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This was a movie from what I consider to be the golden age of modern cinema in that there were a lot of very watchable films. They were hardly great, but nevertheless well done. Some great actors in the cast, but for the life of me I can't remember the plot of this one.
Just to say it: RIP Mr. Malden!!! The Streets of San Francisco will never be the same…
For some reason, I keep remembering January Man being a horrible movie with a great cast (Kline, Keitel, Rickman, Sarandon, Aiello, etc.) that just went wrong?
Malden was a great actor for sure, and as for January Man, when I can't remember the Plot, it usually means I didn't think much of it. Of course, that may just be a sign that "sometimes grandpa forgets things."
A strategy: I link a lot of the articles on sites like this on my Facebook page. Folks, if you want to start undercutting the MSM, I suggest you also link some these great articles on Facebook, etc. You have friends and family that don't get any other news but what the MSM feeds them. You can change this simply by linking truthful articles like these.
this film flew completely under our radar… and judging from what everyone is saying it was 100 odd minutes of precious time not subtracted from our life. And for that, we are eternally grateful…
How about the new theater? The stage managed 'Town Hall' farce? Even Helen Thomas was verklempt over the audacity- not of 'hope' but of fraud- as the Current Occupant tries to control the news cycle. We denizens of the New Media say 'good luck with that'…
Already there. My poor assortment of Facebook friends must think I'm nuts. It's not uncommon for me to post in the neighborhood of 10 or so random links, the majority politics and entertainment, on a normal day. I sure can tell when I've touched a nerve though.
I was about as shocked as someone picking up a length of limp noodle to hear that all, yes all, of the people who asked questions of El Presidente Government Motors had close ties to Obama.
Hmmm, how long before the media, the adoring public arm of our soft tyrant, start to really take a look at this emperor and see he has no clothes? When will they start asking him to prove he is a natural born citizen?
Helen Thomas is all upset about the "Town Hall" farce because this administration claims they are providing transparency – why isn't she upset that Mr. Transparent, as an executive order sealed all of his personal documentation including his birth certificate, passports and all school records including college and universities…WHEN WILL THE MEDIA WAKE UP AND DO THEIR JOB????
as 007 said after tossing the electric heater into the tub with the SPECTRE baddie in it- "Shocking- simply shocking…"
joe melnick - July 2nd, 2009 at 7:33 am
I can't resist the temptation to say that this was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. It was a complete mess and didn't know if it was a wacky action comedy or a dark examination of the mind of a killer. Tone deaf and utterly worthless. This is one of several movies we re-titled "Thief of Time" for the 2 hours we'll never get back.
'Polish Wedding' is another horrendously awful one that comes to mind. "The Spirit' is the most recent, that was just bafflingly bad. Did nobody notice at any point during the making of it that it was just garbage?
Would some BH writer please do a column on the Dear Leader's despicable support of a Chavista thug against democracy in Honduras? I'd love to see the Troll Corps try to explain that oh, no, Ogabe isn't really a Martxist……
Agreed. A good cast was wasted in a terrible movie.
EdSki - July 2nd, 2009 at 10:47 am
Another terrible movie that wasted a great cast, Fierce Creatures. It was on all over the cable this past weekend. A Fish Called Wanda made much better use of these good actors.
Klein was a disgraced detective who had bizarre methods of investigation. He also had a weird assistant (the great Alan Rickman). He was brought in to chase a serial killer the police couldn't catch. A very enjoyable movie that is vastly superior to the B-side stuff you see out of Hollywood these days.
Thanks Des – One would certainly think this had the potential of being halfway good. I tended to like a lot of movies made in that time period; nothing monumental mind you, but as you point out, much more watchable than the B movies of today.
I totally agree with you about Alan Rickman, by the way. Don't know if you have seen "Bottleshock" or not. It was not particularly accurate relative to historical facts, but enjoyable nonetheless, and Rickman was terrific. The movie also had Chris Pine (the new James T. Kirk) as Bo Barratt whose role in the story was way overstated (although his wife makes really, really good wines.)
Quick reminder to those patriots in the LA-area that the place to be to get the Independence Day weekend started right will be tomorrow at Jeffers Estate in La Canada-Flintridge (3PM – who knows when).
Speakers include Big Hollywood and PJTV's AlfonZo Rachel, PJTV and Right to Laugher Al Sonja Schmidt, with music being provided by band leader (and BH poster) Gary Eaton ('Zo on drums, too).
Leftists are for democracy because it can advance their agenda through mob rule and class warfare. They are opposed to the Constitutional Republic. Honduras is trying to protect its constitution. Our constitution is the only thing that kept FDR's admin from turning America into a Fascist State. That is why they tried to rewrite our constitution. but then that pesky war got in their way.
Consitutions = Good. Democracy = Mob Rule a la hugo chavez
Another Carolyn - July 2nd, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Ugh. Fierce Creatures was lousy. I expected so much more from the talent involved.
Had to watch this POS for work. The greatest disconnect between poster and movie. They tried for the "Uncle Buck" vibe that was horribly let down once the movie started.
The ending was memorably awful. After building up the serial killer, we discover he's a "nobody" — as in nobody in the film was the bad guy. Seriously, the cop says something to effect of "and in the end, aren't all serial killers nobodies?" Aghhhhhh! You coulda told us that at the beginning and saved us all a lot of trouble.
Bob - July 2nd, 2009 at 2:19 pm
This movie was *so* bad. I remember seeing it shortly after the phenomenal hit Klein was in: "A Fish Called Wanda." Thanks to that movie, my friends and I went to see the "January Man" knowing very little about it. What a tremendous disappointment when we left the theater. A very forgettable movie.
mag - July 2nd, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Wait–is this movie as bas as Curly Sue? That's a benchmark for me.
Susan Sarandon can kiss my left foot..Somebody should name HER celebutard of the century, right along with that cretin Tim what's his face. Barf O Rama!
Saw this movie at college, with free tickets (they were doing a promotional viewing), so I was only out the time I spent watching this movie…and almost twenty years later, I still want them back. I recall this movie not merely for the (already-mentioned) anti-climactic ending, but the disconnect between it and the almost "Batman-esque" convolusions to the serial killer's modus operandi. At one point Kline's detective figures out,
…
…
____SPOILER ALERT____
…
…
solely by looking at pictures of the buildings in which the killings occurred, that the pattern of windows forms a musical staff, and the killings the notes to "Calendar Girl!"
Almost as bad was the character development. Kline and Mastrantonio's alleged "relationship" is beyond contrived. In their first scene together, I remember thinking, of Kline's "seduction" of Mastrantonio, "ther is no way this would ever work on a human being." Sure enough, abrupt cut to the very next scene of them in bed together, in flagrante delicto. Such a scene has been used since, to lesser or greater effect, but in no movie to my memory has so little chemistry been shown to lead up to a relationship, much less a sexual one.____Gee, watch me go on. It's as if I hold a personal grudge against this movie (I do. This was the first movie I saw to have such a A-list cast to deliver such Z-list performance. It clearly scarred me for life).
jmf - July 5th, 2009 at 12:53 am
Hey!
Back off the January man!
Sure the leaps in logic were across Grand Canyon-ish chasms, but still… several fantastic scenes – we watched this just the other night and the scene with Stiger and Aiello (when Stiger's character is forcing Kline's on the police) is a beautifully written and evocatively acted moment. Aiello's character is well-thought out (perhaps by Aiello) and comes across as a half-hearted bully, always trying to force his way but never fully committing to it in contrast to Stiger's red-hot, full-throated rage.
It's an terrific scene – and character portrayal – of power. Kline's chess-playing (my analogy) and 'beta' mindset contrasts wonderfully with these strong characters.
Great movie, in my opinion. Witty and very well developed.
Caveats of course about logic leaps and leaps into bed.
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This was a movie from what I consider to be the golden age of modern cinema in that there were a lot of very watchable films. They were hardly great, but nevertheless well done. Some great actors in the cast, but for the life of me I can't remember the plot of this one.
Just to say it: RIP Mr. Malden!!! The Streets of San Francisco will never be the same…
For some reason, I keep remembering January Man being a horrible movie with a great cast (Kline, Keitel, Rickman, Sarandon, Aiello, etc.) that just went wrong?
Malden was a great actor for sure, and as for January Man, when I can't remember the Plot, it usually means I didn't think much of it. Of course, that may just be a sign that "sometimes grandpa forgets things."
A strategy: I link a lot of the articles on sites like this on my Facebook page. Folks, if you want to start undercutting the MSM, I suggest you also link some these great articles on Facebook, etc. You have friends and family that don't get any other news but what the MSM feeds them. You can change this simply by linking truthful articles like these.
this film flew completely under our radar… and judging from what everyone is saying it was 100 odd minutes of precious time not subtracted from our life. And for that, we are eternally grateful…
that being said…
How about the new theater? The stage managed 'Town Hall' farce? Even Helen Thomas was verklempt over the audacity- not of 'hope' but of fraud- as the Current Occupant tries to control the news cycle. We denizens of the New Media say 'good luck with that'…
Already there. My poor assortment of Facebook friends must think I'm nuts. It's not uncommon for me to post in the neighborhood of 10 or so random links, the majority politics and entertainment, on a normal day. I sure can tell when I've touched a nerve though.
I was about as shocked as someone picking up a length of limp noodle to hear that all, yes all, of the people who asked questions of El Presidente Government Motors had close ties to Obama.
Hmmm, how long before the media, the adoring public arm of our soft tyrant, start to really take a look at this emperor and see he has no clothes? When will they start asking him to prove he is a natural born citizen?
Helen Thomas is all upset about the "Town Hall" farce because this administration claims they are providing transparency – why isn't she upset that Mr. Transparent, as an executive order sealed all of his personal documentation including his birth certificate, passports and all school records including college and universities…WHEN WILL THE MEDIA WAKE UP AND DO THEIR JOB????
as 007 said after tossing the electric heater into the tub with the SPECTRE baddie in it- "Shocking- simply shocking…"
I can't resist the temptation to say that this was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. It was a complete mess and didn't know if it was a wacky action comedy or a dark examination of the mind of a killer. Tone deaf and utterly worthless. This is one of several movies we re-titled "Thief of Time" for the 2 hours we'll never get back.
'Polish Wedding' is another horrendously awful one that comes to mind. "The Spirit' is the most recent, that was just bafflingly bad. Did nobody notice at any point during the making of it that it was just garbage?
Would some BH writer please do a column on the Dear Leader's despicable support of a Chavista thug against democracy in Honduras? I'd love to see the Troll Corps try to explain that oh, no, Ogabe isn't really a Martxist……
Uur-um. I don't care for Kevin Kline or Susan Sarandon.
Me, too. I link stuff from this site and other conservative sites all the time on my FB. Makes for some interesting conversations sometimes.
I saw this stinker in the theater. Had I not witnessed a few other people there, I would have guessed I was the only one.
we feel much better already…
Agreed. A good cast was wasted in a terrible movie.
Another terrible movie that wasted a great cast, Fierce Creatures. It was on all over the cable this past weekend. A Fish Called Wanda made much better use of these good actors.
ooh.. Open Thread topic.. and you in Hollyweird can answer it for me…
How many of y'all are getting paid in "IOU's" now .. ( http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/07/01/... ) and will you be able to use those IOUs to pay your taxes and stuff?
Klein was a disgraced detective who had bizarre methods of investigation. He also had a weird assistant (the great Alan Rickman). He was brought in to chase a serial killer the police couldn't catch. A very enjoyable movie that is vastly superior to the B-side stuff you see out of Hollywood these days.
Thanks Des – One would certainly think this had the potential of being halfway good. I tended to like a lot of movies made in that time period; nothing monumental mind you, but as you point out, much more watchable than the B movies of today.
I totally agree with you about Alan Rickman, by the way. Don't know if you have seen "Bottleshock" or not. It was not particularly accurate relative to historical facts, but enjoyable nonetheless, and Rickman was terrific. The movie also had Chris Pine (the new James T. Kirk) as Bo Barratt whose role in the story was way overstated (although his wife makes really, really good wines.)
Quick reminder to those patriots in the LA-area that the place to be to get the Independence Day weekend started right will be tomorrow at Jeffers Estate in La Canada-Flintridge (3PM – who knows when).
Speakers include Big Hollywood and PJTV's AlfonZo Rachel, PJTV and Right to Laugher Al Sonja Schmidt, with music being provided by band leader (and BH poster) Gary Eaton ('Zo on drums, too).
Hear more from 'Zo here: http://www.threedonia.com/archives/9468
hahahaha–Polish Wedding! What was that? Did you guys get to see Clare Danes naked for a minute? What was the deal on that?
Leftists are for democracy because it can advance their agenda through mob rule and class warfare. They are opposed to the Constitutional Republic. Honduras is trying to protect its constitution. Our constitution is the only thing that kept FDR's admin from turning America into a Fascist State. That is why they tried to rewrite our constitution. but then that pesky war got in their way.
Consitutions = Good. Democracy = Mob Rule a la hugo chavez
Ugh. Fierce Creatures was lousy. I expected so much more from the talent involved.
That's almost worth the 3,000-mile plane trip for me!
(Actually, it's definitely worth it, but I'm scared of flying.)
Had to watch this POS for work. The greatest disconnect between poster and movie. They tried for the "Uncle Buck" vibe that was horribly let down once the movie started.
The ending was memorably awful. After building up the serial killer, we discover he's a "nobody" — as in nobody in the film was the bad guy. Seriously, the cop says something to effect of "and in the end, aren't all serial killers nobodies?" Aghhhhhh! You coulda told us that at the beginning and saved us all a lot of trouble.
This movie was *so* bad. I remember seeing it shortly after the phenomenal hit Klein was in: "A Fish Called Wanda." Thanks to that movie, my friends and I went to see the "January Man" knowing very little about it. What a tremendous disappointment when we left the theater. A very forgettable movie.
Wait–is this movie as bas as Curly Sue? That's a benchmark for me.
I *miss!* Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio!
Susan Sarandon can kiss my left foot..Somebody should name HER celebutard of the century, right along with that cretin Tim what's his face. Barf O Rama!
Saw this movie at college, with free tickets (they were doing a promotional viewing), so I was only out the time I spent watching this movie…and almost twenty years later, I still want them back. I recall this movie not merely for the (already-mentioned) anti-climactic ending, but the disconnect between it and the almost "Batman-esque" convolusions to the serial killer's modus operandi. At one point Kline's detective figures out,
…
…
____SPOILER ALERT____
…
…
solely by looking at pictures of the buildings in which the killings occurred, that the pattern of windows forms a musical staff, and the killings the notes to "Calendar Girl!"
PART 1…
PART 2
Almost as bad was the character development. Kline and Mastrantonio's alleged "relationship" is beyond contrived. In their first scene together, I remember thinking, of Kline's "seduction" of Mastrantonio, "ther is no way this would ever work on a human being." Sure enough, abrupt cut to the very next scene of them in bed together, in flagrante delicto. Such a scene has been used since, to lesser or greater effect, but in no movie to my memory has so little chemistry been shown to lead up to a relationship, much less a sexual one.____Gee, watch me go on. It's as if I hold a personal grudge against this movie (I do. This was the first movie I saw to have such a A-list cast to deliver such Z-list performance. It clearly scarred me for life).
Hey!
Back off the January man!
Sure the leaps in logic were across Grand Canyon-ish chasms, but still… several fantastic scenes – we watched this just the other night and the scene with Stiger and Aiello (when Stiger's character is forcing Kline's on the police) is a beautifully written and evocatively acted moment. Aiello's character is well-thought out (perhaps by Aiello) and comes across as a half-hearted bully, always trying to force his way but never fully committing to it in contrast to Stiger's red-hot, full-throated rage.
It's an terrific scene – and character portrayal – of power. Kline's chess-playing (my analogy) and 'beta' mindset contrasts wonderfully with these strong characters.
Great movie, in my opinion. Witty and very well developed.
Caveats of course about logic leaps and leaps into bed.
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