Virgin Hall of Fame

In the beginning the only cause of their relationship is revenge.

While this is true i'd say Matilda was already fascinated with him anyway which is why she offers to get him milk, obviously she has been observing him for a while since she already knows what he wants.

Good review. The plant should have been Oscar nominated

The Graduate (1967)

I'm really glad this was nominated as I had never seen it before. I had no clue to what this was about either, all I knew was the famous "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you" scene.

As I was watching it I realized it was more than just a coming of age movie. The Graduate is an anthem to a generation. In 1967 the Baby Boomers were entering into adult hood, and there were millions of them! The were the biggest single generation ever known, Baby Boomers were born right after the returning WWII soldiers got busy and made babies and made babies and made babies. It was a huge spike in the birth rate in America during the mid 1940s to the late 1950s...And this film is symbolic of the Baby Boomers and their changing values, which was called the Generation Gap.

The film shows Ben (Dustin Hoffman) as being adrift in life and questioning the established order of things. Ben doesn't want the status quo, he doesn't know what he wants out of life.

In the opening scenes the director switches from showing him alone and isolated (like in the photo I used) to the party scene that shows extreme close ups of adults grabbing and pulling him all different directions. The adults in the film are all called Mr or Mrs while the young people go by their first names, emphasizing the Generation Gap. The adults advise him to go to Graduate School, to get into plastics as a career, they want him to be like them.

Symbolically there was a generational war going on in the 1960s with the baby boomers emerging self awareness movement...with 'hippies' at the fore, which put the younger generation at odds with society (their parents generation). And that's what the film explores.
Today it's hard for us to feel that aspect of the film, but back in 1967 young people felt this movie gave them a voice. That what made it so important.

About time you saw it. So, did you like it?

About time you saw it. So, did you like it?

The plant WAS a scene-stealer!

great lil review @Ms. M
This was a very intense role for Oldman and he did it with such playful insanity. Some of the best lines are from his character. I also thought it was kinda funny that he'd talk about Beethoven, whom he played in Immortal Beloved and both movies were in the same year.
And I don't remember Jean Reno playing a character that the depth and deep-seated emotion as Leon. The first time I saw this and watched his face light up with such child-like wonder watching Gene Kelly having just finished clearing out a whole group of gangsters, I was completely hooked.
And while there are number of movies of Natalie's I haven't seen, this is definitely the top of the herd for me

I'm kinda guilty of that, myself. I should check it out while this HoF is going on

The Graduate (1967)

I'm really glad this was nominated as I had never seen it before. I had no clue to what this was about either, all I knew was the famous "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you" scene.

As I was watching it I realized it was more than just a coming of age movie. The Graduate is an anthem to a generation. In 1967 the Baby Boomers were entering into adult hood, and there were millions of them! The were the biggest single generation ever known, Baby Boomers were born right after the returning WWII soldiers got busy and made babies and made babies and made babies. It was a huge spike in the birth rate in America during the mid 1940s to the late 1950s...And this film is symbolic of the Baby Boomers and their changing values, which was called the Generation Gap.

The film shows Ben (Dustin Hoffman) as being adrift in life and questioning the established order of things. Ben doesn't want the status quo, he doesn't know what he wants out of life.

In the opening scenes the director switches from showing him alone and isolated (like in the photo I used) to the party scene that shows extreme close ups of adults grabbing and pulling him all different directions. The adults in the film are all called Mr or Mrs while the young people go by their first names, emphasizing the Generation Gap. The adults advise him to go to Graduate School, to get into plastics as a career, they want him to be like them.

Symbolically there was a generational war going on in the 1960s with the baby boomers emerging self awareness movement...with 'hippies' at the fore, which put the younger generation at odds with society (their parents generation). And that's what the film explores.
Today it's hard for us to feel that aspect of the film, but back in 1967 young people felt this movie gave them a voice. That what made it so important.

You still have a time

Siddon has joined the Virgin Hof and his nomination is:

My Favorite Year (1982)
Directed by: Richard Benjamin

I updated the first post and added his name to the members list...also I added a list of the movie nominations there.

fun lil movie, been ages since I saw that. It stars Peter O'Toole

You still have a time

You still have time

I have two times.

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