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December 17, 2010
Fortunately.
We’ve covered some of the best plots and movie endings in Hollywood history.
We've also covered movies so bad they were even lovable.
But, there is an entire pantheon reserved for good movies, some even considered great movies, marred by unusual gimmicks and strange endings.
For example why did the boat have to sink in "Titanic"?
(Bad jokes are acceptable on a Friday.)
"The Sixth Sense," had a surprise ending, you could probably see from five miles away.
But the surprise ending has been no surprise in Hollywood history.
An almost classic noir like "Woman in the Window," directed by Fritz Lang, was compromised by the infamous, "it was all a dream" ending.
In "Poetics," Aristotle considered plot the most important element of drama, even more important than character.
A plot must have, he said, a beginning, middle and an end, and it would be nice if they all related to one another as being either necessary, or probable.
The script writers for "Memento," weren't paying attention since they had two plots twists going backwards and forwards at the same time, which resulted in rave reviews —mainly since people were afraid to admit they didn't know what was going on.
In the "Color of Money," where the movie builds to a confrontation between Newman and Cruise, it never happens, leaving viewers behind the eight ball.
(Martin Scorsese probably thought it was too obvious.)
An unreliable narrator, another technique, has come in for its share of flack — revealing that the narrator has fabricated the proceeding story, and made the reader or viewer feel like an idiot.
A prime example was Agatha Christie's novel, "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd," and the writer of "The Usual Suspects" must have been taking notes.
One can argue, and should, it is these same "gimmicks" that have made these films what they are today.
Anyway, in case I have proven to be an unreliable narrator in judging movies — that have come close, but (perhaps) let us down — I will turn to you, who have never let us down.
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Remember when you used to have to diagram sentences on the blackboard at school? Subject, verb, object....followed by modifiers: adjectives or adverbs. A good movie, once it's over, should be able to be so understood in one's mind.
more on the honor rollIf characters are real and done right, plot will naturally fall into place.
S Blume: As much as I agree with 'S', I find myself wondering if that is entirely true. I guess, more to the point, it's one part of what's true. With the advent of animation; and I don't mean 1950's Men-From_Mars type stuff, movies have entered a new period where some of the most exciting charactors are anything but real. Examples: Avatar, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. Wonderful movies; but real life charactors...hardly. And what about the classic unreals, such as Dracula? Dracula will live forever. So will Chubaca and Frodo Baggins.
Take care; Lee
LEE: At least Dracula, like Frankenstein, has Literary Merit, as opposed to so many of the "Horror" Films that have been produced, like Rocky & Bullwinkle starring in, Mooseferatu and what has really gotten bad, is the calibre of the Acting, made more obvious by the glutting avalanche of gratuitous Tits, Ass, and Explosions ....... Mindless, Plotless, Faux-Sex Crap rubber-stamped into every Script, now "NEW & IMPROVED" with NanoSecond Technology and Plastic ... If Ernest Borgnine is still alive, there is at least ONE Great Actor left alive, cuz sure as Hell ... the Hollywood Stables haven't produced any in the last half century ... At least in the old days, with Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon, even the kids knew it was tongue-in-cheek ... What the Hell, we usta laugh out loud when we saw Flash Gordon, Dr.Zarkhov, and Dale Arden(Elizabeth's Sister???) chasing Ming the Merciless and his Outer Limits Thugs all over some distant orb on Horseback !!! Gordon was played by Buster Crabb, who was also an Olympic Swimmer ... but Buster needed a better Agent, because while he got Balsa Wood Rockets being held up by thread, with Sparklers shooting sparks out the ass and $150 a week as a Contract Player, Weissmuller got Maureen O'Sullivan and stayed up on the Big Screen makin' the Big Bucks doing Burroughs' Properties ...
PARK4~from yesterday- treacle - sweet, viscous substance sold in tins, something between Golden Syrup & molasses. Very sticky.
but there will always be Gumby,and Buggs...Who killed Roger Rabbit? Simpson's movies, Godzirra(sp), and even "Twin Peaks" the movie....and then,of course , that one of the car chase...(orange car that gets entered through the window opening..Da General?)
There will always be "Classic" movie stuff- - Hard Rock Cafe made it legit, as did the Hollywood "Walk of Fame" (yours for a small grat. and some friends on the dotted)...sadly, a true "GREAT" just had his(theirs)museum on the auction block- -Trigger went(he was stuffed,you knoe) for around $250K!, and Dales stuff? You can't afford it if you have to ask....
The pic up top reminded me of an illustration in a children's book titled The Mousehole Cat - the illustration is a picture of Stargazy pie, a dish unique to a tiny fishing village in Cornwall, SW England, called Mousehole, but pronounced Mowzle. In the illustration I have in mind, the fresh-caught pilchards are baked in a flaky pie-crust with their heads poking through like the fishes at top of page. If you have kids/grandkids the book is still in print & is a must-have.
http://wapedia.mobi/en/Stargazypie
Bovver, that doesn't work - try Stargazy pie in two words ......
Jalopkin:
Great actors?? Oh yes: I can only think of Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, Robert DiNero, James Stewert, Jack Nickolson, Henry Fonda, Al Pacino, Sidney Poitier, George C. Scott, etc, etc, etc, and about twenty more...NOT counting the many fabulous female actors now working.
LEE: I said, the Hollywood Stables haven't Produced any, in the last half Century ... every one that you named was born or came along PRIOR to fifty years ago ... And I still prefer it that we don't do the PC thing and DE-Genderize Women ... I still call them, Actresses ... Feminine Allure is still very much a part of what makes a woman a woman ... Some of them may run around in Fatigues, like Ripley ... but when the Cammo Garb hits the deck, the softness and the slink reappear, and suddenly the answers to, "What Am I Doin' Here" light up like Neon in a cloudless mid-nite sky ...
I LOVE the movies, the popcorn, the nonpariels, when the lights go down, the privacy of your seat........everything....................
Howdy Miss Bebe !!! Have a Good Day !!!!!!!
I'm just finishing a lst cup before going to bed, and checking all the Mail Bixes one last time ...
And now, a Brush anna Flush anna Snooze !!!
IVAN, IVAN, IVAN.................I love you! I believe you would love the French actress Marion Cotillard.....she is old school mysterious & beautiful................very much a "woman"...........I think she is lovely & she is incredibly talented.
Worst movie ever? Bonnie & Clyde back in the '60's in a cinema where the heating had broken down. Why it didnt occur to us to ask for our money back & go home into the warm I don't recall. It was so cooooooooooooold!!!!
Bit like today. I'm snowed in. Very pretty & inconvenient. At least the heating is working.
Rosebud
"Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
How all the Delta boys in Animal House turned out in the end. Especially Bluto the future Senator.
"I hope the Pacific Ocean is as blue as it was in my dreams"
"I Hope"
I thought I'd share these classic tidbits:
These great questions and answers are from the days when ' Hollywood Squares' game show responses were spontaneous, not scripted, as they are now. Peter Marshall was the host asking the questions, of course..
Q.. Paul, what is a good reason for pounding meat?
A. Paul Lynde: Loneliness!
(The audience laughed so long and so hard it took up almost 15 minutes of the show!)
Q. Do female frogs croak?
A. Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water long enough.
Q. If you're going to make a parachute jump, at least how high should you be
A. Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it.
Q. True or False, a pea can last as long as 5,000 years...
A. George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes.
Q. You've been having trouble going to sleep. Are you probably a man or a woman?
A.. Don Knotts: That's what's been keeping me awake.
Q. According to Cosmopolitan, if you meet a stranger at a party and you think that he is attractive, is it okay to come out and ask him if he's married?
A.. Rose Marie: No wait until morning.
Q. Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older?
A. Charley Weaver: My sense of decency..
Q. In Hawaiian, does it take more than three words to say 'I Love You'?
A. Vincent Price: No, you can say it with a pineapple and a twenty..
Q. What are 'Do It,' 'I Can Help,' and 'I Can't Get Enough'?
A. George Gobel: I don't know, but it's coming from the next apartment.
Q. As you grow older, do you tend to gesture more or less with your hands while talking?
A. Rose Marie: You ask me one more growing old question Peter, and I'll give you a gesture you'll never forget.
Q. Paul, why do Hell's Angels wear leather?
A. Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.
Q.. Charley, you've just decided to grow strawberries. Are you going to get any during the first year?
A.. Charley Weaver: Of course not, I'm too busy growing strawberries.
Q. In bowling, what's a perfect score?
A. Rose Marie: Ralph, the pin boy.
Q. It is considered in bad taste to discuss two subjects at nudist camps.. One is politics, what is the other?
A. Paul Lynde: Tape measures..
Q. During a tornado, are you safer in the bedroom or in the closet?
A. Rose Marie: Unfortunately Peter, I'm always safe in the bedroom.
Q. Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls?
A.. Marty Allen: Only after lights out.
Q. When you pat a dog on its head he will wag his tail. What will a goose do?
A. Paul Lynde: Make him bark?
Q. If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth to?
A. Paul Lynde: Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark..
Q. According to Ann Landers, is there anything wrong with getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people?
A. Charley Weaver: It got me out of the army.
Q. It is the most abused and neglected part of your body, what is it?
A. Paul Lynde: Mine may be abused, but it certainly isn't neglected.
Q. Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on his head, what was he trying to do?
A. George Gobel: Get it in his mouth.
Q. Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant?
A. Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant?
Q. When a couple have a baby, who is responsible for its sex?
A.. Charley Weaver: I'll lend him the car, the rest is up to him
Q. Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in them and has actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they?
A. Charley Weaver: His feet.
Q. According to Ann Landers, what are two things you should never do in bed?
A. Paul Lynde: Point and laugh
Slowly the Winter attendees trickle into the chatroom, seeking comraderie on a dreary Friday afternoon.....
UMM,etc- Funny stuff, man!
Ooooooo, I'm bored. Got the car stuck sideways on the drive slithering out in the snow .... got 3 burly blokes to haul it out & burly bloke who was behind the streering wheel has has pulled the handbrake so hard that my arthrist-y wrist can't release it. Not even trying with both hands. Bums 'n arseholes is all I can say about that. Who needs movies? Real life is crazy enough. I'm seething & stompting with frustration here. The cat is complaining of cold feet & I'm wearing my walking boots & thick socks. Roll on tomorrow, today is not a good one!
Hazel, Ya gottasay what you really feel, my darling...holding it in like that will give you high blood pressure.
BEBE: On your Say So, I would be happy to give Ms. Cotillard a comprehensive Audition ...
Hooray~ friend with monster 4 wheel drive called by to check if I'm OK. Released handbrake & took me to the local shop in his truck. Raincheck on baby-sitting.
Movies, in any form, (good, bad or otherwise) are such a part of family traditions for us. Each year on Christmas Day we go to the movies after all the celebrations are done. It's funny how we associate certain Christmases with certain movies that we saw! They are embedded together in our memories.
Hello, racingyogagirl~ nice how those kind of memories are like a big hug. Your yoga bit~ I can still get into a full lotus, getting my creaky knees out of it is another story.
hazel...isn't yoga & life that way? We get ourselves into lots of things that are difficult to get out of...
Bebe: referencing yesterday: you are the one whose got charm in spades, and it lights up the pages of this site like a million spotlights. You're our "It" girl, without a doubt.
My vote for best unreliable narrator would have to be William Holden's character (Joe Gillis) in the 1950 version of "Sunset Boulevard." Dead as a doorknob, he narrated the entire film.And it worked.
Ladies- I know what you mean about Difficult Situations if I can stretch it to mean wrong place wrong time- a theme for many slapstick comedies- You shook the cobwebs of my noggin and I remembered playing a version of Hide and Seek we called Fox and Hounds one hot summer early evening and I went into a thicket and hid in a hole. Low and behold, a snake of some sort (not a copperhead thank goodness) bit me on the ass as my shorts had ridden up and when I saw it I freaked though it only felt like being scratched with briars and the pattern was one of a harmless reptile who preferred not to be crushed by a freckle- faced human boy. I think my Mom's advice after throwing some rubbing alcohol on it was "Watch out where you sit next time."
An Astute Observation, Ms. P4 ... I would have to agree with you .......
Miss Park4- I love those voiceovers like that. Bill Holden was something else. I believe DOA and Double Indemnity used a similar technique. Great observation. Billy Wilder was a cinematic genius. Do you remember the Beverley Hillbillies' episode when they thought Gloria Swanson's house was being auctioned and they came to her rescue? I believe they did a remake of a silent movie with Granny in it. Campy Funny.
Shandonista- I read your post on your mixed marriage.
I have a mixed marriage too. She's brilliant and I'm not.
We have been told we have a "strange and unique" relationship .
I'm strange and she's unique.
Badoomp chee!! (rim shot)
racingyogagirl~ O yes, it is.
Voiceovers - don't start me! TV commercials ...... MUTE button.
But the most memorable "It's All Been a Dream" ending is the finale of Newhart (I know it is not a movie) when he wakes up next to Susan Plushette in the bedroom of the Bob Newhart Show.....now that was pure genius!
Hey, hey...Emily?
I have had a little fun over time here with Jamie Lee Curtis's yogurt commercials, some of which end with "You'll love the ending," implying that constipation will be relieved. They got smacked with a 21 million dollar fine today for being misleading.
The most unusual, recent movie that I loved with a quirky ending that worked but required discussion over coffee afterwards, was "Book of Eli" with Denzel Washington. It was a "western", but took place post-apocolyptically. It kept you guessing, then when you had it all figured out zinged you at least once more. My cinephile friends are almost evenly divided on the ending.
And Ummgawa, Shawshank is a favorite and that line is flawless. I think it's Stephen King's best writing ever.
I Wish You All a Most Pleasant Weekend !!!
No Surprises, That You Wouldn't Want To See Repeated !!!
Enjoy Your Holiday Preparations, and Enjoy Yourselves .......
Be Safe, Be Well and Be Refreshed For Monday Morning !!!
To The Tribe:
GOOD SHABBOS !!!
I Wish You Peace, Joy, and Rest !!!
And May Our Rest Be PLeasing Unto The Lord ...
BLESSINGS UPON YOU ALL !!!
IVAN
JaxZ- it is, to me, the best movie I have ever seen. Just to hear James Whitmore's narration of his release and to see his face sitting on the bus when he was "let out" is quite possibly a "tour de force" about "how to act" all in a sixty second segment. See it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KmUZ4nQ-6k
I hope that any of you that has not seen this awesome movie, get a big bowl of popcorn and a good cool drink and be prepared to watch you newest favorite movie. Frank Darabont nailed it his first directing job ever. I have seen it more times then I can remember, and it chokes me up every single time I see it. Why James Whotmore did not win an Oscar is proof the awards are rigged and 'political'.
Factor in Morgan Freeman's naration, and wow, home run.
Book of Eli- thumbs up. Mila Kunis is a rising star to watch.
What Ivan said...
Plus,
Peace between your ears.
And many, many blessings, however you define them.
I took a fish head to a movie, didn't have to pay
to get him in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTpUVAcvWfU
Sorry if I let you down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZj_bCNVvGw
Wasn't it Brando beneath the window yelling:
Hey Stoney, HEY STONEY? How did that one end?
Do you ever get the feeling that when I am in a
crowd of 2000 or more people and the guy up on the stage is talking...do you
ever get the feeling that when he is talking, he is looking right at
ME?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gxKStPXyn8
I am groveling for some empathy here
folks.
For my finale, for those so inclined, here is a
story that has it all or at least something.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQjgW8QlHPM
Stoney, I think I would want Ivan on the Jury too,
IF I were innocent. If I were guilty I'd rather he be jury, judge and
executioner...just to get it all over with and I think he would be comfortable
filling all three roles.
I hope y'all have a pleasantly amusing
weekend.
It is fascinating to hear you all talk about movies. My wife and children have and had a life that movies loom large in. I love it that you all love movies but I enjoy your stories about them more than the movies themselves.
I saw my first movie at age 16 while, I'm sure, half my family prayed that their wayward son would escape the devil's temptations and that den of iniquity before judgement came.
My movies were (and are for the most part) in my mind. Zane Gray (in all 73 of his books), Louis L'Amour, Luke Short and William McLeod Raine and I conquered the West and loved the girls. Frank Slaughter and I revolutionized medicine by educating the world on the importance of washing your hands and loved the girls. With a little help from Travis McGee, I cleaned up South Florida rendering its seamy underside nutless and loved the girls on the Busted Flush, and the beat goes on... you get the pitcha.
Its hard to get thet on a movie screen or 40" TV. So don't worry about me none. I'm gonna be okay.
Blessings back at you Ivan, and ten times more. p.
Thanks,Ivan
Did I see kss?
Duvet time for me. Nos da.
Paolos I just came in and got caught up and it may be time to switch to decaf good buddy. {{laughing}} I had forgotten about the rooftop concert. These days there'd have been 3 helecopters hovering, blowing people off the roof 10 minutes after they started.
Thinking about the topic (which is going to haunt me for days, remembering perfect movies that fit), a couple of more came to mind, with a little prompting.
One of them scared the daylights out of me. I couldn't even see it in the theater after hearing the buzz on it, I had to wait for video so I could watch it in daylight. It was called Angel Heart and starred Mickey Rourke and Robert Deniro. I saw it ONCE and it's still too scary to think about. It had twists that were maniacal and I couldn't sleep after the ending. {{shiver}}
Nos da our Hazel.
Ummgawa and Jax -- I can only say 'amen' to that; probably one of my favorites of all time. I have all of Stephen King's books and love them, but not usually the movie adaptions....."Shawshank Redemption" being the glaring exception to that rule. What a mind.
Ivan -- thank you and to you too, many times over.
I noticed no one mentioned Inception. The movie gave me a headache because I kept looking for more layers than there actually were, and a huge action sequence with indecipherable good and bad guys could have been mercifully cut out, but it was undeniably a groundbreaker in the twist department.
"I COULDA BEEN A CONTENDAH!"
This was filmed, in part, in our town.
Marion Cotillard and Christian Bale were able to sit unbothered in the window of a coffee shop and watch a large segment of the population surrender to Depptheria.
The DVD is in our house and though it could not be said to be unwatchable, it remains largely unwatched:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drtYrxhQ13s
If you are a put off by movies relying on excruciating expository moments to explain what plot, dialogue and cinematography have have failed to reveal, prepare to forget everything you have learned to despise and watch "The Usual Suspects," the longest, most compellingly circuitous expository moment in film history.
Roger "Verbal" (I like to talk) Kint is being grilled by very-slow-to-tumble US Customs officer, Dave Kujan, played with ease by Chazz Palminteri in a performance that that examines the breadth and depth of human experience from A to... B.
In the end, the only survivors are a bunch of thicker-than-porridge policeman, the most evil man on earth and his assistant.
If you find yourself craving something positive to cling to: an excellent artist's rendering of the man of will exists and he does not know it. Cold comfort.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1e6vr_the-usual-suspects_blog
You probably will not watch it only once. I haven't.
JaxZ ~
I sought refuge in the memory of the nubile and extraordinarily beautiful Lisa Bonet washing her hair. It worked... almost.
The Book of Eli and The Usual Suspects..... both of these films extraordinary in their own way.... very thoughtful and rewarding.
IVAN...............late blessings to you also.................
PARK........you sure know how to make a girl feel wonderful when she isn't feeling so fab............thank you for making me smile & blush......................
STONEY.............Lisa Bonet was just amazingly gorgeous............one of those natural beauties.....................
I almost mentioned that scene. It was definitely erotic to say the least. Difficult, with everything else surrounding it, but it was a respite from the rest of the plot (though it did provide a clue). I thought it was one of Lisa Bonet's best performances. It certainly created a stir after playing Bill Cosby's daughter for so many years.
Bebe!!!❤
Sorry to have missed you Sweetheart! Have a fantastic weekend! All of you!
I already hated hard-boiled eggs.
That was such a CREEPY scene! Those fingernails! :-P