tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post2804133795733530330..comments2024-02-23T05:17:08.682-05:00Comments on The Film Freak Central Blog: ... in my giddyupBill Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-7414218703082031212008-11-13T15:25:00.000-05:002008-11-13T15:25:00.000-05:00Dunno if you guys read Nick Davis, but he wrote wh...Dunno if you guys read Nick Davis, but he wrote what I consider to be the best reviews of both <A HREF="http://www.nicksflickpicks.com/qsolace.html" REL="nofollow">QUANTUM</A> and <A HREF="http://www.nicksflickpicks.com/changlng.html" REL="nofollow">CHANGELING</A>. I more or less have a crush on this guy; every time he publishes something it's like Christmas morning.Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-27057606849599168902008-11-13T14:39:00.000-05:002008-11-13T14:39:00.000-05:00Well, I guess that means I can stop checking every...Well, I guess that means I can stop checking every five minutes.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375743102227844844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-78349744882088795562008-11-13T14:21:00.000-05:002008-11-13T14:21:00.000-05:00Apparently QUANTUM OF SOLACE kinda sucks anyway. ...Apparently QUANTUM OF SOLACE kinda sucks anyway. Even Ebert thinks so.<BR/><BR/>The first two Blu Ray Bond reviews are awesome, btw. Great work, Ian.<BR/><BR/>And in non-Bond related movie news: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN kicks ass.jer fairallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16032172895204505671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-86530546878794566392008-11-13T12:40:00.000-05:002008-11-13T12:40:00.000-05:00Hate to be the bearer of bad news, folks, but we w...Hate to be the bearer of bad news, folks, but we won't have a QUANTUM OF SOLACE review up for tomorrow. Screening boondoggle, to make a long story short.<BR/><BR/>I highly recommend Ian's ongoing coverage of the early Bond flicks if you're jonesing for a 007 fix.Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-76039288594043305252008-11-12T22:53:00.000-05:002008-11-12T22:53:00.000-05:00Aw crap. You're gonna get Dave Gibson mad at me ag...Aw crap. You're gonna get Dave Gibson mad at me again, Rachel.<BR/><BR/>But yeah, I pretty much feel vindicated by the waning of La Lohan's career, although I still think I KNOW WHO KILLED ME is the perfect marriage of actress and role and get very defensive about that movie. I can't imagine much of a comeback for her in the rebooted America, though, which will hopefully purge itself of Brooke Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-73359186063943046322008-11-12T19:12:00.000-05:002008-11-12T19:12:00.000-05:00Off topic--Hey, Bill. I was skimming through the a...Off topic--<BR/><BR/>Hey, Bill. I was skimming through the archives, and happened on <A HREF="http://filmfreakcentral.net/dvdreviews/cody2cheetah.htm" REL="nofollow">this review</A> of yours, where you damn a film, in part, for its promotion of a talentless actor over a talented one. And I was wondering if you’d done any celebrating since, as the talentless one has resigned herself to being a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-52687259452670377112008-11-12T15:21:00.000-05:002008-11-12T15:21:00.000-05:00I also feel to unschooled in Hitch to make a prope...I also feel to unschooled in Hitch to make a proper list--it's not that I haven't seen much of his stuff, but rather that because he was probably the first "great director" I started watching films by, it's been years since I've seen most of the classics. <BR/><BR/>For what its worth, my memories of <I>Rear Window</I>, <I>The Birds</I>, <I>North By Northwest</I>, <I>Vertigo</I> and even <I>Dial jer fairallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16032172895204505671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-86694228952144839402008-11-11T11:22:00.000-05:002008-11-11T11:22:00.000-05:00I think Spellbound is the most underrated Hitch. A...I think Spellbound is the most underrated Hitch. A thriller that invades your dreams, done by Dali no less. Gregory Peck gives one of his best performances, too. <BR/><BR/>-GenericcactusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-78128904744074173582008-11-10T23:32:00.000-05:002008-11-10T23:32:00.000-05:00I don't know how to rank Hitch. I can try, but, re...I don't know how to rank Hitch. I can try, but, really, I'm a nut for the two with Tippi and all of 'em with Cary. The biggest dilemma in ranking them for me comes down to this: yes, _Vertigo_ is ostensibly perfect, but the messiness of _Marnie_ calls out to me louder. Then a lot of others are just a lot more, well, fun than that brutal spiraling. Fuggit, I'll try. Here's nine "faves", at least, Ryland Walker Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09233954424885027837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-86554581227238848712008-11-10T18:03:00.000-05:002008-11-10T18:03:00.000-05:00I'm not sure where there is for Bond to go after C...I'm not sure where there is for Bond to go after <I>Casino Royale,</I> frankly -- after the character gets so expertly rebooted, the long slide back into fiendish masterminds, plot-specific gadgets and girls named after mixed drinks seems inexorable. But then, I thought the same about <I>Batman Begins</I>, and we got <I>TDK.</I>Jefferson Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356665406917571985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-70291949576241931522008-11-10T17:22:00.000-05:002008-11-10T17:22:00.000-05:00Walter - Quantum Of Solace got released early in t...Walter - <BR/><BR/>Quantum Of Solace got released early in the UK, and all I can say is I was very disappointed, especially after Casino Royale - you know Royale's actually my 3rd favourite Bond film, after FRW Love and OHMSS? I guess Forster did have a lot to leave up to but I'll reserve further discussion until after you've seen it.<BR/><BR/>SiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-45753568945623026292008-11-10T13:22:00.000-05:002008-11-10T13:22:00.000-05:00Hope I'm just the first to say this and not the la...Hope I'm just the first to say this and not the last, but unfortunately, I have only SEEN ten Hitchcock films! <BR/><BR/>For whatever it's worth, I would rank them as thus:<BR/><BR/>Psycho (loved it)<BR/>Rear Window (loved it)<BR/>The Birds (loved it)<BR/>Strangers on a Train (loved it)<BR/>Shadow of a Doubt (liked it)<BR/>North by Northwest (liked it)<BR/>Frenzy (mixed)<BR/>Vertigo (disliked it,Alex Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13028946403342782184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-8228789220134435162008-11-10T10:46:00.000-05:002008-11-10T10:46:00.000-05:00I'd definitely recommend revisiting Hitch's Under ...I'd definitely recommend revisiting Hitch's <I>Under Capricorn</I>, an extension of <I>Rope</I>'s single-take aesthetic (this one shot by the great Jack Cardiff) and a personal favorite of New Waver Eric Rohmer. Contains one of Hitch's best scenes: Ingrid Bergman's 10-minute confessional (nothing quite like it). <BR/><BR/>Best Hitch, for me, at the moment: <I>The Birds</I>.Keith Uhlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09366621160453356504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-88648470538466682872008-11-10T02:31:00.000-05:002008-11-10T02:31:00.000-05:00Yeah - not really so much I guess, "Button" and "S...Yeah - not really so much I guess, "Button" and "Solace" - the former because I never seem to look forward to Finchers (just backwards) and the latter because Marc Forster directed it. I'm willing to be knocked out of my socks, though.Walter_Chawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14314737706201691225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-54967662825425223362008-11-10T01:40:00.000-05:002008-11-10T01:40:00.000-05:00Ditto Quantum of Solace?Ditto <I>Quantum of Solace</I>?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-75114679801284049022008-11-09T19:53:00.000-05:002008-11-09T19:53:00.000-05:00Walter-Are you not looking forward to David Finche...Walter-<BR/><BR/>Are you not looking forward to David Fincher's <I>Curious Case of Benjamin Button</I>?Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07520172539867123277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-49799585875503656272008-11-09T15:09:00.000-05:002008-11-09T15:09:00.000-05:00Quick question: why have none of Walter's reviews ...Quick question: why have none of Walter's reviews been posted on Rotten Tomatoes recently? The last one is <I>Shotgun Stories</I>.<BR/><BR/>-RyanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-77752511642476285702008-11-09T14:05:00.000-05:002008-11-09T14:05:00.000-05:00I would do well to perform a little Hitch re-evalu...I would do well to perform a little Hitch re-evaluation myself. It's been too long since I've seen <I>Notorious</I>.<BR/><BR/>Here in Boston, we had a weeklong "'50s Hitchcock" program at the Brattle a few weeks ago--and I'm kicking myself because I could only make time for <I>North by Northwest</I>, which has always been my favorite Hitchcock for its manic sense of fatigue. Imagine my surprise Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-24242713342604964602008-11-09T00:13:00.000-05:002008-11-09T00:13:00.000-05:00My Top 10 Hitches would go sumpin like:Shadow of a...My Top 10 Hitches would go sumpin like:<BR/><BR/>Shadow of a Doubt<BR/>Vertigo<BR/>Sabotage<BR/>Rear Window<BR/>Psycho<BR/>The Wrong Man<BR/>Strangers on a Train<BR/>Marnie<BR/>The 39 Steps<BR/>Rope<BR/><BR/>That list would look completely a month ago or a month from now. I must admit a real soft spot for the Gaumont years, though, of which the later <I>The Wrong Man</I> feels like some kind of Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-66933693348587568262008-11-08T23:06:00.000-05:002008-11-08T23:06:00.000-05:00Hitchcockian? Wow, good question. I really don't k...Hitchcockian? Wow, good question. I really don't know, since the term's reach is extremely broad. I've always hesitated to use it, most likely 'cause I feel that Hitchcock's best films are the only ones that can be called Hitckcockian -- and calling Hitch's own films Hitchcockian seems a tad redundant, even if the word is so all-encompassing.<BR/><BR/>And I know this is a cheesy answer, but I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com