Seen any good films lately?
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JHC
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I d/l "How green was my Valley" from youtube I remember it from my childhood and was keen to see it again but, it is amazing how false the acting was in those days the overall effect was OK and an emotional film with some male voice choir background music.
JHC
Chief assistant to the assistant chief
What would he know?? Ravel did not think much of 'Bolero' which must be the best crescendo ever written
White Knight
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And this coming from a man who never served a day in his life in his country's uniform, but was perfectly "willing and able" to portray military heroes, albeit on a safe and sound Hollywood movie set. What a right-wing hyprocrite!
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White Knight
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Even though I have often disagreed with Clint's politics, he served in the Army. The Eiger Sanction is a great flick, as are most of the ones he's appeared in and/or directed. Have you seen Gran Torino. Teddy?
We've been watching Foyles' War of late on Netflix. Very good suspence/detective sort of show - it hails out of the UK and has been running for about 8 seasons, although they only do 3 or 4 episodes each season.
Waiting for Gravity to arrive at the cheap theater here ... no way am I going to pay $14.95 for one ticket ... or be totally cheap and wait for the DVD.
Kh ♫ (aka Mr cheapskate)
Waiting for Gravity to arrive at the cheap theater here ... no way am I going to pay $14.95 for one ticket ... or be totally cheap and wait for the DVD.
Kh ♫ (aka Mr cheapskate)
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I really respect Eastwood, because as he is growing older--visibly--he is shedding a lot of that over the top "macho tough guy" stance and expressing more of his vulnerable side. yet he still comes off as a principled man who "sticks to his guns", no matter the situation or circumstances {e.g. Gran Torino}, even if he has to die in the process. He still is tough, on the inside as well as the outside. I can only hope that I age with as much dignity and grace as he has evinced.
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Via Netflix, Inside Job, a Matt Damon narrated documentary about the 2008 American financial implosion. The only thing I regret is that the over-greedy perpetrators of this global fiasco ended up with massive bailouts and generous retirement packages instead of lengthy jail sentences.
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Especially when--as it seems to be here in America--the so called "regulators" and leading politicians are in bed with the same criminals who gamed the system in the first place.
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More of the same flavor tonight, with Chasing Madoff, another documentary about how the misnamed regulatory system--in this case the SEC--completely fell down on their job of protecting innocent investors, and so countless numbers of trusting people had their lives ruined forever. Truly disgusting!
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A remake of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, starring Gary Oldman. Interesting version, with some minor tweaking of the original story. However--for me--no one will ever have the gravitas of Alec Guinness as George Smiley, though Oldman is fairly good. Seen on Netflix. On the whole, the original British cast and production were much stronger; this rendering felt weaker and not "British" enough for my tastes.