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Author Topic: MOVIE OF THE DAY Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 10-12-2003 12:06 AM                     Stripes (1981, Ivan Reitman) A successful re-teaming of Ivan Reitman and Bill Murray. This time, instead of summer camp, STRIPES is set against the backdrop of the U.S. Army. STRIPES is structured in two major segments -- basic training and the adventure behind the Iron Curtain. It's actually a very well-made comedy with some fine writing and performances. I'm tempted to go so far as to declare STRIPES to be a timeless and relevant commentary on the military.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 10-12-2003 04:24 AM                        I just watched that a few days ago! What a coincidence! It is a really lame and badly timed comedy. I am sure Ramis, Reitman and Murray are glad they made Ghostbusters so they won`t be remembered for that. It is only interesting from a historic point of view, like "look what they did before".  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 10-12-2003 12:36 PM                     So...we're gonna totally blow off the COMMENTS thread this time around?  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 10-13-2003 02:55 PM                    I'm not sure what time it is on the server, but it's 3:40 in the afternoon here, so I should be safe. Darby O'Gill and the Little People. Walt Disney, 1959, Dir. Robert Stevenson. I haven't seen this movie in just about forever, but I remember watching it over and over as a kid. It always left me wondering what it would be like to run into a real leprechaun, and it was the subject of many games with the neighborhood kids growing up. I remember that seeing the black death coach always made my heart pound with excitement. A great film for kids, or kid-wanna-bes.  |  IP: Logged Paul Salley Expert Film Handler Posts: 105 From: Liberal, Kansas Registered: Jan 2001 posted 10-17-2003 03:59 AM                  Tampopo (1985) http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0092048/ In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro who rides into town like a modern Shane to help Tampopo set up the perfect fast-food noodle restaurant. Woven into this main story are a number of smaller stories about the importance of food, ranging from a gangster who mixes hot sex with food to an old lady terrorizing a shopkeeper by compulsive squeezing of his wares.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 11-08-2003 04:15 PM                        The Draughtsman`s Contract I think this is one of the greatest movies ever made, but I can`t really explain why... Anyway, it`s about a celebrated artist in England in the 17th century who makes a contract with a noble lady to draw her estate in exchange for certain "favors". It turns into a criminal story, but giving any details here would spoil it completely. Apart from the fantastic cinematography and the enormously original music by Michael Nyman, what makes this movie so special is that it contains about everything there is to be said about how we see or want to see things.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 05-23-2004 10:10 AM                     5/23/2004 An Officer And A Gentleman (Taylor Hackford, Paramount, 1982) Twenty (plus) years old, "Officer/Gentleman" still packs an emotional punch. In fact, this movie does not really show its age at all and I highly recommend it to anyone who still considers "Top Gun" to be the finest in military romance-dramas. Don't get me wrong. "Top Gun" is a cool movie but I think it's safe to say that THIS is the level of excellence they were striving for. Thematically, the two films are similar -- romance melodrama set against the backdrop of a U.S. Navy training program -- but "Officer/Gentleman" begins with a more finely crafted screenplay, bursting at the seams with plot and character development. A director would have to be some sort of genius to screw up with a script of this caliber. Fortunately, Taylor Hackford is not THAT KIND of genius. His direction of "Officer/Gentleman" strives for a sense of total honesty and credibility which I would say he achieves masterfully. The film features what I would consider "a five-star, all-star cast" but the sense is that this is an ensemble piece and not a star vehicle per se. Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith and Louis Gossett, Jr. deliver some of the best work of their ENTIRE careers in "Officer/Gentleman" and Louis Gossett, Jr. earned the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his outstanding performance as Sgt. Foley, the Drill Instructor. The main focus of the story involves the plight of Zach Mayo (Richard Gere), a new enlistee to the U.S. Navy's Officer Candidate School (OCS) who dreams of someday becoming a fighter pilot. From the outset, Foley issues a clear warning to the soldiers that they should avoid becoming romantically involved with the local women, whom he charactarizes as a desperate bunch who will stop at nothing to trap a naval officer into marrying them. We learn that Foley is not exaggerating and, of course, our hero and his best buddy ignore the warning and hook up with two of the local girls. Will they get trapped? Will they survive OCS? Bust out the hankies and fire up that home-theatre system. Let your date see you cry and your bravery just might be rewarded. Double-Feature idea -- Add "Top Gun." Triple-Feature idea -- Add "Top Gun" and "The D.I." starring Jack Webb (of "Dragnet" fame) as an over-the-top Drill Instructor. It's probably okay to forget about that old "Comments" thread now. Feel free to reply right here in this thread...but remember...there can be only one Movie of the Day! [ 05-23-2004, 11:46 AM: Message edited by: Manny Knowles ]  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 07-15-2004 02:55 AM                     The Goodbye Girl - 1977 Directed by Herbert Ross. Richard Dreyfuss won the Oscar for Best Actor with his portrayal of the off-off-off-Broadway actor Elliot Garfield. Elliot comes to New York to star in Henry V for a director that's taking on a new slant on the story. Elliot arrives late at night to find the key gets into his sub-let apartment, but that the door's latched from the inside! Inside is Marsha Mason playing Paula Macfadden Quinn Cummings playing her 10 year old daughter, Lucy. They don't want to move out (Paula's ex-boyfriend has sub-let the apartment without her knowledge) and Elliot has a lease in his pocket for the apartment and needs a place to stay out of the rain. Excellent script and very funny romantic comedy that deserves a return look every few years.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 07-20-2004 11:14 PM                     Breaking Away - 1979 Breaking Away page at IMDB Peter Yates directed and Steve Tesich scripted this brilliant coming of age film set in Indiana. It tells the story of a young 17 year old boy named Dave Stoller (played by Dennis Christopher) who has a racing bike and would love to ride with the Italian 'Team Cinzano'. So, he shaves his legs, calls himself Enrico Gimani, eats only Italian food, calls his cat 'Fellini' (although the cat's real name is Jake as his all-American Dad points out) and convinces a girl he likes he really is an Italian exchange student. Also stars young Dennis Quaid and young Daniel Stern One review I recall called this 'A cinematic breath of fresh air' I couldn't agree more. One of my all-time favourites.  |  IP: Logged

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