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Royal Tenenbaum
Jul 26th, 2004, 06:24 PM
is fucking awesome. Go rent The Apartment and Sunset Blvd. Stop watching shitty movies, and see some fucking classics.
FartinMowler
Jul 26th, 2004, 06:31 PM
Yep, old movies are fun... :) not easy to find but fun.
ArrowX
Jul 26th, 2004, 07:17 PM
Just take the time out of your busy black eye relatives schedule and look :lol
pjalne
Jul 27th, 2004, 06:54 AM
I rewatched The Apartment a couple of weeks ago. That movie is so much better than any other romantic comedy.
Miss Modular
Jul 27th, 2004, 07:51 AM
I also very much enjoyed One, Two, Three. Too bad it's not on DVD. >:
Catch it on TCM. :)
Royal Tenenbaum
Jul 27th, 2004, 04:25 PM
One, Two, Three is on DVD ( http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JKH5/qid=1090964073/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-1555181-3893660?v=glance&s=dvd ). What are you talking about? I thought it was good, yet fairly medicore. I suspect it was much funnier when it first came out. The actually pacing is quite hysterical though, since Cagney just rattles off line after line. It's insane.
My gf and I watch tons of Wilder, since he is her favourite director. I bought her a crazy Apartment poster, one of the UK Quad ones.
Stalag 17 is another classic, very funny and also with a touch of drama. That's when his films work best. Sunset Blvd. can be depressing in a way, but it's also hilarious on a level. Either way, his best films easily are some of the best films ever.
Miss Modular
Jul 27th, 2004, 08:57 PM
See, it wasn't out when I saw it. I admit I don't really keep up on DVDs.
da blob
Jul 27th, 2004, 09:00 PM
some like it hot is one of my favourite movies ever.
also the cat on a hot tin roof, while we're into classics.
Daphne
Jul 28th, 2004, 11:14 AM
Some like it Hot is one of my all time favourites, too. I love The Apartment, and the Seven Year Itch as well
I agree that people should watch more classic movies (before 1970, at least!) It's so depressing that when I talk to most people my age they have no idea who someone like Jack Lemmon is unless I say Grumpy Old Men :(
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