tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074838946965393539.post8691822925910400485..comments2023-10-31T08:19:54.708-07:00Comments on Five by Five: Sci Fi Top 100, #31: "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951)balyienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13785839636620293326noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074838946965393539.post-87231153128269669242017-05-20T13:29:00.218-07:002017-05-20T13:29:00.218-07:00Eh, I don't think your life will lack completi...Eh, I don't think your life will lack completion without seeing this. Wiki tells me Patricia Neal had 5 children with Roald Dahl, but one died at the age of 7. :(<br /><br />There was definitely a very specific idea as to how children should "act" in the 1950s and it's a style of acting that I find especially irritating, but every now and then you find a young actor who bucked the trend. A particular favorite of mine is Johnny Crawford, who played The Rifleman's son on The Rifleman. That kid was so good at playing terrified (during the many, many times he was terrorized on the show) that it sometimes makes me uncomfortable.balyienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13785839636620293326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074838946965393539.post-1417791330519789802017-05-18T17:49:30.161-07:002017-05-18T17:49:30.161-07:00"...especially ones from the 1950s who did a ..."...especially ones from the 1950s who did a lot of gaping..."<br /><br />Heh. Ain't that the truth. I think of the kid on the Dick Van Dyke show who was a terrible actor. <br /><br />Patricia Neal was married to Roald Dahl, the children's book author. I believe they had children together? Maybe even four?<br /><br />All of my off-topic comments are pointing toward the fact that I will never watch this movie.Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07967372439743853589noreply@blogger.com