so i was watching casablanca

[rengadeirishman]

and i wish i was a fraction as cool as humphrey bogart, and i know im not the only one.

 

[TGIFrida]

fucking great movie, he is supremely cool

 

[rengadeirishman]

He's up in the upper stratosphere of cool. up there with James Dean, John Wayne, and Steve McQueen.

 

[emap]

I agree he is rather the epitome of awesome actorness. I especially like him in The African Queen and Sabrina.

 

[kimbalee]

I don't know... you're pretty cool yourself, Ren... I'd call it at least "a fraction as cool as" those you mentioned.

(thinking back to the dance we shared at the prom... that was pretty cool...)

 

[kiten69]

One of my favorite old movies. . .

 

[S-Des]

One of my favorite old movies. . .

Never saw it. I was always partial to Fred Astaire movies (and the Marx Brothers ).

 

[kiten69]

Never saw it.

You don't know what you're missin'.

 

[DesertPirate]

Never saw it. I was always partial to Fred Astaire movies (and the Marx Brothers ).

Des, we need to have a talk.
There is a part of your education that is seriously lacking.

 

[kimbalee]

Never saw it. I was always partial to Fred Astaire movies (and the Marx Brothers ).

Never saw it either... just snippets of it.

I also love Fred Astaire... my fave is Top Hat.

Gene Kelly... Anchors Aweigh & Brigadoon...

Black & white movies just seem so much more elegant and classy.

 

[tickledkitty]

I always wanted to be tall and willowy with a graceful long neck, like Audrey Hepburn.

 

[kimbalee]

I always wanted to be tall and willowy with a graceful long neck, like Audrey Hepburn.

Oh, my... she is wonderful to watch...
My Fair Lady... Breakfast at Tiffany's... Funny Face... sigh. Love them all.

 

[tickledkitty]

Oh, my... she is wonderful to watch...
My Fair Lady... Breakfast at Tiffany's... Funny Face... sigh. Love them all.

Yep.

My second choice would be Grace Kelly. So classy and cool. Remember her in Rear Window? Loved it. And she was a princess, after all.

 

[kimbalee]

Yep.

My second choice would be Grace Kelly. So classy and cool. Remember her in Rear Window? Loved it. And she was a princess, after all.

Have only seen parts of it, but liked what I did see. She was very regal in her appearance even before she was royalty.

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

to those who have not seen Casablanca: You're in for a treat.

 

[cloudy]

He's up in the upper stratosphere of cool. up there with James Dean, John Wayne, and Steve McQueen.

John Wayne was a racist bastard, just so you know.

The rest? Yep, very cool.

 

[tickledkitty]

John Wayne was a racist bastard, just so you know.

The rest? Yep, very cool.

I'm thinking a lot of them probably weren't really cool in RL. I never did care too much for John Wayne.

 

[rengadeirishman]

John Wayne was a racist bastard, just so you know.

The rest? Yep, very cool.

i know he was, but as i say for my grandfather, it was a different time, and he was a definite product of his environment. Doesn't make it right, but it is a slight nuance, and i can still appreciate his work.

Fred Astaire was great, but I'm not sure i'd put him in the same realm of cool as the others.

 

[rengadeirishman]

I don't know... you're pretty cool yourself, Ren... I'd call it at least "a fraction as cool as" those you mentioned.

(thinking back to the dance we shared at the prom... that was pretty cool...)

ms. kimbalee, you're trying to seduce me, aren't you?

 

[Anna_Malia75]

I found that whole Marseillaise and "shocked, shocked" to find gambling going on here scene on iTunes. That scene where the French drown out the German singers is my favorite one in the whole film. Gives me goosebumps everytime I listen to it.

 

[rengadeirishman]

I'm thinking a lot of them probably weren't really cool in RL. I never did care too much for John Wayne.

thats probably true, but i prefer to think of them in their personas. childish of me perhaps, but it makes my life a little bit better.

 

[rengadeirishman]

I found that whole Marseillaise and "shocked, shocked" to find gambling going on here scene on iTunes. That scene where the French drown out the German singers is my favorite one in the whole film. Gives me goosebumps everytime I listen to it.

That is my mothers favorite part as well

 

[TheeGoatPig]

He's up in the upper stratosphere of cool. up there with James Dean, John Wayne, and Steve McQueen.

John Wayne was a racist bastard, just so you know.

The rest? Yep, very cool.

McQueen was a son-of-a-bitch from what I have read about him. It seems like he pissed off all of Hollywood that he worked with.

 

[rengadeirishman]

I refer you to post #21

 

[tickledkitty]

thats probably true, but i prefer to think of them in their personas. childish of me perhaps, but it makes my life a little bit better.

No. I think we all do. That's the way we know them, before the media circus we live with today. I liked it that way.