Last Movie You Watched

[Calm]

I should have been more specific when I said children. Not for preteens because of language.

As a child I stuttered until the first grade. My elementary school had a program to help, and my parents signed me up. I am forever grateful. I didn't learn F bombs until Jr. High. But knew all about the A Bomb's, H Bomb's, and Duck and Cover. The Cuban Missile Crises was no fun.

Me too on the stuttering. Mom said it was be because my older brother and sister never let me get a word in. Felt that way til I left home, now I can't shut up, lol.

[Tacenda]

You don't have to see any movie you don't want to. I'm a firm believer in personal censorship. I watch few movies, and I just find the originals the better of the ones I do.

Would "Saving Private Ryan" be better without the graphic war scenes. How about "Schindlers List" would taking the brief nudity in the NAZI "Showers" scene out make it a better one? I didn't/wouldn't take my underage kids to see either one. But taking my mom, a real true to life WW2, whom survived the V1 and V2 attacks on England, American veteran to see "Saving Private Ryan" didn't bother me a bit.

Actually I hate the "F" word as bad as GG, but was planning on renting "King's Speech" one day anyway. And "The Grey" was terrible with the F bomb. Sometimes director's go overboard with trying to be realistic. Okay so in real life all we have is a bunch of idiots that can't fill up a sentece with intelligent words instead?

Recently saw Tom Cruises movie that he directed too. And luckily there was only one time that it was used. Very good movie but I've blanked out on the title.

[Calm]

I can't watch historical movies, especially war ones...sheesh, can't even watch made up war movies because the suffering of the individuals is too great for me. I tend to overempathize, finally figured out almost through my BS that therapy was not a good job choice for me, too much identification with the client, was going to go into research instead.

In fact any movie with too much angst is off my list which is why I usually just watch sci fi and Bond like action films.

[altersteve]

I heard that they were going to release a version of The King's Speech that was rated PG-13 so that teens would be able to watch it (because the message of the movie is such a good one that would benefit teens). Anyone else hear such a rumor?

They released a PG-13 version awhile back with some of the F-bombs muted.

[thesometimesaint]

GG:

War does horrible things to otherwise good people. No one really knows in advance how they'll react in life threatening situations until they're in them, and its too late. Taking the life of another human being is dramatic, and traumatic. We all like to think that we're the brave emotionless John Wayne type hero. Well, John Wayne was a made up movie actor. Nothing wrong with that, but it's not reality. The director does call "Cut" and all the actors get up to do the next scene. We don't get to do that in reality.

I've had my name and picture in the newspapers a few times for being a so called hero. In my experience a hero is just a coward who got so scared he ran the wrong way.

[Garden Girl]

Me too on the stuttering. Mom said it was be because my older brother and sister never let me get a word in. Felt that way til I left home, now I can't shut up, lol.

This made me chuckle.... living alone with just my dear Bobby-cat, I can go several days without really talking to anyone other than a few words to the grocery clerk, etc. Then when I get with people I practically babble... can't shut up... Sometimes I laugh and apologize...

TSS... doesn't help... I still can't forget that even though just a movie, the cowardice of the one character cost the lives of so many... and when it was all over he stood up, the desperately needed ammo still draped around his neck... then the director yells "Cut!"

I do agree, war is a terrible thing... years later my husband could remember the first "enemy" he killed... he was 19 years old, and was stationed in the Phillipines during some horrific fighting on Leyte... he was walking with his unit through the jungles, approaching an enemy stronghold. As he cautiously moved forward he heard some rustling behind him and turned around just as a Japanese soldier stood up from the brush. They faced each other and for a minute looked right into each other's eyes. He was about 17 years old... then they both raised their weapons to fire... my husband was faster and his shot killed the boy... he said years later he could still see the look on the boy's face as his shot ripped through him... he stood a minute, then turned and walked away to catch up to his group... that moment stayed with him the rest of his life... that and many others, but that one haunted him.

GG

Edited January 10, 2013 by Garden Girl

[EllenMaksoud]

I watched the season finale last Sunday. In it they were giving their son a "send off " to college where they made him a quilt with their pictures transferred on it with a handwritten message from the family member. Then a video of each of them telling him of their memories of him. He was going to a college 30 min. away! I can't imagine what they'd do if he were going across country. It made me think that I could do a lot better at making my kids feel special. I never thought I'd feel any kind of acceptance of polygamy until watching the Brown family. For years I've been against it with closed eyes or Warren Jeff's group saturating my mind.

I knew of two families in Islam. None of the wives liked it but what could they do. This is Islam and in America also. I'm very certain that among the hippies and their children, it happens in a very loose way. Done properly, with no abuse I could see it. I am old and will never marry again, of that I am sure

[EllenMaksoud]

Say what you thought about the film, who's in it, what's about, etc., and try to include the rating and the reason for its rating in your review so that the parents here can be informed about whether or not they should take their kids to go see it.

Last movie I saw was Warrior, for the third time. An amazing and intense film starring Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, and Nick Nolte about two brothers who enter a mixed martial arts tournament, both for a good reason, and their strained relationship with each other and with their father. The intense fight scenes and the acting are phenomenal. I strongly suggest watching it, even if you're not a fan of MMA (I'm not, and I still loved it), because the mixed martial arts fighting is not the focus of the film; it's message is about the bonds of family and the power of forgiveness, and if it doesn't make you cry (or at least get a little emotional) or cheer, then you probably don't have a heart. Highly recommended. (It's PG-13 for "sequences of intense mixed martial arts fighting, some language and thematic material," so it's not for young children. The fight scenes are very brutal at times, the themes are mature and emotional, and the language is brief but strong.)

I plan on seeing the new Hugh Jackman film Real Steel tonight. I'm an avid movie watcher and I work at a movie theater, so I get to see movies there for free, so I may be posting here a lot.

I just saw, "The Kingdom" tonight and am sitting here feeling very numb. The movie was deeply conflicting for me because I know a dozen or so Saudi Muslims, both men and women. With the exception of one, we are friends. I am very sad right now. The Movie made my Heart feel broken.

[Tacenda]

Altersteve, I nominate you as the designated movie critic for the board, all in favor say aye!

[Damien the Leper]

I'm going to see "Zero Dark Thirty" today.

[Tacenda]

I'm going to see "Zero Dark Thirty" today.

Good movie, maybe you'll be able to remind me of why it's called Zero Dark Thirty. Can't remember the significants of the name.

[Damien the Leper]

Ok. I'll try to remember.

[Garden Girl]

I mostly rent the movies I see... so I can't remember if I told about this one, but I really like "It's Complicated" with Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, and Steve Martin... It's funny, tender, even a little sad. I won't tell the plot in case someone wants to rent it, but in the movie Meryl Streep has been divorced from Alec Baldwin for 10 years because he left her for a younger woman. He is a successful lawyer, she has gotten her life together and has a very successful bakery/deli.

There is a scene where she and Steve Martin go out on a date and at the end of it they determine to get something to eat so she takes him to her bakery... it's late and they enter the bakery and she turns on the light and it's just beautiful... big with cases of goodies, delicacies, etc... it's like a dream come true (like being locked in a candy store overnight). She says she can fix him anything on the menu boards... he settles for chocolate croissants... the scene continues with them as they roll out the dough, place big pieces of chocolate and roll up into croissants, and finally sitting an eating the finished product. It is a funny, charming scene... that makes the mouth water...

GG

edit to add... some movies just have to be seen on the big screen... I went to the threatre to see Lincoln.

Edited January 21, 2013 by Garden Girl

[EllenMaksoud]

NO! Wait, isn't "Zero Dark Thirty" R rated? I was going to go see it last night, but when I saw the rating, the Holy Spirit wouldn't let me. So, I got a Pizza, took it home and watched, "Ice Age". How do you get away with doing these things? Why can't I?

[rpn]

Ellen, the current official church standards is to choose entertainment that doesn't drive away the Spirit, is uplifting, not what the american rating system designates it as. We have to decide ourselves whether a movie is appropriate. For you, it seems clear that this movie isn't appropriate. I happen to agree that watching torture and the rest of the subject matter of this movie is not what I want to see. But that doesn't mean that others can't make other decisions.

[EllenMaksoud]

Ellen, the current official church standards is to choose entertainment that doesn't drive away the Spirit, is uplifting, not what the american rating system designates it as. We have to decide ourselves whether a movie is appropriate. For you, it seems clear that this movie isn't appropriate. I happen to agree that watching torture and the rest of the subject matter of this movie is not what I want to see. But that doesn't mean that others can't make other decisions.

OH, I thought that we were not to watch R rated? Perhaps that is for Missionaries?

[bluebell]

OH, I thought that we were not to watch R rated? Perhaps that is for Missionaries?

Missionaries aren't allowed to watch t.v. or movies at all, unless they are church productions.

[Garden Girl]

Oh-Oh... I just came back on to give a caution about the last movie I watched and described in my post a couple of posts above... the movie "It's Complicated" is a romantic comedy, and I forgot that while it has no overtly physical scenes, i.e., you never see nudity, but you are aware of certain relationships between characters etc., and it's still rated R. There's no profanity... but overall I would say that many LDS might be offended overall by the storyline, even though it is still a funny, tender comedy about Meryl and her ex-husband and their children.

GG

[blackstrap]

I have seen a lot of war movies, from the 1950s til current times. Saving Private Ryan was the first to demonstrate the absolute terror of war,particularly a beach assault. It really jerks the 'romance' of war right out of the way and gives one a proper view. Enemy at the Gates was another one that did a similar job. The young men in the past went to war without a clear view of what it would be like at times. Noone should be naive today!

[altersteve]

Good movie, maybe you'll be able to remind me of why it's called Zero Dark Thirty. Can't remember the significants of the name.

"Zero dark thirty" is military speak for "half past midnight," which was when bin Laden was killed.

[Tacenda]

"Zero dark thirty" is military speak for "half past midnight," which was when bin Laden was killed.

Thanks for remembering my request, that's a good title then! What did you think of the movie?

[rpn]

Ellen, you'll find many members that claim that the lds church prohibits R rated movies, often quoting Pres. Benson. The new guidance is about three or four years old, but many members are still stuck in the old version. I see the new version as 1) recognition that more than half of church members aren't citizens of the US and therefore wouldn't have a clue about an american movie rating system anyway; (2) acknowledgement that members were assuming they could consume G, PG, and PG-13 without regard to content, with impunity, because only R was prohibited; (3) acknowledgement that the church's R designation seemed to excuse members from using their own agency and being held accountable therefore, and (3) recognition that a few movies which were R rated for real violence, and non-sexual nudity did not drive away the spirit.

[EllenMaksoud]

Say what you thought about the film, who's in it, what's about, etc., and try to include the rating and the reason for its rating in your review so that the parents here can be informed about whether or not they should take their kids to go see it.

Last movie I saw was Warrior, for the third time. An amazing and intense film starring Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, and Nick Nolte about two brothers who enter a mixed martial arts tournament, both for a good reason, and their strained relationship with each other and with their father. The intense fight scenes and the acting are phenomenal. I strongly suggest watching it, even if you're not a fan of MMA (I'm not, and I still loved it), because the mixed martial arts fighting is not the focus of the film; it's message is about the bonds of family and the power of forgiveness, and if it doesn't make you cry (or at least get a little emotional) or cheer, then you probably don't have a heart. Highly recommended. (It's PG-13 for "sequences of intense mixed martial arts fighting, some language and thematic material," so it's not for young children. The fight scenes are very brutal at times, the themes are mature and emotional, and the language is brief but strong.)

I plan on seeing the new Hugh Jackman film Real Steel tonight. I'm an avid movie watcher and I work at a movie theater, so I get to see movies there for free, so I may be posting here a lot.

So, I finally did go to see "Zero Dark Thirty". I am sad and heartbroken that I did. It showed too much bloodshed and the terrorizing of the children and the shooting of one wife. I heard that a member of the Seal Team was killed and I suffer for his death as much as anyone. This movie was too much for me and I am regretful that I did not listen to the Holy Spirit when he warned me off. I am not sure such a movie should have been made, and I know a veteran of several wars that is offended by it.

[Tacenda]

So, I finally did go to see "Zero Dark Thirty". I am sad and heartbroken that I did. It showed too much bloodshed and the terrorizing of the children and the shooting of one wife. I heard that a member of the Seal Team was killed and I suffer for his death as much as anyone. This movie was too much for me and I am regretful that I did not listen to the Holy Spirit when he warned me off. I am not sure such a movie should have been made, and I know a veteran of several wars that is offended by it.

I hated that we didn't just put Osama and the men with him on the helicopter and take them into custody and let the process of the Justice system take it's course. The reason I liked the movie so well was that it was a surprise that the woman was the reason for finding him and impressed that she had the tenacity, intelligence and intuition to find bin Laden or else he might still be out there. I hated that he was shot in front of his family, or they heard it anyway. And how that might rise up another generation to hate Americans even more. I agree, I think wholesome movies are the better ones to see. I just felt compelled to see it much like Shindler's List. I remember once attending another R along time ago and saw my bishop there. That was an awkward moment. But agree that I should try to refrain from going too. Did you wear your outfit that you like so well? That would feel like almost being there wouldn't it?

Have you seen "Not Without My Daughter" with Sally Field? That's a good one that's not an R. Sorry, if I rambling on and on.

Edited January 22, 2013 by Tacenda

[EllenMaksoud]

I hated that we didn't just put Osama and the men with him on the helicopter and take them into custody and let the process of the Justice system take it's course. The reason I liked the movie so well was that it was a surprise that the woman was the reason for finding him and impressed that she had the tenacity, intelligence and intuition to find bin Laden or else he might still be out there. I hated that he was shot in front of his family, or they heard it anyway. And how that might rise up another generation to hate Americans even more. I agree, I think wholesome movies are the better ones to see. I just felt compelled to see it much like Shindler's List. I remember once attending another R along time ago and saw my bishop there. That was an awkward moment. But agree that I should try to refrain from going too. Did you wear your outfit that you like so well? That would feel like almost being there wouldn't it?

Have you seen "Not Without My Daughter" with Sally Field? That's a good one that's not an R. Sorry, if I rambling on and on.

Yes, I hate that we stooped to torture, it is beneath us. Still, were I captured by the Taliban or Al-quieda they would not hesitate to do the same to me.. The bloodshed finally got to me and I left after they shot Bin Laden. One good thing is that they seemed to stick to the "facts" and there did not seem to be any of the Red Neck sentiment in the movie. When I left, I had to sit down and gather my wits in the lobby. I was sorrowful that I had watched it, and briefly wanted to return to Islam. The Muslims I knew were mostly bright, happy women. Muslim women live a secluded life generally, so the idea that soldiers would come and kill in their own home would be outside their expectations.

I did not see, Not Without My Daughter though I know of it. Now days I counsel young women that I come in contact with who are dating expat Muslims or have converted. I tell them not to go to any Middle Eastern country with them because they face losing their rights and children. Few really listen.