tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post5127959702096373764..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: What I've Caught Up With, June 2022SJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-5258346830773685282022-07-07T20:23:59.025-05:002022-07-07T20:23:59.025-05:00Albino Alligator was fine, but not one I'd wat...<i>Albino Alligator</i> was fine, but not one I'd watch again more than likely. Despite being a series of board meetings, I probably would watch <i>The Andromeda Strain</i> a second time, although I'd really need to be in the mood for it.<br /><br />My first run-in with Lucille Ball in this kind of role was in <i>Dance, Girl, Dance</i>, where she plays a role that is similar in some ways, at least in terms of its brashness. <i>Female</i> could've been so good--that code ruined so damn much.<br /><br />You're missing nothing if you never see <i>Marry Me</i>.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-70843978550170740542022-07-07T13:24:48.778-05:002022-07-07T13:24:48.778-05:00I’ve seen all but the first, with Owen Wilson in t...I’ve seen all but the first, with Owen Wilson in the lead it is highly unlikely that I ever will. His allure has always escaped me. <br /><br />I really liked Albino Alligator. It’s no masterpiece but has a cool feel and setting and I’m a fan of ever single cast member. I’m surprised about the Razzie nom for Faye. I thought she was good, not award level or anything but I’ve seen many far worse performances (including some by Faye!) <br /><br />I LOVE The Andromeda Strain!!! But then I love procedurals and science so that might have something to do with my fondness for it. I own it and watch it a couple of times every year. I also love the clean 60’s look of it and that they cast to what real scientists would probably look like, for example Kate Reid’s disheveled and cranky Dr. Levitt vs. say Raquel Welch’s Cora in Fantastic Voyage (not a knock on Raquel whose performance was fine and looked amazing).<br /><br />The Big Street has a fair dose of incredulity (Fonda is SUCH a doormat!…though I am sure those kinds of people exist) including the ending but it’s well put together with a cannot be beat cast. Carole Lombard was offered the lead first but had other commitments so recommended Lucy (they were extremely close friends-Lucy said that often after Carole perished in that plane crash she would appear in her dreams and advise her. One such dream led her to formulate “I Love Lucy). She is particularly good (this was her personal favorite of all her films-I favor “Lured” but she has rarely been better) and quite different from her usual self, this was the performance that caused Sinatra to suggest her as Mrs. Iselin in The Manchurian Candidate. Frankenheimer considered her but had just worked with Angela Lansbury and was set on her. It was the right choice but the possibility of what Lucy could have done with the role is fascinating. You’re right since her biggest renown came from playing an ordinary housewife it’s always a surprise to see her dolled up but Lucy was quite the glamour girl during her movie years. You should see her as a lady lion tamer all decked out in pink sequins and feathers cracking the whip over black spangled cat suit wearing chorus girls in Ziegfeld Follies!<br /><br />Female punts its ending (the Code was starting to flex its muscle a bit more and this is one of the films that suffered at its hands) but for about ¾ of its run time offers a refreshingly modern main character who plays by her own rules. LOVE the organist in her vestibule! Ruth and George were married in real life when this was made though it didn’t last long. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-4327626383502940532022-07-06T13:18:26.891-05:002022-07-06T13:18:26.891-05:00I think that covers it pretty well. It plays like ...I think that covers it pretty well. It plays like a series of <i>really serious</i> board meetings.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-45662823441921808742022-07-04T14:46:15.054-05:002022-07-04T14:46:15.054-05:00I watched The Andromeda Strain for the first time ...I watched The Andromeda Strain for the first time last year and really enjoyed it. It definitely doesn't have a lot of plot and there is a LOT of talking, but I enjoyed its emphasis on science, and early seventies sci-fi tech in a movie really works for me.Ipecachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157560182505626755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-25339531112313507272022-07-03T20:40:25.732-05:002022-07-03T20:40:25.732-05:00It's not bad, and in the right mood, it might ...It's not bad, and in the right mood, it might even be really good. It doesn't feel like so much a movie as a series of meetings, though. For something that more or less has the fate of humanity in the balance, it's pretty tame. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-82866009186264905342022-07-03T20:20:07.366-05:002022-07-03T20:20:07.366-05:00Probably the best indication of whether or not you...Probably the best indication of whether or not you should or shouldn't watch <i>Albino Alligator</i> is that Jessica Lange was nominated for a Razzie for it.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-72015279785487386982022-07-03T12:37:36.225-05:002022-07-03T12:37:36.225-05:00I saw and review The Andromeda Strain as an Off-Li...I saw and review The Andromeda Strain as an Off-List movie for 1971. While a bit underwhelmed i do remember being somewhat more positive than you. I think the science lab was pretty awesome but they got too little out of the story. It would probably have worked well as a TV series.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-13681287282439225282022-07-02T16:46:49.264-05:002022-07-02T16:46:49.264-05:00I have seen Albino Alligator but don't remembe...I have seen <i>Albino Alligator</i> but don't remember much of it other than it used to play on IFC (when it was known as the Independent Film Channel) a lot. Yeah, I'd stay away from Kevin Spacey. I think that was an OK film and it was way better than.... BLECH... <i>Beyond the Sea</i> which I fucking loathed. That was one of the worst fucking movies I had ever seen in my life. So smug, so pandering. thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.com