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Old July 15th 11, 11:00 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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I liked some of those and haven't seen others. I consider Saving
Private Ryan one of the best movies I've ever seen, but once was
enough. I don't ever want to see it again.

Joy


i dont blame you joy.


Oops! I see I repeated myself.

Joy


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Old July 15th 11, 11:01 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"CatNipped" wrote in message
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On 7/15/2011 1:52 AM, Joy wrote:
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On 7/14/2011 9:08 PM, john sumner wrote:
true grit
longest day
young frankenstein
lawrence of arabia
saving private ryan
seige at firebase gloria
defiance
blazing saddles
all of the lord of the ring movies

Which "True Grit" - the new or the classic with John Wayne? I think
there
are a few "Young Frankenstein" fans here if I remember past discussions
on
this topic - I like it too (I like all of Gene Wilder's movies, so
"Blazing Saddles" is a favorite too). I'd heard there was more blood
spilled in the opening 5 minutes of "Saving Private Ryan" than in the
totality of any other movie, so I deliberately missed that one.

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Hugs,

CatNipped


"Saving Private Ryan" was extremely well done, but I was emotionally
drained
after the opening scene.

Joy



I couldn't take much "gore" even before my surgery. Now, after what I've
been through, I can't even bear a discussion of death or mayhem - I have
to quickly turn off the news before they start talking about the day's
events.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped


That's understandable.

How do you feel about another of my favorites - Harold and Maude?
Incidentally, it is another of those rare movies that is quite faithful to
the book.

Joy


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Old July 16th 11, 12:16 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On 7/15/2011 5:01 PM, Joy wrote:
wrote in message
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On 7/15/2011 1:52 AM, Joy wrote:
wrote in message
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On 7/14/2011 9:08 PM, john sumner wrote:
true grit
longest day
young frankenstein
lawrence of arabia
saving private ryan
seige at firebase gloria
defiance
blazing saddles
all of the lord of the ring movies

Which "True Grit" - the new or the classic with John Wayne? I think
there
are a few "Young Frankenstein" fans here if I remember past discussions
on
this topic - I like it too (I like all of Gene Wilder's movies, so
"Blazing Saddles" is a favorite too). I'd heard there was more blood
spilled in the opening 5 minutes of "Saving Private Ryan" than in the
totality of any other movie, so I deliberately missed that one.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped

"Saving Private Ryan" was extremely well done, but I was emotionally
drained
after the opening scene.

Joy



I couldn't take much "gore" even before my surgery. Now, after what I've
been through, I can't even bear a discussion of death or mayhem - I have
to quickly turn off the news before they start talking about the day's
events.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped


That's understandable.

How do you feel about another of my favorites - Harold and Maude?
Incidentally, it is another of those rare movies that is quite faithful to
the book.

Joy



I loved it. I love this topic because it gives me such good ideas for
rentals of the ones I don't already own. I was thinking of joining
NetFlix, but I heard they just doubled their prices - does anyone here
know if this is true?

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Old July 16th 11, 03:17 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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CatNipped wrote:

...over and over and over again and still love watching.


What about you guys?


OK, you asked. My list isn't very long, but I do like to yammer on about
them, especially since a number of them might not be familiar to everyone.
I hope at least some of you will read this post! And please let me know if
you've seen any of these - and what you thought of it.

"Jacob's Ladder" - Some would call this horror, but it's no slasher film.
This is creepy and weird and confusing, but it's all for a good reason.

"Boyz n the Hood" - Beautifully acted and extremely realistic dialogue.
Makes me cry every time I watch it.

"Thelma & Louise" - Need I say more??

"Stand and Deliver" - About the (real) math teacher in LA who got his barrio
students to learn calculus.

"The Last Picture Show" - Another amazing cast.

"Butterfly (Lengua De Las Mariposas)" - Beautiful film about a schoolteacher
with a classroom of 7-year-olds, in a rural Spanish town during the civil
war. It's from one of the children's point of view, so the politics are in
the background, but are still very much felt.

"Duma" - Story of a cheetah and the boy who loved him. Absolutely adorable.

"Grace of My Heart" - If you like singer-songwriters like Carole King, you'd
probably like this movie. The character is fictional, but the things that
happened in the movie have probably happened many times in real life.

"Groundhog Day" - Who *doesn't* like this movie??

"Longtime Companion" - Another cry-fest. It's about a group of affluent
gay men in New York City, just at the start of the AIDS epidemic. By the
end of the film, several have died and a whole movement has grown out of
the crisis.

"The Machinist" - A very moody psychological thriller.

"Office Space" - Hilarious for anyone who's ever worked in a corporate
office, especially in the software industry, and had the world's most
obnoxious boss.

"Open Your Eyes (Abre Los Ojos)" - Creepy psychological thriller, well done.
But if you've seen Vanilla Sky (which was based on this movie), then you
already know how it's going to end.

"Parenthood" - This movie was underrated, IMO. Yes, it has a lot of sentimental
moments, but the dialogue is hilarious and full of quotable lines, such as:
[mom to bitchy teenage daughter during a fight] "Do you know *why* I have sex
with machinery?"

"Pom Poko (The Raccoon War)" - Lesser-known Miyazaki animation. Disney must
not have picked this one up. Which is OK with me, because I wouldn't want to
hear the dialogue spoken by American actors. Nothing against American actors,
but this is a Japanese movie, after all. I found this one to be the most
powerful of all the Studio Ghibli films. It's beautiful, engrossing, trippy
and has a strong message.

"The Sheltering Sky" - Based on a novel by Paul Bowles, American ex-pat who
lived in Morocco for 5 decades, documenting local folk music and writing.
The story: three young, privileged American tourists traipse through North
Africa during the 1920s. Some bad stuff happens to them. Then some weird
stuff happens. The real reason I love this movie is because of the stunning
cinematography as well as the gorgeous soundtrack. (I was really disappointed
by the soundtrack CD for this movie, though - it was mostly excerpts from
the score written for the film, and contained almost none of the wonderful
indigenous music, mostly Tuareg, heard in the film.)

"The Sixth Sense" - Yep, I was fooled by this one. Sometimes being gullible
is a good thing.

"Storm" - Not to be confused with an American movie by the same name. This
is a Swedish movie. It has all the trappings of a hip film about gaming
and comic books, but when you peel all that away, what you have is this
emotionally wrenching story about a numb, callous jerk who is forced to
remember his past, and (at the risk of sounding totally pretentious) get
his soul back.

"Time After Time" - Malcolm Macdowell as HG Wells, who, in this story, really
did build a time machine. Jack the Ripper's in it, too, and while being
pursued by police, he commandeers the time machine and escapes to the late
1970s. HG follows him there. There are a lot of hilarious "WTF?" moments as
HG tries to make sense of 20th century objects, such as a Snoopy telephone.
There's also a romantic subplot which, for once, is actually convincing.

"Birdy" - This is about an odd, extremely introverted guy who prefers birds
over humans. After a tour in Vietnam, he ends up in a veterans psych unit,
refusing to talk. Actually, he kind of thinks he is a bird. Through flashbacks
you learn all about his love of birds. It may sound weird, but I thought it
was very tender. Note to Peter Gabriel fans: he wrote the soundtrack.

"My Cousin Vinnie" - I've watched this so many times that I'm pretty sick of
it at this point, but I love Marisa Tomei!!

"Mystic River" - Mystery/suspense film about 4 guys who were friends as kids,
and who ended up on different sides of the law as adults. It centers around
a murder mystery, but there's a whole lot more to the story.

"Strangers on a Train" - Classic Hitchcock movie.

"Woodstock" - I saw this in 1970 and it changed my life. Great music, too.

"Z" - This is a political thriller about the right-wing takeover of Greece
in the late 60s (not sure of the date). It's a very convoluted plot and is
hard to follow. I first saw it at age 15 and I understood the entire movie.
Then about 10 years ago, I remembered how engrossing and thrilling it was,
so I rented it - and had *no idea* what was going on. I don't even want to
think about what that says about my brain!


Joyce

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Old July 16th 11, 03:53 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On 7/15/2011 9:17 PM, wrote:
CatNipped wrote:

...over and over and over again and still love watching.


What about you guys?


OK, you asked. My list isn't very long, but I do like to yammer on about
them, especially since a number of them might not be familiar to everyone.
I hope at least some of you will read this post! And please let me know if
you've seen any of these - and what you thought of it.


I am certainly reading your post. The reason I like this topic so much,
especially now, is that I don't have much to do except watch TV (and
DVDs). I get good recommendations on what films to rent. I'm thinking
of getting NetFlix, but I just saw a news program that said they're
going to double their fees (does anyone know if this is true?).


"Jacob's Ladder" - Some would call this horror, but it's no slasher film.
This is creepy and weird and confusing, but it's all for a good reason.


If it has blood in it I don't like it, but if it's just scary and
suspenseful then I do. I think it's extraordinary when a screenwriter
can make an audience sit on the edge of their seats and jump and scream
- all without a drop of blood shown.


"Boyz n the Hood" - Beautifully acted and extremely realistic dialogue.
Makes me cry every time I watch it.

"Thelma& Louise" - Need I say more??


Yep, I've seen that, hate the ending! ;


"Stand and Deliver" - About the (real) math teacher in LA who got his barrio
students to learn calculus.

"The Last Picture Show" - Another amazing cast.


Oh man, it's been so long since I've seen that - that and since my
memory is so bad - that I can't remember anything about it except that I
liked it a lot.


"Butterfly (Lengua De Las Mariposas)" - Beautiful film about a schoolteacher
with a classroom of 7-year-olds, in a rural Spanish town during the civil
war. It's from one of the children's point of view, so the politics are in
the background, but are still very much felt.

"Duma" - Story of a cheetah and the boy who loved him. Absolutely adorable.

"Grace of My Heart" - If you like singer-songwriters like Carole King, you'd
probably like this movie. The character is fictional, but the things that
happened in the movie have probably happened many times in real life.

"Groundhog Day" - Who *doesn't* like this movie??


This is only the third film you've mentioned that I've seen (and I liked
it too).


"Longtime Companion" - Another cry-fest. It's about a group of affluent
gay men in New York City, just at the start of the AIDS epidemic. By the
end of the film, several have died and a whole movement has grown out of
the crisis.


Is this one like "The Philadelphia Story" - that was a break-through movie.


"The Machinist" - A very moody psychological thriller.

"Office Space" - Hilarious for anyone who's ever worked in a corporate
office, especially in the software industry, and had the world's most
obnoxious boss.


Another I've seen.


"Open Your Eyes (Abre Los Ojos)" - Creepy psychological thriller, well done.
But if you've seen Vanilla Sky (which was based on this movie), then you
already know how it's going to end.

"Parenthood" - This movie was underrated, IMO. Yes, it has a lot of sentimental
moments, but the dialogue is hilarious and full of quotable lines, such as:
[mom to bitchy teenage daughter during a fight] "Do you know *why* I have sex
with machinery?"

"Pom Poko (The Raccoon War)" - Lesser-known Miyazaki animation. Disney must
not have picked this one up. Which is OK with me, because I wouldn't want to
hear the dialogue spoken by American actors. Nothing against American actors,
but this is a Japanese movie, after all. I found this one to be the most
powerful of all the Studio Ghibli films. It's beautiful, engrossing, trippy
and has a strong message.

"The Sheltering Sky" - Based on a novel by Paul Bowles, American ex-pat who
lived in Morocco for 5 decades, documenting local folk music and writing.
The story: three young, privileged American tourists traipse through North
Africa during the 1920s. Some bad stuff happens to them. Then some weird
stuff happens. The real reason I love this movie is because of the stunning
cinematography as well as the gorgeous soundtrack. (I was really disappointed
by the soundtrack CD for this movie, though - it was mostly excerpts from
the score written for the film, and contained almost none of the wonderful
indigenous music, mostly Tuareg, heard in the film.)

"The Sixth Sense" - Yep, I was fooled by this one. Sometimes being gullible
is a good thing.


DH was fooled also, but since everyone was talking about the "surprise
ending" I sussed to the surprise in the scene where he got shot. From
there on I was watching closely and noticed that nobody directly
addressed him. It makes the iconic "I see dead people" line especially
ironic.


"Storm" - Not to be confused with an American movie by the same name. This
is a Swedish movie. It has all the trappings of a hip film about gaming
and comic books, but when you peel all that away, what you have is this
emotionally wrenching story about a numb, callous jerk who is forced to
remember his past, and (at the risk of sounding totally pretentious) get
his soul back.

"Time After Time" - Malcolm Macdowell as HG Wells, who, in this story, really
did build a time machine. Jack the Ripper's in it, too, and while being
pursued by police, he commandeers the time machine and escapes to the late
1970s. HG follows him there. There are a lot of hilarious "WTF?" moments as
HG tries to make sense of 20th century objects, such as a Snoopy telephone.
There's also a romantic subplot which, for once, is actually convincing.


Another that I only remember liking a lot.


"Birdy" - This is about an odd, extremely introverted guy who prefers birds
over humans. After a tour in Vietnam, he ends up in a veterans psych unit,
refusing to talk. Actually, he kind of thinks he is a bird. Through flashbacks
you learn all about his love of birds. It may sound weird, but I thought it
was very tender. Note to Peter Gabriel fans: he wrote the soundtrack.


I lurve Peter Gabriel.

"My Cousin Vinnie" - I've watched this so many times that I'm pretty sick of
it at this point, but I love Marisa Tomei!!


Now *that* one I remember and it should have been on my list.


"Mystic River" - Mystery/suspense film about 4 guys who were friends as kids,
and who ended up on different sides of the law as adults. It centers around
a murder mystery, but there's a whole lot more to the story.

"Strangers on a Train" - Classic Hitchcock movie.

"Woodstock" - I saw this in 1970 and it changed my life. Great music, too.

"Z" - This is a political thriller about the right-wing takeover of Greece
in the late 60s (not sure of the date). It's a very convoluted plot and is
hard to follow. I first saw it at age 15 and I understood the entire movie.
Then about 10 years ago, I remembered how engrossing and thrilling it was,
so I rented it - and had *no idea* what was going on. I don't even want to
think about what that says about my brain!


Joyce


Thank you, Joyce, you've given me a treasure trove of films to pick from!

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Old July 16th 11, 06:44 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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wrote in message
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OK, you asked. My list isn't very long, but I do like to yammer on
about
them, especially since a number of them might not be familiar to everyone.
I hope at least some of you will read this post! And please let me know if
you've seen any of these - and what you thought of it.


I certainly read it. I've seen a few of the movies on your list.

"Stand and Deliver" - About the (real) math teacher in LA who got his
barrio
students to learn calculus.


I thought it was a great movie. It was even more meaningful to me because
my parents went to Garfield High, where this story took place. In fact,
they met there. Knowing it was based on a true story made it even better.

"Groundhog Day" - Who *doesn't* like this movie??


Certainly not me. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

"The Sixth Sense" - Yep, I was fooled by this one. Sometimes being
gullible
is a good thing.


Another good one. Yes, I was fooled too. Afterward I thought of all the
clues I had overlooked. It was extremely well done.

Joy


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Old July 18th 11, 11:49 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"CatNipped" wrote in message
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...over and over and over again and still love watching. "Dirty Dancing"
is on ABC's "Family" channel and I still clicked on it to watch. I *SO*
miss Patrick Swayze.


(much snippage)

I never actually saw 'Dirty Dancing'. The first I saw of Patrick Swazye was
in 'Ghost'. Now THAT I could watch again. Jaws, certainly.

I'm an old movie fan. By old I mean the 1930s, 40's and 50's. Talkies.
I'm an old soul I love a good old black and white movie although the
occasional old colour film slips through. I'm not a fan of anything really
recent, though. Oh, and I love Rod Serling's Twilight Zone episodes on
television (usually shown on the SyFy channel.) But again, those are old.

JMHO, most of what's playing at theatres now is crap.

Jill

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Old July 19th 11, 01:11 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"jmcquown" wrote in
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I never actually saw 'Dirty Dancing'. The first I saw of Patrick
Swazye was in 'Ghost'. Now THAT I could watch again. Jaws,
certainly.

I'm an old movie fan. By old I mean the 1930s, 40's and 50's.
Talkies. I'm an old soul I love a good old black and white movie
although the occasional old colour film slips through. I'm not a fan
of anything really recent, though. Oh, and I love Rod Serling's
Twilight Zone episodes on television (usually shown on the SyFy
channel.) But again, those are old.

JMHO, most of what's playing at theatres now is crap.

Jill


After watching ghost, i can never look at pottery the same way againG

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Old July 19th 11, 07:40 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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john sumner wrote:

After watching ghost, i can never look at pottery the same way againG


Nobody can.

I love that movie, and should have mentioned it in my list. But I tend to
skip over that part, as well as most of the romantic parts, because I
really don't like the two leads all that much. They're both terrible actors.
But it doesn't matter that much because I just enjoy the story. Plus, Whoopi
injects a bit of life into the proceedings. And let's not forget the adorable
tabby who scratched the murderer on the face when he came back to their
house to get the much needed bank password.

Joyce

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