tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post7663229869221426597..comments2024-03-28T16:47:27.333-05:00Comments on Acidemic - Film: The Cooler Younger Sister Effect #2: Diane Baker in MARNIEErich Kuerstenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850572368098319317noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-54333127320659534162010-03-24T03:20:48.754-05:002010-03-24T03:20:48.754-05:00Although this was posted over a year ago, I just h...Although this was posted over a year ago, I just have to add my two cents. I LOVE Diane Baker. I have always thought Mark should have ended up with Lil, Marnie is soooo annoying. <br />That's why this film always fails for me (but since it's chock full of visual goodness it's one of my favourite Hitchcock films)Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05850925857013676336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-39523483068422646072009-07-14T02:14:59.512-05:002009-07-14T02:14:59.512-05:00great reviewgreat reviewpower toolshttp://www.notebook-batteries.net/power-tool-battery/index.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-50854959120403857022009-05-16T11:18:00.000-05:002009-05-16T11:18:00.000-05:00i enjoyed reading your article very much!
...but...i enjoyed reading your article very much! <br /><br />...but i have to say i disagree completely. <br />i don't think the reasons you state for going to the cinema are viable as a rule for films and filmmakers. <br />Simply put; your reason for watching a movie is not the same as mine.<br /><br />i have loved Marnie since the first time i saw it countles years ago - i consider it a masterpiece in every regard and the only Hitchcock movie that for me ranks up there with Vertigo.<br /><br />but don't get me wrong - movie watcihng is subjective so i don't claim my view is one that anyone else must share.<br /><br />On the other hand the comments here on the acting seem odd to me - since i can'timagine the movie acting any other way and by anyone else.<br /><br />Thanks again for the post and i gottasay, i love Lil!:)))<br /><br />you also 90 million points for quoting In a Lonely Place on your profile:)wytchcroftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-63732241525984455242009-02-08T22:43:00.000-05:002009-02-08T22:43:00.000-05:00Great Review! Well written and quite descriptive a...Great Review! Well written and quite descriptive as well.. If any item or topic comes out then you should be the one releasing it to the public and make it known! The way you describe it is very intriguing and feels like candy to my ears, if that really makes any sense :) but you catch my drift.. In one of my classes, we were given a paper with instructions of how to build a swan made of aluminum foil and we had to explain to our group verbally how to construct the swan.. It was difficult! But, manageable and we came second in place, but it was tasky :) Nevertheless if you post anything else up I will most definitely check it out! Great review!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-67259817181058191012009-02-02T11:17:00.000-05:002009-02-02T11:17:00.000-05:00It's the irritating quality that adds to its appea...It's the irritating quality that adds to its appeal, at least intellectually. So many of the easy answers to Marnie are thrown aside; Mark is almost as much a mess as Marnie and his motivations are presented as questionable from the git-go; Marnie keeps acting as if she knows best when she clearly doesn't and needs help (but correctly as she says, not necessarily from him). If you've ever dealt with someone who has mental problems, you'll probably recognize some of that same irritation that the film presents.<BR/><BR/>If Mark turned ultimately to Lil, he'd also be taking a turn that could be satisfying to the audience, but it would end up with Marnie a mystery and ultimately leave a movie that was much more shallow.<BR/><BR/>It's one of the great "battle of the sexes" movies. Naturally it would end up being either irritating or dishonest.Brian in Atlantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15380817016864576013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-18906907491954581852009-01-30T22:43:00.000-05:002009-01-30T22:43:00.000-05:00Even at a fairly young age I found Diane Baker mor...Even at a fairly young age I found Diane Baker more interesting than Tippi. Great stuff here man. Thanks.allen mezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13038872247722166064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-35435309131541413452009-01-30T10:07:00.000-05:002009-01-30T10:07:00.000-05:00Queasy melodrama is right - compelling but... Ugh,...Queasy melodrama is right - compelling but... Ugh, as Paula so aptly puts it. <BR/><BR/>I've seen this film before and really loved it, so I think it's the sort of film that is either great or aggravating according to your mood and sugar levels.Erich Kuerstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850572368098319317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-71556537098900717072009-01-29T11:34:00.000-05:002009-01-29T11:34:00.000-05:00I like Marnie a lot more than you, although I'm wi...I like <I>Marnie</I> a lot more than you, although I'm with you that the ending, the scene with Marnie's mom, is kind of ridiculous and unsatisfying. But I think part of the film's point is that Mark's obsession with Marnie is unhealthy and bizarre, motivated not so much by real love as by a certain masculine control freak streak in him; when she says he views her as an animal he's trapped, she's right. Yeah, he'd be better off with Lil, who steals the film in every scene she's in, but we're not really supposed to be rooting for Mark, I don't think -- he's not a very likable character and the sexy, playful Lil is much too good for him. <BR/><BR/>The film is often "unpleasant," but I finds its scenes of queasy psychodrama really compelling, with these two very unsympathetic characters sparring, and Mark seeming to alternate between noble and prurient motives in his attempts to "reform" Marnie. At this point in his career, Hitchcock seems less concerned than ever with the pleasure of his audiences, and more concerned with creating interesting emotional and psychological effects. I can see why it'd be offputting, but I think the film is a near-masterpiece despite the not-insignificant flaws running through it.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-36695366471517750882009-01-29T11:26:00.000-05:002009-01-29T11:26:00.000-05:00Thank you for writing this. I watched this film ab...Thank you for writing this. I watched this film about two years ago and could not get over how awful the acting was, especially the fake Southern accents. And the plot was just--ugh. But the sister-in-law was awesome, I agree, and "trickster" nails it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11414314552479220304noreply@blogger.com