tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post5110736377962380092..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: A Painful DeliverySJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-13649898112378988052012-07-06T17:51:12.180-05:002012-07-06T17:51:12.180-05:00I would accept that if the movie allowed me to dis...I would accept that if the movie allowed me to dislike herl In Fawlty Towers, I'm allowed (even encouraged) to think Basil is a twit and a creep. Here, I'm supposed to cheer for her. The other thing is that nothing goes right for Basil Fawlty--he always ends up paying for his stupidity. Susan <i>never</i> has any negative consequences for anything. She's completely self-absorbed and never has a single reason not to be.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-58388495218995297612012-07-06T12:49:46.584-05:002012-07-06T12:49:46.584-05:00I think you are taking this movie way too serious....I think you are taking this movie way too serious. She is a walking talking disaster zone the same way Basil Fawlty is a menace to all the guests at Fawlty towers. I would run away screaming if I had to stay at his hotel or spend time with her, but it is hilariously funny all the trouble she gets him into, especially because he is such a perfect victim who really needs to get his life stirred up.<br /><br />I know where the annoyance come from, but this is a different sort of film. Think Groucho Marx, not Ginger Rogers.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-87057940606891912372012-04-16T21:09:52.408-05:002012-04-16T21:09:52.408-05:00Yeah, I see that. I probably should do it again so...Yeah, I see that. I probably should do it again some day, but the pain is pretty fresh. I'm a big Hepburn fan, too (both her movies and her personality), and I've always loved Grant. Sometimes, they just hit the wrong way.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-20949779917789449102012-04-16T17:52:40.300-05:002012-04-16T17:52:40.300-05:00I saw this as a kid and quite enjoyed it, but I...I saw this as a kid and quite enjoyed it, but I've been fearing revisiting it because of the very issue you had. I fear I'll have the same reaction to it even though I love Hawks, Grant and Hepburn so much. Still, it's a film I'll sit down and watch again one day.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999103091301885129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-46582218060056559352012-04-09T22:30:19.649-05:002012-04-09T22:30:19.649-05:00Right. I think it's very telling in this film ...Right. I think it's very telling in this film that he <i>never</i> tells her that he loves her. She claims it and then repeats it, and he just shrugs because he knows there's nothing he can do. I like to imagine him pushing her off the scaffold.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-68712293313916392012-04-09T13:47:37.811-05:002012-04-09T13:47:37.811-05:00I saw this film quite a few years ago, so my memor...I saw this film quite a few years ago, so my memory is a little dim, but I do seem to remember thinking that I wouldn't have married her, but that I did like the film well enough.<br /><br />I saw her as a sign of the times for when this film was made. Quite a few movies from back then would have a woman doing something completely childish and the men just having to put up with it because, well, they were women. Fast forward several decades and now it is almost always the men that are portrayed as overgrown children, which women have to put up with. Maybe at some future point the pendulum will swing back the other way.<br /><br />I understand where you are coming from on wondering why so many people like what appears to you to be an unlikable character. For me it is Breakfast at Tiffany's. I thoroughly disliked Holly (for reasons I won't get into because they would be spoilers). She shares a lot of the self-centered qualities that you mentioned. I have no idea why this film and especially this character is so beloved.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-28608462141678670812012-04-08T01:40:43.266-05:002012-04-08T01:40:43.266-05:00@Kim--That's the reaction I expect from most p...@Kim--That's the reaction I expect from most people. I know this film is beloved, and I wanted to be-love it, too. I'm genuinely shocked and disappointed.<br /><br />@Kevin--Nice. I didn't think of that, but it's a solid comparison.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-8744290118276377242012-04-08T01:26:29.934-05:002012-04-08T01:26:29.934-05:00"I know there are people who live in their ow...<b>"I know there are people who live in their own little bubble of self-satisfaction, caring nothing about what goes on farther away than three feet in front of them. I don’t like being told that this is someone I should like and respect. I don’t like this character, I don’t want her to get what she wants, and the predictable ending only makes it more frustrating."</b><br /><br />Your review describes, rather accurately, how I've always felt about Woody Woodpecker. Bugs Bunny usually has righteous anger on his side, but Woody was pretty much the way this Susan seems to be: selfish, destructive, and suffering no consequences.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-73844154754416801212012-04-07T23:19:38.140-05:002012-04-07T23:19:38.140-05:00I have to say I disagree with you on this one. Th...I have to say I disagree with you on this one. This is one my favorite films from the 1930s--I think it is LOL funny. Still, everyone doesn't like the same thing, and, so, I enjoyed reading why it annoyed you. You do make some good points in this respect--but I still disagree. LOLKimberly J.M. Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078951928157843937noreply@blogger.com