tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post1471625817546747435..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Halfway House: Oh Suzanne-ahNATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-11215119755495994462009-11-28T20:57:13.491-05:002009-11-28T20:57:13.491-05:00Love this movie! Streep, Maclaine, and Bening were...Love this movie! Streep, Maclaine, and Bening were all standouts to me. <br /><br />Now they need to make a version with Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (the movie was great; but I didn't understand why they didn't do this in the first place)Enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-11528697224466934012009-11-04T12:42:30.147-05:002009-11-04T12:42:30.147-05:00You're right, N! The film was overlooked. I th...You're right, N! The film was overlooked. I think Streep was extraordinary and MacLaine deserved to be nominated. Sadly, the Oscars always know how to snub great performances and films.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-57465321317557203682009-11-04T11:35:57.433-05:002009-11-04T11:35:57.433-05:00I cherish the scene between Streep and Bening, as ...I cherish the scene between Streep and Bening, as I love Streep singing in the final<br /><br />mirkoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-73119640247948123962009-11-04T10:55:17.035-05:002009-11-04T10:55:17.035-05:00How about the scene with Suzanne's manager, pl...How about the scene with Suzanne's manager, played by Lucille Ball's husband: gary Morton, where Suzanne and Doris talk at the same time? I found that hysterical as Doris makes a conversation about Suzanne's career and life about her marriages and failed first marriage.<br /><br />The scenes between Streep and Quaid were priceless.<br />Jack: "I think I'm falling in love with you."<br />Suzanne: (incredulous) "When will you know for sure?"<br /><br />Streep stood out to me in this film followed by MacLaine, Quaid, Bening and Conrad Bain.<br /><br />Grandma: "Go ahead and cry, you'll pee less."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-8223127061460264332009-11-04T00:03:58.473-05:002009-11-04T00:03:58.473-05:00Hollywood royalty playing hollywood royalty. I...Hollywood royalty playing hollywood royalty. I'll creme my pants if Hollywood is ever able to pull it off again.Cinesnatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00244752542602944093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-38683576285250586612009-11-04T00:00:01.810-05:002009-11-04T00:00:01.810-05:00... oh, and built-in Hollywood glamour without act...... oh, and built-in Hollywood glamour without actually having to try too hard. <br /><br />****Shirley MacLaine "I'm Still Here!"****Cinesnatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00244752542602944093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-71182351613869031152009-11-03T23:57:44.284-05:002009-11-03T23:57:44.284-05:00"it twirled up!'
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Favorite Mike Nichol..."it twirled up!'<br /><br />A+<br />Favorite Mike Nichols film.<br />Favorite Meryl Streep film/performance<br />Shirley MacLaine robbed of nomination (sorry Lorraine Bracco and Mary McDonnell)<br />Annette Bening pre-Grifters cameo. (just barely)Cinesnatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00244752542602944093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-84909351507336530782009-11-03T20:15:23.481-05:002009-11-03T20:15:23.481-05:00I like when Maclaine gets in a car accident due to...I like when Maclaine gets in a car accident due to drunkeness and the press asks what's the 1st thing she'll do when outta the hospital and she cracks "have a drink". It's not politically correct, but the way Maclaine delivers the line makes it sublimely funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-11985284705003095272009-11-03T20:13:54.342-05:002009-11-03T20:13:54.342-05:00I even liked Mary-Louise Parker in "Longtime ...I even liked Mary-Louise Parker in "Longtime Companion." Also, notice how Mary McDonnell isn't on my list...Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05206689829422865411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-87910276702065435472009-11-03T20:08:22.018-05:002009-11-03T20:08:22.018-05:00I yelp every time I hear "They're blanks....I yelp every time I hear "They're blanks...asshole!"<br /><br />The back-to-back awesomeness of "You Don't Know Me" and "I'm Still Here" wows me every time. Both are probably my favorite musicals sequences on film (at least in non-musicals)<br /><br />I love Anjelica Huston in "The Grifters" too much for my own good, but Streep is my silver medalist for that year. I still can't begin to understand why MacLaine wasn't nominated. Great year for Supporting Actresses, in my opinion. MacLaine, Lorraince Bracco, Whoopi Goldberg, Annette Bening, Glenn Close, Marcia Gay Harden, Diane Ladd...I love them all!Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05206689829422865411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-35805747611703108502009-11-03T19:47:11.266-05:002009-11-03T19:47:11.266-05:00My favourite moment happens right after the memora...My favourite moment happens right after the memorable "it twirled up". Meryl says "and you were not wearing underwear" and Shirley just shrugs. Priceless reaction. So funny and fits the character, tells you so much about her. And Shirley nails the shrug.Murtadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13708403648510141998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-2183664830058917772009-11-03T19:46:16.085-05:002009-11-03T19:46:16.085-05:00My favorite moment in the film is the scene with M...My favorite moment in the film is the scene with Meryl´s character Suzanne and Annette Bening in her small, but terrific, moment as minor movie actress Evelyn Ames.<br /><br />I never thought I would see my two favorite actresses in a film together and when I rewatched this recently, I realized that Annette Bening was in it since it was filmed before she became a superstar and I didn´t know who she was the first time I saw it in theatres.<br /><br />She has that great scene stealing scene where Meryl is asking her about the Dennis Quaid character having slept with her before and I loved Annette´s response:<br /><br />Suzanne: "Can I ask you something personal?" <br />Evelyn: "You mean asking me who I have sex with isn't personal anymore? What do you want to know, if I smoke?"<br /><br />Love it!!!! If you can steal a scene from Meryl (like Viola Davis did in ´Doubt´), then you know you´re good and this was the same year that Bening broke out big time in ´The Grifters´.Tallsonofagunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04655914733537148363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-76650392280832410522009-11-03T19:25:47.849-05:002009-11-03T19:25:47.849-05:00And wow, Nat, if this is your favorite Streep perf...And wow, Nat, if this is your favorite Streep perf and it didn't even win your gold medal in 1990...? You must REALLY love Anjelica Huston in <em>The Grifters</em>...adam k.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13485604493059621307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-58876893132269445892009-11-03T19:24:54.224-05:002009-11-03T19:24:54.224-05:00The commentary is amazing. Anyone who loves this ...The commentary is amazing. Anyone who loves this film really owes it to himself to just buy the DVD and have the commentary on hand at all times. <br /><br />It's a very cheap DVD and a great bargain.adam k.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13485604493059621307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-33579067315176998212009-11-03T17:02:47.749-05:002009-11-03T17:02:47.749-05:00I love the interaction between Aretha, the roommat...I love the interaction between Aretha, the roommate, and Doris.<br /><br />"I think my parents were expecting someone black."<br />"Are you black?"<br />"....No."<br /><br />"I think I'm going to weave a basket now."<br /><br />It's the movie that made me love Meryl Streep.Lenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17021060795270695475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-84554436334682421122009-11-03T15:52:00.462-05:002009-11-03T15:52:00.462-05:00The best part about the film is all the Shirley/Me...The best part about the film is all the Shirley/Meryl stuff. Because, frankly, that's how mothers and daughters are. They drive each other nuts but love one another more than anything. Other than their time on screen, I love:<br /><br />The entire fight with Quaid<br />"I'm not a box! I don't have sides, this is it! One side fits all"<br /><br />And when Suzanne overhears the costume director talking about her weight - Meryl is fantastic without saying a word.<br /><br />Adam K.- You're so right; the commentary is GOLD.KTibbs617https://www.blogger.com/profile/00445549357901169458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-61335399250142412792009-11-03T15:46:37.652-05:002009-11-03T15:46:37.652-05:00Hey Nathaniel have u ever notice around the end of...Hey Nathaniel have u ever notice around the end of MacLaine's "I'm Still Here" performance, there's a glimpse of an Oscar statue on a bookcase. I find it fascinating that maybe perhaps it was Shirley's Oscar. Haha that's all, and I love this film also!Kennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00228072728172667186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-42007447584826584022009-11-03T15:25:04.826-05:002009-11-03T15:25:04.826-05:00I completeley AGREE*I completeley AGREE*Fernando Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01910646761117970758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-9791472510476786762009-11-03T15:24:01.607-05:002009-11-03T15:24:01.607-05:00I completely with ADELUTZA:
This is Meryl's b...I completely with ADELUTZA:<br /><br />This is Meryl's best performance ever and the best picture she's ever been in.<br /><br />But the best damn thing about it is the Meryl-Shirley relationship, you know thwe "un-chemical" chemistry...Fernando Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01910646761117970758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-58338755383097635552009-11-03T15:11:46.108-05:002009-11-03T15:11:46.108-05:00anon 2:53 i've often thought that. She's b...<b>anon 2:53</b> i've often thought that. She's been snubbed as often as she's been nominated. If she were beloved, she'd have a tally nearing Bergman/Bette Davis levels really given the type of roles she's had and the films she's been in.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-54035562709778425422009-11-03T14:58:54.024-05:002009-11-03T14:58:54.024-05:00The only reason I can't even put together to e...The only reason I can't even put together to explain Shirley MacLaine's unforgivable snub is a vote splitting between Lead and Supporting categories(Shirley was nominated as lead at the Baftas and as supporting at the golden globes). <br />She is co-lead with Streep and this was in 1990, when category frauds weren't usual as they are nowadays and the "rule" that two actresses from the same movie cannot be nominated in the best actress category was only established after Thelma & Louise.Victor Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10829079954878388921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-33301974301411238052009-11-03T14:53:46.940-05:002009-11-03T14:53:46.940-05:00Maybe Shirley MacLaine isn't that beloved as o...Maybe Shirley MacLaine isn't that beloved as one may think? She was also snubbed for The Children's Hour, Madame Sousatzka (the only Globe winner for Dramatic Actress not to get an Oscar nod until Winslet this year, and it's not really comparable because she won anyway) and couldn't get any traction for her comeback role in In Her Shoes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-24651209357503967172009-11-03T14:44:21.150-05:002009-11-03T14:44:21.150-05:00Love this film! It's in my top 5 Streep perfor...Love this film! It's in my top 5 Streep performances :)Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04338057799844765711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-27801568846424586192009-11-03T14:21:27.457-05:002009-11-03T14:21:27.457-05:00"Well was it a viral love? Kind of a 24 hour ..."Well was it a viral love? Kind of a 24 hour thing?"<br /><br />One of Streep's best. Suzanne is so sardonic and quick that the darker moments especially sting. Great depiction of a recovering addict. MacLaine wasn't nominated because her character wasn't obviously likeable.... and they didn't get that the "campy grandiloquence" was in service of the character and not MacLaine overdoing it.... My thoughts anyway.Terrific film, Fisher deserves better work than Sorority Row.<br /><br />- Sean C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-12996215513211536532009-11-03T13:57:55.145-05:002009-11-03T13:57:55.145-05:00Here's 1990 noms for supporting actress
WHOO...Here's 1990 noms for supporting actress<br /><br /> WHOOPI GOLDBERG in "Ghost", Annette Bening in "The Grifters", Lorraine Bracco in "GoodFellas", Diane Ladd in "Wild at Heart", Mary McDonnell in "Dances With Wolves"<br /><br />yeah, what were they thinking! Probably that they were giving the award to Whoopi and couldn't have another comedy. who knows!? Shirley should be on that list for sure. <br /><br />I can't believe Mary MeDonne in DNACES WITH WOLVESll! Do white Americans really believe that Native Americans look like white people with blown out New Jersey hair. That's a scandal!Chris Na Tarajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06545312034833563234noreply@blogger.com