tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post2397612486306990893..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: What I've Caught Up With, September 2021SJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-34837627600582582262021-10-05T23:36:42.978-05:002021-10-05T23:36:42.978-05:00Huh. Your wife was at Butler about a decade after ...Huh. Your wife was at Butler about a decade after my brother was a student at Butler. <br /><br />I know what you mean about the <i>Star Trek</i> movies. I like them, but it really is the cast that sells them. Karl Urban and Simon Pegg are perfect casts.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-62944962246693509932021-10-05T23:35:02.933-05:002021-10-05T23:35:02.933-05:00I agree. I'm still gutted by the lost of Anton...I agree. I'm still gutted by the lost of Anton Yelchin. I've always had a soft spot for Chekov as a character.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-78885107696765547242021-10-04T11:24:27.958-05:002021-10-04T11:24:27.958-05:00The best thing in the Star Trek reboot is the cast...The best thing in the Star Trek reboot is the cast. Every single actor was well chosen and they make up for a lot of plot and script problems. I wish the three movies were better than they are, but I absolutely love the cast.<br /><br />Hoosiers is indeed cliche, but a great film. It's sad and touching and triumphant with some great performances. The last game was filmed in the Butler Fieldhouse when my wife was at Butler. She had a chance to be in the crowd, but they were filming during finals, so she turned it down.Ipecachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157560182505626755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-36516104108189604532021-10-03T21:22:57.228-05:002021-10-03T21:22:57.228-05:00I love the Star Trek reboot. It's strange how ...I love the Star Trek reboot. It's strange how I never got into the original but I immediately loved those. They work for me, though it's sad to re-watch them now because of Anton. Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-2959584329556234032021-10-03T09:21:59.251-05:002021-10-03T09:21:59.251-05:00I had pretty much the same reaction. I had pretty much the same reaction. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-44448801548620336222021-10-03T09:21:41.651-05:002021-10-03T09:21:41.651-05:00I agree completely on both Fail-Safe and Suffraget...I agree completely on both <i>Fail-Safe</i> and <i>Suffragette</i>. Glad I watched both, don't need to watch either again.<br /><br /><i>Hoosiers</i> is riddled with cliche, and I kind of don't care. I feel the same way about <i>Breaking Away</i>. There are no surprises in it, and it just works. <br /><br />The new <i>Star Trek</i> movies are really well done. I like that they figured out a way to give us completely new versions of the classic characters, preserving the existence of the original series while still giving this new version room to breathe. Great casting, too. Zachary Quinto really works as Spock, and I agree on Karl Urban, who is almost always underrated in my opinion. <br /><br />I think ultimately I prefer <i>Point of No Return</i> as well, and for me it's all about Bridget Fonda.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-67069826129945521852021-10-03T08:58:59.544-05:002021-10-03T08:58:59.544-05:00There's a family connection for me to Hoosiers...There's a family connection for me to <i>Hoosiers</i>. The movie is loosely based on a real story about a guy named Bobby Plump. My brother co-wrote a biography of the guy. It's a book that isn't of a great deal of interest outside of Indiana, but there it is.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-49152437187054761812021-10-03T01:49:57.103-05:002021-10-03T01:49:57.103-05:00So THAT's where the Misfits logo came from!
N...So THAT's where the Misfits logo came from!<br /><br />Now to find out what "138" actually means...Anandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01286696723033492940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-45599208103245238312021-10-02T22:59:20.976-05:002021-10-02T22:59:20.976-05:00Fail-Safe is a tough sit. The acting is very fine ...Fail-Safe is a tough sit. The acting is very fine and its tense but so grim and nihilistic I would never call it entertainment. <br /><br />Suffragette again has great acting; I was pulled in by it and it tells an important story but once was enough as far as watching it goes. <br /><br />The Crimson Ghost is like so many serials of its day. Some good elements and some bad but with a slapdash feel. <br /><br />I’m not much for sports, especially on TV-if I can’t watch in person who cares, but for whatever reason I love sports movies. So, Hoosiers was right in my sweet spot helped enormously by the combo of Gene Hackman and Dennis Hopper. <br /><br />I’m no Trekkie but I enjoyed the original series and all the evenly numbered theatrical movies with the cast from the show. When the new Star Trek came out I was leery, but it was entertaining on its own merits with Chris Pine a far less pretentious bag of wind than Shatner. I also liked Karl Urban as Bones though it would take a lot to better DeForest Kelley’s prickly characterization. <br /><br />Le Femme Nikita was okay, but I LOVE Point of No Return while freely admitting that as a piece of art it ain’t much. Bridget Fonda is fantastic in the lead and while Dermot Mulroney is called on to be little more than a himbo the rest of the supporting cast is incredible including Anne Bancroft who makes her tiny role into so much more than it would have been with anyone else. The woman was a FORCE. <br /><br />Well, it finally happened. Though I saw many films that I enjoyed this month in my birthday project none of them were really good enough for me to fully recommend. Hopefully this month will be more fruitful. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-12371673094095010122021-10-02T16:06:25.020-05:002021-10-02T16:06:25.020-05:00Hoosiers... that's one of my dad's favorit...<i>Hoosiers</i>... that's one of my dad's favorite movies. He just loves films about the American mid-west and small sports teams that are underdogs as his all-time favorite film is <i>Rudy</i> made by the same filmmaker.<br /><br /><i>La Femme Nikita</i> is such an awesome film as it's a shame that I saw the remake first which is just OK. I liked <i>Suffragette</i> as Carey Mulligan was great though I don't understand the top billing for Meryl Streep which was really a cameo. I liked the 2009 version of <i>Star Trek</i> as Chris Pine really understands that part and brought a small dose of William Shatner to the part. <i>Fail-Safe</i> is a film that I've been meaning to see though I am aware it's been overshadowed by <i>Dr. Strangelove</i>. thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.com