Day #12 of the 30 Day Film Meme

[shadowkat]

Day #12 of the 30 Day Film Meme.

I don't like this prompt - it's a film that you hate from your favorite genre. What if you don't have a favorite genre? And I don't tend to "hate" films, dislike maybe. Life is too short to hate movies. If I don't like a movie? I don't watch it or I tend to forget about it. I hate the thing in the white house, but I don't hate movies. Books...well, that's another matter.

So I'm making up my own prompt. You're free to play along. If you prefer the previous prompt - you can do that in your own journal.

What is a film you like with a color in the title?

Saw this film in London in 1986, and adored it. It's a beautiful film.

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Comments

[wendelah1]

It's been many years, but I remember liking The Hunt for Red October.

[shadowkat]

I enjoyed that film - it's also very close to the book. One of the few that is - I'd read the book first. The book was quite good.

[wendelah1]

I'll take your word for it. I read the book, too, but I can't remember when or which came first--reading or watching...

Jeez I am old.

[cjlasky7]

David Lynch's "Blue Velvet" was Lynch's breakthrough from midnight movie cult phenomenon to mainstream success. It brought Laura Dern and Kyle MacLachlan to stardom and was the big comeback for Dennis Hopper, who devoured the screen as helium huffing Frank Booth.

(Lynch would use MacLachlan and the music of Angelo Badalamenti again for Twin Peaks. Blue Velvet also brought Roy Orbison out of obscurity for the first time in 20 years.)

https://youtu.be/k_BybDB_phY

[shadowkat]

Ah, I knew you were going to pick Blue Velvet! Hee. I almost did - but swung back towards my first choice.

Blue Velvet is Lynch's best film in my opinion - most of his stuff swings too far over the edge. This should restraint.

He used MacLachlan a lot - when interviewed - he said that Kyle reminded him a lot of himself. Roy Orbison was actually brought out of obscurity first with Pretty Woman.
Kyle made his film debut in Lynch's less-than-stellar Dune. Lynch is better with more noirish thrillers, that are low budget, and atmospheric like Muholland Drive, Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks. He goes a bit over the top with too much money - and you just feel like you're trapped in an elevator with a Salvador Dali 3-D exhibit.

[cjlasky7]

You're absolutely right that Dune was MacLachlan's film debut, not Blue Velvet. (For some reason, I always think Dune came after Blue Velvet.)

But Blue Velvet was Orbison's comeback. By the time Pretty Woman was released in 1990, Orbison had recorded three hugely popular albums on his revival run, including Traveling Wilburys, vol.1 (with Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, and ELO's Jeff Lynne):

https://youtu.be/GKHqC9FnA-I

[shadowkat]

Movie debutes, I can remember...music not so much. LOL!

[petzipellepingo]

I'm going with Fried Green Tomatoes where I enjoyed the backstory more than the current one.

[shadowkat]

Oh, I loved that film. I need to see that again. Oh - have you read the book? It's even better.

[petzipellepingo]

Yes, it definitely is.

[atpo_onm]

I mentioned before that overall I'm not this big-time sports fan, but of the sports I do enjoy watching, I lean towrads ones that require craft and/or precision as apposed to simply brute strength and/or aggression.

Then there are the ones that some people pursue that are also more than a tad scary. Here's a movie about one of those sports:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS6HmLPemWI

Sadly, also a reminder of how much I miss seeing flicks in a quality theater with a great sound system, as when those waves come crashing over top of the surfers, you're feeling like you're right there with them. I actually used certain cuts from this film back in my retail A/V days to show people that a good surround sound rig could be about other things than explosions and car chases.

[shadowkat]

I think I've seen that one? Can't remember. My favorite surfing movie is Point Break, it's also the only film that Keanu Reeves has ever done that I liked besides Speed. Although I've admittedly not seen the John Wick films.

Sports films can often be more interesting than the actual sport. (Except of films about golf, bowling, and tennis - which are boring.)