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Mae West (1982)
Ann Jillian was completely memorable as Mae West.
I can only say that when I saw this movie on Showtime I completely enjoyed it. Then, in the months that followed, when I would be flipping through the channels looking for something to kill a little time, I'd stop when I came upon Mae West. I'd think to watch it for a few minutes and go on. Inevitably I would watch it through to the end once again. I must have seen the last half or two-thirds of this movie twenty times or more and I never tired of seeing it again.
If I could find it on DVD or VHS I'd likely watch it twenty more times. I can't really say why but the story, the casting and the acting, mainly Ann Jillian made it memorable and endlessly enjoyable.
Doc Hollywood (1991)
This is a much better movie than you'd think
It is perfectly cast, very nicely photographed, very well acted and the direction is spot on. That said, it is to me better than the sum of its parts.
If you didn't see that on the first viewing, try seeing it again. I thought it was decent fare on the first viewing until I caught the last 50 minutes or so a second time around on cable late one night. I was quite surprised at how completely I had misjudged it. I realized it was much better than it first seemed because, like a performance by a great dancer or skilled actors, it looks too easy to be really excellent, too natural.
But I was wrong and seeing it all the way through one more time proved it to me. Try it again and see.
Phil
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
The movie was excellent, but you really had to read the book first.
I read and loved the book before I heard the movie was to be made and really had my doubts. Turning a riveting internal monologue into a passable, let alone excellent screen play is a monumental task. If you read "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" before seeing the movie, you'll immediately know what I mean.
I loved this movie and I loved the book, "Short Timers". I think the book was better, as the book "Cuckoo's Nest" was better than the movie.
But who cares! Both movies were monumental successes with superbly realized screenplays. Other authors should be so lucky when their novels are adapted to the screen.