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  • pconn03
    pconn03 Member Posts: 643
    edited January 2008

    I just saw Juno yesterday and agree with everyone - a great movie.  Marin:  I think Sue was talking about in the store/market when Juno was taking her third pregnancy test of the day and the clerk (Rainn, the fellow on Office) was making all of the comments about it.

    Also, want to see Kite Runner in the worst way.  I read the book and was so touched by it.  I know what you mean about being ignorant about Afganistan and the situation there - really something!!  Makes us appreciate our country more and more.

    One last comment, I badly want to see Atonement too - glad to hear it's good!!

    Pat

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  • saluki
    saluki Member Posts: 2,287
    edited January 2008

    Here are the Golden Globe Results

    2008 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS
    Globes scorecard
    Complete list of winners for the 65th annual Golden Globe Awards
    The Envelope
    7:45 AM PST, January 14, 2008

    NOMINEE PHOTOS: Film | TV

    MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES

    BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
    "American Gangster"
    "Atonement" (Winner)
    "Eastern Promises"
    "The Great Debaters"
    "Michael Clayton"
    "No Country for Old Men"
    "There Will Be Blood"

    BEST MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
    "Across the Universe"
    "Charlie Wilson's War"
    "Hairspray"
    "Juno"
    "Sweeney Todd" (Winner)

    FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
    "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" (Romania)
    "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (France/USA)(Winner)
    "The Kite Runner" (USA)
    "Lust, Caution" (Taiwan)
    "Persepolis" (France)

    BEST DIRECTOR
    Tim Burton, "Sweeney Todd"
    Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
    Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Winner)
    Ridley Scott, "American Gangster"
    Joe Wright, "Atonement"

    BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR
    George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"
    Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood" (Winner)
    James McAvoy, "Atonement"
    Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises"
    Denzel Washington, "American Gangster"

    BEST DRAMATIC ACTRESS
    Cate Blanchett, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
    Julie Christie, "Away From Her" (Winner)
    Jodie Foster, "The Brave One"
    Angelina Jolie, "A Mighty Heart"
    Keira Knightley, "Atonement"

    BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
    Johnny Depp, "Sweeney Todd" (Winner)
    Tom Hanks, "Charlie Wilson's War"
    Ryan Gosling, "Lars and the Real Girl"
    Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Savages"
    John C. Reilly, "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story"

    BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
    Amy Adams, "Enchanted"
    Nikki Blonsky, "Hairspray"
    Helena Bonham Carter, "Sweeney Todd"
    Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose" (Winner)
    Ellen Page, "Juno"

    SUPPORTING ACTOR
    Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
    Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men" (Winner)
    Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Charlie Wilson's War"
    John Travolta, "Hairspray"
    Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton"

    SUPPORTING ACTRESS
    Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There" (Winner)
    Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"
    Julia Roberts, "Charlie Wilson's War"
    Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"
    Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton"

    ANIMATED FILM
    "Bee Movie"
    "Ratatouille"(Winner)
    "The Simpsons Movie"

    SCREENPLAY
    Diablo Cody, "Juno"
    Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men" (Winner)
    Christopher Hampton, "Atonement"
    Ronald Harwood, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
    Aaron Sorkin, "Charlie Wilson's War"

    ORIGINAL SCORE
    Dario Marianelli, "Atonement"(Winner)
    Howard Shore, "Eastern Promises"
    Clint Eastwood, "Grace Is Gone"
    Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Vedder, "Into the Wild"
    Alberto Iglesias, "The Kite Runner"

    SONG
    "Despedida" from "Love in the Time of Cholera"
    "Grace Is Gone" from "Grace Is Gone"
    "Guaranteed" from "Into the Wild" (Winner)
    "That's How You Know" from "Enchanted"
    "Walk Hard" from "Walk Hard"


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  • candie1971
    candie1971 Member Posts: 4,820
    edited January 2008

    Hi

    I saw "The Bucket List" last week. I liked it.Emotional at times but tender,also. Watching them go thru chemo was tough for a bit....I am gonna make a bucket list before I get to a point where I really need one. I think I saw a thread on "bucket lists" on this site somewhere..gotta find it.

    Tonight I am going to see "Enchanted". Can't wait to see McDreamy on the big screen..lol.

    Have a good weekend.

    Hugs and prayers,

    Candie

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  • Rosemary44
    Rosemary44 Member Posts: 2,660
    edited January 2008

    I watched U.S. vs John Lennon on DVD.  It was pretty good, but I can't get that song out of my head now.   It was a good history of our war times back in the 70's.  

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited January 2008

    I saw "The Bucket List" tonight and liked it a bunch...



    Also caught "The Kite Runner" which was great and very true to the novel...

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  • iodine
    iodine Member Posts: 4,289
    edited January 2008

    from netflix, we've begun the Heros series from tv.  It is really, really good!

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  • MargaretB
    MargaretB Member Posts: 1,305
    edited January 2008

    Movies I've seen recently:

    Bucket List.  I agree with Faithandfifty - mixed emotions, although I liked it.  Hard to watch the chemo treatments.

    I am Legend - ok I guess.  It's hard to watch Will Smith entertain himself for an hour and a half.

    Kite Runner - book was wonderful and movie is good.  Marin, because of that scene, the movie is banned in certain countries.  I think the book described it in more detail.  The movie has subtitles but you don't notice them.

    They're announcing the Oscar nominations now.

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  • Diana_B
    Diana_B Member Posts: 287
    edited January 2008

    I loved Juno too. Watching Ellen Page had that thrilling feeling of "a star is born". The gentle, forgiving world view of the movie made me cry. I loved the way no one was written off, no one was a villain.



    I also saw Notes on a Scandal with Kate Blanchett and Judy Dench. It was fantastic and gripping and so wonderful to see movies about women. I get so tired of the male emphasis of so many movies. I want to see the lives of women onscreen too.



    For that reason, I went kicking and screaming to "There will be blood". Did anyone see that? (I read most of the pages of this thread but not all). There's only one minor female character in the film and yet I loved it and found it moving. It's about a man in the early days of the oil industry (which sounded deadly boring to me) and it was like watching the birth of the modern age ie. our age and way of life, based on fossil fuels, emerge.



    Another good one is "Lars and the Real Girl", with Ryan Gosling. He's very talented and also sexy! But perhaps that film did not get wide release.

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  • beth1225
    beth1225 Member Posts: 1,061
    edited January 2008

    My dh found the series "The Pretender" on Netflix.  We are working our way through the all 4 seasons. 

    Hope to get OUT to the movies to see "Bucket List"!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited January 2008

    I LOVED the pretender. Bummed because I missed the last two episodes of the series so I'm going to try to find it at Blockbuster (thanks for the heads up, Beth)...



    I finally saw "Frida" with Selma Hayek as Frida Kahlo. It was really good!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited January 2008

    Atonement was good! You need to kind of be in a good mood when you go see it, but...

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  • jezza
    jezza Member Posts: 698
    edited January 2008

    Anyone see "2 Days in Paris"? I'm off to see Atonement" tomorrow seeinng as it got great reviews here..lol

    I agree "Notes on a Scandel" was great....also "Death at a Funeral"...very funny English movie. May not have had a lot of publicity in America.

    Juno is on my list too. Thanks for the tips.

    jezza

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  • SheriH
    SheriH Member Posts: 785
    edited January 2008

    We have been using netflix for about 5 years now and love it.  I just found out they offer a new service, some of their movies can be watched on line, without waiting for the dvd!  This is great if you run out of movies before the next ones get here.  I have friends who like the blockbuster, since they can go to the store, but one of the things I like about netflix is I don't have to go to the store!  So having access to more movies online is great.

    We just finished "Heroes" and I really liked it.  We saw "Pirates 3" and the new "Die Hard" last week.  They were pretty good, if you like those kinds of movies.  Usually we watch tv shows on dvd, that's my favorite thing to do.  I like seeing what you all have to say about some of these other movies. 

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  • myrenewal
    myrenewal Member Posts: 203
    edited February 2008

    I just watched Canvas, which I just happened to pick up at Blockbuster yesterday, due to all the great reviews on the cover.  I thought it was excellent and although it was not about breast cancer, it is about the struggles of a family working their way through the debilitating illness of a family member (the Mom).  I did not find it depressing, I actually found it uplifting because it is about love and loyalty.  Worth renting! 

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  • iodine
    iodine Member Posts: 4,289
    edited February 2008

    We are almost finished with season one of Heroes and I am amazed at the story lines!  It is really good. And on netflix you can watch this season's shows on your 'puter!

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  • myrenewal
    myrenewal Member Posts: 203
    edited February 2008

    Rented another movie last night (it's been raining hereLaughing).  The movie was September Dawn, excellent!  Very sad, but riveting.  I highly recommend it.  In fact, I watched portions of it again today and did some history research after watching it.  That is how much it impacted me. 

    And thanks for the tip about heroes, I have it on my wishlist!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited February 2008

    Since I finally sent back "Virgin Suicides" (it took me about 3 weeks to watch that blasted movie), "Serendipity" is on its way. Anyone seen it?!?

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  • MargaretB
    MargaretB Member Posts: 1,305
    edited February 2008

    I just saw Fool's Gold even though it got bad reviews.  I thought it was cute, I've certainly seen movies that are a lot worse and you can't get much better than Matthew McConaughey.

    I saw the Bucket List - enjoyed it but beware, it is about cancer.

    Kite Runner - excellent movie but it does have subtitles.  The book was also great.

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  • Rosemary44
    Rosemary44 Member Posts: 2,660
    edited February 2008

    I just watched Michael Clayton.  When I find it hard to keep my eyes open during the first part of a show that usually is very telling.  It won my nod off award...  3 nods, I finally had to rewind it and start it over again.

    I would have nominated Gone Baby Gone over Clayton. 

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  • drw
    drw Member Posts: 2,447
    edited February 2008

    it looks like no one has posted here in a long time. i saw a great movie this past weekend called be kind rewind. it isn't playing in many theatres, but if it is playing near u, and u just feel like seeing a silly movie that u don't have to think about, this one is for u.

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  • shrink
    shrink Member Posts: 936
    edited February 2008

    Saw both "There Will Be Blood" and "No Country for Old Men" - both very dark but well done.  I consider any movie good if it makes me forget I have cancer for a few hours.

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  • otter
    otter Member Posts: 6,099
    edited February 2008

    Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is doing "31 Days of Oscars," showing back-to-back movies that won Oscars for something or other.

    Tonight they showed "On the Beach."  I hadn't seen it since I was a teenager (it was made in 1959).  Pretty shocking...along the lines of "Fail Safe."  Classic real-life terror movies of the cold war era.

    otter

    (desperately looking for a comedy next time!) 

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  • Rosemary44
    Rosemary44 Member Posts: 2,660
    edited February 2008

    I watched September Dawn last night also.  I was shocked.  I never even heard of this before.  It's a true story and it bowled me over.  I have to say it was upsetting to know this happened even after 150 years have gone by.

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  • KariLynn
    KariLynn Member Posts: 1,079
    edited March 2008

    This is a few years old, but on TV now so I remembered it - Secondhand Lions is good.

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  • yellowrose
    yellowrose Member Posts: 886
    edited September 2010

    My DH wanted to see Jumper.  Don't waste your money.  Special effects had promise but proved to be very annoying.  Too many plot twists and no redeeming values.  I dislike wasting my money but waste it we did on this clunker.

    Second Hand Lions WAS good.  Never got around to seeing the Bucket List.  I guess it will rent it sometime.

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  • shrink
    shrink Member Posts: 936
    edited March 2008

    Didn't like Definitely Maybe - too much ado about nothing.  My friends liked it though.

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  • spar2
    spar2 Member Posts: 6,827
    edited March 2008

    Has anyone seen the true story "into the wild"?  Heard it was really good.  I want to see I am Legend.  My son says it is really good.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited March 2008

    Im a little behind on this thread but for Valentines day my son took me to see Fool's Gold.....I enjoyed it very much as it has Mathew Meconihay (SP) in it Smile

    Last night a friend and I went to dinner and a movie......We should have listened to the boy at the window!!!! We saw the Tommie Lee Jones movie, No country for old men, what a strange movie is all I can say!!!! I had no idea what it was, had never even heard of it.....the plot was extremely hard to follow and the end was just that.....no real ending, it just stopped.....it is also a long movie, a little over 2 hours....

    I normally enjoy Tommy but must say this isnt a movie I would send anyone to see....

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  • Rosemary44
    Rosemary44 Member Posts: 2,660
    edited March 2008

    I watched American Gangster it was really good.  I'm wondering why it didn't get nominated considering what Jpann said about No country for old men.  I guess it's who you know.

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  • TerryNY
    TerryNY Member Posts: 603
    edited March 2008

    My daughter and I saw The Other Boleyn Girl last night.  It was very good but raised more questions about that time period for me so had to do some google research.   Be glad we live in a (mostly) enlightened age! 

    Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johannson (sp?) are wonderful in this movie. 

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