Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: super70s Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies.past-films Subject: Re: THE STING (1973) Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 19:04:57 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8afca95ec688e38047900a0eeec9a333"; logging-data="4145620"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/+k/qJwbG22iFdOQkO40ptexmfNMw5NK8=" User-Agent: Unison/2.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:lYC6FugPYVDIHmSq1j+i6BIbCUc= Bytes: 2188 On 2024-03-23 23:27:39 +0000, Bill Anderson said: > Another notable movie for my young friend who can play games on my computer > but only if he watches a movie with me. > > I think I had not seen THE STING since it was a big deal in 1973 and > everybody was humming Scott Joplin. Of course I remembered the final > outcome, but I did not remember how they got to that point and we had a > great time following the story together. He kept asking me questions like, > “are they really FBI?“ and I had to admit I just didn’t remember and I was > wondering the same thing. It was fun. > > He said it wasn’t the greatest movie he had ever seen but the acting was > some of the greatest. > > Who is that actor playing Gondorff? > > That’s Paul Newman. > > How old is he now? > > He’s dead. > > Well darn. He’s really good. > > Another actor that impressed him, believe it or not, was Harold Gould. It > wasn’t so much his acting as it was his clothes. The kid is 18 and really > concerned about his appearance and he thinks Harold Gould, who is something > of a dandy in the movie, really knew how to look sharp. > > I have found that as long as I keep showing him good movies, he keeps > coming back for more. I'm with your friend, I've never liked this movie.