Comments on: My movie memories

By: Karen Rose

Karen Rose — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:12:29 +0000

Okay, since it’s the end of the day, I’ll say my piece on the English Patient.

1) The “hero” and “heroine” were not heroic. She cheated on her husband, I don’t care why, it was bad. He was really un-heroic, having betrayed good men to save one woman. Bad.

2) The lead roles were played by skinny people who looked bad naked.

There, I’m done.

By: TinaLouiseF

TinaLouiseF — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:05:39 +0000

I remember seeing “Mr. Mom” at the theater the year I spent 6 months with my grandmother.
My parents took us to the drive-in a few times, but I only remember the titles of two, “Solo” and “Never Cry Wolf”.
I think my aunt took my brother and I to “The Right Stuff”.

The only Halloween party I remember going to during elementary school years that was not at the school, showed on of the “Halloween” movines. I had nightmares for months.

My cousin, Jack, my brother and I saw “Bambi” at the theater.
When I was in college, I saw many matinees to pass the time when I wasn’t reading.
I’m not sure if I remember them. Does anyone know the name of the movie with Tom Selleck as a baseball player on a Japanese baseball team?

By: Freshechelle

Freshechelle — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:04:23 +0000

I’m surprised so many of you didn’t like the English Patient only because, I mean, come on, Colin Firth is in it. Even if his character is a bit of sap. I remember liking it at the time but mostly because it was so beautifully filmed.

By: Nicole Jordan

Nicole Jordan — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:46:27 +0000

KarenR, you really do need to see Shakespeare in Love. It wasn’t about the plays, it was a theory about how WS, as a young and budding playwright, came to write the stories he did. The movie was fun and romantic and poignant. GP played a young woman who went on stage dressed as a man since women weren’t allowed legally to be actors. IMO, it’s required viewing for every romance author.

By: nancyg

nancyg — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:38:52 +0000

KarenR:
Can’t believe you like the Reduced Shakespeare Company!! I *love* (and own) that DVD. My oldest daughter is taking AP English & reading a lot of the plays, so she positively adores it as well.
I am a Shakespeare lover. For movies, anything by Kenneth Branaugh is wonderful, but Much Ado About Nothing is probably my favorite adaptation. The wordplay between Beatrice & Benedick is wonderful!!
I liked Shakespeare in Love – but not as much when Gwenyth Paltrow beat out Cate Blanchett for best actress. I mean, who couldn’t act all ga-ga in love & lust when Shakespeare is Joseph Fiennes? and her 2nd choice is Colin Firth? I would’ve done it for free!!
I thought Blanchett’s role in Elizabeth was a powerhouse and she deserved the award.

I remember going on a date to see TOP GUN in the theater – the surround sound made you feel like you were riding “RIO”. My date had a wicked bad sunburn and when he tried to put his arm around me, he audibly winced and his arm was about 200 degrees!

By: Karen Rose

Karen Rose — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:03:23 +0000

Kerri – I missed E Strikes Back in the theater. I had a major crush on this boy in HS and held out, hoping he’d ask me to go to the movie with him. Of course he took some girl with huge … tracts of land (for you Pythoners out there, LOL). Then I found out he was a major jerk and not worth the heartbreak, but by then the movie wasn’t in the theater anymore and by the time I saw it on video, the secret was out. No audible gasp for me, alas.

By: Karen Rose

Karen Rose — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:43:31 +0000

Nicole, I think our tastes do change as we grow older, and a movie that hits the spot at one time in our life may not be relevant later. From a TV standpoint, DH and I used to watch SCTV and howl with laughter back in the 80’s. We caught a few episodes recently and shook our heads in puzzlement.

I did like Titanic, but not enough to see it again. My fave part were the little vignette scenes when the ship is going down – they are moving, especially the mother with her kids and the two old people and the man who doesn’t speak English.

Never saw Shakespeare in Love. Have to admit, I avoid anything about Shakespeare, unless it makes mock – like the Shakespeare Abridged show or Strange Brew (which knocks off MacBeth or Hamlet… can’t remember which). I love the shows that poke at Shakespeare. I’m bad that way.

Pesky – what sweet memories of time with your dad! Mine center around the Wash Redskins and Sunday afternoon football. “That Kilmer throws like a girl,” he’d mutter. Which, apparently, was true.

Judy F – why do they ever go into the scary place, or the basement, or the room with eerie light coming under the door and vicious screams inside? Ack.

By: Nicole Jordan

Nicole Jordan — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:25:28 +0000

Oh, y’all are bringing back a lot of fond memories! I’m fond of a lot of movies, especially musicals. Two that particularly struck me were both in college when I was brain dead from studying. I adored Man of La Mancha the first 2 times I saw it, even though it got panned by the cirtics. But then years later when I tried watching it again, I couldn’t make it past the first half hour. Same thing with Young Frankestein. I remember howling with laughter with my fellow students, but then when I made my dh watch it with me years later, I thought it waw awful. Either my tastes changed as I matured, or I was really warped back then. *G*

By: Sabrina Jeffries

Sabrina Jeffries — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:29:58 +0000

Margaret, I saw Wizard of Oz for the first time in a theater, too. Having grown up in Thailand, I missed a lot of the movies most people saw, and for some reason it was playing in a theater while we were on furlough in the U.S. When it started in b&w, I was all disappointed because I was expecting color. So when it changed to color, I was completely enraptured.

Oddly enough, I had read all the books by that time, and my only disappointment was that it wasn’t closer to the books. But I did enjoy it. However, at 12, I was too old to be scared by the monkeys. *G*

Kay, I’m with you on the Titanic (although I did love Shakespeare in Love). I didn’t hate Titanic, but I sure didn’t get what all the fuss was about. Did you dislike these three movies because all three had unhappy endings? Just curious.

By: Kay

Kay — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:18:51 +0000

Karen:

The PRINCESS BRIDE is one of DH’s favorite movies. We haven’t watched it in a while, maybe we’ll watch it again this weekend.

Didn’t watch the oscars this year. The only movie I saw that won anything was Wall e, and I only liked the first part of that.

DH and I went to see SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE. Our oldest was a baby–and it was the first movie we saw after he arrived. We HATED it. Yes, Judy Dench was fantastic, but that was not enough. We also hated TITANIC and THE ENGLISH PATIENT, so don’t go by what we think!

One movie that lifted me out of a blue spell was ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES. We were in the throes of infertility treatment, and for some reason it was just what I needed to see at that time. Sometimes dark humor is the best way to beat the blues.

DH and oldest son did see Batman, and thought it was fantastic. I wasn’t interested.

My oldest son’s first movie was TARZAN and my youngest son’s was TOY STORY 2, both fantastic movies.

We did just see CORALINE and I loved it, even though there were changes from the book. It was visually amazing in 3D.