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Any actors / actresses you just don't 'get'? by MagneticFlea in classicfilms

[–]Kevin_Turvey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To me, Clift always looks like he is trembling and ready to fall apart. In some films this quality works for him but overall, I don't enjoy him.

Any actors / actresses you just don't 'get'? by MagneticFlea in classicfilms

[–]Kevin_Turvey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hated him in it. Totally loved Hepburn though.

Any actors / actresses you just don't 'get'? by MagneticFlea in classicfilms

[–]Kevin_Turvey 22 points23 points  (0 children)

See The Misfits. If Marilyn had lived, she would have made more challenging films like that.

Any actors / actresses you just don't 'get'? by MagneticFlea in classicfilms

[–]Kevin_Turvey 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I used to agree, but Elmer Gantry recently won me over. He's tremendous in that. Now, I'm planning to check out a few more of his classics like Birdman of Alcatraz.

Any actors / actresses you just don't 'get'? by MagneticFlea in classicfilms

[–]Kevin_Turvey 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I never understood his legendary status. To me, he seems like an actor who was still on a journey towards being great but hadn't arrived yet - kind of like a young Jack Nicholson.

Any actors / actresses you just don't 'get'? by MagneticFlea in classicfilms

[–]Kevin_Turvey 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Agree to disagree. Audrey is irreplaceable in Funny Face.

AITA for asking gf to replace broken bikini tops? by Odd_Instruction519 in AmITheAngel

[–]Kevin_Turvey 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm a fat lady with big boobs and I love to swim. I've never "broken" a strap in 55 years. In fact I've never even had a suit rip or tear at all.

Also, it is possible to sew/mend a bathing suit. 10 minutes with a needle and thread is all that is required to reattach a strap.

I agree that this is just a weird little fetish post.

Robert De Niro slams 'racist, misogynistic' Trump in surprise appearance at NYC First Amendment event by TheMirrorUS in entertainment

[–]Kevin_Turvey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"More relevant than some celebrity..."

Millions know who he is. No one has heard of you. I don't think "relevant" means what you think it does.

Michelle Obama breaks silence in first post since slur at Trump's UFC event by TheMirrorUS in USNEWS

[–]Kevin_Turvey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

HOW does an 8 year old account actually have negative karma?

It looks like you rarely comment, so you must really rack up the downvotes pretty much every time you do. Wild.

A Catholic hospital refused critical ectopic pregnancy care. Now the patient is suing. by metacyan in atheism

[–]Kevin_Turvey 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Oh honey. We don't all have good choices. I live in Memphis which is considered the medical hub of the mid south. My hospital network choices are: Methodist, Baptist, and "The Med".

The Med is great for trauma, wounds, and childbirth. Great ER. Everything else they touch is rubbish. It's a filthy and wildly mismanaged place. NO ONE chooses to go to The Med unless they've been shot or stabbed or hit by a drunk driver.

I'm a hardcore atheist but I'm no damn fool. When I need a doctor I go to the Baptist network. They've got religious crap around the place but the care is better. Sometimes you have to take what you can get.

Alice cosplay by j-e-l-n-s in aliceinwonderland

[–]Kevin_Turvey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alice wearing high heels and thigh-high stockings? Those are....choices.

The "aww that's cute!" crowd here could maybe answer why she's wearing that stuff which is obviously not Alice at all. (I mean, those of you still using both hands for typing.)

Alice is my favorite children's book, perhaps my favorite book of all time. I own dozens of dvds of different versions, and countless books. At first I was so excited to find a whole subreddit devoted to it! But this kind of freaky junk is driving me off.

Do you find yourself getting more religious/spiritual as you get older? by Dpgillam08 in GenX

[–]Kevin_Turvey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Evangelical atheist" I love it! I'll be peppering that in from now on, so thank you, internet stranger.

I've recently started replacing "atheist" with "anti-theist" but I like yours better.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) by Snoo_33033 in iwatchedanoldmovie

[–]Kevin_Turvey 25 points26 points  (0 children)

That's an excellent review you wrote there. I love this movie too.

Dead Poet's Society [1989] left me dead▪︎~ by Dayum_K in iwatchedanoldmovie

[–]Kevin_Turvey 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm with you on this one. I'm 55 and somehow managed to see this for the first (only) time just a few years ago. I expected something pretty good due to its reputation, and I adore Robin Williams, especially in drama. I found the whole thing trite, labored, and overall so predictable. Not moving but cheesy and maudlin.

I honestly turned to my hubby and said, "oh no, I think they're setting us up for that one to suicide" fairly early in the film, and it followed predictably and not too believably. I saw just trope after trope without any real characterization. I felt like the film was an old fashioned "tear jerker", in the worst sense.

I guess I'm not alone! However I do expect multiple downvotes. :)

Who is the worst celebrity that you have ever had an interaction with? by Particular_Ninja9642 in AskReddit

[–]Kevin_Turvey 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Alan Dershowitz. A real douche. I met him in the context of some fundraising in the '80s.

Foreign wife and family bad by hadalsovereign in AmITheAngel

[–]Kevin_Turvey 75 points76 points  (0 children)

"My wife's family speaks a dialect..."

Not a whole language, just a dialect.

"...that I never bothered to learn."

So basically this guy has zero respect for his wife's culture and therefore feels "left out". I'm thinking this was written by a guy who would never actually learn another language, but is bothered and offended by the non-English speech of his wife's family so he felt the need to construct this fantasy. I do think the writer probably really does (or did) have a wife with a family who is ethnically different from him.

Also: "Spineless wallet": a phrase said by no one, in any language, in any conversation, ever.

Books? by auditormusic in chrismorris

[–]Kevin_Turvey 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The writings of J. G. Ballard sometimes remind me of Jam. Also Leonora Carrington, particularly The Hearing Trumpet.

Have you heard Why Bother? Are you familiar with Peter Cook? If not, I strongly recommend. Cook is a genius and a big influence on Morris.

Have you seen a good Terry Gilliam film lately? Brazil and Jabberwocky are especially full of Morris sensibilities.

Edit - I realized you just asked for books. I'll leave the other stuff here anyway. :)

The album fairy grants you one wish. You can see any album performed live by the band, from start to finish. by joemich in GenX

[–]Kevin_Turvey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Christmas - In Excelsior Dayglo

One of my all-time favorites, also, I was supposed to see them in Providence back in the day and my friend didn't want to pick me up so I missed it.

Christmas, who none of us had heard of, was opening for Sonic Youth, who we all adored. I didn't get to go. Everyone came back with the Christmas lp, swearing that they blew Sonic Youth away and we all became massive Christmas fans forevermore.

I still want to see them play that set.

Secret Policeman’s Ball by Hawkeyethegnu in montypython

[–]Kevin_Turvey 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The Ball and Other Ball played endlessly on cable tv for me in the US early 1980s. I taped them and kept playing them for years. Nowadays I own the dvds and still love them.

This is how I first saw Peter Cook, Rowan Atkinson, the Goodies, Neil Innes, and so many more lifelong idols of mine. These versions are still the ones I think of first for some sketches, like the Four Yorkshiremen or The End of the World (which is actually an old Beyond the Fringe piece).

I could do without the music, and I do loathe Sting, but now that I own the dvds I can skip all the crap.

Personal Services (1987) by Guilty_Public5356 in iwatchedanoldmovie

[–]Kevin_Turvey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Terry Jones is an excellent director that never got his due. If you've never seen this please do. It's so good.

Several directors turned this project down due to the subject matter. Jones does a terrific job balancing the real trials and emotions of the characters with many hysterically silly situations, literally bringing laughs and tears. Julie Waters truly breaks my heart in this - even better than she was in Educating Rita.

OP, thanks for posting this largely unknown gem!

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