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Originally Posted by Citizen Rules

Thirty Day Princess (1934)
Director: Marion Gering
Writers: Preston Sturges & Frank Partos
Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Cary Grant, Edward Arnold
Genre: Romantic Comedy

"A European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She contracts the mumps, and an actress who looks exactly like her is hired to impersonate her."
Never even heard of this movie, but it sound like fun and Sylvia Sydney looks absolutely adorable in that screenshot.



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Sure Yam, here ya go....

I've only seen these, so far...

Hail, Caesar!
I love old Hollwood so really liked the nod to the good ole days of musicals. If I watched this again, it would probably be rated even higher....My review

True Grit I don't remember much about this, I thought it was OK, but for me any reboot is hard to like, and I did like the John Wayne version, so that colored my opinion.

The Big Lebowski
I didn't care for this, maybe a rewatch would help. My review

The Hudsucker Proxy I liked it, but it's been so long I can't rate it.

Barton Fink,
I just watched this for the second time and was blown away by it. My review
True Grit is worth watching for Jeff Bridnes' performance alone and I highly recommend a re-watch of The Hudsucker Proxy...there's a review of it in my thread somewhere.



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Raging Bull (1980)
Director: Martin Scorsese
Writers: Jake LaMotta (based book), Joseph Carter
Cast: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty
Genre: Biography, Drama

[left]This is one of those highly acclaimed classics, that somehow I'd never seen before...until the other night that is. I really knew nothing about it other than it was about a boxer, which is a plus as I usually like boxing movies. Right off the bat I see this is done in black & white, which to me is a huge plus. Then I realize this is about a real boxer, Jake LaMotta. Bio Pics set in period pieces is just the type of films I usually love.

So I should have loved this, but I was bored to tears. Say what you will about critiquing styles, ultimately for me a film works or not, if it can hold me attention, and this didn't. I wanted to shut it off after 15 minutes but figured any movie this respected most get better, for me it never did.


So sorry you didn't like this one, Citizen, but I appreciate the honesty of your review. I only saw it for the first time last year, and even though I liked it a lot, I am one of the few people who doesn't think it deserved Best Picture over Ordinary People. De Niro's Oscar win was richly deserved though and Cathy Moriarty seemed a little old for her role, but I found it a pretty solid sports/biopic. I wrote a review of it.



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I also found Raging Bull to be overrated, maybe I need to give it another watch, but I wasn't a big fan.
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The Departed is better. Mean Streets is better. Goodfellas is better. The Aviator is better. After Hours is better. Taxi Driver is better.


Most of Scorseses films are better.



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The Departed is better. Mean Streets is better. Goodfellas is better. The Aviator is better. After Hours is better. Taxi Driver is better.


Most of Scorseses films are better.
Yeah I liked Goodfellas much better than Raging Bull and The Aviator is near perfect for me. Haven't seen the rest.

This is what I've seen from Scorsese
Hugo
Shutter Island
The Aviator
Gangs of New York
Casino
Goodfellas
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Color of Money
Raging Bull

I've pretty much liked them all, except The Color of Money and Raging Bull.



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You need to see After Hours and The Departed ASAP
Sean says I need to see Godfather ASAP

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After Hours is such an underrated film in general. I really enjoyed the torment the main character went through throughout the night.
Hmmm, well you both agree on that film. Yeah I probably catch it sometime. I'm thinking Taxi Driver or King of Comedy next up.



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10-09-17
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Sean says I need to see Godfather ASAP

Hmmm, well you both agree on that film. Yeah I probably catch it sometime. I'm thinking Taxi Driver or King of Comedy next up.
Just a suggestion, but try watching Taxi Driver and King of Comedy in proximity to each other (not back to back or anything). I only say that because both have DeNiro in the lead role and over the years I've come to see them as strange book ends (not sure if that's even a correct term for this situation).

Although they are two very different movies and different stories, they do bear some weird similarities. The main characters are both outsiders whose view of reality plays out much inside their own heads (although one is much darker than the other). I even find the somewhat unexpected endings to be similar in a way.



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10-10-17
If you like After Hours better than Raging Bull I will lose my mind. Up to you, but that's on your concious.
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I actually had trouble with After Hours. I SHOULD have enjoyed it; there was everything there I would normally have, but I didn't. A rewatch may be in order, but that'll be some time in the future.

and, wait a minute -- you haven't seen The Godfather?!?!

shame on you



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Originally Posted by Citizen Rules

Thirty Day Princess (1934)
Director: Marion Gering
Writers: Preston Sturges & Frank Partos
Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Cary Grant, Edward Arnold
Genre: Romantic Comedy

"A European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She contracts the mumps, and an actress who looks exactly like her is hired to impersonate her."

What a lovely film! The screenplay is by Preston Sturges and it's very well written, each scene sparkles with life and charm...and with the Sturges wit. Seven years later in The Lady Eve (1941), Preston Sturges would again write & direct a similar duality film with the lead actress playing two different characters that wins the heart of the leading man.



Thirty Day Princess is a very early Cary Grant film and he plays a character a little different than what we're use to. Unlike Cary's later films where he's light and flippant, here he's more serious but still has that dapper charm.

Sylvia Sidney who's adorable in this, has top billing. Sadly today not many know of her but she's one of my favorite actresses from the 1930s. She's very expressive in her acting and able to draw the viewer into her character. She's skilled at both drama and comedy. And here she get's to do both as she plays two characters. A European Princess and and American shop keeper girl who just happens to look like the Princess.

Thirty Day Princess is a romantic light comedy with a storyline that is lively, I really enjoyed this.

this was one of the Cary Grant movies I was curious about when we discussed Grant in the 40s II HoF. So wonderful to hear how much you enjoyed it. It is now on my watchlist.



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10-10-17
Originally Posted by edarsenal
I actually had trouble with After Hours. I SHOULD have enjoyed it; there was everything there I would normally have, but I didn't. A rewatch may be in order, but that'll be some time in the future.

and, wait a minute -- you haven't seen The Godfather?!?!

shame on you
Careful, Rules might think it's worse than Airplane!
I really tried to ruin it for him by telling him to watch the Godfather Epic (where they splice I and II together - putting all the scenes in chronological order).



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10-10-17
Originally Posted by Citizen Rules

Thirty Day Princess (1934)
Director: Marion Gering
Writers: Preston Sturges & Frank Partos
Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Cary Grant, Edward Arnold
Genre: Romantic Comedy

"A European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She contracts the mumps, and an actress who looks exactly like her is hired to impersonate her."


I haven't seen it in a while, but I liked Thirty Day Princess. If I remember correctly, the only thing that kind of bugged me a little bit was that I didn't quite understand why the amount of money had to be so high. I seem to recall there was something about that it had to be at least some ridiculously high amount, but it was the person who was paying the money who was insisting that it had to be that high.
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Originally Posted by Gideon58
Thirty Day Princess...Never even heard of this movie, but it sound like fun and Sylvia Sydney looks absolutely adorable in that screenshot.
Sylvia is a peach! And I don't just mean that she's cute, she's very charming in this film. The film is very charming. Grant is always a charmer and he charms Sylvia. Watch it and you will be charmed

Originally Posted by edarsenal
Thirty Day Princess...this was one of the Cary Grant movies I was curious about when we discussed Grant in the 40s II HoF. So wonderful to hear how much you enjoyed it. It is now on my watchlist.
I've seen twice and could watch it again right now. It's a good one.

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I haven't seen it in a while, but I liked Thirty Day Princess. If I remember correctly, the only thing that kind of bugged me a little bit was that I didn't quite understand why the amount of money had to be so high. I seem to recall there was something about that it had to be at least some ridiculously high amount, but it was the person who was paying the money who was insisting that it had to be that high.
It was the Depression era and people had no money, so films at the time often revolved around the fantasy that a working stiff, would get lucky and make millions of dollars. You have to put yourself into the mindset of a 1934 Depression era audience.

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