MG> Roger Nelson -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:
MG>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>MG>> becoeme
MG>MG>>>> a
MG>TW>>>>>> "True" Classic.
 
MG>RN>>>>> To our age group, you're probably right.  The
younger generation
MG>MG>> 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>MG>> None of
MG>MG>>>> the 3 of them are classics. Cleopatra (the silent
version and the
MG>MG>> one
MG>MG>>>> starring Elizabeth Taylor) and The Wizard of Oz (the silent
MG> version
MG>MG>> and
MG>MG>>>> the one starring Judy Garland) are classics.
Harvey is a 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
MG>MG>> the
MG>RN>>> box office, it is a classic in my opinion
 
MG>MG>> and you are entitled to your opinion, just keep in mind that your
MG>RN> opinion
MG>MG>> and the rest of the world (especially movie aficionados) knows that
MG>MG>> classic movie signals movies more than 25 years old. Classic
MG> denotes
MG>MG>> something old or original; think of Classic Coke. Gene Kelly was a
MG>MG>> dancing genius, but as an actor he doesn't hold a candle to James
MG>MG>> Stewart. Stewart was a genius with a script. Stewart did drama,
MG> comedy,
MG>MG>> thriller a little of everything, Kelly danced.
 
MG>RN> That's mighty white of you, ma'am.  What I keep in mind is no one's
MG>RN> business but my own.  A classic to me is not necessarilly a classic
MG> to
MG>RN> someone else. If it were, then there would be no diversified
MG> opinions.
MG>RN> Please don't get me started on Coke Classic.  There isn't anything
MG>RN> classic about it.  What the Coca-Cola Bottling Company did to the
MG>RN> American public amounted to a slap in the face.  When I called their
 
MG> Yes New Coke was the liquid version of the Mustang II. I don't know how
MG> old you are so I have no idea if you remember the Mustang II. It should
MG> have been one of the Seven Deadly sins.  :)   At least the Pinto didn't
MG> pretend to be a Mustang, Ford should never be forgiven for that farce. On
MG> the subject of cars, the other day I saw a Rambler Classic in a strip
MG> mall parking lot. It looked really good. Obviously its owner takes loving
MG> care of it.
 
The Mustang (not the II) is the baby brother of the car I drive.  You are
probably old enough to remember the Rambler song, are you not?
 
Where is your Faith, Hope and Charity?  Surely you can forgive Ford for
that just as some of us have for the man who spared us all from the
Corvair.
 
MG>RN> toll-free number to voice my opinion of the New Coke, I was lied to
MG> and
MG>RN> told I was in the minority.  So now the question becomes 'Where is
MG> the
MG>RN> New Coke now?'  The stuff they put on the market today doesn't even
MG> have
MG>RN> real sugar in it and I no longer drink any of their products.
 
MG> My sister was the Coke fan, I've always preferred Pepsi. It's merely a
MG> matter of taste.
 
MG>RN> The thing I admired about Stewart was he was a pilot during the war
MG> and
MG>RN> later became a general before retirement.  There are actors I like
MG> more
MG>RN> than him. Comparing him with Gene Kelly is comparing apples and
MG> oranges.
MG>RN>  I can just imagine Stewart doing Singing in the Rain.  Get the
MG> point?
 
MG> Stewart could dance, but I couldn't sing him singing.  :)  I'm about to
MG> start reading a Jimmy Cagney biography. There's an actor who got
MG> pigeon-holed. He started out as a really good song and dance man and then
MG> got stuck in the gangster / criminal. If you want to see a good biography
MG> musical see Yankee Doodle Dandy; it's the bio pic of Irving Berlin. Jimmy
MG> does a great job in it.
 
MG> --
MG> L'Chaim,
MG> Mimi
 
MG> mgallandt670{at}gmail.com
 
MG> http://www.myspace.com/fcpnmimi
 
MG> "Arbeit macht frei" is the most villainous lie of all time.
 
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