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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:
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'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:
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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:
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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.