tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post1766410585610309258..comments2024-03-11T16:51:36.636-04:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: Back From The Beach ... And Poll ResultsMythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-4220473358586239862012-06-13T18:58:07.565-04:002012-06-13T18:58:07.565-04:00Has to be The Gold Rush, by some margin. Chaplin&#...Has to be The Gold Rush, by some margin. Chaplin's greatest. <br /><br />Would disagree about '25 being Silent's best year, though - 1927 has to be the point of perfection, with films like Wings, Sunrise, It, Seventh Heaven, Napoleon, & Hitchcock's best silent, The Lodger.Byronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02091777148066841336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-72384979393895003552012-06-04T23:22:53.157-04:002012-06-04T23:22:53.157-04:00the Stooges were an encyclopedia of old silent gag...<i>the Stooges were an encyclopedia of old silent gags -- they copied everybody</i> ...<br /><br />Now, it's a sad commentary on me -- I mean, on people -- but a compendium of Stooges bits followed by clips of their bits' origins might-could have the same effect the British blues bands had on 60s kids who otherwise might never have listened to Muddy Waters or Robert Johnson ...Who Am Us Anyway?https://www.blogger.com/profile/08260586634760800759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-20156543585875846232012-05-26T18:08:03.952-04:002012-05-26T18:08:03.952-04:00I had seen the Chris O'Donnell remake years ag...<i>I had seen the Chris O'Donnell remake years ago, thought it was horrible and had no idea it was a remake.</i><br /><br />And I'm the kind of guy who didn't realize Chris O'Donnell had done a remake.<br /><br /><i>Seven Chances</i> is a Buster Keaton film that seems to have fallen through the cracks a bit, even among Keaton fans. It's a terrific comedy.<br /><br />By the way, I'm pretty sure the Three Stooges did the gist of <i>Seven Chances</i> twice, once with Curly, once with Shemp. A real opportunity to compare comedic styles. It was only after I delved into silent comedy that I realized that the Stooges were an encyclopedia of old silent gags -- they copied everybody.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-31971198092625467742012-05-26T17:18:47.820-04:002012-05-26T17:18:47.820-04:00I was quite surpried by "Seven Chances" ...I was quite surpried by "Seven Chances" when I first watched it. I had seen the Chris O'Donnell remake years ago, thought it was horrible and had no idea it was a remake. It's kind of sad how time seems to erase the memory of film unless it's really well known. <br /><br />I had the same kind of problem with someone who thought the original Parent Trap movie was the one with Lindsay Lohan. Argh.theduckthiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17255259957279220797noreply@blogger.com