MOVIES you watched this week? (DVD) - Page 23

iamnotafraid · #**331** 03-14-2010, 06:13 PM

ELVIS
Starring Kurt Russell in the title role. This 1979 movie about
Mr. Presley is the best of all that have been made about him.
There's a few timeline mistakes here and there, but overall a
very good film.

When it premiered in '79 on ABC TV, it went up against the
classics "Gone With The Wind" and "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's
Nest", and it trounced them in the TV ratings.

If you like Elvis, or just enjoy music history watch this film.
It's just been released on DVD for the first time.

iamnotafraid · #**332** 03-17-2010, 06:34 PM

The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights
I thought it was awesome. I love these type of documentaries.
It was fun to watch, and there's not many movies like that.

Would you liked to have been there for the "one note" show?

What about the dude in the bed?

crazy, crazy, crazy

GODDESS6 · #**333** 03-18-2010, 06:39 AM

law abiding citizen...hated it
zombieland
boy interrupted...heartbreaking yet very good
the adventures of ford fairlane
license to drive
the lost boys
coraline

iamnotafraid · #**334** 03-21-2010, 10:08 PM

The Princess And The Frog
Kind of cool to see "real" animation.
It did look and sound great. Thought
the movie itself might be better. I had
no idea that stars were fireflies?!!

daniellaaarisen · #**335** 03-21-2010, 10:54 PM

I saw The Ghost Writer tonight. Interesting movie.

**mylittledemon** · #**336** 03-22-2010, 09:55 PM

The Goonies. On the big screen. Yes, the big screen!

louielouie2000 · #**337** 03-22-2010, 10:34 PM

Angels & Demons: What an awful, gory, violent turd trying to masquerade itself as an intellectual thriller.

Onegin: Beautiful cinematography... rare to see a period piece set in Russia that has NOTHING to do with the revolution or communism.

The Remains Of The Day: I love my period movies. This one was especially subtle... you have to appreciate that sort of film to like this one. It's about a British butler who works for a Nazi sympathizer in the '30s and '40s.

louielouie2000 · #**338** 03-22-2010, 10:54 PM

Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman: Neat little movie chronicling the life of a former slave who lived long enough to see the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement.

Prince Of Tides: I don't care what anybody says... I really liked this one, and especially enjoyed Streisand... and I don't even like her!

Pan's Labyrinth: I was kinda disappointed by this one... I guess it was hyped too much. And it was very violent too... I'm not a big fan of violence. I watch movies and listen to music to escape the ugliness of the world... not relive it.

The Wishing Tree: I was immediately turned off by this one because it was set in the Carolina Lowcountry and filmed in freaking CANADA!

Decent enough little story, tho.

CreepingDeath · #**339** 03-22-2010, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

The Remains Of The Day: I love my period movies. This one was especially subtle... you have to appreciate that sort of film to like this one. It's about a British butler who works for a Nazi sympathizer in the '30s and '40s.

The Remains of the Day is one of my all-time favorite movies. Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson were so good.

I'm still pissed Hopkins lost the Oscar to that awful Tom Hanks.

louielouie2000 · #**340** 03-23-2010, 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by CreepingDeath

The Remains of the Day is one of my all-time favorite movies. Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson were so good.

I'm still pissed Hopkins lost the Oscar to that awful Tom Hanks.

It really was a wonderful movie. Anthony Hopkins character reminds me so much of one of my best friends... just shuffling through the motions of life, doing what is expected of him and more, never stopping to realize his own life is passing him by at lightning speed. That his allegiances are completely misplaced. That he has no true opinions of his own. Doesn't know true love. I fear my friend won't even realize it before his time is gone, though... unlike Hopkins character in the movie.

**mylittledemon** · #**341** 03-23-2010, 04:30 AM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Pan's Labyrinth: I was kinda disappointed by this one... I guess it was hyped too much. And it was very violent too... I'm not a big fan of violence. I watch movies and listen to music to escape the ugliness of the world... not relive it.

Ooo... I'm shocked! I loved this movie. Beautiful, even amidst the violence and death.

GODDESS6 · #**342** 03-23-2010, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by mylittledemon

The Goonies. On the big screen. Yes, the big screen!

i adore 'the goonies'~

we watched 'new moon'...loved it!!!~

seekerj · #**343** 03-23-2010, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman: Neat little movie chronicling the life of a former slave who lived long enough to see the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement.

Prince Of Tides: I don't care what anybody says... I really liked this one, and especially enjoyed Streisand... and I don't even like her!

Pan's Labyrinth: I was kinda disappointed by this one... I guess it was hyped too much. And it was very violent too... I'm not a big fan of violence. I watch movies and listen to music to escape the ugliness of the world... not relive it.

The Wishing Tree: I was immediately turned off by this one because it was set in the Carolina Lowcountry and filmed in freaking CANADA!

Decent enough little story, tho.

LOL... The Prince Of Tides.... about twenty minutes into it, I took my girlfriend's pocketbook and threatened to throw it out the window if she didn't get that dvd out of my dvd player RIGHT NOW!!!! LOL

iamnotafraid · #**344** 03-23-2010, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Pan's Labyrinth[/I]: I was kinda disappointed by this one... I guess it was hyped too much. And it was very violent too.

I liked Pan's Labyrinth. There was so much to look at, that I wish it would have
been overdubbed in English. It would have been a little easier to watch that way.

Bright Star
John Keats and Fanny Brawne. I'm going to pretend
that I knew this movie was somewhat based on those
characters, and I'll even act like I'm very familiar with
John Keats works. The movie was slow paced as you
might expect. But I thought it was worth watching.
When Miss Brawne cries, you'll cry too.

**mylittledemon** · #**345** 03-23-2010, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by iamnotafraid

I liked Pan's Labyrinth. There was so much to look at, that I wish it would have
been overdubbed in English. It would have been a little easier to watch that way.

That's the magic of it... you can watch it again