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Front-Ranger:
Thanks, Scott! I was looking for a good movie to take in while waiting for it to get dark e-nuff for fireworks tonite! This sounds like just the ticket!!
Meanwhile I've started watching The Science of Sleep on my computer, but need to switch to a larger screen to keep from falling asleep while watching it! Because of the subtitles...
What other summer movies are people watching??
Kd5000:
7/4/07 USA TODAY ranks 25 Hollywood Movies that have had an impact. BBM isn't ranked but PHILADELPHIA comes in at #8. :( Was Philadelphia that groundbreaking. I thought Longtime Companions which screened on my PBS station at the time was more moving. Of course, it didn't do that well at the B.O.
Did Philadelphia cause that much conversation. Hollwyood was accused of being late as usual with a social commentary film about AIDS after the hysteria when even Reagan couldn't mention the word.
8. Philadelphia (1993)
Before that rendezvous on Brokeback Mountain, straight stars Tom Hanks and Antonio Banderas were gay lovers in this groundbreaker about an AIDS-afflicted lawyer who sues over job discrimination. Hard to believe that this was the first major studio movie to deal with the disease.
Here's the full article
http://www.usatoday.com/life/top25-movies.htm
YOu can click on the article to find out the author's rationale. Had an impact. THE CABLE GUY?? I don't want this blog post to be too big..
I do agree with SEX LIES AND VIDEOS being on the list.
Front-Ranger:
Yes, Philadelphia was a big deal, I think it was primarily because of Tom Hanks' starring in it. He also won the Best Actor Oscar as well.
Front-Ranger:
USA Today has gone off the deep end with their movie lists, I think. Some of those movies had me mystified!!
I had a scare last nite. I was watching the 1998 Coen Brothers movie The Big Lebowski, which is very funny. One of the best parts of it is the Cowboy (natch!) played by Sam Elliott. Afterwards, somebody mentioned that he died! I was very relieved to find out that he is still alive and kicking, according to wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Elliott
and excited to read that a movie is coming out this year starring him in His Dark Materials!! Now this could be good!!
Meryl:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on July 10, 2007, 11:23:41 am ---I had a scare last nite. I was watching the 1998 Coen Brothers movie The Big Lebowski, which is very funny. One of the best parts of it is the Cowboy (natch!) played by Sam Elliott. Afterwards, somebody mentioned that he died! I was very relieved to find out that he is still alive and kicking, according to wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Elliott
and excited to read that a movie is coming out this year starring him in His Dark Materials!! Now this could be good!!
--- End quote ---
Lee, you're right about His Dark Materials. It looks like it could be really good. The website for that film is stunningly beautiful: http://www.goldencompassmovie.com/?. The cast is gorgeous, too: Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman and Eva Green, as well as Sam Elliott.
I've read the trilogy of books the movie is based on, and they're highly imaginative and dramatic. I don't know how they're going to condense the story into one movie. Maybe there's more than one? Anyway, I'm really looking forward to it.
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