tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post1521881630706154382..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Call, GirlSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-41378371502324553472016-08-26T20:58:54.704-05:002016-08-26T20:58:54.704-05:00I love Taylor in Suddenly, Last Summer and I absol...I love Taylor in <i>Suddenly, Last Summer</i> and I absolutely adore her in <i>Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</i>, so I definitely agree that in this case, she won for something that wasn't her best. I still have <i>Raintree County</i> on the list, so I can't comment.<br /><br />In some ways, the backstory is more interesting than the movie we're given. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-46868696665612086222016-08-26T19:31:40.130-05:002016-08-26T19:31:40.130-05:00This is a big, glossy, lush soap opera of the type...This is a big, glossy, lush soap opera of the type that fell by the wayside a couple years later and on that level it's very enjoyable with a terrific cast, excepting Fisher. I think Liz does a good job, at this point she was still always at least professional something that can't be said of some of her later films why her performances get rather lazy when she was doing the films just for the loot, but an award worthy performance it is not. <br /><br />I can see why she hated it, at this point in her private life she was being branded a homewrecking Jezebel so she could hardly have been pleased to be handed a role that reinforced that vision. She accepted the film strictly to finish up her obligation to MGM so she could freelance more lucratively, something that came true in spades when she signed on for Cleopatra. <br /><br />Entertainingly trashy the film may be but I'd go for any of the other nominees over Liz's performance, it's a shame that this is the one that won her the first Oscar when she'd been better in ever film she's been nominated for previous to this one. My choice for best of the year though would be none of the nominees but Jean Simmons in Elmer Gantry with Judy Holliday in her final film Bells Are Ringing as a very close runner-up.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-58256108064344524282016-08-25T11:17:41.770-05:002016-08-25T11:17:41.770-05:00I like Shirley MacLaine in The Apartment quite a b...I like Shirley MacLaine in <i>The Apartment</i> quite a bit. I'm not the biggest MacLaine fan, but I genuinely love her in that. <br /><br />I still have to see <i>The Sundowners</i>, so I can't render a verdict yet...but I'll get there eventually. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-6785933176018728822016-08-25T11:07:30.364-05:002016-08-25T11:07:30.364-05:00If you're an Elizabeth Taylor fan, you should ...If you're an Elizabeth Taylor fan, you should see it. She's great. The movie itself is not quite <b>Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</b> but it's still pretty good.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-55001213109933808882016-08-25T11:05:29.217-05:002016-08-25T11:05:29.217-05:00I scrolled over and looked at the other Best Actre...I scrolled over and looked at the other Best Actress nominees. I've not seen <b>The Sundowners</b>. Greer Garson and Shirley MacLaine are both great in their respective roles. But Melina Mercouri is the only real competition for this year among these candidates. I would have a hard time picking between Taylor and Mercouri for Best Actress, and if I picked Mercouri eventually, I still would be glad that Taylor won. Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-47301665036764339922016-08-25T10:58:38.841-05:002016-08-25T10:58:38.841-05:00It's been seven or eight years since I saw it ...It's been seven or eight years since I saw it and I don't specifically remember what I liked about it, but I do remember thinking it was great! I also remember hearing about the Oscar talk that Liz's win was a sympathy vote, and I thought it was gibberish because she's excellent.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-36781077783167546222016-08-25T08:19:59.985-05:002016-08-25T08:19:59.985-05:00Evidently, she hated it so much that she and Fishe...Evidently, she hated it so much that she and Fisher nicknamed the film "Butterball 4." <br /><br />It's worth seeing, but if it never shows up, it's not the worst hole in your videography.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-55739650035060708312016-08-25T01:37:46.607-05:002016-08-25T01:37:46.607-05:00I haven't yet seen this, but considering my lo...I haven't yet seen this, but considering my love for Ms Taylor, I am sure I shall see this at some point (though it doesn't seem to be available in Australia, like many other things, darn it!). <br /><br />Apparently she also thought she got the award because the film spent much time telling Gloria/Elizabeth what a bad girl she was, Hollywood's way of teaching Taylor a lesson for her affair with Fisher.Julia Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.com