MOMENTS THAT MATTER Catch-All Discussion Thread

I've only read your entry for Kwai (I'm supposed to be working...), but I'll be coming back for the rest.  Great read for a great film.

Hey there, Greg:

 

I'm 'violating' my NO MORE POSTING ON CHUD rule, but I had to chime in and compliment your work on your MTM article for 'the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'.  That was truly exceptional.

Yeah, this has been really great. I knew you'd have a lot to say about Broken Flowers, but the sheer speed at which you're knocking these out is pretty amazing. 

I've always seen Nicholson as the 'villain' role in Kwai over Saito. Perhaps it's scenes like this one that caused this. 

I haven't seen the film in a while, but the age difference between Grant and Hepburn was NEVER an issue for me.  They just felt so perfect together.  Love the fact that Grant makes at the end.  I remember you using an animated gif of that as your profile image for a while.

Know how many hours of my life have been spent rewatching A KNIGHT'S TALE? Way too many. Too bad about Heath. I like to think that with his post-TDK clout, he could have pushed the studio to make A PIRATE'S TALE, Brian Helgeland's hoped-for sequel.

A bit harsh about Luhrmann, weren't you!?  BAH!

 

Hahahah.  You've fully convinced me to break this out again.  I haven't seen it in a while.  Nice write-up about the film's deft handling of its tone.  When the classic rock first kicks in, it just feels so right.

 

And thank you for that last screencap.  I've always really loved that shot of Sewell's POV.  

 

 Welcome to New World. God save you, if it is right that he should do so. 

 

Goosebumps!

Broken Flowers
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The Bridge on the River Kwai
A Knights Tale

One of these things is not like the others...

I would call A KNIGHT'S TALE a guilty pleasure, except I don't feel the least bit guilty for lovin' it, so ...

Question the first:  Have you seen A Knight's Tale?

 

Question the second:  Did you read the piece?

It's certainly of a different pedigree than the others, but it was a fun entry.

 

I think my biggest problem with this movie was, in fact, the unlikelihood that any man would chase after the rich girl when the hot blacksmith was RIGHT THERE.

 

I remember seeing A Knight's Tale in the theaters back when my friends and I were teenagers and would watch anything that was released.  The anachronisms were startling then, but it became a staple for movie nights for a few years after that.  I haven't seen it in a long while, but I'll always remember it fondly for being my first real exposure to both Heath Ledger and Paul Bettany.

 

Shannyn Sossamon is actually the third finest chick in that movie. Her handmaiden is the most blazing. (Blazing-est?) Hot blacksmith lady is an easy #2. I think Heath just wants to make sure he gets an appropriately loaded sugar mama in case the whole jousting thing dries up.

I was always partial to the blacksmith.  I guess she was just always business and Heath wanted to work his way up in esteem.  BAH!  We should all FONG him!  ...  Oh, too late.

Too soon, mcnooj, too soon.

But, I dug Laura Fraser since Neverwhere.  I don't think she's been in that much stuff though, relatively speaking.  She was in Titus though.

Unfortunately, yes I have seen the movie. And yes, I did read the piece.

Then you should know at the very least that Greg wasn't placing it on a par with those other films, but saying that it is a surprisingly effective bit of populist entertainment.  Which it is.

 

What's suitably fitting for this film, along with the rock music, is Chaucer essentially acting like a wrestling announcer. I wouldn't have been surprised if he yelled "let's get ready to ruuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmbbbbbbbbbbbbbbllllllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!"

 

Fun film. David Bowie dancing. Ridiculous helmetless jousting (you know, because they had to amp the tension up somehow). No shame here.