tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post3558315465025426193..comments2024-01-04T04:01:35.574+08:00Comments on Wandering through the Shelves: Thursday Movie Picks #74: Movies Set in a HotelWandererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02942463921185187112noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-85853112721496211492015-12-17T22:48:48.040+08:002015-12-17T22:48:48.040+08:00Ooooooooooooooooooh I may have to read the book!Ooooooooooooooooooh I may have to read the book!Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-65315112960631281732015-12-17T04:01:12.189+08:002015-12-17T04:01:12.189+08:00I don't even remember Tim Curry in it. I haven...I don't even remember Tim Curry in it. I haven't seen it in ages.Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942463921185187112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-57973974579643219222015-12-17T04:00:26.039+08:002015-12-17T04:00:26.039+08:00Somewhere in Time is not dull...take that back :)
...Somewhere in Time is not dull...take that back :)<br />Beware of Somewhere in Time book spoilers below.<br />I totally understand about it being a little ridiculous. I mean he sorts of meditates/hypnotises himself into traveling back in time. It sort of make better sense in the book because I think the movie may have change the part that Collier was dying of a brain tumor when he went to the hotel. Basically it is suggested that it could be a desperate fantasy/possibly the tumor causing him to think it was all real.Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942463921185187112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-40225624110383735472015-12-17T03:48:50.890+08:002015-12-17T03:48:50.890+08:00Oh the intertitle cards in A Room with a View is s...Oh the intertitle cards in A Room with a View is so old school.<br />Somewhere in Time is such a dreamy movie...and so is the cast :).<br />Home Alone 2 - Awww...I guess you have to be a kid when you see it first.<br />Of your picks I've only seen Bobby. Can't say I remember much.Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942463921185187112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-30945659057304553012015-12-17T03:43:29.059+08:002015-12-17T03:43:29.059+08:00How can you not have seen Home Alone 2? It gets ai...How can you not have seen Home Alone 2? It gets aired so frequently during the December period. You have at least seen Home Alone 1 right?Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942463921185187112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-1493749215406209992015-12-11T11:22:57.964+08:002015-12-11T11:22:57.964+08:00Home Alone 2 is a great pick! Love it. Home Alone 2 is a great pick! Love it. Kevin Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219017960488448934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-46789296675490619302015-12-11T05:58:17.779+08:002015-12-11T05:58:17.779+08:00I haven't heard of Somewhere in Time. Of cours...I haven't heard of Somewhere in Time. Of course Home Alone 2!! It has the best hotel staff - can't beat Tim Curry. Didn't think of this and I was watching it the other day. I also didn't think of A Room With a View - bootiful!Katie Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01176992567322682222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-72617002238687889752015-12-10T23:57:30.670+08:002015-12-10T23:57:30.670+08:00Love Somewhere in Time and saw it at the movie the...Love Somewhere in Time and saw it at the movie theatre when it came out. A room With a view is another great movie but I need to re-watch it since it has been a long time. I finally saw Home Alone 2 last year (still have to see the first one). I would say it was funny and I love Tim Curry.Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-1723659034789874222015-12-10T22:51:13.346+08:002015-12-10T22:51:13.346+08:00Oh, Somwhere in Time! So beautiful, so dull, so ro...Oh, Somwhere in Time! So beautiful, so dull, so romantic, so ridiculous. I kind of love it (I think?) even though it makes absolutely no sense at all. A Room With a View is so great. Love everything about it. Home Alone 2 was fine as a kid, but I can't imagine watching it now.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-81112843945104739642015-12-10T21:08:26.235+08:002015-12-10T21:08:26.235+08:00Two of your picks are ones I really love the third...Two of your picks are ones I really love the third not so much.<br /><br />Room With a View is so beautifully shot with perfect performances from the entire cast, even the intertitle cards fit the movie to a tee. Great choice especially since the view from the pensione is the pivot for the entire story.<br /><br />Somewhere in Time has such a dreamy, enchanting feeling expertly set to Rachmanioff's music and the wonderful chemistry of Reeve and Jane Seymour. It was the first film I thought of but was sure it would turn up so I moved on to other choices. A friend of mine went to the island where this was filmed for her honeymoon and said it was exactly as she imagined it would be, a lovely throwback since motor vehicles are restricted on the island.<br /><br />The Pigeon Lady was the only part of Home Alone 2 that I liked otherwise it was agony to sit through.<br /><br />Here's what I came up with for the week:<br /><br />Bobby (2006)-Intermingling stories set in the Ambassador Hotel on June 4th and 5th 1968 as several groups prepare to attend the Democratic presidential primary rally at which Robert F. Kennedy will speak and will ultimately have a tragic outcome, his assassination. Filmed at the actual locations that events occurred just before the hotel was demolished.<br /><br />Evil Under the Sun (1982)-In an absolutely gorgeous island hotel in the Adriatic a group of wealthy people sun themselves and bitch at each other until one of them turns up murdered. Thank goodness Hercule Poirot is among the guests and can put the "little gray cells" to use solving the crime. Hugely enjoyable version of Agatha Christie's mystery with Peter Ustinov a perfect Poirot-clever, urbane, canny and sly. The entire cast seems to be having fun with a brilliant Diana Rigg and Maggie Smith making great sparring partners with dialog dipped in venom. Amazing costume design. <br /><br />Dear Heart (1964)-In New York for a postmaster's convention Geraldine Page, a single kind hearted postmistress meets traveling salesman Glenn Ford who is staying in the same hotel. Tired of the road he’s become engaged to a pushy woman more out of a longing to put down roots than passion. Now an unexpected spark ignites between the two strangers, what to do? Sweet, gentle comedy/drama of two lonely souls slowly realizing they are meant for each other. Great supporting cast includes Angela Lansbury and both the actresses, Alice Pearce and Sandra Gould that eventually played Gladys Kravitz on Bewitched. <br /><br />Honorable Mention-Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)-Glossy remake and relocation of Grand Hotel to New York's Waldorf-Astoria. Slick and well-acted by a star studded cast, Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold and Van Johnson among them, but missing both the grit and pathos of the original. <br /><br /><br />Looking forward to seeing what next year's themes will be.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-3476869465912451042015-12-10T20:42:41.529+08:002015-12-10T20:42:41.529+08:00Nice picks! I've always had a soft spot for Ho...Nice picks! I've always had a soft spot for Home Alone 2. I haven't seen the other two though.Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-70449779068814059612015-12-10T07:42:25.158+08:002015-12-10T07:42:25.158+08:00Haven't seen any of these. Yes, that includes ...Haven't seen any of these. Yes, that includes Home Alone 2. A Room with a View is the one I've been meaning to see, but never can seem to get around to. Thanks for the reminder.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.com