pippin06

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The Muppets are philosophical geniuses: 'Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending...'

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Cabaret

Revisiting Cabaret for the AFI ...
By pippin06 in Reel Thoughts
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"What's the AFI Project, you ask? For more information, or if you just enjoy my bemused ramblings, read here: http://www.spout.com/blogs/pip pin06/archive/2008/3/1/25756.a spx Cabaret is on the following AFI lists: 100 Greatest Film Songs (#18 - "Cabaret")25 Greatest Movie Musicals (#5)The Revised Top 100 (#63) If you'll notice, Cabaret is one of the films that did not make the original AFI Top 100 list but made it into the tenth anniversary edition, and all the way up to number 63. I am not exactly sure why. Don't get me wrong, it's an enjoyable musical film, filled with toe-tapping songs and dances (including the famous title song), social commentary in a historical context, and true-to-life situations in fantastic circumstances. It has its place, but is it one of the 100 greatest American films of all time? I don't know if I can answer that question here, but I do know that it is not my favorite film. In 1931 Berlin, the rise of the Nazi party is played against the backdrop ... " [More]

Barton Fink

Barton Fink, a Writer's Journey
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"The next couple of entries on the Netflix queue are Coen brother movies, which is good, because the only one I think I have seen of theirs up until now is O Brother Where Art Thou, which made me chuckle but which I did not seem to love as much as other people do. What I will say is that the Coens seem to make thinkers' movies, and I have been looking forward to seeing a few of them, though not necessarily Barton Fink. I queued this up when I read the description of the plot because it is about a writer fighting to be a writer who writes something meaningful in this sometimes meaningless world. Of course, it takes a few twists and turns, but that's what attracted me to the film because I fancy myself a writer (maybe not as much lately but erstwhile and hopefully in the future). Plus, I was intrigued by the potential intelligence of this film. And it was definitely intelligent: not in that earth-shattering genius sort of way, but it was smart and multi-layered and encouraged you ... " [More]

The Sound of Music

Revisiting The Sound of Music f ...
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"What's the AFI Project, you ask? For more information, or if you just enjoy my bemused ramblings, read here: http://www.spout.com/blogs/pip pin06/archive/2008/3/1/25756.a spx The Sound of Music is on the following AFI lists: The Original Top 100 (#55)100 Years...100 Passions (#27)100 Greatest Film Songs (#10 - "The Sound of Music;" #64 - "My Favorite Things;" #88 - "Do Re Mi")25 Greatest Movie Musicals (#4)100 Most Inspiring Movies (#41)The Revised Top 100 (#40) This is a bit of a psych-out. I didn't actually watch this again because I very very recently revisited this movie in another context. Rather than rewrite a whole other entry as to why this movie may or may not belong on those AFI lists, read the revisit blog entry I wrote here: http://www.spout.com/blogs/pip pin06/archive/2007/9/3/19315.a spx In fact, in general, if I have recently blogged about a movie, I am not going to rewrite a whole other blog entry about it. I see no use in re-spinning these wheels, but for the r ... " [More]

West Side Story

Revisiting West Side Story for ...
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"What's the AFI Project, you ask? For more information, or if you just enjoy my bemused ramblings, read here: http://www.spout.com/blogs/pip pin06/archive/2008/3/1/25756.a spx West Side Story is on the following AFI lists: The Original Top 100 (#41)100 Years...100 Passions (#3)100 Greatest Film Songs (#20 - "Somewhere;" #35 - "America;" #59 - "Tonight")25 Greatest Movie Musicals (#2)The Revised Top 100 (#51) West Side Story is one of those films that I have found people like/love or simply hate. There is no middle ground. On the one hand, the movie and stage musical alike boast songs that have permutated the pop culture as much as songs from movie musicals like The Wizard of Oz, the Sound of Music, or Singin' in the Rain. The dance sequences alone are something to behold and widely known or recognized, especially the opening sequence with the rival, finger-snapping gangs. On the other hand, the vein of the musical is recycled and the dialogue a little cheesy and sugary (which i ... " [More]

Re:Bugs and Errors
By pippin06 in Spout Customer Care
"[quote user="pippin06"] [quote user="spoutgirl"]Did you see an error message or something that just didn't seem right on Spout? Post it here and we will do our best to get it resolved for you! [/quote] Hello Spout people. I have noticed that some film pages are not loading properly while others are just fine. My most recent example of this is West Side Story. I try to load the page, but all that comes up is the description, and I know people have seen this one! The tag cloud and everything else is gone and it says "error on page" at the bottom of my browser. But other movies that I load within seconds are fine. Don't know what could be wrong, but I don't think it's me :-) [/quote] PS, I just read this discussion more fully, and I have tried to refresh and everything. I've also tried opening a new browser window. So, I don't know. " [More]

Re:Bugs and Errors
By pippin06 in Spout Customer Care
"[quote user="spoutgirl"]Did you see an error message or something that just didn't seem right on Spout? Post it here and we will do our best to get it resolved for you! [/quote] Hello Spout people. I have noticed that some film pages are not loading properly while others are just fine. My most recent example of this is West Side Story. I try to load the page, but all that comes up is the description, and I know people have seen this one! The tag cloud and everything else is gone and it says "error on page" at the bottom of my browser. But other movies that I load within seconds are fine. Don't know what could be wrong, but I don't think it's me :-) " [More]

Ed Wood

Ed Wood, the Quirkiest of Homages
By pippin06 in Reel Thoughts
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"Hello out there in Spoutland! It has been a couple of weeks since my last entry, as I was finishing up that aforementioned school play, which went off as smashingly as it could. Fame really is gonna' live forever, but I digress. As it is, I have been sitting on this Netflix movie for I don't know how long, as I was not really afforded the luxury of time to watch it. Now that the show is done, and the TV season spurts and sputters back to life, it's back to what I enjoy doing best: watching movies. I have been looking forward to watching Ed Wood for a long time because it's got a magical mix of ingredients, including direction by Tim Burton (a general favorite), a primary role by dreamy Johnny Depp, and a supporting turn by the fabulous Bill Murray. Anything else about this film was icing on the cake, so I was eager to give it a looksee. It didn't really live up to my expectations this time around, however, though I still found it to be an enjoyable and decidedly unique and af ... " [More]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ...
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"Last week's Netflix movie became this week's Netflix movie now that I have been spending time building sets and doing other things for the current high school show I'm directing ("Fame: the Musical"), I tried watching this film last Sunday night, but I was dead tired after some good hard partying and two days of hard labor, and there was no way I was going to be able to stay awake, much less make sense of the hodgepodge of images forming the backbone of this movie. The week then escaped from me - at least I have no limit on the time I am able to hold onto these movies.Fear and Loathing...might be classified as yet another drug movie, but it's a cut above others in that its quirkyness makes it unique. It's based on the book with the longer name by Hunter S. Thompson, a descriptive journey into the deeper parts of the highs and lows of hallucinogenic drugs. Johnny Depp plays Raoul Duke (apparently the alter ego of Thompson), a strung out sportswriter ... " [More]

Star Wars

Revisiting Star Wars for the AF ...
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"What's the AFI Project, you ask? For more information, or if you just enjoy my bemused ramblings, read here: http://www.spout.com/blogs/pip pin06/archive/2008/3/1/25756.a spxStar Wars is on the following AFI lists:The Original Top 100 (#15)100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains (Han Solo is the #14 hero)100 Movie Quotes: (#8 - Various, including Han Solo: "May the Force be with you.")25 Film Scores (#1)100 Most Inspiring Movies (#39)The Revised Top 100 (#13)Ok, I'm not going to lie. Star Wars is one of my three all-time favorite movies (the other two are the Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi). I still love these films and more than Lord of the Rings (my second favorite three). I was born shortly after this film's original release; I have not known a life without this movie. If I've seen The Wizard of Oz 90 bajillion times, I've seen Star Wars 900 bajillion times. As has most people Generation X and older, and new fans crop up everyday.I' ... " [More]

A Scanner Darkly

A Scanner Darkly is Creative... ...
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"Netflix this week sent me A Scanner Darkly. I only knew about this movie because a conscientious member of the Imagination of Fantasy group (request membership!) put it on a "look forward to" list, but there is not an ounce of true fantasy about it, except of the science fiction type. Truth be told, I had nearly zero expectations going into this film and, therefore, should have been a blank canvas, receptive to what I was going to see. The trouble? This movie turned me off quickly and never got me back.The film is based on a Philip K. Dick novel. Big brother is everywhere, and substance abuse and addiction are rampant. Bob Arctor (Keanu Reeves) is a narcotics informant who wears a special suit to disguise his identity from even his superiors. He is ordered to spy on friends (including Winona Ryder, Robert Downey, Jr, and Woody Harrelson)- and himself - as they are suspected to be suppliers of the hottest new black market drug, Substance D. Yet, Bob is, himself, ad ... " [More]

The Godfather

Revisiting The Godfather for th ...
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"What's the AFI Project, you ask? For more information, or if you just enjoy my bemused ramblings, read here: http://www.spout.com/blogs/pip pin06/archive/2008/3/1/25756.a spxThe Godfather is on the following AFI lists:The Original Top 100 (#3)100 Most Heart-Pounding Movies (#11)100 Movie Quotes: (#2 - Don Corleone, Vito and Michael: "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.")25 Film Scores (#5)The Revised Top 100 (#2)The Godfather is such a good movie, it has universal appeal among men and women, young and old, people of all types. It unfolds and plays out like an opera, complete with mayhem and tragedy. It asks the viewer to sympathize with the head of a mafia family and to watch as the youngest, prodigal son becomes corrupted by those who sought to keep him uncorrupted. It has one of the most flawless stories ever put to film, and I love it immensely. Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando, in the role of his career) keeps his family in line and his friend ... " [More]

Gone With the Wind

Revisiting Gone with the Wind f ...
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"What's the AFI Project, you ask? For more information, or if you just enjoy my bemused ramblings, read here: http://www.spout.com/blogs/pip pin06/archive/2008/3/1/25756.a spxGone with the Wind is on the following AFI lists:The Original Top 100 (#4)100 Years...100 Passions (#2)100 Movie Quotes (3 total):(#1 - Rhett: "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn;" #31 - Scarlett: "After all, tomorrow is another day!"; #59 - Scarlett: "As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again.")25 Film Scores (#2)100 Most Inspiring Movies (#43)The Revised Top 100 (#6)Gone with the Wind is one of those movies that have always been part of my life in one way or another because it is my mother's favorite movie, and she forced me to watch it when I was pretty young. I give it five stars because I do love it like I love a childhood blanket or stuffed animal, and I purchased it based on this affinity for it. I've seen it enough times, and I associate it ... " [More]

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Films I want to see (917)
Films I want to see

AFI's Revised 100 Greatest Films (11)
The American Film Institute's 100 Greatest FIlms as of 2007 - for consideration

AFI's 100 Film Songs (7)
The American Film Institute's List of movies with the 100 best songs.

Films I've seen (892)
Films I've seen

AFI's 100 Love Stories (6)
The American Film Institute's 100 Most Romantic Films

AFI's 100 Inspiring Movies (6)
The American Film Institute's 100 most inspiriing movies.

2008 Movies I'm dying to see (7)
My up and comers for 2008.

Films I want to buy (118)
Films I want to buy

AFI's 25 Best-Scored Films (5)
The American Film Institute's 25 movies with the best music.

AFI's 100 Quotable Films (6)
The American Film Institute's list of 100 films with the best quotes.

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