tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post4678264692919003425..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Those Rotten KidsSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-68943781954750094462016-12-13T17:58:53.705-06:002016-12-13T17:58:53.705-06:00It bothers me on a deep level. The rear projection...It bothers me on a deep level. The rear projection in <i>Make Way for Tomorrow</i> is about as bad as the rear projection in <i>The Lady from Shanghai</i>, which puts our characters in front of mutatedly large sea creatures.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-26071782285179698972016-12-12T12:31:51.146-06:002016-12-12T12:31:51.146-06:00Man, I love terrible rear-screen projection. I hon...Man, I love terrible rear-screen projection. I honestly don't notice it unless it's really really bad, but sometimes I'll be watching an old movie and I'll suddenly notice that the rear screen projection is ridiculous and that (just to pick some old-time stars at random because I can't come up with a specific example from my faulty brain) it looks like Barbara Stanwyck and Van Heflin are driving through town in a car that's about forty feet high. Or George Sanders and Joan Woodbury look like they're skateboarding.<br /><br />I'm also not bothered by bad dubbing. It has to be pretty bad before I even notice it. And if it's that bad, then it's usually pretty funny. I watched Oldboy (the original) with really awful dubbing. I almost turned it off because there was no option for sub-titles. But I stuck with it and I got used to it within a few minutes. I couldn't give up so easiy. I have a huge screen crush on Hye-jeong Kang.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-43055357963829734562016-12-12T09:17:46.405-06:002016-12-12T09:17:46.405-06:00Make Way for Tomorrow is actually quite sweet. Rea...<i>Make Way for Tomorrow</i> is actually quite sweet. Really, my only issue with it is the terrible rear projection. It's perhaps a bit too much in hammering home its theme, but it's hard not to like the couple. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-59749783349698953322016-12-07T23:08:45.231-06:002016-12-07T23:08:45.231-06:00I put off watching Make Way for Tomorrow for a yea...I put off watching Make Way for Tomorrow for a year, but it was on TCM this week and I thought a 1930s Hollywood classic would be a welcome contrast to the documentaries and foreign films I've been watching. Even if that 1930s classic looked like it had the potential to be quite a downer.<br /><br />I needn't have worried. I had no trouble watching Make Way for Tomorrow. Great movie. Victor Moore and Beulah Bondi are great, joined by a great cast, notably Thomas Mitchell. And there's Louise Beavers!<br /><br />It's been close to ten years since I saw Tokyo Story but I remember it very well and I also remember how it made me a huge fan of Ozu. It seems weird to me that I've been a film buff since I was a kid - the 1970s - and yet I didn't see my first Ozu film until I was in my 40s! Stupid! Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-68050945491847374852013-03-28T22:14:42.404-05:002013-03-28T22:14:42.404-05:00I think I see how you get there, but I'm prett...I think I see how you get there, but I'm pretty satisfied with its resolution.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-50263650027762800972013-03-28T01:11:39.967-05:002013-03-28T01:11:39.967-05:00You are so right to combine these two films. They ...You are so right to combine these two films. They essentially tell the same story. Tokyo Story is so close to being perfect, but lack that final heartbreak of Make Way For Tomorrow. I think it insist on explaining too much and so stretch what should have been the climatic resolution.<br /> TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-2360273265732793452012-06-24T09:44:04.166-05:002012-06-24T09:44:04.166-05:00I don't know that it's unnecessary, but it...I don't know that it's unnecessary, but it is cruel. But it's supposed to be--the whole point of the film is to make us mourn for the loss these poor people are enduring.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-3821728432847243862012-06-24T09:25:40.959-05:002012-06-24T09:25:40.959-05:00I was very fond on Make way for to tomorrow and I ...I was very fond on Make way for to tomorrow and I am looking forward to make my post on it. This is the most real of the movies so far, so much that I actually missed your point of it being unnecessarily cruel. Because it is not overacted, but played with a quietness and empathy I believe the story.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-70988426640984722382011-03-07T16:53:47.004-06:002011-03-07T16:53:47.004-06:00I'm beginning to think there is a trend here.....I'm beginning to think there is a trend here...and that any movie about old people has to be slow...<br /><br />While i liked Make Way for Tomorrow, one of my favourite slow moving pictures (about folks getting old) is Kurosawa's Madadayo (1993), especially if you are also fond of cats.Klaushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05006608076041962884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-84438678704965521892011-02-09T00:33:04.672-06:002011-02-09T00:33:04.672-06:00I'm inclined to agree. I went into this knowin...I'm inclined to agree. I went into this knowing nothing about Ozu, but I'm learning to appreciate his slow paced but beautiful domestic dramas. He's someone I'll look into more once this is all done. It's difficult to dislike slow when the scenery is so impeccable.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-7026586887680307762011-02-08T22:10:02.105-06:002011-02-08T22:10:02.105-06:00I have a friend whose favorite movie is Tokyo Stor...I have a friend whose favorite movie is Tokyo Story and insisted I watch it. It can be slow ride to get there, true-but after watching several other Ozu films-I've come around to being a fan. I also recommend Late Spring, which is not in the 1001 book.1001: A Film Odyssey is produced, directed and written by Chris, a librarian.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04803620768028761898noreply@blogger.com