Sunset Boulevard Older Actress get a boy toy. Four Stars
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Jimmy Stewart brings me to tears. Five stars.
Apparently ShyGuy doesn't know that five is a bigger number than 4. No way is Mr. Smith better than Sunset Blvd!
I have to agree with Shyguy on this one. Except for the crying part. That would be It's A Wonderful Life. I still choke up at the end of that movie. Of course, I am more familiar with Mr. Smith vs Sunset Blvd. I only just saw Sunset Blvd about a year or so ago whereas I have seen Mr. Smith about 4 times so I can remember it more.
That said, I'd like to go back and make a comment about a couple of films. All About Eve and Sunset Blvd. I recently saw All About Eve around the start of the year. What I took away from that movie was a contrast between actors that had come before and actors that were coming. Bette Davis is an actress because she likes it. Eve is an actress because she wants to be like Bette Davis. At the end of the movie with the young school girl looking in the mirror, that cycle is being repeated a thousandfold.
I remember thinking about Micheal Jackson after Sunset Blvd. Him and a few other famous figures who were no longer at the heights they were before. It seemed to be a tale of how people like that can never seem to let go off their past when they were big. They still desire attention and will do much to get it. In fact, a scandal is welcome since it brings them back to the front of the cameras. In fact, there were many other things about celebrity it seemed to comment on but that was the idea that stuck with me the most after seeing it.
If I may make some movie suggestions, I would like to hear Shyguy's thoughts on Patton and Amadeus. If you watch Lawrence of Arabia, make sure it is on a widescreen. I also watched that again earlier in the year and this time on a nice widescreen tv and it was much better experience. That's why I was asking which movies you had left to see. I was curious what to expect. Also, are you going by the original 100 list or the updated version?