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with my dress off it's most unusual
Neck thing inexplicably eased back to regular ouch rather than mega-ouch. Ortho doc unhelpful, insulting and dismissive. Will be scheduled for PT. And hopefully this is the last you'll hear of it.
So! All this downtime has left me with much time for more important things. Like movie watching!
Roman Holiday! What a delight! I could watch it over and over. I might own it one day and do just that. I'm definitely going to have to share it with my running buddy. Not at all the Gregory Peck I'm used to. In fact, I mostly think of Gregory Peck as the father of the Anti-Christ! And though I've always found Audrey Hepburn lovely I've never liked her more. (Special features included an interview with a grey-haired Peck who said something like, "whenever I got a comedy script I always felt like Cary Grant had seen it first and refused it." In fact, he had! ^ ^)
Mr. Blandings Builds his Dream House. Kind of a 1940's Money Pit only not as funny. I was surprised that I've read several Cary fans list this among their favorites. It's not mine.
On the Beach. I remember borrowing this book from the library when I was probably thirteen or so. I never read it but it's always been on my mental to-do list. A good film, a lovely Peck, and probably the first I've seen Ava Gardner and I really liked her. But man, a bit depressing. The thing that impressed me about this one is that there's some honest sexuality I haven't seen in other 50's films (to be fair this is also one of the latest, released in 1959), including a couple *sharing* a bed, some bathing suited wrestlig and butt-slapping, and a scene in which it is obvious that Peck and Gardner's characters are going to have sex once the shot has faded to black. Unmarried and in a room with only one bed! Heh. Fred Astaire was awesome in this too.
Wife Vs. Secretary. This was my running buddy's pick, chosen because she likes Clark Gable, though that is mostly based, I think, on liking Gone With the Wind. It was called a "screwball comedy", but it was neither funny nor interesting and Gable seemed less to be acting and more to be shouting. Also the first I've seen of Jean Harlow and, honestly, she kind of scared me.
An Affair to Remember. I've seen the newer version of this, so I knew how it ended, but it was lovely all the same. A great Cary character, likeable, charming and smiling (some of his characters are quite grumpy). I enjoy Deborah Kerr although I will admit to fast-forwarding through the singing.
Coming up! I have Harvey and today I will have North by Northwest, Sabrina, and To Kill a Mockingbird! I'm excited about all of them.
So! All this downtime has left me with much time for more important things. Like movie watching!
Roman Holiday! What a delight! I could watch it over and over. I might own it one day and do just that. I'm definitely going to have to share it with my running buddy. Not at all the Gregory Peck I'm used to. In fact, I mostly think of Gregory Peck as the father of the Anti-Christ! And though I've always found Audrey Hepburn lovely I've never liked her more. (Special features included an interview with a grey-haired Peck who said something like, "whenever I got a comedy script I always felt like Cary Grant had seen it first and refused it." In fact, he had! ^ ^)
Mr. Blandings Builds his Dream House. Kind of a 1940's Money Pit only not as funny. I was surprised that I've read several Cary fans list this among their favorites. It's not mine.
On the Beach. I remember borrowing this book from the library when I was probably thirteen or so. I never read it but it's always been on my mental to-do list. A good film, a lovely Peck, and probably the first I've seen Ava Gardner and I really liked her. But man, a bit depressing. The thing that impressed me about this one is that there's some honest sexuality I haven't seen in other 50's films (to be fair this is also one of the latest, released in 1959), including a couple *sharing* a bed, some bathing suited wrestlig and butt-slapping, and a scene in which it is obvious that Peck and Gardner's characters are going to have sex once the shot has faded to black. Unmarried and in a room with only one bed! Heh. Fred Astaire was awesome in this too.
Wife Vs. Secretary. This was my running buddy's pick, chosen because she likes Clark Gable, though that is mostly based, I think, on liking Gone With the Wind. It was called a "screwball comedy", but it was neither funny nor interesting and Gable seemed less to be acting and more to be shouting. Also the first I've seen of Jean Harlow and, honestly, she kind of scared me.
An Affair to Remember. I've seen the newer version of this, so I knew how it ended, but it was lovely all the same. A great Cary character, likeable, charming and smiling (some of his characters are quite grumpy). I enjoy Deborah Kerr although I will admit to fast-forwarding through the singing.
Coming up! I have Harvey and today I will have North by Northwest, Sabrina, and To Kill a Mockingbird! I'm excited about all of them.
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An Affair to Remember is hankie-worthy, in my book. Forget the singing and kiddie sequences, and focus on the ones with his grandmother. She's delightful also.
You'll enjoy Harvey--one of my absolute favorites. N by NW will have you clutching your popcorn. Since you've already seen To Catch a Thief, you may be surprised by some different cinematic tricks that Hitchcock has up his sleeve in this one.
Sabrina simply refuses to work--I've seen the old and the new versions, and it just doesn't wash.
Have you seen Rear Window? Another one of my favorites from this period.
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I've seen Rear Window but it's been a long time! It's on my queue, along with Vertigo which I haven't seen in a while. Same with Rebecca. I also saw the remake of sorts, Disturbia, which was remarkably inferior!
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Also, all the classic movie squee is infecting me. I've been watching a lot of Hitchcock lately, so I'm primed to branch out. :)
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nasty-grampolite note explaining that seeing as how he is supposed to be a doctor, and that doctors are supposed to help their patients, he can fucking well listen to you and be respectful?*hugs you bunches*
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Thank you!