tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post546236218896593773..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: What I've Caught Up With, November 2021SJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-91876684458340191842021-12-06T16:12:25.855-06:002021-12-06T16:12:25.855-06:00I agree exactly with what you mean about Planes, T...I agree exactly with what you mean about <i>Planes, Trains and Automobiles</i>. It's a fine movie with a good, if over-the-top script. It is really the twin performances of Martin and Candy that sell it and make it work. They are dynamite on screen together and that elevates everything else.<br /><br />You're safe to avoid <i>Come to Daddy</i>. I can't imagine you'd enjoy it.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-78100995877588950662021-12-06T15:10:24.042-06:002021-12-06T15:10:24.042-06:00I liked Red October but I can't say it blew me...I liked Red October but I can't say it blew me out of my socks. It reminded me of The Enemy Below, Run Silent, Run Deep and so many other sub movies. That's not a bad thing but there wasn't much to distinguish it from any of those other flicks. <br /><br />I loved Day of the Jackal. It is chilly and distant but then so is the lead character so it makes sense that it would be that way. The fact that I wasn't overly familiar with most of the cast helped feed into that documentary feel. I did know Edward Fox, he's usually stuck playing veddy British gentleman but that very reserve that got him typecast in that zone is exactly right for the detached Jackal. The remake with Richard Gere and Bruce Willis fumbled so many of those elements and it became just another actioner. <br /><br />Planes, Trains....is goofy fun elevated by the two leads who have the sort of chemistry that can't be manufactured but when it happens makes a bad movie watchable and a decent one like this excel. <br /><br />I'm unfamiliar with Come to Daddy and with the less than glowing terms you used to review it I don't think I'll make it a priority to track down. I like Elijah Wood as an actor most of the time but not always the films he's in. <br /><br />I'm still going with my birthday project (just one month left and I'll have made it!) and November was no different than most. A lot of not bad, not great films but few really terrible and only two to recommend. <br /><br />The first isn't even a film but a Playhouse 90 that looks at the backstage turmoil of another of their productions. Called "The Man in the Funny Suit" it's a dramatization of the lead up to the live broadcast of the original "Requiem for a Heavyweight". The producer of the show reached out to Ed Wynn, whose career at that time was in eclipse though he refused to believe it, to play his first dramatic role opposite his son Keenan. He accepted but during rehearsals had massive trouble adjusting to more serious work causing much concern among the crew that he would bomb during the broadcast and a lot of anguish for Keenan who feared the same thing but on a more personal level. Both men play themselves and at times it was painful to watch but always compelling.<br /><br />The other was an allegorical film of good vs. evil set in a small boarding house named "The Passing of the Third Floor Back" with Conrad Veidt representing the first and Frank Cellier the latter. It had a good cast and was co-written by Hitchcock's wife Alma Reville. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-8753117670567621882021-12-05T08:14:48.046-06:002021-12-05T08:14:48.046-06:00I didn't love Maniac, but I didn't like th...I didn't love <i>Maniac</i>, but I didn't like the original that much, either. I agree with you on Wood's career, though. He's doing whatever he wants, and good on him for doing it.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-864310487473841122021-12-05T08:13:42.175-06:002021-12-05T08:13:42.175-06:00Red October is a fine film, but I want to like it ...<i>Red October</i> is a fine film, but I want to like it more than I do. <i>Planes, Trains and Automobiles</i> is ridiculous and splendid in exactly the right ways.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-3702818953437368552021-12-05T08:12:41.704-06:002021-12-05T08:12:41.704-06:00John Candy is one of those actors who makes me lau...John Candy is one of those actors who makes me laugh just being on screen.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-22258384492328244712021-12-04T20:37:36.391-06:002021-12-04T20:37:36.391-06:00I hated Come To Daddy because I was expecting it t...I hated Come To Daddy because I was expecting it to be a lot more fun than it was, but I also love what Elijah has done with his career. I still really like the Maniac remake he did.Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-10545130742716169622021-12-04T18:41:19.188-06:002021-12-04T18:41:19.188-06:00Planes, Trains, & Automobiles is a classic as ...<i>Planes, Trains, & Automobiles</i> is a classic as is <i>The Hunt for Red October</i>. I love those 2 films. thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-8297609920123081362021-12-04T16:30:38.956-06:002021-12-04T16:30:38.956-06:00Planes, Trains and Automobiles is the third movie ...Planes, Trains and Automobiles is the third movie I can name with a PERFECT final shot. The other two are, as you know, Wreck-It-Ralph, and Monsters, Inc. Interestingly, all three shots are almost identical, involving a likable lunk smiling into the camera. And now I've got a tear in my eye thinking about them.Ipecachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157560182505626755noreply@blogger.com