In this 41st episode of this podcast endeavor, Alan begins by covering feedback from prior episodes.
After that, the Professor talks about the most recent 20 movies that he has watched, counting them down to #1!
Where do the 1st & 3rd Knives Out films rank? Which 4 car-based movies are on the list? Where do Superman 2025, Bride of Frankenstein, Birds of Prey, Support Your Local Gunfighter, Van Helsing, and Raiders of the Lost Ark rank?
Which films did Alan rank perfectly? And which one (or two or three) do you most disagree with Alan on?
Listen to this episode ... and find out!
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How many movies will I remember to comment on? Let's find out.
ReplyDeleteGreat story about trying the cinematic efforts of chain restauranteer Roy Rogers. For the last 30 or 40 years I would have claimed Gene Autry as my Singing Cowboy, but based solely on his serial, "The Phantom Empire." I don't think I've seen any other of his works, and these days admitting that is confessing I haven't tried. Which makes me realize he has been supplanted by a fellow named Cliff Edwards, also known as "Ukulele Ike," but most famously as the voice of Jiminy Cricket for Disney. He's only a sidekick, sometimes dropping to comic relief, with his name correspondingly far down in the credits, but his contributions make it worth watching a western.
Two monster hunters?! I think I'd flip the positions of "Abraham Lincoln" and "Van Helsing" relative to each other. Not that either movie was good (which was the one that had a horse AND CARRIAGE jump a down bridge?), and maybe for reasons outside the movies. "Lincoln" was from a novel by the author of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," and also wove the supernatural into the known story. You probably won't be surprised to hear the book was better. "Van Helsing" was from the director of the more successful "The Mummy," and the release was celebrated by Universal reissuing their Frankenstein, Dracula, and Wolf Man DVDs each with an exclusive clip discussing the use of those monsters in the movie. Even better, each DVD box was not just the movie of that name, but all the movies featuring the character of that name. Frankenstein, for example, included "Bride of" (not that you'd care), "Son of", "Ghost of" and "House of", and similar for the others. Folks at the time told me that Universal had been making boxsets of their movie series DVDs, and that they knew their Monster Series was special, but to whatever extent Van Helsing influenced them: splurging for terrific package design, retaining the DVD extras normally jettisoned in collections, or even just the timing of the release, I feel I owe it a debt of gratitude. And I was rewarded later with three more Universal monster boxsets of the same quality!
Four fast car movies. I've seen "Grand Prix" because it's the oldest. What I remember is Toshiro Mifune. I'd seen some of his Japanese movies, even some with him NOT in samurai garb, but to see him in a Hollywood movie, not confined to a battleship, but interacting with western actors was a bit like coming upon the Superman and Spider-man Treasury Edition by surprise.
Memory is fading, but your top movies won't get you accused of recency bias. Glad you're keeping a high ratio of enjoyable films and see you in another couple of months!
I'll take Roy Rogers' restaurants over Gene Autry's baseball team any day.
DeleteCool van Helsing story.
Thanks for listening, and thanks for feedbacking.
Yes, Roy's has probably been more successful, certainly in terms of making his fans happy. But which will last longer? Which?!
ReplyDeleteHmm, this is more of an open question than it seems. The internet is saying even Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips is still a thing, and where would this conversation be now if you'd eaten there?