tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post5348850906836105568..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Babs PosterizedNATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-51177572847141309562011-01-01T10:32:17.630-05:002011-01-01T10:32:17.630-05:00I have seen them all except "All Night Long&q...I have seen them all except "All Night Long" (it's hard to find that one).<br /><br />Her performance as Fanny Brice is superb! After playing the role on Broadway and London she played on the screen like a glove, perfect!<br /><br />I have a soft spot for On A Clear Day... it's a bit camp-ish, but I like her playing two roles... being regal as an english lady and a loose coocko ny florist.<br /><br />Her 70s performances are great, especially in the comedy field (What's Up Doc by far the best)... I'm still amazed how good she was in Funny Lady (that movie sucks).<br /><br />Although A Star Is Born was her biggest hit until Meet the Fockers, I don't like her performance in the movie (although the live musical sequences are AMAZING! I can't believe she didn't tour in the 70s, her voice was out of this world sniff sniff).<br />The script makes me cringe (I love you, I hate you... If you die I'll kill you WTF BABS!?)<br /><br />After the whole A Star Is Born experience with the fights between her and the director and the backlash she got from Hollywood for being a woman producer/composer/actress (and some say she ended up directing the movie lol) her movie career slowed down and it's a pity! I think Streisand the actor never soared... I do believe she can go much further than being a star actress.<br /><br />To bad she turned down "Bagdad Cafe", "The White Hotel", "Sheltering Sky" and the three Jane Fonda movies "They Shoot Horses", "Klute" & "Julia" and the prospect of working with Bergman on "The Merry Widow" (they had an issue with the script).<br /><br />I feel there's a need of approval from the audience towards Barbra... she has to be the underdog that makes it, the rising star, the troubled maniac who conquers your heart... to bad she never played a vilan for example.<br />I think this stems from her childhood and unfortunately now it's a bit late to grab those juicy roles.<br /><br />Ok, this is getting long... I went to the movies to see "Little Fockers"... it sucks! At times it's funny, but it's a shame that such a powerhouse of talent (Streisand, Hoffman, DeNiro and Keitel) are left with shitty lines.<br /><br />Barbra & Dustin do have a strong chemistry on screen and they should have had made a movie back in the day.<br /><br />I've read that Barbra is thinking about doing a road movie with Seth Rogen called "My Mother's Curse" and is planning to direct in the future... I hope she still has a few acting cards up her sleeve.AmaliaPorAmorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17893875175444981698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-69224166927865332272010-04-28T15:23:04.244-04:002010-04-28T15:23:04.244-04:00I saw nine of them, so I´m gay (:
What's Up D...I saw nine of them, so I´m gay (:<br /><br />What's Up Doc?<br />The Way We Were<br />Funny Girl<br />Yentl<br />A Star is Born<br />The Prince of Tides<br />Nuts<br />The Mirror Has Two Faces<br />Meet the Fockers<br /><br />I think her best performance was in "Nuts". She should do another one "Still nuts?".Steolicioushttp://moviearena.forum-aktiv.com/movie-allgemein-f7/365-filme-in-365-tagen-start-5-april-2010-t2251.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-51467742621803929082010-04-26T16:38:10.922-04:002010-04-26T16:38:10.922-04:0010 of 17, but I've seen all of the major ones,...10 of 17, but I've seen all of the major ones, at least.<br /><br /><i>What's Up, Doc?</i> is my favorite by far - one of my all-time favorite comedies, period. And though it's not one of her best, I have a weakness for <i>Yentl</i> (or a weakness for naked Mandy Patinkin).<br /><br />I'll see the next <i>Fockers</i>, if only because I love seeing her act in a comedy. But I'll probably wait til Netflix has it.Chip Chandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03696803541107190012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-52570552238115313272010-04-26T09:46:49.103-04:002010-04-26T09:46:49.103-04:00I've only seen 11 of the 17 - but some are pre...I've only seen 11 of the 17 - but some are pretty awful like "All Night Long."<br /><br />Best performance - The Way We Were. She should have won that year - i have not problem with glenda jackson not winning.<br /><br />Strong Runners up: Funny Girl & what's up doc. <br /><br />Awful / but i still kind of like it: Yentl - papa can you hear me? <br /><br />only 17 movies over 42 years and she is one of movies biggest stars.jimmynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-44541550381491364902010-04-26T01:23:02.295-04:002010-04-26T01:23:02.295-04:00Streisand would have been great in "Prime&quo...Streisand would have been great in "Prime" (not that Streep wasn't good). A role like that would work for her.Cinesnatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00244752542602944093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-34297988214531056552010-04-26T01:15:58.557-04:002010-04-26T01:15:58.557-04:00as an actress, IMO Streisand peaked with Funny Gir...as an actress, IMO Streisand peaked with Funny Girl and kept going downhill from there.... her personal persona is so strong, I can never believe her in the roles she plays. I never cried at They Way We Were and never laughed at her comedies... I will see the next Frocker movie because I have seen them all... but I really did not like the last one... both Hoffman and Streisand were irritating to me, especially Hoffman.Ricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-40234236091895889952010-04-25T23:49:21.942-04:002010-04-25T23:49:21.942-04:00OMG she would be really incredible in SUNSET BOULE...OMG she would be really incredible in SUNSET BOULEVARD! Or actually, i heard that Sondheim wrote the Witch in INTO THE WOODS for her. Could you imagine. And how come she's never been mama Rose in GYPSY! Bring Barbara back to musicals!!!Chris Na Tarajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06545312034833563234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-65658048990878501632010-04-25T22:56:39.981-04:002010-04-25T22:56:39.981-04:00Have seen all 17. It's hard to pick the best. ...Have seen all 17. It's hard to pick the best. For the best display of all her talents it would have to be Funny Girl. Dramatically it's The Way We Were and for comedy What's Up Doc?. But in almost all her films she has excellent moments even the odd Up the Sandbox. The perfect film for her at this point would be Sunset Boulevard as long as she had a strong director, not herself.<br />The Focker films are kind of dumb but she makes it worth the trip to the theatre.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-83569886036639479402010-04-25T20:21:50.953-04:002010-04-25T20:21:50.953-04:00No, Nate, I don't really like her at all excep...No, Nate, I don't really like her at all except in Funny Girl.<br /><br />And she didn't deserve that Oscar. Hepburn was better, and they didn't even nominate Mia Farrow for Rosemary's Baby.<br /><br />Mecha-Streisand was a genius South Park episode.Andrew R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08656464274438644356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-29043074230858200802010-04-25T19:48:49.359-04:002010-04-25T19:48:49.359-04:00On a Clear Day, What's Up Doc?, The Way We Wer...On a Clear Day, What's Up Doc?, The Way We Were (my favorite) and her last four.Cinesnatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00244752542602944093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-42788437109096498742010-04-25T17:50:15.001-04:002010-04-25T17:50:15.001-04:00One and it's...(yikes) Meet the Fockers. I thi...One and it's...(yikes) Meet the Fockers. I think both "I'd want to see her act" and "I wouldn't want to meet her in person." If I wouldn't want to meet her in person, why would I want to watch her films? Because, well, Woody Allen may be a nasty man, but I wouldn't want to cut myself off from good/great movies. (She thinks South Park is "cynical" just because it plays on a perceieved egotism in her public persona? Congrats for proving their point.)Volvagianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-72522778704450168512010-04-25T13:51:32.232-04:002010-04-25T13:51:32.232-04:00Seen eight in their entirety and bits of another f...Seen eight in their entirety and bits of another five. Would like to check out <i>For Pete's Sake</i> and <i>Nuts</i>.<br /><br />Favorite performance: <i>The Way We Were</i>.<br /><br />To fock or not to fock: I'm in.<br /><br />And if the option is supporting roles or (almost) no roles...Paul Outlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14223551781533342142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-4289281334204018262010-04-25T13:24:06.848-04:002010-04-25T13:24:06.848-04:00I agree with Stefano, MEET THE FAULKERS was medioc...I agree with Stefano, MEET THE FAULKERS was mediocre, and at some points painfully not funny. Glad to hear Babs is returning to film, but not interested in seeing it.Chris Na Tarajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06545312034833563234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-83063974732470084982010-04-25T13:21:51.439-04:002010-04-25T13:21:51.439-04:00I think I've only seen 5 or 6 of her movies fu...I think I've only seen 5 or 6 of her movies fully. <br /><br />My favorite is FUNNY GIRL, but I also liked THE MAIN EVENT.<br /><br />Her film career also started to fade once she began producing and directing herself. I saw YENTL for the first time fully recently, and I liked it at first, but she soon became unbearable and boring. she needs other directors and editors.<br /><br />You think that she would get the hint to continue doing comedy.Chris Na Tarajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06545312034833563234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-78440598157494806022010-04-25T13:02:15.842-04:002010-04-25T13:02:15.842-04:00I've seen 16 out of 17 - I haven't seen Me...I've seen 16 out of 17 - I haven't seen Meet the Fockers.<br /><br />My favorites are:<br />On a Clear Day<br />Funny Girl<br />Yentl<br /><br />I like the ones best when she sings - otherwise we're not seeing her best asset - and the ones that are more comic than dramatic.<br /><br />On a Clear Day has great songs, which she does beautifully, wonderful 1960s outfits, the charming Yves Montand as romantic lead, and Jack Nicholson as her sitar-playing stepbrother. What fun.adrinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-63347805079281217472010-04-25T13:00:33.796-04:002010-04-25T13:00:33.796-04:00@Laika... I hereby decree you a genius. And I here...@Laika... I hereby decree you a genius. And I hereby offer the studio my editing skills free of charge to retool that movie to be the Blythe & Babs show.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-74321314391986257072010-04-25T12:50:08.244-04:002010-04-25T12:50:08.244-04:00I've grown to love Barbra over the years, but ...I've grown to love Barbra over the years, but she does tend to devour the screen, and she has right from the start. I mean, the Funny Girl performance is amazing, but the film hasn't got anyone who can stand up to her and spar with her a little, so it ends up feeling like a one woman show. That's part of the reason, I think, that the whole thing starts to drag so badly in the second hour - she's most interesting when her character needs to fight for attention. <br /><br />I like her best in 'Up the Sandbox' - Babs as the downtrodden housewife, or, even better, Babs as a Black Panther, planting bombs in the Statue of Liberty. She seems to be having so much fun playing off her own image in that film. It captures the side of her I like the best, the Fanny Brice-ish side, needing to stick a cushion up her bridal gown to explode the banal expectations we have of our actresses. <br /><br />That's why I'll always have affection for her turn in 'Meet the Fockers'; however clumsy the film is, it was the first sign of that Streisand we'd seen since the early eighties, peeking out from behind Serious Barbra. I say, bring on the sequel. In fact, dump the rest of the cast - just have Babs and Blythe Danner getting wasted on overproof rum and making prank calls to Jennifer Anniston and Kristen Stewart, Serial Mom style.<br /><br />And now I'm going to have the theme for 'The Main Event' stuck in my head all day.Laikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06440073181249211138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-61907348741395417362010-04-25T09:48:01.968-04:002010-04-25T09:48:01.968-04:008 or 9 (part of one more), and it has to be What&#...8 or 9 (part of one more), and it has to be What's Up Doc? That's one of the best comedies ever made, and it wouldn't be the same film without her.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07607567799469685872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-12734008395074050212010-04-25T09:40:24.878-04:002010-04-25T09:40:24.878-04:00It appears I've only seen 3 of these, I though...It appears I've only seen 3 of these, I thought there were more. I may have seen The Owl & the Pussycat and forgotten it. The ones I'm sure of are <br /><br />What's Up Doc<br />The Way We Were<br />Hello Dolly<br /><br />I love the first two of these <i>very</i> much, but I think The Way We Were is the probably the best performance.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05061313079120981794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-51756886648390093452010-04-25T09:39:25.322-04:002010-04-25T09:39:25.322-04:00What's Up Doc? is a masterpiece. And even if I...<i>What's Up Doc?</i> is a masterpiece. And even if I might be alone in this, I loved <i>Hello Dolly</i> too.adelutzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01500491363721543846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-35124296862366427282010-04-25T09:31:44.821-04:002010-04-25T09:31:44.821-04:00I haven't seen really any of them, weirdly. We...I haven't seen really any of them, weirdly. Well, I've seen The Way We Were, Yentl and Meet the Fockers), but that's the lot. Missing a lot of the big ones. I do love her as a singer, though. I really need to remedy the gaps in her filmography.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799819596737745643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-22658037157210387782010-04-25T09:18:00.298-04:002010-04-25T09:18:00.298-04:00I haven't seen enough! I need to remedy that b...I haven't seen enough! I need to remedy that because she is incredible. <i>Funny Girl</i> is one of the three greatest Best Actress wins ever.Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08194113062830373898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-92140990043794794662010-04-25T08:43:58.212-04:002010-04-25T08:43:58.212-04:00Andrew R ... i usually find that people who don...Andrew R ... i usually find that people who don't like her haven't seen her earliest comedies. but maybe there are exceptions ;)NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-46125180621615306702010-04-25T08:17:03.438-04:002010-04-25T08:17:03.438-04:00Not a lot. I'm not sure whether to count all t...Not a lot. I'm not sure whether to count all the movies I've only seen parts of or not. Plus, I don't really like her.<br /><br />My favorite performance? That South Park episode.Andrew R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08656464274438644356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-47538871953405999162010-04-25T08:00:08.239-04:002010-04-25T08:00:08.239-04:001) I watched 7 movies...I'm afraid I can't...1) I watched 7 movies...I'm afraid I can't say I'm big fan<br /><br />2) It's weird, actually<br /><br />3) my favorite is THE WAY WE WERE (that IMHO should have garnerded Barbra another Oscar...I've never understood what they found so special about Jackson in A TOUCH OF CLASS...even if I agree with her previous victory for WOMEN IN LOVE!)<br /><br />4) I liked MEET THE PARENTS, not so much the sequel, so I have not so much expectations regarding the third one...<br /><br />mirkoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com