Romantic comedy single guy decision for marriage proposal
Added 6/13/2009
This movie has special meaning in my life....in 1967 after my BOYFRIEND and I saw this movie he ASKED ME TO MARRY HIM....AND I SAID I WOULD CONSIDER IT....Our story became a lifelong committment on June 8, 1968 when we were married....When I watch this film it brings all those lovely memories back..I love the movie and so does he.
Provides single guys with good reasons to marry!!
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The Wolf Speaks
Added 5/12/2009
What's it all about? For who, is the question. Caine plays the architypical tomcat who takes the yearning for sexual conquest and utter freedom from commitment to it's farthest yet most logical conclusion in this very entertaining drama/comedy that has the unique feature of having a main character often directly address the viewers even as other characters on the screen casually go about their business right next to him. It's intriguing work and is nothing if not a philosophical treatise on the nature of man's conflict between his drive for sexual play and true intimacy. In this day of PC and careful where you tread in dealing with women, this movie breaks all the rules by modern standards (and probably the standards of 40 years ago when it was made, although it could be argued that this is very much a product of the 'sexual revolution'). It's frankness and even coldness have the effect of causing one to question his/her own morality. This movie does not preach but it certainly leaves one with something to think about, or perhaps it reaffirms one's own conclusions to some extent on the topic of "what it's all about". For exposing an eternal dilemma and being very entertaining into the bargain, I give this movie 5 stars without hesitation. If however you like your stories morally sanitized, or preachy, this may not be the film for you.
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ALFIE - - - Michael Caine
Added 4/29/2009
Alfie . . .
Truly a 60's classic. I first saw it as a young teenager and have seen it many times over. A real keeper.
The movie was done in a cool way where Alfie speaks his thoughts out loud to us into the camera. . .
There's only one Alfie !
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Another rave
Added 2/26/2009
My wife brought the Michael Caine version home recently. I had never seen it, but had some notion of it as a comedy about a love 'em and leave 'em cad. Whoa, was I wrong. Comedy? Holy smokes!! This is a tragedy of the most classic type, a fatally flawed man who never ever ever sees how his flaw causes so much pain. Alfie follows his flaw wherever it leads, which is disaster after disaster. There are some laughs along the way, but this is the tale of a morally repellent, fabulously self-justifying sleaze who uses people as needed, yet gets angry and sad when he sees the consequences of such thinking. Powerful stuff. I was amazed.
I know this is the film that made Michael Caine, and I can see why. I have always wondered why he was a star. Films from the same time, The Ipcress File and The Wrong Box have him woodenly lumber around, sucking energy from every scene. But he is absolutely magnetic here, the charming evil that we like and trust and enjoy until we get to see it a bit more closely. But by then we have been stolen from or abandoned or lied to, and we know emotionally just how coarse this man is. What a frightening tale. Almost hard to watch. But oh so worth it.
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DVD Doesn't Work
Added 2/18/2009
I bought this DVD and didn't play it for several months. When I opened it and tried to play it, I constantly got a message "wrong region." Always open and try right away. Amazon's return policies are not that good.
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Romantic comedy single guy decision for marriage proposal
Added 6/13/2009
This movie has special meaning in my life....in 1967 after my BOYFRIEND and I saw this movie he ASKED ME TO MARRY HIM....AND I SAID I WOULD CONSIDER IT....Our story became a lifelong committment on June 8, 1968 when we were married....When I watch this film it brings all those lovely memories back..I love the movie and so does he.
Provides single guys with good reasons to marry!!
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The Wolf Speaks
Added 5/12/2009
What's it all about? For who, is the question. Caine plays the architypical tomcat who takes the yearning for sexual conquest and utter freedom from commitment to it's farthest yet most logical conclusion in this very entertaining drama/comedy that has the unique feature of having a main character often directly address the viewers even as other characters on the screen casually go about their business right next to him. It's intriguing work and is nothing if not a philosophical treatise on the nature of man's conflict between his drive for sexual play and true intimacy. In this day of PC and careful where you tread in dealing with women, this movie breaks all the rules by modern standards (and probably the standards of 40 years ago when it was made, although it could be argued that this is very much a product of the 'sexual revolution'). It's frankness and even coldness have the effect of causing one to question his/her own morality. This movie does not preach but it certainly leaves one with something to think about, or perhaps it reaffirms one's own conclusions to some extent on the topic of "what it's all about". For exposing an eternal dilemma and being very entertaining into the bargain, I give this movie 5 stars without hesitation. If however you like your stories morally sanitized, or preachy, this may not be the film for you.
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ALFIE - - - Michael Caine
Added 4/29/2009
Alfie . . .
Truly a 60's classic. I first saw it as a young teenager and have seen it many times over. A real keeper.
The movie was done in a cool way where Alfie speaks his thoughts out loud to us into the camera. . .
There's only one Alfie !
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