Flowers in the Attic

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

I understand you'll watch anyway but fair warning...

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...#axzz2qn6B1LwM

"Lifetime wants to have its arsenic-laced doughnut and eat it too — it wants to dabble in the ooey gooey darkness without getting its PG brand too dirty. The result is a "Flowers in the Attic" that is neither unsettling or deliciously absurd; it's just plain silly. And what's the fun in that?"

PG and teen incest just don't seem like they'd mix all that well.

[GenuineRisk]

It's every bit as awful as I thought it would be. Hooray!

But props to Ellen Burstyn. She knows exactly what Lifetime movie she is in and is chewing the scenery to exactly the right consistency.

[bigrun]

Off topic but did anyone watch the SAG show last nite?...watched bout hour and was really struck with Rita Moreno...82 yo and what a knockout..and great voice..received lifetime achievement award..

[mclem0822]

Originally Posted by bigrun

Off topic but did anyone watch the SAG show last nite?...watched bout hour and was really struck with Rita Moreno...82 yo and what a knockout..and great voice..received lifetime achievement award..

She was great! Outstanding career, and enjoyed the video tribute.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by mclem0822

She was great! Outstanding career, and enjoyed the video tribute.

I missed the SAG Awards (I hate award shows), but I saw an interview with her a few months back (she has an autobiography that came out in 2013, I think). Great interview. Very cool lady.

[cal828]

Originally Posted by bigrun

Off topic but did anyone watch the SAG show last nite?...watched bout hour and was really struck with Rita Moreno...82 yo and what a knockout..and great voice..received lifetime achievement award..

In addition to West Side Story, she was in another movie I liked a lot called The Four Seasons with Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, Sandy Dennis, and Jack Weston. Some classic lines in that movie. In one scene, Alan Alda's character tells Jack Weston's character that he was "the Muhammad Ali of mental illness." Hysterical also when Jack Weston's character drives his new Mercedes out on a frozen lake and the ice cracks under it and it sinks into the lake.

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by cal828

In addition to West Side Story, she was in another movie I liked a lot called The Four Seasons with Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, Sandy Dennis, and Jack Weston. Some classic lines in that movie. In one scene, Alan Alda's character tells Jack Weston's character that he was "the Muhammad Ali of mental illness." Hysterical also when Jack Weston's character drives his new Mercedes out on a frozen lake and the ice cracks under it and it sinks into the lake.

I've seen every movie ever made but i don't remember that one..i'll add to my netflix que..but Sandy Dennis reminds me of our all time fav movie,
The Out of Towners -1970..Took my little kiddies to the drive-in (remember those?) and they still remember me cackling the whole movie..'I'll vouch for that' Sandy would say after Jack Lemon would explain something..

[cal828]

Originally Posted by bigrun

I've seen every movie ever made but i don't remember that one..i'll add to my netflix que..but Sandy Dennis reminds me of our all time fav movie,
The Out of Towners -1970..Took my little kiddies to the drive-in (remember those?) and they still remember me cackling the whole movie..'I'll vouch for that' Sandy would say after Jack Lemon would explain something..

Agree with that. One of my favorites too. Very funny movie.