I'm sorry I yanked your ears ... All the times I yanked your ears

Four more good ones - I'm on a roll!

Meet John Doe (1941) - "A man needing money agrees to impersonate a non-existent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a political movement begins."
Source: I borrowed the DVD from my parents' collection
I watched it because: after seeing The Pride of the Yankees, I decided upon seeing more Gary Cooper films

AFI: 100 Years ... 100 Cheers (2006) #49

IMDB: 7.6/10  -  Rotten Tomatoes: Tomatometer: 91% Audience: 83%

notable quote: "...I get up to it, and around it, and in back of it, but I never get right to it—you know what I mean?"
story: convoluted but ultimately sweet
visuals: very well done, lit and shot along the lines of Citizen Kane
costumes, hair & makeup: wonderfully matched to the characters
acting: Gary Cooper (Long John Willoughby) breaks my fucking heart. Spring Byington (Mrs. Mitchell) is pretty good, too.

intangibles: this is weirdly political, very talky, and somewhat screwball. The ending doesn't quite match the rest of the story. There's something about it, though, that makes it very watchable.
Academy Award nominee: Best Writing, Original Story
overall: recommended

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988) - "A toon-hating detective is a cartoon rabbit's only hope to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder."
Source: I borrowed the DVD from my parents' collection
I watched it because: I hadn't seen it since it was released, maybe? 
IMDB: 7.7/10  -  Rotten Tomatoes: Tomatometer: 97% Audience: 84%

notable quote: "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way."
visuals: outstanding
acting: Bob Hoskins absolutely should have gotten an Oscar for this, given the amount of acting he did off of cartoons! 

intangibles: more adult than I'd recalled, it remains a joy to watch
Academy Award winner:
• Best Film Editing

• Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing

• Best Effects, Visual Effects

• Special Achievement Award: For animation direction and creation of the cartoon characters 
Academy Award nominee:
• Best Cinematography

• Best Art Direction—Set Decoration

• Best Sound

overall: recommended

Dark Command (1940) - "In Kansas, during the Civil War opposing pro-Union and pro-Confederate camps clash and visiting Texan Bob Seton runs afoul of William Cantrell's Raiders."
Source: I borrowed the DVD from my parents' collection
I watched it because: I was in the mood for a Western
IMDB: 6.8/10  -  Rotten Tomatoes: Tomatometer: N/A% Audience: 71%

notable quote: "I borned a dirty murderin' snake that's broke my heart to see it crawlin' along. You're no good."
acting: John Wayne (Bob Seton) and Roy Rogers (Fletch McCloud) in the same movie. That alone makes it worth seeing.

intangibles: a twisty plot and excessively dastardly bad guys render this more of a revenge flick than a Western or war movie (be warned)
Academy Award nominee:
• Best Art Direction, Black & White

• Best Music, Original Score
overall: recommended

Aristocrats (1999) - "18th-century England and Ireland viewed through the eyes of four beautiful highborn sisters—Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox—great-granddaughters of a king, daughters of a cabinet minister, and wives of politicians and peers."
Source: streamed on Amazon Prime
I watched it because: it fit with my recent costume drama interests
IMDB: 7.3/10  -  Rotten Tomatoes: Tomatometer: N/A% Audience: 74%

notable quote: "You take the guilt and refuse the pleasure."
story: four sisters, each with different personalities and goals, have varying degrees of success in their romantic and domestic endeavors
visuals: exceedingly stunning
costumes, hair & makeup: spectacular
acting: George Anton (William Ogilvie), Clive Swift (King George II), and Hugh Sachs (Charles James Fox) were my favorites of the cast

intangibles: this is a tough one. It is overlong, and each of the main characters goes through three ages (being played by three different actresses), so focus can be a problem. The women are the point of the film but the men are written better. I liked it, though I'm not sure I can articulate precisely why.
overall: recommended

[the title quotation is from Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]