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02-21-2012, 03:37 PM
LitNetIsGreat

Still the best films I've seen this year are The Squid and the Whale and Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring.

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The Painted Veil. 8/10 I loved it, even if they did change the ending. Edward Norton and Naomi Watts did a fine job. Good period piece.

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Originally Posted by Emil Miller

This is one of my favourite novels, how did they change the ending?

This is one of those rare pieces that both Mrs Neely and I enjoy. It is indeed a good film, we have seen it about 4 times. I would give it a 9.1.

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Well I can't remember the exact ending in the book because I have seen the film too often, but he dies and she goes back to London. Doesn't that happen in the book as well?
02-21-2012, 04:18 PM
Emil Miller

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Originally Posted by Neely

Still the best films I've seen this year are The Squid and the Whale and Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring.

This is one of those rare pieces that both Mrs Neely and I enjoy. It is indeed a good film, we have seen it about 4 times. I would give it a 9.1.

**Spoiler**

Well I can't remember the exact ending in the book because I have seen the film too often, but he dies and she goes back to London. Doesn't that happen in the book as well?

Yes that's exactly what happens, but prior to her departure she arrives in back in Hong Kong, older and wiser, and sees Charles Townsend for what he really is. On her return to London, she finds that her mother has died and leaves with her father for the Bahamas where he has been offered a government post.
02-21-2012, 04:22 PM
LitNetIsGreat

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Originally Posted by Emil Miller

Yes that's exactly what happens, but prior to her departure she arrives in back in Hong Kong, older and wiser, and sees Charles Townsend for what he really is. On her return to London, she finds that her mother has died and leaves with her father for the Bahamas where he has been offered a government post.

Yes she stumbles upon Charles in London in the film and stubs him also. It ends here in the film. It's a good film you'd probably enjoy it.
02-21-2012, 04:36 PM
Emil Miller

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Originally Posted by Neely

Yes she stumbles upon Charles in London in the film and stubs him also. It ends here in the film. It's a good film you'd probably enjoy it.

I actually saw a bit of it in a preview on TV just before it came out. It got very good reviews and it looked quite authentic but fell into the trap, common nowadays, of having everyone parading around in spotless costume which should have been a little less so given the period and especially the location.
A version made during the 1930s, of which I have also seen an extract, was very good on costume but had the ridiculous Hollywood idea of starring Greta Garbo in the lead role: a woman who was just about as far removed from the character in the book as it is possible to get.
02-22-2012, 09:53 AM
PMLondonderry

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Originally Posted by Varenne Rodin

I agree that the Twilight movies are horrible. I watched them strictly for MST3K type purposes, like for mocking and hilarity. If they're viewed as comedies, they're actually somewhat good. Haha. Actually, no. No, they are not.

It was just bad bad and more bad. Absolutely nothing interesting happened.

However, it did provide a few inside jokes between my parents and I. "Jacob imprinted" is now a favorite new phrase for "Jacob just **** himself." (I kid you not. The way Edward says it, after Jacob jumps off the porch, made our entire living room laugh outloud. Each of us was thinking the same thing.)

However, hands down, this has got to have been the icing on the cake. This is possibly the worst scene in the movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mdmE...eature=related
02-22-2012, 11:15 AM
Patito de Hule

Birth of a Nation, D. W. Griffith's 1915 adaptation of Thomas Dixon's novel The Clansman, Doublleday, Page & Co., 1906.

The novel was the second novel of Dixon's Klan triolgy, The Leopard's Spots, The Clansman, and The Traitor.. Dixon's idolized uncle was a Klan chieftan, and the novel and movie were the most controversial in our history for glorifying the Klan. The novel and movie were credited with the revival of the Klan in 1915. Our images of the Klan with white robes, pointy hats, and burning crosses originated with this movie and the novel. These icons were universal with the Second Ku Klux Klan of the 1920's. I watched this movie on You Tube for the historical interest, and was so taken that I bought the DVD at Barnes and Noble.

The movie is three hours long and was one of the very first spectaculars ever produced. It incorporated historically accurate reproductions of various scenes of the Civil War. Lillian Gish starred as Emily, and was a great actress--one who survived the conversion to talkies. The first sixty minutes are devoted to getting to know the two families, one Northern and one Southern, who play an important part throughout the movie. At sixty minutes, the Civil War begins, and most of the war scenery is developed around Sherman's march from Atlanta to the Sea. At 120 minutes the war ends with a memorable scene of Lincoln's assassination. The remainder of the movie is based on the era of Reconstruction.

The Klan is started, but never founded. In actual fact, the Klan was founded as a social club by six friends in Pulaski, TN. In the movie, the Klan is started by one man outraged by the actions of the Republicans and Scalawags. In a near final scene it rides like the cavalry, complete with appropriate music, to the rescue of our protagonist family's patriarch holed up in a cabin fighting of a Negro/Republican insurrection.
02-23-2012, 01:06 PM
Varenne Rodin

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Originally Posted by PMLondonderry

It was just bad bad and more bad. Absolutely nothing interesting happened.

However, it did provide a few inside jokes between my parents and I. "Jacob imprinted" is now a favorite new phrase for "Jacob just **** himself." (I kid you not. The way Edward says it, after Jacob jumps off the porch, made our entire living room laugh outloud. Each of us was thinking the same thing.)

However, hands down, this has got to have been the icing on the cake. This is possibly the worst scene in the movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mdmE...eature=related

Hahaha. Wow. Now I have to see the movie. That is....like some 1970's cheap voiceover stuff in morning action cartoons. Haha. It's good to laugh. Thanks for the link, Londonderry.
02-23-2012, 05:57 PM
KCurtis

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Originally Posted by BienvenuJDC

Master & Commander - 9/10

But maybe I'm just such a sucker for Naval movies.

No, that movie was fantastic. Russel Crowe is so wonderful.
02-23-2012, 06:21 PM
BienvenuJDC

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Originally Posted by KCurtis

No, that movie was fantastic. Russel Crowe is so wonderful.

If you liked that one. A&E put out 8 movies based on the character of Horatio Hornblower. They can be watched on youtube, but your local library may also have them. They are fairly close to the books by C.S. Forester.
02-23-2012, 11:04 PM
LadyLuck

I just watched Shark Night. I would have to give it 6/10. For the genera it was pretty well made, and it amused me immensely. If you don't like shark movies and b quality movies, then give it a pass. I personally love that kind of thing so I was pleasantly surprised with this one.
02-24-2012, 06:08 PM
KCurtis

I just saw The Artist. I saw it with a friend, we both really liked it. It was different for me to see a silent movie, it was very very well done. I give it a 9, as it really was flawless.
02-25-2012, 09:03 AM
Helga

My boy and I were watching X-men First class and I can't help it I just love it. I saw it before and just wanted to see it with him. I think it is one of the best x-men movies.

And Fassbender is extremely hot, so that is enough to want to watch it again.

We are gonna watch Iron Man tonight, I have seen it a few times but the boy hasn't.
02-25-2012, 09:58 AM
BookBeauty

Ip Man. I give it a 9 out of 10. Was very amusing, and startling at the same time.
02-25-2012, 11:50 PM
jajdude

"Moneyball" -- 8/10 for me, but I'm also a big fan of baseball.
02-26-2012, 12:42 AM
Mutatis-Mutandis

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Originally Posted by KCurtis

No, that movie was fantastic. Russel Crowe is so wonderful.

I saw Master and Commander when it was in theaters. I fell asleep. One of the most boring movies I've ever seen.

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Originally Posted by Helga

My boy and I were watching X-men First class and I can't help it I just love it. I saw it before and just wanted to see it with him. I think it is one of the best x-men movies.

And Fassbender is extremely hot, so that is enough to want to watch it again.

We are gonna watch Iron Man tonight, I have seen it a few times but the boy hasn't.

First Class is my favorite of the X-Men movies, too, with X2 coming in a really close second.