Favorite Movies

[Roy]

I was thinking of Disney World in Florida, and remembered their sub ride used likenesses of the Disney Twenty Thousand Leagues Nautilus. Of course, that got me thinking about the movie. And about Mary Poppins, which I saw in first release.

[John Webster]

Which brings up Kirk Douglass who did some nice work including comedy.

Best actress is Katherine Hepburn. As John Wayne said to her: "I admire your sand sister".

[MurphOnMillerAve]

How about"Stand By Me? (It even features a train and a trestle!)

For me, one of it's nicest features was Richard Dreyfus's First Person Point of View where he as Narrator is a character in the story, giving us his view of each character and events. Very nice.

[chuck]

Stand by Me

Great script, great cast, one of Rob Reiner's best films. Love the final confrontation between the the two groups.

"What are going to do, shoot all of us?"

"No Ace, just you"

[Rufus T. Firefly]

.....one of Rob Reiner's best films.

Without any doubt -------------------->>>> The Princess Bride

Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, Christopher Guest, Peter Falk, Fred Savage, Billy Crystal, Carol Kane and Peter Cook with music by Mark Knopfler

[HONDO74]

music by Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler, One of "THE" best guitar players out there. Mark and Dire Straits.

Mark Knopfler - Storybook Love (The Princess Bride Theme Song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kaa2Ikl5OA

This one I can listen to all Day.
Telegraph Road
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjJzlIedCuo

Telegraph Road — 2005 Rome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoMLXEGyAZU

Dire Straits & Eric Clapton - Sultans Of Swing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jxsnIRpy2E

Dire Straits Money For Nothing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9le7-DQItY

YES Rufus, I am a big Mark Knopfler fan.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Mark Knopfler, One of "THE" best guitar players out there. Mark and Dire Straits.

YES Rufus, I am a big Mark Knopfler fan.

But I have not heard much of him for many years now -- is he still recording/performing?

[healey36]

I believe Tracker was his most recent CD, kicked out in 2015. It's a decent effort IMHO...Knopfler's come a long was since D/S...

[MurphOnMillerAve]

One of my least favorite movies: Greta Garbo in Ninotchka.
Does it get more vapid and self-absorbed than that main character? And the men fawning and falling all over themselves to get attention from the her. Ugh.

Am I wrong? Please. Correct me if I am being too hard on her (character).

That entire genre and circa of such movies, with the men at the total beck-and-call of the women, and the outfits the women wore, demanding attention and notice as they glide across a room; yet, the yardage may have changed, but have the customs, to this day?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I believe Tracker was his most recent CD, kicked out in 2015. It's a decent effort IMHO...Knopfler's come a long was since D/S...

I'll have to track it down for a listen; I generally have to be in a mood to listen to him; Used to have hours of his albums on RtR tape....gone now.

[HONDO74]

One of my least favorite movies: Greta Garbo in Ninotchka.
Does it get more vapid and self-absorbed than that main character? And the men fawning and falling all over themselves to get attention from the her. Ugh.

Am I wrong? Please. Correct me if I am being too hard on her (character).

That entire genre and circa of such movies, with the men at the total beck-and-call of the women, and the outfits the women wore, demanding attention and notice as they glide across a room; yet, the yardage may have changed, but have the customs, to this day?

Ninotchka (1939) Official Trailer - Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas Movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP3GmdopSiM

Ninotchka (1/10) Movie CLIP - Don't Make An Issue of My Womanhood (1939)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzkjnPSbxJw

[Rufus T. Firefly]

One of my least favorite movies: Greta Garbo in Ninotchka.
Does it get more vapid and self-absorbed than that main character? And the men fawning and falling all over themselves to get attention from the her. Ugh.

Am I wrong? Please. Correct me if I am being too hard on her (character).

That entire genre and circa of such movies, with the men at the total beck-and-call of the women, and the outfits the women wore, demanding attention and notice as they glide across a room; yet, the yardage may have changed, but have the customs, to this day?

Ninotchka (1939) Official Trailer - Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas Movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP3GmdopSiM

Ninotchka (1/10) Movie CLIP - Don't Make An Issue of My Womanhood (1939)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzkjnPSbxJw

Thanks! I'd forgotten about the other actors in this movie like Sig Ruman who was also in A Night at the Opera as Herman Gottlieb chasing after Margaret Dumant; also in 2 other Marx Bros movies. And, Bela Lugosi!

BTW, Garbo is hilarious -- it is a comedy after all.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

The hilarity of it must have been too subtle for me to appreciate.

She certainly was an interesting personality and actress, though, wasn't she. How might one describe her physical presence? Beautiful? Pretty? Exotic?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The hilarity of it must have been too subtle for me to appreciate.

She certainly was an interesting personality and actress, though, wasn't she. How might one describe her physical presence? Beautiful? Pretty? Exotic?

At the time, different from what the molds were routinely turning out.

[HONDO74]

Mark Knopfler, One of "THE" best guitar players out there. Mark and Dire Straits.

YES Rufus, I am a big Mark Knopfler fan.

But I have not heard much of him for many years now -- is he still recording/performing?

I couldn't find a lot of info, but as Healey noted "Tracker" was his last solo album. I did run across this, you might find it interesting.

Mark Knopfler: “This getting older stuff ain’t for wimps”
https://www.salon.com/2015/03/28/mark_k ... for_wimps/