tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post214093466869752137..comments2024-02-25T09:45:48.931-05:00Comments on Lally's Alley: JACKIE COOPER & ARTHUR LAURENTS R.I.P.Lallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-22007238184268442542011-05-08T12:36:01.144-04:002011-05-08T12:36:01.144-04:00I think you're missing something with THE WAY ...I think you're missing something with THE WAY WE WERE man. It may be a little shiny in its production qualities, a little too "Hollywood" etc. but the story and the acting turn out to be pretty impressive. james Woods has one of his first supporting roles in it, and there's several scenes, one in particular, where Streisand deserves an oscar for what she manages to convey with no words. And Redford gets to use his "ordinary Bob" golden boy persona to score some pretty realistic and maybe even profound in their own way points, thanks to Laurents writing. But then, I've always dug Redford AND Sterisand (not everything they've done but certainly a lot of it and what they've tried to do given their personas established so early on), so I don't come in with any pre-judgement of them and what they're capable of.Lallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-35566686593591878152011-05-08T03:03:32.727-04:002011-05-08T03:03:32.727-04:00I doubt if I'll ever watch more of "The W...I doubt if I'll ever watch more of "The Way We Were" beyond the few minutes I've already seen.<br /><br />On the other hand, "West Side Story" is fascinating in so many ways. The love story, tho it doesn't last, is just so bouyant. <br /><br />NYC in the late Fifties/early Sixties is always interesting to me, as is the gang life it depicts - probably frightening at that time but now a knife fight seems almost quaint.<br /><br />I wish I could watch it right now.-K-https://www.blogger.com/profile/03289562368002376807noreply@blogger.com