13 Jun 09 07:49, Roger Nelson wrote to Mimi Gallandt:


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

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

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

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

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

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

 MG>> and you are entitled to your opinion, just keep in mind that your
 MG>> opinion and the rest of the world (especially movie aficionados)
 MG>> knows that classic movie signals movies more than 25 years old.
 MG>> Classic denotes something old or original; think of Classic Coke.
 MG>> Gene Kelly was a dancing genius, but as an actor he doesn't hold a
 MG>> candle to James Stewart. Stewart was a genius with a script. Stewart
 MG>> did drama, comedy, 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
 RN> to someone else. If it were, then there would be no diversified
 RN> opinions. Please don't get me started on Coke Classic.  There isn't
 RN> anything classic about it.  What the Coca-Cola Bottling Company did
 RN> to the American public amounted to a slap in the face.  When I called
 RN> their toll-free number to voice my opinion of the New Coke, I was
 RN> lied to and told I was in the minority.  So now the question becomes
 RN> 'Where is the New Coke now?'  The stuff they put on the market today
 RN> doesn't even have real sugar in it and I no longer drink any of their
 RN> products.

I'd rather drink RC than Coke or Pepsi, myself...

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

Ummmm. I doubt that Stewart could keep up with the music, let alone the
lyrics. Can you imagine those longs legs of his doing what Kelly's could
do? OTH, I never thought Kelly was such a bad actor that he couldn't
follow a script and make it seem real. Of course, he never had any scripts
where he actually had to act.


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 MG>> Mimi

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