tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post5006797367798342681..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Down the Rabbit HoleSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-83606404311028802942013-07-13T10:20:08.133-05:002013-07-13T10:20:08.133-05:001982 would rank at or near the top for me just goi...1982 would rank at or near the top for me just going by June (<i>E.T., The Thing, Star Trek II Wrath of Khan, Blade Runner</i> and <i>Poltergeist</i>. But you also get <i>Evil Dead, Gandhi, A Christmas Story, Fitzcaraldo,</i> and <i>Return of the Jedi</i>. It's a pretty solid year all around. I tossed out 1967 because, from a 1001 List perspective, it's one of the bulkier years.<br /><br />I'm not surprised by 1939 being your pick--that would rank in my short list of great years, too. So many wonderful films that year and so many that are still relevant and vital.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-186150590421152932013-07-12T23:11:38.831-05:002013-07-12T23:11:38.831-05:001939 would be my pick for the best year ever for m...1939 would be my pick for the best year ever for movies, and I'm not alone on that. I've seen others say the same thing. It had The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Stagecoach, Wuthering Heights, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Goodbye Mr. Chips, The Rules of the Game, Young Mr. Lincoln, Only Angels Have Wings, Daybreak, Gunga Din, Ninotchka, Dark Victory, Of Mice and Men, The Hound of the Baskervilles, and Drums Along the Mohawk.<br /><br />It gets the edge over 1994 from me because of the number of all-time classics. 1994 is impressive for the sheer volume of good to great films. I discussed 1994 in this post: http://tipsfromchip.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-great-year-for-movies-1994.html <br /><br />Other years I'd mention as being great would be 1954 and 1974. I'd have to go look at 1967 and 1982 to refresh my memory of what came out those years. Only a few for each come to mind at the moment.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-34490572530963521812013-07-11T15:47:41.877-05:002013-07-11T15:47:41.877-05:00I can imagine I would sign on, too. And it's t...I can imagine I would sign on, too. And it's the fantasy world that really does it, because it's the fantasy world that shows how far down the rabbit hole goes.<br /><br />And, yeah, <i>Sense and Sensibility</i> which I haven't seen because Regency era and costumes and...<br /><br />Sorry, fell asleep there. <br /><br />It's worth noting she was in Branagh's <i>Hamlet</i>, too, and she was an awesome Ophelia. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-83826166637250860132013-07-11T15:24:31.781-05:002013-07-11T15:24:31.781-05:00I love this movie. I think it's one of the gr...I love this movie. I think it's one of the greatest examples of classical music being used in film when Jackson overlay's Puccini's Humming Chorus with the slow motion day trip with the mother at the end. I saw this not too long after it came out, essentially as soon as it was shown on cable. I love the sense of dread fantasy, it's just brilliant. Yes, Winslet is definitely obnoxious, but as you say, she's meant to be. <br /><br />I haven't seen it in ages, and I'm really looking forward to watching it again.<br /><br />And although Winslet "needed Titanic," she did do Sense and Sensibility between this and Titanic, the film that announced her arrival in Hollywood and netted her her first Oscar nomination.<br /><br />On the LotR special edition discs, Alan Lee talks about being recruited by Peter and Fran, and how they sent him this movie. And it was all he needed to see - after seeing Heavenly Creatures, he signed on for LotR.siochembiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487373396181856763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-55014536673746424592013-07-11T15:03:42.301-05:002013-07-11T15:03:42.301-05:00@Chip--the fantasy world is ultimately what sold m...@Chip--the fantasy world is ultimately what sold me on the film as a whole. It's a reasonably good film and a bizarre (and therefore interesting) story without it, but the fantasy world is what sells the whole thing because it's become the reality of the two girls. You're right--it makes it more real. (And the end of your comment begs the question about the best year ever for movies. 1939? 1967? 1982?)<br /><br />@Kim--She's so smug in this, so she's easy to dislike. And since I generally really like Kate Winslet, my only option is to decide that it's because her performance is so damn good.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-30325002855571583532013-07-11T11:52:07.399-05:002013-07-11T11:52:07.399-05:00I'm a big fan of Winslet, too, and I had the s...I'm a big fan of Winslet, too, and I had the same reaction to this film as you did. The two girls, with their unstable mental states, feed off one another, but Juliet is by far the worst of the two. Kimberly J.M. Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078951928157843937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-6645567353450463082013-07-11T10:59:08.781-05:002013-07-11T10:59:08.781-05:00Good review. I saw this way back when I was worki...Good review. I saw this way back when I was working my way throught the Combined IMDB Top 250 list that I had made myself. I can't remember if I saw it before or after Jackson did LOTR. I had heard of it, though. I felt it lived up to its reputation. I liked it, especially the way the girl's fantasy world was presented on screen. Instead of making it less real, it made it more real for me. Another good film from what I consider the second best year ever for movies - 1994.<br /><br />My favorite factoid about this entire thing falls into the "truth is stranger than fiction" category. Hulme (Winslet's character) later moved to Scotland and became a famous murder mystery writer under the pseudonym Anne Perry. No one knew she was Hulme until after this film came out and people tried to find out what had happened to the two girls.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.com