Slightly OT - Another Movie with a cat

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Magic Mood Jeep? - 09 Sep 2004 04:37 GMT

The Ladykillers, starring Tom Hanks (who for once does NOT play a
goody-two-shoes character). Cat in the movie is owned by an elderly woman,
a widow whom nobody really takes seriously. Cat's name is Mr. Pickles, and
though he's not instrumental to the plot, he does provide some comic relief.
That's all I'm going to say, as some here may not have seen the movie, and I
don't want to spoil it for them.

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EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) - 10 Sep 2004 03:07 GMT

Magic Mood Jeep© wrote:

> The Ladykillers, starring Tom Hanks (who for once does NOT play a
> goody-two-shoes character). Cat in the movie is owned by an elderly woman,
> a widow whom nobody really takes seriously. Cat's name is Mr. Pickles, and
> though he's not instrumental to the plot, he does provide some comic relief.
> That's all I'm going to say, as some here may not have seen the movie, and I
> don't want to spoil it for them.

I have such fond memories of the ORIGINAL "Ladykillers" with
Alec Guiness, that even a free ticket would not tempt me to
see the modern "remake"! (Why can't they leave the great
classics alone, and write their OWN scripts, instead of
stealing other writers' ideas?)

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Yowie - 10 Sep 2004 04:47 GMT

> Magic Mood Jeep© wrote:
>
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> classics alone, and write their OWN scripts, instead of
> stealing other writers' ideas?)

I like the re-make (haven't seen the original) but kept bouncing back into
reality every time I saw the casino worker. Most of the time I thought it
was set in the 1920's or thereabouts, as the costumes and chracters seemed
better suited to such a time, but then this very modern character kept
turning up and blew my suspension of disbelief.

And not surprisingly, the cat was my favourite chracter.

Yowie

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EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) - 10 Sep 2004 18:56 GMT

> I like the re-make (haven't seen the original) but kept bouncing back into
> reality every time I saw the casino worker. Most of the time I thought it
> was set in the 1920's or thereabouts, as the costumes and chracters seemed
> better suited to such a time, but then this very modern character kept
> turning up and blew my suspension of disbelief.

Sounds like a totally different movie! The trailers made it
look more slap-stick than Guiness ever needed to be -
another reason for avoiding it, IMO. If you get a chance,
rent the video of the Alec Guiness "Ladykillers" - you'll
see why I don't want to be disappointed by a remake set in
America, rather than 1950's England.

> And not surprisingly, the cat was my favourite chracter.
>
> Yowie

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Kreisleriana - 10 Sep 2004 14:39 GMT

>Magic Mood Jeep© wrote:
>
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>classics alone, and write their OWN scripts, instead of
>stealing other writers' ideas?)

I've seen both, and have to agree with Evelyn. The original was a
masterpiece.

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