RECENTLY VIEWED MOVIES
Am I a movie nut, or what? Both I guess. Some recently watched movies that I want to pass along to anyone interested and mostly available at Blockbuster for $4.99 are:
THE WHOLE SHEBANG is a cute love story full of fireworks both literally and figuratively starring Stanley Tucci. This is not a chick flick but one the men will enjoy too. I was especially taken with the dog in the movie because I knew a dog like him once.
THE UPSIDE OF ANGER is a must see for anyone in relationship or ever in a relationship or ever hoping to be in relationship. It is a wonderful composite of what anger does to a family and has an ending that kept me guessing during the whole movie.
CAVEDWELLER is not a very descriptive title for this movie, also about relationships, unless I missed something so I did not chose this movie by its title but rather by the blurb on the back of the case. Again, about a family in conflict, this movie takes some unexpected turns in attitude and action and I liked the tenderness portrayed by some of the rather crude characters.
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT is set in France in WWI and has French subtitles. It is a rather long movie with frequent flashbacks to the trenches. The plot unfolds in the beautiful French countryside with the young woman grieving the loss of her fiance. She is sure that he is not dead and sets out on a long journey to find him. It seems that she becomes totally delusional about finding someone who so obviously did not make it off the battlefield. The viewer wants so for her to find peace of mind. She does find peace of mind in a lovely, serene ending.
You can find out more about these movies by going to www.imdb.com. I hope that some of you check out these movies.
THE WHOLE SHEBANG is a cute love story full of fireworks both literally and figuratively starring Stanley Tucci. This is not a chick flick but one the men will enjoy too. I was especially taken with the dog in the movie because I knew a dog like him once.
THE UPSIDE OF ANGER is a must see for anyone in relationship or ever in a relationship or ever hoping to be in relationship. It is a wonderful composite of what anger does to a family and has an ending that kept me guessing during the whole movie.
CAVEDWELLER is not a very descriptive title for this movie, also about relationships, unless I missed something so I did not chose this movie by its title but rather by the blurb on the back of the case. Again, about a family in conflict, this movie takes some unexpected turns in attitude and action and I liked the tenderness portrayed by some of the rather crude characters.
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT is set in France in WWI and has French subtitles. It is a rather long movie with frequent flashbacks to the trenches. The plot unfolds in the beautiful French countryside with the young woman grieving the loss of her fiance. She is sure that he is not dead and sets out on a long journey to find him. It seems that she becomes totally delusional about finding someone who so obviously did not make it off the battlefield. The viewer wants so for her to find peace of mind. She does find peace of mind in a lovely, serene ending.
You can find out more about these movies by going to www.imdb.com. I hope that some of you check out these movies.
posted by dddonna @ 7/30/2006 07:17:00 PM
3 Comments:
At 4:05 PM,
Anonymous said…
I believe you may have meant www.imdb.com
I have not seen any of these movies, thanks for the recommendations.itz
At 5:48 PM,
JT Evans said…
We've enjoyed a number of French movies, the names of which I can't recall. Two are "Breathless" and "The 400 Blows," and I think those are both Francois Truffaut films. Another foreign film we found entertaining was "Fanny and Alexander," an Ingmar Bergman film, in color, having wholesome kids and some humor, and not as weird as most of his stuff. You'll be pleased to know I'm a convert to "Pride and Prejudice," and that Rosalie is as enamored of Judi Dench as you are. (I'll take Keira Knightley, myself.)
At 10:08 PM,
dddonna said…
Judi Dench fans need to see LADIES IN LAVENDER, MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS and THE LAST OF THE BLONDE BOMBSHELLS. All are marvelous in the Judi tradition.
After I finishing writing this I am going in to watch a Patrick Swayze film.
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