Movie Last Movie You Watched Part 2
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Another Thin Man (1939). New father Nick Charles gets roped into investigating threats directed at the old business partner of Nora's father. Thin Man #3 is sillier, with a grown man named Dum-Dum, and Shemp Howard in a bit role years before he became a main Stooge. It seamlessly continues the series with the same main cast, director, and screenwriters, from a Dashiell Hammett story that even throws in some CSI-style detective work.
It's gonna take a lot to dethrone the original, but this one was great, too. I really enjoyed Myrna Loy getting more of the one liners. This is an incredibly consistent string of movies.
It's gonna take a lot to dethrone the original, but this one was great, too. I really enjoyed Myrna Loy getting more of the one liners. This is an incredibly consistent string of movies.
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Awhile back, I finished off the series. Outside of the original, this one became my new personal favorite:
The Thin Man Comes Home.- Nick and Nora visit Nick's hometown, and end up involved in a murder.
Followed by, The Shadow of The Thin Man.- Nick and Nora are at their wisecracking best as they investigate murder and racketeering at a local race track.
With The Song of The Thin Man, where they investigate the murder of a bandleader, coming in third.
I also watched a couple of the other Loy-Powell movies:
Evelyn Prentice.- The neglected wife of a high profile attorney dallies with a unscrupulous womanizer and finds herself involved in blackmail and murder.
Love Crazy.- A series of misunderstandings on their fourth wedding anniversary lead an architect and his wife to break up, but he pretends to be insane and even poses as his own sister in order to win her back.
Double Wedding.- Two sisters of differing temperaments, the younger one's milquetoast fiancé, and a free-spirited artist in an auto trailer are all experiencing romantic complications.
It was great watching them play characters that were the complete opposites of Nick and Nora Charles, but still have the same chemistry with each other.
The Thin Man Comes Home.- Nick and Nora visit Nick's hometown, and end up involved in a murder.
Followed by, The Shadow of The Thin Man.- Nick and Nora are at their wisecracking best as they investigate murder and racketeering at a local race track.
With The Song of The Thin Man, where they investigate the murder of a bandleader, coming in third.
I also watched a couple of the other Loy-Powell movies:
Evelyn Prentice.- The neglected wife of a high profile attorney dallies with a unscrupulous womanizer and finds herself involved in blackmail and murder.
Love Crazy.- A series of misunderstandings on their fourth wedding anniversary lead an architect and his wife to break up, but he pretends to be insane and even poses as his own sister in order to win her back.
Double Wedding.- Two sisters of differing temperaments, the younger one's milquetoast fiancé, and a free-spirited artist in an auto trailer are all experiencing romantic complications.
It was great watching them play characters that were the complete opposites of Nick and Nora Charles, but still have the same chemistry with each other.
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This is the only one you mentioned that I've seen, and I loved it. Those two, and the "accused," were fantastic in the courtroom scene. I also watched the remake, Stronger Than Desire, with Walter Pidgeon. His Gregory Peck lite act wasn't a good replacement in the Powell role, but I still liked the movie. I think I would've liked it more if I watched it first, but I doubt I would've been criticizing Powell later for his lack of Peck-ish stoicism.
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"One Night" (2017) on Prime Video for now.
It's basically a (very) soft-core porn, indie film. It deals with two mid-30-something losers having a one night stand and spilling their personal secrets and insecurities to each other in between fuck sessions. They both get offended but end up agreeing to go out again.
Movies like this make more sense to me (and become watchable) after reading about the Hedgehog's dilemma which plays a role in the movie.
It's basically a (very) soft-core porn, indie film. It deals with two mid-30-something losers having a one night stand and spilling their personal secrets and insecurities to each other in between fuck sessions. They both get offended but end up agreeing to go out again.
Movies like this make more sense to me (and become watchable) after reading about the Hedgehog's dilemma which plays a role in the movie.
The world building stopped the second they left the moon. At least the Martian made a dedicated attempt at scientific realism.
The answer to "are we alone" wasn't addressed. It was only addressed from the perspective of one, maybe two characters. The rest of the theme from the scope of the rest of people looking is completely left open because it was only built in there to prop up Tommy Lee Jones. It's really just a veneer to his dad abandoning him.