tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post3223358156150083868..comments2024-03-14T04:07:39.792-07:00Comments on Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...: "Local Hero"Earl Pomerantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-649607342619925042012-03-17T08:02:50.452-07:002012-03-17T08:02:50.452-07:00"Local Hero" is my favorite film of all ..."Local Hero" is my favorite film of all time. I saw it when in the theater when it came out (I was a junior in high school then) and immediately loved it. I've been revisiting it a lot lately and it not only continues to resonate, but also continues to surprise with some little moment I'd either forgotten about over time or never "got" before. A very special, rewarding film.Paul Castigliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311677339576296386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-60237823536401606452012-03-10T07:44:09.885-08:002012-03-10T07:44:09.885-08:00Local Hero is brilliant, and has one of the great ...Local Hero is brilliant, and has one of the great subtle jokes in it. McIntire, the hotshot from Houston, is visiting a gaggle of local fishermen at the small town's waterfront, and there's a toddler in a stroller among all the men. He looks at the kid and says, "Beautiful baby. Whose is it?" The fishermen all exchange glances...and that's the end of the scene. I saw Local Hero two or three times in theaters, and invariably, about 20 seconds after that scene, somebody in the audience would figure it out and laugh belatedly.<br /><br />Enjoying your blog, sent here by Ken Levine.Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-71325024173597706722012-03-10T00:20:40.417-08:002012-03-10T00:20:40.417-08:00I think I caught the same recent PBS showing you d...I think I caught the same recent PBS showing you did. I also saw this in the theater when it first came out. I love it, and I wish Forsyth was still working.Tom Masonhttp://comics.gearlive.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-74429057939107581862012-03-08T13:26:18.177-08:002012-03-08T13:26:18.177-08:00Burt Lancaster is clearly at the top of his game i...Burt Lancaster is clearly at the top of his game in this picture. I think he only had one other movie in him, Field of Dreams, before he died.<br /><br />Both showed why he is to be consider one of the greatest actors of the 20th Century.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02683862388676163629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-87018095252822884402012-03-07T12:37:33.754-08:002012-03-07T12:37:33.754-08:00Earl, back in March of 2009, I spent a month revie...Earl, back in March of 2009, I spent a month reviewing my favourite 31 movies from the last century. Local Hero came in third, after North to Alaska and Electric Dreams. The review is here at http://mugfordmugshots.blogspot.com/2009/03/movies-3-local-hero.html<br /><br />In the review, I also mentioned The Coca-Cola Kid, which also made my list and shares many of the themes of Local Hero. Both are worth the rental/download/streaming or however you get movies these days.<br /><br />As I concluded my review of Local Hero, "All of this magic by Forsyth is polished to a degree of delight I haven't seen much of over the years. He adds in the Northern Lights and a great score by Mark Knopfler to make the words, sounds and pictures coalesce into that rarest of all things, a feeling of happiness.<br />You owe it to yourself to be happy today. Rent it. "Gary Mugfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12373692715883477861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-13066830303486512502012-03-07T05:12:51.647-08:002012-03-07T05:12:51.647-08:00Hi Earl, Your blog has become part of my daily rou...Hi Earl, Your blog has become part of my daily routine. Just wanted to comment about "Local Hero". I happened upon this movie late one night when I was exhausted and absolutely had to get a good nights sleep. Needless to say that didn't happen. It's very hard to describe the charm of this movie but you did a great job of it. Highly recommended to all of your readers.Tomnoreply@blogger.com