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The focus was on Stewart's not very likable character, not on the development of the carbine. Only near the end did his innovation regarding the carbine show up, and then it was sort of like a montage. I still don't know what the improvement was, and maybe that was because the studio didn't think it would engage the ticket-buying public as much as the biographical story line.
Indeed.... a bit depressing but excellent. The "sequel" was terrible.Touchofevil said:Chinatown. Always a very entertaining movie.
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Indeed.... a bit depressing but excellent. The "sequel" was terrible.
The Last Starfighter
The Last Starfighter
Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936)
Another pretty good Capra movie that I had not seen before. It stars Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur.
- Ian
As a movie, I'd say the same "pretty good" and add, not great. The stars carry it for me - Cooper is always fun is his comfortably awkward way and Jean Arthur is, IMHO, the star from the 30s that should be more known today. She had looks (in a girl next door kinda way), a inner spark that made her seem fun and like she got the joke, and a raspy voice that worked for her but shouldn't have. Maybe it's because she didn't have a movie - like "Casablanca" or the "Philadelphia Story" - that resonates with audiences today, but she seems unknown today to all but the classic movie fan. "Only Angels Have Wings" is my favorite of hers.
I'm half way through "Female" which is an awesome pre-code where Ruth Chatterton plays a CEO of an auto company who uses her good-looking male employees for sex (yes, it's that blatant) and, then, if they try to turn it into a relationship she has them shipped off to some branch office. Incredibly ahead of its time. Makes you sad for what movies could have been after 1934 if the code hadn't started to be enforced. And the Art Deco scenery (and Chatterton) are gorgeous just to look at.
Sharknado the Rifftrax version, at the local theater.
It was done via satellite feed (by Fathom Events) across 650 theaters.
An encore will be Tuesday night.
The movie was dumb enough on it's own (like the sun being out during the cgi tornado scenes), but with the Rifftrax people it was a great experience.
And Tara Reid STILL can't act.