Marya: A Life in Movies//
posted Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
by Cinema Fanatic | Comments (7)
1991 – Father of the Bride
And so begins my never-ending crush on Steve Martin. He is so charming and zany and looks damn fine in his tux throughout this film.
1992 – My Cousin Vinny
As great as Joe Pesci is as the titular Vinny, this movie is all about Marisa Tomei as Mona Lisa Vito. As far as I’m concerned she definitely deserved that Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. This is the role of a lifetime and she hits every note perfectly.
1993 – True Romance
I actually hadn’t seen this Tarantino-penned, Tony Scott-helmed film until about a year ago and I’ve been kicking myself ever since for missing out on pure awesomeness for so long. Patricia Arquette as Alabama is one of my all time favorite characters/performances and this film features one of the greatest endings ever.
1994 – Little Women
This movie ties with Pretty In Pink for “most watched film of all time.” I can’t even count how many times I’ve seen it. Another controvesial opinion: Jo and Prof. Bhaer are totally made for each other and Laurie just needs to deal with it.
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on Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
oh hoh… interesting picks.
What do you think of that news story saying that in the original Pretty in Pink script, Duckie ended up getting the girl?
Also, you might be interested in checking out the Japanese remake version of Ghost, you know… just for kicks. LOL
And I loveee love Frequency too!
I think this series is great to see what kind of people we really are. xD
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Cinema Fanatic Reply:
May 10th, 2011 at 7:16 pm
@amy, I read that and they filmed it that way and then the test audience hated it because how they edited the film, it’s clear that Andie doesn’t feel the same way about Duckie as he does for her and in ending it that way it rings false.
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Joel Burman Reply:
June 3rd, 2011 at 7:32 am
@amy, I liked frequency a lot more the first time I saw it. I revisited it last year and it didn’t really hold up that well. Still its a decent thriller.
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on Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
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on Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Blaine was a giant douche bag.
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on Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Very interesting choices you made there. I’ll admit I had Ghost, While You Were Sleeping and Amélie as my options when creating the list. :)
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on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
[...] The lovely and talented Marya E. Gates (aka @oldfilmsflicker)Â takes a look at one film from each year of her life at YAM Magazine. [...]
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