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favorite scenes.

posted 18 years ago by FroggieBabie08
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So, I think that this board needs to up and running. This is a great movie people! Judy gives an amazing performance[as always]. What are some of you're favorite scenes.

I, personally, loved the beginning. After watching it a few times, you can see David putting up this "screen" in order not to show that he truely loves Jenny. I also loved when they were walking to Matt's rugby game, I thought Judy getting stuck in the mud was hilarious and her reaction to her son playing. And, of course, how can you not love the hospital scene. Judy gave one of her best performances, ever.

I just wanted to see what other fans thought of this wonderful movie.

[–] kitttenwithawhip 18 years ago

dear froggiebabie
the hospital scene is my personal favorite. dialogue seems to be taken right out of judy's life. the best, in my opinion, when she narrows her eyes and looks directly at dirk bogarde and says, "do you think you can MAKE me sing?" simply classic, that one. sad that it was her final film. but if she had completed Valley of the Dolls, i doubt that would have been a superior send off, campier, but not superior.
thanks for sharing!
Judy, we still miss you!

[–] jkrsmr 17 years ago

The scene where David and Jenny argue over Matt and Matt discovers the truth is quite touching.

I always liked the scene where Jenny is sleeping late and Matt calls her on the phone to say that he can't spend the day with her as she had asked. He has decided to obey his father and not see her. Unfortunately, the lighting in the DVD version is just awful, which almost spoils the scene, but Judy's acting overcomes that.

I also like the scene at Stoke Poges where Jenny asks Matt if he ever thinks about his real mother. Treading on thin ice a bit...

Oh course, everyone loves the emergency room scene. It runs the gamet of emotion!

This may well be my favorite movie ever. I know the critics panned it, but what do THEY know? ;-)

[–] FroggieBabie08 17 years ago

Oh, that's another one of my favorite. I always find myself saying to the TV that Jenny should have slapped David.

Stoke Poges was a good scene too, I thought it was cute hoe Judy's hair was...just a touch of gray was showing.

I'm really partial to this Judy movie, I don't know why, but it's just a great film.

[–] franklinajohnson 17 years ago

the movie as a whole is incredible but the meat of the film is in the hospital scene and in the end when shes singing the title song, she looks in the wings and find that David is gone but she continues the song with triumph. this is the judy everyone should experience

[–] bmbmbb 17 years ago

Yup. The Hospital Scene was Oscar worthy in my opinion.

I also get chills when Judy sings "Hello Bluebird" (That final 'hello!' is inspired song interpretation.) and "I'll Go My Way By Myself" - an entire performance in itself.

The film is a hidden gem indeed.

[–] anne-dries 17 years ago

"i sing for myself, i sing when i want to, whenever i want to, just for me, i sing for my own good, whenever i want do you understand that?"

"yes, now hang on to that"

"ive hung on to every bit of rubbish there is to hang onto in life, and ive thrown all the good bits away, now can you tell me why i do that?"

absolutely love this scene!!!!! my favourite Judy Garland acting....its genuine and you can tell it comes from the heart and i believe that it is actually Judy saying that, not the character...she left us with a bang....a great film

[–] jkrsmr 17 years ago

That dialog is great, isn't it? It is said that Judy and Dirk came up with that just before filming. I liked the way, when Dirk said the all the tickets to the concert had been sold, Judy says, "I'm always a sell-out!" And when she says she can't be rolled out like a cookie so everyone can have a big bite. I think we all feel that way sometimes.

I also like the look on Judy's face when Dirk tells her in the car from the airport, "You're nothing but a self-centered, grasping, egocentric little bitch." [Isn't that a little redundant?] She looks genuinely hurt and angered by it.

Why was this movie so overlooked??

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[–] SueOrder 16 years ago

I finally saw this movie for the first time and wow. I immediately rewatched a good bit of it. Damn, but Judy's .. well, Judy's Judy. Kind of says it all. I loved the hospital scene, and the bit at the end when she saw that David had left. I swear, my heart broke a little too to see him gone, but what it meant that he was gone, and how she carried on.

There were so many great scene but one scene I particularly loved was when she was at the piano singing with Matt and his school mates. Her repartee, her joie de vivre in that scene as she interacts with all those kids is just fine.

And I particularly loved it when they corrected her to say "Aunt" and she responds "Aaaaaaaaaaant!". It's the same argument (my rather English) husband and (American) I have.

[–] metalman091 16 years ago

I love that scene as well.

Despite what many say about this film, Judy gives her usual brilliant performance.

[–] vanityfair_713 15 years ago

The piano scene with the boys was my favorite...and the "aunt" thing you mentioned was priceless.

Personally, I think I have too much bloom. Maybe that's the trouble with me.

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[–] jononfire 15 years ago

Love your "motto"; it's such a great corollary of my own!

"Believe not what you only wish to believe, but what in truth you can"

[–] usersince03 15 years ago

I like it when Judy sings By Myself I think that song is underrated.

[–] jononfire 15 years ago

So do I! And Fred Astaire provides a sensational cover of the song, too...I think in "The Band Wagon".

"Believe not what you only wish to believe, but what in truth you can"

[–] decrd1986 12 years ago

I liked so many scenes, Judy is just amazing in this movie! One of her bests. I really wish she did more dramatic roles and less romance roles, she was such a good actress.

I loved the bits where she was with her son, they were so sweet and loving. Like when their at the top of the building and he leans over to see below and she freaks out! Haha. I really love it when he goes in her room while she's asleep! I thought that was so cute and funny.

Then the hospital scene, superb acting by Judy. It sounded like Judy and not the character she was playing, lov it .

The sad part for me was the part when the guy left the wings. Ugh! I hated to see her disappointment, so sad!:(((((

[–] cassavetes45 12 years ago

how did i ever miss seeing this movie before today? i want to kick myself in the head...especially so, because i only put it on in the middle of it, so i missed so much.

but regardless, judy was more incredible in this picture than i've ever seen her. i kept whispering to myself 'amazing!'.

as far as scenes go, i will reiterate what others have said about the hospital scene. there must have been some kind of improvisation going on there, because it was so natural and real. both judy and dirk were talking so intimate together, and i must say i felt like a voyeur...peeking in on their most sensuous and comprising moment in their lives.

another scene was the one where judy is alone in her darkened bedroom and her son matt calls. she so wants to see him that day but he declines her offer. look at her face! it's a moment every mother can feel...such sadness, and yet trying not to reveal that in her voice. judy was stellar in this scene.

both her performances with the last title song, and the one of 'i'll go my way by myself' were unbelievably lovely and yet painful. in the latter one i was watching her hands that were at her side and there seemed like there was something that she wanted to display...maybe the anxiety of her lifelong struggle, or whatever it was...it just stirred me to no end.

i will look for this movie on the web and also on tv, and hopefully i'll be able to watch the whole thing. it's definitely not a treasure which should be missed.

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