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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Museum
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Russian Ark (2002)
This was the movie that came immediately to mind when I came up with this theme. In Russian Ark the audience sees the world through an unseen protagonist as he is guided by a 19th century man in black as they journey through 300 years of Russian history in the Russian State Hermitage Museum. The movie is best known for its single continuous shot which is a tremendous feat considering the number of actors, dancing scenes and live orchestras.
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
A great heist movie that is also perfect for today about a rich playboy who steals priceless art for the challenge and the insurance investigator tasked to get the stolen painting back.
Another tough theme this week.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)
Set in the early 20th century it follows a young authoress as she explores Egyptian tombs and later mayhem at a museum in Paris. I didn't really enjoy this. I found it a little silly, but I am probably not the right audience for it. My guess is if you like Night at the Museum and the Indiana Jones movies, you might like this.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)
Set in the early 20th century it follows a young authoress as she explores Egyptian tombs and later mayhem at a museum in Paris. I didn't really enjoy this. I found it a little silly, but I am probably not the right audience for it. My guess is if you like Night at the Museum and the Indiana Jones movies, you might like this.
Russian Ark (2002)
This was the movie that came immediately to mind when I came up with this theme. In Russian Ark the audience sees the world through an unseen protagonist as he is guided by a 19th century man in black as they journey through 300 years of Russian history in the Russian State Hermitage Museum. The movie is best known for its single continuous shot which is a tremendous feat considering the number of actors, dancing scenes and live orchestras.
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
A great heist movie that is also perfect for today about a rich playboy who steals priceless art for the challenge and the insurance investigator tasked to get the stolen painting back.
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The Thomas Crown Affair is so popular this week. I haven't seen it but I will check it out.
ReplyDeleteI thought Thomas Crown robbed a bank, not a museum, but then I realized that was the original and not the remake. :-)
ReplyDeleteWatch for the erotic chess game.
Have not seen the original, so did not know a different place was robbed.
DeleteUGH I can't believe I didn't pick Thomas Crown Affair! So good - Brosnan and Russo are at peak sexy in that.
ReplyDeleteThey are well matched in this.
DeleteThe first two are new to me though they sound interesting but I have seen Thomas Crown Affair. It was okay but I prefer the Steve McQueen/Faye Dunaway original.
ReplyDeleteI'm a museum fan so this was a fun week and I ended up with four that I couldn't decide between so used them all.
Mysteries of the Wax Museum (1933)-Sculptor Ivan Igor (Lionel Atwill) and his partner, Joe Worth (Edwin Maxwell), run a famous wax museum in London. Joe burns down the place down for the insurance money leaving Igor trapped inside. Though terribly burned he survives. Decades pass and Ivan surfaces in New York as the curator of a new wax museum, boasting incredibly lifelike statues. When model Joan Gale (Monica Bannister) goes missing reporter Florence Dempsey (Glenda Farrell) follows the clues to Igor's museum, where she discovers a terrible secret. Remade with Vincent Price as House of Wax.
One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing (1975)-Lord Southmere (Derek Nimmo) is being chased by a ring of Chinese spies pursuing him to gain possession of a secret microfilm he holding which reveals the formula for the mysterious Lotus X. While being chased through London’s Natural History Museum, Southmere hides the film in the bones of a Brontosaurus skeleton. When he’s captured it's up to his old nanny Hettie (Helen Hayes) and her hardy band of fellow nannies to find the film and keep it from the clutches of the evil Hnup Wan (Peter Ustinov). Pleasant Disney fare.
The Hot Rock (1972)-Fresh out of the slammer John Dortmunder (Robert Redford) is approached by his brother-in-law Andy Kelp (George Segal) to steal a priceless diamond from the Brooklyn Museum and return it to the African nation it was originally taken from. Helped by an expert getaway man and an explosives wizard, they steal the gem with a little assistance from bombs, a faked car crash and dressing up as uniformed guards and doctors. However, almost as soon as they get their hands on the loot and prepare to transfer it to an African diplomat, they lose it. Breezy caper film with a light touch.
How to Steal a Million (1966)-Cat burglar Simon Dermott (Peter O'Toole) is hired by the chic Nicole Bonnet (Audrey Hepburn) to steal the reproduction of a priceless sculpture made by her father Charles (Hugh Griffith) a master forger from to the Kléber-Lafayette Museum in Paris before it is examined and found to be a fake and ruins père Bonnet’s reputation. Comic complications and romance ensue.
I haven't seen any of your picks and I did not know that the original House of Wax was itself a remake.
DeleteI have not seen any of these. I think I would like the first 2 and I did pick Night of the Museum and find that funny so I probably would like this movie. I do want to see The Thomas Crown Affair-the original and this remake
ReplyDeleteNight of the Museum was not for me.
DeleteRussian Ark sounds really intriguing to me, but I haven't seen any of your picks this week.
ReplyDeleteI went for Russian Ark too. Did not even think of Thomas Crown! Of course! I wasn't that impressed by Adèle Blanc-Sec, I had hoped for something big but felt the story was a bit constricted.
ReplyDeleteThe Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec - yeah it was a disappointment.
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