The 10th Mofo Movie Hall of Fame

That reminds me. I have an idea for a hall of fame: Comedies Too Gory to be Funny Hall of Fame

I know, nice callback . If i was part of that no matter what was nominated My Cousin Vinny would have been my #1 most likely.

We don't agree a lot but we always have Looney Tunes and My Cousin Vinny .

Damn, that will clash with my Films So Sick That You Will Nervously Laugh Throughout HOF.

We should have a Looney Tunes HoF. The cartoons are so short that it could be done pretty fast.

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East Of Eden: There is a lot to love about this film. Dean's mannered performance is chief among those things. He is magnetic in this film and I enjoyed watching him every second. There are some really cool shots in this film. I will mention two. I really love how the scene is framed between Dean and his father at the dinner table after reading the bible. It was striking to look at. I also loved the camera movement with Dean on a swing towards the end of the movie. It doesn't seem all that unique anymore but I don't ever remember a shot like that making me stand up and take notice. All that being said this movie was a bit dry for me. It feels like Grapes Of Wrath a lot. It feels like it was very relevant for its time. There seems to be a lot of social commentary packed into it that is beyond me . That's not a bad thing, but it does mean it doesn't resonate with me enough for me to fall in love with it. Really good movie that should fare very well on my list.

Tried to find a screen shot of that dinner table scene but couldn't find it.

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I predict I will love East of Eden, mainly because I love Kazan's films I've seen.

Pretty much how I felt, Sean. I was very impressed with Dean having previously only seen him in Rebel Without a Cause.

I'm glad to see that a couple of other people also didn't get the humor in Cul-de-Sac. When I read the first review that talked about how funny the movie was, I thought it was just me, but now that other people also didn't think the movie was very funny, I feel a little better about my reaction to it. I thought I must have missed something when I watched it.

It's been a long time since I saw East of Eden, so I'm looking forward to rewatching it.

I'm on a waiting list for East of Eden, so I might not get to see it for awhile.

I nominated East of Eden for a few reasons: I think it's great of course...but also because it delves into a very troubled relationship between an older brother who does everything right, the stern father who is cold to the younger brother...and the very troubled younger brother, James Dean...Both brothers love Jule Harris, which acts as a fulcrum to bring the emotional dynamics out in the open.

I think those personal elements are relative today, just as they were when Steinback wrote the novel. And of course Elia Kazan is the man!

I've seen a lot of old movies, but until now, My Man Godfrey is one movie that seems to have slipped through the cracks for me, but I now that I watched it, I'm very glad that I did. This is a very good movie that just gets better and better as the movie goes on. William Powell and Carole Lombard were great together, (which shouldn't be surprising because they were previously married for a few years, and they even remained friends after their marriage broke up). I love the way we learn more and more about his character as the movie goes on, but it's a little bit at a time, we're not just hit with it all at once. And I loved the ending.


The most important thing that I learned from watching this movie is that I haven't seen enough movies from the 1930's yet.

You never seen that one GBG? It's considered one of the great screw ball comedies of the 30s. I love 1930s films. Hollywood was in it's limelight, glamour and big name stars were BIG.

There's a colorized version of My Man Godfrey that's easy to fine online. I don't like colorzied movies but I might just give it a look.

I had the choice of colorized or B&W with Hulu. I chose color, it looked pretty good.

Don't let DanielM hear you say that....Just jokin, I'm curious myself what it might look like.

I you. Yeah, i'd host that if you didn't want to.

Yeah, I don't know why I chose it because I love B&W. The poster looked good I guess.

No, I thought I had seen it, but if I did, I didn't remember it while watching it.

Most of the movies that I've seen from the 1930's are Cary Grant movies. I need to fix that and watch more '30's movies.


I'm not usually a fan of colorized movies. I think there's a nostalgic look to black & white movies, and it's gives the movies a different "feel".

The only movie I can think of that I'd like to see colorized is the James Cagney movie Yankee Doodle Dandy. I think that movie would look amazing in color.

I don't have time to host it, but I'd join a Looney Tunes HoF. I have most of them on DVD, so they'd be very easy to find.

I tried watching the first half hour or so of Dead Man's Shoes, but I couldn't get into it. It's definitely not my kind of movie. It's the first movie that I've turned off in a long time.