As this comment for you well thought out commentary. May I suggest consideration of two movies where the music is an integral part of the emotional content of various scenes. One is unknown, the circle of iron, where the returning flute theme conveys Messages. The other is the much-maligned showgirls.Without comment about the actual content of the movie, the music used within the dance scenes is vocative. Well done, sir.
I knew you would be conflicted between That Thing You Do and whatever it was you considered to be your favorite. And I knew I would be surprised by your favorite because it would be something I had either never heard of or had long forgotten about. I'm just glad to know that That Thing You Do is at the top of your list. I would have been disappointed otherwise. I need to watch Amadeus again. I saw it once, way back when, but somehow have never seen it again. Never saw Victor/Victoria. Never knew James Garner was in it. Now I've got to find it and watch it. That and Amadeus, too. One that you may never had heard of, or thought of, is a movie about INXS. I happened upon it a few years ago and loved it. Never Tear Us Apart (2014). Ok, it's a 2-part "mini-series", if you want to get technical. I never paid much attention to INXS music when it came out but I formed a new appreciation for it after watching this. I just got done watching the series "Black Sails", where Luke Arnold played Long John Silver. He played the INXS lead man, Michael Hutchence. Quite the differing roles but he played them both so well. Kinda like Timothy Oliphant in Deadwood and then Santa Clarita Diet. One of those, wait, what, moments. Loving the beard, by the way. Filling out nicely. I get my labs done on the 18th, to see if I'm c-free.
@@awlthatwoodcrafts8911 James Garner was robbed of an Oscar nomination for Victor/Victoria. Julie Andrews got one, and Robert Preston got one, but nothing for Garner. Oh well. I’ll keep a good thought for the 18th.
Well that was a nice early Xmas treat! Always thoughtful and well-presented, and I appreciate your subjectivity. 😁 You've provided some considered suggestions for holiday viewing, thank you. I've never seen "That Thing You Do" for any number of reasons, but I will definitely give it a watch. As you were going through the countdown, I was wondering if you'd include "Head", and there it be! The Monkees' original run was a bit before my time, but I always liked them. I was a pre-teen when I saw the movie about ten years after its release, and I thought I was soooo trippy! Definitely time to revisit it.👏
@@MadcapShambleton Yeah, I’m just a bit too young to have been in on Monkeemania when it was going on, too. I remember seeing Head on a late movie on TV when I was about 12 and thinking it was weird but fun. I think it’s just about time to watch it again!
I think Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? is an excellent choice. I love the movie and the soundtrack introduced me to Bluegrass music in general, as well as artists Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch. Gillian Welch and partner David Rawlings have become one of my top 5 or 10 favorite artists of all time. I think it was also the first time I became aware of producer T-bone Burnett, who as it turns out grew up in my home town of Ft. Worth Tx. I have not seen Head, and am not sure I'd enjoy it. I tend to find surrealist movies more annoying than thought-provoking. But I like the Monkees, and based on your impassioned review, if I saw it available to stream I might give it a chance.
@@carlcrenshaw7845 There is a very good chance that you will not like Head AT ALL, so keep that in mind. It is, I think, very much an acquired taste. Worth giving a shot, as long as you keep your expectations low…
As this comment for you well thought out commentary. May I suggest consideration of two movies where the music is an integral part of the emotional content of various scenes. One is unknown, the circle of iron, where the returning flute theme conveys Messages. The other is the much-maligned showgirls.Without comment about the actual content of the movie, the music used within the dance scenes is vocative. Well done, sir.
I knew you would be conflicted between That Thing You Do and whatever it was you considered to be your favorite. And I knew I would be surprised by your favorite because it would be something I had either never heard of or had long forgotten about. I'm just glad to know that That Thing You Do is at the top of your list. I would have been disappointed otherwise.
I need to watch Amadeus again. I saw it once, way back when, but somehow have never seen it again.
Never saw Victor/Victoria. Never knew James Garner was in it. Now I've got to find it and watch it. That and Amadeus, too.
One that you may never had heard of, or thought of, is a movie about INXS. I happened upon it a few years ago and loved it. Never Tear Us Apart (2014). Ok, it's a 2-part "mini-series", if you want to get technical. I never paid much attention to INXS music when it came out but I formed a new appreciation for it after watching this. I just got done watching the series "Black Sails", where Luke Arnold played Long John Silver. He played the INXS lead man, Michael Hutchence. Quite the differing roles but he played them both so well. Kinda like Timothy Oliphant in Deadwood and then Santa Clarita Diet. One of those, wait, what, moments.
Loving the beard, by the way. Filling out nicely. I get my labs done on the 18th, to see if I'm c-free.
@@awlthatwoodcrafts8911 James Garner was robbed of an Oscar nomination for Victor/Victoria. Julie Andrews got one, and Robert Preston got one, but nothing for Garner. Oh well.
I’ll keep a good thought for the 18th.
Well that was a nice early Xmas treat! Always thoughtful and well-presented, and I appreciate your subjectivity. 😁
You've provided some considered suggestions for holiday viewing, thank you. I've never seen "That Thing You Do" for any number of reasons, but I will definitely give it a watch. As you were going through the countdown, I was wondering if you'd include "Head", and there it be! The Monkees' original run was a bit before my time, but I always liked them. I was a pre-teen when I saw the movie about ten years after its release, and I thought I was soooo trippy! Definitely time to revisit it.👏
@@MadcapShambleton Yeah, I’m just a bit too young to have been in on Monkeemania when it was going on, too. I remember seeing Head on a late movie on TV when I was about 12 and thinking it was weird but fun. I think it’s just about time to watch it again!
I think Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? is an excellent choice. I love the movie and the soundtrack introduced me to Bluegrass music in general, as well as artists Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch. Gillian Welch and partner David Rawlings have become one of my top 5 or 10 favorite artists of all time. I think it was also the first time I became aware of producer T-bone Burnett, who as it turns out grew up in my home town of Ft. Worth Tx.
I have not seen Head, and am not sure I'd enjoy it. I tend to find surrealist movies more annoying than thought-provoking. But I like the Monkees, and based on your impassioned review, if I saw it available to stream I might give it a chance.
@@carlcrenshaw7845 There is a very good chance that you will not like Head AT ALL, so keep that in mind. It is, I think, very much an acquired taste. Worth giving a shot, as long as you keep your expectations low…