retroactive request?
 

You're going to have to talk to Penske and PLF, because this request needed to be made years and years ago. Women like:

http://www.jk-cinema.com/dietrich.gif

have heavily influenced gay culture to such an extent that the pencilled-in eyebrow is ingrained.

TM

Good Knight
 

She doesn't have much breasts.

Or, apparently, much pubic hair...

great underrated old and old [sic] movies
 

I was gonna say that one! Honest!

Great call. I can't believe I forgot that one.

Big Balls for the Office
 

I would fall asleep, roll over backwards, and crack my skull. Finally, something to put me out of my misery.

Open Letter to my favorite fan
 

About 2 years ago you openly criticized me for always changing the name of every thread to something clever [note: I sometimes fail], arguing this this destroyed your ability to follow a thread.

Granted, I've been too bored to do it lately. But that I do it every so often should come as no surprise to you.

Methinks you just needed to engage me in conversation, as clearly you still heart me.

And Google takes 3 seconds. You should try it sometime, since you clearly still haven't mastered the art

great underrated old and old [sic] movies
 

First of all, kudos to whoever already listed Guys and Dolls. Marlon Brando singing. What more needs to be said.

A couple of my favorites:

12 Angry Men. Henry Fonda, Melvyn Douglas. Barely controlled rage in a classic battle between logic and prejudice. It's classic study of the democratic process on a micro level in which, for a change, democracy wins.

A Thousand Clowns. You'll laugh, you'll cry.

The Professionals: A western in the mold of The Magnificent Seven.

I know there are many more, but I actually have to get some work done today.

Open Letter to my favorite fan
 

While I am sure I said something in the past I doubt I ever said "clever"- this has always irritated me. Either I was being nice so as not to make you feel bad while still trying to get my point of "cut that shit out" across, or you misremember. WHy dont you find the post Mr. Google? And go back to being lazy.


I never hearted you. One of my socks did. It unraveled and was tossed in the Infirmation recycling bin where it bc I *heart* Plate and some other sox.

And the fact that it occurs you to google these chicks makes me think you have the mentality of a tweleve year old. You probably subscribe to stuff, maxim and that other one with the letters. probably where you get all your witty little puns from.

great underrated old and old [sic] movies
 

Any fan of Henry Fonda's dramatic work should also see "Once Upon a Time in the West," one of Sergio Leone's westerns shot in Sicily. The movie is not "good" in the sense that the modern moviegoer --- who appreciates subtle emotions and understated symbolism --- expects, but it is profoundly operatic in scope (and length). In a surprising turn, Fonda plays the film's central villain. It's difficult to imagine that the same person played Tom Joad and Norman Thayer. He apparently said this was his favorite film and role. This was my favorite western until "Unforgiven" took the title. "Lone Star" remains my favorite movie about the southwest, but is not technically a western.

Interesting that two of the films mentioned in the poll ("Twelve Angry Men" and "Wait Until Dark") are also staples of high school theater. Maybe I should vote for "The Wiz."

Dr. Zhivago
 

From a web bio:
"Knightley began acting as a child and appeared in films and on television in the U.K. before being cast in George Lucas's Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999). Hired for her resemblance to Natalie Portman, Knightley played Sabé, Queen Amidala's decoy and bodyguard. "

http://www.who2.com/keiraknightley.html

Open Letter to my favorite fan
 

Apropos of men's mags, I actually DO read the articles in Playboy (of course I look at the pictures as well). Sometimes it has decent fiction. But Maxim, Stuff, et al are only useful for the pics. I've tried to read that shit but I can't. It's like reading Diet USA Today/Soldier of Fortune* but for twelve year olds.

*No, I have no idea what's actually in this magazine.

Dr. Zhivago
 

This photo deserves more than a link. I now see what all the fuss is about, and hereby retract my previous stupid comparison to methol-face.



http://imdb.com/Photos/Events/2030/K...246482_400.jpg

great underrated old and old [sic] movies
 

One of the most underrated westerns of all time is "The man who shot Liberty Valence." As most film buffs know, the cowboy genre can be subdivided into the John Wayne type, the Jimmy Stewart type and the Clint Eastwood type (the Gene Autry type westerns are a joke and don't really count). The Man who Shot Liberty Valance represents the nadir of the western because it has BOTH John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart (some day we may be able to digittally re-master it and Clint to it as well).

Dr. Zhivago
 

I don't have much to ass to this, but I just wanted to reply so that anyone kethcupping will get to see Keira as many times as possible.

She doesn't even look british here. She looks good enough to be a podium girl.

great underrated old and old [sic] movies
 

I love this movie. It isn't a great movie, which is why I left it off my list. It is, however, a great example of the broad sweeping epic so popular in that era. For pageantry and scope, it belongs in the same class as films like "Ben Hur" and The Ten Commandments."

Google - 9 out of 10 twelve year olds use it
 

Since most twelve year olds know actually how to surf the internet for information, rather than feel the compulsive need to post every and any question they ever had about anything to a bunch of anonymous people rather than using the 45-odd seconds it takes to compose a post to do the needed research to answer the question themselves, I'll take the "tweleve [sic] year old" statement as a compliment.