So, yesterday my screenwriting partner Alex and I went to the local multiplex and really enjoyed “Ferrari,” despite the fact it was in a theater where the stadium seating was old enough to have cramped seating. I’ll say this about the movie right off: female readers can surprise the guy in their life by suggesting a Movie Night Out to see “Ferrari,” secure in the fact that they will like it, too.
Yep. You are right on it Tom. A great heads up. Linda saw a bit of a trailer and the Times calender pics. She thinks its worth seeing. She saw the crash and started talking oo nooo why but.. And I told her about Jim Clark. She looked him up and hit an understanding of what the art form itself is and, of course, the underlying danger. It will be a welcome break from all that's hanging over us.
Thanks Tom. Will definitely go see Ferrari. Argylle sounds like a good one too. Whenever I hear the name Enzo it reminds me of a book I love. “The Art of Racing In The Rain” by Garth Stein. A guy that loved racing cars told through his aging dog Enzo. I thought it was a beautiful story that made my eyes very wet, but in a good way.
The name Enzo reminds me of a book that was sent to me that I wound up sitting down and reading in one sitting after reading the first few pages - The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein, told from the POV of a dog named Enzo. I heard it became a movie but haven't seen it. The story is memorable but I haven't gotten around to looking for other books by the author.
I don’t know about Ferrari... I want to like it but secretly hope that they will make a film about the Nash Metropolitan... my favourite car of all time because when I was driving along people would laugh and wave and I felt it was a happy way to move through the world. Also it was the last car I owned that I could look at the engine and actually figure out all the parts.
I was also a big fan of American Motors. I have always preferred inexpensive, sensible, completely unflashy cars, and I learned to drive on a standard (three speeds on the column) Rambler Classic, the first new car my father (who had a theory about buying three-year-old cars every three years) ever bought. the other family car (also new) was a red Datsun, which I used all the time. it was the first Japanese car anybody I knew had ever seen.
that I knew how to use a clutch definitely scored me some coolness points.
trying to teach my friends how to shift gears, however, was a TERRIBLE idea and cost me those same coolness points. and then some.
my dad thought cars were basic transportation (in 1952, my five-person family drove down south in a 1940 Ford Blue Beetle. I was three and resented having to use my little blue potty in the car; in retrospect, it was probably not so great for the rest of the family, which included parents, grandma, great grandma and my "mewling and puking" sister.
the really odd thing is that the next used car my father bought was--and this is funny, so hang on--a Black 1950 Studebaker. it was just the car he liked (he preferred the feisty little car companies) and the price was right. now, of course, whenever I mention the car, people sit up and take notice, assuming my dad was knowledgeable about this kind of thing. he wasn't. and back then, the Studie had not yet reached classic status.
this sounds like a good movie to watch and I'm a big Adam Driver fan (even despite that incredibly boring and utterly unnecessary "Last Duel").
I'll watch 'em all, but I also avoid all movie theaters except the little art house on Austin Street in Kew Gardens, which is completely unchanged since 1956. most movie theaters are too loud and busy. why would you want to have video games in a movie theater? when I go out for an evening, it's usually theatre, and I don't do that very much. I might actually shell out for an opera ticket this year (a great "Wozzeck" and a much-advertised new production of "Carmen," but it's something I do very seldom. Rochelle was a very gifted opera singer (as well as a literary theorist who wrote a dissertation on Proust at the Sorbonne and a terrific professional editor) and finding myself at an opera can be very sad. reading that last sentence back, I realized I was married to a genius.
I've always had mixed feelings about Michael Mann, although I recognize he usually knows what he's doing. for me, his best movie is "Last of the Mohicans." how can you NOT love a movie if Madeline Stowe's in it. I have no idea why or how she never became a megastar.
I haven't seen "Killers of the Flower Moon" yet, but I will as soon as it's renting for a reasonable price. or better, for nothing. I saw "Maestro" and agree with Richard Brody (the "New Yorker's" online guy) that it's finally pretty hollow. but I'll watch Carey Mulligan do anything because she's so good at everything.
uh-oh. I've gotten started on movies. if I don't stop myself...well, you know.
Had seen and enjoyed "Ford vs. Ferrari" so I already wanted to go see "Ferrari," and after your review, I will make it a priority after my job ends in a few weeks. I know that sounds like a strange thing to say, as one should be careful with money when about to lose a full-time job, but in life, you vote for your values by where you spend your hard-earned money, and how you spend your time. No one ever died and had it writ on their grave marker, "Should have spent more time at work," or, "Should have saved up more money." (Though with the cost of traditional funeral services, the latter is possible, but I've made it abundantly clear what my last wishes are.)
"Argylle" sounds like another "must-see," especially with the casting. Admittedly I am generally not much of a movie-goer and with the pandemic stopped going altogether, but in the past certain movies were best experienced on the big screen and worth the fairly high cost. I qualify for the senior discount now, hahahaa...
I don't usually see any movies in theaters. I'm too cheap to spend for the cost of a ticket because I will most likely fall asleep during the film. I'll look forward to seeing Ferrari and Argylle when they come to the small screen 🍿
Loved "Ford vs. Ferrari" and plan to see "Ferrari".
I think I saw your friend Dick Best in Episode 3 of Netflix's documentary "WWII from the Front Lines,"a colorized version using all original footage. I was at about the 10-11 minute mark. He spoke an additional time or two. It was a C+ to B- effort because it omitted too many important turning points and failed to mention Australia at all.
I caught most of the first episode. the narration is worthless, but some of the cleaned-up, colorized footage looks good enough to make you think it was done in a studio. this makes it feel even creepier (the first episode is all Hitler, so creepy is definitely the right word.
Hulu has its own Hitler thing in which they used a bunch of professional lip readers try to figure out what Hitler was saying in old newsreels without sound. apparently, a lot of it is stuff like "so how did I do?" or "I think that was very effective, but it took lots of energy." so Hitler wasn't just human, he was quite conscious he was giving a performance.
on a day full of creepy shit, that last fact is the creepiest of all.
Still reading Killers of the Flower Moon AND Oath and Honor. My eyes have been bothering me some so trying not to read for long stretches. Both very good - Killers so very frustrating (pisses me off).
Just picked up a Patricia Cornwell and a Lee Childs but making myself finish the other two first.
I'm with Crystal M - havent physically to a movie theater since far before Covid. Dont miss it that much - eventually they all come to tv.
when I realized that my eyes were becoming unreliable and that I was sometimes getting lost on a page and even dizzy, I figured I'd try a Kindle and being me, have about 5,000 books on it. but it solved the problem.
make no mistake...there is nothing at all like a physical book. I adore them. I have god knows how many thousands of them and I remember buying every one of them. and I need to read poetry on a physical page. and I HATE trying to read anything beyond a newspaper on a phone. but for me, the Kindle is a necessity. my best friend has macular degeneration, so I gave him a Kindle Oasis (slightly larger page). he still thinks it's weird, although he acknowledges he'll need it. Amazon just came out with the Kindle Scribe, which is a ten-inch page. maybe he'll like THAT one. I share my library with him, so he's got plenty to read.
I have a friend with macular degeneration - mainly in one eye, I believe. She goes to a specialist who injects (!) her eye - or was getting injections - havent talked to her in a while.
I'm with you having bought loads of books - finally stopped buying & just go to the library.
To be honest - I think part of my problem is sitting & reading for hours at a stretch. Plus the computer screen and the tv. And, according to my eye dr - dry eyes.
Thanks for the recommendation! Car guy husband points out that the GT 40 didn't start production until 1964. They won LeMans 1966-69, which is what crushed Ferrari.
Always take your (and Greg Olear) recommendations seriously. Brains I like to follow vicariously…
Thanks, that's nice company.
Yep. You are right on it Tom. A great heads up. Linda saw a bit of a trailer and the Times calender pics. She thinks its worth seeing. She saw the crash and started talking oo nooo why but.. And I told her about Jim Clark. She looked him up and hit an understanding of what the art form itself is and, of course, the underlying danger. It will be a welcome break from all that's hanging over us.
Thanks Tom. Will definitely go see Ferrari. Argylle sounds like a good one too. Whenever I hear the name Enzo it reminds me of a book I love. “The Art of Racing In The Rain” by Garth Stein. A guy that loved racing cars told through his aging dog Enzo. I thought it was a beautiful story that made my eyes very wet, but in a good way.
The name Enzo reminds me of a book that was sent to me that I wound up sitting down and reading in one sitting after reading the first few pages - The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein, told from the POV of a dog named Enzo. I heard it became a movie but haven't seen it. The story is memorable but I haven't gotten around to looking for other books by the author.
Awesome! I'm lucky enough that my wife told me she wants to see it. I don't care why, I'm just happy about it!
You'll both like it.
I don’t know about Ferrari... I want to like it but secretly hope that they will make a film about the Nash Metropolitan... my favourite car of all time because when I was driving along people would laugh and wave and I felt it was a happy way to move through the world. Also it was the last car I owned that I could look at the engine and actually figure out all the parts.
I was also a big fan of American Motors. I have always preferred inexpensive, sensible, completely unflashy cars, and I learned to drive on a standard (three speeds on the column) Rambler Classic, the first new car my father (who had a theory about buying three-year-old cars every three years) ever bought. the other family car (also new) was a red Datsun, which I used all the time. it was the first Japanese car anybody I knew had ever seen.
that I knew how to use a clutch definitely scored me some coolness points.
trying to teach my friends how to shift gears, however, was a TERRIBLE idea and cost me those same coolness points. and then some.
my dad thought cars were basic transportation (in 1952, my five-person family drove down south in a 1940 Ford Blue Beetle. I was three and resented having to use my little blue potty in the car; in retrospect, it was probably not so great for the rest of the family, which included parents, grandma, great grandma and my "mewling and puking" sister.
the really odd thing is that the next used car my father bought was--and this is funny, so hang on--a Black 1950 Studebaker. it was just the car he liked (he preferred the feisty little car companies) and the price was right. now, of course, whenever I mention the car, people sit up and take notice, assuming my dad was knowledgeable about this kind of thing. he wasn't. and back then, the Studie had not yet reached classic status.
this sounds like a good movie to watch and I'm a big Adam Driver fan (even despite that incredibly boring and utterly unnecessary "Last Duel").
I'll watch 'em all, but I also avoid all movie theaters except the little art house on Austin Street in Kew Gardens, which is completely unchanged since 1956. most movie theaters are too loud and busy. why would you want to have video games in a movie theater? when I go out for an evening, it's usually theatre, and I don't do that very much. I might actually shell out for an opera ticket this year (a great "Wozzeck" and a much-advertised new production of "Carmen," but it's something I do very seldom. Rochelle was a very gifted opera singer (as well as a literary theorist who wrote a dissertation on Proust at the Sorbonne and a terrific professional editor) and finding myself at an opera can be very sad. reading that last sentence back, I realized I was married to a genius.
I've always had mixed feelings about Michael Mann, although I recognize he usually knows what he's doing. for me, his best movie is "Last of the Mohicans." how can you NOT love a movie if Madeline Stowe's in it. I have no idea why or how she never became a megastar.
I haven't seen "Killers of the Flower Moon" yet, but I will as soon as it's renting for a reasonable price. or better, for nothing. I saw "Maestro" and agree with Richard Brody (the "New Yorker's" online guy) that it's finally pretty hollow. but I'll watch Carey Mulligan do anything because she's so good at everything.
uh-oh. I've gotten started on movies. if I don't stop myself...well, you know.
Had seen and enjoyed "Ford vs. Ferrari" so I already wanted to go see "Ferrari," and after your review, I will make it a priority after my job ends in a few weeks. I know that sounds like a strange thing to say, as one should be careful with money when about to lose a full-time job, but in life, you vote for your values by where you spend your hard-earned money, and how you spend your time. No one ever died and had it writ on their grave marker, "Should have spent more time at work," or, "Should have saved up more money." (Though with the cost of traditional funeral services, the latter is possible, but I've made it abundantly clear what my last wishes are.)
"Argylle" sounds like another "must-see," especially with the casting. Admittedly I am generally not much of a movie-goer and with the pandemic stopped going altogether, but in the past certain movies were best experienced on the big screen and worth the fairly high cost. I qualify for the senior discount now, hahahaa...
Tom you’re great at so many diverse things you amaze me., loved your reviews of the films and plan to see both thanks 🥰🥰🎉
Lots of hugs and gratitude. ✅ Marsha
Andrea Kindness in your responses makes a difference ty🌹Marsha
I don't usually see any movies in theaters. I'm too cheap to spend for the cost of a ticket because I will most likely fall asleep during the film. I'll look forward to seeing Ferrari and Argylle when they come to the small screen 🍿
Loved "Ford vs. Ferrari" and plan to see "Ferrari".
I think I saw your friend Dick Best in Episode 3 of Netflix's documentary "WWII from the Front Lines,"a colorized version using all original footage. I was at about the 10-11 minute mark. He spoke an additional time or two. It was a C+ to B- effort because it omitted too many important turning points and failed to mention Australia at all.
I caught most of the first episode. the narration is worthless, but some of the cleaned-up, colorized footage looks good enough to make you think it was done in a studio. this makes it feel even creepier (the first episode is all Hitler, so creepy is definitely the right word.
Hulu has its own Hitler thing in which they used a bunch of professional lip readers try to figure out what Hitler was saying in old newsreels without sound. apparently, a lot of it is stuff like "so how did I do?" or "I think that was very effective, but it took lots of energy." so Hitler wasn't just human, he was quite conscious he was giving a performance.
on a day full of creepy shit, that last fact is the creepiest of all.
Still reading Killers of the Flower Moon AND Oath and Honor. My eyes have been bothering me some so trying not to read for long stretches. Both very good - Killers so very frustrating (pisses me off).
Just picked up a Patricia Cornwell and a Lee Childs but making myself finish the other two first.
I'm with Crystal M - havent physically to a movie theater since far before Covid. Dont miss it that much - eventually they all come to tv.
when I realized that my eyes were becoming unreliable and that I was sometimes getting lost on a page and even dizzy, I figured I'd try a Kindle and being me, have about 5,000 books on it. but it solved the problem.
My son got a Kindle for me several years ago - but I like reading actual books. I had him give it to someone else.
Part of the problem might have to do with my eyelids lowering (or much as I hate it - drooping) Sadly, one more swell feature of aging!
make no mistake...there is nothing at all like a physical book. I adore them. I have god knows how many thousands of them and I remember buying every one of them. and I need to read poetry on a physical page. and I HATE trying to read anything beyond a newspaper on a phone. but for me, the Kindle is a necessity. my best friend has macular degeneration, so I gave him a Kindle Oasis (slightly larger page). he still thinks it's weird, although he acknowledges he'll need it. Amazon just came out with the Kindle Scribe, which is a ten-inch page. maybe he'll like THAT one. I share my library with him, so he's got plenty to read.
I have a friend with macular degeneration - mainly in one eye, I believe. She goes to a specialist who injects (!) her eye - or was getting injections - havent talked to her in a while.
I'm with you having bought loads of books - finally stopped buying & just go to the library.
To be honest - I think part of my problem is sitting & reading for hours at a stretch. Plus the computer screen and the tv. And, according to my eye dr - dry eyes.
Too bad I didnt re-read this before I hit post!! You get the gist anyhow.
Thanks for the recommendation! Car guy husband points out that the GT 40 didn't start production until 1964. They won LeMans 1966-69, which is what crushed Ferrari.
My mistake on date
I was considering "Ferrari" but never would have given a second thought to "Argylle". But now I will. Thanks.