Re: Actor Roy Scheider dies at 75

jayembee wrote:
> pv+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (PV) wrote:
>
>> Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>>> There is a school of thought that [...] says ALL SS films are
>>> crap, and we misremember them as being good, but if we went
>>> back and watched them again, we'd realize they were always awful.
>>>
>>> I don't necessarily agree with this, certainly not in the case
>>> of Jaws which is a fine film
>
> I consider myself just about as anti-Spielberg as they come, and
> even I think JAWS (and RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, as well) are
> genuinely terrific films that stand the test of time. I wouldn't
> feel particularly deprived if I never saw any of his other films
> again, with the exception of the third Indy film. And *maybe*

No maybe about it, IMHO.  ALWAYS is *definitely* in there.  I agree with
your overall point.


> ALWAYS...solely for the triple-threat casting of Dreyfuss, Hunter,
> and Goodman (and Audrey Hepburn for good measure).

Love that movie.  It's my favorite HH movie.


>> I really, really hated ET when watching it years later, after
>> liking it when it first came out.
>
> I loved it when I first saw it on opening day. Dragged a visiting
> out-of-town friend to see it about a week later, and couldn't
> believe it was the same film. I thought it was crap, and was
> aghast that I had liked it the first time around. Watched it once
> again when it came out on LD (borrowed from a friend) to see if
> my opinion mellowed over the years in between. They didn't.

ET is something that looked good in the theaters when I first saw it,
but that was it.  Can't watch it again, especially the revised version.


>> Speilberg is a great filmmaker, but sometimes he gets carried
>> away on the cheese factor. *
>
> I don't think it's cheese factor so much as schmaltz factor, and
> I think it prevents him from being a "great filmmaker". He's got
> a great eye...all his films *look* great, but I think he's
> overly manipulative with his audience. I gave up on him after
> SCHINDLER'S LIST. Haven't seen any of his films since.
>
> (I'm tempted to see INDY 4, however, because, well, it's Indy. I
> don't imagine I'm going to respect myself in the morning, though.)

I'll always make time to see an INDY film.  Hell, I even liked INDY 2
(<shrug> Has some good comedy.).

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Mac Breck (KoshN)
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Harry Dresden: [re. Bianca] What is it about bad girls?  They lie,
cheat, won't suck your blood even when you beg them to, and for some
reason, no matter how badly they treat us, we still can't walk away.