I watched 2 movies tonight. The first was Number Seventeen (1932). It's an early British Alfred Hitchcock movie. Not one of my favorites. It was entertaining- once you figured out the really confusing plot and characters. Plus it was only 63 minutes.

The second movie I watched was Dinner at Eight (1933). I've attempted to watch this movie 3 times and I had never been able to get through it (I've owned it for over 2 years) I finally watched all of it tonight. I liked it better than I thought- it has it's hilarious moments. The funny thing is that many people consider this movie to be a comedy. To me it's more of a drama with bits of comic relief mixed in. It's a very dark movie if you consider all the plots going on throughout the movie.

Did anyone see Fred Claus? It wasn't that great, but it was okay. I missed the last few minutes (long story I won't get into) but the last thing I saw was Kevin Spacey was working at Santa's Workshop. What did I miss after that?

Wow, you're watching some very cool movies...

I took a film course in my last year of school, and saw some absolutely classic films, like Intolerance and The Cabinet of Dr Caligari. I really prefer B&W films of earlier years to the overly-technological stuff of today. It seems like viewers are being systematically dumbed down so they don't have to use their imaginations in the way that earlier films required. Many of the great films lead the viewer only so far, then let the imaginations take over. Even a film like White Heat (one of Cagney's best) had a lot of that: it wasn't neceaary to show everything, but I will agree that the last scene ("Made it, Ma, top of the world") is one of the best ever.

If you get a chance and you haven't seen it already, watch Double Indemnity, with Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson. My favourite of all films ever.

They look good! I think I'll check 'em out!



ITA! A lot of stuff these days in film and television is so dumbed down. I really love things that get me thinking. Sure, it's nice to watch something and just toon out once in a while, but there really aren't enough movies and shows that actually stimulated your brain to think.

Thanks for the recommendations! I'll check 'em out!

Also, I'm planning to go into film next year (in CEGEP--Quebec pre-college) and in college to hopefully become a cinematographer .

I took a film course in my last year at UWO. I never realized there were so many great films that I hadn't seen.

I saw "Fred Claus" last night. It was free....my friend's son gave us passes. I'm thanked him profusely because it was so not worth paying for.

Sweet message...obviously because it's a Christmas movie. How do great actors like Kathy Bates and Kevin Spacey get involved in movies like this? That puzzled me throughout.

I usually hate things that everyone else loves.

Yes- I love old movies. I enjoy watching them a lot more but I do like some of the movies that come out now too. Screwball comedies are my favorite

I've seen parts of Double Indemnity but never the whole movie. I'll have to rent it soon.
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I started re watching North and South (2004) last night. I still can't get over how perfect the whole series is.

my mom had to watch Transformers 2 times in a row with my nephew last night.

I went to see "The Mist" on Tuesday, and was glad to say that it was entertaining. It reminded me of watching a 2 hour episode of The Twilight Zone.

On another note, I rented the old version of Dawn of The Dead (1978). If I had been a kid when watching this, maybe I wouldn't have been dissappointed. The zombies looked like they dipped their faces in blue powder, and the main characters were just as stiff as the dead people.(That's not an exaggeration)

I wouldn't have minded.

bmac, what did I miss after the part in the spoiler bars?

Oh man...I'm trying to remember. Um....the little boy got adopted, Santa lost a little weight, Fred moved in with Wilma or whatever her name was Sorry, I can't remember if there was anything else.

I'M GONNA GO WATCH DUMB AND DUMBER ! YAY !

OK picture two 40something dads who are brothers and their daughters talk them into watching "13 going on 30" and the girls tune out and do their thing all over the house instead. Same 40somethings dads do not change the channel and continue to watch the movie


I had a chuckle to myself.

Just watched License to Wed. What a silly, silly movie.

watched the notebook and cried like a baby again.

Okay. I saw Enchanted on Thanksgiving night. It was the most adorable movie ever! We all loved it. So incredibly cute and perfect casting choices. Its a very very happy movie. We felt really good leaving the theatre.

la bamba was on last saturday and it's on again. I'm putting in caddy shack after lunch

Two years ago I decided that I was going to watch all 100 films on the AFI's Movie List. I watched about 56 of them (thanks in part to film classes in high school and college). My interest in the "project" fizzled, and now that I'm getting back into it, they have a new list out. And I've seen 56 of the new list, and some did change, but at least I didn't loose out.

As someone with a degree in film, some of the names of the ones I haven't seen is kinda embarrassing.

I haven't seen this movie yet, but...

Hey Bailey I have that list bookmarked and also AFI's other 100's list as well ( found here )

AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies - 10th Anniversary Edition
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
AFI's 100 Years Of Film Scores
AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals

I'm having a hard enough time getting through the 100 Greatest movie list, I decided to not even bother with all the other lists. Too many!

watched Caddy Shack. I love that movie. I need a copy of Stripes though now

!! It was actually Wanda, but I didn't post again because the movie wasn't worth that much posting!!

I saw Beowulf this weekend. It was terrible. The animation and 3D were very well done, but it was not enough to save it for me. I guess it wasn't really my type of movie anyway. I only went because the BF really wanted to see it. Too much testosterone for me.

Besides, a naked (animated) Angelina Jolie didn't really do anything for me.

^^^I have to see this movie becaues I know someone who worked on the special effects.

bubblewrap, where are you? I can't get into watching Our Mutual Friend. Should I keep going on it? It's really early on. The young guy came to stay at Chuck's house.

I'm trying to remember that part... It took me until almost the end to really get into it- if that sounds crazy It is one of the slower BBC dramas I've seen- but I felt it was worth it in the end. I did get kind of bored during some parts though.

You know what? I didn't exactly know what to expect when seeing "Enchanted" but it was SOOOOOOOOOO GOOD! Seriously I came out of the theatre with a huge smile on my face. The way that Disney made fun of itself at the beginning was priceless and it has a great message too. It was hilarious!

I HIGHLY recommend this movie if you have kids....and even if you don't. You'll enjoy it as much as them if not more so!

That wouldn't do anything for me either and I'm a guy.



Woah!!! You have a film degree? Very cool Bailey! Impressive.

SharpSchruter, I agree with you 100% about Enchanted. I only went because I was invited by my cousin's girls, and I enjoy hanging out with them. Didn't expect to like the movie as much as I did. I don't watch Grey's Anatomy, and going into the movie didn't have any particular thoughts about Patrick Dempsey, but I thought he was very good at playing the befuddled hero. Also thought Amy Adams and James Marsden were perfect in their roles.

I'm going to watch Enchanted tonight

I've been dying to see that film ever since I saw the first commercial for it & with classes ending next week, I'll probably catch it then. I've also heard nothing but good reviews & I know I'm gonna enjoy it.

I have another film recommendation for all the classic film ones. This one is called Auntie Mame, which was also a Broadway play I believe. Anyway, it stars the late Rosalind Russell, whom in my opinion was greatly underrated. She was an absolute hoot in this one & she proved that she could hold her own as a comedic main character. One memorable scene was when her nephew was swinging his toy airplane around & she yells & than exclaims "bats!" . It may not have sounded funny but I swear, the way she delivered that line was pure comic gold. That, & one she yelled "jackpot" after everything gone purposely awry at her party . There are many priceless scenes, lines & characters including her friend Vera & her typist Agnes. It's a bit long at almost 2.5 hours but if you enjoyed the film as I did, time will fly by. It's a must see & a brilliant & zany performance by Rosalind Russell. I'm going to try to watch more of her films.

Oh definitely. I don't think they could have cast anyone better than Amy Adams. She was amazing.



*Squee! You will love it.




I saw the preview when I went to see Steve's new movie (the name escapes me at the moment) and I thought it looked interesting. I still had my doubts though...but its wonderful, really wonderful.

This movie is available for instant viewing on netflix- so I might watch it tonight! It sounds great. I love Rosalind Russell- she was great in His Girl Friday

Auntie Mame is wonderful! I love that movie!!! I own it, I think.

Oh, I think I'll try to keep watching Our Mutual Friend...

Will guys like Enchanted?

Tough question because I am not a guy, but my intuition says no. IDK though, it's funny and well done. I like it most because it seems like Disney is making fun of themselves. It's so ridiculous at first that I was in stitches!

Give it a try and let us know what you think.

Probably not, but your 6 year old daughter will love it, I bet!

Well, it's technically a minor. I majored in TV Production. But having watched many many many movies during the classes in college, and being able to cross of many of those on the AFI list because of that, some of the movies that remain are funny, I think.

Well my 12 year old brother went with us and he liked it. There are a lot of funny, light-hearted moments. A little slapstick at times. But you have to like those fairytale type movies to begin with. Because underneath all the humor and twisted plotlines, yeah thats what it is.

Office_holic, I gotta answer your question about when I first fell in love with Mr. Darcy, and that would have to be spring 1996, when Colin so bravely stepped into the role of a lifetime and forever won the hearts of millions of women. To me he is the Mr. Darcy that Jane pictured in her heart as she wrote (corny, but hey...I love the guy, and really...who else could one imagine?).

I'm off to hang by the pond and wait...

Well yesterday my 20 year old son laughed when I begged him to go with me. However, today his girlfriend was more successful in her quest and he actually went with her and he enjoyed it! I don't think he much liked the beginning, because he feared the entire movie would be super sugary and girlie, but after a bit he thought it picked up and he liked it.

I noticed a lot of dads in the theater were laughing throughout the movie too.

Not sure how much little boys (under 10) would like it though. A lot more talking and not a lot of action stuff until the end.

I have a chore for you Bailey...

IMDB's Top 250

I've seen about 90 of them, but I have some major objections to this list...

BTB - I wonder if that's the list Dwight's working on? After all, he has seen 240 films...he should be almost done by now.

Like with, umm which ones? I wouldn't mind the LOTR entries being knocked down to say... the two-hundreds. The Godfather films are universally overpraised; I'd place them no higher than the eighties. The Shining is perhaps the most overrated film of all time, so that goes in the bottom 250. I can go on and on.

I have to give props for Donnie Darko being placed so high, as well as Chris Nolan's films (Batman Begins being the best super-hero movie ever made... screw you, Spider-Man 2).

I posted a few weeks back in the book thread about Bret Easton Ellis' The Informers. Well, I just found out a movie version is currently being shot in LA. It stars Brandon Routh (the new Superman), Mickey Rourke, Winona Ryder, Ashley Olsen, Billy Bob Thornton and Kim Basinger. The plot seems to be sticking close to the book (though I'm not sure if the short stories will be adapted as vignettes, or patched together as a single cohesive plot line).



Ellis' work is very relevant today in the Britney-Paris moral vacuum of Hollywood life. I'm very much looking forward to this, even though Ellis' best books, Glamorama and Lunar Park, are still yet to be adapted. They are coming though, from what I read.

At a quick count I've seen 116 of them, but I have to really look into it. And I'm happy to say that some of my favorite movies are on there, especially Memento, Requiem for a Dream, and Pan's Labyrinth. Also Terminator/Terminator 2, Princess Bride, and Hott Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead are new people to the "movies I love list." ...and so many others.

I'm annoyed that Moulin Rouge wasn't on the list.

And the movie M is on there. That movie gave me chills when I saw that in college.

So have you seen 'The City of Lost Children'. Not that it's much like 'Pan's Labyrinth' but both have that European approach to fantasy that's really dark.

I nearly picked up Ghostbusters 1&2 for 10 bucks at target.

What was the other Bret easton ellis book that was made into a movie and was really bad? I wish they would make more movies out of elmore lenoards books. I love to read his stuff

No, I don't think I've seen that, RC!


I love the movie Out of Sight. Absolutely love it. And flame me if you want, but I will always have a soft spot in me for Jennifer Lopez because she was in that movie and was great. I want JLo and George Clooney to be in more movies together.