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I've heard some complain that Romola's Emma is over the top, and I totally get that and even agree to a certain extent. But I still love it. Her facial expressions are so fun! I'm glad you liked it, Vort.

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Last family movie night:  Star Wars II - Attack of the Clones.  My son's turn to pick.  The girls all groaned.

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I'm interested to hear about how Seventh Son compares to the book it is based on (The Last Apprentice by Joseph Delaney, at least that's the title in America. i guess elsewhere it's The Spook's Apprentice).  If anyone is familiar with both, i would love to know your thoughts.

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I watched "Shattered Glass" while on vacation. Tells the great story of a reporter who was busted for lying about his stories. True story too. 

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I'm interested to hear about how Seventh Son compares to the book it is based on (The Last Apprentice by Joseph Delaney, at least that's the title in America. i guess elsewhere it's The Spook's Apprentice).  If anyone is familiar with both, i would love to know your thoughts.

 

Besides they used the same character names and that there's a spook, an apprentice, and demons, ghosts, boggarts, and witches... there's not much in common between the book (or the book series) and the movie.

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I watched "Shattered Glass" while on vacation. Tells the great story of a reporter who was busted for lying about his stories. True story too. 

 

I liked this movie.  I had such high hopes for that kid - Christensen - but, for some reason, he just didn't fly off after the Star Wars movies.  This and Life As A House are the only movies that I actually like with him in it.  Jumper could have been really good... but his wife and the script writers ruined that movie.  He did such a fantastic nuanced job with Life As a House.  You see a lot of it in Shattered Glass as well.  But, I don't know... he just has no luck with choosing good parts/directors, I guess.

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I liked this movie.  I had such high hopes for that kid - Christensen - but, for some reason, he just didn't fly off after the Star Wars movies.  This and Life As A House are the only movies that I actually like with him in it.  Jumper could have been really good... but his wife and the script writers ruined that movie.  He did such a fantastic nuanced job with Life As a House.  You see a lot of it in Shattered Glass as well.  But, I don't know... he just has no luck with choosing good parts/directors, I guess.

Well said. Totally, 100% agree.

 

 I feel sorry for him (as sorry as I can feel for a guy making millions in a really cool job) but he's actually a very good actor. 

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Thanks, I have all the MI flicks teed up in my Netflix queue, but I'll watch out for GP.  And I hear MI 5 will be out this July.  (But I'm still going to turn on subtitles so I can pay closer attention to the plot.)

 

All you need to know about the second one is "John Woo".

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Did your wife like this one, Pale?  I read the book and I didn't like it... so I didn't watch the movie.  But, if your wife liked it, I might try to catch it on video.

It was ok....there are some parts in it that I say are risky ... Not for kids. It's not rated R

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It was ok....there are some parts in it that I say are risky ... Not for kids. It's not rated R

 

No worries... my kids avoid Nicholas Sparks like the plague.  LOL.

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McFarland.

 

Very refreshing awesome wonderful based on a true story kind of movie.  Bring all the kids - even the little ones.

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Been watching a bunch of different points on different ancient arms and warfare from a history hobbyist and person who engages in ancient warfare recreations, and his insights from trying to recreate historical scenarios and his studies.

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Terminator - Rise Against the Machines

The 2nd Terminator is still my favorite, but this one is cool too.

 

Terminator - Salvation

My least favorite Terminator movie.  I don't like John Connor's wife.  I can't get over her heavily made-up face in a post-apocalyptic world.

 

Man without a Face

Went to watch this after realizing John Connor from Rise Against the Machines is the kid in this movie.  He was such a great actor in this movie but he was more low key in RAM.  One of my favorite movies... I think of this movie when things like Michael Jackson's court case, Treyvon/Zimmerman, Ferguson, Tom Brady's deflated footballs, etc, etc, go into the news.  It just reminds me to not judge before one digs up all the information.

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Man of Fire (edited for TV).

 

Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning - 2 powerhouse actors (yeah, even with Dakota only 10 years old)... but man, I really don't like the music-video-type cinematography.  Music videos are cool because it's only 5 minutes long.  2 hours of all that flickering is a recipe for a migraine!

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