Entries tagged with "buster keaton"

srah's latest project: watch a hellalotta movies

posted by srah on December 9, 2005 12:24 PM

Tags: afi, buster keaton, movies

When I moved here, one of the first things I did was to join the local library. The DVD/video section is just across from the circulation desk and is much more compact than the book section, so the first thing I did was to check out DVDs. They have a list of The American Film Institute's 100 Greatest American Movies of All Time posted on the wall, and this (and the fact that apete's already done it) inspired me to take a shot at watching all 100. It's going to involve watching a lot of westerns, gangster films and war...

'It's such an interesting mixture of poetry and meanness'

posted by srah on August 26, 2003 10:48 AM

Tags: buster keaton, in the good old summertime, movies, tom hanks, you've got mail

I hate You've Got Mail. I don't want to hate it. I love romantic comedies. I feel like it's my duty to love this one, but I don't. Not only do I not love it, I hate it. I hate it for lost potential, for what it could have been but wasn't. I hate its long stretches of pointless dialogue. I hate Tom Hanks. I hate all of the characters in it. I hate it because it's not In the Good Old Summertime. I hate it for itself. We watched In the Good Old Summertime followed by You've Got Mail...

The Tuesday This-or-That

posted by srah on July 30, 2002 8:55 AM

Tags: buster keaton, memes, movies, tuesday this-or-that

1. Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton? Buster Keaton. I always thought silent films were classics just because they were old and they were the predecessor to sound films. But I saw The General in an art-house cinema when I was in Grenoble and I found myself laughing out loud. Plus, you gotta love him in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and In the Good Old Summertime (which is vastly superior to the other movies based on the same play). 2. Laurel & Hardy or Abbott & Costello? Don't care. Neither are particularly funny. 3. Marx...