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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
Lumière:
Recently watched Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000) starring Dame Dench(bought the movie 'cause of her).
I thought it was good but Judy made it even more worth it.
MaineWriter:
I watched Latter Days yesterday. It one way, it has every cliche and stereotype in the book. In another way, it's a very good movie. I'd recommend it.
The two leads have a very hot sex scene with lots of long legs and chiseled abs. Definitely worth seeing! LOL. My favorite line (right after the sex scene):
Chris: "I thought you'd be more...y'know, reticent."
Aaron: "Well, I'm already going to Hell for kissing you, so I may as well take the scenic route."
L
Lumière:
After meaning to watch it for a long time, I finally got the movie Aimee & Jaguar(1999) and watched it last night.
I'll have to re-watch it again real soon because there were places where the subtitles disappeared so fast I think I missed some words, lol.
Aimée & Jaguar is a 1999 German war and drama film set during World War II. It was written and directed by Max Färberböck, based upon Erica Fischer's book, chronicling the actual lives of Lilly Wust and Felice Schragenheim during that time period. [Wikipedia]
Berlin 1943/44 ("The Battle of Berlin"). Felice, an intelligent and courageous Jewish woman who lives under a false name, belongs to an underground organization. Lilly, a devoted mother of four, though an occasional unfaithful wife, is desperate for love. An unusual and passionate love between them blossoms despite the danger of persecution and nightly bombing raids. The Gestapo is on Felice's trail. Her friends flee, she decides to sit out the war with Lilly. One hot day in August 1944, the Gestapo is waiting in Lilly's flat...[Imdb Summary]
Highly recommended!
Lynne:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on February 07, 2008, 09:45:51 am ---I watched Latter Days yesterday. It one way, it has every cliche and stereotype in the book. In another way, it's a very good movie. I'd recommend it.
The two leads have a very hot sex scene with lots of long legs and chiseled abs. Definitely worth seeing! LOL. My favorite line (right after the sex scene):
Chris: "I thought you'd be more...y'know, reticent."
Aaron: "Well, I'm already going to Hell for kissing you, so I may as well take the scenic route."
L
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You're right, Leslie - LATTER DAYS does have every cliche and stereotype in the book - I think it's intentional - that and the low production value somehow are part of its charm for me. I guess I like it so well because I can feel the emotional connection between Aaron and Christian and Christian's pain. The scene when Christian visits Sister Davis hits my heart hard.
oilgun:
An interesting article on the most anticipated book to film adaptations.
http://themovie-fanatic.com/tmf_top_50/books_to_films_hitlist/books_to_movies_part1/
Excerpt:
I love reading books! Some may say it's a dying media- with the internet and all- but the pleasure you get from reading is hard to experience in other, perhaps more modern form. Doubling the pleasure is when a favorite book is adapted on the big screen!
While some of the most engrossing films are based on original scripts, there are some equally awesome movies which are based on adaptations of some of today's best-selling novels and non-fiction books. In this feature, we listed 50 of the most anticipated book to movie adaptations for 2008 and beyond.
The list is quite diverse- thrillers and horror, coming-of-age, fantasy and adventure, classics, romantic novels, crime and drama. Some of them are currently 'works in progress' and soon to be released, while some are still at the stage of being optioned by various extremely excited filmmakers and producers.
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