tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15421289.post113532458646996408..comments2023-11-02T01:59:41.381-07:00Comments on One Movie a Day/Week/Whenever: Day 83: Being ThereDMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01648580741530154767noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15421289.post-1155751838897851422006-08-16T11:10:00.000-07:002006-08-16T11:10:00.000-07:00I, too, for all the reasons stated, think "Being T...I, too, for all the reasons stated, think "Being There," is a great film, but the comparisons to Gump are off the mark. If anything, their characters are opposites. Gump looks and sounds to be a fool, but he accomplishes everything he sets his mind to, football hero, war hero, ping pong champ, shrimp boat captain, etc. Chance, on the other hand, accomplishes nothing on his own, except through Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15421289.post-1136473065213153352006-01-05T06:57:00.000-08:002006-01-05T06:57:00.000-08:00this is probably one of my major prejudices, but i...this is probably one of my major prejudices, but i think that <I>being there</I> and <I>forrest gump</I> will divide people into two groups: those who will not be able to enjoy <I>forrest gump</I> because they can appreciate how much better the <I>holy fool</I> topic works in <I>being there</I> - and those who need things to be plainly hammered home, so they enjoy <I>forrest gump</I> more than <zorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08442375624235825017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15421289.post-1135708453907537682005-12-27T10:34:00.000-08:002005-12-27T10:34:00.000-08:00I agree about "The Last Detail". Its my favorite ...I agree about "The Last Detail". Its my favorite Hal Ashby movie and one of my top-3 favorite Jack Nicholson performances, which is saying a lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15421289.post-1135368963522566512005-12-23T12:16:00.000-08:002005-12-23T12:16:00.000-08:00This film was a bit of a swan song for Ashby as we...This film was a bit of a swan song for Ashby as well as for Sellers. After "Being There", the rest of Ashby's career was marked by studio interference, aborted and recut projects, and lame studio films. If you haven't seen Ashby's "The Last Detail" yet, you should ASAP.DBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10437821488088813435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15421289.post-1135348982402731982005-12-23T06:43:00.000-08:002005-12-23T06:43:00.000-08:00Yes. Yes!I read Jerzy Kosinski's novel, and it, t...Yes. Yes!<BR/><BR/>I read Jerzy Kosinski's novel, and it, too, was sweet and original and what Gump coulda/shoulda been.<BR/><BR/>...and I remember thinking at the time that they could <I>never</I> make a movie of this.<BR/><BR/>And, frankly, sans Ashby (and, to a (slightly) lesser extent, Sellers), this movie could <I>not</I> have worked.Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01427004222515784389noreply@blogger.com