tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084507536490711304.post1259125287908219068..comments2023-10-28T01:25:30.308-07:00Comments on Amy's Classic Movie Blog - Now with Jessica Added!: The Women (1939)Ms. Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09030869794961868672noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084507536490711304.post-74247046363338341482010-07-04T14:58:35.124-07:002010-07-04T14:58:35.124-07:00Update: I DID see the remake, and I was right - it...Update: I DID see the remake, and I was right - it was six different kinds of awful. Even Eva Mendes sucked. Sorry, she's just too clearly a nice, friendly rottweiler with a juicy bone. Nothing about her says man-eater.<br />Meg Ryan lacks the poise that carries Norma Shearer through embarrassment after embarrassment with her dignity intact. And I love Meg Ryan.<br />I felt bad for the author who was clearly obsessed with this project, but then I learned that the writer directed and that most likely compounded the problems with the script and the casting...Ms. Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09030869794961868672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084507536490711304.post-11512733723803250192008-03-19T18:02:00.000-07:002008-03-19T18:02:00.000-07:00Oops I meant that staying with a cheat is never a ...Oops I meant that staying with a cheat is never a good idea, I kind of said the opposite there, whoops!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08634558636653152010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084507536490711304.post-21305198805224439412008-03-19T18:00:00.000-07:002008-03-19T18:00:00.000-07:00I'm going to be in this play this spring playing P...I'm going to be in this play this spring playing Peggy Day. I think the script is genious, however, I do not agree that leaving a cheat is ever a good idea, because he is not "helpless" he can make his own decisions I think. Of course I'm a little biased because my dad left my mom for another woman a month ago and his new girlfriend reminds me way too much of Crystal.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08634558636653152010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084507536490711304.post-74966652847096428852008-03-04T05:30:00.000-08:002008-03-04T05:30:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.mikaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00852978917663629046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084507536490711304.post-87550121847319157872007-10-09T01:47:00.000-07:002007-10-09T01:47:00.000-07:00Again I say "no!" this time I say no just to the p...Again I say "no!" this time I say no just to the poster<BR/>"the laughter the tears the dreams the career the beauty the warmth"<BR/>sigh.<BR/>what about the catfights in dressing rooms wearing furs and lingerie? Huh? What about THOSE?Ms. Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09030869794961868672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084507536490711304.post-84428180364471250142007-10-09T01:39:00.000-07:002007-10-09T01:39:00.000-07:00Oh no! No no no. There can be no remake of this m...Oh no! No no no. There can be no remake of this movie. No Meg Ryan! No Jada Pinkett Smith! NO NO NO Carrie Fisher! No!<BR/>What can I say? Their ruthlessness must not be mitigated by powerful actresses who want "likable" characters. Their cattiness must not be softened by some version of man-hating-self-help-sisterhood a la "Ex-Wives Club".<BR/>I cannot conceive of a version of this movie that does not star two or more of the following:<BR/>Glen Close<BR/>Julianne Moore<BR/>Melanie Griffith<BR/>Julia Roberts (as Mrs. Stephen)<BR/>and - <BR/>damn it. A quick check of IMDB reveals that they got Eva Mendes to play Crystal Allen. <BR/>I suppose I will have to see it now since she is the next best thing to Michelle Rodriguez. <BR/>However, I will never ever ever believe that the intrinsically neurotic Meg Ryan will make a good Mrs. Stephen.Ms. Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09030869794961868672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084507536490711304.post-3299519462843625792007-09-29T07:52:00.000-07:002007-09-29T07:52:00.000-07:00Wow. I could only find it on video when I was loo...Wow. I could only find it on video when I was looking for it, so there was a lot of rewinding going on! Did you know someone's making a new version of this movie? It's filming now, partly in the Boston area with Meg Ryan, Jada Pinkett Smith, Carrie Fisher, and too many other names to remember. A few weeks ago they filmed a scene around a pond near my school. Last Tuesday they shut down Yvonne's street because they were filming an interior somewhere on her street. They were also filming a scene in a health club in Sudbury, so hopefully the new Sylvia will still get to flail around and walk up the wall. So in a few years we can find out how "modern" women behave in the face of adultery. Anyways, thanks for the recommendation... I'll have to watch it again someday to hear more of what I missed!Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11908376161777413706noreply@blogger.com