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Nice. 7/10
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History of Violence.
Nice. 7/10
Starr, I love that movie. It's hilarious! Or maybe that's just me. But, anyway, I think Montgomery's is a great early example of method-acting. Especially next to traditionalist actors of the 30's, he looks like a real person who walked onto the set by accident.Quote:
Originally Posted by starrwriter
Airplane
What a daft film!! I love it!!
That's the second time you have agreed with me about something. You'd better be careful, Emily, or you'll get ex-communicated from the Ya Ya Sisterhood.Quote:
Originally Posted by emily655321
In other words...he doesn't like it when people agree with him.Quote:
Originally Posted by starr
It's not exactly that. When too many people agree with me, I begin to doubt myself and wonder where I've gone wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by smilingtearz
Just finished watcing Big fish by tim burton ... again......
It is amazing.
Our life is just a collection of storys, all we do.. all we say.. all we hear..
are all simply Storys..
I love this movie.. At the end.. my eyes wept..:bawling:
Like the willow i am..
Just because of this sad yet beautiful story.
........
The Lion the Witch and the Wrdrob ... Movie: Narnia!
Brillient! Fantastic ... it was so tight with the novel and so true to the simbolism. I'm am so very very impressed!
Well then,
I shall just go and see it. A member of my family said parts of it were cheesy. did you know that both jrr Tolkien and C.S Lewis never wanted Disney to have a thing to do with their literary works. They both detested the studio and their work.
The last movie I saw was Finding Neverland. whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
Even Clayton cried so hard his face was swollen. excellent and although the part about the deceased husband was muddled(he actually became fast friends with Barrie when he got cancer of the jaw. Barrie nursed him until he died) it was still brilliant.
Ooo, Scheherazade! That's one of my all time favorite movies. I'd give Calamity Jane a 9 out of 10 though. Wonderful songs, great actress and actors. Doris Day rocks! And so does Howard Keel. An interesting aside is that the calvary officer thta Calamity likes plays Asa Buchanan on the soap opera One Life to Live.
Okay, Last movie I saw was The Family Stone. An okay movie. Some very nice family moments but it lacked something, don't know what. If I had to rate it 'twould be 6 out of 10 though my oldest daughter said she'd give it 7 out of 10.
Doris Day is my idol!
It is a good musical, Darlin, but I watched it after watching My Fair Lady and it does not measure up to that, I am afraid. I like Doris Day's movies, too, especially those with Rock Hudson.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darlin
I haven't seen My Fair Lady in ages but I know it's a lot more sophisticated than poor Calamity Jane. Still, I'm into Westerns - love them with a passion. I'm glad to see you gave Seven Brides for Seven Brothers a high score. I agree with you there. It's another one of my favorites.
I'm off to see Casanova in a few hours.
Enemy at the Gates (The Battle for Stalingrad)
8/10
Excellent war movie based on real-life events, the Russian soldier Vassili Zaitsev used as tool in the propaganda machine, though there are some embellishments. If you liked "Saving Private Ryan" you will appreciate it :) Jude Law and Ed Harris are intense.
I hadn't seen any of these movies for a long time either but Father Christmas was very good to me (well, I was practically perfect all year! ;)) and now I am the proud owner of five wonderful DVDs! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Darlin
'My Fair Lady' is one of the movies I love (favorite musical no doubt) and never get tired of watching it (I love Bernard Shaw's humour and it was put on the screen brilliantly as well). I like the choreography , music and the cast (I mean we are talking about lumberjacks who can dance like that!) better in 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' and it is funnier as well. 'Calamity Jane''s story line lacks a little, I think.
Next, I will be watching 'Fiddler on the Roof', which is my second favorite musical! :)
about the seven brides thing, I have always been upset by the concept that some guys have the gall to steal a bunch of girls and hold them hostage until they go so stir crazy they decide they like the abductors and end up marrying them. Isn't there a syndrome about that sort of thing called the Holland syndrome!!!
I cannot believe I had the good fortune to be at London drugs when they had their annual dvd sale. I never go to sales, not since I took economics anyway. And there on the shelf was the Vivien Leigh presentation of Anna Karenina in good old black and white Ever since I read her biography I wanted to see it . I watched it with Clayton and although we were depressed naturally at the end it was simply enchanting and evoked the busy opulent social life that was Mother Russian in that strange period of history.
Stockholm Syndrome.
I agree, "Seven Brides" is a very dated story, which seems rather offensive today.
I agree -- plus it's a musical (which I hate.)Quote:
Originally Posted by emily655321
On the other hand, William Inge handled a similar subject (kidnapping a woman to marry her) more sensitively in his play "Bus Stop," which was also made into a good film. He did this by portraying the kidnapper as a cowboy rube who gets beaten up by the bus driver and whose older ranch partner condemns his attitude.
Also, Marlilyn Monroe makes any movie awesome. Relatively.
What are you suggesting here, just because I am dutch I am some crazed kidnapper? I take offence to that. Yes I do! :lol: :DQuote:
Originally Posted by rachel
It is entirely true, and completely unfalse...
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uhm, yeah! Just so you know. :D
Well, she actually did some acting in "Bus Stop" and was quite convincing. In many of her movies she just played a dumb blonde, which she was not.Quote:
Originally Posted by emily655321
Really??? This has been a dream of mine ever since I was a teen.Quote:
Originally Posted by rachel
I mean aren't you tired of forced ideas of equality and freedom for women... And men having to propose at candle lit dinners, offering them expensive rings on one knee? What does that say about men's position today, I ask you? They have to kneel down in front of women so that they marry them? So that they can come and claim half of men's income along with whole of their sanity and peace of mind??
Real men surely wouldn't yield to such so called modern ideas; they would go and get what they want!I believe what you are refering to is 'Stockholm Syndrome'.Quote:
Originally Posted by rachel
What stereotyped romantic hogwash! I proposed to my future wife on the telephone and she happily accepted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Mature people don't base their love lives on Hollywood films or syrupy novels.
EDIT.......
Aha! Caught your original message before you edited it.Quote:
Originally Posted by emily655321
I couldn't help but notice you didn't ask if she made me happy. I guess that is irrelevant to you, but I wonder why.
thank you for the correction, Holland syndrome, sheesh. I need some sleep.
Scher you funny girl,you do make a point which I respect.
There is a whole poem in proverbs I th ink that talks about the capable wife.she has her own money, buys land and works it and makes money on that and she and her husband have complete respect for one another. sound a little better?
I don't know what to think about the going on one knee thing. perhaps both should be on their knees asking one another and proclaiming their love.
can't say.
AimusSage, forgive me please. I was merely relating to the syndrome. I didn't make up the name. And until you mentioned it I only thought of you as a nice guy(are you a guy) witty intelligent and a guy who suffered daily the perils of driving on congested highways and smelling good old cows thru the whole trip. All my Dutch friends are great and best of all they make you take off your shoes before coming into the house the same as I do. I mean can you imagine what stuff is picked up on the bottoms of shoes...it is beyond gross.
Even Hair?Quote:
Originally Posted by starrwriter
http://www.kino-ka.de/img/vorschaubi...19ab997764.jpg
Let the sunshine in, Starrwriter. Let the sunshine in.
Where the Rivers Flow North
3/10
It's the first, and considered to be the best, movie by my boyfriend's old film professor. We laughed, we laughed, and we laughed some more, and not for the right reasons. He said it should have been called "Where the Rivers of Exposition Flow Endlessly." Poor Michael J. Fox even accepted a role in it, boasting an excruciating attempt at a Kennedy-like Boston accent. But this was in 1993, so I guess it was about the time his career started to slump.
In short, it blew long, it blew hard, and the microphone appeared enough to be credited as a member of the cast.
I am sorry, but I can't forgive you Rachel, there is nothing to forgive. :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by rachel
It is polite in the Netherlands to take of your shoes I guess. I almost always do it when I visit someone. It isn't always required, but I usually do it anyway. There are people here who let their dog drop a mountain of brown goo on the sidewalk without cleaning it up, so it is of paramount importance too keep your eyes open when walking some places. beyond gross indeed. The smell can make your nose twitch into most unnatural positions.
So, now I am no longer a nice guy?
Last movie: King Kong
Director: The Hobbit Guy... Peter Jackson.
Rating: :thumbs_up :thumbs_up out of :thumbs_up :thumbs_up :thumbs_up :thumbs_up :thumbs_up
It was pretty mediocure, the cg was bad, the acting was soso, and it didn't follow the original, and what the $#%@#$% was with the bugs, bats, and the other freeking huge unidentifiable slo moving disgusting thing. Mr Jackson should decide what kind of movie his making and should stop going "brain dead"
yah AimusSage,
you're a sweet guy. And you take your shoes off, which makes you a great guy
Yah for AimusSage, gentleman of the forum
I have watched Harry Potter and the goblet of fire today and to tell the truth, I did not like it. I was really disappointed.
It was not as good as I expected it to be. It did not contain many scenes. Many were missing. I know that it is impossible to make a movie of such a long book without cutting scenes, but they could have made it better.
Edit to add: 5/10
Bang Bang *crash*
Lord of the Flies - the one directed by Peter Brook. it's brilliant if a little weird and creepy
I felt like I was having a break down when I watched Lord of the flies, I am not joking. To think that human beings would ever allow themselves to become so dark that they would become like demons and do such atrocities. I hate that I ever watched that movie.
Here, here! I fully agree. But you know that hobbit guy doesn't look anything like a hobbit any more. He lost lots of weight and looks like an entirely different person almost.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stanislaw
Last movie I saw was Breakfast on Pluto rather than Casanova. An Irish comedy about a transvestite, Cillian Murphy (who's an excellent actor), who sorely misses his mum, who abandoned him, and goes off to search for her during the 70's I believe. It's very funny, a little sad, sweet and very touching.
Most of the people in the theater were older, probably in their 50's and 60's I believe and not one of them seemed to think it was funny much at all. But my daughter went with me and she enjoyed it immensely. Perhaps they thought it wasn't politically correct to laugh at the travails of a poor little boy dressing up in ladies clothes and lipstick on his way to becoming a full fledged transvestite. But it was loads of fun and made me remember that one should never judge someone because of who they are racially, sexually, et cetera.
Oh, that's so sad, Rachel. :( I'm sorry it made you unhappy.Quote:
Originally Posted by rachel
That movie is probably closer to its original book than any other I've seen. That pleased me. But I do remember that book upsetting me, just because I like order and civility so much. :p But I thought it was an accurate depiction of human nature, and I that it was brilliantly insightful.
I agree with you Em that is was awfully true to the book. It didn't even seem like a movie to me, I guess that is why I started shaking and felt like I was cracking. Being a Jew and having been viciously abused myself as a child it was too too real. I have seen the dark side of humanity and well I face it daily in helping those in distress and on the street I can do it only because I am bringing relief. To just observe it is beyond my strength I guess.
Peter Jackson really does not look himself, especially with the laser surgery on his eyes. I just can't relate to him right now. It will take time I guess.
Darlin did you ever see la cage aux folles-1978 about the gay world. It was to me very sad and and arresting movie. I found the players very believable. The latest version the Bird Cage with Nathan Lane I have only seen parts of but Nathan is a consumate actor in this type of genre. he is brilliant.
Lately I've seen few films among them: King Kong, The Cronicals of Narnia, The Lord of Wars, and others. What to say about them more than I enjoy myself.