Film Reccomendations

Merry Christmas, LW!!!

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Saw the Aviator last night

Thanks, Lightwizard, for the welcome and the link. I did not realize there were so many of his movies. Yes, Tess was the one I was thinking of.

Jude The Obscure was excellent. So much human pain it was unimaginable.

And hey guys, I thought that we were supposed to recommend romantic British movies. What is Michael Caine doing here? Much prefer Sean Connery in James Bond, me.

You guys should watch Run Lola Run. It's pretty different and cool movie... Many people in my drama course, liked it.

A nice series of movies is Captain Hornblower's (I have seen 5 movies). They were shown on A&E years ago but are also on DVD.

It is in the same vein as "Master & Commander of the Far Sea", but much better.

Hey. Micheal Caine tried to be romantic.
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"Alfie" may have disqualified Caine as a romantic lead for the rest of his career.

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But, to his credit, he makes a terrible gay lover, as well. That kiss with Chris Reeve was the most wooden smooch in Hollywood history. <no pun intended>

...so, he's not just bad with women. He's an equal opportunity poor screen lover.

You'd expect a half-hearted kiss from a bad actor but Caine is hardly a bad actor. He has taken too many parts in second-rate films.

Two other great British films that should be seen:

"The Thief of Baghdad"
"Things to Come"

and, oh yes,

the original "The Jungle Book" with Sabu

<I happen to agree. I really like Caine. I just have to tease about those campy movies. His autobiography completely won me over. He should have been a writer, as well.>

Still have to go back and watch "The Ipcress File" just to watch Caine make coffee at the beginning of the film which at the time set off a flurry of sales on those French glass coffee makers. I must admit, I did buy one and they do make the best coffee -- the new Senso makers might come close but only offer mediocre store coffee in the packets as of yet (haven't tried Bristol Farms to see if they have the imported packets but as they're already ground and been sitting in the packets gawd know how long).

You know, this discussion has led me to schedule a Micheal Caine Film Festival. "Ipcress" will be the anchor.

My daughter and I shall wear black glasses, polyester, and let our hair dry in outrageously uncivilized corkscrews. A fitting tribute. I'll have to decide between two or three others. You know, he DOES have a daunting body of work.

Was at his best when he worked for Woody Allen.

Absolutely agree.

I did think he played the part well (an unlikable character to me) in Hannah and Her Sisters. Did he do another I've forgotten?

Bad memory... Did he do the one ...was he married to Judy Davis--and they had a 'failed divorce'... What was the name of the one where Woody was a hysterically blinded director?

Help.

That was "Hollywood Ending" where Woody was the blinded director and "Blood and Wine" was the film with Judy Davis and Michael Caine.

Just saw a wonderful film, called Osama.

Link to Osama

Made in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban, Osama is the story of the life of women under the Taliban. Osama is a girl who dresses as a boy, in order to be able to work. As a woman, she would not have been permitted to be gainfully employed, and her family would starve.

The film is directed simply, which illustrates more incisively the horror of life under the Taliban. The horror of the regime, juxtaposed against a the realities of everyday life in Afghanistan, makes it even more of a shocker.