Author Topic: Movies & Books Into Movies (Read 591900 times)

JoanK · « **Reply #2000 on:** September 01, 2011, 02:48:27 PM »

So many movies – how do you choose what to watch?
Reviews? Recommendations? Actors? Availability?
Do you choose a movie the same way you choose a book?

And where do you like to watch most of your movies?
Do you stream movies from Netflix and other places?
Where’s the strangest place you’ve ever watched a film?

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This is great! You reminded me of so many films I didn't put on my list and should have. "The Gods Must Be Crazy", definitely. "Driving Miss Daisy", "Moonstruck".

And some I forgot: "Jesus Christ - Superstar" (the original, NOT the more recent remake) or "The Amazing Technicolor Drean Coat" and for light ones, how about "When Harry met Sally." or the one where Billy Chrystal is on a dude ranch with Jack Palance -- what's its name?

And I'll stick "March of the Penguins" in there, too.

I had forgotten what reeeally good movies I've seen.

salan · « **Reply #2001 on:** September 02, 2011, 05:23:33 AM »

I loved Mama Mia. My SIL and I usually agree on movies. She didn't like it at all. She also did not like Moulin Rouge, which I liked very much. Another musical that makes me want to sing and dance is Fiddler on the Roof. "If I were a rich man.......".
Sally

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #2002 on:** September 02, 2011, 06:38:13 AM »

But Salan, that one always makes me cry as well - when the mother sings the song "turn around and you're three, turn around and you're four..." - oh dear, I can even feel a lump rising in my throat as I type! How fast the years fly by, and how soon our children are grown

Rosemary

Babi · « **Reply #2003 on:** September 02, 2011, 02:50:35 PM »

I think that is what made the movie so great, ROSEMARY. It had everything!

JoanK · « **Reply #2004 on:** September 02, 2011, 10:46:09 PM »

I agree. And Isaac Stern dancing on the roof was the cherry on the cake!

pedln · « **Reply #2005 on:** September 03, 2011, 10:49:36 AM »

I always get teary-eyed when I think of Tevye, whose life's desire was to sit at the table with the learned men.

MaryPage · « **Reply #2006 on:** September 03, 2011, 02:17:12 PM »

(Tevye)
Is this the little girl I carried?
Is this the little boy at play?
(Golde)
I don't remember growing older
When did they?
(Tevye)
When did she get to be a beauty?
When did he grow to be so tall?
(Golde)
Wasn't it yesterday
When they were small?
(Men)
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly flow the days
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers
Blossoming even as we gaze
(Women)
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears
(Tevye)
What words of wisdom can I give them?
How can I help to ease their way?
(Golde)
Now they must learn from one another
Day by day
(Perchik)
They look so natural together
(Hodel)
Just like two newlyweds should be
(Perchik & Hodel)
Is there a canopy in store for me?
(All)
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears

I can remember well, my second husband, David, listening to the recording of Fiddler On The Roof one Sunday afternoon and when the words "when did she get to be a beauty? when did he grow to be so tall?" were sung, the tears were flowing down his cheeks. I will NEVER forget that. David died in 1997, and in all I have had 3 husbands and lost each to a different type of cancer.

Babi · « **Reply #2007 on:** September 04, 2011, 08:37:57 AM »

That is sad, MARYPAGE. Facing that kind of loss is bad enough to endure once. Please
consider yourself hugged, {{ }}

roshanarose · « **Reply #2008 on:** September 04, 2011, 11:31:20 PM »

MARYPAGE - So sad in every way. Add my hug to Babi's {{ }}

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #2009 on:** September 05, 2011, 02:41:21 AM »

And mine.

Rosemary

MaryPage · « **Reply #2010 on:** September 05, 2011, 10:59:18 AM »

Well thank you all. Gosh, I didn't mean to go all maudlin on you!

Speaking of books into movies, I saw the new Inspector Lewis on Masterpiece Mystery last night, and it reminded me strongly of my favorite of Dorothy Sayers books: GAUDY NIGHT. I saw the film done of that, as well. The Sayers was better (but of course!) than the Lewis, but this new one is very enjoyable and not to be missed.

A gaudy is a college feast at Oxford. Remember the song we used to roar out at the top of our (in my case, most unmelodious) voices? Gaudeamus Igitur.

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #2011 on:** September 06, 2011, 03:35:29 AM »

Is that the same one that goes "Gaudete, gaudete, Christos est natus?"

Babi · « **Reply #2012 on:** September 06, 2011, 08:43:24 AM »

I remember having heard "Gaudeamus Igitur" sung, but had no idea where it was from or
what it means. (Still don't know what it means, for that matter. Would one of you brilliant Latin
scholars please illuminate me?)

maryz · « **Reply #2013 on:** September 06, 2011, 09:09:26 AM »

I remember it from one of Tom Lehrer's songs, but I'm sure he was being quite irreverent when he used it. You could google it to see what shows up.

Babi · « **Reply #2014 on:** September 06, 2011, 09:11:54 AM »

Very sensible, MARYZ. I will do just that. Who knows what treasures await!

pedln · « **Reply #2015 on:** September 06, 2011, 10:07:52 AM »

It's a drinking song. Gaudeamus Igitur -- therefore let us enjoy ourselves. Or let us rejoice.

I don't have the words in front of me, but basically, do it while you're young, before you're an old man.

I love the melody, the rhythm and the forcefulness of it. It makes you want to march around the room, holding your glass on high. MaryPage, thanks for defining "gaudy." Interesting.

MaryZ, we had a Tom Lehrer record back when -- The Boy Scout Marching Song, I Hold Your Hand in Mine Dear -- sure weren't what you'd think.

Gumtree · « **Reply #2016 on:** September 06, 2011, 11:10:51 AM »

Pedln: We still may have that Tom Lehrer record...

maryz · « **Reply #2017 on:** September 06, 2011, 02:44:39 PM »

We have CDs with all the Tom Lehrer songs - from the original records through those he wrote for Laugh-In. What an incredible wit! We knew somebody years ago who had been in one of his math classes at Harvard.

MaryPage · « **Reply #2018 on:** September 06, 2011, 03:12:31 PM »

Hi; just getting in here again for a brief moment. Thanks, Pedln, for explaining about the drinking song. It is a university student drinking song, and in my day was sung loudly and with the spirit Pedln describes EVERYwhere. Different songs are popular these days. Different times.

Rosemary, I guess you have figured by now it is NOT the one you were thinking of. Not a speck of religious sentiment involved in this one!

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #2019 on:** September 06, 2011, 03:31:56 PM »

Babi · « **Reply #2020 on:** September 07, 2011, 07:25:51 PM »

Looking up 'Gaudeamus', I was able to recall where I had heard it. I could practically
hear the lead in "The Student Prince" singing it again. As I recall, he was in a pub
frequented by university students, so it was nice to learn that the song celebrates being
young and..more or less...carefree.

JimNT · « **Reply #2021 on:** September 08, 2011, 10:17:40 AM »

My wife and I, along with two very dear friends, saw a movie last Sat eve that I thought was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. It starred Robert Duvall, who I think is great, and Lucas Black, and was titled Seven Days in Utopia. The three of them thought it was absolutely wonderful and throughout dinner, at a very good Italian restaurant, I feared that one if not all three would jump upon the table and shout the glories of this cinematic disaster. I was able to avoid sharing my true feelings by saying that the scenery was beautiful. The point of this story is simply this: Should one hide ones feelings in the company of those you love when it is abundantly clear they so sharply oppose their views? Incidentally, I will definitely continue to see Duvall movies but will NEVER subject myself to miserable acting of one Lucas Black.

maryz · « **Reply #2022 on:** September 08, 2011, 11:03:53 AM »

Thanks for your comments, JimNT. Like you, I tend to go see anything with Robert Duvall, and had seen the previews for this one. Guess I'll pass on this one.

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #2023 on:** September 08, 2011, 11:38:34 AM »

JimNT - I always tend to say what I think about films - but as the only people I go to the cinema with are generally my daughters, I am not too bothered whether they agree with me about things like Harry Potter or not!

I do remember going to see "Minority Report" - a film that I absolutely loathed - with a Dutch friend who has quite strong views on most things

- I didn't say too much about that afterwards - she thought it was great.

Rosemary

pedln · « **Reply #2024 on:** September 08, 2011, 11:39:24 AM »

Jim, why should you hide your feelings while they express theirs. Intelligent discussion with counter-viewpoints is usually illuminating.

Your comments sent me to Netflix to see what the film is all about, and was interested to see that it is based on a novel.

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It is also a sports movie about golf based on the self-help novel by David A. Cook, "Golf's Sacred Journey: Seven Days at the Links of Utopia". Cook is a sports psychologist, who also happens to be a devout Christian; thus the reason for the faith-based slant of this movie.

Netflix.

Most of the reviews here were positive, as were most of the Amazon reviews of the book.

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The film’s religious aspect is held in check until the last third, at which point “Seven Days in Utopia” swoons into its own solemn sanctimony.

NYTimes

The Huffington Post said that "Seven Days in Utopia is a week too long." (I did not read that review.)

JimNT · « **Reply #2025 on:** September 08, 2011, 05:33:04 PM »

Thank you all for your thoughtful replies and review reports. They were all interesting. As for Amazon having favorable reviews, I am not surprised.

roshanarose · « **Reply #2026 on:** September 09, 2011, 09:54:44 AM »

My father was a golf professional in the days when their purpose was to teach people how to improve their swing, whatever, rather than make millions on the golf course. He turned professional when he was 18.

His favourite joke was one I always remember.

Two guys were playing golf on a Monday. A funeral cortege passes by, and one of the gents removes his cap and observes a minutes silence. The other gent is impressed by this mark of respect and compliments his partner on what a lovely gesture he has made. His friend sighs and says: "Ah yes. She was a good wife".

pedln · « **Reply #2027 on:** September 09, 2011, 10:35:19 AM »

Thanks Rosharose, very appropo. And it reminds me of another, similar.

My Fair Lady had recently opened on Broadway to sellout crowds. Getting tickets was impossible. A friend who was there noticed an empty seat, right down front and center. And it stayed empty through the whole performance. She was seated not far away, and at the close asked the woman sitting next to the seat about it. "It was my husband's seat, " she said, "but he died." My friend was sympathic, then asked, "Couldn't you find anyone to come with you, to share the ticket." "Oh no, they're all at the funeral."

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #2028 on:** September 09, 2011, 11:43:28 AM »

marjifay · « **Reply #2029 on:** September 09, 2011, 05:08:04 PM »

I loved that, Pedln.

Yesterday, I saw the new Woody Allen movie, Midnight in Paris. Wonderful! Allen is back in top form with this one, altho' he isn't in it, just wrote and directed. A lot of the people in Hemingway's memoir, Moveable Feast, which I am re-reading, are in it -- Hemingway, Gertrude Stein (played by to perfection by Kathy Bates), Picasso, Matisse, Satre, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda. Perfect casting and acting. I think it should be nominated for an Oscar. And certainly whoever did the costumes should definitely get an award. You should really see this one in the theater - you need a big screen to really enjoy the gorgeous cinematography of Paris.

marcie · « **Reply #2030 on:** September 09, 2011, 11:49:57 PM »

Marjifay, Midnight in Paris sounds wonderful. I look forward to seeing it.

rosemarykaye · « **Reply #2031 on:** September 10, 2011, 01:57:57 AM »

Me too - sounds great!

Rosemary

pedln · « **Reply #2032 on:** September 10, 2011, 11:13:48 AM »

It does sound good, Marjifay. After reading your comments about Moveable Feast, I was thinking that David MuCullough's new book -- The Greater Journey -- was also about that group, but I see now that his people visited Paris earlier.

MaryPage · « **Reply #2033 on:** September 10, 2011, 11:19:46 AM »

One of my daughters spent her Junior Year in France attending the Sorbonne. She, of course, rushed to see Midnight In Paris. She reported that the story was so so and contained some errors, but the journey through her beloved city was wonderful beyond words. She plans to buy the DVD just to travel those streets and parks again and again, as she does in her memories. Debi teaches French (and sometimes Spanish and Latin) and heads the Language Department at a private High School here in Annapolis.

pedln · « **Reply #2034 on:** September 10, 2011, 03:01:03 PM »

I just ordered a "Paris" film from The Criterion Collection -- The Red Balloon. My kids loved the book and the film when they were young. Criterion was having a 75,000-seconds sale (no, I didn't do the math) because they got 75,000 likes from Facebook members. I probably should have my head examined for what I think is extravagance, but ordered Walkabout and The Golden Age of Television, which has five films including Marty and No Time for Sergeants.

JoanK · « **Reply #2035 on:** September 11, 2011, 07:43:18 PM »

I still remember "Marty" fondly.

MaryPage · « **Reply #2036 on:** September 19, 2011, 10:35:35 AM »

We mentioned The Gods Must Be Crazy a few weeks back, and now I find myself wondering if anyone got it and watched it for the first time, and, if so, did you enjoy it?

Back in the nineteen seventies sometime, the man who created The Gods, Jamie Uys of South Africa, won a prize for Best Documentary with the splendid Animals Are Beautiful People. I own that DVD, and watched it again recently before passing it on to one of my great granddaughters. It is a truly amazing film.

pedln · « **Reply #2037 on:** September 19, 2011, 11:20:32 AM »

That sounds like a good one, MaryPage. Just checked the Netflix review, and while I don't watch many documentaries, I added that one to my queue.

BTW, did you Netflix subscribers get the word that the DVD part of Netflix will soon be called Quickster? I think Quickster is more appropriate for the Streaming part of the company. Streaming is faster than the mail, right?

I wonder how the supposed upcoming post office closings will affect something like Netflix/Quickster.

BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #2038 on:** September 19, 2011, 03:10:37 PM »

Won't y'all share - even if you do not stay around to chat in Talking Heads it would be so great to have as many of us as possible list our favorites in 20 Questions - it really is a way we get to know each other a bit better -

Here we are http://seniorlearn.org/forum/index.php?topic=2510.msg129764#msg129764

Babi · « **Reply #2039 on:** September 20, 2011, 10:00:54 AM »

"Animals are Beautiful People" sounds like something I'd enjoy, MARYPAGE. Thanks
for mentioning it.

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Author Topic: Movies & Books Into Movies (Read 591900 times)