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Rewatching movies from our pasts -- still good?
Mandy21:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on March 16, 2010, 06:33:56 pm ---This is one I have to see! But right now, I'm watching Local Hero, which we started talking about earlier on this thread and then got distracted talking about Robert Redford, et al. (Understandable enuff!) Mandy, I found it on Amazon, and didn't have to buy a used copy!! It's about a young hotshot oil executive who gets sent from Houston to a small town in Scotland to negotiate a deal. This movie's not for everyone. It's a comedy but much of the humor is so subtle that it could be yawn-producing for many. And there's not much action and not even much plot. I just told you about most of the plot two sentences back! What the movie does have is a young aimless man as the central character, another young man who accompanies him in his work and befriends him, a barnyard animal that helps the two bond, a couple of enigmatic women who are their love interests, a storekeeper who one of the women is married to, a crazy old man, some spectacular rugged scenery, lonely scenes at night, a wonderful soundtrack...hey, wait a minute, does all this sound familiar?? 8)
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Lee, I just love love LOVE the way you just analogized Local Hero to BBM. Even though I've seen LH about 20 times and BBM about 300 times, I never would have thought of that comparison. Could you BE any more clever?
Thanks for reinvigorating this thread.
P.S. You forgot to mention the scientist mermaid. :o
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on March 16, 2010, 06:33:56 pm ---... a couple of enigmatic women who are their love interests...
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I did mention her, Mandy!! Thank you for your compliment...I see Brokieisms in everything I watch or read!!
Mandy21:
"Enigmatic", yes. That sums them up entirely. Both of them definitely were.
Katie77:
The most outstanding music I have ever heard, is the instrumental "Coming Home" which is from Local Hero.
The Dire Straits version played regularly on our stereo and int he car.....definately my favourite music/song ever.
Mandy21:
Thanks for that, Sue. I'll have to pick up the video at my library again, now, cause I never noticed the music. I was way too enamored of the mind-bogglingly beautiful Scottish landscape to notice much else. Hell, I think it took me about 5 viewings before I even noticed what the actors were saying. :D
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