tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post8929854675061765832..comments2024-03-29T08:45:57.792-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): How Do We Feel About Biopics?pattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-72687081121215688822008-12-05T12:22:00.000-05:002008-12-05T12:22:00.000-05:00Hi PattiI've been away, but how about YANKEE DOODL...Hi Patti<BR/><BR/>I've been away, but how about YANKEE DOODLE DANDYJoe Bolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10008843373798248009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-16996834865196894412008-12-01T08:25:00.000-05:002008-12-01T08:25:00.000-05:00The Last Time is a new one for me. Have to check i...The Last Time is a new one for me. Have to check it out as my husband's writing on Kerouac as we speak.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-79123141499134584682008-11-30T23:03:00.000-05:002008-11-30T23:03:00.000-05:00NIXON and RING OF FIRE come to mind. I also liked ...NIXON and RING OF FIRE come to mind. I also liked THE LAST TIME I COMMITTED SUICIDE, about Neal Cassady and when I looked the movie title up I discovered that there's supposed to be another Neal Cassady biopic coming out this year. I have a weakness for these kinds of movies.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-4149447396923528722008-11-30T22:59:00.000-05:002008-11-30T22:59:00.000-05:00Maybe more an historipic?Maybe more an historipic?pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-41423086795200851742008-11-30T22:30:00.000-05:002008-11-30T22:30:00.000-05:00"Malcolm X" was good.Another good biopic with a De..."Malcolm X" was good.<BR/><BR/>Another good biopic with a Detroit connection is "Net Worth," about the Red wings' Ted Lindsay fight to start the NHL Players Association. A real picture of the 1950's.<BR/><BR/>Would you call "Eight Men Out" a biopic?John McFetridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442198820998606682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-2895083388948682752008-11-30T19:51:00.000-05:002008-11-30T19:51:00.000-05:00These last suggestions, and I loved all of them, a...These last suggestions, and I loved all of them, are about people who we are not so familiar with and maybe not living exemplary lives. Maybe that's the thing. We don't want to see evocations of perfect people. We want a life with gray and black as well as white patches. <BR/>I wonder if Van Sant had filmed bits of Milk's first forty years, which he said were not praiseworthy, would his last years would have seemed less white.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-65258478866009684682008-11-30T18:57:00.000-05:002008-11-30T18:57:00.000-05:00I thought Chaplin was excellentI thought Chaplin was excellentGary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-38552974407677127462008-11-30T18:55:00.000-05:002008-11-30T18:55:00.000-05:00AMERICAN SPLENDOR, while not strictly a biopic, di...AMERICAN SPLENDOR, while not strictly a biopic, did a lot of interesting things with the form, and captured the core of Harvey Pekar. THE ELEPHANT MAN? ED WOOD? Probably not biopics either...Ray Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04981352396421812729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-14301793961970183462008-11-30T18:52:00.000-05:002008-11-30T18:52:00.000-05:00I think the less we know about the subject, the be...I think the less we know about the subject, the better we will find the movie. I do want to see W. La Vie En Rose was perfect since I knew very little about her. Actually all of the mentioned movies here were great.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-77670578626879318732008-11-30T18:50:00.000-05:002008-11-30T18:50:00.000-05:00I have no idea why this post posted itself today. ...I have no idea why this post posted itself today. And it went up with Ali's last name wrong. As I told him, if a name can be mispelled, I will find it.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-21835118293645749652008-11-30T17:29:00.000-05:002008-11-30T17:29:00.000-05:00LA VIE EN ROSE. Beautiful and non-linear.An essen...LA VIE EN ROSE. Beautiful and non-linear.<BR/><BR/>An essential piece of information was not revealed until the end.Naomi Hiraharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16933578894513518349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-18741729979151074652008-11-30T17:23:00.000-05:002008-11-30T17:23:00.000-05:00Raging Bull is about the only biopic that was brav...Raging Bull is about the only biopic that was brave enough to throw away the sympathetic character and actually showed the real person behind the storySteve Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747911304010686713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-91144546030075635692008-11-30T15:58:00.000-05:002008-11-30T15:58:00.000-05:00I generally agree with your family about biopics, ...I generally agree with your family about biopics, although I hear MILK is different. Most of them show a troubled youth, great talent beset by demons (preferably drugs if an entertainer) then a happy ending that takes place wherever it need to in order to be a happy ending. RAY comes to mind; highly overrated.<BR/><BR/>CATCH ME IF YOU CAN comes to mind as a good one. Fun, but it didn't dress up the damage Abegnale did to others, and how it effected him. The best part is, he turned out all right, and the movie didn't make a big deal of it. Well balanced.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-65994802565182063172008-11-30T15:14:00.000-05:002008-11-30T15:14:00.000-05:00I liked confessions of a dangerous mind and Domino...I liked confessions of a dangerous mind and Domino.Paul D Brazillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881642426845398389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-19266320128216849422008-11-30T14:39:00.000-05:002008-11-30T14:39:00.000-05:00Speaking of Josh Brolin, I thought W. was a surpri...Speaking of Josh Brolin, I thought W. was a surprisingly decent biopic. Some of the Bush administration were caricatured, but the movie didn't beat up on GWB as much as it might have, and actually portrayed him to have a few admirable virtues and endearing flaws, none of which ultimately saved him from a tragic presidency.<BR/><BR/>The movie wasn't as black and white as I thought it would be.<BR/><BR/>Why is this post dated Dec. 3, by the way? : ) I have 11/30 by my calendar. That would put you, like 72 time zones away?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-46760162391515422192008-11-30T13:45:00.000-05:002008-11-30T13:45:00.000-05:00I liked AVIATOR, actually. There were several poi...I liked AVIATOR, actually. There were several points where DiCaprio just vanished and let Howard Hughes do the talking, particularly during the Senate hearings and when Hughes went off on Katherine Hepburn's family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com