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BruisedOrange said:
Dang! That's tough! How about limiting it to a genre?

But I can tell you my "guilty pleasure" movie (not esteemed by critics as a truly great movie): the original "The Big Sleep" (1946), starring Bogie and Bacall.

Aside from its sterling credentials--directed by Howard Hawks, screenplay by (the) William Faulkner and Leigh Brackett, taken from a novel by Raymond Chandler--the plot is so perplexing that even Raymond Chandler wasn't sure it actually made sense. But that's what makes it repeatedly watchable for me--plus, all those cool film noir detective bits.

It's also filled with subtle humor that's easily missed the first viewing. In this early scene, Bacall wants to learn what Bogie and her father were talking about in the (hot & humid) greenhouse. The butler is so good.


Another thing I love about these old movies is how creatively they had to handle sex, back when every line had to clear the Hays Office censors. In this meeting, after they finish some business, they have an X-rated sex conversation... about "betting on horses."
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Good one. I also like "The Maltese Falcon." The line that became most repeated in our house:

Joel Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation ready.
Sam Spade: What do you want me to do, learn to stutter?
 
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BruisedOrange said:
Dang! That's tough! How about limiting it to a genre?

But I can tell you my "guilty pleasure" movie (not esteemed by critics as a truly great movie): the original "The Big Sleep" (1946), starring Bogie and Bacall.

Aside from its sterling credentials--directed by Howard Hawks, screenplay by (the) William Faulkner and Leigh Brackett, taken from a novel by Raymond Chandler--the plot is so perplexing that even Raymond Chandler wasn't sure it actually made sense. But that's what makes it repeatedly watchable for me--plus, all those cool film noir detective bits.

It's also filled with subtle humor that's easily missed the first viewing. In this early scene, Bacall wants to learn what Bogie and her father were talking about in the (hot & humid) greenhouse. The butler is so good.


Another thing I love about these old movies is how creatively they had to handle sex, back when every line had to clear the Hays Office censors. In this meeting, after they finish some business, they have an X-rated sex conversation... about "betting on horses."
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The Big Sleep is a good one!
Have you read Chandlers books?
 
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Orange. said:
Good one. I also like "The Maltese Falcon." The line that became most repeated in our house:

Joel Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation ready.
Sam Spade: What do you want me to do, learn to stutter?
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Yep! Falcon is a close second for me, and with similarly subtle humor. Mary Astor's character is such a "delicious" liar! She makes me laugh every time now.

My favorite quotes (probably original to Dashiell Hammett's book) are...

The gunsel, Wilmer: Keep on riding me and they're gonna be picking iron out of your liver!
Sam Spade: The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.

...and this reply to Astor's character admitting that she'd initially lied to Spade and his partner:

"Well, that's okay. We didn't exactly believe your story, Miss Wonderly--we believed your 200 dollars.
I mean, you paid us more than if you had been telling us the truth... and enough more to make it all right."
 
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MAD said:
Tell me 5 of your all time favorite movies
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No way I can narrow it to just 5.
Anything Hitchcock
The “Dollars” trilogy
Once upon a time in the west
West World
Star Wars trilogy
Any of Connery’s 007’s
Predator
Rocky 1-3
The Sandlot
The dirty dozen
All quiet on the Western front
The bridge on the River Kwai
Enter the dragon
The great escape
Bang the drum slowly
Goonies
Full metal jacket
Major league

You can’t expect me to narrow it to just 5, that’s impossible!!
@MAD what are your favorites?
 
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CobbWebb71 said:
No way I can narrow it to just 5.
Anything Hitchcock
The “Dollars” trilogy
Once upon a time in the west
West World
Star Wars trilogy
Any of Connery’s 007’s
Predator
Rocky 1-3
The Sandlot
The dirty dozen
All quiet on the Western front
The bridge on the River Kwai
Enter the dragon
The great escape
Bang the drum slowly
Goonies
Full metal jacket
Major league

You can’t expect me to narrow it to just 5, that’s impossible!!
@MAD what are your favorites?
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I know there are a ton of classics that I’m forgetting.
 
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CobbWebb71 said:
The Big Sleep is a good one!
Have you read Chandlers books?
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Love their style! I bought (from McKays) two Chandlers and a collection of Hammett. But the weird truth is, I have real difficulty reading fiction now!

Read fiction all my life until sometime in the early 2000s... maybe after Hurricane Katrina? I read lots of non-fiction with no problem. Always got 2 or 3 going at the same time. I recently met a lady at a wedding who had the same problem--first person I've ever met who's that way too. But she was married.

😕 So I guess we won't be checking-in at the Betty Ford Clinic together.
 
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CobbWebb71 said:
No way I can narrow it to just 5.
Anything Hitchcock
The “Dollars” trilogy
Once upon a time in the west
West World
Star Wars trilogy
Any of Connery’s 007’s
Predator
Rocky 1-3
The Sandlot
The dirty dozen
All quiet on the Western front
The bridge on the River Kwai
Enter the dragon
The great escape
Bang the drum slowly
Goonies
Full metal jacket
Major league

You can’t expect me to narrow it to just 5, that’s impossible!!
@MAD what are your favorites?
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Hitchcock made movies that were so enjoyable at every level. They are enjoyable to kids who just want to be taken on a cinematic ride, and most of them also have deep meaning for anyone who wants to go totally analytical on them. And still he gets some humor into them!

"Once Upon a Time in the West" is one of those favorites that I can only enjoy every year or two, just because of the sadness it packs. Heartfelt appreciation for all who actually "built" the country.

"The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946) is the same way, and for the same reasons. But both are such well made movies!


Don't listen to this after a glass of whisky. The strings will just wring the tears from your eyes.
 
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WillisWG said:
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Not at all top-heavy! Fortunately for his continued uprightness, the terrain looks fairly level.

The hot climate and flat landscape says... Gulf coast.
The engineering says... Alabama or Mississippi.
The fact that he was proud enough to take & share a photo of it...

Gotta be from Alabama!
 
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BruisedOrange said:
Love their style! I bought (from McKays) two Chandlers and a collection of Hammett. But the weird truth is, I have real difficulty reading fiction now!

Read fiction all my life until sometime in the early 2000s... maybe after Hurricane Katrina? I read lots of non-fiction with no problem. Always got 2 or 3 going at the same time. I recently met a lady at a wedding who had the same problem--first person I've ever met who's that way too. But she was married.

😕 So I guess we won't be checking-in at the Betty Ford Clinic together.
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My wife turned me on to great books.
I don’t read on her level, but started reading a little a few years back.
We have a freaking library still packed away from our move, but here are a few of our favorites.
She is actually reading “live and let die” as I type.
 

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CobbWebb71 said:
My wife turned me on to great books.
I don’t read on her level, but started reading a little a few years back.
We have a freaking library still packed away from our move, but here are a few of our favorites.
She is actually readingvlive and let die as I type.
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Did Ian Fleming write that one?
 
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