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[Garden Girl]

7 hours ago, Rivers said:

But Ben-Hur is an untouchable classic! It can't be remade!

It will be like trying to remake "To Kill A Mockingbird."  No one can play Atticus Finch like Gregory Peck...  It's not on the same scale as the epic Ben Hur, but just as set in the public heart as Charlton Heston as Judah Ben Hur...

GG

[Rivers]

Just saw Batman V Superman.  It was.....interesting.

[bluebell]

Watched Brooklyn. It was slow but good. I bet the book is better.  

[Tacenda]

Don't walk, run to the movie "Miracle from heaven", I'm still shaking from watching.  

[Stargazer]

On 2/23/2016 at 11:04 AM, Garden Girl said:

 

I never did understand why CK was so highly touted... Oh it was good all right, but to be the "classic" it is portrayed to be is, to me, questionable...

Last night I watched Turner Classic Movies showing of "Marty" (the best picture of 1955) starring Ernest Borgnine, who won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the lonely bachelor who worked as a butcher, still living in his widowed mother's home, but who wanted to be married, but who considered himself to be just an ugly fat man because of how many girls would turn down his dating invitations, etc.  Everyone, including his mother would always ask him... When are you going to get married, Marty... shame on you... 34 years old...  Finally one night he was at this dance ballroom (they used to have these ballrooms where the "big bands" played and people would go to dance) and he met a girl... very shy... not very pretty... whose date had dumped her... and she and Marty got to talking and really hit it off... it's a terrific story...

GG

I think it was famous and a classic mainly because of the cinematography.

I couldn't watch it all the way through either.

[sunstoned]

On 3/26/2016 at 10:49 PM, bluebell said:

Watched Brooklyn. It was slow but good. I bet the book is better.  

I just watched it tonight.  I liked it and thought all the 50's style clothes were cool.

[Tacenda]

56 minutes ago, sunstoned said:

I just watched it tonight.  I liked it and thought all the 50's style clothes were cool.

I did too, that's funny.  

[Garden Girl]

5 minutes ago, Tacenda said:

I did too, that's funny.  

My kind of clothes... I was in Jr High thru High School from 1953 - 1958... In Jr High the fad was full cotton print skirts under which we wore at least two stiff crinoline slips...  in jr high school the fad was first saddle oxfords (white and black).  In my junior year in high school, the fad was white bucks, made out of a heavy swede material.  When you bought a pair, they came with a little pouch of white powder and when you got a scuff mark you would use the powder to cover it up.  We wore our white bucks with colored ankle socks to match our dyed to match sweaters and skirts.  I had long hair that I wore mostly in a pony tail... I did not own a poodle skirt!!  I loved my school days... it was a terrific time to grow up... 

GG

[bluebell]

Rented Viktor Frankenstein last night.

Good actors, interesting take on the story, but somehow still incredibly boring. 

[Deborah]

Watched Kingdom of Heaven again. Love that movie. Such a fair look at Christians and Islam. Good and bad on both sides.

[Garden Girl]

I rented an excellent film... "In the Heart of the Sea" directed by Ron Howard, who has directed several first rate films, and this one follows suit... Most of us remember Ron Howard as little Opie on the Andy Griffith Show, or in movies such as The Music Man... he has since grown up to be a very talented director...

I have no idea how factual the story is, but it is so interesting I will do some research...

The premise of this movie is that Herman Melville visits one of the last survivors of The Essex, a whaling ship out of Nantucket Island in the early 1800's, which sails to a faraway area ledgendary for not only the number of whales to be hunted but reputed to be home to a huge white whale that has sunk numerous ships/crews... and which eventually sinks The Essex. Survivors manage to make it into 3 of the whaling dorries. The story told by the Essex survivor to Melville tells of the 90 days shipwrecked at sea, and becomes the basis for Melville's novel... Moby ****... 

The film is rich in production and sets, including the sailing ships... costuming, etc.   A visually believable film with a harrowing story...

GG

Edit to add... I can't believe the second word of Melville's classic novel is deleted...

 

Edited April 12, 2016 by Garden Girl

[bluebell]

Oh my. 

I watched Cabin in the Woods on tv and it was the weirdest most original horror movie I've ever seen.  Thats not a strong recommendation though.

It was pretty dumb and even being edited I wouldn't watch it with anyone not an adult (and even then I fast forwarded past a couple racy parts).

[Stargazer]

How about this one: I HAVE NOT seen Deadpool.  Nor am I going to see it.  Even though I am strongly tempted.  I hope that my determination to avoid this film survives.  Because the trailers are funny.  A coworker of mine saw it, and he said he really felt I should stay away from it.  He said that he was embarrassed to watch the film with his wife.  My wife thinks I am going to break, and go see it.  I hope she's wrong.

[thesometimesaint]

Star Wars "New Hope". Much the same basis of episode 4 but with new actors, and better special effects. Well worth the watch for die hard Star Wars fans.

[Calm]

10 hours ago, Stargazer said:

How about this one: I HAVE NOT seen Deadpool.  Nor am I going to see it.  Even though I am strongly tempted.  I hope that my determination to avoid this film survives.  Because the trailers are funny.  A coworker of mine saw it, and he said he really felt I should stay away from it.  He said that he was embarrassed to watch the film with his wife.  My wife thinks I am going to break, and go see it.  I hope she's wrong.

And unfortunately if they edit it enough, there will be no film left or so I have heard from a source I trust.

I became a fan of Deadpool from the Cable and Deadpool comic book series.  Pretty PG.  But as much as I would love sering a movie version, from what I hear enough of the humour would turn me off that the movie would be soured for me.

[mtomm]

31 minutes ago, Calm said:

And unfortunately if they edit it enough, there will be no film left or so I have heard from a source I trust.

I became a fan of Deadpool from the Cable and Deadpool comic book series.  Pretty PG.  But as much as I would love sering a movie version, from what I hear enough of the humour would turn me off that the movie would be soured for me.

My sister who is no movie prude said, "Deadpool is trash."

[3DOP]

On 4/12/2016 at 9:14 PM, Garden Girl said:

I rented an excellent film... "In the Heart of the Sea" directed by Ron Howard, who has directed several first rate films, and this one follows suit... Most of us remember Ron Howard as little Opie on the Andy Griffith Show, or in movies such as The Music Man... he has since grown up to be a very talented director...

I have no idea how factual the story is, but it is so interesting I will do some research...

The premise of this movie is that Herman Melville visits one of the last survivors of The Essex, a whaling ship out of Nantucket Island in the early 1800's, which sails to a faraway area ledgendary for not only the number of whales to be hunted but reputed to be home to a huge white whale that has sunk numerous ships/crews... and which eventually sinks The Essex. Survivors manage to make it into 3 of the whaling dorries. The story told by the Essex survivor to Melville tells of the 90 days shipwrecked at sea, and becomes the basis for Melville's novel... Moby ****... 

The film is rich in production and sets, including the sailing ships... costuming, etc.   A visually believable film with a harrowing story...

GG

Edit to add... I can't believe the second word of Melville's classic novel is deleted...

 

Oh sure Garden Girl. Try talking about the author of David Copperfield some time and you will find out that you his "filthy name" violates the potty mouth filters in place here.

[3DOP]

I have seen a movie or two since, but some time this year I saw No Country For Old Men. We have an artsy friend who visits once in a while. We trade off trying to make the other appreciate what the other likes. He has also shown us Tree of Life, a Spanish movie called Pan's Labyrinth, and a silent movie with Charlie Chaplin, City Lights. My wife loved Tree and bought a copy, but hated No Country. I didn't know until after our guest had gone how much she hated it. I found it interesting. I liked the cinematography. I liked the others too. Thought provoking. But its our turn now. I think the time has come to show him some John Ford/John Wayne stuff. What is wrong with heroes? Some people think only anti-heroes are "real". John Wayne reminds me of an America of innocence and courage that I think was at one time "real", and could be again. Nonetheless, we might start our young friend off with one of Wayne's darker roles, The Searchers.

Edited April 15, 2016 by 3DOP

[bluebell]

What scares me about Deadpool (i haven't seen it) is that it's done so well in the box office that the studios are taking notice and think that it's because of the 'adult' content.  I've heard that they are bringing Wolverine back, for example, but are making it rated R trying to cash in on this trend.

Interestingly enough though, the actual makers of Deadpool are saying that their success has nothing to do with the R rating and that it's from having original content that matches the source material.

 After Deadpool's success, we're getting R rated versions of...

[Stargazer]

3 hours ago, bluebell said:

What scares me about Deadpool (i haven't seen it) is that it's done so well in the box office that the studios are taking notice and think that it's because of the 'adult' content.  I've heard that they are bringing Wolverine back, for example, but are making it rated R trying to cash in on this trend.

Interestingly enough though, the actual makers of Deadpool are saying that their success has nothing to do with the R rating and that it's from having original content that matches the source material.

 After Deadpool's success, we're getting R rated versions of...

Well, when they bomb at the box offices, this will give them something to think about.  Assuming that happens.

[Rivers]

On March 26, 2016 at 10:49 PM, bluebell said:

Watched Brooklyn. It was slow but good. I bet the book is better.  

I just watched Brooklyn.  I now what to do with the spoon that comes with my pasta at Olive Garden!

[VideoGameJunkie]

Can anyone recommend any good movies that leave you feeling happy? I got into watching sad drama movies again.

[bluebell]

Big Fish. It has a really nice feel good ending. 

 

[3DOP]

On 4/19/2016 at 3:27 PM, VideoGameJunkie said:

Can anyone recommend any good movies that leave you feeling happy? I got into watching sad drama movies again.

Hey video...We were in money troubles...no church...no job...four little kids.

We went to see a matinee of Much Ado About Nothing when it was new...with Kenneth Branaugh...a great cast...great music...and a little help from Shakespeare. I remember walking out on a sunny Saturday afternoon with spirits temporarily lifted, which was a big deal under the circumstances. (Movies can only do so much.) They all had a "dance ere' they were married" at the end. Its just beautiful. And I love it still...paying the bills...a church...a job...four big babies.

Edited April 23, 2016 by 3DOP

[Tacenda]

On 4/19/2016 at 4:27 PM, VideoGameJunkie said:

Can anyone recommend any good movies that leave you feeling happy? I got into watching sad drama movies again.

Definitely try to see this before it goes to a DVD...Eddie the Eagle.  A true story about a guy who wanted to go to the Olympics his entire life.  And he did!  Excellent feel good movie!!