Ron Beron Posted February 17, 2014 Posted February 17, 2014 I watched The Conjuring last night. That is one scary movie!If you enjoy scary movies I recommend it, but don't watch it alone! I can never find these kind of movies scary. Too gruesome. I laughed when the Exorcist came out.
Ron Beron Posted February 17, 2014 Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) This reminds me of the outrage I felt when that huge Budda statue was destroyed by Al Quieda(?) or Taliban(?)... several govts tried to dissuade them but it was an "idol" so of course had to be destroyed... nevermind that it was historic... thousands of years old. They went right ahead... and it is lost forever... I rented this not long ago and had to turn it off... I didn't want to invite that type of paranormal activity into me... every now and then I see it at the rental kiosk and am tempted because I know it's a good movie... Turner Classic Movies has been featuring Oscar winning stars/movies this month, and last night I watched a favorite from 1953... "Marty" starring Ernest Borgnine (best actor Oscar)... about a 34-year old butcher who is on the heavy set side and not particularly good looking... who lives with his mother (who is always pressuring him to get married, when she doesn't understand that he'd love to find someone but the girls pass him by... brush him off...) Finally one night he and his other single friends go to a dance hall and he meets a mousy, shy school teacher his friends call a "dog." It is a delightful story about Marty, his family, and the schoolteacher...Note: The younger people here on the board don't remember the big ballrooms and dance halls where on Sat nights you could go to dance and hear the big bands... the Dorseys... Glen Miller... Harry James... Woody Herman... Ray Anthony... Les Brown... etc etc. There would be jitterbug contests... and some of the most fabulous dance music ever... they were a place to socialize and meet new people... huge dance floors polished almost like mirrors... Yes, I could heft a foot with the best of them... Ha!! GGYou might find this article interesting...http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/Race-Save-Mali-Artifacts-180947965/and http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-monuments-men-saved-italys-treasures-180948005/ Both really interesting articles. I have loved the movie, Marty since I saw it as a kid. Borgnine was fantastic. It is still one of my favorite movies. Favorite quotes...Marty Pilletti: I've been looking for a girl every Saturday night of my life. Marty Pilletti: Ma, sooner or later, there comes a point in a man's life when he's gotta face some facts. And one fact I gotta face is that, whatever it is that women like, I ain't got it. Marty Pilletti: You don't like her. My mother don't like her. She's a dog. And I'm a fat, ugly man. Well, all I know is I had a good time last night. I'm gonna have a good time tonight. If we have enough good times together, I'm gonna get down on my knees. I'm gonna beg that girl to marry me. If we make a party on New Year's, I got a date for that party. You don't like her? That's too bad.Angie: What do you wanna do tonight?Marty Pilletti: I dunno, Angie. What do you wanna do? Marty Pilletti: All my brothers and brothers-in-laws tell me what a good-hearted guy I am. You don't get to be good-hearted by accident. You get kicked around long enough, you become a professor of pain. Aunt Catherine: So I'm an old garbage bag put in the street, huh?... These are the worst years, I tell you. It's going to happen to you. I'm afraid to look in a mirror. I'm afraid I'm gonna see an old lady with white hair, just like the old ladies in the park with little bundles and black shawls waiting for the coffin. I'm fifty-six years old. And what am I gonna do with myself? I've got strength in my hands. I want to clean. I want to cook. I want to make dinner for my children. Am I an old dog to lay near the fire till my eyes close? These are terrible years, Theresa, terrible years... It's gonna happen to you. It's gonna happen to you! What are you gonna do if Marty gets married? Huh? What are you gonna cook? Where's all the children playing in all the rooms? Where's the noise? It's a curse to be a widow, a curse! What are you gonna do if Marty gets married? What are you gonna do? Edited February 17, 2014 by Ron Beron 1
Garden Girl Posted February 17, 2014 Posted February 17, 2014 Wow Ron Beron... where did you get that dialog from Marty? Word for word... What struck me is that the Aunt was only 56 yet she looked 70... you know, in 1953 that's the way people 56 looked... way older than what they do today at 56. In fact 70 is the new 60... Just reading your post let me play the movie in my mind's eye... yes, it was just terrific... TONIGHT I watched a rental titled "Prisoners" with Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Terrance Howard and Viola Davis... about two little girls who are kidnapped and the efforts to find them. Really intense and suspenseful... good story... strong cast. GG
altersteve Posted February 17, 2014 Author Posted February 17, 2014 Sinister was just too dumb for me. It has some scary moments but is so far outside of my idea of paranormal plausibility that i was more confused than frightened by it. Wait, maybe i'm thinking of Insidious? I get those two titles confused, though i've only see one of them. Sinister is the one with Ethan Hawke.
Tacenda Posted February 17, 2014 Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) Wow Ron Beron... where did you get that dialog from Marty? Word for word... What struck me is that the Aunt was only 56 yet she looked 70... you know, in 1953 that's the way people 56 looked... way older than what they do today at 56. In fact 70 is the new 60...Just reading your post let me play the movie in my mind's eye... yes, it was just terrific...TONIGHT I watched a rental titled "Prisoners" with Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Terrance Howard and Viola Davis... about two little girls who are kidnapped and the efforts to find them. Really intense and suspenseful... good story... strong cast.GGThis movie kind of reminded me of the movie "Without a Trace", both good movies. Too bad we can't rent at Blockbuster anymore, the older movies like this are going to Amazon and probably cost a fortune. The other day my daughter mentioned the movie "Clifford" with Martin Short. So I checked it out on Amazon, I think it was around $70.00 and was a VHS! The DVD apparently was not the full length and cut out some good parts. Sounds like we might need to keep our VHS players.ETA: Need to mention, it is "Without a Trace" with Kate Nelligan and Judd Hirsch!! Just checked Amazon for it, it's asking price ranges from around $80.00 on up! Edited February 17, 2014 by Tacenda
Garden Girl Posted February 17, 2014 Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) ETA: Need to mention, it is "Without a Trace" with Kate Nelligan and Judd Hirsch!! Just checked Amazon for it, it's asking price ranges from around $80.00 on up! I really liked Without a Trace also... the only complaint I have is that the scene where the cops are escorting Hirsch, his son and the boy home was a tad overdone... other than that a really good movie/story. How in the world is Amazon able to charge such high prices? I guess the oldies are really hard to find, but $80 seems way excessive... I can wait for the sales through my DVD club (Columbia) and pay half price, etc., many times able to get oldies or "classics" for very little... And for new films, I just ordered Capt Phillips for about $11.00 on sale...I'm, getting so many DVDs in my film library that I really pick and choose what films I add to it... I've been able to get a number of the classics by recording them through TCM. The other night I recorded "Marty" on TCM because I wanted it in my library, but I must have pushed a wrong button or something because it didn't record properly. I like to get the studio released DVDs because they come with "special features" like info on how/why the film was made, the actors, etc. GG Edited February 17, 2014 by Garden Girl
bluebell Posted February 17, 2014 Posted February 17, 2014 Sinister is the one with Ethan Hawke. Yep, i was confusing it with Insidious. I never saw Sinister, but I did read the plot, which seemed pretty far out there. However, scary moments in movies rarely translate well into writing. Something can be explained in a way that isn't scary at all, when watching it happen would actually be very frightening.
Ron Beron Posted February 17, 2014 Posted February 17, 2014 Wow Ron Beron... where did you get that dialog from Marty? Word for word... What struck me is that the Aunt was only 56 yet she looked 70... you know, in 1953 that's the way people 56 looked... way older than what they do today at 56. In fact 70 is the new 60... Just reading your post let me play the movie in my mind's eye... yes, it was just terrific... GGI got it from IMDH website. Here's a link... http://www.imdb.com/search/text
Ron Beron Posted February 17, 2014 Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) I really liked Without a Trace also... the only complaint I have is that the scene where the cops are escorting Hirsch, his son and the boy home was a tad overdone... other than that a really good movie/story. How in the world is Amazon able to charge such high prices? I guess the oldies are really hard to find, but $80 seems way excessive... I can wait for the sales through my DVD club (Columbia) and pay half price, etc., many times able to get oldies or "classics" for very little... And for new films, I just ordered Capt Phillips for about $11.00 on sale...I'm, getting so many DVDs in my film library that I really pick and choose what films I add to it... I've been able to get a number of the classics by recording them through TCM. The other night I recorded "Marty" on TCM because I wanted it in my library, but I must have pushed a wrong button or something because it didn't record properly. I like to get the studio released DVDs because they come with "special features" like info on how/why the film was made, the actors, etc. GG$80!!! That's outrageous! I use Ebay to buy all my DVDs. I found it for as low as $5. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p3984.m570.l1313.TR8.TRC1.A0.H0&_nkw=Without+a+Trace%22&_sacat=0&_from=R40This is the TV version. The Judd Hirsch version was going for 50. It is OP and therefore, quite expensive. Edited February 17, 2014 by Ron Beron
Deborah Posted February 17, 2014 Posted February 17, 2014 A really quirky and very funny tv show was "Corner Gas" from Canada. It was on WGN a few years ago. I've been so tempted to get the DVD's."
Tacenda Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 Just got back from seeing "The Lego Movie" with grandkids. I kept getting messages from the movie, no, not a gay agenda. But had the distinct feeling that an LDS guy, more than likely wrote the story. It was definitely a creative movie, with surprises. I may just be too obsessed with Mormonism and seeing things that aren't there. But there were things like "prophecy", "trying to be perfect", a "special" person that receives a vision. Lots of little innuendos. Need to find out whether I'm right or not. Good movie!!
Deborah Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 Just saw "Pompeii." Very entertaining and visually stunning. Some cheesy dialogue but pure escapist entertainment anyway.
Ron Beron Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 Just watched for the umpteenth time, Joy Luck Club. After my wife and I finished crying I finally ended up buying the DVD for it. I also bought for a whole dollar the great movie, Wit with Emma Thompson. Have any ever seen it?
Garden Girl Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 Just watched for the umpteenth time, Joy Luck Club. After my wife and I finished crying I finally ended up buying the DVD for it. I also bought for a whole dollar the great movie, Wit with Emma Thompson. Have any ever seen it? That's the way I am with "The Magic of Ordinary Days." I can't think of the names of the couple playing the lead roles (but the young man's dad was an established actor). World War II era... young Kansas farmer agrees to marry a young woman who became pregnant by a soldier who left and went overseas before she found out and could tell him. Touching story... the young woman was in Graduate School studying archealogy... he was a farmer and loved the land... nearby there was a Japanese internment camp and they helped the young man on his farm... and she becomes friends with two American Japanese girls whose family lost everything when they were taken and put in the camp.Sweet, charming story... I've watched it at least four times when it has come on these past few months. GG
Deborah Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 That's the way I am with "The Magic of Ordinary Days." I love that movie too. Keri Russell and Skeet Ulrich are in it as well as Mare Winningham. 1
Garden Girl Posted February 25, 2014 Posted February 25, 2014 I just watched "All is Lost" starring Robert Redford, and only Robert Redford... sort of like Tom Hanks in Cast Away but he did have numerous others in his film.Redford's is about a man sailing alone on his boat when he is awakened one morning by a loud bang and water pouring in through a fairly large hole in the side of the boat... he finds that his boat has collided with a large shipping container floating free in the water. The story then follows Redford as he battles to survive alone on the sea...An engrossing, suspensful film... Redford is great... GG
bluebell Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 I finally watched Ender's Game this weekend and i have to say that i did not like it. Now, i haven't read the book, so that probably makes a difference. From that perspective though, the movie was confusing at times, jumpy (moved way to fast thru time), and pretty boring for about an hour. Plus, the end was just too weird. The whole movie seemed to be about Ender and then at the end suddenly it's about the alien species and finding it a new home (with only one egg-even queens need to be fertilized once by a male if they are going to be able to produce the next generation). My husband slept through most of it. We also watched Captain Philips after Ender's and it was very thought provoking. I don't think i've ever seen a movie with a happy ending that was also incredibly tragic. I cried for the Somalis when they were killed, and for Muse, because the movie did such a good job of humanizing them, even though they were not 'nice' people. And as always Hanks was awesome. 2
applepansy Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 The last movie we watched was Winter's Tale. We left the theater feeling empty.
Raingirl Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 Okay, I confess, I watched Star Wars in it's entirety for the first time, ever. 1
bluebell Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 Okay, I confess, I watched Star Wars in it's entirety for the first time, ever. Please remember that the prequels don't count. 1
Garden Girl Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 (edited) We also watched Captain Philips after Ender's and it was very thought provoking. I don't think i've ever seen a movie with a happy ending that was also incredibly tragic. I cried for the Somalis when they were killed, and for Muse, because the movie did such a good job of humanizing them, even though they were not 'nice' people. And as always Hanks was awesome.I actually liked Ender's Game... though agree it was weird in some way. But I really liked Captain Phillips... I cried with him at the end also... such a relief to finally be safe. What I liked about this, and other similar movies, is when they film on locations that are mirrors of, or are, the real sites... I never cease to be amazed at how stark and ugly some of the middle eastern locations are, i.e., no color... noi trees, no bushes or flowers... hovels for homes, etc... When they show marketplaces, the thought of the germs/flies makes me cringe.... I'm so used to my clean, beautiful produce section of our supermarkets... they must have developed strong immune systems. But it shows how easy it is to recruit people like the pirates with the promise of a few goods or luxury items or money.The major Somali actors were from a community in Massachusetts IIRC... they learned English... The one who played the leader, who told Hanks... "I'm the captain now" ...was interviewed at another awards ceremony and he is a humble, friendly man, who is appreciative of his life in the U.S. and the opportunities he has received....The abundance that we have... that we take for granted every day is staggering when compared to some areas of the world, including the location where some of the scenes were filmed. GG Edited March 4, 2014 by Garden Girl 2
bluebell Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 I just read an article yesterday that related that the actor who played the head Somali is basically destitute now. He was only paid 65,000 for the movie and that was a couple years ago. Kind of sad.
Garden Girl Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 I just read an article yesterday that related that the actor who played the head Somali is basically destitute now.He was only paid 65,000 for the movie and that was a couple years ago. Kind of sad. I'm sorry to hear that... but hopefully he'll return to his Somali community where he was before here in the U.S. and be able to find work and support with the other Somalis in the community. I saw he attended the Oscars (they panned the audience and I caught a glimpse of him). GG
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