This movie is based on the play by Wendy Kesselman.. Daisy is a teenage girl played by Claire Danes. Her grandmother Nana is played by Jeanne Moreau. Daisy's grandmother shares with her stories of her life in a concentration camp. Daisy herself is experiencing some anti-Semitism in the private school she attends and imagines the two different scenarios in parallel. I thought it was well done and brought to light how young people in general take different things and apply them to the life they are living... Would I recommend it? Only to certain people, not because its not a movie worth watching but more because you have to really read between the lines....
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I have thought long and hard about what I wanted to say about the movie Twilight. I want to first say, that yes I was one of those crazy fans that actually counted down the days for it's release and yes I did see it on the first day. In all I actually saw the movie 3 times. The first time I was with a big group of good friends who were all excited about seeing it. I think my first response after seeing the first time was disappointment. I liked it. I thought it could have been directed better and written much better. I thought most of the actors played their parts the best that they could with what they had to work with. I think that Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart had pretty good chemistry. I didn't feel that Catherine Hardwicke showed a good portrait of Bella. I also didn't feel the screen writer did her justice. I personally didn't like the weird extras that the director added. It could have been a spectacular movie and I felt it was mediocre. I loved Alice. She was fun and exactly as I pictured her.
Now having said all of this I feel I need to say how much more I enjoyed the movie the second time. I guess I was prepared for it. I was able to enjoy it more knowing that it wasn't the magnificent movie that I wanted it to be. I saw more details and enjoyed the chemistry more. So will I buy this movie YES and I will get it on the first day it is released.
Just like all the other Twilight fans I know, I was excited when I heard that Summit would go ahead with the making of the next book in the series New Moon into a movie. I was anxious to hear if they would be replacing director Catherine Hardwicke and the writer Melissa Rosenberg. After having seen Twilight I felt that they needed different people in the production of New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn. I am a movie person. I love watching movies and re-watching movies. I didn't think Twilight had lived up to it's potential. I felt it could have been so much better. I've read all the articles about low budget. There have been other low budget films that I feel made better use of what they had. The fact is that the next movie needs to be better. Not only are there young girls who went to see this movie several times it was also their mothers and older sisters. I've read several places where surveys were done and most of the women who said they would see it more than once were over 25. Summit has to realize that if these films don't continue to get better they will lose a lot of the fan base. Let us compare to Harry Potter, the first film was good, but once it was successful they spent more and more on the sequels. Each film got a little better until it reached a plateau of great special effects. I hope Summit, Melissa Rosenburg and Chris Weitz will stick more to the book and have some good special effects . I would personally like to see Edward Cullen sparkle instead of just sweat. I am also anxious to see Jacob Black shift into a wolf. Good Luck to all of you and here is hoping for a brilliant production of New Moon the second book in the series that we love.
Ok so I finally took the plunge while Paul was out of town to watch the long version of Pride and Prejudice and I Loved it. Equally as much as I loved the version with Matthew Macfadyen. The Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth had much more detail from the book expressed in it. That may completely explain why it is so long. In the book and in both movies I could not stand Mr. Collins. I found myself saying blah blah blah blah every-time he talked. Maybe everyone has those feeling about him, I can't say but for me I couldn't help but want to tell him to shut up! Good thing I wasn't born in those times, I would surely have been a disgrace. I like both of the ladies portrayal of Miss Elizabeth Bennet. I personally feel that they equally held the character in the given scripts. I was drawn more to the feisty personality that Kiara Knightly gave to her portrayal. It leant to a playful interaction between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. He didn't quite know what to think of her. He had never met a woman who treated him the way she did. I am sure that intrigued him and made her even more desirable. I was more moved by the chemistry between Miss Bennet and Mr. Darcy in the version with Matthew Macfadyen. Don't get me wrong I Loved Colin Firths portrayal of Mr. Darcy. I just didn't feel the chemistry or want between him and Elizabeth as in the other version. I felt that Elizabeth was holding back to much. Some of the scenes between Kiara Knightly and Matthew Macfadyen were very intense. I almost felt like I was experiencing it with them. You could feel the passion that they had for each other. Even when they weren't willing to admit it. You wanted to see what happened next. You felt their pain, you felt their agony and embarrassment when something happened. So to finally end this account of my thoughts and feelings on these movies, I would say they are both worth watching.
Everyone needs an encounter with Mr. Darcy!
Paul recently requested this movie for me. I had never heard of it before so I really didn't know what to expect. It started off a bit choppy but I thought it was better as it went on. Edward Norton and Naomi Watts had good chemistry and I thought worked very well together. It is a Love story set in the 1920s. I do have to warn those of you who prefer not to cry over movies, I felt this one was a tear jerker. My mother-in-law also just informed me recently that we are related to Edward Norton. Her cousin is or was his fathers second wife, or something like that. I thought the movie was very moving and was worth watching. It could make you take a step back and look at your life and the people you love.
I personally love this movie. I have watched it several times and enjoy watching it so much. In the beginning I really didn't think that Mr. Darcy was all that cute but by the end of the movie you can't help but thinking he is the most gorgeous man alive. I love the setting of the movie, with all the old houses and large gardens. Last time Pauline was here for a visit I had her watch it and she liked it also. She said the same thing about Mr. Darcy; that in the beginning he was OK and in the end that he grew on you. I have this one in my collection and know that I will watch it again and again. It's a must-see for all you girls out there.
I read a few weeks ago in a trash magazine(Star, People or Us which I only read when I fly on airplanes) that they have started making the sequeal to the Sisterhood of the traveling pants. It will have all the same actresses in it and it will focus on things that took place in the last book. So everyone keep your eyes open next summer. I do have to say that I am hoping that some time in the future that she takes the time to write another book for this series. I personally think there were a few cliff hangers in the last book.
I had told my husband that I really wanted to see this movie so he decided to give it to me on Mothers' Day. I enjoyed watching this for a couple of reasons. One, it had Jennifer Garner in it. I have liked almost everything that I have seen her in. The second reason is that I thought the love scenes were much more realistic than most that you see in movies. They were very discreet and it wasn't all glammed up like most Hollywood movies. I found it a little slow in a couple of places. But I think overall I enjoyed it and will watch it again.
I have to say that I do believe this is one of the most romantic movies that I have ever seen. I so enjoyed the interaction and the chemistry between the Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat. When you think about the time in which this happened and how forward Anna was it is remarkable that she was allowed to live. How truly brave she must have been first to go and then to leave.
"She's the Man (Widescreen Edition)" (Andy Fickman)
I have to say this is the funniest movie I have seen in a long time. At times while I was watching it I was laughing out loud and saying "this is stupid," but I did keep watching it and laughing. There were several times that I had to pause the movie and get up and leave the room, laughing all the way. Maybe it was because I was in the right mood for it; I'm not sure. I would not recommend this to everyone; it is very much a young adult movie unless you are like me and just like all kinds of movies.
by Paramount
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." - Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course In Miracles (New York: Harper Collins, 1992)
by Warner Home Video
