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Brook K · 02-04-2005, 12:02 PM

I have Thieves Highway on the way. Wish I'd put Night and the City above it with all the raves I've seen in the past couple of days for the movie.

Saw Mean Creek in the theater. Didn't enjoy it as much as the rest of you, though definitely worth seeing.

I watched the A&E Biography W.C. Fields Behind The Laughter extra to finish off the Fields box. Good overview of his sad life, though i wish they'd talked more about some of his films I haven't seen, like The Flying Trapeze (not even mentioned) and Never Give A Sucker An Even Break. Also what is up with Harry Anderson's hair? He must be seeing Trump's barber.

I really need to pick up a Field's biography and do some reading. Also got me interested in seeing "W.C. Fields And Me" with Rod Steiger as Fields. Anyone seen it?

No time for detailed reviews, but I would rank the movies in the box:

1. The Bank Dick (Comic Genius) - A
2. My Little Chickadee (the story is a throwaway and calling the production values "shoddy" would be kind, but who cares when a movie is this funny?) - A-
3. Never Give A Sucker An Even Break - B+ (another trifle of a story and too much time is given to Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, but Fields is as riotous as ever)
4. International House - B (Fields is gold, and there's some other good material too, but with so many separate personalities given their due, it is all over the map qualitywise)
5. It's A Gift - B- (almost a completely different Fields - very few quotable lines, mostly slapstick and situation comedy rather than jokes and props, no drinking...just not what I expect in a Fields movie)

While traveling through Afghanistan we lost the corkscrew. Had to survive on food and water....

02-04-2005, 12:02 PM	#216 of 2004
Brook K Member Location: St. Louis, MO Join Date: Feb 2000 Local Time: 09:03 PM Local Date: 11-23-2008 Posts: 10,462	I have Thieves Highway on the way. Wish I'd put Night and the City above it with all the raves I've seen in the past couple of days for the movie. Saw Mean Creek in the theater. Didn't enjoy it as much as the rest of you, though definitely worth seeing. I watched the A&E Biography W.C. Fields Behind The Laughter extra to finish off the Fields box. Good overview of his sad life, though i wish they'd talked more about some of his films I haven't seen, like The Flying Trapeze (not even mentioned) and Never Give A Sucker An Even Break. Also what is up with Harry Anderson's hair? He must be seeing Trump's barber. I really need to pick up a Field's biography and do some reading. Also got me interested in seeing "W.C. Fields And Me" with Rod Steiger as Fields. Anyone seen it? No time for detailed reviews, but I would rank the movies in the box: 1. The Bank Dick (Comic Genius) - A 2. My Little Chickadee (the story is a throwaway and calling the production values "shoddy" would be kind, but who cares when a movie is this funny?) - A- 3. Never Give A Sucker An Even Break - B+ (another trifle of a story and too much time is given to Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, but Fields is as riotous as ever) 4. International House - B (Fields is gold, and there's some other good material too, but with so many separate personalities given their due, it is all over the map qualitywise) 5. It's A Gift - B- (almost a completely different Fields - very few quotable lines, mostly slapstick and situation comedy rather than jokes and props, no drinking...just not what I expect in a Fields movie) While traveling through Afghanistan we lost the corkscrew. Had to survive on food and water.... Yes, Captain Hammer's here, hair blowing in the breeze. The day needs my saving expertise! - Captain Hammer, Corporate Tool 2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 314 Last Watched: An Autumn Afternoon Last 10 Films Watched: Penelope - B / Missing - B+ Le Doulos - B- / Snow Angels - D- Mon Oncle Antoine - B / Late Autumn - A- Paranoid Park - B / An Autumn Afternoon - A Forgetting Sarah Marshall - B / Run, Fatboy, Run - B DVD BEAVER My Collection