Memorable Movie Mumblings

[2LaneCruzer]

I like The French Connection and Casablanca but they have little to do with my lifes experiences.

That was the draw for most of us; movies like Gone With the Wind, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, River of no Return, Blood on the Sun, etc. were so different from our everyday life the it was exciting to experience these things in a movie. I will say that all of these movies were more or less out-dorsey, rural settings, as opposed to the gangster movies, but we liked Edward G. also. Oh, I forgot. Although I had ridden on an elephant, I had never ridden on a horse...but I liked Roy and Dale, Gene and Smiley and Lash La Rue!

 

[drssg]

"I'll be back."
H. G. Wells - The Time Machine 1960

Some other hack may have also used that line.

 

[sixdogs]

The old black and white movies relied on storytelling and cinematography as opposed to car wrecks and improbable storylines. Watch an old B&W like Casablanca and all the characters in the background are interacting and part of the whole scene. Everyone is behaving in a way that tells the story. Even the scenery tells story. The sound of the airplane getting ready, the sound of the rainfall or wind. It's all there. Watch the bar scenes and everyone is involved. You can almost understand the movie without the sound on.

An example that comes to mind is from Godfather-I when the godfather is in a deep potentially confrontational conversation with a adversary boss. During a tense pause, Brando reaches over, invades the other guy's space if you will, which is an implied threat and picks some lint off the guy's suit. No words, just storyline and a reason why the movie was so great. Anyway, that's my take.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

The old black and white movies relied on storytelling and cinematography as opposed to car wrecks and improbable storylines. Watch an old B&W like Casablanca and all the characters in the background are interacting and part of the whole scene. Everyone is behaving in a way that tells the story. Even the scenery tells story. The sound of the airplane getting ready, the sound of the rainfall or wind. It's all there. Watch the bar scenes and everyone is involved. You can almost understand the movie without the sound on.

An example that comes to mind is from Godfather-I when the godfather is in a deep potentially confrontational conversation with a adversary boss. During a tense pause, Brando reaches over, invades the other guy's space if you will, which is an implied threat and picks some lint off the guy's suit. No words, just storyline and a reason why the movie was so great. Anyway, that's my take.

Good point. Character development used to be a big part of a successful story (read "movie"); like Casablanca, you knew each of the main characters very well...and other great movies the same. That's one of the things that I liked about Treasure of the Sierra Madre...and GWTW for another.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

"I'll be back."
H. G. Wells - The Time Machine 1960

Some other hack may have also used that line.

"I'm baaack!" (lots of movies, including the Shining) "Here's Johnny!"

 

[JasperFrank]

"You have meddled with the primal forces of nature, Mr Beal, and I wont have it! Is that clear!" - Network.

 

[k0ua]

"I'll be back."
H. G. Wells - The Time Machine 1960

Some other hack may have also used that line.

Yeah... and to great effect I may add.

 

[k0ua]

The old black and white movies relied on storytelling and cinematography as opposed to car wrecks and improbable storylines. Watch an old B&W like Casablanca and all the characters in the background are interacting and part of the whole scene. Everyone is behaving in a way that tells the story. Even the scenery tells story. The sound of the airplane getting ready, the sound of the rainfall or wind. It's all there. Watch the bar scenes and everyone is involved. You can almost understand the movie without the sound on.

An example that comes to mind is from Godfather-I when the godfather is in a deep potentially confrontational conversation with a adversary boss. During a tense pause, Brando reaches over, invades the other guy's space if you will, which is an implied threat and picks some lint off the guy's suit. No words, just storyline and a reason why the movie was so great. Anyway, that's my take.

You make a very astute observation.

 

[Diggin It]

King Arthur: You've got no arms left.
Black Knight: Yes I have.
King Arthur: Look!
Black Knight: It's just a flesh wound.

- Monty Python and the Holy Grail

 

[spitter]

I'm invincible!!! [black knight] Your a looney {king arther}.:drink: