tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672005424133365490.post6382947982415299924..comments2024-01-25T07:08:17.130-05:00Comments on 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: The Philadelphia Story (1940) ****Kimberly J.M. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078951928157843937noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672005424133365490.post-40821449731832214572014-06-08T14:48:37.292-04:002014-06-08T14:48:37.292-04:00I'm not one of those people who go crazy when ...I'm not one of those people who go crazy when someone doesn't like I feel I adore--that's just stupid. Films affect people in different ways--no one has a right to think only their opinion matters. Now, if someone verbally attacks someone on a personal scale, then there might be room for a less than polite reply.<br /><br />As for where I get my list, it is the most up-to-date list of the American version of the 1001 book, which is now in its 10th Anniversary Edition. I say there are 1152 films, while a friend of mine says there are 1154--he breaks Olympia and Ivan the Terrible into two films each, as they both have two parts. So, from the first edition to this most recent one some films have been taken out and replaced with other titles, usually newer titles, but the last edition I actually added several older films. Kimberly J.M. Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078951928157843937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672005424133365490.post-16182056813368182312014-06-07T22:33:56.408-04:002014-06-07T22:33:56.408-04:00WOW, thanks for the quick (and thoughtful) reply!!...WOW, thanks for the quick (and thoughtful) reply!!! I REALLY tried to temper my comment since I've developed such an animus for the genre, but I still think a little extra venom seeped out, and I thank you for for essentially ignoring that in your response to somebody who had such a contrary opinion to a movie you clearly adore - perusing the average IMDb movie board might have conditioned me to expect a much more acerbic rebuttal LOL. <br /><br />btw WHERE do you derive your full 1001 movies list (that you use) from? I'm seeing "Hero" (2002) in your list but the list I'm going by doesn't seem to have "Hero" on it... probably my biggest peeve of trying to watch 'em all - not knowing if I have an up-to-date list or not (though I'll probably try to watch EVERY movie that ever made the list regardless). Keep up the great reviews and good work!!!Bobbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672005424133365490.post-92039367254366629492014-06-06T21:04:41.407-04:002014-06-06T21:04:41.407-04:00Thanks, Bobby. The dynamics of the screwball come...Thanks, Bobby. The dynamics of the screwball comedy are rather strange, especially when you consider, as you say, how many good guys (and girls) end up getting screwed over--maybe that's part of the reason they're called screwball comedies. Kimberly J.M. Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078951928157843937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672005424133365490.post-78989343805453041262014-06-06T17:13:22.863-04:002014-06-06T17:13:22.863-04:00I greatly enjoy your reviews and how really though...I greatly enjoy your reviews and how really thought-out and measured they are. i've belatedly begun to actively try to watch the movies in the 1001 movies list and thanks to TCM i seen more than a few, including this one as well as other screwball "classics" like The Awful Truth, His Girl Friday, and Bringing Up Baby. Everybody has their likes and dislikes, but i can sincerely say that the screwball genre is firmly in my LEAST FAVORITE of the movie archetypes i've seen so far. The asinine love triangles where the heroine essentially jerks around one decent guy (LOL poor typecast Ralph Bellamy in TWO of the movies i mentioned) only to let Cary Grant (essentially playing a likable douche, but STILL a douche) swoop in and - not just sweep her off her feet - but RE-sweep her off her feet - essentially lessening the woman since she's shown to be wishy-washy and still dependent on the guy they left prior to the events of the movie. The overrated "comedy" much of which to me consists of physical humor well below the likes of Chaplin and Keaton.<br /><br />Anyways The Philadelphia Story suffers from these things, and we don't even get a love triangle, we get a love SQUARE lol, where Man 1 is conveniently "bad", while Man 2 conveniently retreats at the last minute to allow Man 3 (Cary Grant) who's been essentially causing most of the background chaos throughout the story to suddenly don a Sir Galahad tone and get the girl undeservedly i think. And i know i'm in the minority here, but the Katherine Hepburn/screwball mystique is overrated to me (although it was hilarious to watch Cate Blanchett butcher/caricature Hepburn's screwball look/voice in The Aviator - AND GET AN OSCAR FOR IT LOL - had i not seen seen Hepburn in some of these movies, i would not have been able to gauge how laughable many of Blanchett's affectations were)Bobbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672005424133365490.post-69298285103931791832014-05-20T12:49:46.697-04:002014-05-20T12:49:46.697-04:00Thanks, TS. My job was taking too much of my time ...Thanks, TS. My job was taking too much of my time away from doing the things I love--one being blogging. I think it was fortunate that Tracy was unavailable, too. This role was tailor made for Stewart. Kimberly J.M. Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078951928157843937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672005424133365490.post-88168507320527036112014-05-19T14:42:25.522-04:002014-05-19T14:42:25.522-04:00Welcome back to blogging, Kim. You have been misse...Welcome back to blogging, Kim. You have been missed.<br />This is a fun movie to watch. I had no idea Spencer Tracy was in the picture for this film. I think it was fortunate that it was Stewart and not Tracy who became Mike. I have some difficulty imaginingTracy as the reporter.<br />The litle sister is totally hilarious as well.<br />TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.com