tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post1895985312553427376..comments2024-03-14T04:07:39.792-07:00Comments on Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...: "Negative Timing"Earl Pomerantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-48545694381925899982016-04-15T23:49:50.837-07:002016-04-15T23:49:50.837-07:00Agree with almost everything you wrote today. And...Agree with almost everything you wrote today. And Wendy, especially about Loy and Grant being more compelling. All I remember of The Money Pit is that it's more of a Pit than the title implies. Don't recall all that much about the Blandings, either, so I'll have to find a copy to watch. <br /><br />Are you and several million of your neighbors still w/out Dodger TV? I'm reminded to ask as the LA-SF game was the freebie on MLB.TV tonight. Louienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-2233068396222789822016-04-15T08:04:41.639-07:002016-04-15T08:04:41.639-07:00Yeah, the Blandings (I love that movie) represent ...Yeah, the Blandings (I love that movie) represent a time when all over the country people living in tiny boxes (which Sid Caesar also parodied wonderfully) were moving to the suburbs, and dream houses seemed within reach to a lot of people. Their house, as built in the movie, would now cost $2-3 million probably. Plus, the movie made some nice sharp points about city people thinking they were all that, so people living in rural areas could enjoy the spectacle of them being one-upped by the "hicks" they encountered.<br /><br />It was a lot harder to feel sorry for the couple in THE MONEY PIT, who were clearly going to end up with a huge house that most people have no shot at now. <br /><br />But beyond that, the relationship between Shelly Long's and Tom Hanks's characters just was never as compelling as Myrna Loy and Cary Grant. I don't think that's *all* timing.<br /><br />wgWendy M. Grossmanhttp://www.pelicancrossing.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-55528870517145464602016-04-15T06:22:13.721-07:002016-04-15T06:22:13.721-07:00For such crappy writing, you did indeed hit that o...For such crappy writing, you did indeed hit that one home by its dreary ending, I didn't really think you were capable.Jeshttp://chicagobred.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com