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In Reply to: RE: Was Bogie an actor or a star? posted by tinear on July 24, 2009 at 08:56:41
He was both.
He played against Bette Davis and Cagney in a couple of his most important early movies and was probably the only actor with enough moxie and charisma to steal scenes from them. Hard to do considering their towering screen presence and personalities.
"Iconic" is certainly overused but all three of the actors I've mentioned here certainly qualify for that moniker.
I recently rewatched "Sabrina" which was made late in Bogie's career. He was too old for the character he was playing yet totally effective. The modern remake is a good film but cannot hold a candle to the original. How could it when the original had Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn in the title roles while the remake, which was a good effort, did not?
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In my view.
It was, and on reflection feel I gave it too much credit, but it was a better film than most of the other so-called comedy-romances (romantic comedies?) of the past few years. Most modern 'comedies' and 'romances' might as well have been written by a computer, and I have scant evidence that some were not. They are painfully unfunny and derivative and badly acted. I was at least able to sit through a showing of "Sabrina"; something I can't say about too many movies these days. I wanted to kill myself about halfway through "National Treasure II" and will someone please tell me why Vince Vaughn continues to make movies?!?
To be sure that it was ( for me ) I watch it twice, also because I like both actors.
The original Sabrina, also is at time a bit slow, but the actors are just great their you see the difference between yesterday and today, on the most.
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