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Posted by Possumal (Member # 823) on July 09, 2012, 01:25 PM:
We lost another good actor yesterday when Ernest Borgnine died at age 95. He played a lot of good roles over the years, but my favorite was the part he played in From Here to Eternity. He sure had a good, long run though.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on July 09, 2012, 05:48 PM:
Yeah, I agree on From Here To Eternity, and I always thought he was a sadistic jerk, but he was anything but a jerk. Very happy guy and a hell of an actor.
Good hunting. El Bee
Posted by Aznative (Member # 506) on July 10, 2012, 02:57 PM:
He didn't play the main part but I sure liked The Wild Bunch. I doubt they would make that movie today. The PC police would be all over them for killing all them Mexicans.
Posted by Possumal (Member # 823) on July 10, 2012, 03:29 PM:
Yeah, Wild Bunch was a great action movie. He and William Holden had a good supporting cast on that one. Another movie that Ernest was in that I liked a lot was Emperor of the North, where he was in charge of keeping hoboes off his train. I believe Lee Marvin had a great part in that one too.
Posted by Aznative (Member # 506) on July 11, 2012, 07:48 AM:
PS I never saw From Here to Eternity.
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on July 11, 2012, 12:52 PM:
Borgnine came from an era when actors (and actresses ) could actually act. Movies relied on a well written plot & believable actors who could put together two sentences without dropping an F-Bomb. They didn't have special effects to carry them, either. Just talent.
Today's actors........not so much.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on July 11, 2012, 01:55 PM:
Don't forget to include Directors who use fake computer generated action. That's really a rip off. Did you see Pearl Harbor a couple years ago? The whole attack, it was exactly like a video game. If that's progress, let me out.
Actually, movies, in general are worse than they were 50 years ago, and yet most kids won't watch anything more than ten years old. You know, it has to be politically correct, three black men in a squad and the person in authority is invariably a minority. I'm not against it per se, but if it is mostly gratuitous, I find it offense to be constantly beaten over the head with social engineering. Of course, TV is the worst.
Good hunting. Lima Bravo
Posted by Possumal (Member # 823) on July 12, 2012, 12:51 PM:
Aznative, you have an email.
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