tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post7035151446974948278..comments2024-03-28T08:13:30.774-05:00Comments on Rambling Film: Thursday Movie Picks: Movies with the Character's Name in the TitleBrittani Burnhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-25598648847421228872018-01-04T19:04:18.806-06:002018-01-04T19:04:18.806-06:00Jackie Brown is great. I can't believe it took...Jackie Brown is great. I can't believe it took me so long to watch it. Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-2913223691652715072018-01-04T19:04:02.175-06:002018-01-04T19:04:02.175-06:00It took me a ridiculous amount of time to watch Ja...It took me a ridiculous amount of time to watch Jackie Brown so I feel you there. It's worth the wait. Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-66479805720629191402018-01-04T19:03:14.261-06:002018-01-04T19:03:14.261-06:00You should! It's so lovely.You should! It's so lovely.Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-13894888370076514652018-01-04T19:03:00.744-06:002018-01-04T19:03:00.744-06:00Yay! <3Yay! <3Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-34686822836447843362018-01-04T19:02:50.759-06:002018-01-04T19:02:50.759-06:00I love that you love Amelie!I love that you love Amelie!Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-2977771505845214482018-01-04T17:14:26.860-06:002018-01-04T17:14:26.860-06:00Love all three of these, but Amelie is one of my a...Love all three of these, but Amelie is one of my all-time favorites. You are so right about it being like a hug in movie form.<br /><br />And I don't blame Carrie either.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-55370445639836648452018-01-04T16:38:55.044-06:002018-01-04T16:38:55.044-06:003 movies I just absolutely love. That is all I ca...3 movies I just absolutely love. That is all I can say.thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-73117510579513427012018-01-04T15:54:22.904-06:002018-01-04T15:54:22.904-06:00I can picture the poster for Amelie in a heartbeat...I can picture the poster for Amelie in a heartbeat but I've never actually seen it, I really ought to!Often Off Topichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683076467959831961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-85513895414779769892018-01-04T13:30:51.516-06:002018-01-04T13:30:51.516-06:00Amelie is one film that has escaped my viewing for...Amelie is one film that has escaped my viewing for years and I need to rectify that this year. Jackie Brown is also on my short list. I love Carrie because the poor girl just wanted to be accepted. Her mother with bats and you feel so bad for her but the final ending scared the hell out of me.Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-29799204723875075122018-01-04T10:55:06.054-06:002018-01-04T10:55:06.054-06:00Carrie is so good. I hope you like it!Carrie is so good. I hope you like it!Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-82173472798033365392018-01-04T10:54:49.470-06:002018-01-04T10:54:49.470-06:00Amelie isn't the most exciting movie, I can ad...Amelie isn't the most exciting movie, I can admit But it's so pretty. Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-55862298132893531142018-01-04T10:53:59.831-06:002018-01-04T10:53:59.831-06:00All of these are great picks! And all crossed my m...All of these are great picks! And all crossed my mind at one point. Then, I just decided to go with the first three that popped in my head. I LOVE Jackie Brown so much. Kevin Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219017960488448934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-72345415234485983912018-01-04T10:21:37.101-06:002018-01-04T10:21:37.101-06:00I love your theme within a theme! I adore Corrina,...I love your theme within a theme! I adore Corrina, Corrina. I watched that all the time when I was a kid. It was actually on HBO a few months ago too and I found myself watching it again. Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-50606114278038151902018-01-04T10:20:33.763-06:002018-01-04T10:20:33.763-06:00Thank you!Thank you!Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-72830782695083223992018-01-04T09:16:55.729-06:002018-01-04T09:16:55.729-06:00Love all 3 pics, all in my top 100 :)Love all 3 pics, all in my top 100 :)s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13987831438787776712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-91427490743051248952018-01-04T08:32:55.959-06:002018-01-04T08:32:55.959-06:00Everyone seems to love Amelie more than I did. It ...Everyone seems to love Amelie more than I did. It was fine and pleasant but perhaps I went in with expectations that were too high because of all the praise. I didn't dislike it but I won't be running back to watch again. <br /><br />I'm not much for horror but the quality performances from Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie in Carrie put it in a whole other class from most fright films. <br /><br />I took a long time to watch Jackie Brown as well but really did like it when I finally got around to it.<br /><br />I was inspired to do a mini theme within the theme by my first pick, something I was so excited to receive for Christmas since its a long time favorite. If saying the name once was good twice must be better!<br /><br />Mary, Mary (1963)-Struggling New York book publisher Bob McKellaway (Barry Nelson-who is fine but his role has Jack Lemmon’s name all over it) is getting ready to marry his socialite fiancée Tiffany (a knockout Diane McBain) as soon as his divorce from first wife Mary (Debbie Reynolds) comes though. However his accountant Oscar (a delightful Hiram Sherman) requests Mary come up from Philadelphia for the day to straighten out some tax issues before the decree becomes final. Once together Bob and Mary start to jab wittily at each other and before you know it their attraction starts to resurface aided by the attentions to Mary of movie star and prospective author Dirk Winsten (Michael Rennie) and an inconvenient snowstorm. Betrays its stage origins (the play ran for over 1500 performances) but is often clever and witty. Both Rennie and Nelson repeat their Broadway roles.<br /><br />Rachel, Rachel (1968)-Rachel Cameron (Joanne Woodward) is a lonely middle-aged schoolteacher. Never married and still a virgin she lives a life of quiet desperation with her widowed mother over the funeral home left to them by her father. Over summer vacation she goes to a revival meeting with her best friend fellow teacher Calla (Estelle Parsons) during which she has an epiphany and begins to emerge from her shell taking her life in unexpected directions. Directed by Paul Newman as a vehicle for his wife this received four Oscar nominations including ones for Woodward, Parsons and Best Picture.<br /><br />Corrina, Corrina (1994)-Widower Manny Singer (Ray Liotta) is frustrated in his search for a nanny for his young daughter who has withdrawn into herself since her mother’s death and stopped speaking. When Corrina Washington (Whoopi Goldberg) applies she is able to break through the child’s reserve and is hired. As time passes she and Manny discover an attraction and grow closer but all does not go smoothly.<br /><br />And to show this is not strictly a female happenstance:<br /><br />Buddy Buddy (1981)-Trabucco (Walter Matthau) a hitman on a job to rub out a Mob informant before he testifies is waylaid by Victor Clooney (Jack Lemmon), the suicidal guy in the hotel room next door. Once he talks him off the ledge he plans to jump from their lives become intertwined and nothing goes as planned. Billy Wilder’s final film as director would seem to have everything needed to succeed, a reteaming of Lemmon and Matthau, a quality supporting cast and the great man himself behind the camera but even he admitted that it was more or less a miss. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-31138470850883977882018-01-04T07:25:26.866-06:002018-01-04T07:25:26.866-06:00Yay, Pam Grier! Jackie Brown is an awesome movie, ...Yay, Pam Grier! Jackie Brown is an awesome movie, too. Carrie is just amazing. I wasn't too fond of Amelie but that was long ago. I think I need to revisit.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-49250199552486256932018-01-04T07:19:37.936-06:002018-01-04T07:19:37.936-06:00I haven't seen Carrie but I'm planning on ...I haven't seen Carrie but I'm planning on watching it this year. I loved the other two. Sonia Cercahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313734872038610058noreply@blogger.com