Roger Nelson -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:
 MG>> Roger Nelson -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:
 MG>>>> Roger Nelson -> TOM WALKER wrote:
 TW>>>>>> Actualy it wil be HARD for modern movies to
measure up and
 MG>> becoeme
 MG>>>> a
 TW>>>>>> "True" Classic.

 RN>>>>> To our age group, you're probably right.  The
younger generation
 MG>> has
 MG>>>> a
 RN>>>>> different set of values.

 TW>>>>>> Cult Film, YES, but Classic, Not likely.

 RN>>>>> Is Xanadu (1980) a cult film?

 MG>>>> Attack of the Killer Tomatoes and Plan 9 from Outer
Space are cult
 MG>>>> movies. Xanadu was a puff piece glamorizing Olivia Newton John.
 MG>> None of
 MG>>>> the 3 of them are classics. Cleopatra (the silent version and the
 MG>> one
 MG>>>> starring Elizabeth Taylor) and The Wizard of Oz (the
silent version
 MG>> and
 MG>>>> the one starring Judy Garland) are classics. Harvey is a classic.

 RN>>> LOL!  Harvey, to me, is a fantasy, just like some portions of Xanadu
 RN>>> are. Although the critics bombed Xanadu and it barely broke even at
 MG>> the
 RN>>> box office, it is a classic in my opinion

 MG>> and you are entitled to your opinion, just keep in mind that your
 RN> opinion
 MG>> and the rest of the world (especially movie aficionados) knows that
 MG>> classic movie signals movies more than 25 years old. Classic denotes
 MG>> something old or original; think of Classic Coke. Gene Kelly was a
 MG>> dancing genius, but as an actor he doesn't hold a candle to James
 MG>> Stewart. Stewart was a genius with a script. Stewart did drama, comedy,
 MG>> thriller a little of everything, Kelly danced.

 RN> That's mighty white of you, ma'am.  What I keep in mind is no one's
 RN> business but my own.  A classic to me is not necessarilly a classic to
 RN> someone else. If it were, then there would be no diversified opinions.
 RN> Please don't get me started on Coke Classic.  There isn't anything
 RN> classic about it.  What the Coca-Cola Bottling Company did to the
 RN> American public amounted to a slap in the face.  When I called their

Yes New Coke was the liquid version of the Mustang II. I don't know how old
you are so I have no idea if you remember the Mustang II. It should have
been one of the Seven Deadly sins.  :)   At least the Pinto didn't pretend
to be a Mustang, Ford should never be forgiven for that farce. On the
subject of cars, the other day I saw a Rambler Classic in a strip mall
parking lot. It looked really good. Obviously its owner takes loving care
of it.

 RN> toll-free number to voice my opinion of the New Coke, I was lied to and
 RN> told I was in the minority.  So now the question becomes 'Where is the
 RN> New Coke now?'  The stuff they put on the market today doesn't even have
 RN> real sugar in it and I no longer drink any of their products.

My sister was the Coke fan, I've always preferred Pepsi. It's merely a
matter of taste.

 RN> The thing I admired about Stewart was he was a pilot during the war and
 RN> later became a general before retirement.  There are actors I like more
 RN> than him. Comparing him with Gene Kelly is comparing apples and oranges.
 RN>  I can just imagine Stewart doing Singing in the Rain.  Get the point?

Stewart could dance, but I couldn't sing him singing.  :)  I'm about to
start reading a Jimmy Cagney biography. There's an actor who got
pigeon-holed. He started out as a really good song and dance man and then
got stuck in the gangster / criminal. If you want to see a good biography
musical see Yankee Doodle Dandy; it's the bio pic of Irving Berlin. Jimmy
does a great job in it.

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