Tacenda Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 Although it wasn't a movie, by way of entertainment, we took our kids to the local Pentatonix / Kelly Clarkson event tonight. Thoroughly enjoyable.Fun to see how many kids were there. It was a perfect summer evening for an outdoor ampitheater, and it was an extremely memorable experience.Great concert, Kelly is so down to earh,, I'm a big fan now. 1
Garden Girl Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 I watched "Ride" starring Helen Hunt, who wrote and directed the movie... it is touted as "Brisk, funny, and touching" ... "Winning, warm, smart and tough." It did have it's moments... but am I missing something? It seems that many of today's movies just don't live up to the hype... for instance, some are described as "hilarious"... I find them amusing...I don't know...this movie could have had a lot more depth of characters...Good story though, about a divorced mom whose 20 year old aspiring writer son drops out of college in New York and heads to Calif where he lands in Venice and becomes involved in surfing and a new start out of Mom's watchful and controlling eye... Meanwhile, Mom, a successful editor in a publishing house, drops everything to follow him, where she "finds" herself and a fresh start of her own with the help of her limo driver and a 37 year old surfer (Luke Wilson). As I said, it has it's moments, but it left me feeling... So? GG
Mola Ram Suda Ram Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 Have you ever seen them in "private eyes"? One of my all time favorite movies.Love that show. The part where Tim is eating the peaches in the cupboard and drooling all over Don. I remember watching that a ton and just dying laughing. 1
Mola Ram Suda Ram Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 Also saw Ant Man this weekend and I thought it was lots of fun. I like Paul Rudd as well who played Ant Man.You all might remember that Paul stared in another show in the 90's Clueless. I had forgot he was in it until I saw last night. Ant Man was a fun show and I really enjoyed.
bluebell Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 I watched "Ride" starring Helen Hunt, who wrote and directed the movie... it is touted as "Brisk, funny, and touching" ... "Winning, warm, smart and tough." It did have it's moments... but am I missing something? It seems that many of today's movies just don't live up to the hype... for instance, some are described as "hilarious"... I find them amusing...I don't know...this movie could have had a lot more depth of characters...Good story though, about a divorced mom whose 20 year old aspiring writer son drops out of college in New York and heads to Calif where he lands in Venice and becomes involved in surfing and a new start out of Mom's watchful and controlling eye... Meanwhile, Mom, a successful editor in a publishing house, drops everything to follow him, where she "finds" herself and a fresh start of her own with the help of her limo driver and a 37 year old surfer (Luke Wilson). As I said, it has it's moments, but it left me feeling... So? GG I haven't seen that movie, but i find this feeling often happens to me when i watch movies that were based on a thoughtful dramatic book. There is just something that a book captures, especially in the passage of time, or in following different story arcs and events that are secondary to the story but important to character development, that screenplay writers and directors seem to often have trouble with. They can take a really good book and make it into such a mess of a movie where at the end you aren't even sure what the point of it all was. 2
hagoth7 Posted August 13, 2015 Posted August 13, 2015 Once I Was A Beehive - very enjoyable/edifying full-length preview at the theater - our kids even got to meet the cast and crew after the preview. Although I'm not a girl, and have never attended girls' camp, that movie has now replaced The Best Two Years as my favorite LDS film.(By way of full disclosure, a close relative is co-writer, director, and producer.) If you think it's just my bias talking, even Bushman, author of Rough Stone Rolling, was cited, giving the film a glowing review. 1
hagoth7 Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 Great concert, Kelly is so down to earth,, I'm a big fan now.I wish I had known you were going to be there. It would have been nice to meet you, introduce you to my better half, and let the kids meet you.
bluebell Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 The new mission impossible is really good. Pretty funny too.
Tacenda Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 I wish I had known you were going to be there. It would have been nice to meet you, introduce you to my better half, and let the kids meet you.Yes it would have. We sat in the cheap seats, the lawn. Do you know by chance who did the firework display nearby by? It was a show within a show. I really liked her song about not having the best parent, sounds like her father was absent in her life, is that your take on it as well?
Deborah Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 Re-watched "Serenity" based on the short-lived but excellent "Firefly" series. I love River's fight scenes. You can tell she was a ballerina by her graceful moves. 2
hagoth7 Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 (edited) ...We sat in the cheap seats...Ditto. ...Do you know by chance who did the firework display nearby by? It was a show within a show....No, I don't know. Perhaps Sandy, based on the location. And yes, it was beautiful. It is, in part, what made it an even more memorable evening. ...I really liked her song about not having the best parent, sounds like her father was absent in her life, is that your take on it as well?Loved it too. And her discussion of the importance of choosing a good spouse, and how much she droned on about loving to be a mother, and loving babies. As to the song, I recall her introducing it by saying "this is for..." ...those who may not have had the best role model growing up. So I wasn't under the specific impression it was about herself. (My kids were occasionally asking questions, or asking to be picked up, so Kelly didn't have my full attention.) But I just checked, and Wikipedia does say "Clarkson described the fifth and the titular track "Piece by Piece" as her most personal song on the album.Produced by Kurstin, She co-wrote the song with him after a conversation she had with her sister about their family life." Apparently you are quite right. Edited August 16, 2015 by hagoth7
Garden Girl Posted September 7, 2015 Posted September 7, 2015 Tonight I rented a movie called... Backcountry....A truly terrifying movie about a young couple that go camping in the backcountry... They stop at the ranger's station/store before setting out on this one trail. He, Alex, (Jeff Roop) is just experienced enough to think he doesn't need a map because he's camped in this one area several times but it's been several years... she, Jenn, (Missy Peregryn), is unsure but goes along with him to be a good sport. They really do get into a remote area... complicating things is a mysterious hiker/camper they come across... getting lost, and finding they have entered bear country... and a huge bear...Edge of your seat suspense... a survival nightmare... GG
hagoth7 Posted September 7, 2015 Posted September 7, 2015 Was thinking about Hosea yesterday, and watched Pretty Woman.
Tacenda Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 Never would have guessed the way this movie ended. First "scary" movie I ever laughed so much in. Very unique, yet sort of along the lines of the older scary TV flicks. But a first of it's kind, I'll tell you that! Oh, the movie is "The Visit".
Stargazer Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 Never would have guessed the way this movie ended. First "scary" movie I ever laughed so much in. Very unique, yet sort of along the lines of the older scary TV flicks. But a first of it's kind, I'll tell you that! Oh, the movie is "The Visit". I don't watch many movies nowadays, and after Michael Medved's review, I think I will skip this one. Was it supposed to be funny, or were you laughing AT the movie? Medved indicated that he thought it should have been rated R, not PG-13, and that it was disgusting and not very well done. He also said that the conclusion (a twist, as per M. Night Shyamalan), made no sense. You found otherwise?
hagoth7 Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 Re-watched "Serenity" based on the short-lived but excellent "Firefly" series. I love River's fight scenes. You can tell she was a ballerina by her graceful moves.
hagoth7 Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 1) Rambo - First Blood 2) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (both were suggested recently by others.)
Garden Girl Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 1) Rambo - First Blood 2) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (both were suggested recently by others.) Rambo was actually a good movie, GG
Thinking Posted September 13, 2015 Posted September 13, 2015 On TV: Shawshank Redemption or The Green Mile (both were on last week)On Blu-Ray: Captain AmericaTheater:The Hunger Games - Mocking Jay Part 1
thesometimesaint Posted September 13, 2015 Posted September 13, 2015 Watched an oldie but goody last night. "Cleopatra" staring Elizabeth Taylor, and Richard Burton.
bluebell Posted September 13, 2015 Posted September 13, 2015 We watched The Purge a couple of days ago on t.v. The idea behind the movie is that the US is flourishing after some new founding fathers changed things up and allowed one 12 hour period a year (7 pm-7 am) where absolutely anything and everything is legal, including murder. The rich support it because it helps the economy and they have the money to buy security systems to keep them safe. One guy's night goes awry when his son interferes with some rich college kids' opportunity to purge by torturing a homeless man. The premise is intriguing but the execution was horrible. The characters just do one stupid thing after another and you spend most of the movie yelling at the screen and being incredulous.
strappinglad Posted September 13, 2015 Posted September 13, 2015 Watched an oldie but goody last night. "Cleopatra" staring Elizabeth Taylor, and Richard Burton. I remember the scenes with thousands of extras. Must have cost a fortune. I think the movie lost money. Nowadays they would just CGI most people in.
Stargazer Posted September 14, 2015 Posted September 14, 2015 I remember the scenes with thousands of extras. Must have cost a fortune. I think the movie lost money. Nowadays they would just CGI most people in. Like they did for Return of the King, when the Rohirrim charged the armies of Mordor on the Field of Pellanor (sp). The vast majority of the riders were CGI'd. It was breath-taking, though. King Théoden riding going down the line of his warriors striking their lances with his sword. Wow, just wow.
Calm Posted September 14, 2015 Posted September 14, 2015 I remember the scenes with thousands of extras. Must have cost a fortune. I think the movie lost money. Nowadays they would just CGI most people in.Highest grossing film of the year, but still lost money:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra_(1963_film)
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