tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post5221794160234036219..comments2024-03-24T13:26:57.317-07:00Comments on Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule: FACES I LOVE #9: RANDOM EXPOSURESDennis Cozzaliohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-32987123469126910462007-12-12T21:38:00.000-08:002007-12-12T21:38:00.000-08:00I just looked at this again, having seen INFAMOUS,...I just looked at this again, having seen INFAMOUS, with Toby Jones's terrific performance, the other night, and it makes me want to see what else he can do (first, I have to find a way to get out and see THE MIST, which by now I'll be lucky to find playing anywhere in Eugene...).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-51900439858474933282007-12-07T06:46:00.000-08:002007-12-07T06:46:00.000-08:00Oh, crap, okay. But, you know, I've never actuall...Oh, crap, okay. But, you know, I've never actually seen that movie all the way through, even though I like Carpenter. And I STILL know what you're talking about! That's the power of Donald Pleasance, I suppose.billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05028329539974521267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-27996009262623758942007-12-07T06:29:00.000-08:002007-12-07T06:29:00.000-08:00Just imagine Donald Pleasance with a machine gun a...Just imagine Donald Pleasance with a machine gun and Isaac Hayes standing in front of a car with chandeliers on it.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-24722492377170679082007-12-07T06:23:00.000-08:002007-12-07T06:23:00.000-08:00I know that "Duke of New York", etc., reference bu...I know that "Duke of New York", etc., reference but I can't pull it from my memory. I feel like I need to turn in my Super Movie Fan badge. Is it "Emporer of the North Pole"?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I have some problemd with some of the action in "Hulk", but the sequence that begins in the desert and ends in San Francisco is, I think, truly breathtaking.billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05028329539974521267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-80251156513744763622007-12-07T05:53:00.000-08:002007-12-07T05:53:00.000-08:00And I liked the drama of "Hulk" a lot more than th...And I liked the drama of "Hulk" a lot more than the action. The action annoyed me (as it did in the Spiderman movies) because none of the movement seemed realistic. It was very cartoonish next to the character build-up. But I like the first act of the movie.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-33115865866045714982007-12-07T05:51:00.000-08:002007-12-07T05:51:00.000-08:00Oh Bill, you know I'm just joking with you. You'r...Oh Bill, you know I'm just joking with you. You're not the King of the Dweebs. You're the Duke of New York. You're "A" Number One.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-756125968913968322007-12-07T05:05:00.000-08:002007-12-07T05:05:00.000-08:00First, everybody avoids my question about Ang Lee'...First, everybody avoids my question about Ang Lee's "Hulk". Then Jonathan calls me a dweeb. You all can go to hell!billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05028329539974521267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-28560060072056613262007-12-06T20:11:00.000-08:002007-12-06T20:11:00.000-08:00and boy am I ever a dweebI'll remind you I actuall...<I>and boy am I ever a dweeb</I><BR/><BR/>I'll remind you I actually knew there were two CM's on Shazam and actually watched those tv shows and movies I mentioned with feverish delight when I was a kid. So I wouldn't be too hard on yourself. Besides, everybody knows Bill is the king of the dweebs. You and I are just princes waiting for him to abdicate his throne.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-60601776991821560372007-12-06T19:51:00.000-08:002007-12-06T19:51:00.000-08:00You win. (Mainly because I don't feel like typing ...You win. (Mainly because I don't feel like typing out the HTML to link to images of C.C. Beck's Captain Marvel, who was actually at Fawcett Comics, but the characters were later purchased by DC...and boy am I ever a dweeb.)Bob Westalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515868620255715845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-60632347183993333822007-12-06T19:48:00.000-08:002007-12-06T19:48:00.000-08:00Who's Captain Marvel? Oh, okay, I know the name b...Who's Captain Marvel? Oh, okay, I know the name but to me this is Captain Marvel - <A HREF="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2105/2092746770_aa1b806ea5_o.jpg" REL="nofollow"><BR/>Marvel Captain Marvel</A> and this is Shazam (both of 'em) - <A HREF="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2266/2092741978_f2f0c995e2_o.jpg" REL="nofollow"><BR/>DC Captain Marvel</A><BR/><BR/>Hey, maybe Bill's last name is Batson and we have a hero in our midst?Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-76821387430520010772007-12-06T19:08:00.000-08:002007-12-06T19:08:00.000-08:00Why does everyone think Captain Marvel's name is "...Why does everyone think Captain Marvel's name is "Shazam"? The great C.C. Beck cries in his grave. <BR/><BR/>And there were two of them?Bob Westalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515868620255715845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-74426036762892166612007-12-06T19:02:00.000-08:002007-12-06T19:02:00.000-08:00I think Ron Ely's Doc Savage is one of the great f...I think Ron Ely's <B>Doc Savage</B> is one of the great film characterizations. It rivals even the great Cathy Lee Crosby's <B>Wonder Woman</B>. But nothing, NOTHING, can touch Ted Schwartz's <B>Spiderman</B>. Okay, but the big question is: Who was the better of the two Shazams on tv - Jackson Bostwick or John Davey? It's a tough choice but I'm going with Bostwick. <BR/><BR/>P.S. Linda Carter's <B>Wonder Woman</B> filled my dreams.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-53455590020845431742007-12-06T15:34:00.000-08:002007-12-06T15:34:00.000-08:00Well, this is the largest number of "Superman Retu...Well, this is the largest number of "Superman Returns" fans I've seen assembled in one place.<BR/><BR/>Let's try another one: Who else here likes Ang Lee's "Hulk"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-19477616311647783902007-12-06T11:43:00.000-08:002007-12-06T11:43:00.000-08:00Who knew Marge Gunderson's reliable hubby was also...Who knew Marge Gunderson's reliable hubby was also quite possibly the Zodiac? I certainly never made the connection. These actor people and their actory changing all over and stuff. Very confusing....<BR/><BR/>And another liker of "Superman Returns" here, though it does have some brief dead spots. Still, it's funny the way people talk about that movie as if no one liked it. It did very respectably both at the box office and the Tomatometer. For my part, I GREATLY prefer it to all the X-Men films. (I saw it twice -- once in regular and once in Imax 3-D. Worked both times.)<BR/><BR/>Which leads to Marsters. Boy, has he been a surprise. I'd forgotten about his nice little bit in SR, but he was pretty much blew my mind in a comical/musical sort of way in "Hairspray" and was almost as good in "Enchanted," which I just happened to catch. <BR/><BR/>And, "American Dreamz" -- I'm not saying it's a great movie, but it's one of the best failures of recent years. Great, great cast, definitely including Ms. Moore. I mean, I'd actually recommend it to people as good entertainment, it's just that it doesn't really do what it set out to, which I think is why it laid such an egg. That, and concept of a sweet-natured would-be terrorist. This year, maybe, last year, no.Bob Westalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515868620255715845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-46133772821137856322007-12-05T17:00:00.000-08:002007-12-05T17:00:00.000-08:00zmjezhd: You got me! I was transposing the June Fo...zmjezhd: You got me! I was transposing the June Foray-Jesse White-Stan Freberg into <I>Rocky and Bullwinkle</I>, but according to IMDb Jesse White never did any voices for that show. This should teach me to blog from addled memory. He did appear on a show I remember from my childhood called <I>Linus the Lion-hearted</I>, but that was not a Jay Ward production. Good call!<BR/><BR/>Peter: There's a 3-D festival that plays here occasionally, and I'm sure <I>The Moonlighter</I> must have been part of it. I surely wish I hadn't missed it! Jesus! Barbara Stanwyck bolting out of the screen? It's a crime this isn't on DVD!<BR/><BR/>Ryland (and all): Yeah, I don't really understand where the bad feeling for <I>Superman Returns</I> comes from. Other than Kate Bosworth, who I just don't find very interesting, as Lois Lane or in much of anything else, I think this is about as good a comic book epic as has been made. I realize it has a rep with the moneychangers as somewhat of a disappointment box-office wise, but really, I could care less about that. <BR/><BR/>Also, I highly recommend <I>Away from Her</I>, not only for Christie, but for the commanding dignity and struggle so well explicated by Gordon Pinsent as her suffering husband, who cannot bear to see his wife losing her memory of him while she begins to fall in love with another man in the nursing home. For Altman fans, the movie also provides a reunion of sorts-- the man in the home is played by Michael Murphy, who co-starred with Christie in <I>McCabe and Mrs. Miller</I>, and who was introduced to her during her brief cameo as herself in <I>Nashville</I>.<BR/><BR/>Blaaagh: Just try not to fall for Emma Stone when you see <I>Superbad</I>!Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-74243870953903758762007-12-05T16:35:00.000-08:002007-12-05T16:35:00.000-08:00Agreed. One's face is the screen that always plays...Agreed. One's face is the screen that always plays back the movie that is our metabolization of life, that is our lives. It's clear Lauren Bacall and Shirley Maclaine and Al Pacino a ton of other young beauties all partied just a little too hard, you know? Toby Jones is great. My favorite moment of Marcia Gay Harden's performance in _The Mist_ has to be her posture sitting in that lawn chair, holding a sweaty bottle of milk, sneering the line, "Stealing food now, are we?" Emma Stone... that Apatow guy sure knows what he's doing when it comes to fulfilling wishes. And Julie Christie, maybe one of the all time great beauties. Still need to see that picture.<BR/><BR/>(Oh yeah: _Superman Returns_ is dope.)Ryland Walker Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09233954424885027837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-37605577254627523902007-12-05T09:23:00.000-08:002007-12-05T09:23:00.000-08:00I'm curious. What parts did Jesse White play for J...I'm curious. What parts did Jesse White play for Jay Ward?zmjezhdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16385280690029602212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-10148168673947710472007-12-04T23:17:00.000-08:002007-12-04T23:17:00.000-08:00I know I'm tired, but there seems to be some subte...I know I'm tired, but there seems to be some subtext in some of these comments which I cannot understand. Ah well--what I really want to say is, thanks for the wonderful faces and comments! I've long had a thing for Kelly MacDonald, too, not to mention the thing I've had for Julie Christie since I was about 7. And yeah, James Marsden: who knew?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-55094671988807655482007-12-04T12:33:00.000-08:002007-12-04T12:33:00.000-08:00Maybe it's available in Darjeeling.Maybe it's available in Darjeeling.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-81713574693368047342007-12-04T11:36:00.000-08:002007-12-04T11:36:00.000-08:00By the way, check out the name of the character pl...By the way, check out the name of the character played by Fred MacMurray in <B>The Moonlighter</B>. Too bad the film is unavailable on any home format.Peter Nellhaushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161286159856159772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-89049587731791176122007-12-04T09:10:00.000-08:002007-12-04T09:10:00.000-08:00Boy, I assumed if anyone was going to respond to m...Boy, I assumed if anyone was going to respond to my "Superman Returns" comment, it would be to say that I was both stupid and bad. How nice to be proven wrong.<BR/><BR/>It just felt to me like Singer got the character, the way Raimi gets Spider-Man. I hope Singer and crew get to make more of those movies, and I hope they keep the cast intact (especially Routh). Everyone else can be as disappointed in "Superman Returns" as they'd like, but I was thrilled.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and Jonathan, regarding Toby Jones: I was flipping through a magazine back when "Capote" and "Infamous" were both filming, and I found a picture of a young Capote lounging in his garden. I probably thought, "Man, he was a weird-looking dude" or something equally insightful. Then I read the caption and realized it was Toby Jones on the set. I was pretty floored.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-18240878214496908902007-12-04T08:56:00.000-08:002007-12-04T08:56:00.000-08:00Great post. I quite like Mandy Moore in American D...Great post. I quite like Mandy Moore in <I>American Dreamz</I> where she nails her role as a Kelly Clarkson clone with a heart of steel-- she's sweet and charming, and utterly scheming, like a lost Preston Sturges character.<BR/><BR/>Bill, glad you also liked <I>Superman Returns</I>-- I agree that it's "vastly underrated," and Marsden does a good job fleshing out a thankless role.Brian Doanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17903729233401672600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-78797775268733532122007-12-04T08:18:00.000-08:002007-12-04T08:18:00.000-08:00The Double Indemnity team in 3-D? The mind boggle...The <B>Double Indemnity</B> team in 3-D? The mind boggles!Peter Nellhaushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161286159856159772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-57395742620148076722007-12-04T07:56:00.000-08:002007-12-04T07:56:00.000-08:00Of course they're afraid of you, they're a bunch o...Of course they're afraid of you, they're a bunch of hockeypucks. I know I fear you.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-13513184865755736682007-12-04T05:20:00.000-08:002007-12-04T05:20:00.000-08:00Kelly MacDonald is absolutely adorable. Good Lord...Kelly MacDonald is absolutely adorable. Good Lord, I love her. In fact, I...well, never mind.<BR/><BR/>I like James Marsden, too. I don't LIKE like him, but as a fan of the "X-Men" comics growing up I thought he did a fine job as Cyclops, and was ticked at every movie for giving him and the character the shaft. And I also really liked him in the vastly underrated "Superman Returns".<BR/><BR/>John Carroll Lynch was superb in "Zodiac", which, as it stands now, is my second favorite film of the year, next to "No Country for Old Men" (which you really need to write about, Dennis. Out of desperation, I've been going to other movie blogs where it's a hot topic of discussion, but no one will listen to my brilliant insights. I think they're just afraid of me because I'm so super-smart). I've never been sure how much I really like Lynch overall, but he certainly delivered the goods in that film. The interrogation scene is a small masterpiece (everyone is excellent in that scene, though).<BR/><BR/>And, finally, I can't wait for that Rickles film to hit DVD. I love that guy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com