So it was just me and a 16-year-old kid stuck here at home yesterday afternoon. He was temporarily tired of his computer game and wondered what else we might do and I tried to think of a great movie to watch. Something
he had never seen, but would be sure to like. KING KONG? “No, I don’t like
black-and-white movies.“
How about a western? STAGECOACH?
What’s it about?
So I give him the basic rundown and described all the characters (he had heard of John Wayne) and he allowed that that sounded pretty good.
“But it’s in black-and-white.”
“I don’t care. Westerns are different.“
Well OK, so we watched it and he declared that it was one of the best
movies he had ever seen in his life. Which of course would be true for most anybody who isn’t Apache, but it was really refreshing to see a Marvel fan recognize that fact.
I’m not going to give up on KING KONG, though. One of these days I expect him to have a similar epiphany.
On 06/30/2022 12:43 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
So it was just me and a 16-year-old kid stuck here at home yesterday
afternoon. He was temporarily tired of his computer game and wondered what >> else we might do and I tried to think of a great movie to watch. Something >> he had never seen, but would be sure to like. KING KONG? “No, I don’t like
black-and-white movies.“
How about a western? STAGECOACH?
What’s it about?
So I give him the basic rundown and described all the characters (he had
heard of John Wayne) and he allowed that that sounded pretty good.
“But it’s in black-and-white.”
“I don’t care. Westerns are different.“
Well OK, so we watched it and he declared that it was one of the best
movies he had ever seen in his life. Which of course would be true for most >> anybody who isn’t Apache, but it was really refreshing to see a Marvel fan >> recognize that fact.
I’m not going to give up on KING KONG, though. One of these days I expect >> him to have a similar epiphany.
'the african queen' next
So it was just me and a 16-year-old kid stuck here at home yesterday afternoon. He was temporarily tired of his computer game and wondered what else we might do and I tried to think of a great movie to watch. Something he had never seen, but would be sure to like. KING KONG? “No, I don’t like
black-and-white movies.“
How about a western? STAGECOACH?
What’s it about?
So I give him the basic rundown and described all the characters (he had heard of John Wayne) and he allowed that that sounded pretty good.
“But it’s in black-and-white.”
“I don’t care. Westerns are different.“
Well OK, so we watched it and he declared that it was one of the best
movies he had ever seen in his life. Which of course would be true for most anybody who isn’t Apache, but it was really refreshing to see a Marvel fan recognize that fact.
I’m not going to give up on KING KONG, though. One of these days I expect him to have a similar epiphany.
--
Bill Anderson
I am the Mighty Favog
Well OK, so we watched it and he declared that it was one of the best
movies he had ever seen in his life. Which of course would be true for most anybody who isn’t Apache, but it was really refreshing to see a Marvel fan recognize that fact.
I’m not going to give up on KING KONG, though. One of these days I expect him to have a similar epiphany.
On Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 11:43:35 AM UTC-4, Bill Anderson wrote:
Well OK, so we watched it and he declared that it was one of the best
movies he had ever seen in his life. Which of course would be true for most >> anybody who isn’t Apache, but it was really refreshing to see a Marvel fan >> recognize that fact.
I’m not going to give up on KING KONG, though. One of these days I expect >> him to have a similar epiphany.
Did you ever read this 2007 thread, about Ty Burr's book?
"The Best Old Movies for Families: A Guide to Watching Together"
https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.movies.past-films/c/RbgMXgIILhU/m/ojq198nYBwAJ
Burr himself posted in the thread!
Lenona <lenona321@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 11:43:35 AM UTC-4, Bill Anderson wrote:
Well OK, so we watched it and he declared that it was one of the best
movies he had ever seen in his life. Which of course would be true for most >>> anybody who isn’t Apache, but it was really refreshing to see a Marvel fan
recognize that fact.
I’m not going to give up on KING KONG, though. One of these days I expect >>> him to have a similar epiphany.
Did you ever read this 2007 thread, about Ty Burr's book?
"The Best Old Movies for Families: A Guide to Watching Together"
https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.movies.past-films/c/RbgMXgIILhU/m/ojq198nYBwAJ
Burr himself posted in the thread!
Thanks. Just look at the names of the contributors to that thread, so many
of which we no longer see. I know David Oberman has passed away. Not sure about others.
Lenona <leno...@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 11:43:35 AM UTC-4, Bill Anderson wrote:
Well OK, so we watched it and he declared that it was one of the best
movies he had ever seen in his life. Which of course would be true for most
anybody who isn’t Apache, but it was really refreshing to see a Marvel fan
recognize that fact.
I’m not going to give up on KING KONG, though. One of these days I expect
him to have a similar epiphany.
Sorry to hear about David. We didn't really get along but I appreciated the level of dispute.Did you ever read this 2007 thread, about Ty Burr's book?
"The Best Old Movies for Families: A Guide to Watching Together"
https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.movies.past-films/c/RbgMXgIILhU/m/ojq198nYBwAJ
Burr himself posted in the thread!
Thanks. Just look at the names of the contributors to that thread, so many of which we no longer see. I know David Oberman has passed away. Not sure about others.
--
Bill Anderson
I am the Mighty Favog
Thanks. Just look at the names of the contributors to that thread, so many
of which we no longer see. I know David Oberman has passed away.
On Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 10:24:39 AM UTC-4, Bill Anderson wrote:
Thanks. Just look at the names of the contributors to that thread, so many >> of which we no longer see. I know David Oberman has passed away.
When, exactly? I looked around and he was apparently alive in 2021.
On Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 10:24:39 AM UTC-4, Bill Anderson wrote:
Thanks. Just look at the names of the contributors to that thread, so many >> of which we no longer see. I know David Oberman has passed away.
When, exactly? I looked around and he was apparently alive in 2021.
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