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Maybe I missed a moment or two in the pod, but I think you guys are misinterpreting the second half comments. I took them as just a comment that the main 'memes' of the film are the ones that stick in our minds: the shower, Janet Leigh, Norman/mother. We don't remember the sister. Or the private inspector. They are not in our cultural memory very much at all. I think that's quite true. They may be in film geek's memories, but not the greater cultural one, really, at all. I don't think Paul & Amy were dismissing the whole second half by noting this.

That reminds me!

Oh well then yea, I still think that's weird

I think there's plenty of movies/literature/stories that are like "oh woe is me, we have to move to the scary big city," but usually it's from the point-of-view of someone who lives in the countryside. It did feel a little weird to hear it from a family that lives in another big city. But maybe St. Louis back then was still "frontier" or something, I dunno.

10/11 Ep 22 - Psycho 10/18 Ep 23 - Raiders Of The Lost Ark 10/25 Ep 24 - The African Queen 11/1 Ep 25 - Duck Soup heartthrobs: Bates, Ford, Bogey, Harpo

the movie, keeping with its artistic feel of a postcard, does make for some sweet gifs

I'm probably the only one who still uses it, but can someone push this to the Howl app plz?

In this 50-page essay I will discuss the fatalistic and nihilistic views of Meet Me In St. Louis. Starting with a joke about kicking a cat down the stairs, and a little girl's sociopathic focus on death, the movie gets more and more macabre, despite the light frivolity of the songs. Next, I will

Funny how we had similar confusion over that girl in Sleepaway Camp who asked the owner for a hot date, and one movie is respected and the other is a joke

also i'm gonna lowkey add this to my list of basketball movies on Letterboxd

Ball don't lie

Yea I pretty much felt the same. It was enjoyable enough, but I was not into it. I thought Judy Garland was kind of amazing though. Also, there were cool use of lights and fire throughout And weird dark jokes You guys looked up Halloween. Well, I looked up basketball -- Judy Garland's beau kept saying he was playing basketball. I was like, was it even invented in 1903? Turns out, it was invented in like 1891 or so. It was famously played in peach baskets, without a hole in the bottom, until around 1898. So I guess him playing basketball was pretty legit, but this dude was sort of on the cutting edge of the sport.

*destroys all the snowmen*

I can't make it tonight, but I did just finish the movie! Looking forward to hearing everyone's thoughts

I am now following the actress who played Angela on Instagram

I dunno, he works much harder than the leisurely Shire-folk

A greater question: which characters are Paul and Amy? I'll go with Aragorn for Paul, as he is leading us with insight, advice, and ability Amy is Gandalf of course

I got 'Elf' with a picture of Galadriel via Buzzfeed there, which as I think about it is pretty accurate Though I'd love to be a Treebeard tbh

semi-official mini-update on today's mini-episode of HDTGM, Paul mentioned Unspooled and that these 3 movies were ones he watched. Probably stands to reason The African Queen is right after the next two already confirmed ones, but I guess it's possible he skipped a week in there since he was just being conversational. Ep 22 - Psycho Ep 23 - Raiders Of The Lost Ark (soon) - The African Queen

Yes, I love fantasy, both in film and books, and have read the books. I read the books before the movies, but not that much before, just a couple years I think. Though I had read The Hobbit many years prior. The thing about Tolkein is the books are more than just a story, more than just a universe, he created a FULL history of everyone and everything in it. That's one thing the movies do well to convey that I think a lesser version of the film would not even attempt. Oh yea, I mean that's why we're here right? To figure out and discuss why these films are 'great', to as you say, organize our thoughts. Your questions are literally the same ones I've asked in at least a few other threads, where I didn't connect the same as others. One reason I prefer these forums over, say, the Facebook group is they do a lot of discussion about films in general over there; I don't care, I just want to discuss these movies in particular.

WOW

For me, I think it nails almost every important part of filmmaking. It's well-made, obviously, and the effects feel real, I don't feel like I'm watching CGI. (I do a little more often in the 2nd and 3rd, I admit, but this one is clean to me.) There is a story in there that isn't ungraspable, and especially in this first one, is fun too. It may feel basic to some, maybe, but I think it actually is the prototype of fantasy stories, one of the originals. Above all, I mostly forget I'm watching a movie, and that's my favorite thing in film and TV. I feel like finally making a live action LOTR movie could very easily been crazy cheesy, just a horrible film. But at every moment, in every actor that ended up there, in every detail, every decision, it delivered. I mean, just go back and look at Gandalf's hat in this movie. It's perfection. Another good example is the way the movie shows and develops the power the ring has on its holders: that's not an easy thing to show on film! It could have been laughable in someone else's hands. But they figured it out and it works. I feel like I'm rambling, but yea, these films and stories are IMPRESSIVE.

Yea definitely. I love them all, and they'd each probably be in my personal top-100, but the first is the one that stands out -- it has such a sense of wonder, it's more fun, and is so inviting.

How did Sir Ian McKellan pull off this part?