tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post3425930133006307730..comments2024-02-25T01:29:54.175-05:00Comments on The Films in My Life - a personal journal of cinema: Modesty Blaise and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and watching movies alone kate gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00524340938024619737noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-76919798547161709682021-03-01T09:48:22.692-05:002021-03-01T09:48:22.692-05:00For some reason I remembered Modesty Blaise as a c...For some reason I remembered Modesty Blaise as a comic character so I stubmled upon your blog. (*Nice review on Avanti!, by the way; I mentioned the film in an article last year /or in 2019, time has stopped/.) Anyway I loved Modesty movie from the first time I had seen it, in eighties in Belgrade Cinemateque (poor copy, though). Such a light time machine trip to sixties! I have just seen Tv pilot for Modesty series from 1982, and although it was more faithful to comic, I prefer Losey's movie. But neither effort did the justice toward Willie Garvin. The film resembles Casino Royale (1967) as both are so far away from original story, which was result of the clash of titanic vanities. In the case of this movie, the director won. HlewagastiRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01768863973299297428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-18675943095448678622016-01-23T22:20:54.079-05:002016-01-23T22:20:54.079-05:00I knoooooow I'm so late on this but I'll t...I knoooooow I'm so late on this but I'll take Napoleon since you so kindly offered him up! ❤️❤️❤️emma wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09521112479153552434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-26156277042484788942015-08-27T06:07:50.184-04:002015-08-27T06:07:50.184-04:00I'm really glad you loved MFU (I was going to ...I'm really glad you loved MFU (I was going to see it again this week but was too tired). I've been waiting over two years for that damn movie but, luckily, it was more than worth the wait! One of my friends loves the show & was really disappointed with the characterisation of Napoleon, but my two best friends loved it as much as I do, so we've been flailing over it (although, yes, I really like seeing movies alone, too).<br />Funnily enough, it also made me want to rewatch Modesty Blaise (which I did recently, too). :DAndi B. Goodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332787961396491990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-29774312656008281792015-08-26T12:53:07.888-04:002015-08-26T12:53:07.888-04:00To my mind, there have never been actors as dropde...To my mind, there have never been actors as dropdead beautiful and cool as those of the late 50's and 60's. Anna Karina. Anouk Aimee. Jean Seberg. Monica Vitti. Claudia Cardinale. Jeanne Moreau. On and on. For example, that lovely moment when Aimee and Jean-Louis Trintignant and their children are on the ferry in A Man and A Woman, their hair whipping around in the cold wind, and we see their hesitant hearts beginning to find each other--well, that moment is worth Julianne Moore's whole career. <br /><br />But I appreciate that you find such moments over many decades.<br /> Margaret Benbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17981723531235779155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-78930432098308646582015-08-24T17:07:32.802-04:002015-08-24T17:07:32.802-04:00I saw MFU for the second time yesterday, and that ...I saw MFU for the second time yesterday, and that second viewing bumped it up from "like" to "LOVE!" for me. I want to go again next weekend. It's so fun! I adore it. And Illya made me cry. That whole "I've just be told to kill this guy who is possibly the first friend I have had in my whole miserable life -- I'm Going To Smash Everything!" scene. I cried. Poor, dear Illya.<br /><br />Have you been having awesome audiences at your showings? Both time mine were mostly senior citizens, and they laughed and guffawed at all the right places. <br /><br />I generally prefer to see movies alone, and only have a couple people that I truly enjoy seeing movies with in the theater, who I can count on not to a) look at me while I react to the movie, or b) talk the whole time.Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-45613689433775703342015-08-23T14:33:17.441-04:002015-08-23T14:33:17.441-04:00Thank you, thank you! :D
Seeing all the seniors ...Thank you, thank you! :D <br /><br />Seeing all the seniors was so funny since you had *just* said that old guys and us two were the only ones who were obsessed with this movie, lol!!!<br /><br />And yeah, the 60's spy loving monster was already a pretty dangerous beast. You had to have seen it coming... I mean, you made a finger puppet of me as a spy 6 years ago lol!! *cry laughing emoji since I can't insert emoji here*kate gabriellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16613714423917702757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-81870957566728853452015-08-23T02:05:52.394-04:002015-08-23T02:05:52.394-04:00Just the senior citizens and us. ;-D
Also, those ...Just the senior citizens and us. ;-D<br /><br />Also, those six points. Perfection.Milliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02048587142840803340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-37284915080168577622015-08-23T02:04:26.147-04:002015-08-23T02:04:26.147-04:00A COOL 60S LOVING MONSTER.A COOL 60S LOVING MONSTER.Milliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02048587142840803340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-20097747979822106102015-08-23T02:04:01.796-04:002015-08-23T02:04:01.796-04:00I feel like I've enabled a monster though, tbh...I feel like I've enabled a monster though, tbh. 😂Milliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02048587142840803340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-29250718364177410742015-08-23T02:03:30.180-04:002015-08-23T02:03:30.180-04:00You are hilarious and wonderful.You are hilarious and wonderful.Milliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02048587142840803340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-14231415172894662782015-08-23T02:03:03.566-04:002015-08-23T02:03:03.566-04:00EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS. TEARS. GLORY. I CAN'T. ...EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS. TEARS. GLORY. I CAN'T. WORDS. YES.Milliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02048587142840803340noreply@blogger.com