Stargazer Posted February 6, 2015 Posted February 6, 2015 Today I went to the movies and saw "American Sniper." I'm glad I did... I put aside my aversion to the language... in fact under the circumstances of men and war, it didn't seem gratuitous. Anyway, the movie is worth seeing... GG I haven't yet seen it, but will do so soon. As to the language, I served for 8 years in the US Army, and I guess it will seem like Home Sweet Home. I avoided the cussing part, except once when I got a little hot under the collar (OK, I blew a gasket) and called a lieutenant a "blankety blank butter-bar" in front of witnesses. Fortunately the lieutenant was not in a vengeful mood, so my stripes survived! Afterwards one of the guys in my squad said to me "Damn, Sergeant Clark, I never heard you cuss before!!" Apparently Ezra Taft Benson's father one time called out to his son who was playing basketball, "Hell, T, put it in!" when "T" was bouncing around trying to throw a basket at a UofI (?) game. And where is J. Golden Kimball when we need him? 2
bluebell Posted February 6, 2015 Posted February 6, 2015 Band of Brothers is playing on HBO right now so i've been watching all the episodes. I've seen it before but I still love it. You do hear the F-word but it's not prevalent. I kind of question the idea of waiting to watch a war move until it comes out on clear play. I'm not sure of the benefit of watching a sanitized version of war. I guess it would really depend on what you wanted to get out of the movie.
strappinglad Posted February 6, 2015 Posted February 6, 2015 There is one four letter word that I would hope to see removed from all conversation, that is the badly overused and abused word " LIKE ". 1
Garden Girl Posted February 6, 2015 Posted February 6, 2015 Band of Brothers is playing on HBO right now so i've been watching all the episodes. I've seen it before but I still love it. You do hear the F-word but it's not prevalent. I kind of question the idea of waiting to watch a war move until it comes out on clear play. I'm not sure of the benefit of watching a sanitized version of war. I guess it would really depend on what you wanted to get out of the movie. The movie gives an unvarnished look at the realities of war... I've told here that when I watch a movie I pay attention to the scenery, the locations, the structures, interiors and exteriors, etc. This movie gave a wide view of all these things... what struck me was that in the "neighborhoods" (think of your own neighborhood and street you live on), there were no lawns, flowers, trees... no color... only drab, adobe colored structures of varying materials, packed in so you could run across rooftops with no trouble... dusty unpaved streets, women (when seen) in their head to toe coverings, usually drab or black... I look out my front window as my neighbor is walking her dog... heading to the beach for a run... she smiles and waves.... GG
3DOP Posted February 6, 2015 Posted February 6, 2015 (edited) Today I went to the movies and saw "American Sniper." I'm glad I did... I put aside my aversion to the language... in fact under the circumstances of men and war, it didn't seem gratuitous. We here in this country have no concept of war in our streets and cities... too often we forget to stop and think about how fortunate we have been and are... I can't say too much here because it could quickly turn political. At Church, my friend's son is a sniper who has received numerous commendations for his service... his nickname is Stormin' Mormon... there's a person who used to post on this board with that as a screen name and at first I thought it might be the same person, but it was/is not. Anyway, the movie is worth seeing... GG GG...We did the same thing...putting aside concerns about the inevitable "military language", as my wife euphemized it. We were probably at the same theater on Tuesday in Lincoln City. lt crossed my mind that Garden Girl might be in the room! We were enthused about it because my wife heard that Hollywood doesn't like it. I enjoyed it as I watched it. Well done. Gripping. Moved right along. I like Oooooorah (spelling, heh.), and I appreciated our hero's upbringing. I thought they portrayed his death and well-earned funeral accolades tastefully. But I have to say that upon reflection I respectfully disagree about the gratuitousness of some of the language. It is one thing to accept that Navy SEALS and Marines use colorful language. I wanted to like the soldiers and did anyway. I am not yet prepared to accept the F-word in the mouth of girlfriends, wives, and mothers unless they are supposed to be cruddy women. After talking about it, my wife and I both felt like we wanted to like his wife, but we just didn't. She is from some world we have never been in. I wouldn't want her for a daughter-in-law and I was unsympathetic to the character she portrayed. For the movie to have worked as it should have we can't have a wife and mother with a potty mouth. For that reason, I wouldn't recommend it to friends and family who would ordinarily have great sympathy with the main character. Edited February 6, 2015 by 3DOP
3DOP Posted February 6, 2015 Posted February 6, 2015 Band of Brothers is playing on HBO right now so i've been watching all the episodes. I've seen it before but I still love it. You do hear the F-word but it's not prevalent. I kind of question the idea of waiting to watch a war move until it comes out on clear play. I'm not sure of the benefit of watching a sanitized version of war. I guess it would really depend on what you wanted to get out of the movie. Band of Brothers is very well done. No preaching, but there is morality, there is immorality, and there is violence. Yesterday there was surely more, but even now there are people in the United States Armed forces who can express themselves even in battle without resorting to what amounts to a blasphemous reference to what is for most Christians an act to be understood with reverence. I think Band of Borthers had it about right. I think people have known that war is hell before Hollywood finally started giving it to us with filthy language in the mouths of everybody involved. THAT is unrealistic. There are always people around, like Captain Winters and Sgt. Stargazer (see above, thanks for your service sir.), and it seems like Hollywood wants to erase them from the scene in favor of this stereotype macho military hero who is somehow energized by always swearing.
Garden Girl Posted February 6, 2015 Posted February 6, 2015 (edited) GG...We did the same thing...putting aside concerns about the inevitable "military language", as my wife euphemized it. We were probably at the same theater on Tuesday in Lincoln City. lt crossed my mind that Garden Girl might be in the room! We were enthused about it because my wife heard that Hollywood doesn't like it. I enjoyed it as I watched it. Well done. Gripping. Moved right along. I like Oooooorah (spelling, heh.), and I appreciated our hero's upbringing. I thought they portrayed his death and well-earned funeral accolades tastefully. But I have to say that upon reflection I respectfully disagree about the gratuitousness of some of the language. It is one thing to accept that Navy SEALS and Marines use colorful language. I wanted to like the soldiers and did anyway. I am not yet prepared to accept the F-word in the mouth of girlfriends, wives, and mothers unless they are supposed to be cruddy women. After talking about it, my wife and I both felt like we wanted to like his wife, but we just didn't. She is from some world we have never been in. I wouldn't want her for a daughter-in-law and I was unsympathetic to the character she portrayed. For the movie to have worked as it should have we can't have a wife and mother with a potty mouth. For that reason, I wouldn't recommend it to friends and family who would ordinarily have great sympathy with the main character. Hello Rory...I absolutely love it that you and your wife were here in Lincoln City... You know my world, my beach...As for Chris Kyle's wife... unfortunately she is in a world that has become more difficult to recognize. For me it started just before I retired after 30 years (in 1990) from San Fran State Univ. I remember I was walking in from the parking lot, passing through the Student Union when I became aware of the conversation of these four young women walking in front of me. They were pretty, well dressed, "normal" looking young women... yet I was taken by surpise at the "colorful" language that peppered their conversation. I remember thinking... I've been too long at the fair... it's time to go... and that was 24 years ago. So, unless a young man or woman is overtly religious, or follows a higher standard generally, it does not surprise me that some may use profanity. It does not make it right... it still grates on me... but it does not surprise me. EDIT TO ADD.... I forgot to tell you when you first mentioned you and your wife were coming to L.C.... to be sure and try to take advantage of the "Finder's Keepers" event... twice a year, once now and once in summer, the glass artisans from the area make about 2000 glass floats that they hide along the area beaches. They are beautiful works of art, and 'finders keepers." It's fun to be strolling along the beach and come across a glass float. People are asked to register them at a given location to help identify them. Glass floats used to be used by Japanese fishing fleets, and they would regularly wash up on our shores, having been carried by the currents for many months/years until they reach our shores. However, a number of years ago the Japanese started using other materials like cork, rubber, etc. So even though we get the occasional glass float, it is more difficult. So the area glass artists devised the Finders Keepers program that has been delighting visitors and residents alike for the past several years. So next time you walk on the beach, keep your eyes open for these beautiful, colorful orbs, courtesy of the local glass artists...GG Edited February 7, 2015 by Garden Girl
Tacenda Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 Just watched "The Good Lie", about the Sudanese refugees. The soldiers killed thousands of families over there in Sudan, the movie is about some brothers and their sister that survived the killings and emigrated to the USA. They finally get their sister back, when she was separated from them when arriving in America and for several years lived with another family.They had carried a Bible throughout their trek of walking to a refugee camp and living there for several years and spoke often about Moses. It made me realize something, they held onto the scripture stories which gave them faith. I liken it to members on this board who hold onto their beliefs. I have no right to undermine that belief, I'll no longer discuss here anything that will do that. 1
Garden Girl Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 They had carried a Bible throughout their trek of walking to a refugee camp and living there for several years and spoke often about Moses. It made me realize something, they held onto the scripture stories which gave them faith. I liken it to members on this board who hold onto their beliefs. I have no right to undermine that belief, I'll no longer discuss here anything that will do that. Laudable... but I'll believe it when I see it.... GG
Tacenda Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) GG, when I first read your comment I thought it was "laughable" vs. "laudable" and I thought whoa thanks. But intend to do my my best, and ask that if I don't stick to it, the moderators ban me for good. Edited February 9, 2015 by Tacenda
Garden Girl Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 The Turner Classic Movies channel is featuring "31 Days of Oscar"... films that have won oscars... last night I watched one of my favorites... "Laura"... a murder-mystery starring Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, and Gene Tierney...Tonight they will be showing "Gentlemen's Agreement" starring Gregory Peck and Dorothy McGuire... both of these are excellent... oldies but truly goodies... no crashing cars... no sex...no profanity... just solid story telling... GG 1
Garden Girl Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 More Oscar favorites tonight.. on Turner Classic Movies.... Roman Holiday.... From Here to Eternity... and a real favorite starring Eliz Taylor and Montgomery Clift -- A Place in the Sun... Uncut asnd commercial free... I'm makin' popcorn! from the beach... GG
ERayR Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 Will Smith and Gene Hackman in Enemy of the State 3
bluebell Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 Watched The Hundred Feet Journey on friday. It was really good. It's about an Indian family which bought a restaurant in France a 100 feet from a French restaurant and the dealings between the Indian family and the French owner. It's sweet.
Stargazer Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Will Smith and Gene Hackman in Enemy of the State Loved that flick!
Garden Girl Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Okay... today... starting at 5:00 PM (PST), Turner Classic Movies is showing 4 terrific oscar-winning movies, one right after the other...1st, at 5:00 is The Apartment starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley McLaine.2nd at 7:15 is To Kill A Mockingbird with Gregory Peck's wonderful role as Atticus Finch.3rd at 9:30 is The Hustler starring Paul Newman as "Fast Eddy" (pool shark).4th at 12:00 midnight is The Days of Wine and Roses starring Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick Get out the popcorn and enjoy! I never miss TKAM because it takes me back to my childhood in small town Rialto, CA. I can relate to Jem, Scout and Dil as they run and play around their neighborhood. We knew everyone on our block... our full block... as we used to roller skate on the sidewalk all around the block... when I say roller skate, I mean the metal kind that used to clamp onto your shoes that you used a "skate key" to tighten... sometimes while skating they would loosen and come off, dangling on the ankle strap, nearly causing you to fall. Summer evenings kids from the neighborhood would gather for kick-the-can, reluctantly answering our mothers' calls when it was time to come in... ours was a time of actually being safe as we walked to school a couple blocks away... or simply riding our bikes... I know today there are still pockets of such places, but they are few where the thought of kidnapping or violence is foreign... It was an ideal time for children to be children... and I loved it and look back with such fondness of memory... GG 1
Garden Girl Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 (edited) Right now it is 11:00 A.M. (PST) and I'm watching TCM as I do some chores and paperwork... Playing is The Nun's Story, a wonderful 1959 movie starring Audrey Hepburn as a Belgian girl who enters a convent to become a nun... and her struggle through the years as she tries to curb her innate independence to become the obedient "perfect nun," and finally her leaving the Order... The film followed a group of nun's from the beginning of their journey through the various phases of advancement toward full entry into the Order...Filming was done in a cathedral in Belgium, which played a role in the recent film Monuments Men starring Matt Damon and Geo Clooney, because that cathedral housed Michaelangelo's sculpture titled the Brugge Madonna... the sculpture was stolen (along with thousands of pieces of art from private and public collections during WWII) from the cathedral by the Nazis to be part of Hitler's "Fuerer's Museum"... thankfully, as the war was winding down in 1944-45, thousands of works of art were recovered by the Monuments Men's unit... one of the main goals of the Unit was to find and recover the Brugge Madonna and return the sculpture to its place in the cathedral, which they were able to do.So... in watching the Nun's Story and the procession of nuns as they walked to their places in the cathedral, I notice in the background (1959)... the Brugge Madonna!! back in her place in the cathedral, as beautiful as ever... because of the Monuments Men and their quest to find her.... GG Edited February 18, 2015 by Garden Girl 2
Tacenda Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 Okay... today... starting at 5:00 PM (PST), Turner Classic Movies is showing 4 terrific oscar-winning movies, one right after the other...loo1st, at 5:00 is The Apartment starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley McLaine.2nd at 7:15 is To Kill A Mockingbird with Gregory Peck's wonderful role as Atticus Finch.3rd at 9:30 is The Hustler starring Paul Newman as "Fast Eddy" (pool shark).4th at 12:00 midnight is The Days of Wine and Roses starring Jack Lemmon and Lee RemickGet out the popcorn and enjoy! I never miss TKAM because it takes me back to my childhood in small town Rialto, CA. I can relate to Jem, Scout and Dil as they run and play around their neighborhood. We knew everyone on our block... our full block... as we used to roller skate on the sidewalk all around the block... when I say roller skate, I mean the metal kind that used to clamp onto your shoes that you used a "skate key" to tighten... sometimes while skating they would loosen and come off, dangling on the ankle strap, nearly causing you to fall. Summer evenings kids from the neighborhood would gather for kick-the-can, reluctantly answering our mothers' calls when it was time to come in... ours was a time of actually being safe as we walked to school a couple blocks away... or simply riding our bikes... I know today there are still pockets of such places, but they are few where the thought of kidnapping or violence is foreign... It was an ideal time for children to be children... and I loved it and look back with such fondness of memory...GGI don't have that channel.
seriously honestly Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 I saw American Sniper this weekend; thought it was an excellent movie. Lots of language, which I made exception for given the context, and some extremely tear-jerking/emotionally gripping scenes. There was applause at the end from the audience and then everyone just fell silent. I've never seen a crowded theater exist so quietly.
cursor Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 Wow ... I've not been in a movie theater for at least 25 years! 1
ERayR Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) Wow ... I've not been in a movie theater for at least 25 years! Me either. DVD's fixed that problem (over priced popcorn corn, candy and soda). Edited February 23, 2015 by ERayR
bluebell Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 We watched two movies this weekend. First was an historical movie called Belle based on a black English woman who was the illegitimate daughter of a noble and who was raised by her uncle of the same family when her father (who did not really know her being a sea captain but loved her nonetheless) had to go abroad. It's an interesting movie about the end of slavery in England but sometimes the acting is a little off (the main actress is not that great at having her face display the emotion she seems to be going for) and the title annoyed me because, though one of her name's was Belle, she is called Dido and never actually went by Belle (that i could tell-she is never referred to by that name at any time) so i have no idea why they named the movie as they did. Last night we watched Alexander and the Terrible Horrible Not Good Very Bad Day as a family and it was really entertaining. There are quite a few genuinely funny parts and it's touching. The parents are played by Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner.
Ham Clam Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Checked out the old musical 'Man of la Mancha' today.
Garden Girl Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 The movie "Argo" is playing on FX... a very good telling of a part of the hostage crisis in Iran in the 1980's under Pres Carter...Focuses on a small group of six Americans who for some reason were not caught up with the 100+ of the main group of hostages... and how the Canadian embassy hid them until special CIA individuals could get them out and home to safety. The whole operation was kept secret until 1979(?) when Pres Clinton declassified the event. Story told how CIA was trying to develop a cover for them, like teachers, etc... but finally came up with the scheme of portraying them as a Canadian film crew searching for locations in Iran for a sci-fi movie (for which they had elaborate advertising, script, story cards, etc etc just like for a real movie)... but there was no real movie in the works... it was the cover for the Americans. who actually made it out of Iran safely and home to America... the main body of hostages was released at a later date. The USA gov't expressed its gratitude to Canada not only for hiding the Americans, but assisting them in the cover story. GG
NotaMormon Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 I saw Guardians of the Galaxy on blu ray a few weeks ago. There's a bit of language, but it's funny and has a good story of redemption.
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