tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449435543689622165.post1752181758922045609..comments2024-02-15T01:05:07.101-08:00Comments on The Smoking Pen: Guest Post: The Fury.M. Hufstaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08710221415534490058noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449435543689622165.post-70783945599670170432017-11-18T05:47:10.090-08:002017-11-18T05:47:10.090-08:00Invest in Ripple on eToro the World’s Best Social ...<a href="http://forex.syntaxlinks.com/r/eToroRipple" rel="nofollow"><b>Invest in Ripple on eToro</b></a> the World’s Best Social Trading Network...<br /><br />Join 1,000,000's who have already found easier methods for investing in Ripple.<br /><br />Learn from established eToro traders <b>or copy their orders automatically!</b>Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449435543689622165.post-42867417264216217402012-05-19T10:30:43.194-07:002012-05-19T10:30:43.194-07:00Y'know, I didn't want to trash Stevens, si...Y'know, I didn't want to trash Stevens, since it's not like I'm an actor, nor have I been asked to portray a teen who's been driven mad by a domineering sociopath.<br /><br />Amy Irving hits a soft spot for me: I liked her in Carrie, she was great in some movie with Richard Dreyfuss about competitive piano-players, and she was quite the cutie in her day. Oh, and Steven Spielberg ditched her for Kate Capshaw, so she has that going for her as well...<br /><br />Thank you, Melissa! I just hope I made a worthy contribution to Hufstader's quality work!Thaddeushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17414047155226211676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449435543689622165.post-59613167026132684432012-05-15T23:19:25.807-07:002012-05-15T23:19:25.807-07:00I always thought Amy Irving was an odd bird. And A...I always thought Amy Irving was an odd bird. And Andrew Stevens is just plain bad. So for the two of them to feature so prominently in this alongside Kirk Douglas and not come off looking like frozen spaghetti is a wonder in and of itself. Is it DePalma's direction or did they for once in their D-List careers rise to the occasion? Whatever the answer, this movie was good and I enjoyed all the performances. I love a good genre mash-up. <br /><br />Excellent guest post. I always love reading your comments here.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443736284850057306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449435543689622165.post-50333433255076954342012-05-12T07:38:10.391-07:002012-05-12T07:38:10.391-07:00Thanks, Craig. There's a lot to like here. Dou...Thanks, Craig. There's a lot to like here. Douglas wows with his easy charm, to the point I wonder if the part was written for him.<br /><br />The shifts in tone are interesting. They're an important part of the movie, and I figure the contrast may be the reason why the film's not more popular. I can't find many other flaws that would put people off; nor did that actually ruin the experience for me.<br /><br />I'm glad that Hufstader was up for it!Thaddeushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17414047155226211676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449435543689622165.post-46042835784731797382012-05-11T22:15:25.227-07:002012-05-11T22:15:25.227-07:00I really quite like this movie - and it's prec...I really quite like this movie - and it's precisely BECAUSE of the weird vibe and the genrebending from action thiller to paranormal drama. There's no other movie quite like it - although there are any number of pairs of movies that you could mash together to be something like it - Marathon Man mashed with Carrie, for example. I think the weird vibe started in John Farris's novel first - since it mixed the same action thriller with paranormal drama - but added more teen angst and sex to make it an even more heady concoction. My favorite sequence in the whole movie is when Peter breaks in on the apartment with the two middle aged geezers and the old lady - to this day I still quote that scene when the world is mean: "The milk of human kindness has dried up at the tit!"<br /><br />Great crossover blog mashup (kinda like The Fury!) - would love to see more! Cheers!Craig Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06037542638067599437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449435543689622165.post-20738360545304283742012-05-11T15:49:50.379-07:002012-05-11T15:49:50.379-07:00Thank you! Of all the bloggers in all the blogs of...Thank you! Of all the bloggers in all the blogs of... f it, our dear Hufstader was the only one I wanted to do criss-cross reviews with.<br /><br />It would be easy to dislike this picture - the same way I didn't quite buy Vertigo when I saw it (for casually demeaning women, mostly). Yet one of the big problems I find in film fans is that they don't understand that the director of a movie is very important. And Brian De Palma, for all his continuity gaffes in The Untouchables, or his shameless bi-sexual dream-girl MTV-style-fantasizing in Femme Fatale, is still a quality director who deserves attention. That might be reason enough to watch.<br /><br />And, yes, I am very excited to see her take, too!Thaddeushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17414047155226211676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449435543689622165.post-55256079274170134472012-05-11T15:34:25.524-07:002012-05-11T15:34:25.524-07:00Great work, Thaddeus. This movie seems like someth...Great work, Thaddeus. This movie seems like something I'd probably hate (I'm pretty much a jerk), but I think I'll give it a shot sometime, regardless.<br /><br />Loved the review and am anticipating M's take.m.brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14457418128925003938noreply@blogger.com