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Post by **dng** » Wed Feb 09, 2022 5:53 pm

also apparently its half term next week and some of my nieces and nephews will be here, so i might not get a chance to watch any buster films over the weekend and into next week i'm sorry please don't hate me

Post by **dng** » Wed Feb 09, 2022 5:54 pm

i might watch two tomorrow to make up for that though

Post by **dng** » Wed Feb 09, 2022 5:54 pm

if thats not against the rules (there are no rules)

Post by **vom** » Wed Feb 09, 2022 9:16 pm

schmules

Post by **vom** » Wed Feb 09, 2022 9:16 pm

I just watched Hard Luck and yes indeed it is all over the place

I quite like it though. Especially the bit where Buster reveals the pack of fine dogs he has assembled

Post by **dng** » Wed Feb 09, 2022 9:47 pm

Yes. I also liked how sexy 1920s swimming trunks were

Post by **dng** » Thu Feb 10, 2022 5:06 pm

The Goat

https://accumulationofthings.com/100/20 ... goat-1921/

Buster runs and runs (contains no goats)

Post by **vom** » Thu Feb 10, 2022 6:27 pm

I don't remember this one at all

Post by **dng** » Thu Feb 10, 2022 7:34 pm

you're probably trying to remember one with goats in it

Post by **vom** » Thu Feb 10, 2022 10:22 pm

the horse bit was the only part I really remembered at all

which is odd as it was excellent

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Feb 14, 2022 2:08 am

dng wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 5:06 pm The Goat

https://accumulationofthings.com/100/20 ... goat-1921/

Buster runs and runs (contains no goats)

Nice, Davuss!

Also, I believe I can cast a spell that will stop you from using the word 'bizarrity'.

Post by **dng** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:38 pm

dng wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 5:53 pm also apparently its half term next week and some of my nieces and nephews will be here, so i might not get a chance to watch any buster films over the weekend and into next week i'm sorry please don't hate me

half terms over now. i am still alive

Post by **dng** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:38 pm

although i have a cold

Post by **dng** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:38 pm

and feel sort of ill

Post by **dng** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:39 pm

anyway, here's Buster Keaton in The Playhouse (1921)

https://accumulationofthings.com/100/20 ... ouse-1921/

in which I appear towards the end in a cameo, smoking a cigarette and generally looking as manly as a man can be

Post by **vom** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:06 pm

hooray

I remember that multiple exposure bit being pretty incredible. Hopefully I will watch this one tomorrow if I am not too full of FAWM madness

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Feb 22, 2022 2:20 am

dng wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:38 pm
dng wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 5:53 pm also apparently its half term next week and some of my nieces and nephews will be here, so i might not get a chance to watch any buster films over the weekend and into next week i'm sorry please don't hate me
half terms over now. i am still alive

It's just begen here presumably because we still use the Julian calendar.

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Feb 22, 2022 2:23 am

dng wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:39 pm anyway, here's Buster Keaton in The Playhouse (1921)

https://accumulationofthings.com/100/20 ... ouse-1921/

in which I appear towards the end in a cameo, smoking a cigarette and generally looking as manly as a man can be

Good work as always, Davuss, and hope you feel your manly strength returning soone!

Post by **dng** » Tue Feb 22, 2022 9:10 pm

The Boat

https://accumulationofthings.com/100/20 ... boat-1921/

Buster Keaton is driving a boat. Why is he driving a boat?

Post by **vom** » Tue Feb 22, 2022 9:11 pm

I did watch The Playhouse, and it was great

Lovely Buster Keaton. The music on the blu-ray version is also particularly good on this one, really cleverly synced up to the action

Also "dress the monkey!" is one of the best intertitles

Post by **dng** » Tue Feb 22, 2022 9:12 pm

I found that monkey bit so terrifying

Post by **dng** » Wed Feb 23, 2022 7:53 pm

The Paleface (1922)

https://accumulationofthings.com/100/20 ... face-1922/

not very good, but at least i'm up to 100 years ago now

Post by **vom** » Wed Feb 23, 2022 9:28 pm

is this the one where a million people get out of a car, or something

Post by **vom** » Wed Feb 23, 2022 9:28 pm

I've just finished FAWMing for the day so I'll go and have a beer and watch The Boat

Post by **dng** » Wed Feb 23, 2022 9:58 pm

vom wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 9:28 pm is this the one where a million people get out of a car, or something

no, that's moonshine

https://accumulationofthings.com/100/20 ... hine-1918/

in this one some oil men steal an indian tribes land, so they try to kill innocent old buster keaton for it instead. then he joins the tribe and tries to help them get their land back.

Post by **dng** » Wed Feb 23, 2022 9:59 pm

strangely plot heavy for a buster keaton film really.he doesn't even turn up for five minutes because of all the tedious story stuff

Post by **dng** » Wed Feb 23, 2022 10:00 pm

anyway, the best bits here

https://youtu.be/IWk_ipMrBjk?t=753

when buster gets on his horse

Post by **vom** » Wed Feb 23, 2022 10:46 pm

I just caught up. The Boat is impressive but never really all that funny, for me. Although the actual boat launch is pretty amazing and I like the silent punchline right at the end. The Paleface is pretty consistently clever and funny but I feel guilty for enjoying it, for obvious reasons. That bit where he parachutes off a cliff! Holy shit.

Post by **dng** » Thu Feb 24, 2022 12:27 am

Yes. That was great. I also liked the stupid "two years later" joke at the end

Post by **vom** » Thu Feb 24, 2022 12:39 am

yes! that was excellent

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Feb 24, 2022 4:30 pm

dng wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 7:53 pm The Paleface (1922)

https://accumulationofthings.com/100/20 ... face-1922/

not very good, but at least i'm up to 100 years ago now

Enjoyable bite-sized reading FTW!

Also, as you're up to 1922, you can now join the 1922 Committee and help shape Britain.

Post by **dng** » Thu Feb 24, 2022 4:55 pm

Somehow I don't think I'll get past their selection committee

Post by **dng** » Thu Feb 24, 2022 5:15 pm

Today's Buster Keatonf ilm is Cops

https://accumulationofthings.com/100/2022/02/24/724/

which I think might be his oddest one yet.

Post by **dng** » Thu Feb 24, 2022 5:15 pm

I liked it

Post by **dng** » Fri Feb 25, 2022 4:14 pm

My Wife's Relations

https://accumulationofthings.com/100/20 ... ions-1922/

not especially bad, but not especially good

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Feb 25, 2022 4:28 pm

I thought taffy was just how toffee was pronounced in Amelicus.

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Feb 25, 2022 4:31 pm

Or possibly Buster Keaton was the agent of Taffy, who had a top 10 hit with Ital-Disco stomper 'I Love My Radio', in the mid to late 80s.

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Feb 25, 2022 4:36 pm

re: My Wife’s Relations

A nice review/comments as always, Davuss, btw!

Post by **dng** » Fri Feb 25, 2022 4:48 pm

according to wikipedia, taffy is the same as a chewit

Post by **dng** » Fri Feb 25, 2022 4:48 pm

do they still make chewits i want one now

Post by **dng** » Fri Feb 25, 2022 4:49 pm

but only if they're still advertised by that stop motion dinosaur

Post by **dng** » Fri Feb 25, 2022 4:50 pm

blombluss wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 4:36 pm re: My Wife’s Relations

A nice review/comments as always, Davuss, btw!

hooray. thank you

Post by **vom** » Fri Feb 25, 2022 5:03 pm

I need to catch up again! Really keen to see Cops again. Might skip My Wife's Relations actually as I only saw that one for the first time last year, and also found it to be Just Okay but with Some Pretty Great Bits

Post by **dng** » Fri Feb 25, 2022 5:54 pm

I've only got six more to go now (and technically two i'm not allowed to watch till next year).

Post by **dng** » Fri Feb 25, 2022 5:55 pm

But anyway i'll be sad when i've finished this box set off

Post by **dng** » Fri Feb 25, 2022 5:56 pm

hopefully I survive long enough to being able to buy a box set of his films and watch The General in 6 years time or whenever

Post by **vom** » Fri Feb 25, 2022 5:58 pm

it's a shame there aren't similarly comprehensive box sets for Chaplin and Lloyd (as far as I know)

perhaps it's because Buster is the best one? who can say

Post by **vom** » Fri Feb 25, 2022 5:59 pm

also you should look forward to watching Go West in 2025 because it's amazing and sweet and Buster falls in love with a cow

Post by **dng** » Fri Feb 25, 2022 6:02 pm

I still haven't watched any harold lloyd films, shamefully. but i will at some point i promise

Post by **dng** » Fri Feb 25, 2022 6:03 pm

also hooray for buster and his cow. i will endeavour to live until such a future time as i can witness it