Hello, 1968! It's nice to be back in more recent times after the last 2 selections. The Best Picture for this year was Oliver! This was one of the many musicals we watched throughout our first challenge. We thought this movie was very fun and enjoyable to watch. Kim had seen it before, so she knew what to expect, but she still found it entertaining. Most of the songs were good, especially the one where Fagin (our favorite character) plays the flute with an umbrella, which can be seen here. Anyway, on to our picks...
Kim: The Odd Couple.
Adam: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Kim had originally selected Rosemary's Baby, but changed her mind at the last second to the Mattheau/Lemmon comedy The Odd Couple. This was ok with me - I have seen Rosemary's Baby and didn't care for it. She has seen the Odd Couple and really enjoys it, plus she was more in a comedy mood than horror mood especially considering Rosemary's Baby was about a possessed baby. I haven't seen Odd Couple, so I'm looking forward to it as well.
I selected 2001: A Space Odyssey because it's one of those interesting, strange, bizarre movies that's culturally significant and fun to watch from time to time. I last watched it in high school, whereas Kim has seen parts, but never sat through the whole movie.
We may be watching the Odd Couple tonight, and 2001 in the near future, so stay tuned for our results.
In the meantime, I am introducing a brand new interactive segment to the blog. We would like to know which of our 3 movies this year (if you've seen them) you liked the most. Is it Oliver!, The Odd Couple, or 2001: A Space Odyssey? Also, feel free to post any of your other favorite movies from 1968!
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Loved the Odd Couple - liked 2001(it is a bit bizarre). Lots of good movies that year... dork that I am I would definitely pick Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as a fav. Hee!
ReplyDeleteHave to say Space Odyssey - way ahead of it's time. Gotta love Hal. Honorable mention to Planet of the Apes. OK, not what I'd call a "quality" film but great cheesy fun.
ReplyDeleteI liked all three movies - but can't say any were my favorites that year. For those, I'd have to pick The Producers, Funny Girl, and Zeffirelli's Romeo & Juliet. All classics in my book!
ReplyDeleteyay people commented!! I must say, when I decided to nix Rosemary's Baby as my choice and go comedy instead, I almost picked The Producers, but it had been longer since I'd seen The Odd Couple so I went with that one. Also, I agree with dad about the Romeo and Juliet pick, I told Adam if he wanted to watch Romeo and Juliet, the '68 one is the classic version, not one from 1930-something!
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