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Post by pippsheadache on Feb 27, 2024 20:07:50 GMT -5
He was also one of those guys, like Cary Grant or James Cagney or Edward G. Robinson that every bad impersonator used to do back in the 1960s. Gotta be near the top of the list of bad casting decisions...Edward G. Robinson as "Dathan" in "The Ten Commandments". Hilarious SNL/Rob Schneider take on it... www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o3aMo7JkcEHah, that was genuinely funny. And not too far off from the real film. |
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Feb 27, 2024 21:14:14 GMT -5
Gotta be near the top of the list of bad casting decisions...Edward G. Robinson as "Dathan" in "The Ten Commandments". Hilarious SNL/Rob Schneider take on it... www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o3aMo7JkcEHah, that was genuinely funny. And not too far off from the real film. Didn't John Wayne play Genghis Khan or am I imagining that? |
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Post by azbob643 on Feb 27, 2024 21:21:11 GMT -5
Hah, that was genuinely funny. And not too far off from the real film. Didn't John Wayne play Genghis Khan or am I imagining that?  |
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Post by kaybli on Feb 27, 2024 21:25:58 GMT -5
Another great show was Justified. Anything by the late great Elmore Leonard is worth watching. Great characters and great dialog. Anyone seen the show Bosch. It first ran on Prime, but now it's on Freevee. They made a sequel series with many of the same cast. Both are very entertaining and the lead actor Titus Welliver is really good! Bosch is on my list but haven’t gotten around to seeing it yet. |
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Post by laurenfrances on Feb 28, 2024 2:05:39 GMT -5
Another great show was Justified. Anything by the late great Elmore Leonard is worth watching. Great characters and great dialog. Anyone seen the show Bosch. It first ran on Prime, but now it's on Freevee. They made a sequel series with many of the same cast. Both are very entertaining and the lead actor Titus Welliver is really good! Yes I watched the first two seasons. His panoramic view from his house on the cliff is amazing. i read some of Michael Connelly's Bosch books so I was interested in watching this series.. So many things to watch, I never got back to watching further. |
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Post by bomberhojoe on Feb 28, 2024 13:11:49 GMT -5
Anyone seen the show Bosch. It first ran on Prime, but now it's on Freevee. They made a sequel series with many of the same cast. Both are very entertaining and the lead actor Titus Welliver is really good! Yes I watched the first two seasons. His panoramic view from his house on the cliff is amazing. i read some of Michael Connelly's Bosch books so I was interested in watching this series.. So many things to watch, I never got back to watching further. Yeah the Hollywood Hills are breathtaking from his house! |
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Feb 28, 2024 13:38:10 GMT -5
I think that often movies made from great books seem to miss the mark. I think the original Shogun was an exception. I'll hold judgement on the remake until seeing more of it. Two made for TV movies based on Pulitzer winning books that IMHO, are excellent are Lonesome Dove and Gettysburg. Lonesome Dove had an extrodinary cast and I never tire of watching it. Gettysburg, based on the great book by Michael Shara - Killer Angels, is a very underrated movie (IMO). Pretty good cast including Jeff Daniels who was superb. My only negative critique was I didn't care for the way Martin Sheen played Robert E. Lee.
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Post by kaybli on Feb 28, 2024 13:42:23 GMT -5
I think that often movies made from great books seem to miss the mark. I think the original Shogun was an exception. I'll hold judgement on the remake until seeing more of it. Two made for TV movies based on Pulitzer winning books that IMHO, are excellent are Lonesome Dove and Gettysburg. Lonesome Dove had an extrodinary cast and I never tire of watching it. Gettysburg, based on the great book by Michael Shara - Killer Angels, is a very underrated movie (IMO). Pretty good cast including Jeff Daniels who was superb. My only negative critique was I didn't care for the way Martin Sheen played Robert E. Lee. Did you see the first episode or two of the new Shogun series? What was your initial impression? |
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Post by azbob643 on Feb 28, 2024 14:01:14 GMT -5
I think that often movies made from great books seem to miss the mark. I think the original Shogun was an exception. I'll hold judgement on the remake until seeing more of it. Two made for TV movies based on Pulitzer winning books that IMHO, are excellent are Lonesome Dove and Gettysburg. Lonesome Dove had an extrodinary cast and I never tire of watching it. Gettysburg, based on the great book by Michael Shara - Killer Angels, is a very underrated movie (IMO). Pretty good cast including Jeff Daniels who was superb. My only negative critique was I didn't care for the way Martin Sheen played Robert E. Lee. Jeff Daniels is one of my favorites. Have you seen "Godless" (netflix). Outstanding. |
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Feb 28, 2024 14:57:49 GMT -5
I think that often movies made from great books seem to miss the mark. I think the original Shogun was an exception. I'll hold judgement on the remake until seeing more of it. Two made for TV movies based on Pulitzer winning books that IMHO, are excellent are Lonesome Dove and Gettysburg. Lonesome Dove had an extrodinary cast and I never tire of watching it. Gettysburg, based on the great book by Michael Shara - Killer Angels, is a very underrated movie (IMO). Pretty good cast including Jeff Daniels who was superb. My only negative critique was I didn't care for the way Martin Sheen played Robert E. Lee. Did you see the first episode or two of the new Shogun series? What was your initial impression? They ran episode 1 and 2 back to back. I think there was so much hype that my expectations may have been unrealistic. I thought it started a little slow but picked up. Not ready to call it a hit or a bust at this point. |
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Post by Max on Feb 28, 2024 15:01:43 GMT -5
I really liked Fargo, season 5 was good. I discovered June Temple who was an absolute hoot. Jennifer Jason Leigh was also very good. Really liked Better Call Saul and was sorry to see it end. I like Yellowstone and am patiently waiting to see how they write off Costner. I have to catch up on Fargo. I only saw season 1. Better Call Saul is one of my favorite shows. The last few seasons were spectacular. These are some of my favorite shows:
-The Wire (my absolute favorite)
-The Sopranos -Breaking Bad -Better Call Saul -The Americans -True Detective -Peaky Blinders -Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon
-Mandalorian/Andor -Chernobyl
Some of my favorite TV series in no particular order...
Game of Thrones Rome
Dexter Homeland Billions
TWD 2 Broke Girls Young Sheldon 2 1/2 Men Friends Pillars of the Earth Spartacus
Will & Grace Shelter Stranger Things The Alienist
Taboo Beef The Watcher Schitt's Creek
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Feb 28, 2024 15:02:45 GMT -5
I think that often movies made from great books seem to miss the mark. I think the original Shogun was an exception. I'll hold judgement on the remake until seeing more of it. Two made for TV movies based on Pulitzer winning books that IMHO, are excellent are Lonesome Dove and Gettysburg. Lonesome Dove had an extrodinary cast and I never tire of watching it. Gettysburg, based on the great book by Michael Shara - Killer Angels, is a very underrated movie (IMO). Pretty good cast including Jeff Daniels who was superb. My only negative critique was I didn't care for the way Martin Sheen played Robert E. Lee. Jeff Daniels is one of my favorites. Have you seen "Godless" (netflix). Outstanding. No, I'll put it on my list. Speaking of Jeff's, I thought Bridges was good in The Old Man. Waiting on season 2. |
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Post by Max on Feb 28, 2024 15:04:59 GMT -5
This afternoon I watched Hitchcock's masterpiece "North by Northwest". "How does a girl like you, end up like a girl like you?" I have a box set of Hitchcock movies. Classics to be sure "North by Northwest" is one of my favorite AH movies, but my favorite AH movie is "Lifeboat". |
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Post by azbob643 on Feb 28, 2024 15:08:22 GMT -5
Jeff Daniels is one of my favorites. Have you seen "Godless" (netflix). Outstanding. No, I'll put it on my list. Speaking of Jeff's, I thought Bridges was good in The Old Man. Waiting on season 2. Bridges is another favorite...I'm waiting for the next season of "The Old Man'. But I understand he's not in many of the episodes due to his health issues that I think he's overcome. Great in "The Big Lebowksi" & "The Fisher King". "Hell or High Water" pretty good too. |
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Post by Max on Feb 28, 2024 15:13:56 GMT -5
That one was chilling. The ancient feel of the movie makes it even more so. It was one of the staples of Theater Arts classes back in the day. From before the time when Peter Lorre settled into a comfortable career as a character actor in Hollywood. He was also one of those guys, like Cary Grant or James Cagney or Edward G. Robinson that every bad impersonator used to do back in the 1960s. My brother talked me into to getting a box set of Charlie Chan movies when it went on sale. If anything it humorous and stereotypical of how Asians are viewed during that era. Seeing Hawaii in the 30s is cool. I'm a fan of the Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) and Mr. Moto (Peter Lorre) and Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) mystery movies. I enjoy watching many movies from the 1930's and 1940's. I became a big horror movie fan growing up watching all those Universal Horror movie classics (Frankenstein, Dracula, Werewolf of London, etc). One of the actors in the Werewolf of London is the aforementioned Warner Oland. |
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