2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 318 Last Watched: Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Last 7 Films Watched: Sugar - B+ / Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone - B / The Lower Depths - B / Downhill Racer - B+ / Whatever Works - B / The Legend of Jimmy the Greek - B
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Originally Posted by Adam_S
updated my list with all 276 films from the year.
Best new films: 1. Love Actually Worst films seen: 3. Orphans of the Storm |
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2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 318 Last Watched: Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Last 7 Films Watched: Sugar - B+ / Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone - B / The Lower Depths - B / Downhill Racer - B+ / Whatever Works - B / The Legend of Jimmy the Greek - B
2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 318 Last Watched: Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Last 7 Films Watched: Sugar - B+ / Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone - B / The Lower Depths - B / Downhill Racer - B+ / Whatever Works - B / The Legend of Jimmy the Greek - B
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Originally Posted by Brook K
7. There Was a Father (1942, Yasujiro Ozu) - A- |
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Originally Posted by Michael Elliott
I was listening to a radio talk show the other day and they were discussing great Christmas movies and LOVE ACTUALLY was being picked by caller after caller. I had never heard of the movie before but I'll have to check it out now. I plan on watching ORPHANS on the 22nd but I'm a little nervous on that one even though I've seen 100+ Griffith films.
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But it was the running time I found most disagreeable, the film never seemed to be over. 
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Originally Posted by Brook K
December Update
Ended the year on a good note both in quantity and quality. I made the jump to Blu-Ray and am loving the increased picture and especially sound quality. Mario will be happy to note I finally took in the Mexican Bunuel's and enjoyed them all to one degree or another though Susana and The Young One were my clear favorites. |
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Originally Posted by Joe Karlosi
Change of Habit (1969)
Elvis Presley's 31st and last film at least tries to go into different territory as he plays a doctor working in a free clinic (!) working to help underprivileged people in the ghetto. Mary Tyler Moore is one of three nuns (her friends are singer Barbara McNair and newcomer Jane Elliot) who decide to forsake their traditional catholic garb and dress conventionally in order to go "undercover" as normal women to assist Presley in his cause. Understandably, this sets up the opportunity for them to get into all kinds of trouble in the hood, not the least of which is that Mary begins to fall for Dr. Elvis and must decide between Jesus or The King. Presley only sings a few songs in this one, the best of which is the very bouncy "Rubberneckin' ", which I believe was revamped decades later to become a popular song all over again. Many people laugh at the idea of Moore as a Sister, but it works for me. Elvis' performance varies from time to time between rusty and competent, and at times I could accept him as a kind-hearted young doctor. It's refreshing to get something outside the usual Presley formula at this stage of his career, and the movie deals with social issues that were relevant at the time, though come off as rather stereotypical and politically incorrect when viewed today (and so what, the movie occurs in 1969). Some things are far-fetched -- did you know you could cure an autistic child by just holding her while she kicks and screams in rage, all the while assuring her "I love you"...? Even so, it's a strong scene in the film. Ed Asner, who would later star along with Mary in the classic "Mary Tyler Moore Show", has some scenes near the end as a policeman. |
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