Comments on: Movies You Have Not Seen But You Should See (Because They Are Good) #14

By: Greg Morrow

Greg Morrow — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:50:21 +0000

The Man in the White Suit is particularly notable in my memory for having the Machine with the Musical Ping. IIRC, Guinness’s chemical laboratory is dominated, as such places always are in films, with a mysterious apparatus of glassware carrying oddly colored fluids about, bubbling and burbling and generally showing off the foley artist’s work.

This one plays music.

By: MGK

MGK — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:40:59 +0000

Indeed it is, Lister. Indeed it is.

By: Lister Sage

Lister Sage — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:39:45 +0000

Is that Michael Gough standing back and to the right of Guiness?

By: buzz

buzz — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:52:36 +0000

You also think A SHOT IN THE DARK is a timeless comedy? Huzzah, huzzah! A man after my own taste! Sir, you have risen dramatically in my estimation.

By: Sean D. Martin

Sean D. Martin — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:54:27 +0000

I didn't really care for The Ladykillers or The Lavender Hill Mob. Enjoyable, but not enough for me to ever "get' what the fuss is all about. But Kind Hearts and Coronets, Yes! Great fun on repeated viewings and I'm looking forward to the day (soon, soon) when my kids are old enough to share it with. "I shot an arrow into the air. She fell to earth in Berkely Square." The understated humor throughout the movie is a delight. Also, the List of Adrian Messenger. I'd actually like to see that remade with big stars and little notice, just so folks could be appropriately surprised/amazed at the final reveals.

By: BringTheNoise

BringTheNoise — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:49:21 +0000

I’ve got this sitting on the racks in the shop where I work. Assuming the price is reasonable, I’ll probably buy it.

By: Brad Reed

Brad Reed — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:46:14 +0000

This movie is sixteen distinct flavors of awesome.

Simple as that.

By: Katherine F.

Katherine F. — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:38:39 +0000

I was practically raised on Ealing comedies. My dad is a huge enthusiast; we must have watched I'm All Right, Jack! and Kind Hearts and Coronets a dozen times together. But oddly, I don't think I've ever seen the whole of The Man in the White Suit, although I do remember bits of it. I remember thinking the ending was really rather tragic and sad.

By: Andrew Hickey

Andrew Hickey — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:46:42 +0000

One of my all-time favourites. There’s an excellent DVD box set of Alec Guinness Ealing comedies with that in that also includes The Ladykillers and Kind Hearts And Coronets (both still laugh-out-loud funny 50 years later) and The Lavender Hill Mob (less funny, but still good). Those old Ealing comedies are some of the best films ever made…

By: Smileyfax

Smileyfax — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:29:34 +0000

It sounds like a delightful movie. I’ll definitely look it up.

My favorite old comedy is One, Two, Three!. It’s about a philandering Coca-Cola executive who gets stuck watching the boss’ daughter while stationed in West Berlin (this was before the Berlin Wall, natch). Hilarity ensues when she promptly marries a Communist from East Berlin. I don’t know if it’s redefined itself, but it’s still pretty funny on its own.