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Old 31-03-2007, 09:51 AM
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The Sound of Music

I started out in life with lots of ambitions I thought I could achieve. Life's bitter experiences have left me with just one I feel is still achievable - never to see the Sound of Music.

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Old 31-03-2007, 11:44 AM
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It's a long film. Just keep thinking, "Even if I'm shackled to the wall, the guards will probably doze off or not pay attention to me, and I can get free somehow." I think there's enough slow moments in there, and enough entertaining ones, so that attentiveness may be diverted.

There's always a silver lining...
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Old 31-03-2007, 06:58 PM
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I started out in life with lots of ambitions I thought I could achieve. Life's bitter experiences have left me with just one I feel is still achievable - never to see the Sound of Music.
Maybe if you watched the sound of music you would have one less bitter experience in your life.Even better why not watch singa longa sound of music ,an interactive audience experience.I Was dragged along kicking and screaming to it a couple of years ago but had a wonderful time (Do you think the six pints of "real ale " I quoffed beforehand influenced my judgement ?) and like the murphys I'm still not bitter
I May be getting older ,but I refuse to grow up
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Old 31-03-2007, 07:06 PM
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Maybe if you watched the sound of music you would have one less bitter experience in your life.Even better why not watch singa longa sound of music ,an interactive audience experience.I Was dragged along kicking and screaming to it a couple of years ago but had a wonderful time (Do you think the six pints of "real ale " I quoffed beforehand influenced my judgement ?) and like the murphys I'm still not bitter
The problem is if I did and regretted it I would have not only wasted a couple of hours of my life but I would also have failed to meet any of the life goals I set myself. Besides Julie Andrews; squeaky clean Aryan brats; spontaneous singing; nuns and nazis - perm any three from 3 from 5 and we're definitely straying into the realms of 'no, never, ever'.
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The problem is if I did and regretted it I would have not only wasted a couple of hours of my life but I would also have failed to meet any of the life goals I set myself. Besides Julie Andrews; squeaky clean Aryan brats; spontaneous singing; nuns and nazis - perm any three from 3 from 5 and we're definitely straying into the realms of 'no, never, ever'.
Come clean T you know too much to have not seen this film,It's no disgrace you know
I May be getting older ,but I refuse to grow up
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Old 31-03-2007, 07:19 PM
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Come clean T you know too much to have not seen this film,It's no disgrace you know
I can honestly say I have not seen it. But I'm not saying it's been easy - it has taken a concerted effort for years to avoid it.
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Old 31-03-2007, 08:39 PM
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Smiffy, don't worry... I know he'll seen it soon. When Nicholson finishes work on THE QUEEN II and SOUND OF MUSIC is the only other film showing, he'll decide Julie Andrews, nuns and Nazis are a better use of his last moments on Earth as Hell finishes freezing over.
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Old 31-03-2007, 09:24 PM
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The Lord Of The Rings bores me senseless.

This isn't a criticsm of the movies; but I can't tell one beardy from another and tend to fall asleep after the first 5 minutes.
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Old 31-03-2007, 10:57 PM
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Battleship Potemkin (among many others)--BP brings out the guilt and feeling of being at the bottom of th heap when discussing films with "people who really know".
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Old 31-03-2007, 11:09 PM
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I almost never say "never" to a performer or filmmaker.
But I've been saying "never" to Robin Williams movies for over a decade now.

Christine, you should give Fellini and Bergman another try. They are definitely not the best foreign directors, but 8 1/2 and The Seventh Seal are rather extreme examples to go by, to get a gauge of their art.
For a better, more approachable and charming Fellini, go with The White Shiek and I Vitelloni.
For a lighter, more interesting Bergman, go with Smiles of a Summer Night and Wild Strawberries.

And Kurosawai for sure, should be given many tries. If Throne of Blood isn't you're fit, try The Hidden Fortress. If Yojimbo isn't up you're alley, give Ikiru a chance.

And by all means, take chances on...High and Low, Dersu Uzala, Stray Dog, Dodes'Ka-den, and The Bad Sleep Well.

And to Torquemada - Sound of Music is about the last Robert Wise film I'd recommend. that and Helen of Troy, and Rooftops, are his low ebbs as a creative director. Totally trite, immenently miss-able affairs.

Star! is better. West Side Story the best.

No one new (or inexperienced) with musicals should deprive themselves of:

On the Town, Love me or Leave Me, The Pajama Game, Sweet Charity...
and the great Ernst Lubitsch films ca.1929-34:
The Love Parade, Monte Carlo, The Smiling Lieutenant, and The Merry Widow most especially.
The imitation-Lubitsch's are often near as good: Rouben Mamoulian's Love me Tonight and Wm. Dieterle's Adorable.
In fact, all Rouben Mamoulian and Stanley Donen musicals, are fine, except for Donen's first one (The Royal Wedding).

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Smiffy, don't worry... I know he'll seen it soon. When Nicholson finishes work on THE QUEEN II and SOUND OF MUSIC is the only other film showing, he'll decide Julie Andrews, nuns and Nazis are a better use of his last moments on Earth as Hell finishes freezing over.
Never gonna happen Christine, and especially since Uncle Jack made About Schmidt.
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Old 01-04-2007, 09:45 AM
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A film I have never seen, which seems ridiculous I know, being in the business....
"Clockwork Orange".
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR...YOU MAY GET IT!
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Battleship Potemkin (among many others)--BP brings out the guilt and feeling of being at the bottom of th heap when discussing films with "people who really know".

Thank God, I thought I was the only one.

I am always being told that it is A MAJOR LANDMARK IN CINEMA HISTORY and it probably is, but Jesus H bloody Christ, it is soo slooowww........
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Easy Rider...although I've read Peter Biskind's account of the New Hollywood of the 60s and 70s - Easy Riders, Raging Bulls - and the backstory behind making of the film was very interesting.
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Thanks for the good notes about many various films, especially the alternatives to filmmakers' heralded classics. It's that "scent of the herd" kind of thing that blows me away from some.
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