tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post7606064687490482343..comments2024-03-28T15:25:55.785-07:00Comments on Raybeard: Film: 'The Time of Their Lives'Raybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-76868529924427662482017-04-11T23:03:01.630-07:002017-04-11T23:03:01.630-07:00Yes, Joan Collins' appearances in a major cine...Yes, Joan Collins' appearances in a major cinema role are as rare as hens' teeth, Bob - and here she really plays it with some relish.<br /><br />I never suspected there were many more male Franco Nero fans around than myself, and now I found that there's also you and Paul, above. I wonder how many more closet Nero fans there are around. Come out! - and, btw, does he know? :-)Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-13067797848201991322017-04-11T22:56:50.298-07:002017-04-11T22:56:50.298-07:00It's a very 'British' type of film, Pa...It's a very 'British' type of film, Paul, if there is such a thing. By that I mean it's got an insular POV and sense of humour (though that itself might be debatable) which one might suspect won't travel easily. But we never expected Monty Python to be popular beyond these shores and look what happened. And then take Benny Hill - and keep him!<br /><br />I wasn't so keen on the film of 'Shirley Valentine', but I'd been spoilt by already having seen it on the stage in its original monologue version which I thought far superior (I saw it with Hannah Gordon as the sole player). When it was opened up for screen treatment, as I suppose it had to be, it became much more 'ordinary' than the tour-de-force of the live version, even though I've never been a particular fan of writer Willy Russell. (That 'Blood Brothers'! - Crikey, take it away, and far!). But it was good to see Pauline Collins in a meaty role once more, and here standing up to her bigger-named co-star.<br /><br />It actually wasn't 'Camelot' that got me all swoony about Mr Nero, it was his appearance in D.H.lawrence's 'The Virgin and the Gypsy' (badly overlooked) that got me hooked. I've always looked out for his films ever since then, and there have been so very many of them, mostly in non-English language films. Did you manage to see him in Fassbinder's final one, 'Querelle'? He was still a devilishly handsome middle-aged hottie even then. Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-37882166008615085582017-04-11T15:10:10.625-07:002017-04-11T15:10:10.625-07:00I really should check for spelling before hitting ...I really should check for spelling before hitting Publish!<br /><br />Anyway .... This sounds interesting, only if it's to see Joan again on screen.<br />And gosh, did I ever have a crush on Nero in Camelot! He steamed up the screen.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15302478126147924237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-62675192317780519742017-04-11T13:12:24.505-07:002017-04-11T13:12:24.505-07:00Don't know if this will hit American theaters ...Don't know if this will hit American theaters - probably not. Maybe in a short time it will hit the streaming services.<br /><br /> Want to see this just to take a stroll down memory lane. Would like to see Pauline Collins again. Expected big things from her after "Shirley Valentine". Franco Nero? Yes at any age.paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085842904367441128noreply@blogger.com