tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post786909986196140362..comments2024-03-27T19:03:23.094-04:00Comments on The Armchair Squid: Family Movie Night: Searching for Bobby FischerThe Armchair Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-87219592951173579482013-02-14T20:30:06.108-05:002013-02-14T20:30:06.108-05:00Well yeah, how could one not love that song? Lots...Well yeah, how could one not love that song? Lots of nice little Lennon tributes, including the one at 2:11ish.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-70210615240711446172013-02-14T19:44:52.665-05:002013-02-14T19:44:52.665-05:00I agree! I watched it recently with my daughter an...I agree! I watched it recently with my daughter and was surprised to feel a little lump in my throat when Marty says goodbye to Doc before traveling back, knowing he gets shot on the night of his original trek into the past.<br /><br />It was great fun to watch it with my girl and point out the bloopers, etc. I watched that movie a lot as a kid.<br /><br />Looping back to the original topic of your post, wanted to share a very cool tune, definitely one of my all-time faves and very entwined with my writing of Chevy Loves Mallory Keaton (CLMK.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu-xprSTl6U<br /><br />It uses chess as metaphor. A really beautiful song, in my opinion. I love the guitar, golden maple dripping off those strings. Also particularly enamored of what the song as a whole is doing starting at 2:11ish.Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-80769434975424447972013-02-14T15:22:23.039-05:002013-02-14T15:22:23.039-05:00I heard that recently, too. NPR interview with Zi...I heard that recently, too. NPR interview with Zimeckis?<br /><br />It would have been a very different movie with Stolz. I like him but MJF has such impeccable comic timing. He and Christopher Lloyd play off each other beautifully.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-13674872811123109842013-02-14T13:07:46.348-05:002013-02-14T13:07:46.348-05:00Fun fact: Eric Stolz filmed as Marty McFly for fiv...Fun fact: Eric Stolz filmed as Marty McFly for five months until they decided he wasn't working in the role. Enter Mike Fox.Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-29343892721973591062013-02-13T20:10:10.184-05:002013-02-13T20:10:10.184-05:00Actually a playwright friend of mine really likes ...Actually a playwright friend of mine really likes "Back to the Future" - pound for pound, one of the best screenplays around, he says. I'm especially fond of the professor.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-15622088767833847532013-02-13T19:05:19.563-05:002013-02-13T19:05:19.563-05:00'Usual Suspects' appeared to have some ver...'Usual Suspects' appeared to have some very harsh moments in the storyline. I'm just not fond.<br /><br />I can't hear the HOW-stin. I'm trying to imagine the NY accent and I just can't quite hear the music of that pronunciation in my mind's ear. :)<br /><br />I will look into getting a hold of a copy of TPS. Thank you for the recommendation. Pow! dialogue is definitely my cuppa.<br /><br />One other film that might rank up there for me is 'Back to the Future.' I'm really not very highbrow, you see. :)Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-63716242802192252592013-02-13T14:57:24.873-05:002013-02-13T14:57:24.873-05:00Katz's Deli (Meant to correct myself on that. ...Katz's Deli (Meant to correct myself on that. Deli not Diner. I'm such a doof.) - It's funny you went to one in Houston as it's on Houston Street in NY. Of course, there they pronounce it differently: HOW-stin. Crazy New Yorkers... Or is it crazy Texans?<br /><br />Most of my 5s get them for the writing. You say Usual Suspects spooks you but the script is truly exceptional. I recommend Philadelphia Story for you. The story is, frankly, pretty dumb - the sort of thing you'd read in a tabloid mag, which is the whole point. But the dialogue - wow! The words just sparkle. And you couldn't ask for a better cast.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-48826549071035530642013-02-13T13:21:26.826-05:002013-02-13T13:21:26.826-05:00That's funny that you mention the diner. I was...That's funny that you mention the diner. I was just remembering a Katz's Deli in Houston yesterday. I like very much that you remember the theater in which you watched Harry/Sally. I do, too. I went with my mom and dad to a theater that no longer exists.<br /><br />Brilliant writing is not something you come across a lot in screenplays; less so when the lines are delivered impeccably, like an earthbound volley that just wants to careen out of control but somehow manages to remain what it needs to be. That is an unqualified joy to watch/listen to. Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-88445336551262728802013-02-13T06:13:53.487-05:002013-02-13T06:13:53.487-05:00I love TPS and TUS for essentially the same reason...I love TPS and TUS for essentially the same reason: brilliant writing. They're the sort of films where you feel as if every word of every line was chosen very carefully. The dialogue just trips across the tongues of the actors.<br /><br />Harry/Sally is a great one. I remember seeing that one in the theater - the Avalon in northwest DC. We also went to Katz's Diner (that of the faked orgasm scene) in NYC a couple of times while we lived there.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-9261049190060690222013-02-12T22:45:39.663-05:002013-02-12T22:45:39.663-05:00ESB = modern classic.
TPS, this is the one you wa...ESB = modern classic.<br /><br />TPS, this is the one you watched with your wife on the first or second date? If so, lovely to have such a meaningful association with an all-time fave. :)<br /><br />TUS. Ugh, Squidman. I read the summary on Wiki and I could never watch it. And to think I had a friend (Manny, in fact, from the Christmas Quiz if you remember) who called me Keyser Suze! Now I'm all disturbed. :(<br /><br />My favorite 3 films all-time are not so easily recalled but 'When Harry Met Sally' is surely among them. I'll have to give some thought to other two.Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-48827259162497358772013-02-12T20:04:47.362-05:002013-02-12T20:04:47.362-05:00My favorite 3 films all-time are easily recalled: ...My favorite 3 films all-time are easily recalled: "The Empire Strikes Back," "The Philadelphia Story" and "The Usual Suspects."The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-2460391753363814212013-02-12T19:45:04.155-05:002013-02-12T19:45:04.155-05:00No, certainly never too late.
Can you name any ot...No, certainly never too late.<br /><br />Can you name any other films that are 5s for you off the top of your head?Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-84301806600689056672013-02-12T18:34:53.347-05:002013-02-12T18:34:53.347-05:00Never too late to learn.
This one's definitel...Never too late to learn.<br /><br />This one's definitely a high 4 and it's tempting to give it a 5. But I'm stingy. Is it the movie that I think of when seeing comparable movies? No. For me, the gold standards for sports/games movies are "Hoosiers" and "Bull Durham." They're the 5s in this category.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-22704982270214235842013-02-12T13:28:37.307-05:002013-02-12T13:28:37.307-05:00Squidman, so very much about this review to love. ...Squidman, so very much about this review to love. And I'm starting to see, now, just how much a compliment 4 out of 5 stars can be from you. <br /><br />True confessions: I don't know how to play chess.Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.com