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(15,830 posts)Response to Nevilledog (Original post)
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ARPad95
(1,671 posts)PCIntern
(25,556 posts)May his memory always be for a blessing
TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts).
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PCIntern
(25,556 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)Great actor.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)MissMillie
(38,562 posts)Years ago I started to watch it, and it was a little too gory for me.
Maybe I'll try again. I recently got through Breaking Bad. Maybe I've found some tolerance for gore.
LuckyCharms
(17,444 posts)A gorgeous motion picture that has so many seemingly small but impactful aspects, you will be re-playing them in your mind for years.
Following is one of my favorite clips. nothing gory involved. There is something about it that hits me hard.
Marlon Brando generally did not look like my father, but in this particular movie, his make-up, his mannerisms...he looks EXACTLY like my father, who died when I was young, so perhaps that is a factor on why this movie appeals to me so much.
MissMillie
(38,562 posts).
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,330 posts)Just kidding. Its one if my favorites.
LuckyCharms
(17,444 posts)Thanks!
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)Good night Sonny.
Nevilledog
(51,122 posts)LoisB
(7,206 posts)634-5789
(4,175 posts)Sonny Corleone....RIP.
wendyb-NC
(3,328 posts)Quakerfriend
(5,450 posts)mountain grammy
(26,626 posts)Ohio Joe
(21,759 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)RIP.
underpants
(182,834 posts)Loved that movie.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Paladin
(28,265 posts)The original "Rollerball" starring Caan is one of them. He will be missed.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,968 posts)My dad took me to see it when it was in theatres. The first time I saw an R-rated movie.
Auggie
(31,174 posts)Omnipresent
(5,716 posts)A Hollywood conservative that supported trump.
hunter
(38,318 posts)https://www.dailywire.com/news/hollywood-reacts-to-death-of-ultra-conservative-james-caan
My own crazy Union Card Carrying Hollywood Liberal family mocked Caan's politics but didn't disrespect his art.
Omnipresent
(5,716 posts)Also, many leftwing comics like Dennis Miller.
So your wrong.
RANDYWILDMAN
(2,672 posts)always liked him
mountain grammy
(26,626 posts)one of my favorite movies ever.. Rest in Peace James Caan.
LuckyCharms
(17,444 posts)more than a few times this past week or so.
Thinking back to his role in The Godfather...
Just A Box Of Rain
(5,104 posts)We dont know that, but we pretty much do know what Hillary will do.
So if Trump listens to the people he hires and he has a great cabinet, the scale tips that way for me. We need a hawk right now.
~James Caan quoted in The Jerusalem Post July 22, 2016
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/james-caan-believes-trump-makes-the-us-an-offer-it-cant-refuse-462097
LisaM
(27,813 posts)I think he may have been a tad misogynistic. Very talented actor, though. I don't know who thought of casting him for "Elf", but he absolutely made that movie with his straight man performance where he never dropped character for one second.
kcr
(15,317 posts)That's how my kids know him. We've watched that movie every year since it came out.
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,410 posts)That was then, this is now and has jack shit to do with this thread.
Just A Box Of Rain
(5,104 posts)on a forum for Democrats?
I'm of an entirely different mind on this issue.
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,410 posts)What happened in 2016 is irrelevant to the annoucement of his death, start your own thread of his "dastardly" comments in 2016, but quit trying to hijack the thread.
Just A Box Of Rain
(5,104 posts)Caan backed Trump, while attacking HRC, and that is not relevant to his legacy on a forum for Democrats.
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,410 posts)Go start your own thread, this is about the death of a great actor, James Caan, not about what he said in 2016.
Just A Box Of Rain
(5,104 posts)You don't get to dictate my speech.
Caan used his fame to support Donald Trump. Full stop.
That is entirely relevant thing to point out on a forum for Democrats.
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,410 posts)and how do you know that his opinion didn't change since 2016?
Quit trying to hijack the thread.
Just A Box Of Rain
(5,104 posts)On a forum for Democratic Party loyalists? For real???
Boy do we read that differently.
Good day.
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,410 posts)Good day to you also, and have a great upcoming weekend.
Just A Box Of Rain
(5,104 posts)stains the man's legacy or that it is relevant point on a Democratic forum.
I'm kinda shocked you'd think otherwise.
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,410 posts)Kinda blows your statement out of the water.
Just A Box Of Rain
(5,104 posts)Caan was a significant actor. He also supported Donald J Trump and attacked Hillary Clinton.
Those are relevant facts on a Democratic forum.
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,410 posts)in case you hadn't noticed, the thread was about his death, not his support in 2016 for the Mango Menace, IOW, you tried to hijack the thread.
You can have the last say, I'm done with you on this particular issue.
Just A Box Of Rain
(5,104 posts)on Democratic Underground.
It is an odd objection that James Caan's support got TFG and disrespecting of HRC isn't relevant.
This is not an "acting forum." Nor is this thread in the Lounge.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)All that poster did was point out Caan's political beliefs. I don't think he or she rejoiced over the death.
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,410 posts)I guess I'm old school, I find it distasteful, but I'll make an exception to the demise of the Mango Menace, except I won't grave dance, I'll piss dance on his grave.
I didn't say he or she was rejoicing over his death, I just pointed out that this wasn't about his past statements about Trump, it was about his death and the many great movies and tv shows he did.
Have a great day and great upcoming weekend.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)I just wondered why you don't scold those who do as you're scolding this poster here.
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,410 posts)Peace out.
Tomorrow, DU won't hear from me for a while, getting back on the road now that my truck is fixed, ready to go and a load is waiting for me in Phoenix going to upstate NY.
Chautauquas
(4,443 posts)the fact that he was a good actor doesn't excuse the fact that he supported someone who nearly wrecked the country.
liberal_mama
(1,495 posts)I met him once and he was very nice and gracious. However, now there is the problem of his Trumpery and crazy conservative views. As a result, I haven't been watching any of his movies anymore because his views disgust me. Are you saying that I should just ignore his offensive political views and enjoy his work and separate the artist from his politics?
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,410 posts)on the dastardly statements made by Mr. Caan in 2016 instead of trying to hijack the thread.
I myself, don't judge an actor's accomplishments by their political views, that's a separate issue for me, their politics may suck ass big time, but if they're accomplished actors, as Mr. Caan was, then I'll continue to watch their movies.
Have a great day and upcoming weekend.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,330 posts)No surprise he was a trumpanzee.
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,410 posts)Say what you want about him, but he was an accomplished actor and martial arts expert.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,330 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(12,410 posts)I just got dizzy watching this gif.
Very good.
edhopper
(33,590 posts)for posting this
hlthe2b
(102,297 posts)RIP
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,410 posts)Kinda weird, but my favorite James Caan movie was Alien Nation.
Twoflower
(1,021 posts)this was what I was going to post
llmart
(15,540 posts)A real tear jerker.
Upthevibe
(8,053 posts)Brian's Song -Brian Piccolo.
I think (but am not sure) this is when movies of the week were fairly new.
I remember watching it as a kid with my family and we were all crying at the same time.
kentuck
(111,104 posts)One of my favorite characters was "Mississippi" in the old John Wayne western, El Dorado.
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,410 posts)his shooting was so poor, he carried a sawed off double barrel shotgun in a holster.
Great movie.
kentuck
(111,104 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(12,410 posts)ChazII
(6,205 posts)I will always remember you from Brian's Song.
crickets
(25,981 posts)Also Alien Nation with Mandy Patinkin.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,235 posts)"Queen Bees". I have to admit, he looked really different, but I guess anyone would at age 82.
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)Easily my favorite movie with him. ELF second.
Stinky The Clown
(67,808 posts)He was a great actor in a wide variety of roles and archetypes.
I will always love him for Sonny Corleone. I wasn't sure at first but his role has good well the test of time (50 years ago for that one!)
Brian's song made me cry.
johnnyknj
(37 posts)William769
(55,147 posts)YoshidaYui
(41,832 posts)Howard Stern once asked James Caan why he turned down the role when it was offered to him and he said bluntly, "They didn't want an actor. That's why they got Harrison Ford."*
ZonkerHarris
(24,229 posts)as a writer healing after his wifes death and feels guilty when he falls in love with a new woman in his life.
Marsha Mason co stars as the love interest
and fun fact she's the real life woman Neil Simon fell in love with after his wife's death
wonderfully nuanced part for Caan
unlike many of his tough guy roles.
Love him and that movie
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)so she could get an Oscar.
CaptainTruth
(6,594 posts)highplainsdem
(49,005 posts)BootinUp
(47,165 posts)Catherine Vincent
(34,490 posts)Liberal In Texas
(13,558 posts)Really good contemporary film noir. Great cast with Tuesday Weld and of all people Willie Nelson. Music by Tangerine Dream.
RIP
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,330 posts)DFW
(54,410 posts)Thats just the way the world is. I cant explain how it is that Im friends with Richard Vighuerie, who is the Prince of Darkness politically. Whack Job would be too mild a term.
Though not leading roles, I thought that Jon Voight played a role closest to his political views in Enemy of the State, and Caan in the Schwarzenegger film Eraser. I think it is testimony to the artistry of each that neither role is considered significant for either of them.
DashOneBravo
(2,679 posts)Two I liked Gardens Of Stone which was about serving in The Old Guard 3rd Infantry Regiment during the Vietnam War.
A Bridge Too Far which is about Operation Market Garden during WW2.
And I dont care who he voted for.
Aristus
(66,391 posts)Was it hacked by some ultra-right-winger?
On edit: Looks like it. Someone switched it back to TFG in 2016.