Aug 26, 2016
Our instructions for the day from the (10yo) boy.
(The Ridley Scott thing is not going to happen. The others might.)
seen from United States
seen from Russia
seen from United States
seen from Germany
seen from Argentina
seen from United Kingdom
seen from China
seen from Germany
seen from Canada
seen from United States
seen from Japan
seen from Netherlands
seen from Malaysia
seen from Malaysia
seen from China
seen from Israel
seen from United States
seen from United Kingdom
seen from China
seen from Türkiye
Our instructions for the day from the (10yo) boy.
(The Ridley Scott thing is not going to happen. The others might.)
megawatchathon 2k16 days 5 and 6: G for George
because when we watched Four Men and a Prayer we remembered how much we love George.
Green Hell (1940), The Gay Falcon (1941) and A Date With the Falcon (1942). The first four Falcon films are great fun, and George is fab, (in the fourth one he hands over to his film-and-real brother Tom Conway) plus they’re only an hour long, so you can cram a lot in if you have time.
Green Hell goes straight the the top of the WHY THE FUCK IS THIS FILM NOT ON DVD/REMASTERED list because holy moly it has George, Dongles and baby!Vincent Price in it (and Joan Bennett), it’s directed by James Whale and the cinematographer is Karl Freund. We should not be putting up with taped-off-the-telly copies, you know? Not when everyone is pretty sweaty in the jungle searching for gold and also in love with Dongles (which is totes understandable, after all).
day 2 of megawatchathon 2k16 was watch some Michael films we’ve not yet seen because reasons
the reasons turning out to be mostly that they are pretty hard going, in the main part. Behind the Mask (1956), Fame is the Spur (1947), and The Years Between (1946). They’re all good, and Michael is of course excellent, but they’re not high on the pile of would-watch-again-immediately. The Years Between is the best of the three, but it’s more Valerie Hobson’s film, and it’s really good, and Michael is particularly great. An unusually realistic look at WW2/post WW2 relationships. Also Michael is super swoony in it even though he’s a bit of a dick. In fact the whole day was Michael being a bit of a dick. Good times.
megawatchathon 2k16 day one: Livin’ for Niven
feat: Happy Go Lovely (1951), The Love Lottery (1954), Appointment With Venus (1951) and A Matter of Life And Death (1946). Few things are more enjoyable than 1950s-light-comedy-Niv in small british films (would rec all three for a fun watch), one of the things that is, of course, is one of the greatest films ever made. A perfect day.