Last Movie You Watched

[Garden Girl]

Open Range . with kevin Kline ans Robert Duvall

One of my favorites!! Robert Duvall is such a good actor... but it was Kevin Costner rather than Kevin Kline... you just mixed the names. Another one he starred in is Broken Trail... also excellent. In an interview, Duvall said he considered these part of a trilogy... Lonesome Dove, Open Range, and Broken Trail.

Open Range and Broken Trail are two of the most beautifully filmed movies I've seen, particularly Broken Trail. The scenery is so lovely.

I remember Duvall when he was first starting out and appearing in television roles on Alfred Hitchcock Hour...

GG

Edited February 16, 2013 by Garden Girl

[salvar774]

I lived near Shibuya where the actual events transpired and it is truly inspiring. I wish some of my human associates were as loyal.

That is a good movie . I enjoyed it . I love my Dog . I have a favorite quote

" My Goal in life is to be as good a man my dog already thinks I am "

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[salvar774]

One of my favorites!! Robert Duvall is such a good actor... but it was Kevin Costner rather than Kevin Kline... you just mixed the names. Another one he starred in is Broken Trail... also excellent. In an interview, Duvall said he considered these part of a trilogy... Lonesome Dove, Open Range, and Broken Trail.

Open Range and Broken Trail are two of the most beautifully filmed movies I've seen, particularly Broken Trail. The scenery is so lovely.

I remember Duvall when he was first starting out and appearing in television roles on Alfred Hitchcock Hour...

GG

Your right is was . I got Siverado and open range mixed up . I love westerns . In Silverado both come out .I like The lonesome dove series .

[salvar774]

One of my favorites!! Robert Duvall is such a good actor... but it was Kevin Costner rather than Kevin Kline... you just mixed the names. Another one he starred in is Broken Trail... also excellent. In an interview, Duvall said he considered these part of a trilogy... Lonesome Dove, Open Range, and Broken Trail.

Open Range and Broken Trail are two of the most beautifully filmed movies I've seen, particularly Broken Trail. The scenery is so lovely.

I remember Duvall when he was first starting out and appearing in television roles on Alfred Hitchcock Hour...

GG

Rober Duvall was BOO in To kill a Mocking Bird . way back .

[Damien the Leper]

Doesn't sound like the movie was that great, but how was the date?!

The date was awesome. It was our second. He is the first non-LDS person I've ever gone on a date with.

[Garden Girl]

Rober Duvall was BOO in To kill a Mocking Bird . way back .

It's hard to choose, but to me, To Kill a Mockingbird is my all-time favorite. Jem, Dil and Scout remind me so very much of my childhood during the mid-40's. We kids used to play all over the neighborhood. We knew everyone on our block and neighbors looked out for one another. My mom started a "Victory Garden" in a space between our house and the street. The whole neighborhood took turns tending and sharing the wonderful vegetables, berries, and tomatoes.

The character of Dil is based on Harper Lee's childhood friend, Truman Capote. She told in an interview about how she and Truman used to spend many summer afternoons writing stories and reading them to each other. He used to visit his aunt.

My mom had to work as she was divorced, trying to raise two little girls on her own. There was always a neighbor who "kept an eye on us" until mom got home. We were poor, but somehow never realized just how poor until years later after she married my step-Dad. It is the childhood games and innocence of Jem and Scout that touched my heart because that was us... so different from today... My sister's grandchildren weren't even allowed to play in their front yard. And the grandparents took turns babysitting until the parents got home up until they were about 11 years old.

GG

Edited February 16, 2013 by Garden Girl

[EllenMaksoud]

I think my all time favorite is the 1985 version of E M Forster's, "Room With A View". Of course, I have read as many books and watch the movies of that same persuaison. It seems to me that some of the more modern movies are becoming increasingly unsuitable; some of them making me feel extremely fearful; a change that I had not expected. Perhaps the Holy Spirit is altering my perceptions a bit?

[salvar774]

It's hard to choose, but to me, To Kill a Mockingbird is my all-time favorite. Jem, Dil and Scout remind me so very much of my childhood during the mid-40's. We kids used to play all over the neighborhood. We knew everyone on our block and neighbors looked out for one another. My mom started a "Victory Garden" in a space between our house and the street. The whole neighborhood took turns tending and sharing the wonderful vegetables, berries, and tomatoes.

The character of Dil is based on Harper Lee's childhood friend, Truman Capote. She told in an interview about how she and Truman used to spend many summer afternoons writing stories and reading them to each other. He used to visit his aunt.

My mom had to work as she was divorced, trying to raise two little girls on her own. There was always a neighbor who "kept an eye on us" until mom got home. We were poor, but somehow never realized just how poor until years later after she married my step-Dad. It is the childhood games and innocence of Jem and Scout that touched my heart because that was us... so different from today... My sister's grandchildren weren't even allowed to play in their front yard. And the grandparents took turns babysitting until the parents got home up until they were about 11 years old.

GG

Thanks for sharing . Sound very much like my life too. except my mom raised two girls and me .The nieghbors knew my mom was at work and scolded us when wrong ,defended us when right ,and taught us when necessary. It was a very differant world .

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[altersteve]

So I saw "A Good Day to Die Hard" the other night. I was disappointed. There's a very destructive car chase scene and some pretty cool parts scattered throughout, but it's nowhere near as good as the first and fourth movies. I'm not going to see it again.

[Garden Girl]

Thanks for sharing . Sound very much like my life too. except my mom raised two girls and me .The nieghbors knew my mom was at work and scolded us when wrong ,defended us when right ,and taught us when necessary. It was a very differant world .

If you really want a good laugh... I grew up in the days when they had real telephone operators and a big central switchboard where they actually connected calls... When you wanted to make a phone call, you'd lift the receiver and the operator would say... "Number please"... and you'd tell her the number and she would manually connect you.

During the summer when we'd get bored, some of us kids would start randomly calling numbers from the phone book. We'd say some silly thing like "Do you have Prince Albert in the can?" (Prince Albert was tabacco that came in a can). We'd shriek with laughter and hang up...

Finally, the operator would figure out what we were doing and when she'd answer our line for a call she'd say... You kids quit playing with this phone or I'll tell your mothers!! And we'd hang up because we knew she meant it. Ah yes, the good ol' days.

And talk about movies... during the summer, every week on a Saturday night we had what they called the "free show." It was held on the playground of the local elementary school. This couple had a great big screen that they would set up... and a flatbed truck with a big projector and amplified sound. We would take our blankets and pillows and spread them on the ground in front of the screen. A little further back from this area, people could drive their cars and park in rows. (This was the precursor to the "drive-in theatre" in our little town of Rialto, CA). There was no need for individual speakers for the cars because the sound was amplified by big speakers (you could hear it all over town). First there was a "serial" like a western, or Flash Gordon, etc... then came a cartoon, and finally the main movie. Everyone in town loved to go to the free show. The couple that ran it sold refreshments from a booth... and finally they opened a real drive in theatre called the Foothill Theatre... Again, ah yes... the good ol' days.

from the beach on a lovely evening, sun going down soon... GG

[salvar774]

Is you refrigerator running ? You better go catch it . click

[Garden Girl]

Is you refrigerator running ? You better go catch it . click

Oh yes!! I had forgotten that one....

I mentioned the drive in theatre the "free show" couple started... Their name was Tharp and they had girls named Twyla and Twanette... Yes, Twyla Tharp!

When we were kids, my sister was a budding artist and dancer. She took art classes and ballet classes at McKeon's Studio in Rialto, CA. I can still remember her coming home one day from art class and complaining about Twyla Tharp, and saying how Twyla's mother would come into class and just Oohh and Ahhh over her drawings... and my sis said Twyla's trees looked like sticks! And that she couldn't draw for sour apples.

I lost track of the Tharp girls because they went to Catholic School(?) and we went to public school, and then Twyla went to a different H.S. During those years the drive in movie theatre became a reality, owned by the Tharps. I never did hear about Twyla again until one day on my lunch hour I was reading IIRC Life Magazine and here's a story about... Twyla Tharp... and how she was receiving a big award in New York for her dance company and her innovative choreography in a dance program called "Eight Jellyrolls." It had her picture and sure enough, little Twyla all grown up and famous on Broadway and in the American Ballet Theatre as a choreographer and dancer. I called my sis and said, Guess What!! Well we got a good laugh because of the way my sis used to get mad at Twyla in art class. There's a lesson here... Twyla's folks were very encouraging, and worked hard to be able to help her pursue special training and opportunities... we felt very happy for her success. Every now and then I would hear about the Twyla Tharp Dancers and I'd chuckle remembering her as a little girl...

Well, I'm interested in watching a good movie this afternoon... maybe I'll watch To Kill a Mockingbird... or maybe Dead Poets Society... or Jeremiah Johnson... or Broken Trail... or A League of Their Own... I love my film library...

GG

Edited February 18, 2013 by Garden Girl

[salvar774]

Have you seen the Lonesome Dove Series ? With Robert Duval and Tommy Lee Jones.

We went to the drive in once a week . We had an old pick. Up . We would load up. Blankets and pillows. One time we were waiting for the movie to start and we all fell asleep . I woke up at the end of the final movie credits and we were the only ones there. Lol

[Garden Girl]

Have you seen the Lonesome Dove Series ? With Robert Duval and Tommy Lee Jones.

We went to the drive in once a week . We had an old pick. Up . We would load up. Blankets and pillows. One time we were waiting for the movie to start and we all fell asleep . I woke up at the end of the final movie credits and we were the only ones there. Lol

I haven't seen the Lonesome Dove series, but next time they play it on TV I'll watch... this reminds me of the time my mom, who was a Camp Fire leader, got permission from the drive-in to take her troop to the drive in on foot (we didn't own a car in those days). We were to sit in a row close to the back. So we spread out our blankets just like we used to at the free show... the movie we saw that night was "The Greatest Show on Earth" starring Betty Hutton, Charlton Heston, and Cornel Wilde. For some time after that I wanted to be a trapeze artist in the circus!! It seemed so glamorous... Ha!

GG

[altersteve]

I watched The Artist last night. It's a black-and-white silent film and I ended up enjoying it much more than I thought I would. Incredible and very entertaining. It didn't win the 2011 Best Picture Oscar for nothing.

(It's PG-13 because someone flips someone else off, but there's nothing else too objectionable, other than a LOT of smoking.)

Edited February 18, 2013 by altersteve

[volgadon]

I watched The Artist last night. It's a black-and-white silent film and I ended up enjoying it much more than I thought I would. Incredible and very entertaining. It didn't win the 2011 Best Picture Oscar for nothing.

(It's PG-13 because someone flips someone else off, but there's nothing else too objectionable, other than a LOT of smoking.)

I would find it odd if a movie set in that time period didn't have a lot of smoking.

[Garden Girl]

I would find it odd if a movie set in that time period didn't have a lot of smoking.

Exactly... smoking was considered glamorous... even in the 50's when I was a teen the cigarette adds flooded radio and TV, magazines, and billboards. It's amazing how much cigarettes were portrayed everywhere.

GG

[salvar774]

I haven't seen the Lonesome Dove series, but next time they play it on TV I'll watch... this reminds me of the time my mom, who was a Camp Fire leader, got permission from the drive-in to take her troop to the drive in on foot (we didn't own a car in those days). We were to sit in a row close to the back. So we spread out our blankets just like we used to at the free show... the movie we saw that night was "The Greatest Show on Earth" starring Betty Hutton, Charlton Heston, and Cornel Wilde. For some time after that I wanted to be a trapeze artist in the circus!! It seemed so glamorous... Ha!

GG

found it on youtube here LONESOME DOVE

[altersteve]

Argo came out on DVD the other day and I immediately bought it. One of the best movies of 2012 by far, along with Lincoln, Wreck-It Ralph, and Django Unchained. Can't wait to watch it tomorrow.

[Tacenda]

Argo came out on DVD the other day and I immediately bought it. One of the best movies of 2012 by far, along with Lincoln, Wreck-It Ralph, and Django Unchained. Can't wait to watch it tomorrow.

So good to know, hadn't seen this yet and it is in very few theatres and if it is, it's at odd times. Thanks for the heads up! Edited February 21, 2013 by Tacenda

[salvar774]

Django was good . I think Argo was excellent . I watch lincoln for about 30 minutes and got bored . I like a movie that grabs me and holds my attention . The last one I saw was Sky fall . 007 movie . i am a big fan . That's BOND , JAMES BOND .

[Garden Girl]

Django was good . I think Argo was excellent . I watch lincoln for about 30 minutes and got bored . I like a movie that grabs me and holds my attention . The last one I saw was Sky fall . 007 movie . i am a big fan . That's BOND , JAMES BOND .

I had to get into it too... and then it became compelling... once I got into it, it was excellent. I felt immersed in the conversation. The House debates were riveting. In fact brought tears to my eyes more than once.

GG

[salvar774]

I had to get into it too... and then it became compelling... once I got into it, it was excellent. I felt immersed in the conversation. The House debates were riveting. In fact brought tears to my eyes more than once.

GG

Ok thanks I will try to watch it again

[changed]

I have not seen all of these yet:

but I want to see them!

[Tacenda]

Just watched the talking version of Les Miserables with Liam Neesum. Cannot wait to buy the DVD of the musical version when it comes out, both versions were excellent!