theuofc

Hi, Alison,

I like your adaptation of the title. Very clever plus The Third Man is one of my all-time favorite films in b/w.

Best,

Barbara

SimplyMoore

I loved the original "Alfie" movie, thought Michael Caine was excellent and enjoyed the music from that movie as well.

How did the character make you feel? I wasn't born then and from the point of a younger person watching the movie in the 2000's things probably look a little different than how people felt about the movie watching it in the 60's. I was actually on Alfie's side throughout the movie. LOL

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Steve Crook

But of course. Who else's side could anyone have been on?
As someone who grew up through that period, Alfie was a role model that we could all aim for, but hardly ever get close to.

Steve

SimplyMoore

I just thought that there might be some women who would criticise his actions and feel sorry for the women in the movie he supposedly "wronged". lol Being a girl myself, I thought the women in the movie were the ones to blame for their own mistakes with him. I also thought that it was unfair for his girlfriend to get pregnant and then demand that Alfie marry her, and then cut him off from his son, when Alfie was a good father. He might have not made a good husband, but good father he was for sure.

Shelley Winters was great, too!

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thirdlady

the original of alfie is an excellent movie.

looking at it now it's still as fresh as ever!

A.S.Carroll
"Happiness isn't sold in bottles you have to achieve it in your own lifetime!"

Cuffy

I guess I was looking at it from the same perspective. It was a film from the decade before I was born and although I've been a fan of Michael Caine for a long, long time this film had somehow managed to elude me until earlier this year.

Although I didn't actually like the character, I did sympathise with him and the events that he was caught up in - which I guess was the whole point. I was quite shocked when I realised what a strong insight into the ways and attitudes of the times it was giving out.

I'd really never realised quite how deep a film it is and even watching it nowadays, it had a real impact on me.

SimplyMoore

I haven't seen the remake. Being a Michael Caine fan, it's hard to picture anyone playing the pasrt but him, though Jude Law bears some resemblance to MC. What I like the most about classic movies is that they can bring the point across in a powerful way without the movie having to go into an R-rating. Original "Alfie" is a perfect example of this. When I saw the R-rating on the remake, I thought: "Oh well, naturally, they probably added a ton of language and nudity."

What was the remake like compared to the original? Is it worth seeing?

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Cuffy

Although I've been tempted to watch the remake. I've thus far been unable to bring myself to watch it - I think I'm too predjudiced in favour of the original to give the remake a fair chance.

abc

I really like the original film so was pretty sure I would hate the remake. Still I watched it when it was on Sky and actually thought it was a great film and Jude Law was very impressive in the role. I enjoyed it so much I bought the dvd.

After seeing the Jude Law version I discovered that there was a 1975 sequel to the original film called Alfie Darling (aka Oh Alfie) which starred Alan Price in the role of Alfie. I eventually tracked it down on Amazon and bought it with anticipation. I have to say it is among the most disappointing films I have ever bought - I just think it doesn't work whether it is due to just not seeing Alan Price as Alfie or just a bad script I'm not sure.

David Brent

Of course all the guys wanted to be Alfie, the man who charmed all types of women into his bed.
As I saw the film when in my teens I must admit that the one scene that stayed in my memory the most was the abortion scene.
That scene took away a lot of Alfie's glamour for me.

The Jude Law remake was not as bad as I thought it may have been but it was still not a patch on the origional.
Apart from anything else how can you take Alfie out of his native London and drop him into New York? Its just not the same.

Dave.

Steve Crook

The abortion scene made me glad I'd grown up just those few years later, when abortions were legal, the pill was freely available and before AIDS.

Steve

Cuffy

It wasn't that long since I saw the original for the first time - the abortion scene came as quite a shock to me. I'd, somehow, managed to reach my 30's and remain ignorant of much of the storyline to this film.

Although brief, the performance by Denholm Elliott will stay with me a for a long time - there was something beyond the disturbing matter at hand that was projected from the character.