Guest Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Since nobody else is taking the lead, I will. The movie is the 1945 version of And Then There Were None, the Agatha Christie classic. This version is based on the play written by Christie rather than the book, so if you’re familiar with the book, expect some changes. It’s available streaming through Amazon Prime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceheart Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 We really need to figure out a system for choosing who picks the next movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedigoat Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Wtf! Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Yeah I thought the person who picks the last movie, picks the next person to select a movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Well, that hasn't happened so far. But whatever. Apparently it's a big deal, so just ignore this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceheart Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I was just responding to your initial comment that no one took the lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Fozzie said: Well, that hasn't happened so far. But whatever. Apparently it's a big deal, so just ignore this thread. We can play spin the bottle for all I care. I just was saying that was my understanding. Not complaining at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Sorry, I'm having a bad day. I knew you weren't complaining, Icy. The best way to do it is to have a list of people who want to participate, and then you select someone from that list. And when we get through everyone, we can cycle back through. Otherwise, we don't really know who's interested, and it's harder to track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 My vote is go forward with Fozzie's movie choice and his recommendation for the selection process. Count me in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Also maybe give a open date and close date to watch the movies by, so that the person knows when to select the next person to choose a movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 We’ll keep this open through next Wednesday. New thread opens on Thursday, giving people the whole weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Do we get to bring up all the millions of variations of this story? CAN I JUST TALK ABOUT THE THING? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Sure. Which thing? The casual racism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedigoat Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I'll try to watch this weekend. Maybe it jumped the gun a bit early. It was only Wednesday but no worries. All is bueno! Fozzie or Icy, pick next weeks person when the time comes. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 It was only Wednesday, but it had been a week and a half since the last “movie of the week” thread. I mean, if we want to do movie of two weeks, that’s cool, but let’s call it that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedigoat Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 8 days, man. You're rounding WAY up. Which I do all the time when talking about certain things so I'll accept it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Fozzie said: Sure. Which thing? The casual racism? Haha-- No I meant literally The Thing,. as in the John Carpenter movie that is a variation on this story... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I never thought of The Thing as a whodunit per se, but now I can see it. Plus, I am relieved that talking about The Thing isn't just code for something phallic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 30 minutes ago, Jedigoat said: 8 days, man. You're rounding WAY up. Which I do all the time when talking about certain things so I'll accept it. Dang, you’re right. I’m going to blame the stuff that’s going on in my brain for my inability to do basic math. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 I, for one, understand. I am just glad you do what you do for nightly every day as an admin. You do a lot of work you don't have to do around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.CAllen Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 I've never read the book or the play or seen this before. I was pretty sure the cat was the murderer at one point. Didn't recognize nobody from it, neither, so either my memory's failing me or my moderate-to-severe prosopagnosia is worsening. Maybe both! Best bits : * First line of dialogue comes, like, five minutes into it w/"What a quiet place.' Classic! * "Don't you believe in medicine, Doctor?" "Do you believe in justice, Judge?" * Keyhole shots! Binocular shots! * Look, a movie where someone says the word 'murder' and then immediately afterwards lightning strikes and thunder rolls is a real movie! * "Shove it ... under the door, sir." * "No sane person would think of using seaweed as a pattern for a shawl" strikes me as kind of an early ancestor for a gag like "No human being would stack books like this" from Ghostbusters (1984). Bad bits : * None! I approached the film w/an uncritical eye and was entirely glad that I did. It's a serio-comic masterpiece! And, besides, the presence of a monocle in a film removes and resolves any and all blemishes or flaws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 I grew up watching Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, and countless less famous slasher and horror films. Like, from an age where it was probably a form of abuse or neglect to show them to me. But because of that, I don't get scared by movies. This was the first movie to ever actually frighten me. The mood is so great, even the outside shots feel claustrophobic. And the actors really inhabit the roles. The book is the masterpiece of the mystery genre. And it's influenced so many others. One noteworthy thing is that the book was originally Ten Little (N-Word)s, but the American version was And Then There Were None. Later publications changed it to Ten Little Indians and, more recently, Ten Little Soldiers. It's an interesting change since we typically don't see books getting updated, but since the racism was casual and not integral to the plot, and given the massive success of the book up through current day, it makes sense to change it with society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 I watched it last night. Took me 5 hours. I got some nice hash. I'm going to give my opinions before I read anybody else's and there will be spoilers. I took notes. Because hash. I LOL ed at the opening credits; a bad drawring of the cool house with someone throwig small buckets of water at it to replicate high surf! AAAHAHAHAHA! Look it's Topper!-William Henry Blore. LOVE that name, BLORE Dr. Armstrong reminds me of Lieutenant Columbo-he has that Peter Falk squint The scene in which the men are watching each other in a circle was brilliant! And I very much liked all the suspicion foreshadowing. Mr. Rogers cracked my ASS! He is the love child of Agador Spartacus and the Tootsie Pop commercial's Mr. Owl. "don't be silly, Rogers!" 'Don't be silly yourself, sir!' and the scene in which the men take the key to the shed in which he's staying where he tells them to "SHOVE IT!...under the door"?! ALSO: I like a movie that features a KITTY so prominently (I thought for the first 2 murders, the cat had done it) yet admonish them for not crediting said kitty. The funniest moment when Dr. Armstrong first mentions the possibility of "MURDER!" and the thunder claps just after, very much a Frau Blucher moment. I did not like the end but I rarely like how 40s movies end and at least it was intellectually honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 The ending of the book is much better, and darker. Since it’s 80 years old, I don’t think spoilers are necessary. In the book, everyone is guilty and dies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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