tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277656889531400083.post6952994259183444096..comments2023-03-27T00:32:25.248-07:00Comments on Classic Reel Girl: If you could be a TCM Guest Programmer...Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728909810579677454noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277656889531400083.post-2507361838655862812016-07-23T03:57:38.986-07:002016-07-23T03:57:38.986-07:00I found this to be interesting. It is a conundrum...I found this to be interesting. It is a conundrum on how to narrow down your choices to only four. I can agree with (most) of the categories, although maybe not all of the choices within the categories. And I personally don't like musicals as a rule. There are a few I do like, but my main problem with musicals is getting over the hump of, in the middle of dialogue and action, everybody on screen decides to do an exposition in song. At least in Cabaret the songs didn't drive the story. And this is the kind of musical I do like. Not that I won't watch a classic at least once, and I do find exceptions to that rule (I liked Fiddler on the Roof, for instance.)<br /><br />Film noir would be at the top of my list, for sure. (I am hosting a film noir blogathon on my own blog, if you needed any more proof...) My own choice would be "The Maltese Falcon". And I would add a screwball comedy: "Arsenic and Old Lace", nothing else would suffice. Gotta throw in a Western (only a footnote on your post, but westerns are my 3rd favorite kind of movie) I'd put up a John Wayne movie, of course, probably "Stagecoach". And to top it off, just to throw off people who would try to pigeonhole me with those first three, something oddball that no one expects, like "Fitzcarralkdo" Quiggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12434473473185065992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277656889531400083.post-80331963155325184382016-07-23T03:55:42.843-07:002016-07-23T03:55:42.843-07:00I found this to be interesting. It is a conundrum...I found this to be interesting. It is a conundrum on how to narrow down your choices to only four. I can agree with (most) of the categories, although maybe not all of the choices within the categories. And I personally don't like musicals as a rule. There are a few I do like, but my main problem with musicals is getting over the hump of, in the middle of dialogue and action, everybody on screen decides to do an exposition in song. At least in Cabaret the songs didn't drive the story. And this is the kind of musical I do like. Not that I won't watch a classic at least once, and I do find exceptions to that rule (I liked Fiddler on the Roof, for instance.)<br /><br />Film noir would be at the top of my list, for sure. (I am hosting a film noir blogathon on my own blog, if you needed any more proof...) My own choice would be "The Maltese Falcon". And I would add a screwball comedy: "Arsenic and Old Lace", nothing else would suffice. Gotta throw in a Western (only a footnote on your post, but westerns are my 3rd favorite kind of movie) I'd put up a John Wayne movie, of course, probably "Stagecoach". And to top it off, just to throw off people who would try to pigeonhole me with those first three, something oddball that no one expects, like "Fitzcarralkdo" Quiggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12434473473185065992noreply@blogger.com