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Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Peppard - from the sublime to the ridiculous.
What a trip this movie is! I saw BAT recently for the first time on the big screen (after a few video watchings) and like it even more now.
Hepburn's got it all. Poise, class, what a looker! She even made smoking look super sexy and I can't stand the cancer sticks! She pulled off the high class hooker/innocent country girl act with great finesse.
Peppard is also terrific - it's a shame that most people will remember him for that dross The A-Team. What a fall from grace!
Finally, a comment on the music. The soundtrack is a superb excursion into the Lounge Era, and I'm not talking about Moon River.
Buy the video, buy the soundtrack, fix yourself up a bourbon (with water) and indulge.
La vita è bella (1997)
:-)
The hallmark of a great movie is, I think, that when the end credits roll, nobody moves. And nobody did. Including me.
Maybe some of us just had to sit for a while and contemplate. I, for one, had to stop crying.
All those who are critical of Life is Beautiful must be arachnid loving visigoths!
Chôjin densetsu Urotsukidôji (1989)
Misogynistic fantasies
This is a sick movie, conceived by an impotent schoolboy with some nasty preoccupations with sex and violence towards women.
Though the movie's premise is interesting, its execution is pornographic.
I love manga - but this is vile.
Dark City (1998)
So Americans can make a good movie in Australia!
Plot, Schmlot! See Dark City for the visuals - the design and cinematography are brilliant.
I also had fun spotting the Aussie actors in supporting and bit roles, and the areas of Sydney used as locations.
Dark City, for me, was kind of like Blade Runner but without the plot - but the visuals made up for it.
Lost in Space (1998)
What incredible dross!
Why I didn't like Lost In Space -
1) That girl from Party of Five.
2) The cliche drenched script ("It's showtime"?? Oh come on!).
3) That girl from Party of Five.
4) Special effects obviously gotten from the back of a cereal box.
5) The animated alien who escaped from Who Framed Roger Rabbit - where did that come from?
6) Matt Le Blanc.
7) A lame plot and, finally,
8) That girl from Party of Five.
Not my favourite movie.
The Princess Bride (1987)
FANTASTIC
A gentle, witty and charming movie for anyone who appreciates the beauty of a story well-told.
And Mandy Patinkin doesn't sing! Woo-hoo!
But honestly, buy this movie so you can watch it any time you feel a bit down. This film is better than... uhm... whatever it is that usually perks you up when you're feeling down.
Viva Las Vegas (1964)
The only reason for watching this movie...
... the delectable Ann-Margaret. Viva Las Vegas must surely be, contrary to popular belief, an Ann-Margaret movie co-starring Elvis the Pelvis (and not the other way around). I fell in love with her in Bye Bye Birdie, and fell in love with her again in this. Swing those hips baby!