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Post by cineclassics on Mar 24, 2023 14:19:31 GMT
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Post by Fading Fast on Mar 24, 2023 14:56:45 GMT
Poor Audrey and Gregory never stood chance with this draw.
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Post by sepiatone on Mar 24, 2023 17:20:59 GMT
I thought ROMAN HOLIDAY was a cute movie. But just another in a long line of Audrey Hepburn fluff pieces.
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Post by BunnyWhit on Mar 25, 2023 1:27:26 GMT
Poor Audrey and Gregory never stood chance with this draw.
But I will also say that I like Roman Holiday very much. Though it has the cute romantic angle, the film ultimately is about denial of self to uphold one's responsibility to others, and I don't regard that as fluff. Maybe it would have worked for these two to be together, and perhaps it would not, but every time I see this film, I hold my breath and hope against hope that they will be given the chance to find out.
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Post by sepiatone on Mar 25, 2023 16:06:26 GMT
I never saw Hepburn's character as someone in "denial of self" as much as someone weary of what she sees as a limitation of life and all life has to offer. And many scenes in the movie of her adventures with Peck (like the hand in the hole in the wall scene, as well as that blowing the paper off the straw proffered in this thread) to feature the cute and impish nature people came to expect of an Audrey Hepburn movie role.
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Post by topbilled on Mar 25, 2023 17:14:26 GMT
Okay, so two of us have voted for ROMAN HOLIDAY (so far).
Who is the other person??? LOL
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Post by Fading Fast on Mar 25, 2023 17:21:09 GMT
Okay, so two of us have voted for ROMAN HOLIDAY (so far).
Who is the other person??? LOL  ). |
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Post by topbilled on Mar 25, 2023 17:24:44 GMT
It might have been more interesting if CASABLANCA went up against SABRINA, because then it would have come down to Bogey with Ingrid versus Bogey with Audrey.
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Post by LiamCasey on Mar 25, 2023 17:38:47 GMT
It might have been more interesting if CASABLANCA went up against SABRINA, because then it would have come down to Bogey with Ingrid versus Bogey with Audrey. More interesting? Yes. But, considering my avatar, it would take a miracle for me to vote for anything other than Casablanca. And the Germans have outlawed miracles. |
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Post by dianedebuda on Mar 25, 2023 22:21:41 GMT
Okay, so two of us have voted for ROMAN HOLIDAY (so far).
Who is the other person??? LOL |
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Post by sagebrush on Mar 25, 2023 23:22:07 GMT
I saw ROMAN HOLIDAY in a theater a few months ago and enjoyed it much more than I ever have on TV. Eddie Albert stole the show! I also enjoy seeing Gregory Peck in a somewhat comedic role. Audrey is Audrey- I appreciate her in everything. She's just lovely to watch and she worked so well with men much older than herself.
CASABLANCA is so iconic in so many ways, but beyond that it really is an exceptional film. There are so many wonderful character actors besides the 3 leads, and I feel the film has no slow spots.
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Mar 26, 2023 3:24:32 GMT
and she worked so well with men much older than herself.
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