officerripley
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I agree; both were very excellent.
What Was the Last Movie You Watched?
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DGM
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Love the line "you let your kid play with that crap?" Said the bank robber holding a submachine gun to the father of a kid playing a violent video game. I love irony.
mike4lorie
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Watched this yesterday afternoon, and yes another GREAT movie...
StarSong
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Ordered "Gaslight" and "The Thin Man" DVDs through my library. Both are classics and very enjoyable! "I, Tonya" is another one I received from the library in this week's order. Hubby & I will probably watch it tonight.
Sounds like my kind of movie I have to watch that one
Damaged Goods
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Every bit as good as the original albeit racier and raunchier.
At the very end, Chevy and Beverly made appearances. Chevy put on weight but she's still hot.
StarSong
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Watched I, Tonya last night - the movie was very well done. Allison Janney sure earned her Oscar with that performance.
I'm rethinking my previous opinions of Tonya Harding. What a difficult life she had.
Packerjohn
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"Pale Rider" with Clint Eastwood. Saw it last night. I'm not into the current movies with their silly "moaning" music. Really can't stand Netflix but millions have it & watch it. I think their series on "The Crown" is good but I wouldn't waste my short life watching anything else on Netflix. My daughter tried to get me to watch "Virgin River". I lasted about 15 minutes on that one. Couldn't stand the moaning music & the terrible raspy voice of the main actress. She certainly wasn't any Sophie Loren! So it's back to Gunsmoke, The Rifleman & Have Gun Will Travel tonight.
mike4lorie
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High Car Chase, and action from the first minute to the ending, Found it to be a pretty good movie
Pecos
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We watched "A Man Called Ove" and it was reasonably good. The book was better.
Irwin
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Ghosts of War (on Netflix)
That movie sucked, although we did make it all the way through.
That movie sucked, although we did make it all the way through.
mike4lorie
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Last night watch two of them, saw them both before, But my brother wanted to see them... So they were pretty good the second time...
The Irishman & Den of Thieves
The Irishman & Den of Thieves
StarSong
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I watched The Irishman in two parts over consecutive evenings, as was recommended to me (may have been on SF).
A good movie, but 3-1/2 hours of gangsters and violence is too much for me all at once.
A good movie, but 3-1/2 hours of gangsters and violence is too much for me all at once.
Packerjohn
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I read the book last week. It seems that in almost all cases, the book is always better than the movie. I have never heard anyone ever tell me that "the movie is better than the book." A book covers much greater detail, has more emotion in it & gives you food for thought. A movie runs for 90 minutes & it's a "done deal". In my humble opinion, people who read books are so much wiser than the people who watch movies. Reading strengths the brain, aids sleep, builds vocabulary & reduces stress. Sorry, Netflix viewers, I know you will hate me forever but I'm with the bookworms!
Pecos
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In general I agree with you about books vs movies. The exception is that some of these movies have spectacular scenery that adds to the enjoyment even if it doesn't contribute that much to the story. There are other times when an imagination fills in the scenery just fine.
StarSong
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My husband is somewhat dyslexic and virtually never reads anything longer than a lengthy magazine article. Reading for him is a chore. One of our sons inherited this condition. Our daughter, other son and I find reading no more difficult than breathing.
Watching movies, including ones based on books I've read, is something we enjoy doing together.
officerripley
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Watched Mank, a netflix orig., last night; very good, based on the true story of Hollywood scriptwriter Herman Mankiewicz; he wrote a lot of scripts but the movie covers mostly the writing of the script for Citizen Kane.
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Good to know. Thanks for the recommendation!
Packerjohn said
" I have never heard anyone ever tell me
that "the movie is better than the book." A book covers much greater detail, has more emotion in it & gives you food for thought. "
Cold Mountain and A River Runs Through It,
were two movies that stuck close to the book, as Packerjohn says, when reading-you supply your own imagery, interpretations
of the text. Plus, reading gives you room and the time for contemplation.
I prefer books.
" I have never heard anyone ever tell me
that "the movie is better than the book." A book covers much greater detail, has more emotion in it & gives you food for thought. "
Cold Mountain and A River Runs Through It,
were two movies that stuck close to the book, as Packerjohn says, when reading-you supply your own imagery, interpretations
of the text. Plus, reading gives you room and the time for contemplation.
I prefer books.
officerripley
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You're welcome
I forgot to mention, watch for who plays Upton Sinclair; gotta look quickly, though; you only see him from the side.