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A wonderful actress & a fine career right up until the end. She always brought something extra to any role she played. And of course a strikingly beautiful woman always.
Bloating The Hobbit into 3 films larded with bad fan fiction was not a good thing.
John Hurt's Aragorn is especially wonderful!
And Bakshi gets Tolkien in a way that Jackson doesn't, e.g., Jackson's inability to believe that Faramir could be as decent a human being as he is in the novel & writing him badly; or Jackson's attempts to make the story more "accessible" to 21s7 century audiences by adding out of place contemporary dialogue & adolescent "humor" where they don't belong in the first place.
Wizards, but the others are close. And while his Lord of the Rings is uneven, overall I like it a lot, and feel that in some scenes, he actually caught the essence of Tolkien better than Peter Jackson did. For example, his version of the temptation of Galadriel is better because it's understated, not bombastic & over the top—and I say that as someone who loves Cate Blanchett as an actress.
So sorry to hear this news. I'd just re-watched both The Quiller Memorandum and Blume In Love recently, and Bye Bye Braverman not too long before them. A versatile & gifted actor who never got the full acclaim that he deserved.
Agreed! And I can understand Ronnie's viewpoint, too. Roy's experience has changed the course of his life so utterly & irrevocably that their previous life together can only dissolve. There's no going back for either of them.
Yes, viewers need to put aside historical nitpicking & contemporary ideas of "what a movie should be" and simply lose themselves in a rousing good old-fashioned story.
Yes, I disliked the grumpiness later on. While becoming less hick-like, he still should have kept that slightly devilish, mischievous streak he often used to tease Barney. And others at times, too.
Absolutely. They're not killers because they're gay. They're killers who in this particular case happen to be gay, with one partner obviously dominating the other emotionally. This could just as easily happen with a heterosexual couple, and in real life often has.
True, but the innuendoes would go over the heads of any kids in the audience, who would laugh at the hilarious visual humor. Meanwhile, the adults appreciated & thoroughly enjoyed every innuendo & double entendre throughout. That's one of the great things about '30s & '40s films. They used wit, sophistication, and cleverness to say the most adult things without actually "saying" them.
Apparently a great many public librarians felt that it was honest & actually addresses many of the issues they face every day.
It's a fine, heartfelt movie. And as previous posters have noted, older & younger people often form romantic relationships, some of which can last a lifetime.
Don't try to take it so literally & logically. It's not that sort of movie.
Full agreement! :)
I really like Interiors. It's not what anyone expected from Woody, and many dismissed it as Bergman-lite; but while Bergman is an obvious influence, Interiors can stand on its own.
I also like Another Woman, which is one that especially seems to get forgotten.
Just came across this, and it's a beautiful, poetic interpretation that I really like.
Carradine used to walk around barefoot in those days anyway, as did many young people of the counterculture. I did so myself. The soles of your feet toughen up pretty quickly!
I know. But I've got to say that David Carradine really pulled it off beautifully, even so. He had the acting chops to make it work.
Maybe that's just as well. No show made today could recapture the wonderfully unique tone & ambience of the original Kung Fu anyway.
I don't currently practice a specific religion, but I come from a Catholic background that was a positive experience for me, and I do still experience a very strong sense of the Sacred, define it as you will. Not in a vague New Age "I'll just select what makes me feel good" sort of way, but rather in engaging with the Psyche & the Transcendent as best I can. Thomas Merton is still an important mentor & guide for me, and I would never belittle or dismiss anyone's deeply lived faith.
Campbell once said that during his many years teaching religion & myth, none of his religious students lost their faith, but rather understood, appreciated & embraced it all the more because of their studies. :)