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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 07, 2008, 01:07:37 pm ---Yes, let's watch it! Days of Heaven was one of my favorites too! Was that Karen Allen who played the female lead? I was hot for her rather than Gere, believe it or not!!
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I came as close as a straight woman can to being hot for Brooke Adams in that movie, myself. She was beautiful. But then, so was Richard Gere! And Sam Shepherd was attractive, too. Whatever happened to whoever played the younger sister?
--- Quote --- Does it seem to you like movies used to be much more complex than they are now that 90% of movies are produced to satisfy the teenage hetero male, LOL??
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Absolutely. Film writers have often written about the '70s being the Golden Age of movies, with the success of "Star Wars" being the turning point. Once studios found how much money they could make with special-effects-laden, cartoonish action pictures, that was that.
I've read that it's not only teenage hetero males that today's big blockbuster movies are designed to appeal to, but also to global audiences. A non-English-speaker can gather the meaning of car chases and building explosions much more easily than talky character dramas.
oilgun:
--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on January 07, 2008, 01:45:13 pm ---I came as close as a straight woman can to being hot for Brooke Adams in that movie, myself. She was beautiful. But then, so was Richard Gere! And Sam Shepherd was attractive, too. Whatever happened to whoever played the younger sister?
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Sam Shepard was extremely sexy (He still is really), I had such a thing for him!
--- Quote ---I've read that it's not only teenage hetero males that today's big blockbuster movies are designed to appeal to, but also to global audiences. A non-English-speaker can gather the meaning of car chases and building explosions much more easily than talky character dramas.
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Good point, I hadn't thought of that. Makes a lot of sense.
I just got back from There Will be Blood and all I have to say is: Oh My God! It's a strange film, very over the top, especially the ending. I loved the dramatic soundtrack which makes itself quite evident, like a lead character. Daniel Day Lewis' theatrics at the end brought to mind Al Pacino in Scarface, Orson Wells in Citizen Kane & James Dean in Giant. And it takes place in a bowling alley(!) Anyway, I really enjoyed it! It's not perfect, I thought Paul Dano was miscast, I didn't find him very convincing as the preacher.
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: oilgun on January 07, 2008, 06:02:57 pm ---Sam Shepherd was extremely sexy (He still is really), I had such a thing for him!
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Oh, join the club! LOL
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: oilgun on January 07, 2008, 01:17:44 pm ---I'm in! And OMG! I love Three Women! Shelley Duvall is wonderful in that! "She and I are best friends!" "It's for the kitchen!"
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Where is the back of the line for people who want to marry oilgun and spend the rest of their days happily watching movie after movie!!
southendmd:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 07, 2008, 06:23:55 pm ---Where is the back of the line for people who want to marry oilgun and spend the rest of their days happily watching movie after movie!!
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Behind me, missy!
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