2017 what films are you watching?

[iris lilies]

I've never seen Gone Girl........but I was ticked at Jeopardy the other night, when one of the questions required an answer that revealed the end of the show!! I'm going to have to have a talk with Alex!

Netflix finally made season 5 of Homeland available, so we got the first disc of that. But.........with our failing memories, we couldn't remember how season 4 went, so we got the last few episodes to that and watched that first. I had forgotten how full of violence it can be. Funny.......until recently I thought Quinn was quite a man...........but saw him in an interview, and he sort of acted like Pee Wee Herman. hahahaha So, he appears to do some real good 'acting' on Homeland.

I cant imagine Quinn sounding like PeeWee,how weird! He is such a manly guy!

I havent seen season 5 but am looking forward to seeing Sebastian Koch, hubba hubba. He is a German actor who is a hunk! The season takess place in East germany, I believe,

I am surprised Homeland has maintained its momentum all these years.

[Gardenarian]

La LA Land. Loved it!

[beckyliz]

La LA Land. Loved it!

Agree!

[iris lilies]

You fans of LaLa Land are going to be so happy when it wins Best Picture from the Academy of Motion Picture Artists.

I thought it was nice and fun but basically retro, nothing new, just a rehash of song and dance films from decades ago. It jas ne song that is somewhat hummable.

I found Moonlight to be cinematic and strong, and Manchester by the Sea to be amazing. I cant imagine that Ryan Gosling would beat Denzil Washington in Fences, but Hollywood is crazy and they do love themselves so much, so that plot of LaLA Land will be thrilling for them and maybe Ryan will be caught up in the sweep of love (for themselves) that is LALa Land awards.

[catherine]

Dying to see LaLa Land, as DH and I are huge musical theatre buffs. I watched the movie version of Les Miz AGAIN just the other night. As always, DH cried through the whole thing.

[boss mare]

"A Dogs Purpose"

It was the only thing showing I thought I could sit through. My better half was interested. I was totally unprepared for my reaction. It is certainly just a "cute" little movie about one dog being reincarnated and seeking meaning for his life. No great plot twists here and a simple screenplay.

There was a guy sitting in the dark with his blue handkerchief out blowing his nose and trying to pretend to clean his glasses and occasionally dabbing tears off his cheek. What a softy.

I went and saw that by myself, DH was be a sobbing mess... As was I ... Pretty close to the book

[Williamsmith]

"Lion"

Often when I watch a movie based on a true life incident......I am underwhelmed. Not so with this story. I thought it was brilliantly filmed. I couldn't get the images out of my mind of abject poverty and overpopulation that India boasts. But it is a deeply moving film to me because it has an adoption theme and a satisfying ending. I have a niece that was adopted from Russia and I now have a better understanding of the challenges she went through early on in her journey. I highly recommend it.

[Williamsmith]

"La La Land"

As a kid I was raised in a family that hosted Missionaries to Africa and South America, attended Wednesday night prayer meeting, Sunday school, Sunday morning worship, Sunday evening youth meeting, Sunday evening worship and special evangelical revival meetings complete with alter call, baptisms and corrections for backsliders called recommitment. Everybody carried a KJV Bible and it was taken literally and frequently discected verse by verse. I have read the Bible through countless times. So what's that got to do with La La Land?

Until I left home for college, I had not played a game with common playing cards, had not rolled a set of dice, got my ass kicked once when my father caught me flipping pennies at the baseball field, and never set foot in a movie theatre. My first movie was in 1978 when I took a girl to see "Grease", the musical. To be sure, I was not in the least interested in a musical. I was pretty excited, though, to get in a dark theatre with my arm around a buxom girl.

When the movie ended, I still didn't appreciate a musical but I did appreciate that girl. Since then I have not only played cards but I made a part time living for a while in a poker room at a local casino. I have also sampled all of life's prohibited vices and so I thought I might try again to develop an appreciation for the finer points of movie musicals.

La La Land seems to have won me over. The opening scene had me a little worried but it shortly began to develop a decent plot. I liked the jazz theme set against the struggling actress. For some reason the following line from Sebastian made me stop and think, " That's LA. They worship everything and value nothing."

It was a nice movie as musicals go. For sure, better than Grease.

[ToomuchStuff]

Since one was in the hospital and the other became sick, I have been sitting. Used Redbox the last several days, Jason Bourne, The Accountant, Jack Reacher and Inferno. All entertaining, but certainly not theater price worth.
Debating about Lion and Hidden Figures in book form or movie form. And other parent out of the hospital, still weak, so staying with sibling, while the other parent is sick.

[CathyA]

Hmmm....I thought I posted this, but can't find it anywhere.

Spoiler alert.......maybe.



We watched "The Account". I didn't realize it was going to be so violent. I thought it was a bit unbelievable. And it was curious at the end, where they sort of reminded people of how austistic people can be really smart too. So......can we assume that an autistic person can hope to be a really good hit man?? So.......I didn't care for it much.