Heterogenous NetFlix Reviews #15

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Couple of things I didn't see when they came out most of a decade ago, filling in a couple of classics I should have seen long ago, and one for Liana...

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Have you watched the original Insomnia?

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Not yet, but it's on the list.

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I saw "Monsters, Inc." for the first time recently, and it was really good! I think it's close to the Toy Story trilogy on the Pixar quality ladder.

Sadly, the Netflix streaming version is old enough that it's a sub-DVD-resolution pan-and-scan transfer, probably the first time I was really disappointed with the picture quality on one of those--they have most of the Pixar movies in HD.

I don't think Jorie entirely understood it either, but she had me pretending to be Sully so she could squeal "Kitty!" for days.

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Yeah, I think MI is on streaming because Starz has some sort of license for it right now, so they're streaming the version they'd bang out to regular TVs I think.

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If I recall correctly, the stream of WALL-E also had some kind of Starz badge at the beginning, and that was in gorgeous high-def. I guess it depends on what they were originally intending to do with it.

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...I actually shouldn't say "pan and scan" here, since I believe Pixar does (or once did) alternate renderings of their movies composed specifically for 4x3 video.

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Marilyn:
See "Bus Stop" "Niagara" "The Misfits". She plays "the blonde" in all of them, but I think "Bus Stop" especially shows some of her depth.

And yup, Swedish "Insomnia" well worth seeing! Nolan's remake quite good, tho, and must admit liked Robin Wms as baddie better than orig.

I remember being acutely uncomfortable watching "Bringing Up Baby." Better Grant-Hepburn action in "Holiday" and "The Philadelphia Story" (with value-added Jimmy Stewart).

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I think the next Katherine Hepburn we tackle with be something with Spencer Tracy; C could not even watch "Baby" all the way through because of Hepburn's character-plus-performance but would like to see what her chemistry's like with someone she actually loved in real life.

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Desk Set!!!!

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Added to queue! (Along with the three Marilyn suggestions, thank you!)