Jenny and i got married-the Judge who married us asked me the usual question-"Do you take this woman" etc. My response was -'More than anything in the world your honor". Both Jenny and the Judge immediately looked at me and knew exactly where the line came from and laughed. Just truly one of the remarkable movies of all time.

And yes as OP mentioned-there is a scene in which you can see a car drive by in the background. I love finding little stuff like that in these great old movies. Look for the steam ship for example in the background of The Crimson Pirate (a great Burt Lancaster pirate film of the 50's):)
 
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joecct said:
Happy Birthday Charlton Heston

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"It would appear Heston has an unfair horsepower advantage over other competitors."
- Tony George, IRL

"Heston needs more advertising on his horses."
- Brian France, NASCAR

"Driver and crowd safety is inadequate, and the course should immediately enhance crash protection barriers."
- Bernie Ecclestone, FOM/FOA
 
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Brenthoven said:
Liked it, but parodies are a subset, IMO. :) And even if it wasn't a subset....I stand by my statement.
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I know you know this but that comment was completely tongue-in-cheek. Would never dare to compare them sylistically, historically, etc... :)
 
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Farce Poobah said:
"It would appear Heston has an unfair horsepower advantage over other competitors."
- Tony George, IRL

"Heston needs more advertising on his horses."
- Brian France, NASCAR

"Driver and crowd safety is inadequate, and the course should immediately enhance crash protection barriers."
- Bernie Ecclestone, FOM/FOA
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He's going clockwise around the track, insread of counter-clockwise. Could this shot have been flipped in processing?
 
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DrDemento said:
"Elementary Doctor Watson":)
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I seem to recall reading that Rathbone disliked, maybe even hated, the Holmes films. He was perfectly happy to do them, the money was good, the work not too hard, but he really didn't like doing them--not much of a challenge. Many years ago, WGN in Chicago started running the Holmes films and had Basil (as an old man) introducing and commenting on each film (sort of like they do on TCM) in front of a roaring fireplace. Never knew whether this was a local production or a syndicated feature. Either way, it was tres cool.
 
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Old Pio said:
He's going clockwise around the track, insread of counter-clockwise. Could this shot have been flipped in processing?
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OP check back in the thread-that is exactly the case-I caught that one immediately. Still the most exciting 20 minutes or so ever put on film.
 
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Old Pio said:
I seem to recall reading that Rathbone disliked, maybe even hated, the Holmes films. He was perfectly happy to do them, the money was good, the work not too hard, but he really didn't like doing them--not much of a challenge. Many years ago, WGN in Chicago started running the Holmes films and had Basil (as an old man) introducing and commenting on each film (sort of like they do on TCM) in front of a roaring fireplace. Never knew whether this was a local production or a syndicated feature. Either way, it was tres cool.
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if he's upset it is probably that he didn't get to work with lucy lui
 
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DrDemento said:
OP check back in the thread-that is exactly the case-I caught that one immediately. Still the most exciting 20 minutes or so ever put on film.
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I know. I think I just internalized you saying it and regurgitated it as my "own."
 
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#1 is there to be watched twice today (showtime e/w). the karaoke scene is absolutely brilliant.
 
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Can't recall if anyone has mentioned After Hours yet. I actually had a night like that once, in my early 20s, while visiting a friend of a friend in SoHo (that's in Manhattan, where the movie took place, in a time long ago...) Really fun movie. I like it when he finally gets home, collapses in relief, and then [spoiler in white] his alarm clock goes off. Perfect ending! :)
 
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mookie1995 said:
fletch is on moremax
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Hoodwinked was on last night, and I was watching it for a few minutes while waiting for the Gopher game to start. I never realized that Wolf, the detective, was wearing a Lakers #23 jersey underneath his jacket. Then I started to realize that some of the character's drop-in music sounded a lot like the background music from Fletch. :D
 
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anyone else watching the edited ( " " ) version of blazing saddles on vh1c tonight?
 
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