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A Gnome Named Gnorm (1990), Stan Winston. June 21, 10pm. View count: One.
The Fountainhead (1949), King Vidal. June 23, 5pm. View count: Two.
Baby Face (1933), Alfred Green. June 23, 7:30pm. View count: One.
Hookay.
Gnome was a wretched pile. Really just horrid. I'm surprised we made it through the whole thing. So, Stan Winston directed it. Stan Winston's a pro at the effects, obviously, but perhaps not so much at picking half-decent scripts. This winner, Pen Densham, was one of two writers, and plus he came up with "the story." He produced, too. The other writer conspicuously was a co-producer on pretty much everything else that Densham worked on, so clearly they're buds and on the same gnomey wavelength. I haven't actually heard of much of the stuff they worked on, but it's probably for the best.
Anyhow, this movie was pure pain from start to finish. The titular gnome is trauma-inducing, whatsisface from The Breakfast Club is annoying and repeats things over and over in a Really Urgent! tone of voice, and guy from Law and Order kinda phones it in. Robert Z'dar is in this, and he's probably the high point. Weirdly, he plays (surprise!) a henchman, and his boss is named "Zadar." It's confusing.
In conclusion, the gnome likes to mutilate people's genitals.
Fountainhead I sat through most of again so I could show its bombast and Agenda Über Alles to JP, but I relented and doodled through part of it. It's not really a fun movie to sit through, even if you hear more about Ayn Rand on a daily basis than most people do. The lead actress has a neat face, though.
Baby Face was actually quite good, although we drew a version (apparently there were multiple versions, censored variously) that had the happy ending but contained most of the rest of the disputed material. Barbara Stanwyck was quite good, and she really managed to get across a lot of character. The lady playing her maid was great, too, with more of a part and definitely more fun than most maids of the time. The happy ending felt pretty undermotivated, but the unhappy ending would have also seemed a bit weird, so perhaps let's chalk it up to the times.
The Fountainhead (1949), King Vidal. June 23, 5pm. View count: Two.
Baby Face (1933), Alfred Green. June 23, 7:30pm. View count: One.
Hookay.
Gnome was a wretched pile. Really just horrid. I'm surprised we made it through the whole thing. So, Stan Winston directed it. Stan Winston's a pro at the effects, obviously, but perhaps not so much at picking half-decent scripts. This winner, Pen Densham, was one of two writers, and plus he came up with "the story." He produced, too. The other writer conspicuously was a co-producer on pretty much everything else that Densham worked on, so clearly they're buds and on the same gnomey wavelength. I haven't actually heard of much of the stuff they worked on, but it's probably for the best.
Anyhow, this movie was pure pain from start to finish. The titular gnome is trauma-inducing, whatsisface from The Breakfast Club is annoying and repeats things over and over in a Really Urgent! tone of voice, and guy from Law and Order kinda phones it in. Robert Z'dar is in this, and he's probably the high point. Weirdly, he plays (surprise!) a henchman, and his boss is named "Zadar." It's confusing.
In conclusion, the gnome likes to mutilate people's genitals.
Fountainhead I sat through most of again so I could show its bombast and Agenda Über Alles to JP, but I relented and doodled through part of it. It's not really a fun movie to sit through, even if you hear more about Ayn Rand on a daily basis than most people do. The lead actress has a neat face, though.
Baby Face was actually quite good, although we drew a version (apparently there were multiple versions, censored variously) that had the happy ending but contained most of the rest of the disputed material. Barbara Stanwyck was quite good, and she really managed to get across a lot of character. The lady playing her maid was great, too, with more of a part and definitely more fun than most maids of the time. The happy ending felt pretty undermotivated, but the unhappy ending would have also seemed a bit weird, so perhaps let's chalk it up to the times.
