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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
southendmd:
Leslie, can you say more about what "stunned" you with Days of Heaven? I'd really like to know.
Since I saw it, I've read a bunch of reviews that, besides mentioning the great cinematography and music, didn't really tell me what they connected with. The narrator? The struggle of poverty?
Maybe I need to see it again.
3:10 to Yuma is now out on DVD, so I'll probably see that soon.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on January 09, 2008, 09:02:14 am ---Having seen Christian Bale just the other day in I'm Not There, I am becoming more and more impressed with his talent. I also thought he was excellent in The Prestige.
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I thought he was great in The Prestige, too. Especially when you get to the end and think back, and realize that ... well, I'll say no more. But those who've seen it know what I mean.
Christian Bale also very good in Rescue Dawn. I rented that over Thanksgiving. It's kind of a grueling film, which I'd known going in, though somehow I found it a bit disappointing. But Christian Bale is good in it.
BelAir:
--- Quote from: Lucise on January 09, 2008, 03:57:46 am ---I've been meaning to watch 3:10 to Yuma...Now it's on DVD, I'm gonna rent it one of these nights.
Tonight, I watched Boys Don't Cry (I've seen it before).
It's an excellent, tragic film.. it always leaves me feeling drained and depressed. I could not get all the way to the end this time. :-\
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aw, M....
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BelAir:
sort of along the lines of remembering how movies make you feel...
two of my favorite movies from when i was young are Superman and Star Wars. I loved them then, and I love them now. But I wonder if I had never seen them before, how I would feel about them now...
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: BelAir on January 09, 2008, 10:04:14 am ---two of my favorite movies from when i was young are Superman and Star Wars. I loved them then, and I love them now. But I wonder if I had never seen them before, how I would feel about them now...
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I know. I've had the experience of going back and watching a movie I'd loved years ago, and being disappointed -- not only because I've changed, but because movies themselves have changed. For example, I rented Raiders of the Lost Ark to watch with my kids. If there's ever a movie that struck me, at the time, as being vibrant and dynamic and action-packed and exciting, that was it! But when my boys and I watched it, a few years ago, it was ... slow. I couldn't believe it! They were bored. In the years since then, action movies have just sped up so much that the difference was really noticeable.
But we've watched some movies together that depended less on action, such as Big and Back to the Future, and they've held up pretty well.
My brother and I and our kids rented Marathon Man over Christmas. I remember really liking that and have been wanting to see it for years. But it's really hard to find in video stores. Finally, we found it! But then we ran out of time and I didn't get a chance to see it. My brother watched it after we left and said it was still good.
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