AFI's 100 Quotes

The use of color and the grandness of scale of this movie, particularly in filming the lavish interiors, is still amazing. I can hardly imagine what the original audiences must have thought in '39. I have heard some people say they do not like the main characters, so they cannot enjoy the movie. The main characters are flawed, but I found them intriguing to watch and still very much enjoyed the movie.

I've read all the books, and even though it takes liberties with a few things, I still love it. In this most well-known adaptation, the special effects for the time, the technicolor, the quotable lines, and the simple values of brain, heart, courage, and home are what make it great. It'll always be my favorite!

More iconic lines and music. Love the shadowy film noir aesthetic of this film. "The problems of a few people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world."

Most people don't seem to realize that movies in the early 50's (or even before) dealt with such tough topics. Another reason I love William Holden. Gloria Swanson's character is so memorable too including her impersonation of Chaplin.

nominated for best picture at the oscars

nominated for best picture by NBR, at the golden globes, and at the oscars

want to see this because it won best drama picture at the golden globes and was nominated for best picture by NBR and oscars

I love Sidney Poitier. He plays a powerful character with pride and intelligence. And still he has prejudices that might be misleading to solving the case. The relationship between Poitier and Steiger is something to watch.

I don't remember it being that great. But, I think I need to see it again to give it another chance now that I am familiar with other older movies.

Excellent ensemble cast! Wicked satire of the media. We may be mad as hell, and we don't want to take it anymore, but we do(!), even more so than 30 years ago and how much has it increased in those 30 years.

Foster and Hopkins give star performances. Levine is creepy as Buffalo Bill. But, this movie simply did not impress me as much as the other two movies to hold the honor of winning the Oscar big five awards. The movie didn't give me a sense of release, a sense of "Oh Wow" when Foster finds her way to Buffalo Bill's house independent of her boss at the FBI. I didn't understand the prevalence of close up shots of the actors' faces. There are a lot of foreheads half cut off in this movie. I guess it heighten the suspense a bit to see the sweat and muscle twitches in the characters' faces. But for a thriller it didn't have any amazing twists that really make you appreciate the writing. At least I didn't think so. The lambs, the moths, the sewing, the cannibalism were all supposed to be mysterious elements that suggest a creative and disturbing story, but it didn't all add together to something greater than the parts. Dr. Hannibal Lecter making his escape was probably the most fascinating, terrifying, and shocking part.

I've seen all the Bond movies including the unofficial Never Say Never Again and the Casino Royale with Woody Allen. Not reviewing any of them till I re-view them because I can't keep them straight in my head. I've seen this one more than once now, and man, I was surprised how much I had forgotten! There is a lot more to the plot, more of a traditional mystery, than I remembered. It doesn't get a full five stars 'cause there were some things that bothered me. The opening graphic now seems like a rip-off, because the body double with the hat is so obviously not James Bond. The Bond Theme with groovy sixties colored dots blinking around is cool, but then I forgot there are two more songs that you have to wait through before it gets to the story. You have to wait a lot longer still before Bond makes his appearance. Then it gets more exciting and suspenseful. Q was not yet developed and so there are not so many gadgets. Well technically I learned from a special feature that the character of Major Boothroyd who briefly gives Bond a new gun is Q's real name, but he doesn't have much of an impact. Connery shows he is a suave, cool, fit, always one step ahead of the villains kind of spy guy. The dragon tank/tractor thing is ridiculous and Joseph Wiseman and Zena Marshall playing part-Asians is embarrassing. The radioactive protective gear looks pretty silly today too. The design of Dr. No's living quarters and the radioactive laboratory almost makes up for the dated suits. Dr. No's underground chambers, conceived of by production designer Ken Adam, and Jamaica as the exotic locale set the standard for the look of future 007 films. These first Bond girls are beautiful as well.

want to see this because it was nominated for best picture at the oscars and by the NBR

Call me naive, as naive as Voight's character through most of the movie. Man, he runs into some messed up people as a male prostitute in New York. Hoffman gives another impressive performance. And by the end I was surprised by how much I cared for the two friends. When the song "Everybody's talkin' at me" comes on and Hoffman's character appears too sick to make it to their dream destination, it was more powerful than I expected. It brought a whole new meaning to that song. It made me think of Death of a Salesman and A Raisin in the Sun, two plays I had read recently also about the disappointment of lost dreams.

Great romantic comedy! Well written! All the old couples being interviewed are cute. If you like this movie check out The More the Merrier from the 40's. For some reason I can't get the More Like This feature to work with this title or that title. Billy Crystal is a very different lead than Joel McCrea, but Meg Ryan has a lot in common with Jean Arthur in that movie. Every joke, every relationship nuance is funny and real.

nominated for best picture at the golden globes and oscars

Bogie's character arc is unforgettable. He turns so ugly, from the inside out. The best study of greed.

nominated for best picture at the oscars

nominated for best picture by NBR and at oscars

Very sexy and at the same time awkward. The humor comes out more and more with repeated viewing. At least it did for me. Now that I'm done with school that feeling of just floating aimlessly in a pool or just sitting motionless under the surface is truly a scary thing to face in ones future. Sowing wild oats is just a distraction, but when considering what one will do for the rest of one's life, I feel that today as much as then in the 1960s many feel direction-less.

nominated for best picture by NBR and at the oscars

The dialog is snappy. Marilyn is seductive as usual. Curtis and Lemmon hit the cross-dressing awkwardness on the head. Curtis even gets to have a second alternate identity, which makes for more belly laughs. The first of many movies that had Lemmon working with Wilder.

I'm really not interested in seeing the remake because I love the psychological religion versus science themes of the original over the waring action promised in the remake. The makeup is amazing. And it's a great start to the whole series of films.

A tribute to film noir in color. A great caper with multiple mysteries to solve. The ending feels abrupt and unsatisfying every time I watch it, but I guess that's the point, the tragedy of it.

Why has National Lampoon fallen so far in recent years. Well I guess they started out incredibly high with this gem, and now a days they have so many competitors. This was the first one though. It broke conventions and represents a loss of innocence.

want to see this because it was nominated for best picture at the oscars

Henry Fonda is so crotchety and grumbly and yet so adorable, like an old hounddog. Katherine Hepburn is so strong and caring. I wasn't as impressed by Jane's performance in this one. But overall, the movie fills you with a sense of peace and love of life and acceptance of death and old age when it comes.

want to see this because it was nominated for best picture at the oscars and won best comedy or musical picture at the golden globes

When Cher and Nic were talking about wolves without foots and brides without heads and they kiss and he carries her off to bed, I was thinking "What the hell?!" I didn't get it. Anyways... La Boheme the opera keeps on being referenced and the Bohemian notions of love surely make for common themes, but it is a character unexpectedly living at the end that makes things turn out alright. The moon also stirs the emotions repeatedly, which no one should be surprised by with the title. "Why do men chase women?" "But why would a man need more than one woman?" These are the questions asked by Olympia Dukakis as Loretta's mother Rose, which I really think this movie tries to address. Also the discussion between Loretta and Ronny about being in control of one's life and love not being like it is in the storybooks was really important.

I want to talk about the relationships. The Grandfather has lost his wife and now gives all his attention to his dogs. Cher's uncle (Raymond) and his wife (Rita) get horny from the full moon, so you see a faithful couple. Cher's father (Cosmo) has been going out on dates with another woman (Mona) who is more exciting, but is eventually caught at the opera (a highly stylized metaphor for sex). Cher's mother, feeling lonely, goes out to dinner by herself and meets an immature ass-hole having a midlife crisis (Perry) played very well by John Mahoney. Except maybe he isn't so bad, at least she can talk to him and explore these questions she has, but she will not make a foolish mistake and get physical with him. Cher becomes engaged to Johnny (who she doesn't really love) who is a momma's boy and pretty childish despite his big strong appearance. Cher is dangerously attracted to Ronny (Johnny's brother) who makes her question her carefully planned marriage of convenience. He makes her feel alive. So as the whole family starts to gather around the breakfast table at the end, we wonder if Cher's parents can put their relationship back together and how Johnny will react to the news that his fiance has fallen in love with his brother. Turns out Johnny doesn't want to get married since his mother has recovered and Ronny is able to propose. The clincher, the best joke in the movie is after this moment when Grandfather starts crying and when asked why says, "I'm confused!"

That gangster James Cagney can sing and dance!! I enjoyed this biopic very much especially for Cagney's against type performance. He is very talented.

want to see this because it won best picture at the oscars and best drama picture at the golden globes