Thought I'd take a cue from Mixx and start offering up movie thoughts - recapping a given month's viewings in a single post . It'll be pretty easy, as I'm just lifting the ones I'm already doing for Dan's Movies 2008. You guys in the "inner circle" will just get a sneak preview. Here's January, a little after the fact. Things started out on a slooow pace, owing to an incredibly busy start to the year; but I was fortunate to begin things on a streak of three straight "8s."
Silent Movie
1976
rating: 8
True, Mel Brooks has a weakness for working really hard on gags that don't advance the story, but I found this non-stop smorgasboard of laughs (some big, some small), refreshing and enjoyable; especially as I did not suffer so much as a single, unwelcomed and cheesy, "poignant moment."
Gilbert Goddfried: Dirty Jokes
2005
rating: 8
Laughs aplenty in this vulgar 49-minute capture of a small club show of the comedian, including an impressive, 12-minute version of infamous "The Aristocrats."
The Apartment
1960
rating: 8
Recalling a workday world setting that is dated but themes of skullduggery that are not, this Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine romantic comedy is compelling, involved, and - in the end - quite sweet.
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they all look pretty good - haven't seen any of them
what movie was in your dvd player just the other day?
Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy is what I have at home right now. Before that: Calendar Girls? The Simpsons Movie? Why do you ask?
I thought there was something else.
That pretty much takes me back most of the way through February.
oh OH you may be thinking of the movie I mentioned when on the horn with you from Austin. On TMC, I watched "The Wind and the Lion." Review of that will be forthcoming in a few days.
I just recieved the first of the Waling the Bible DVD's. Thanks for your reviews and musings on your movie selections. I value those a lot.
Good to hear that people care.
Thru Netflix, T-Clog? Or are you buying them, sight unseen?
I'll be interested in hearing what you think.
I really love The Apartment and have a copy at home. I've not seen the others, unless you count "Silent Movie", which I recall renting back in the 1980s. I remember some ambivilance, but perhaps that's because I loved (and still love) Blazing saddles so damn much, and no other Mel Brooks movie seems to come close to it.
Totally hear you on 'Blazing Saddles.' In fact, apart from that movie, I often find myself on the low end of the curve of Mel Brooks movies. I'm one of the few people of my generation that just flat out doesn't like 'Young Frankenstein.' And 'History of the World' I thought was even worse.
Blazing Saddles would just about have to be a 10. Though my emotional attachment at this point is so deep, it's hard for that to be an objective rating.
Well, back in the day I loved "Top Secret" just as much, and today I only find that film mildly amusing. Blazing Saddles has managed to keep from aging.
"Young Frankenstein" only kind of worked for me to begin with, but I give it sort of a pass, almost as much for the design as for the jokes. "History of the World" was the beginning of the downward spiral.
Well, back in the day I loved "Top Secret" just as much, and today I only find that film mildly amusing. Blazing Saddles has managed to keep from aging.
"Young Frankenstein" only kind of worked for me to begin with, but I give it sort of a pass, almost as much for the design as for the jokes. "History of the World" was the beginning of the downward spiral.
I put Walking the Bible on my que. I am not buying it, just renting it.
Most of you know that Balzing Saddles is my least favorite movie ever. Why? I have no idea. I want to vomit when I see or hear it while I flip channels. I feel a million miles away from you guys when ALL of you love it so much. I don't know what I am missing. It is so darn crude and vile.
I pretty much feel this way with all Mel Brooks movies. They irritate the hell out of me.
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