Just saw Miracle on 34th street on the big screen. I think it might have been the first time I saw it as it was shot--Natalie Wood's face was incandescent.
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Just saw Miracle on 34th street on the big screen. I think it might have been the first time I saw it as it was shot--Natalie Wood's face was incandescent.
She was an incredibly beautiful child.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
Just watched this last night. IMO it was very slow and the ending sucked. Not a recommend in my book. YLMVQuote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
What would you have liked to see happen in the end? (Give a warning about spoilers if you refer to the true ending)Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
what would you have liked to see happene faster?
This was in my top 5 films of the year, but granted, this is a bad year for film for me.
I saw Mary Queen of Scots yesterday.
It is another competent but uninspiring film of the year 2018. There have been a lot of films like that this year. It gets only 3 stars from me, mainly because Saoirse Roman is competent as she usually is, and she physically resembles Mary Stuart.
The film gallops along trying to pack all of the incidents of Mary’s life into a short amount of time. As a result none of it is especially interesting. Henry Stewart Lord Darnley gets the longest treatment in the film outside of Elizabeth and Mary. Bothwell’s direct involvement with Mary lasts about two minutes on the screen and is very disappointing. For Mary aficionados, Bothwell is a romantic enigma worthy of attention.
The big pivitol scene is very pretty and fantastical in both execution and in the imagination. The two queens never met in real life so yeah, them moving between floaty curtains is the stuff of dreams.
The more I think about this the madder it makes me because I just don’t get why they couldn’t make a better film with all the American money that was poured into it. It was apparently based on one specific book.
The casting was odd. Jarring. I do not understand why so many African-Americans were given lead roles as courtiers and towns people. Clearly the filmmakers are trying to convey something but damned if I know what it was.Guy Pearce was in this film but I don’t remember seeing him. I was so happy to see Brendan Coyle as Darnley’s father because I am still nurturing remnants of a crush on that actor, but but like most people in this film he had only a couple scenes and a few words.
Overall, the film tried to do too much.
If we can get out of our holiday lethargy, we might go see Vice tomorrow.
We saw it a couple of days ago and we all really liked it (DH, BIL and me). I thought it was an intriguing story. I didn't mind the pace, and I liked the ending. ;). Different strokes for different folks, I guess!Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
We saw Mary Queen of Scotland yesterday and both of us really enjoyed it.
Thought that I would post the CBC review of the best films as I have not seen some of the titles listed here. I have not watched any of those listed.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainmen...ilms-1.4949392
Roma is the only one I would take seriously on that list. There are some odd choices there.Quote:
Originally Posted by razz
I loudly and unrelentingly complained about the quality of films this year and last year. Mostly no one agrees with me. Last year, the entire year was saved by a handful of beautiful and interesting films that came out in the last 4 weeks of the year (Moonlight, Manchester. Elle, Call Me By Your Name) so it was not a bust.
This year, only The Favourite was worth seeing in the last weeks of the year. I will see Roma and have high hopes for it.
I have re-discovered a favorite film critic, Dr. Frank Sweitek, who writes as One Guy’s Opinion on film. He is a professor of hostory in Texas. And he gave a letter grade of “A” only to one film in 2018 and it was Roma. He gave A- grades to two other films, Paddington Bear 2 and an Israeli film. Eveything else got letter grades of “B” and below. He is a hard grader! That is why I like him.
Vice. It had the feel of a Michael Moore movie.
I finally got around to watching The Avengers:Infinty War. I really liked it, and I guess the sequel will be out before long.
Trying to fit in the new Mary Poppins movie today. I will go with all the kids to see it this afternoon. Anyone else going with kids as they add to my enjoyment.
I am debating seeing Aquaman so will ask my DGS what he thinks about it.
Aquaman: i learned recently that the star, Jason Momoa, is from Iowa, not far from where
I lived. That dull whitebread Iowa could turn out that hunk of exotic manhood seems like a Christmas miracle!
His father is Hawaiin, so that explains some of it.
I'm dying to see Mary Poppins with a kid, but I'm not sure my 4 y.o. grandson will be old enough to enjoy it yet. I was thinking as you think razz--I'm tempted to "steal" someone else's kid for an afternoon just to share the experience with a child.Quote:
Originally Posted by razz
My husband wanted to see Sherlock Holmes but we didn’t see any previews beforehand. We should have read some reviews. Well it was a extremely stupid comedy with Will Farrell. Tomorrow we are seeing Favorite. Since the theater has reduced the price to 5 we have been seeing everything we want.
I predict you won’t like The Favourite. I think it helps if you go into the film knowing that it’s a black comedy, tone is everything to appreciating this film. It is not a straight historical drama.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
I have seen the previews and it looks good.
I watched the horror film Hereditary last night. It was good for the genre and Toni Colette’s performance was outstanding.
Got to see Aquaman yesterday with family and I did enjoy the artistic efforts and the gentle reminder that what man does has a huge impact on those that live in the water. Whatever it takes will be really helpful. There will be a sequel as we discovered by waiting to the end of the credits.
Finally got to see Mary Poppins on New Year's Eve. It is cute, fun and enjoyable. I toured the Christmas light display then opened the bottle of sparkling non-alcoholic cider which I had sitting in the fridge to toast the coming New Year along with Brie! Life is good.
Mary, Queen of Scots. Beautifully shot, impeccably acted, and rather dull.
yes, it was a missed opportunity.Quote:
Originally Posted by oldhat
I didn’t feel that way at all
So IL, you are partly right. The Favorite was a bizarre movie we saw today. I have lost the right to pick movies for awhile according to my husband:)). I did laugh at some of it. I have liked other black comedies better.
I watched Three Identical Strangers today. I was vaguely familiar with the facts, but not the back story.
It held my interest.
Did the film reveal that there was originally 4 of them? One died at birth.Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
No. And that would seem to be a not insignificant fact to mention.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
well, That is what I heard from a source I no longer remember. If it wasnt mentioned in the film, I wonder if it is true?Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
I'm hoping to see Mary Poppins very soon. The original is one of my all time favorites.
Just rented I, Tonya and liked it very much. I remember all the hoopla around that scandal at the time. I wonder how her skating performances would be perceived today when being "different" is more acceptable in that world.
Roma. It's in the top ten 2018 movies of many film critics. Black and white with English subtitles about a maid to a doctor's family in 1970ish Mexico.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6155172/
Loved it.
Dare I confess that I watched 'Bumblebee' last night? I love how the graphics are done in these shows. What I did find interesting was the heroine was a very capable young woman who could hold her own. The story was simple good vs bad but the modelling of youth's good vs bad behaviour was not subtle.
We saw replicas which was good and Second Act which was pure fun. DH wants to see bumblebee but will have to go alone.
“Ben’s Back”.......I never thought I’d complain about a movie being too realistic. Julie Roberts turns in an Academy Award performance. Don’t expect to be uplifted. Understand why some families are desperate for an answer to the opioid problem.
After seeing the coming attractions I don’t want to that movie. Too much sadness in real life.
Yeah I walked into an otherwise packed movie theatre with ten movies showing and shared a cavernous theatre with five other people. I realized half way through the movie that I was squeezing the butter out of my popcorn napkin out of empathetic anxiety. A co worker of mine had a son go this route and it cost him his house and all his retirement savings to pay for rehab many times over, defense attorneys many times over, restitution many times over and finally (some said mercifully) a one time funeral. I should have gone to see “Green Book”.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
I have a son with a meth addiction and I am surprised he is still alive. He will get clean, work for a year, etc and then it all falls apart. He has been in prison a lot for possession. I love him but won’t go broke in a misguided attempt to save him. It’s not possible.
Going to se Green Book over the next week sometime. It looks like an interesting approach to an old challenge.
Also, I had seen "Beautiful Boy" which is the same subject. Timothee Chalamet gives a very convincing performance as the intelligent but drug-addicted son, but I didn't want to see that same story twice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
I really liked Hedges in Manchester by the Sea, and Boy Erased. Seems like Hedges and Chalamet are the top of the new wave of young actors.
Saw Molly's Game last night (and the night before--it's a long movie, BTW).
I loved it! I like Aaron Sorkin, and he wrote the screenplay from the true-life story of Molly Bloom, who went from being an Olympic-trained skier to running high stakes poker games in LA and NY. Very compelling and great performances, especially by Jessica Chastain.
I will check out Molly's Game. We watched the Leisure Seeker with Helen Mirren and Donald Southerland. Interesting, although I disagreed with a lot of the conclusions they reached. Helen Mirren's Charleston accent went in and out.