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by Lord_Galvatron
Jun 6th, 2008
08:52:41 AM
WOOHOO!
'Sinatra and the Monkey'...
by LordPorkington
Jun 6th, 2008
08:52:57 AM
Much better title for this movie.
WOOHOO Lord_Galvatron!!!!
by LordPorkington
Jun 6th, 2008
09:07:06 AM
You're a stupid cunt! Quint, I love the fact that you're doing something different on this site and that it actually involves movies. Now that *is* cool...
I knew it..
by HitchCock'n'Balz
Jun 6th, 2008
09:31:55 AM
Now the Asphalt Jungle is on this here list....I'm starting to think you haven't even seen Jaws now...Christ man, what's the deal-i-o?
Quint
by postalpez
Jun 6th, 2008
09:51:14 AM
this has quickly became the main reason for me to check out aic. thank you. since you seem to have a thing for McQueen have you seen "The War Lover" with steve and Robert Wagner? Or, "The Getaway" with an almost sexy Sally Struthers?
Forget the monkey!
by bobjustbob
Jun 6th, 2008
10:06:10 AM
Tell me about the gophers!

Actually, I saw this many years ago and enjoyed it. Sinatra never got the credit that he deserved as an actor. It seems that he knew his own limitations and picked roles that he knew he could deliver on. Sort of like a Hoboken version of Charlie Sheen.

I want a monkey
by snapple_ladys_lazy_eye
Jun 6th, 2008
10:54:52 AM
to get drunk with.
Hollywood Madam said Charlie Sheens limit was
by bobjustbob
Jun 6th, 2008
11:02:18 AM
12

My apologies if this becomes a thread hijack.

Quint, check out Last Train From Gun Hill
by DivisionPost
Jun 6th, 2008
11:03:26 AM
I'm definitely going to look into Never So Few, but before this movie was released, Sturges made this western with Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn that - in my admittedly limited experience - felt COMPLETELY UNLIKE most "good vs. evil" American westerns of its day. There was a moral ambiguity to Gun Hill that completely knocked me on my ass, and I think you'd love the hell out of it assuming you haven't seen it already.
DivisionPost
by bobjustbob
Jun 6th, 2008
11:09:00 AM
Good call on LAST TRAIN. For some reason that makes me think about Kubrick. Maybe because of Kirk Douglas. I always whished Kubrick would of made a Western. RIP.
Bary Lyndon
by bobjustbob
Jun 6th, 2008
11:12:21 AM
I always that of Barry Lyndon as a Western in different clothes. And I LOVED that film.
Good movie, GREAT score
by Nasty In The Pasty
Jun 6th, 2008
11:45:47 AM
LOL- I bet you haven't even seen JAWS!!
by aint_it_cruel?
Jun 6th, 2008
11:48:39 AM
The Asphalt Jungle?! What next? Citizen Kane? Godfather? Ghostbusters? You're pretty brave to be exsposing yourself like this
LordPorkington
by Lord_Galvatron
Jun 6th, 2008
12:18:22 PM
Yeah... envious people always says that... :)
aint_it_cruel, I understand where he's coming from.
by Lenny Nero
Jun 6th, 2008
12:42:15 PM
With great movies, you want to see them under great circumstances (re-releases, theatrical retrospectives, Q&A sessions, etc), and when they never come around, especially for someone who sees not just the classics but attempts to see all kinds of movies, they kind of sit on your Netflix queue. He's still probably seen more films than you and I combined. (Well, maybe that's not true. I watch a movie a day at least.)
Cruel
by Quint
Jun 6th, 2008
12:45:01 PM
I never claimed to have an all encompassing film knowledge. That's the point of this column. I'm sure you've seen every movie ever made, but most of us don't have your fantastic brain.

I knew when I started this column that I was going to get a lot of flack and yes, I deserve it, but I think it's a bit much accusing me of not having seen anything. I've seen most of the biggies, the Kanes, the Gone With The Winds, the Casablancas and Key Largos, the Ms... and I've seen a lot of more obscure older stuff like Old Dark House... seen dozens of silents on the big screen with live orchestra, etc. But when it comes to the 40s-60s I come up rather short, which is why you'll see a good deal of the movies here from that era of cinema. To be fair, I've seen a lot of these movies in pieces, but I don't count those. I count watching the movie from beginning to end, giving it your full attention and not having it be background noise, etc. So, that's where I'm coming from here. Nobody has seen everything and everybody... yes, everybody, has an embarrassing movie they haven't seen.
Love ya Quint
by aint_it_cruel?
Jun 6th, 2008
12:58:37 PM
I'm just kiddin' friend. I said you were a brave man for "exsposing" your gaps. (I exposed my spelling skills) Notice I didn't give you shit for Rio Bravo. I never saw it. Carry on...
I've never seen...
by loafroaster
Jun 6th, 2008
01:10:27 PM
...Citizen Kane. But I DID sit through Troll 2. There, I said it.
Sweet column
by Pr_Frink
Jun 6th, 2008
01:37:12 PM
Takes a lot of balls to admit to not seeing some of these films on a site like this. Not that I've seen all of them either. Quickly growing into the best column on the site.
I gotta thank you too..
by ShogunMaster
Jun 6th, 2008
01:47:48 PM
I'm so tired of the crap that they put out today so I've been digging in the dust for classics too. Thanks for letting me discover Papillon! Great movie! I'm going to try and watch all the stuff you are watching here..
why is this 'latest news'? this is the andy rooney part of the s
by prajadhipok
Jun 6th, 2008
01:52:41 PM
NEW MOVIES PLEASE!!!
i like it....
by j2talk
Jun 6th, 2008
01:56:20 PM
it is time someone talked about older films- good and bad, aside from the over blown "classics"....Gone with the wind- come on man....
The paraphrase Network TV:
by bobjustbob
Jun 6th, 2008
02:30:58 PM
"If you haven't seen it then it is NEW TO YOU."

And that's cool to me.

WOW
by gimba2323
Jun 6th, 2008
03:54:09 PM
Quint - could not disagree more... I thought this movie was so boring - and (this will probably piss a bunch of people off) I think Sinatra was a bore... basically a note actor in this - I did notice, like you, that Takai found a way to get his shirt off. I thought McQueen was the ONLY spark in this film - just like you I compared his presence to Newman in Harper. I think the romance part of the story seemed tacked on and slowed the movie down to a crawl... should have stuck with the action bits. Saying that - thanks for doing this. It gives me something to share with my dad - we're having a great time. Rock On Quint.
SHIT
by gimba2323
Jun 6th, 2008
03:55:28 PM
I meant "one note actor" - why don't I proof red?
I'll admit I've never seen Rio Bravo.
by rbatty024
Jun 6th, 2008
08:36:25 PM
I just can't stand John Wayne. At a scant seven years old I tried to watch his films and soon realized he was the worst actor we have. He's stiff and unrealistic. When other actors are obviously acting they have a style to them. Not John Wayne. He is absolutely stylish. Over the years I've tried to watch John Wayne films only to turn them off part way through. I cannot stand his acting.
Great column Mr. Quint
by BigMikey
Jun 7th, 2008
05:31:22 AM
Just like to pitch in add some more love for this set of columns Quint. There's a ton of movies that I haven't seen too and this list is really getting me interested. I hope it continues, and I'm looking forward to your thoughts on Rio Bravo. Here's to swimmin' with bow-legged women.
Actually if you really want to change someone's mind...
by Sledge Hammer
Jun 7th, 2008
10:47:49 AM
...about John Wayne, show them The Shootist. If that film doesn't change your mind about Wayne as an actor, then pretty much nothing will.
TomBodet...
by rbatty024
Jun 7th, 2008
10:54:09 AM
I know plenty of people whose opinions I regard highly who have said similar things about Wayne. I haven't tried to watch one of his movies in a long time but I've held this opinion for a long time and I'm not sure it's going to change. If I enjoy a John Wayne film I have a feeling it would be despite his performance instead of because of it.

Until I started watching the Eastwood/Leoni films I never really liked Westerns. That combo changed my opinion of the genre. I think with the icon actors you mentioned, you either like them or you don't. They pretty much embody the same characteristics from film to film so if one performance leaves you flat so will others. These days an actor can't get buy with cultivating a single persona, I suppose because of the advent of method acting.

rbatty
by Quint
Jun 7th, 2008
11:32:35 AM
Have you seen The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance? That's the western that got me into westerns. Spaghetti Westerns have a completely different feel and attitude, so while I loved the Leone movies they didn't bridge me over to Westerns... it took Liberty Valance to do that for me.

But I see what you mean with Wayne... I happen to love the persona, but if you don't then I can see it really driving you crazy with some of these movies...
It's interesting that you mention DeNiro...
by rbatty024
Jun 7th, 2008
11:52:30 AM
because he started out as an actor who could really transform himself from Taxi Driver to Raging Bull and then, as you mentioned, he decided to play the same character over and over again. It's a real shame. The last film where he was actually trying was Stardust and before that you have to go all the way back to Jackie Brown.

With all this urging to see Wayne's movies I think I'm going to have to try a few out. Like I said, it's been a while. I loved Howard Hawks's films with Bogart so the least I can do is watch what Hawks does with John Wayne.

And Quint you do have a point that the Spaghetti Western is a different genre than regular Westerns. I really do need to become familiar with the original genre before it morphed.

Like this column
by br1947
Jun 7th, 2008
08:04:48 PM
Good idea bringing up older films & discussing. As a young'un, there's alot of great films out there I haven't seen and many I would never even give a chance if they were not recommended. Alot of great films are overshadowed by the handful of 'classics' and modern blockbusters. Such as this one, Sinatra & Monkey shots, I'm sold!
GIVE ME THE AMULET, YOU BITCH!!!!
by DRACULA_WANTS_THE_AMULET
Jul 5th, 2008
10:53:40 PM
GIVE ME THE AMULET, YOU BITCH!!!!
by DRACULA_WANTS_THE_AMULET
Jul 5th, 2008
10:54:57 PM
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