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Babi · « **Reply #840 on:** August 31, 2010, 09:02:51 AM »

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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You and my son would have a great time talking movies, MARJ. He is a
Monty Python fan, too, and has a great deal of the dialogue from those
movies memorized. I don't care much for them myself. I guess I like my
humor a bit more subtle. As for David McCallum, I've always loved him!

JOAN, I don't believe Hepburn talked about her illness or ever said just
what it was. She was a very private woman. The general consensus, based on her visible symptoms, was that it was Parkinsons.

Thanks for the tip, MARYPAGE. TV is rather slow this time of year; I'd
be glad to find another interesting show to watch.

MaryPage · « **Reply #841 on:** August 31, 2010, 02:47:42 PM »

Kevin Bacon it is! My Bad!

My Missouri daughter lives in Kansas City. Actually, her mailing address is to Platte City, which is a suburb of KC. She teaches in what I believe is called the Park City school system; again, a suburb of KC. I get very confused. One of her daughters lives in North Kansas City, according to the Post Office, and one lives in St. Louis.

pedln · « **Reply #842 on:** September 04, 2010, 06:57:57 PM »

Oh dear, I think I need to go to remedial actor class. There are so many actors/actresses mentioned here that I don't know. Now Russell Crowe I recognize the name, but wouldn't know him if I saw him on the street. David McWho? Kevin Bacon?

Now if you said Anthony Hopkins . . . . or Anne Bancroft . . . The other night I was checking to see if my DVD player was working okay, and just stuck in 84 Charing Cross Rd to test it. Hadn't seen it in years, but got so caught up in it I just had to watch the whole thing -- at 10 pm, which I never do. Soooo good. That's one DVD I'm glad I bought.

And one I'm glad I didn't buy -- just rented from Netflix -- Brooklyn's Finest. Horrible film, very bloody, language, nudity +, I don't know why I watched the whole thing. Not even a good plot.

maryz · « **Reply #843 on:** September 04, 2010, 08:02:16 PM »

pedln, you've hit one of my very favorites! 84 Charing Cross Road. I own it, too. That was the first book I looked for when I got my Kindle, but it's not there yet.

mabel1015j · « **Reply #844 on:** September 05, 2010, 02:27:52 PM »

Ann Bancroft! i watched The Graduate last night - how much we all have changed and, of course, dear Ann is deceased. What a funny movie...........was it a book? .................jean

marcie · « **Reply #845 on:** September 05, 2010, 03:17:11 PM »

The Graduate was based on a book by Charles Webb who has led quite an interesting life. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Webb_%28author%29

mabel1015j · « **Reply #846 on:** September 05, 2010, 03:44:45 PM »

Thanks again Marcie - i just thanked you for the medieval clothing site in "The Library" - ...........you're my reference librarian today...........lol....

If this is accurate, it is Wikipedia where anyone can post anything, i have to back off of some of my family members who i think are eccentric, these two/three have them beat by miles.

He declined an inheritance from his father, a wealthy doctor [1].

As of 2006, Webb has been with his long-term partner Eve for more than 40 years. Eve shaves her head and calls herself "Fred" in solidarity with a Californian support group called Fred, for men who have low self-esteem [2]. Fred is an artist and her work includes illustrations for Webb's 2002 novel New Cardiff. The couple have two sons, one of whom is now a performance artist who once cooked and ate a copy of The Graduate with cranberry sauce [3].

The Webbs removed their children from school so that they could tutor them at home. This was an illegal act in California at the time, and to evade the authorities they fled the state; at one point they managed a nudist camp in New Jersey. They also divorced - accounts vary as to why (it was not due to personal differences), either in protest against the institution of marriage [4] or against the US's lack of marriage rights for gays [5]. They sold their wedding presents back to their guests and having given away four houses in succession lived on the breadline, taking menial jobs as cleaners, cooks and fruit-pickers, working at K-Mart and living in a shack [6]. They currently live in Hove, East Sussex.

..jean

marcie · « **Reply #847 on:** September 05, 2010, 03:47:37 PM »

You are very welcome. I am often intrigued by other participants' questions and want to find the answer for myself too :-)

mabel1015j · « **Reply #848 on:** September 05, 2010, 03:52:45 PM »

I was modifying my response while you were posting - sorry i missed that............jean

marcie · « **Reply #849 on:** September 05, 2010, 04:17:00 PM »

pedln · « **Reply #850 on:** September 06, 2010, 01:03:06 AM »

Sounds like they marched to different drummers.

Babi · « **Reply #851 on:** September 06, 2010, 08:29:47 AM »

Sounds to me like they would have refused to march to their own
drummers.

marjifay · « **Reply #852 on:** September 06, 2010, 09:57:15 AM »

I just loved the movie The Graduate. I remember seeing it in the theater about 7 or 8 times after it first came out. I took my girlfriends, my boyfriend, and my two young sons to see it. After seeing it, my son, about 11 years old, said "He (Dustin Hoffman's character) is just like me." I remember thinking,"Uh oh, what have I done?" Then he said, "He asks lots of questions just like me." Great movie.

Marj

JimNT · « **Reply #853 on:** September 06, 2010, 10:02:01 AM »

I'm not a horror movie fan and I usually find so-called frightening movies boring. However, I recently saw The Last Exorcism, having chose it because it happened to fit my schedule on that particular afternoon and a sparsely attended movie in an air conditioned theater was very appealing. This is a well made movie with a believable plot that I found disturbing and frightening because I could foresee these events occurring. The setting is the backwoods of Louisiana, near Baton Rouge, If you've seen it or plan to, please comment. The title alone would usually turn me off but this movie was exceptional.

PatH · « **Reply #854 on:** September 06, 2010, 12:44:39 PM »

JimNT, you're making a good case for my seeing it. If I do, I'll comment.

maryz · « **Reply #855 on:** September 06, 2010, 03:07:06 PM »

I don't think it was a book, but if you get a chance, go see "Get Low". We've just gotten home from the theater, and it's terrific. Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Gerald McRaney, Lucas Black, Bill Cobb.

joyous · « **Reply #856 on:** September 06, 2010, 06:11:42 PM »

JimNt: I will certainly have to look up that movie as I live in Louisiana---Baton Rouge-----and never heard of it.

JOY

roshanarose · « **Reply #857 on:** September 06, 2010, 09:47:26 PM »

Jim : I read about that movie just yesterday in the New York Times online. It got a good review and I am looking forward to seeing it. One of the most interesting "horror" movies I have seen recently is "Let The Right One In", book is good too.

It might seem a bit odd that someone living in Australia should read NYT online, but when I was in NYC some years ago I bought the paper to read and loved the quality of the journalism. Much better than here. Later today we should finally know who our Prime Minister is to be. The final decision is up to three Independents.

Babi · « **Reply #858 on:** September 07, 2010, 08:07:09 AM »

What is "Get Low" about, MARY? I've heard nothing about it. The cast
certainly rates attention.

maryz · « **Reply #859 on:** September 07, 2010, 10:00:29 AM »

Babi, it's based on a legend/real story about an old hermit in the 1930s in TN who wants to have his funeral before he dies, so he can hear what people have been saying about him. Here's the link to IMDb..
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1194263/

roshanarose · « **Reply #860 on:** September 07, 2010, 11:58:44 PM »

One up for the girls! Australia has its first female Prime Minister. I am happy.

Babi · « **Reply #861 on:** September 08, 2010, 08:12:53 AM »

I've heard that, MARY, but always assumed it was just a story or joke.

Good luck to your new prime minister, ROSE. She's won a tough job.

roshanarose · « **Reply #862 on:** September 09, 2010, 02:08:30 AM »

True Babi! She is cool under pressure and can out argue the boys in the Senate, no problem. A little bit of skullduggery (a polite term for backstabbing) preceded her becoming PM. The plot could have come straight out of Suetonius and the Julio-Claudians.

A bit like Mrs Thatcher who was always charming and graceful under pressure (splutter, splutter) Ms Gillard is quite the lady, and even took elocution lessons in order to rid herself of her VERY Strine accent. Of course, Gumtree, and I have impeccable diction.

Pedln - I love Anthony Hopkins too. Love his icy eyes and his, guess what, diction. Did you or anyone else see "The Oldest Indian"? Anthony was just gorgeous in it.

Gumtree · « **Reply #863 on:** September 09, 2010, 03:19:58 AM »

:Roshanarose: I'd like our new PM a lot better if she were on the other side of politics. She's totally ruthless - the backstabbing of Rudd was truly foul play.

I have to say that my diction is fine - and too bad if there is an Aussie twang - I'm an Aussie!

salan · « **Reply #864 on:** September 09, 2010, 08:20:10 AM »

I stumbled upon "The Oldest Indian" by accident. It was a great movie and I don't know why it is not better known!
Sally

Babi · « **Reply #865 on:** September 09, 2010, 09:03:45 AM »

I love the Aussie twang, GUM! Love the English accent, too. I think
regional accents add to the 'flavor' of a conversation. The only one
I find hard to bear is a high-keyed, nasal voice. It tends to scrape
the nerves.
I'll have to look up "The Oldest Indian" on Netflix. Sounds good.

marcie · « **Reply #866 on:** September 09, 2010, 10:47:16 AM »

I think it is The World's FASTEST Indian. I just looked it up. It sounds interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World%27s_Fastest_Indian

Gumtree · « **Reply #867 on:** September 09, 2010, 11:14:06 AM »

I'm not sure what it's called but its a good film and Anthony Hopkins does the part well. DH has the book somewhere around but I didn't read it.

Phyll · « **Reply #868 on:** September 09, 2010, 04:36:55 PM »

While looking up "The World's Fastest Indian" on Netflix I discovered that Anthony Hopkins had made the movie of one of my favorite books, "84 Charing Cross Road". Anne Bancroft and Judi Dench are in the movie, also. I don't think you can find a better cast than that so I'm excited to have it get here as quickly as possible. Bless whoever dreamed up Netflix!

maryz · « **Reply #869 on:** September 09, 2010, 04:48:02 PM »

Phyll, as I've said before, 84 Charing Cross Road is one of my very favorites - book and movie.

roshanarose · « **Reply #870 on:** September 09, 2010, 10:22:45 PM »

Gum - Don't worry mate, I'm proud to be an Australian too.

Freudian slip or something - perhaps I was getting it mixed up with the rock opera "The Oldest (and Silliest) Australian" with yours truly as the star.

Babi · « **Reply #871 on:** September 10, 2010, 08:22:56 PM »

Well, I couldn't find "The World's Oldest Indian", so maybe I'll have better luck with the fastest
Indian.

JoanK · « **Reply #872 on:** September 10, 2010, 09:01:31 PM »

"Of course, Gumtree, and I have impeccable diction.

I'd like to hear you -- I've never known anyone with impeccable diction.

I saw the "Indian" movie and loved it. Especially the extra material that interviewed the NZ townspeople. I cant remember the name either, but I know I got it from Netflix, so they have it. If I could remember the name of the online site that tells you everything about actors, I would say look up "Anthony Hopkins" on it.

PatH · « **Reply #873 on:** September 10, 2010, 09:13:36 PM »

It's Internet Movie Data Base,

http://www.imdb.com/

and you could surely find it there.

roshanarose · « **Reply #874 on:** September 10, 2010, 10:05:25 PM »

JoanK - Of course I was using my odd sense of humour and irony when discussing "impeccable diction". Mine certainly isn't, and I don't really know if Gum has impeccable diction either. Probably the most "impeccable diction" i have ever heard was from a fondly remembered colleague, David, who was an ex Oxford Don and who had had J.R.R. Tolkien as a lecturer. Listening to his voice was a most pleasurable experience. David was a true gentleman, a rare breed indeed. One day I will post in the Poetry discussion a poem he wrote for me.

PatH · « **Reply #875 on:** September 10, 2010, 10:22:53 PM »

Wow! Tolkien as a lecturer. But I bet your friend didn't get his diction from Tolkien. Apparently J. R. R. T. used to lecture with his pipe firmly clamped between his teeth, and was barely intelligible.

roshanarose · « **Reply #876 on:** September 10, 2010, 10:24:48 PM »

David loved him. Said he did smell of pipe smoke though.

PatH · « **Reply #877 on:** September 10, 2010, 10:30:13 PM »

I would have loved him too. He was a remarkable man. His translations are world class, and his feeling for the power of myth and how to use it to make a compelling story make The Lord of the Rings superb.

Gumtree · « **Reply #878 on:** September 11, 2010, 02:16:27 AM »

Ditto to PatH - Tolkien was one of a kind. Interesting about the diction - wasn't Tolkien raised in South Africa - born there anyway - so Tolkien's speech would possibly have had an influence from there.

I doubt I've ever heard 'impeccable' diction but occasionally there's a voice one admires.

MaryPage · « **Reply #879 on:** September 11, 2010, 06:14:06 AM »

I thought Winston Churchill, Everett Dirkson, Barbara Jordan and Richard Burton all did a very good job of impeccable diction. There was one whose voice used to appear on the radio, as well, and I adored his way with words but, most unfairly, have forgotten his name. Lowell Thomas was not bad at all.

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