Last Movie You Watched

[Garden Girl]

That Joan Fontaine...My wife isn't threatened I hope, because all of my other loves are either dead or a 100 years old! Heh.

After the movie (I was watching it too!), the host told a little about Joan Fontaine since they were featuring several of her films, which I continued to watch, and apparently she lives in beautiful Carmel-by-the-Sea in No Cal, is 96 years old, still very active and bright.

GG

[Garden Girl]

My wife is bothered because of my IMMENSE attraction to Doris Day. I love all her films.

I just shake my head... she not only is pretty and can act, but sings too... how does one person have so much talent! The other night I saw her and Rock Hudson in Pillow Talk... funny... that's where she shares the telephone line with him....he's a song writer and a playboy... she's an interior decorator... they finally meet of course, and the rest is a delightful comedy.

GG

[Ron Beron]

I just shake my head... she not only is pretty and can act, but sings too... how does one person have so much talent! The other night I saw her and Rock Hudson in Pillow Talk... funny... that's where she shares the telephone line with him....he's a song writer and a playboy... she's an interior decorator... they finally meet of course, and the rest is a delightful comedy.

GG

Along this line I was also thinking of KIm Novack and Jimmy Stewart in Bell, Book and Candle. She once commented that Stewart was the sexiest man she had ever worked with. Along with Day she lives up in my old stomping grounds; Carmel.

[bluebell]

I tried to watch the new GI. Joe movie this weekend, but couldn't even make it past the first half and hour. It was much too fantastical for my taste. I would have preferred that they had treated it more like a movie that could actually (a stretch here or there is fine) have happened in the real world.

[Garden Girl]

Along this line I was also thinking of KIm Novack and Jimmy Stewart in Bell, Book and Candle. She once commented that Stewart was the sexiest man she had ever worked with. Along with Day she lives up in my old stomping grounds; Carmel.

Loved that movie... Kim is a very talented artist in addition to her acting talent...

My husband and I used to go to the Bob Hope Desert Golf Classic in Palm Springs every year on our wedding anniversaary when we lived in So Cal.

When we moved to San Fran we started attending the Bing Crosby and would stay in Carmel... business took us to Pebble Beach several times... hubby was an avid golfer and played PB with it's spectacular coastal scenery... Carmel and Monterey are very special places to me, and 17-mile Drive one of the most beautiful I've seen.

GG

[3DOP]

Along this line I was also thinking of KIm Novack and Jimmy Stewart in Bell, Book and Candle. She once commented that Stewart was the sexiest man she had ever worked with. Along with Day she lives up in my old stomping grounds; Carmel.

Joan Fontaine is one thing. I don't think I could get away with Kim Novak!

After the movie (I was watching it too!), the host told a little about Joan Fontaine since they were featuring several of her films, which I continued to watch, and apparently she lives in beautiful Carmel-by-the-Sea in No Cal, is 96 years old, still very active and bright.

GG

That's great. Thanks for the update. You knew her sister is Olivia deHavilland? Maid Marian...I think she's till with us too.

[3DOP]

I just shake my head... she not only is pretty and can act, but sings too... how does one person have so much talent! The other night I saw her and Rock Hudson in Pillow Talk... funny... that's where she shares the telephone line with him....he's a song writer and a playboy... she's an interior decorator... they finally meet of course, and the rest is a delightful comedy.

GG

Oh man...One of the funniest movies ever. That scene where she finds his music and starts playing piano and realizing...who Rock Hudson is. That look on her face is priceless. Tony Randall is great too.

How about That Touch of Mink with Doris and Cary Grant? Gig Young is hilarious too, and the young John Astin (Gomez Addams). There are so many great scenes. One of my favorites is when Gomez is taking her to Al's in the chicken truck and pulls out a bottle of "Muscatel, for my lady's pleasure", while informing her that the proprieter, Al, gave him permission to use the burners in the kitchen to heat up the TV dinners. "We're having haddock," is a line that our whole family recognizes, whether we are eating fish or not.

Edited August 7, 2013 by 3DOP

[Calm]

Sounds like one of those creative BYU dates.

[bluebell]

Just saw Soylent Green. My 11 year old was both horrified and intrigued by it.

[Ron Beron]

Loved that movie... Kim is a very talented artist in addition to her acting talent...

My husband and I used to go to the Bob Hope Desert Golf Classic in Palm Springs every year on our wedding anniversaary when we lived in So Cal.

When we moved to San Fran we started attending the Bing Crosby and would stay in Carmel... business took us to Pebble Beach several times... hubby was an avid golfer and played PB with it's spectacular coastal scenery... Carmel and Monterey are very special places to me, and 17-mile Drive one of the most beautiful I've seen.

GG

Well, I am glad you love my home town. I went to Seaside HS and later Monterey Peninsula College. My family has lived in Monterey since its inception (1772). My father used to caddy at PB when he was boy. I played the courses at Ft. Ord. I would love to move back there, but the expense is prohibitive. A friend of mine actually housesat Kim Novak's in Carmel. He told me the shower is completely opened to the ocean separated only by glass. (Lucky fish)

[Ron Beron]

Oh man...One of the funniest movies ever. That scene where she finds his music and starts playing piano and realizing...who Rock Hudson is. That look on her face is priceless. Tony Randall is great too.

How about That Touch of Mink with Doris and Cary Grant? Gig Young is hilarious too, and the young John Astin (Gomez Addams). There are so many great scenes. One of my favorites is when Gomez is taking her to Al's in the chicken truck and pulls out a bottle of "Muscatel, for my lady's pleasure", while informing her that the proprieter, Al, gave him permission to use the burners in the kitchen to heat up the TV dinners. "We're having haddock," is a line that our whole family recognizes, whether we are eating fish or not.

Whenever Doris Day played opposite a male lead they were both great. The best was either Jim Garner or Rock Hudson.

[Garden Girl]

Oh man...One of the funniest movies ever. That scene where she finds his music and starts playing piano and realizing...who Rock Hudson is. That look on her face is priceless. Tony Randall is great too.

How about That Touch of Mink with Doris and Cary Grant? Gig Young is hilarious too, and the young John Astin (Gomez Addams). There are so many great scenes. One of my favorites is when Gomez is taking her to Al's in the chicken truck and pulls out a bottle of "Muscatel, for my lady's pleasure", while informing her that the proprieter, Al, gave him permission to use the burners in the kitchen to heat up the TV dinners. "We're having haddock," is a line that our whole family recognizes, whether we are eating fish or not.

Pillow Talk: So true... You are my inspiration...La La...

Touch of Mink: John Astin played Gomez perfectly... so oily... yuk... laugh out loud funny...

Well, I am glad you love my home town. I went to Seaside HS and later Monterey Peninsula College. My family has lived in Monterey since its inception (1772). My father used to caddy at PB when he was boy. I played the courses at Ft. Ord. I would love to move back there, but the expense is prohibitive. A friend of mine actually housesat Kim Novak's in Carmel. He told me the shower is completely opened to the ocean separated only by glass. (Lucky fish)

My Great-Gr-Gr-Gr-Grandfather, Jose Dario Arguello, was the Commandante of both the San Francisco and also the Monterey (temporarily) presidios... in fact, he was in Monterey on business when the Russian Chamberlain to the Tzar, Rezanov, sailed into San Francisco Bay to try and get supplies from the Spaniards of Alta, California for his struggling men at Fort Ross. The son, Luis Antonio Arguello was in charge while Jose Dario was away... and Luis Antonio invited the Russians into the Presidio and extended the hospitality of the Arguello household until his father could get back... there Resanov met the beautiful Concepcion ("Concha") Arguello, the 15 year old daughter of Jose Dario and Maria Ignacia Moraga... and thus began the storied romance between my Great-Gr-Gr-Aunt Concha and the dashing Rezanov... Just Google Concha Arguello or Jose Dario Arguello...

Now that could make a good movie.

GG

Edited August 8, 2013 by Garden Girl

[Ron Beron]

Pillow Talk: So true... You are my inspiration...La La...

Touch of Mink: John Astin played Gomez perfectly... so oily... yuk... laugh out loud funny...

My Great-Gr-Gr-Gr-Grandfather, Jose Dario Arguello, was the Commandante of both the San Francisco and also the Monterey (temporarily) presidios... in fact, he was in Monterey on business when the Russian Chamberlain to the Tzar, Rezanov, sailed into San Francisco Bay to try and get supplies from the Spaniards of Alta, California for his struggling men at Fort Ross. The son, Luis Antonio Arguello was in charge while Jose Dario was away... and Luis Antonio invited the Russians into the Presidio and extended the hospitality of the Arguello household until his father could get back... there Resanov met the beautiful Concepcion ("Concha") Arguello, the 15 year old daughter of Jose Dario and Maria Ignacia Moraga... and thus began the storied romance between my Great-Gr-Gr-Aunt Concha and the dashing Rezanov... Just Google Concha Arguello or Jose Dario Arguello...

Now that could make a good movie.

GG

Well, GG. we are relatives. My great+ grandfather was Jose Dario Arguello as well. The Concepcion story has been made into a movie....in Russia.

To which relative are you connected to. I am related to one of his daughters who married an Estrada, who had a daughter who married a Malarin and so on.

[thesometimesaint]

My favorite funny movie is Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein.

[Garden Girl]

Well, GG. we are relatives. My great+ grandfather was Jose Dario Arguello as well. The Concepcion story has been made into a movie....in Russia.

To which relative are you connected to. I am related to one of his daughters who married an Estrada, who had a daughter who married a Malarin and so on.

Oh for goodness sakes... small world... Ron!! We're related!! I like that...

My grandmother was Rosalima Clara Arguello born at Pueblo de las Angeles, and the line goes: Rose to Jose Mario A., to Francisco, to Santiago, to Jose Dario and Maria Ignacia Moraga. So you are related to Concepcion also... I so admire her story because in those years when she didn't know what had happened to Rezanov (I think the reality is that it was about 5 years before she found out), she devoted herself to serving others, particularly the native indians around the missions. I forget what the Spanish name was, but it meant "Little Angel." According to historians, including Bancroft, the people loved her... and then she finally became a nun... and stayed with that Dominican order while Jose Dario was governor of Baja, California where he finally died at age 75.

There is currently a contest, open to artists, to design a sculpture of Rezanov and Concha, which will be placed on Presido grounds... my nephew who lives in Michigan has submitted a design. I have not heard the results as yet.

I like knowing we share this early California history...

GG

Edited August 8, 2013 by Garden Girl

[Bill “Papa” Lee]

I bought the new Star Trek movie, because It said I could what it with a code, until the DVD arrived, then I found OT I cannot until three weeks before release and having never seen it I was bummed out. Does anyone know when I can see advance motive on my computer?

Still don't know when I can watch....HELP!!!!???

Edited August 14, 2013 by Bill “Papa” Lee

[EllenMaksoud]

Last two I watched are Tony Hillerman movies from Netflix. I enjoy them quite a bit and like the author. The actors were great. I have read reviews that did not like the music background but I thought it was perfect. The two were from American Masterpiece Theatre. If you have never read a Tony Hillerman book I recommend them. Very insightful material.

I have to look his movies up. Wow, PM me. I think we know each other.

[EllenMaksoud]

I, too, just got back from the theatre... today I decided to treat myself, and I wanted to see Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

There are only two or three movies a year that are worth seeing IMO... and this is certainly one of them. The main characters are played by Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock, and an incredibly good young actor whose name I don't know... just that he did a fantastic job as a boy who lost his father in 9/11. Toward the end there are some wonderful twists to the story...

When the film ended, the audience just sort of sat in silence for a few minutes before they started getting up to leave. As did I.

This is a STORY... there's not a lot of action... no blood... no crashing cars... no violence (except for the heartache of the backdrop of 9/11). It is the story of a family that carries the film.

GG

I can't watch anything about Vietnam, or 911. Had a really bad crash after 911, and everytime I get near anything like it, I just want to kill myself. I was working in city government then ... I am now more afraid of my own government than the terrorists ...

[EllenMaksoud]

I feel really messed up right now trying to find movies that the Holy Spirit will let me watch. So, I guess they have to be PG or less, not Vietnam, or 911 related, not involving infidelity. Maybe I should just do Family Movies?

[bluebell]

I feel really messed up right now trying to find movies that the Holy Spirit will let me watch. So, I guess they have to be PG or less, not Vietnam, or 911 related, not involving infidelity. Maybe I should just do Family Movies?

The movie Parental Guidance is PG and very touching/funny.

[EllenMaksoud]

I just watched "State of Play" with Russel Crowe, Ben Affleck, and Rachael McCadams. Of note to me is the fact that this was not one of those "get the girl naked" movies. In looking at some other movies, there seems to be a slight trend in this direction and I find it pleasing. Of course Russell Crowe, and Ben Affleck are both proven actors and Rachael, in my opinion, was as good as them. The subject matter could have been factual about Washington political sleaze ball tactics, and while this was not the happy romantic movie I was hoping for, it was technically well done, and intellectually challenging.

[Tacenda]

My husband and I went to the dollar movie to see "Man of Steel". I was so disappointed with all the transformer looking characters in this flick. My husband left early and sat out in the hall. I had to sit it out till almost the end. I miss the Superman movies of old, the one with Christopher Reeves comes to mind. There was just too much computer animation in this newer one. We should have skipped this and gone to see "Star Trek" in the same building!

Edited August 11, 2013 by Tacenda

[thesometimesaint]

I can't watch anything about Vietnam, or 911. Had a really bad crash after 911, and everytime I get near anything like it, I just want to kill myself. I was working in city government then ... I am now more afraid of my own government than the terrorists ...

I'm more afraid for my country than I am of my country.

[altersteve]

My husband and I went to the dollar movie to see "Man of Steel". I was so disappointed with all the transformer looking characters in this flick. My husband left early and sat out in the hall. I had to sit it out till almost the end. I miss the Superman movies of old, the one with Christopher Reeves comes to mind. There was just too much computer animation in this newer one. We should have skipped this and gone to see "Star Trek" in the same building!

Christopher Reeve is still the best Superman ever. I thought Man of Steel was good, but the lack of joy had me beyond disappointed. Hopefully the sequel (which will feature Batman) will be truer to the spirit of the character.

[Garden Girl]

Yesterday on Turner Classic Movies they had a showcase of Henry Fonda films... The first was "Advise and Consent"... about Wash DC politics and the nomination of a new Sec of State with all the drama behind the scenes as the process proceeds.

The second one was "The Grapes of Wrath," based on the John Steinbeck novel about the Dust Bowl, and the migration of hundreds of families who lost their farms, packed their belongs into old "jalopies," and headed west along Rte 66 to California... and the turmoil in the lives of the migrant workers, "the Okies," in particular the Joad family with Fonda as Tom Joad... heart wrenching...

And the last that I watched was "Fail Safe," starring Fonda as U.S. pres, about an accidental computer glitch that caused U.S. jets to head to Moscow with nuclear bombs... the film follows the U.S. attempts to turn back the jets, which have been trained to ignore ALL such attempts unless a secret code is given, no matter when or who tries to do so, and particularly once they reach a "point of no return" in Soviet airspace... what follows is a tense contact between the US pres and Soviet chairman as they try to stop the inevitable... During the time before the jets reach the "point," the Pres can't reach the planes because the Soviets jammed radio contact frequencies. So the inevitable continues. In order to prevent all out nuclear war, the U.S. pres and Soviet chair come up with an agreement... one that has devastating impact and results for both countries yet prevents full war... At the end of the film there is an on-screen statement that because of numerous layers of safeguards, such a scenario cannot happen... this of course is before sophicated "hackers."

GG

edit to add: No swear words, no crashing cars, no sex (some innuendo)... just good storytelling drama.

Edited August 12, 2013 by Garden Girl