list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Mr. Hulot's Holiday on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Mr_Hulot_s_Holiday/23431/default.aspx Title: Mr. Hulot's Holiday
Year: 1953
Director: Jacques Tati
Plot: Already familiar to many, especially following his acclaimed directorial debut Jour De Fete, Jacques Tati came into his own and reached new levels of popularity with 1953's Les Vacances De Monsieur Hulot. The first film to introduce his much-loved alter ego Monsieur Hulot, it sets the pattern for future appearances of the character, throwing the bumbling hero unwittingly into the middle of the action and letting the ensuing mishaps provoke humor ranging from gentle observations to fairly biting satire. The setting this time is a stuffy resort community fond of the peace and quiet that Hulot interrupts without fail. Nearly dialogue-free and driven more by episode than plot (like all of the Hulot films), standout set pieces include a disrupted funeral, an interrupted game of cards, and -- one of Tati's signature bits -- a game of tennis played with rules that can politely be called unconventional. ~ Keith Phipps, All Movie Guide
Times Tagged: 5
Number of Lists: 10
Number of blog posts: 1
Number of discussion threads: 6
SpoutRating: 3
]]>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:58:23 GMTMr. Hulot's Holiday1953Jacques TatiAlready familiar to many, especially following his acclaimed directorial debut <a href=/films/18288/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Jour De Fete</a>, <a href="/players/P___113699/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jacques Tati</a> came into his own and reached new levels of popularity with 1953's Les Vacances De Monsieur Hulot. The first film to introduce his much-loved alter ego Monsieur Hulot, it sets the pattern for future appearances of the character, throwing the bumbling hero unwittingly into the middle of the action and letting the ensuing mishaps provoke humor ranging from gentle observations to fairly biting satire. The setting this time is a stuffy resort community fond of the peace and quiet that Hulot interrupts without fail. Nearly dialogue-free and driven more by episode than plot (like all of the Hulot films), standout set pieces include a disrupted funeral, an interrupted game of cards, and -- one of Tati's signature bits -- a game of tennis played with rules that can politely be called unconventional. ~ Keith Phipps, All Movie Guide5Slightly Tagged (1-5)10163http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t10890a7c13.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Mr_Hulot_s_Holiday/23431/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Polls/Re_What_is_your_favorite_movie_directed_by_Jacques/657/43780/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
Post To: Movie Polls
Post Date: 9/3/2009 11:37:25 AM
Body: [quote user="QFLW"] Oh dear, no one has voted yet. My excuse is that I haven't seen any of these movies. :-( But of course I keep meaning to. Along with dozens of other not-yet-seens... [/quote] Yes, this is sad! I've seen three of them. Mr. Hulot's Holiday, Mon oncle, and Playtime. All are about just as great! I voted for Mon Oncle though. Everyone should see a Tati film if they haven't!!!!
]]>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:37:25 GMTRisseladaMovie Polls9/3/2009 11:37:25 AM[quote user="QFLW"] Oh dear, no one has voted yet. My excuse is that I haven't seen any of these movies. :-( But of course I keep meaning to. Along with dozens of other not-yet-seens... [/quote] Yes, this is sad! I've seen three of them. Mr. Hulot's Holiday, Mon oncle, and Playtime. All are about just as great! I voted for Mon Oncle though. Everyone should see a Tati film if they haven't!!!! http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Polls/What_is_your_favorite_movie_directed_by_Jacques_Ta/657/43767/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
Post To: Movie Polls
Post Date: 9/1/2009 4:40:47 PM
Body: Please reference this thread for the rules of this group. Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Jour de fêteMon oncleParadePlay TimeTraficLes vacances de Monsieur Hulot
]]>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:40:47 GMTRisseladaMovie Polls9/1/2009 4:40:47 PMPlease reference this thread for the rules of this group. Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Jour de f&ecirc;teMon oncleParadePlay TimeTraficLes vacances de Monsieur Hulot http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_March_23_Hotels_Motels_Inns/625/41239/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
Post To: Weekly Theme
Post Date: 3/25/2009 2:01:25 PM
Body: The first movie I thought of was a movie I've only seen about five minutes of, Wim Wenders' The Million Dollar Hotel. Has anyone here seen all of it? [quote user="leeroy711"] Barton Fink and Dirty Pretty Things are a couple of my faves that I think everyone should take a gander at. The hotel in Barton Fink is pretty much a character itself.[/quote] [quote user="mercurial"] Undoubtedly my favorite film taking place in a hotel is The Shining. From beginning to end I love every frame of this flick.[/quote] [quote user="mercurial"] Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was a non-stop romp from hotel to hotel, trashing each room beyond all recognition.[/quote] These are some of my favorites as well! Good selections! Fear and Loathing really allows me to live out my vicarious experience of totally trashing a hotel room along with the fear accompanying such manic behavior without actually putting myself in danger. Has anyone seen. I would also like to mention Mystery Train from the great Jim Jarmusch! Several different stories all taking place around the same time in a hotel. Another funny one with multiple stories in different rooms in the same hotel, each story done by a different director is Four Rooms. It gets better as it goes. Hotel Rwanda is another obvious one with the name in the title. Hotels often being ominous places in movies I've found, this one is actually a sort of sactuary (although still dangerous) Although if you really want to get away and relax, take a trip with Monsieur Hulot on his holiday with a resort hotel full of quirky people. Or just scam your way into a luxery New York hotel with a tape recorded and some of your dad's credit cards like Kevin McCallister did in Home Alone 2. Bergman's The Silence takes place entirely within a hotel as well I believe. Hotels in movies are often interesting little microcosms. Sometimes these microcosms are seen in apartment complexes as well. Has anyone seen The Decalogue?
]]>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:01:25 GMTRisseladaWeekly Theme3/25/2009 2:01:25 PMThe first movie I thought of was a movie I've only seen about five minutes of, Wim Wenders' The Million Dollar Hotel. Has anyone here seen all of it? [quote user="leeroy711"] Barton Fink and Dirty Pretty Things are a couple of my faves that I think everyone should take a gander at. The hotel in Barton Fink is pretty much a character itself.[/quote] [quote user="mercurial"] Undoubtedly my favorite film taking place in a hotel is The Shining. From beginning to end I love every frame of this flick.[/quote] [quote user="mercurial"] Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was a non-stop romp from hotel to hotel, trashing each room beyond all recognition.[/quote] These are some of my favorites as well! Good selections! Fear and Loathing really allows me to live out my vicarious experience of totally trashing a hotel room along with the fear accompanying such manic behavior without actually putting myself in danger. Has anyone seen. I would also like to mention Mystery Train from the great Jim Jarmusch! Several different stories all taking place around the same time in a hotel. Another funny one with multiple stories in different rooms in the same hotel, each story done by a different director is Four Rooms. It gets better as it goes. Hotel Rwanda is another obvious one with the name in the title. Hotels often being ominous places in movies I've found, this one is actually a sort of sactuary (although still dangerous) Although if you really want to get away and relax, take a trip with Monsieur Hulot on his holiday with a resort hotel full of quirky people. Or just scam your way into a luxery New York hotel with a tape recorded and some of your dad's credit cards like Kevin McCallister did in Home Alone 2. Bergman's The Silence takes place entirely within a hotel as well I believe. Hotels in movies are often interesting little microcosms. Sometimes these microcosms are seen in apartment complexes as well. Has anyone seen The Decalogue? http://www.spout.com/blogs/cinemarian/archive/2008/5/12/28711.aspx Post By: CinemaRian
Post To: CinemaRian Blog
Post Date: 5/12/2008 9:46:18 PM
Body: Mr. Hulot is a great comic character, yes, but I don't think he appears in great movies. Thinking about the film's I've seen him in, this one and My Uncle, I think I know the problem. Tati is making what are essentially silent films. There is little dialogue of any significance in either, and certainly nothing that could not be conveyed with an intertitle. That was fine for Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd, but I want to here Mr. Hulot talk. I want to know how stays so nice and innocent in a world where everyone else, well, isn't. I want to know what he does for a living, how he can afford to take these ritzy vacations. I want to see him reassure others who seem to have got their souls sucked out by the modern world. But of course I am looking at the film for what I want it to be instead of what it is. Mr. Hulot's Holiday is a very simple film- Mr. Hulot takes a vacation on the French Riviera and gets into a variety of amusing comic situation. Many of these are moderately funny, and there is one big laugh- a Keatonian moment when he accidently splits his boat in half and causes people to think it's a shark (maybe you had to be there). But the movie its self is a little too laid back and after while it becomes to difficult to focus on it. It's also far too long, even at just 86 minuets, it wears out its welcome. This might have worked as a short, but there's just not enough there to sustain it as a feature. And who is Mr. Hulot, anyway? After seeing the character star feature in two films I find myself wondering about that more than ever. Strange, how I don't wonder about the Little Tramp's childhood, but I want to know the whole life story of Tati's creation, perhaps because he seems to be from another time than everyone else. Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953)
]]>Tue, 13 May 2008 01:46:18 GMTCinemaRianCinemaRian Blog5/12/2008 9:46:18 PMMr. Hulot is a great comic character, yes, but I don't think he appears in great movies. Thinking about the film's I've seen him in, this one and My Uncle, I think I know the problem. Tati is making what are essentially silent films. There is little dialogue of any significance in either, and certainly nothing that could not be conveyed with an intertitle. That was fine for Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd, but I want to here Mr. Hulot talk. I want to know how stays so nice and innocent in a world where everyone else, well, isn't. I want to know what he does for a living, how he can afford to take these ritzy vacations. I want to see him reassure others who seem to have got their souls sucked out by the modern world. But of course I am looking at the film for what I want it to be instead of what it is. Mr. Hulot's Holiday is a very simple film- Mr. Hulot takes a vacation on the French Riviera and gets into a variety of amusing comic situation. Many of these are moderately funny, and there is one big laugh- a Keatonian moment when he accidently splits his boat in half and causes people to think it's a shark (maybe you had to be there). But the movie its self is a little too laid back and after while it becomes to difficult to focus on it. It's also far too long, even at just 86 minuets, it wears out its welcome. This might have worked as a short, but there's just not enough there to sustain it as a feature. And who is Mr. Hulot, anyway? After seeing the character star feature in two films I find myself wondering about that more than ever. Strange, how I don't wonder about the Little Tramp's childhood, but I want to know the whole life story of Tati's creation, perhaps because he seems to be from another time than everyone else. Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953) http://www.spout.com/groups/Totally_Over_rated/Re_Am_I_off/170/10265/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
Post To: Totally Over-rated
Post Date: 6/6/2007 12:55:11 PM
Body: [quote user="Jymkata"]Rizzo, I have seen Clean Slate or Coup de Torchon and I liked it very much. I think Tavernier is a very notable director, even though Captaine Conan and The Judge and the Assassin were far more difficult for me to follow.I must admit that I liked Mon Oncle and even Traffic more than Mr. Hulot's Holiday - both films make fun of that late 50's and 60's atomic age culture of crazy inventions. It's a world that is at least visually fun to visit. I should clarify that I don't hate Tati - I just don't see why respected critics fall all over themselves declaring his films masterpieces. To me, they are minor films. You might get more out of Alphaville than I did, but I found it almost incomprehensible. I missed a lot of the satire and clever references that I've read about in reviews of the film - it just seemed like a stylistic mess. Again, I don't hate Godard, his films contain something of slight interest to me, but I don't really enjoy them. There are so many other great French directors ( like the ones mentioned above) that I just don't want to waste my film-viewing time on Jean Luc's plotless ramblings.[/quote]Yeah I see what you are saying. It's not that all of their films are horrible, but you just can't see how people can revere them as much as some of the other fine Frech directors you metioned.
]]>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:55:11 GMTRisseladaTotally Over-rated6/6/2007 12:55:11 PM[quote user="Jymkata"]Rizzo, I have seen Clean Slate or Coup de Torchon and I liked it very much. I think Tavernier is a very notable director, even though Captaine Conan and The Judge and the Assassin were far more difficult for me to follow.I must admit that I liked Mon Oncle and even Traffic more than Mr. Hulot&#39;s Holiday - both films make fun of that late 50&#39;s and 60&#39;s atomic age culture of crazy inventions. It&#39;s a world that is at least visually fun to visit. I should clarify that I don&#39;t hate Tati - I just don&#39;t see why respected critics fall all over themselves declaring his films masterpieces. To me, they are minor films. You might get more out of Alphaville than I did, but I found it almost incomprehensible. I missed a lot of the satire and clever references that I&#39;ve read about in reviews of the film - it just seemed like a stylistic mess. Again, I don&#39;t hate Godard, his films contain something of slight interest to me, but I don&#39;t really enjoy them. There are so many other great French directors ( like the ones mentioned above) that I just don&#39;t want to waste my film-viewing time on Jean Luc&#39;s plotless ramblings.[/quote]Yeah I see what you are saying. It&#39;s not that all of their films are horrible, but you just can&#39;t see how people can revere them as much as some of the other fine Frech directors you metioned. http://www.spout.com/groups/Totally_Over_rated/Re_Am_I_off/170/10174/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Jymkata
Post To: Totally Over-rated
Post Date: 6/5/2007 9:47:36 AM
Body: [quote user="Risselada"][quote user="Jymkata"] [/quote] Jason, I identify with you, although maybe with not as much good reason, as I've only seen one film by each of those two directors. But in the case of Godard it was enough to keep me from looking into any more of his films since then. I thnk I saw Breathless about five years ago, and was highly disappointed. I've been actually trying to figure out which movie of his I'll see next when I finally do, but I'm really not sure still. Alphaville seems to be maybe the best candidate from what I've seen. Obviously you aren't the one to ask though.As for Tati, I have seen Mr. Hulot's Holiday, and while I thought it was good, I definitely was confused like you how he could compared with Keaten or Chaplin. Well, I think if you are looking to compare then you will be disappointed. But when I looked at the movie as more of a chance to just relax and go for a short little vacation of you own, it seemed to settle better. There's nothing fast paced or even what you would call side-splitting (maybe to some people). I had a few laugh out loud moments though, but I think overall it was just sort of a chuckle and then soaking in the experience. I do have Mon Oncle on my list, and I hope I'll be in the right frame of mind when I see it.To add to your francophilic list, have you seen much from Bertrand Tavernier? I just saw my first film of his this weekend, Clean Slate. It was notable.[/quote]Rizzo, I have seen Clean Slate or Coup de Torchon and I liked it very much. I think Tavernier is a very notable director, even though Captaine Conan and The Judge and the Assassin were far more difficult for me to follow.I must admit that I liked Mon Oncle and even Traffic more than Mr. Hulot's Holiday - both films make fun of that late 50's and 60's atomic age culture of crazy inventions. It's a world that is at least visually fun to visit. I should clarify that I don't hate Tati - I just don't see why respected critics fall all over themselves declaring his films masterpieces. To me, they are minor films. You might get more out of Alphaville than I did, but I found it almost incomprehensible. I missed a lot of the satire and clever references that I've read about in reviews of the film - it just seemed like a stylistic mess. Again, I don't hate Godard, his films contain something of slight interest to me, but I don't really enjoy them. There are so many other great French directors ( like the ones mentioned above) that I just don't want to waste my film-viewing time on Jean Luc's plotless ramblings.
]]>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:47:36 GMTJymkataTotally Over-rated6/5/2007 9:47:36 AM[quote user="Risselada"][quote user="Jymkata"] [/quote] Jason, I identify with you, although maybe with not as much good reason, as I&#39;ve only seen one film by each of those two directors. But in the case of Godard it was enough to keep me from looking into any more of his films since then. I thnk I saw Breathless about five years ago, and was highly disappointed. I&#39;ve been actually trying to figure out which movie of his I&#39;ll see next when I finally do, but I&#39;m really not sure still. Alphaville seems to be maybe the best candidate from what I&#39;ve seen. Obviously you aren&#39;t the one to ask though.As for Tati, I have seen Mr. Hulot&#39;s Holiday, and while I thought it was good, I definitely was confused like you how he could compared with Keaten or Chaplin. Well, I think if you are looking to compare then you will be disappointed. But when I looked at the movie as more of a chance to just relax and go for a short little vacation of you own, it seemed to settle better. There&#39;s nothing fast paced or even what you would call side-splitting (maybe to some people). I had a few laugh out loud moments though, but I think overall it was just sort of a chuckle and then soaking in the experience. I do have Mon Oncle on my list, and I hope I&#39;ll be in the right frame of mind when I see it.To add to your francophilic list, have you seen much from Bertrand Tavernier? I just saw my first film of his this weekend, Clean Slate. It was notable.[/quote]Rizzo, I have seen Clean Slate or Coup de Torchon and I liked it very much. I think Tavernier is a very notable director, even though Captaine Conan and The Judge and the Assassin were far more difficult for me to follow.I must admit that I liked Mon Oncle and even Traffic more than Mr. Hulot&#39;s Holiday - both films make fun of that late 50&#39;s and 60&#39;s atomic age culture of crazy inventions. It&#39;s a world that is at least visually fun to visit. I should clarify that I don&#39;t hate Tati - I just don&#39;t see why respected critics fall all over themselves declaring his films masterpieces. To me, they are minor films. You might get more out of Alphaville than I did, but I found it almost incomprehensible. I missed a lot of the satire and clever references that I&#39;ve read about in reviews of the film - it just seemed like a stylistic mess. Again, I don&#39;t hate Godard, his films contain something of slight interest to me, but I don&#39;t really enjoy them. There are so many other great French directors ( like the ones mentioned above) that I just don&#39;t want to waste my film-viewing time on Jean Luc&#39;s plotless ramblings. http://www.spout.com/groups/Totally_Over_rated/Re_Am_I_off/170/10070/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
Post To: Totally Over-rated
Post Date: 6/3/2007 11:20:04 PM
Body: [quote user="Jymkata"] I thought I'd add to this thread because it fits even though it doesn't continue the Christmas Story discussion. I officially give up on two french phenomenons loved by the critics : Godard and Tati. Godard must a matter of preference because I have seen plenty of his work and I remain underwhelmed. I bring Tati up because I just watched Traffic, which has been fawned over by the likes of Ebert and Vincent Canby, and I found it neither funny nor clever. This is the third Tati feature I've seen ( Mon Oncle & Mr. Hulot's Holiday) and I just don't get it. Now, I've come to realize that comedy is a matter of personal taste ( I no longer get upset when people say that Arrested Development or the BBC's The Office is not funny because of this realization), but Canby's claim that this film is hilarious and Tati has taken his place with Keaton and Chaplin is wildly off base to me. Keaton and Chaplin did much more than dress up in a trench coat and smoke a pipe while walking in to trouble. I should say that in all other ways I am a film francophile - I love Clouzot, Chabrol, Renoir, Melville, Bresson, Ophuls, Polanski, etc., but these two filmmakers have appeared on way too many "best of" lists for my taste. [/quote]Jason, I identify with you, although maybe with not as much good reason, as I've only seen one film by each of those two directors. But in the case of Godard it was enough to keep me from looking into any more of his films since then. I thnk I saw Breathless about five years ago, and was highly disappointed. I've been actually trying to figure out which movie of his I'll see next when I finally do, but I'm really not sure still. Alphaville seems to be maybe the best candidate from what I've seen. Obviously you aren't the one to ask though.As for Tati, I have seen Mr. Hulot's Holiday, and while I thought it was good, I definitely was confused like you how he could compared with Keaten or Chaplin. Well, I think if you are looking to compare then you will be disappointed. But when I looked at the movie as more of a chance to just relax and go for a short little vacation of you own, it seemed to settle better. There's nothing fast paced or even what you would call side-splitting (maybe to some people). I had a few laugh out loud moments though, but I think overall it was just sort of a chuckle and then soaking in the experience. I do have Mon Oncle on my list, and I hope I'll be in the right frame of mind when I see it.To add to your francophilic list, have you seen much from Bertrand Tavernier? I just saw my first film of his this weekend, Clean Slate. It was notable.
]]>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 03:20:04 GMTRisseladaTotally Over-rated6/3/2007 11:20:04 PM[quote user="Jymkata"] I thought I&#39;d add to this thread because it fits even though it doesn&#39;t continue the Christmas Story discussion. I officially give up on two french phenomenons loved by the critics : Godard and Tati. Godard must a matter of preference because I have seen plenty of his work and I remain underwhelmed. I bring Tati up because I just watched Traffic, which has been fawned over by the likes of Ebert and Vincent Canby, and I found it neither funny nor clever. This is the third Tati feature I&#39;ve seen ( Mon Oncle &amp; Mr. Hulot&#39;s Holiday) and I just don&#39;t get it. Now, I&#39;ve come to realize that comedy is a matter of personal taste ( I no longer get upset when people say that Arrested Development or the BBC&#39;s The Office is not funny because of this realization), but Canby&#39;s claim that this film is hilarious and Tati has taken his place with Keaton and Chaplin is wildly off base to me. Keaton and Chaplin did much more than dress up in a trench coat and smoke a pipe while walking in to trouble. I should say that in all other ways I am a film francophile - I love Clouzot, Chabrol, Renoir, Melville, Bresson, Ophuls, Polanski, etc., but these two filmmakers have appeared on way too many "best of" lists for my taste. [/quote]Jason, I identify with you, although maybe with not as much good reason, as I&#39;ve only seen one film by each of those two directors. But in the case of Godard it was enough to keep me from looking into any more of his films since then. I thnk I saw Breathless about five years ago, and was highly disappointed. I&#39;ve been actually trying to figure out which movie of his I&#39;ll see next when I finally do, but I&#39;m really not sure still. Alphaville seems to be maybe the best candidate from what I&#39;ve seen. Obviously you aren&#39;t the one to ask though.As for Tati, I have seen Mr. Hulot&#39;s Holiday, and while I thought it was good, I definitely was confused like you how he could compared with Keaten or Chaplin. Well, I think if you are looking to compare then you will be disappointed. But when I looked at the movie as more of a chance to just relax and go for a short little vacation of you own, it seemed to settle better. There&#39;s nothing fast paced or even what you would call side-splitting (maybe to some people). I had a few laugh out loud moments though, but I think overall it was just sort of a chuckle and then soaking in the experience. I do have Mon Oncle on my list, and I hope I&#39;ll be in the right frame of mind when I see it.To add to your francophilic list, have you seen much from Bertrand Tavernier? I just saw my first film of his this weekend, Clean Slate. It was notable. http://www.spout.com/groups/Totally_Over_rated/Re_Am_I_off/170/9930/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Jymkata
Post To: Totally Over-rated
Post Date: 6/1/2007 5:46:34 PM
Body: I thought I'd add to this thread because it fits even though it doesn't continue the Christmas Story discussion.I officially give up on two french phenomenons loved by the critics : Godard and Tati. Godard must a matter of preference because I have seen plenty of his work and I remain underwhelmed. I bring Tati up because I just watched Traffic, which has been fawned over by the likes of Ebert and Vincent Canby, and I found it neither funny nor clever. This is the third Tati feature I've seen ( Mon Oncle & Mr. Hulot's Holiday) and I just don't get it. Now, I've come to realize that comedy is a matter of personal taste ( I no longer get upset when people say that Arrested Development or the BBC's The Office is not funny because of this realization), but Canby's claim that this film is hilarious and Tati has taken his place with Keaton and Chaplin is wildly off base to me. Keaton and Chaplin did much more than dress up in a trench coat and smoke a pipe while walking in to trouble. I should say that in all other ways I am a film francophile - I love Clouzot, Chabrol, Renoir, Melville, Bresson, Ophuls, Polanski, etc., but these two filmmakers have appeared on way too many "best of" lists for my taste.
]]>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:46:34 GMTJymkataTotally Over-rated6/1/2007 5:46:34 PMI thought I&#39;d add to this thread because it fits even though it doesn&#39;t continue the Christmas Story discussion.I officially give up on two french phenomenons loved by the critics : Godard and Tati. Godard must a matter of preference because I have seen plenty of his work and I remain underwhelmed. I bring Tati up because I just watched Traffic, which has been fawned over by the likes of Ebert and Vincent Canby, and I found it neither funny nor clever. This is the third Tati feature I&#39;ve seen ( Mon Oncle &amp; Mr. Hulot&#39;s Holiday) and I just don&#39;t get it. Now, I&#39;ve come to realize that comedy is a matter of personal taste ( I no longer get upset when people say that Arrested Development or the BBC&#39;s The Office is not funny because of this realization), but Canby&#39;s claim that this film is hilarious and Tati has taken his place with Keaton and Chaplin is wildly off base to me. Keaton and Chaplin did much more than dress up in a trench coat and smoke a pipe while walking in to trouble. I should say that in all other ways I am a film francophile - I love Clouzot, Chabrol, Renoir, Melville, Bresson, Ophuls, Polanski, etc., but these two filmmakers have appeared on way too many "best of" lists for my taste. http://www.spout.com/groups/PulpFiction1975/Re_For_Video_Game_Players/66/3242/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
Post To: PulpFiction1975
Post Date: 10/13/2006 4:17:30 PM
Body: [quote user="SkyPilot"]I've noticed that some video games are being made out of interesting, not-so-obvious-choice movies: The Godfather, Reservoir Dogs, Dirty Harry. What movie-cum-video games would you like to play?[/quote] I'm just wondering if you could get a kid to start playing a game version of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Would they be disappointed when it wasn't quite like Star Wars Rogue Squadron? And will they actually be able to beat the game when they realize the final challenge will be to sit in front of the screen for fifteen hours while they are subjected to what may be seizure inducing images of varying colors and textures? How about this one "You are Fitzcarraldo. Your mad dream of building an opera house in the middle of a South American jungle forces you to take the wakiest and wildest boat ride of your life. Let's go off roadin!" or My Dinner With Andre: the game. "Play as every kid's hero, Wallace Shawn, at an intense dinner situation where it is up to you to stear the conversation into the most exciting direction possible, or else Andre may get angry" Or a game based on 12 Angry Men. The game starts out and you watch a courtroom trial as a member of a jury. Then you go into the jury room where all eleven other jury members are dead set on a certain verdict. It's your job to break them down and expose their predjudices and bring them around. There's also a pathos meter for how much hidden past and emotion you can pull from your fellow jury members. I think a game of Blake Edwards' The Party may be pretty fun actually. Just walk around the party as Hrundi Baskhi and see how much of a mess and comotion you can cause. You could also use this game engine for a game about Monsieur Hulot. Ok I don't think any of those options are actually very likely. But some movies that I could actually see becoming successful movies would be Wages of Fear, any action movie by Seijun Suzuki, or maybe a game based on Italian giallo movies. [quote user="SkyPilot"]Here's ANOTHER QUESTION: Has a good movie ever been made from a video game? I haven't seen Doom, but I heard it was lackluster. And I can't remember anything about that Final Fantasy movie except that Steve Buscemi was one of the voices.[/quote] I've never seen it, but I heard a lot of people like Resident Evil. But mostly movies based off of video games have all been total trash. Actually Mortal Kombat was kind of fun. As for potential movies made from video games, I'd love to see some stuff made from the Lucas Arts adventures games like Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, or Full Throttle.
]]>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:17:30 GMTRisseladaPulpFiction197510/13/2006 4:17:30 PM[quote user="SkyPilot"]I've noticed that some video games are being made out of interesting, not-so-obvious-choice movies: The Godfather, Reservoir Dogs, Dirty Harry. What movie-cum-video games would you like to play?[/quote] I'm just wondering if you could get a kid to start playing a game version of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Would they be disappointed when it wasn't quite like Star Wars Rogue Squadron? And will they actually be able to beat the game when they realize the final challenge will be to sit in front of the screen for fifteen hours while they are subjected to what may be seizure inducing images of varying colors and textures? How about this one "You are Fitzcarraldo. Your mad dream of building an opera house in the middle of a South American jungle forces you to take the wakiest and wildest boat ride of your life. Let's go off roadin!" or My Dinner With Andre: the game. "Play as every kid's hero, Wallace Shawn, at an intense dinner situation where it is up to you to stear the conversation into the most exciting direction possible, or else Andre may get angry" Or a game based on 12 Angry Men. The game starts out and you watch a courtroom trial as a member of a jury. Then you go into the jury room where all eleven other jury members are dead set on a certain verdict. It's your job to break them down and expose their predjudices and bring them around. There's also a pathos meter for how much hidden past and emotion you can pull from your fellow jury members. I think a game of Blake Edwards' The Party may be pretty fun actually. Just walk around the party as Hrundi Baskhi and see how much of a mess and comotion you can cause. You could also use this game engine for a game about Monsieur Hulot. Ok I don't think any of those options are actually very likely. But some movies that I could actually see becoming successful movies would be Wages of Fear, any action movie by Seijun Suzuki, or maybe a game based on Italian giallo movies. [quote user="SkyPilot"]Here's ANOTHER QUESTION: Has a good movie ever been made from a video game? I haven't seen Doom, but I heard it was lackluster. And I can't remember anything about that Final Fantasy movie except that Steve Buscemi was one of the voices.[/quote] I've never seen it, but I heard a lot of people like Resident Evil. But mostly movies based off of video games have all been total trash. Actually Mortal Kombat was kind of fun. As for potential movies made from video games, I'd love to see some stuff made from the Lucas Arts adventures games like Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, or Full Throttle. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/romance/MemberTagFilms.aspxromance
Number of films tagged: 7162

Number of people who tagged: 169

Number of times used: 1004

]]>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:01:30 GMT71621691004Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/overrated/MemberTagFilms.aspxoverrated
Number of films tagged: 152

Number of people who tagged: 106

Number of times used: 240

]]>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:37:37 GMT152106240Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/france/MemberTagFilms.aspxfrance
Number of films tagged: 932

Number of people who tagged: 42

Number of times used: 97

]]>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:12:04 GMT9324297Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/hotel/MemberTagFilms.aspxhotel
Number of films tagged: 359

Number of people who tagged: 42

Number of times used: 86

]]>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:32:30 GMT3594286Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/comedian/MemberTagFilms.aspxcomedian
Number of films tagged: 948

Number of people who tagged: 16

Number of times used: 26

]]>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:01:54 GMT9481626Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/vacation/MemberTagFilms.aspxvacation
Number of films tagged: 1068

Number of people who tagged: 16

Number of times used: 52

]]>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:34:39 GMT10681652Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/chaos/MemberTagFilms.aspxchaos
Number of films tagged: 123

Number of people who tagged: 14

Number of times used: 17

]]>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:03:45 GMT1231417Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/disaster/MemberTagFilms.aspxdisaster
Number of films tagged: 460

Number of people who tagged: 14

Number of times used: 20

]]>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:23:17 GMT4601420Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/bachelor/MemberTagFilms.aspxbachelor
Number of films tagged: 685

Number of people who tagged: 13

Number of times used: 29

]]>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:07:18 GMT6851329Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/mute/MemberTagFilms.aspxmute
Number of films tagged: 120

Number of people who tagged: 11

Number of times used: 12

]]>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:02:40 GMT1201112Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/mistake/MemberTagFilms.aspxmistake
Number of films tagged: 218

Number of people who tagged: 7

Number of times used: 8

]]>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:02:23 GMT21878Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/childish/MemberTagFilms.aspxchildish
Number of films tagged: 7

Number of people who tagged: 6

Number of times used: 7

]]>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:35:08 GMT767Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/guest/MemberTagFilms.aspxguest
Number of films tagged: 176

Number of people who tagged: 6

Number of times used: 8

]]>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:01:49 GMT17668Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/shyness/MemberTagFilms.aspxshyness
Number of films tagged: 85

Number of people who tagged: 5

Number of times used: 9

]]>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:02:33 GMT8559Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/resort/MemberTagFilms.aspxresort
Number of films tagged: 261

Number of people who tagged: 4

Number of times used: 4

]]>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:02:40 GMT26144Tag