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I thought so too.
There’s no such thing as a “self personality.”
It’s the film’s weakest moment, and ending that leaves the movie, in the words of one reviewer, “One scare short.” What I notice is two details, motifs that had been previouslynestablished:
1. She throws some object (rock, piece of wood) up in the air and catches it, just as Corky had done in the tree’s shadow watching her descend the steps at their high school. His object was a wooden heart he had carved but lost before getting the chance to present it to her.
2. Her calling out “You might never get this oppor-fuckin’-tunity again!” is both an invitation to continue their relationship, and a nod to Fats’ signature cuss line, showing that unlike his agent she can accept his “friend” in their relationship. Which means the murders were unnecessary, as Corky has found someone to accept him with all his self- described “failures.”
There’s definitely comedy.
“Do we all have to listen to that?” (Barbara’s Broadway album)
[old woman on tram looking at Daniel’s face] So young. AIDS?
“Are we going to stay and listen to this?”
“Well, I have to. That’s my dad.”
“How did you die?”
“Onstage — like you.”
“I’m glad we stayed. Let’s go.”
“Oh my God … NINE DAYS!”
“I was the first to use the phrase, ALL NUDE. Yep, that was mine. Doubled business in a month. Hey, I gotta take a piss. Wanna come?”
“You’re eating a few shrimp and I’m having a fishing boat!”
Defense and prosecutors feuding childishly despite being advanced souls.
Defense making silly or illogical defenses of Daniel’s behavior while having a mind sufficient to get trapped in the Fifth Circle of Thought.
Shirley MacLaine.
I was down with the romance, and not just for the reasons you mentioned. The critical feature of Julia *is* a good person and *does* see that Daniel is, too — something that he himself had trouble seeing. If he could just stop taking the first salary offer and get over his issue over being seen with too many pies, that is. She helps him grow over those few days, especially after he learns how going back for the cat pays big dividends in the hereafter.
<<< whenever I am at a crossroads between doing something safe and conservative vs. the risky/brave. I often choose the more courageous, albeit riskier proposition, because of Defending Your Life >>>
Same.
>>> did anyone actually laugh when he was critiqued for not investing in Casio? <<<
When the judge pointed to the Casio on his wrist and said, “I know” — yes.
Lee Grant won the Oscar for supporting actress in Shampoo, the first award announced at the 1976 ceremony.
Nobody won anything for Voyage of the Damned except the dubious distinction of being involved with one of the decade’s biggest cinematic embarassments.
If you really believe this, then it is you who missed the mark.
It is clearly established early on that human weakness is the great shortcoming to be cured: “Being a Small Brain means that most of your brainpower has been devoted to fear.” People who fear make terrible decisions, including not showing kindness. Weakness is fear.
For more on this, take a good look at our current president.
Oh my God … NINE DAYS!!
You gone throw up.
No, dummy — reading them.
I would, but I gotta take a piss.
You comin’?
P.S. I was the first to come up with the phrase, “ALL NUDE.”
Yep — that was mine.
I was told we weren’t doing that anymore.
Check out her Oscar performance in “Shampoo” … if you can (used to be impossible to find).
Understood.
I wasn’t turned on but respected both her character and Grant’s acting for the reason you cite.
I find strong, honest women appealing even if they might sometimes seem callous.
She turns 99 in October.
Highway 110 south of Pasadena.
Nope.
“Do we all have to listen to that?”
On blowing the punchline, 10 for 10.
The whole fun of this movie is to watch a no-nonsense nonbeliever gradually come to believe the impossible about his son, to the point where he is certain he must kill him in ritual fashion. In his commentary, Richard Donner admitted he found it necessary to direct as if all of the unusual happenings were coincidence. Thorne is a man smart enough to eventually accept the evidence that his son is the devil but not smart enough to know that, if true, he cannot be stopped.
I wouldn’t want to learn my fate. And if I somehow did, I don’t know what I’d do.
But I’m not very excited these days about fighting what cannot be stopped.
I hadn’t seen the movie in — no kidding — 49 years, so it was like a stint of time travel.
Two things were clear: it was much better — and braver — than I remember, and your point: they sure as f$&# don’t make ‘em like that anymore. By any stretch.