Favorite film?


I will have to say Body Of Evidence. A scene from it was recently plagiarized for the last Fifty Shades film.

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For me it was Desperately Seeking Susan, in which Madonna actually pretty much just played herself. But me being a teen of the '80s and a much bigger fan of old school Madonna over anything of her, post 20th century, it stands to reason.

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Never seen that one lol.

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A League of Their Own just because it was a great movie overall. But Madonna was probably at her best in Who's That Girl.

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I love who's that girl.

Im such a fan of her acting work. I'd wish she'd do more.

I love her in swept away, and dick tracy but I'd probably go with Who's that girl.

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I think she's really underrated in Dick Tracy. But Who's That Girl is her best, I stand by that.

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I never liked the movie as a child. I never understood it and hated Beatty as Dick. He looked so stupid.

But now as an adult, understanding the mob, and knowing most of the actors full well. I appreciate it. In many essence she steals the entire movie because *Spoilers* she is the hottie of the movie lets face it, she is also the hidden villian/ hero, and her songs and voice is heard through most of the movie. From all the boys wanting to see a hottie in this film for their wet dream she was it. Lucky Beatty was dating her behind the scenes.

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I had a similar experience. As a kid, I never understood the film, but I watched it later and appreciated it a lot more. Now I would even say I like it - but mostly I like Madonna in it.

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Maybe thats why it didnt resonate so much as it shouldve.

I would say oddly. I like Pacino the most. He plays Big Boy Hilarious yet credible.
I had a strange occurrence in school there was this kid who used to swear he was in the mob. He acted like it, he dressed liked it, and everybody in the world respected him as such. He had a lot of money and people were afraid of him. He'd say a lot of quotes to me in private teaching me the mob ways. I used to wonder where he'd get all that stuff. Dont know why I never bought he was a mobster. Probably cuz it's hard to fool me. So many years later I figured it out. He used to quote the sopranos which I hated at the time because I thought the show was a parody of the mob like Scarface, Tony, Tony so I never took it seriously or liked it. Dont know why many years later I gave it a shot and remembered everything the friend had told me was in the sopranos and he knew I didnt like it so he was pretty safe at the time but it turns out that he was just acting because had he been real he wouldnt have quoted and copied so much. Almost every single line. Most of it I had forgotten about but as I watched the show I remembered the lines he had said, it was unbelievable how stupid this kid was and how he believed he's own lie making him credible. I remembered he had copied Big Boy as well though again, I wasnt a fan and he knew this. Later I became a fan but because Pacino played it so well, a character that shouldve never been taken seriously or played by a big time actor.

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What a trip! That kid sounds a real character. I always liked the Sopranos, but no one ever tried to fool me using that show, so I guess I was just lucky there. Whatever happened to this copycat wannabe mobster?

I would still say Breathless Mahoney is my favourite though.

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I wouldnt take it that way though. He actually fooled people into really believing it and he actually acted like it. Implying he would or has murdered people, ran illegal businesses, and stolen tons of shit. He's gf thought he was full of shit and I didnt like it because he had impregnated her and dumped her but was gonna take care of the kid but she decided to abort which he paid. I lost respect for both for this. But the giveaway for me was always this. He pretended to be in the italian mob but he was an italian cuban. A fatal flaw because italians would never accept a half-breed if that's what he even was. He once gave the line of the professional, "No women, No children" which I was a fan of and that was the giveaway for me. Yes he knew I knew the line and tried to improvise but I wasn't buying it anymore. Of course odd coincidence was that we were both in a drama class. I remember a hardcore fan of movies I knew would quiz him on films and he knew every single movie and scene from everything even more than me which was surprising. Again, a mob son wouldnt be into all of this shit and also know all the corny kids shit. Most mob people are stone cold psychopaths that dont give a rats ass about anything but themselves. Let alone following the media and gossips. Real mobsters probably frown at their mobster portrayals.

I stopped talking to him. Since he was too on me. I didnt feel comfortable with him and one time he found out I hadnt told him about a gf I had. When he found out I hadn't he got upset. He lost all confidence in me. He had thought he owned me but once he figured I could get one passed him or be not completely loyal. It sort of freaked him and he stopped trusted me. I would see him later and act friendly towards him but he cut off contact. I always liked him pretending and hearing his advice but since I always thought he was a character I never really trusted him( though for some stupid reason everyone believed his character/ it mustve been the money). Plus like I said I lost respect for him

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for the girl thing. She was pretty. Average but not ugly. Anybody wouldve been happy with her. It all started as her dating one of the hot guys in school. Then one day he vowed he'd take her from him. I didnt believe him as he was fat and the other guy was kinda fit and went with her and she didnt went with him and I never thought for a sec. she'd fall for him as they didn't seem to go mix well with him. But he started with his mobsters ways and somehow she got confidence in him and he sort of bought her off and she fell for him. It was very surprising. The boyfriend tried to act jealous but the mobster sort of intimated him and the boyfriend never did shit. Of course if she were mine you have to fight. But he didn't. He sort of let her decide and she took that as weakness so she left him for him. I would've fought him for sure. Anyway, then he started throwing the girl in my face, as if to say look at you. Your better than me, in he's eyes I was considered better looking and slim, but I got the girl and you didn't. I didnt care because even though I thought she was pretty. I wouldn't have done that to that guy. To me there's ways to get a girl and that just wasn't it. It didn't matter to me that he wasn't my friend. So in the end after all that he got her pregnant but he dumped her for no reason. Just to say I could get that and I dont care about her. He slept with a lot of girls in the school. Most girls and I could never figure out way as he looked and acted mature and different from all the teenagers and it just didnt mesh well with his money throwing mobster like. Me and the girl later became friends. But I took her to my house once and she realized what a dump it was and she was put off by it and basically cut off friends with me. After she had aborted. I was always her friend though nothing ever happened. In my mind she was never going to be any good and she had weird mental issues. I dont know why. I felt bad for her and wanted to console

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I didnt care for her to see me being poor. I actually did that on purpose to test her and girls in general as I never wanted a gold digger. Her reaction sort of shocked me cuz I didnt see anything that bad in my house. But then it made sense. She had gone from her boyfriend who had suv's, a house, full of gold chains, expensive clothes, expensive multiple cells, going to high end places to me which I was riding the bus was renting with roomates in dinges in a cheap area. She had materialistic mentality which most did. I never officially hit on her. Yes I thought she was pretty, but part of the reason was also how would it look after my friend dumped her badly and I was rolling with her? His sloppy seconds and she had looney issues where she wanted to become an fbi agent which i put her down on it because I told she would never do become it because of all the hard work she had to do. She would insist she would become one and I would try to coach her on what was needed but she never had discipline so I never saw it. In the end I was right. She never became it. I think she had hannibal fantasies and wanted to be Clarice. Then she would intimidate she could cry in a sec. and tried to do once and I didnt like that. I thought that wasnt good for a girl to be doing. She hated that I never stoop to her level and went along with it and tried to cater to her so she sort of cut me off. I felt bad for her for her turns in life and I didnt like what had happened to her but I have to accept she had a part in it and it wasnt also right what she did to her first boyfriend or aborting.

I never liked Dick for some reason. I like Madonna but reading about the lyrics which she usually does I was a bit disappointed she didnt do the ones for these songs.

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Sounds like you had an intense high school experience, friend. Tbh, I didn't take high school or anyone in it that seriously. Not by choice. I just found it really hard to be present during that time in my life.

Glad that dude left you alone, and that the girl cut you off - I'm gonna go ahead and assume you were better off in both instances.

I'm still ambivalent about Dick Tracy.

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That was just a minor story on my on going high school days and lifestyle. As we speak it's a million times better. I can't even get into it. It will bring you tears and me grasping just to even acknowledge it.

I never liked my high school and hated it. Still carry a lot of that loathe with me. It was terrible.
When it came to the books I always had a hard time concentrating because of the girls. So many hot ones. I was always hard and because of the competition between peers I was too distracted to keep up.

Your absolutely right. I am way better off. Thank you for your assessment.

I think part of the reason I never liked Dick was because of Beatty. He just doesn't resonate well with me though not terribly acted or chosen. But also because there are so many other fun characters like Madonna, Pacino, and I always had a thing for Flattop.

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"At Close Range" - Her collaboration "Live To Tell" shadowed the music video to this fine motion picture.

The remainder of her movies? I wouldn't hit a dog in the ass with 'em.

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I'd avoid watching any film she's in, she's a terrible actress and a terrible singer. Beats me how she is sucessful at all.

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1. Dangerous Game
2. A League of Their Own
3. Dick Tracy
4. Body of Evidence
5. The Next Best Thing

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