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Stalag 17 (1953, Billy Wilder) ***
Growing up with endless episodes of Hogan's Heroes, the novelty of the film becomes considerably lessened. Schulz was a similar character in both, as well as the Commandant, and of course the setting and general plot are nearly identical. William Holden's performance, which garnered him an Oscar, was subdued, befitting his character. Somewhat of a let down, but entirely due to the familiarity bred by Bob Crane and friends. I only wish I had seen the film first.

The Bear (1988, Jean-Jacques Annaud) **½
Begins as a Disney film with an edge (and I am a fan of live action Disney, compare to The Bears and I), complete with Jan Svankmajer animated bear dreams. It was rolling along great, until the bear-on-shrooms segment. The rest of the film marred by anthropomorphization gone astray, waving bears, crying bears, merciful bears... Nonetheless, a beautiful film with a message I fully support.

Watching this movie showed me that Great Escape wasn't the only classic POW flick out there. The story was great, and so was the acting. The movie got the tune of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" burnt into my mind for days, but I didn't mind at all!

so here we go.. watched Stalag 17 it over the lunch hr on monday as it was on the movie channel. which shows the movie in its entirety. anyways I was engrossed from start to finish with this storyline and outcome and who was the "stoolie" very well acted and deserving of its accolades. would have given it a 10.. but I find giving it a 10 signifies perfection. and nothing is perfect in life.

On a side note.. back to work after working the weekend and having monday off.. have a feeling it will be a long week. ughh not off till sunday.. wife right now is watching My best freind's wedding and I am listening and watching a bit of it here while I type and surf.. review it another time..or the wife will we shall see on what transpires.. anyways..


we need to see Shrek2 still.. :mad:

K

Can you tell Daddy and I have been hanging out together today? I've seen Stalag 17 a million times, and it's a really great, classic WWII movie. Keeps you thinking, and laughing.

Same with The Great Escape. Obviously, classic. Funny as all get out. Witty one liners, but also enough seriousness to help you understand what a stalag was like in WWII. And Steve McQueen is awesome and sexy. They were so ingenious, sewing blazers out of blankets and singing carols to mask noises of hammering. The commandant of the camp is interesting as well, showing how the SS/Gestapo and the German Army were two very different sects of the Nazi party. The Gestapo were hardcore Hitler followers, out to kill. The Army was just, for the most part, doing their job by keeping the American soldiers in their prisons.

The same can be seen in Hart's War, where the commandant is weary of brutal treatment as well. They give a human side to some Nazis, which I would usually spit at and say "Screw the Krauts"...but it is true that a lot of these men weren't in it to kill Jews, but to serve their country or survive. Or both, if they were lucky. This movie had me going "wha?" for awhile, which is good- took itself too seriously sometimes, which isn't too good...I really liked Colin Farrell, and not just because he looked damn sexy. I liked him, but I think my favorite character had to be the commandant, the German Colonel. He was Jeremy Ironsesque, which makes him instantly awesome, but the character and actor were both dynamic.

I just noticed Steve McQueen looks a lot like my cousin... O.o

So, there ya go. Movie reviews up the vienerschnietzel. *yawn*

Over the past 9 days I have seen 17 films which I will discuss briefly spread out over a couple of entries (damn limit). These will be ranked from worst to best!

Here we go:

17) The Castle of Cagliostro
16) Around the World in 80 Days
15) Poltergeist
14) Princess Mononoke
13) The Crimson Rivers
12) High Noon
11) Brief Encounter
10) Grave of the Fireflies
09) To Kill a Mockingbird
08) Ghosts of the Abyss
07) The Rookie
06) The Third Man
see previous Journal entries for comments.

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05) 2001: A Space Odyssey



One of my favorite themes crops up in Milos Forman's masterpiece which is the idea of one man challenging the system. Jack Nicholson as Randall McMurphy is that man and this might be my fave performance by him. There are so many emotions in this film that it is a miracle Forman pulls them of so effortlessly. The supporting cast is stellar as well and it's even better that several of these are instantly recognisable actors at the beginning of a great career. It's one of the greats which means that I won't be able to add anything new to the table beyond what most people already know. Superb stuff.

My rating: 9.5

TO BE CONTINUED (one more).........................

Comments pending.

***/****

Pro: Great ending. Holden. Some great dialogue.

Con: Dance scene goes on too long. The humor works, but sometimes it is misplaced.

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...then I'm switching to books.

But let's not get ahead of ourselves, because today, to my big surprise, I found out that one of our four nation-wide network channels has recently been showing great classic films every morning at ten o'clock. I have two questions for them: 1) Who the hell has time to watch films at that hour? Regular people have to work for a living, or go to school. Normally the only thing they show is garbage so what is the big idea of wasting these films by completely hiding them from all viewers. This is not a commercial station we're talking about, it's public service. Right now they're doing the public a major disservice. And 2) Why didn't anyone notify me? It's completely not fair. I've missed a bunch of Italian classics and two or three Billy Wilder films. Enough to make a fellow bitter.

One thing I did finally watch is The General. It was completely great and fantastic and marvellous. But maybe you all knew that.

Just finished watching Godard's Contempt. I enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere, the hovering thoughts, Fritz Lang playing Fritz Lang, and you know...the film in general. I don't really want to try and analyze it or break it down to it's pieces or figure out the main point or meaning or anything. I don't want to try that. That's sometimes problematic for me. I think there's an english saying...."god is in the details", I think that's true, but for me, it usually is enough that I have 'felt' the movie. Let someone else do the explaining.

I spotted some physics stuff lecture videos that might be interesting at the Perimeter Institute site. I think I'll check them out properly a little later.

Haven't heard much at all any music that's new to me during the last two or three months. Just the same old stuff. I feel happy to be so relaxed about it. I was listening to Billie Holiday while driving to the library and realized that even if I never learned about anymore new music in the rest of my life, I'd be perfectly fine. Hence the rating.

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Morning there. Just seen Stalag 17. Boy, do you ever feel like every film you see these days is a masterpiece? I do. And that suits me fine. There's nothing like starting your day with a masterpiece. And some decent yogurt.