tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post6720189098614246763..comments2024-03-18T00:41:26.878-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1964SJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-34438013652491276442017-01-31T21:07:13.784-06:002017-01-31T21:07:13.784-06:00I've come close to watching it a couple of tim...I've come close to watching it a couple of times, but have never pulled the trigger on it. One of these days...SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-49037458113583282192017-01-31T13:36:33.343-06:002017-01-31T13:36:33.343-06:00I watched Fail Safe a couple of months ago and rea...I watched Fail Safe a couple of months ago and really enjoyed it. I had a few quibbles with the plot, but it's tense and even though it tells the same story as Dr. Strangelove, the tone is different enough that it's worth seeing.Ipecachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157560182505626755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-91450258245063958712017-01-25T09:15:26.310-06:002017-01-25T09:15:26.310-06:00I've been told I need to watch Fail-Safe. From...I've been told I need to watch <i>Fail-Safe</i>. From what I understand, it's the straight version of the same story.<br /><br />One of these days, right?SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-68177514108687658772017-01-25T08:29:18.288-06:002017-01-25T08:29:18.288-06:00Reading Red Alert by Peter George is an interestin...Reading Red Alert by Peter George is an interesting experience After seeing Strangelove a half dozen times or so like I have before I read it makes the book just seems so damn serious! Nuclear war treated seriously? Who knew you could do that? It made me appreciate what a creative adaptation Strangelove really was. It certainly would have gotten my vote. 1001: A Film Odyssey is produced, directed and written by Chris, a librarian.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04803620768028761898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-11843283006585381842017-01-24T07:54:08.137-06:002017-01-24T07:54:08.137-06:00These posts every few days are just my opinions an...These posts every few days are just my opinions and nothing more. It would be unfair of me to expect that everyone will agree with me. Also, each time I do one of these (or almost every time) I guess that one of my placements will be the most controversial. Sometimes I'm right and sometimes I discover a wellspring of agreement I never knew existed. In this case, I knew the moment I put <i>Mary Poppins</i> last I'd be in a small minority.<br /><br />I'm fine with a disagreement. If we always agreed, one of us would be unnecessary.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-77958836312000735592017-01-24T06:49:27.475-06:002017-01-24T06:49:27.475-06:00I respectfully disagree with your placing of Mary ...I respectfully disagree with your placing of Mary Poppins, I'd swap it with Zorba the Greek. I haven't yet seen Beckett, but it sounds like it has a similar feel to A Man For All Seasons.<br /><br />But really, nothing beats Dr Strangelove, and not just at the Oscars. Julia Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-65933216219780865722017-01-23T18:07:25.068-06:002017-01-23T18:07:25.068-06:00Sadly, I haven't seen Night of the Iguana. It&...Sadly, I haven't seen <i>Night of the Iguana</i>. It's a hole I should fill one of these days.<br /><br />I think <i>Dr. Strangelove</i> is a film that many love and that many are ambivalent on. I do love it, and one of the reasons I do is for how inventive it ultimately is. It's a smart parody, and those are in short supply. <br /><br />I agree on <i>Becket</i> as well. It's a lot of film for what is an important historical story, but one that is ultimately a personal story. Knock 20-30 minutes out of it and bring it in around two hours and I'd move it higher. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-16541980576234228672017-01-23T17:18:32.235-06:002017-01-23T17:18:32.235-06:00While it wouldn't be my winner I love Mary Pop...While it wouldn't be my winner I love Mary Poppins and the Poppins of the film is an absolute softie compared to the snappish disciplinarian in the book. <br /><br />I agree about My Fair Lady. It's a lovely pageant of a film, lavish and for the most part enjoyable but some of the stuffing has been knocked out of it from the original film and Shaw's work.<br /><br />I DETEST Zorba the Greek, it was torture to get through even once. I found nothing special about it and Quinn drove me right up the wall. The only positive I can think of is that I loved Alan Bates's white suit, hardly a ringing endorsement for a film.<br /><br />I love Becket for the performances and history involved but it is very stately and if the adaptation had been tighter and the editing a bit crisper it could have been an even better film but I'm not sorry it won either.<br /><br />Dr. Strangelove is more beloved by others than by me but despite that I'll readily admit it is the most inventively original and daring of the five and should have come out ahead.<br /><br />Seance on a Wet Afternoon is a good suggestion and would make a good substitute for Zorba but I'm surprised you didn't mention The Night of the Iguana which would be my winner had it been nominated. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.com