bigvalbowski
03-13-02, 05:23 PM
I can't believe this is not on my top 10 list!!!
The Graduate is one of the greatest movies ever made and there isn't a thread on it... so let's open one.
Leave your quotes, favourite moments, favourite songs, questions, criticisms here.
I'll start.
Nobody else could have played Benjamin Bratt as well as Dustin Hoffman did. Nobody. It's one of those iconic performances. And the world is grateful that the casting director found Hoffman. He's unique. As is Ben. "I'm a little worried... about my future".
Mrs. Robinson. All young men should have their Mrs. Robinson. "I think you're the most attractive of all my parent's friends."
Katherine Ross. It's frightening how closely she resembles Mrs. Robinson. I fell in love the minute I saw her. I was already strangely attracted to Mrs. Robinson so it only made sense that I'd fall for a younger model. "So old Elaine Robinson got started in a Ford"
Simon & Garfunkel's soundtrack is the best ever written.
Questions:
Does it stand up to scrutiny today? Or is it not the same without the sixties liberation and all that stuff? I'm convinced it's just as successful these days.
Can you honestly say you didn't see the oft-parodied conclusion before you saw the movie?
What's the connection with the TV series Knight Rider?
What was the best parody? Wayne's World? The Simpsons?
Oh and if you haven't seen it, then leave this instant "because that is the sickest, most perverted thing that ever happened to me. And you do what you want but I'm getting the hell out."
The Graduate is one of the greatest movies ever made and there isn't a thread on it... so let's open one.
Leave your quotes, favourite moments, favourite songs, questions, criticisms here.
I'll start.
Nobody else could have played Benjamin Bratt as well as Dustin Hoffman did. Nobody. It's one of those iconic performances. And the world is grateful that the casting director found Hoffman. He's unique. As is Ben. "I'm a little worried... about my future".
Mrs. Robinson. All young men should have their Mrs. Robinson. "I think you're the most attractive of all my parent's friends."
Katherine Ross. It's frightening how closely she resembles Mrs. Robinson. I fell in love the minute I saw her. I was already strangely attracted to Mrs. Robinson so it only made sense that I'd fall for a younger model. "So old Elaine Robinson got started in a Ford"
Simon & Garfunkel's soundtrack is the best ever written.
Questions:
Does it stand up to scrutiny today? Or is it not the same without the sixties liberation and all that stuff? I'm convinced it's just as successful these days.
Can you honestly say you didn't see the oft-parodied conclusion before you saw the movie?
What's the connection with the TV series Knight Rider?
What was the best parody? Wayne's World? The Simpsons?
Oh and if you haven't seen it, then leave this instant "because that is the sickest, most perverted thing that ever happened to me. And you do what you want but I'm getting the hell out."