good trip?

yup. met my future in-laws. saw things. came home.

glad things are still going well!

me too. how'd you like the big apple mike?

like it is in films. and the jewellery is disgustingly gaudy. apart from that...just like another place. underwhelmed is probably the word i'd use.

mike, when you post do you mark them as 'hidden'?? I always miss your posts unless I log on right after and they're still on the "latest posts" list. So when I telnet, I miss em altogether cause they never show up as new... glad you had a good trip... how long did ya stay?

Matrix. A cyberpunk novel visualized. The concept was fantastic. THe special effects were incredible. The acting was well... Wolf could back me up on this one... Keanu Reeves is NOT my favorite actor as far as talent goes... he wasn't bad. I actually liked him in the movie The script incorporated a lot of his natural casualness... he made a pretty good cybergeek turned messiah-like It was full priced and I don't have any regrets about the seven bucks. (of course B paid for it so...)

i dno't think my posts are hidden stacey...certainly not intentionally, anyway. i stayed for about 4 days i think

short trip for such a long flight... when do you go back?

don't know

Ca is coming back here at the beginning of june, though. and she'll be staying with a view to staying permanently

woo woo!

woo hoo!! i'm waiting for matrix to come out on video.

guess what i just saw? ok, i'll tell. i just watched "something about mary" and laughed my arse off the whole film. the part that really cracked me up was mary's hair when she finally went out with ted!! oh my, i laughed so much my throat hurt. gonna buy that one!!

funny that, wolfy, cos my friend and I rented it again at the weekend - superb film!

MUMMY opens tonight... I think we're scraping the $7 bucks together for first run tix

mummy???? oh, the hubby rented species 2 but said it wasn't nearly as good as the first one. (when are sequels ever? except on those rare occasions)

oh, midsummer's night dream opens tonight or this weekend (methinks)

MUMMY... Pandora's Box type horror/action involving a... you guessed it! MUMMY! We first saw the previews during the Superbowl and have been waiting MONTHS for it to open... High expectations usually mean letdown... Hmmmm... maybe we shouldn't go. *furrowed brow*

don't worry about it. go!

speaking of sequels, I heard a rumour they're making Toy Story 2 - MORE ALIEN FOOTAGE!!! Woo-hoo!

I hardly ever pop in here, but I had to mention that I just saw The Blair Witch Project, and it is a definite must see. It just opened here in Boston on Friday and is selling out like hotcakes! It will open nationwide on July 30. For an original, extremely creepy, scary time (sans blood, guts and chainsaws), this movie will stay with you forever.

who's in it laura? i haven't heard of it.

This movie was the darling of the Sundance Film Festival, no one you've ever heard of is in it. I don't want to give away the premiss of the movie, but this web page will clue you in. www.blairwitch.com It's a creepy, scary webpage. The movie is brilliantly done. blurs fiction and reality together. Very intense.

thanks....

Hi, Laura, thanks for dropping in!

saw General's Daughter on Sunday night -- Good, disturbing scenes in some places but good movie saw The Blair Witch Project on Monday night -- I enjoyed the break from typical films... documentary style, believeable... kinda spooky but not like modern fright flicks...no special effects, just playing on fears...

Sunday night I went out to see "Plan 9 From Outer Space", a horribly cool C- or D-Movie from Ed Wood. THAT Ed Wood, right. And featuring Vampira and some leftover shots of Bela Lugosi, great stuff! Plus a new theatre, one I haven't been to before - but I will come back to that one!

i've heard clips on the radio of folks who were darn-right scared after watching the blair witch project. i saw a show on the making of it (actually an interview with one of the actors) and the way it was filmed would be hard to watch, i think. have to wait for video on that one. we watched inspector gadget in the theatre *grin* with the kids last weekend. great flick if you want good squeaky clean fun. i love matthew broderick anyway, and he did a great job with this role considering all the special effects. the kids probably won't catch the asides towards some other films (like evil gadget's teeth-what a close resemblance to the mask and something about mary's matt dillon's dental do up). what i really liked was that they stayed with the cartoon as far as penny, brain, and the claw go (he even had his cat!).

Nobody into Bela Lugosi? Or the All-American Non-Hero, Ed Wood?

saw Austin Powers 2 last night... just as inane as the first IMHO... I liked it!

saw Sixth Sense a couple of weeks ago... really got into it saw Stir of Echoes a few days ago... similar, but different

just watched the mummy. now who played the mummy? he was fine! the hubby thought he was billy zane but i don't think so. anyway, the story was good and romantic. loved brandon fraser and he will be added to my babe list (along with the mummy).

oh, speaking of brandon fraser, do not, i repeat, do not waste your money on dudley dooright. it stunk big time. can't stand sarah jessica parker anyway and this film didn't change my views at all. poor brandon, the story didn't get any juice until dooright had to go doowrong. *thumbs down*

Brendan Fraser (a decent comedian) will never be associated with excellence in cinema.

Brendan was at his best in the obscure movie called "Still Breathing" which is topic 13 in the movies conference. I thought that was worth seeing more for the music, the mood and the region (it was done locally in San Antonio) more than anything else. And I was at the premiere in Austin and got to meet the folks in the movie.

He was also terrific in "Blast from the Past." He actually got to play a guy with brains, class, and terrific ballroom dancing skills. I was impressed. I always thought of him as a decent physical comedian, an impressive physical specimen, and not much more.

yes, still breathing was a good one! haven't seen blast from the past yet...

oh yeah, he was also in with honors (think that was the name of it).

In the last month and a half I've seen... "Forces of Nature" -- kinda cute "Deep Blue Sea" -- groovy effects and neat idea but pretty cheesy "Bringing Out the Dead" -- get ready to be depressed... good movie with a VERY slow start "Stigmata" -- Woo Woo! great movie... of course "The Seventh Sign" is one of my faves too... they're pretty similar

Isn't there a Bergman movie called the "Seventh Seal"?

Yes!

I'll have to check out Stigmata, could you give us a review, Stacey?

toy story 2 was great! i must tell you i laughed my rear off!!

I sit in front of the cinema-plex in our biggest Mall when I am tending the Angel Tree for the Salvation Army, and I stare at the posters for the movie. It looks funny! Is it much funnier than the first one?

I saw an intriguing movie with Robert Deniro, Helen someone (old, famous actress, help me), Gwyneth Paltrow and the lead guy whose name I can't remember. The two grow up as children and romp around in the old dowagers mansion and then have various intriguing encounters as they grow up. Help me on those names. The guy was the lead in that movie where he had to fake his dna to get on the rocket flight.

ethan hawke...now as to helen..... marcia, i found ts2 to be much funnier than the first but i loved the first just as much!

Did you feel like you needed to be a guy to sit with the guys in this one, too, or did you not experience that fun phenomenon?! (Gotta go to the movies without the college crowd cramping my style next time!)

The movie was "Great Expectations" and I missed the beginning, so I'll watch it again on the sat dish. Has anyone read the Dickens book?

yes, and i've seen the movie a couple of times as well.

I have as well - several versions, in fact (the movie - the book has only one version which I also have...)Have you checked http://imdb.com/

Great Expectations (1998) Page 1 of 29 Directed by Alfonso Cuar�n Writing credits Charles Dickens (novel) Mitch Glazer Video (VHS) DVDs Soundtrack Books Auctions zShops Genre: Drama / Romance (more) Tagline: Let desire be your destiny. User Rating: 6.2/10 (1864 votes) Plot Outline: Modernization of Charles Dickens classic story finds the hapless Finn as a painter in New York pursuing his unrequited and haughty childhood love. (more) User Comments: A Creative "Attempt" at a Literary Masterpiece (more) Cast overview, first billed only: Ethan Hawke .... Finnegan Bell Gwyneth Paltrow .... Estella Hank Azaria .... Walter Plane Chris Cooper (I) .... Uncle Joe Anne Bancroft .... Ms. Nora Diggers Dinsmoor Robert De Niro .... Prisoner - Lustig Josh Mostel .... Jerry Ragno Kim Dickens .... Maggie Nell Campbell .... Erica Thrall Gabriel Mann .... Owen Jeremy James Kissner .... Finnegan, age 10 Raquel Beaudene .... Estella, age 10 Stephen Spinella .... Carter Macleish Marla Sucharetza .... Ruth Shepard Isabelle Anderson .... Lois Pop

yes and did you notice they didn't call finnegan "pip"?

I did note that and wondered why. Any idea? I have not heard...

maybe to modernize it or something.....i don't remember estella and pip getting together in the end either......

No. It was implied but never settled as I recall. Must check and report back.

It was pretty ambiguous. It left a lot to the imagination.

saw you've got mail this morning. i don't want to give it away, but the one night that meg leaves work and looks back and sees her mom and her twirling just tore me up. good movie though, meg and tom have good chemistry on screen.

want to catch anna and the king. love jodie foster and have only just discovered mr. phat (sp?). caught him in a movie with mira servino and can't remember the name of it.

Did you notice they had A&E's Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth in one of the shots??? (in "You've got Mail" of course)

yes i did and they referred to it several times and now i know where mr darcy comes from! *grin*

*sigh*...am delighted you noticed. You have not seen it (P&P2)? *gasp*

um, no, haven't, it's something i should rent, huh?

Gadzooks, girl! I should send you a care package. I have all sorts of them (John has my off-the-air tape) and I have the 6 volume set and I have a Drool tape with just the best of Darcy on it...*sigh* I am going to get the DVD, too. If you have trouble renting it, let me know!

Um...to answer your original question, it will change your life. Please find a way to see it - it was recently re-run on A&E. I shall let you know when they show it again.

Just saw Fight Club ... way freaky weird... an 'out there' film in the style of Tarantino mixed with... a Zen zelot... certainly not what I expected

Sounds like a thumbs up?

ummm... if you're the kinda guy that can handle the violence and enjoys strangeness...

I just saw Snow Falling on Cedars and thought the movie was as good as the book.

Who's in it?

another ethan hawke film. i wanted to see the movie but when i heard how good the book was, i thought i'd wait. usually the books are better. so the movie was true to the book, sheryl?

saw snow day in the theatre, it wasn't too bad.... ok, and now the movies (if i can remember them all) that i've watched on t.v. if these walls could talk 2: the first act was rather sad, and the third was a bit risque for my taste. the whole film was good though.... equinox: kinda weird until you see it the second time, then you get it. matthew modine is in this one... the evening star: sad but not a tear jerker like terms of endearment (tho i haven't seen the whole (terms) thing yet).... a night at the roxbury: loved it, must've seen it six times....the wild brother made me think of prince (oh, the artist formerly known as prince, sorry)...i could see him doing a parody of prince's music/videos.... the thin red line: i mentioned this in babes (under male babes)....seemed like they were trying to follow along saving pvt ryan, with philosophical narration from different soldiers...and then to watch the credits and find out just how many popular and well known folks were in it. left me wondering where in the heck they all were. good flick but violent.... once around: (danny aiello, gena rowlands, richard dryfuss, and the gal from the piano, man if i can't remember her name) good movie, left me wondering what dryfuss' character was up to....i cried but briefly..... the godfather: didn't get through the whole thing but couldn't believe how young al pacino was! my goodness!! wasn't nearly as violent as i thought it would be..... and that saps my memory so far.....

ok, been awhile since i've posted here and, looks like, anybody else. so let's recap some of my most recent films: erin brockovich: good movie, julia was great as a working, say it like it is, single-mom and whomever the guy that played her boss was excellent! return to me: david duchovny and minnie driver played off each other well. i liked this movie and completely forgot that dd is fox mulder on t.v. why his movies don't do better is beyond me because this was great albeit off to a slow start. no naked bodies and no cussing. it was great!! forces of nature: i liked this one, but i like sandra bullock (except for the speed films). ben affleck was great as well. modern vampires: (or something like that) with james woods. it was out there. matrix: about the 3rd time, but each time, you get closer to what's up. (and they're working on matrix 2) and a bunch of other films on tv that i can't think of right now.

Wow, Matrix 2! Havne't seen the other ones yet. Are any of these on video yet?

no, not on video yet (at least the first two). matrix is out on video.

oh, and mummy 2 is in the works as well (arnold vosloo will be the mummy again, yummy mummy)

Just watched Loch Ness for the third time. i enjoy it every time. The scenery's great, i love the nessie story, and it's so uplifting.

just came back from rocky and bullwinkle. i loved it and really can't compare it to the cartoon because, due to my military brat status, we spent most of our time in germany. i laughed out loud and loved the selection of actors for the villians. they did a good job. much better than dudley dooright, IMMHO. and i caught boys don't cry. didn't expect the ending it had (but won't give it away here). it was good and the gal (sorry, don't remember her name) who played the main character deserved that oscar. she did an excellent job!

The actress's name is Hilary Swank.

yes, thanks cheryl!

watched part of the blair witch project. didn't care for it. didn't find it scary but can understand why it would be. didn't finish the whole thing though. got tired of hearing that gal's voice!

but i must say it was cleverly done and behaved like a real documentary.

and am catching arlington road right now.

Blair Witch didn't do anything for me.

and i was floored by arlington road. didn't expect the ending and just sat there with my mouth agape!

wild wild west: hated it. (though i love salma hayek, will smith, and kevin kline)

the iron giant. loved it!!

the love letter was great too!

went to see the kid last weekend. great movie!

i know you guys are out there watching movies! eyes wide shut was stupid (sorry tom cruise, but ya let me down) just came back from the cell-great flick! wonderful costumes, wonderful special effects, some pretty gross stuff too. but it was a good movie.

got something to add about the cell: they mentioned some things during the movie but i don't think there was time for them to explore those issues. could've been left out and it wouldn't have affected anything. and the end was left like there could be a sequel. anyway, the movie has an interesting theory if you're into psychology. oh, and the whole madonna thing wasn't a play on the Holy Mother. she was trying to be non-threatening and secure for what was going on at the time.

what lies beneath: at one point, everyone in the theatre jumped! this was a good one.

Dragonheart 2 .....really enjoyed it ..some very funny bits too ....but I did love Sean Connery as the dragon in Dragonheart 1 ..this dragon was a bit 'twee' ..still, made a nice family evening.

American Beauty (missed the middle of it but with the beginning and the end, put it together)....liked kevin spacey (very sexy in this one)and annette benning. um....Three To Tango, great chick flick!

U-571--good show, forgot that was jon bon jovi in there too (and MM was HOT) What Lies Beneath--hated that they were dead but the movie plays on theories about the hereafter and it was good. Grinch--i enjoyed it but hated the stupid wait and got seats on the outer edge of the screen. we had to sit sideways to watch it. i enjoy the cartoon better but they did a good job on sticking to the story.

Rugrats in Paris--I was hohum but the kids enjoyed it and the theatre was nearly empty--maybe 15 people tops!

As mentioned in the Babes conf., I saw Double Jeopardy with Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley J-J-J-J-J-Judd...mmmmmmmmm...she made up for the fact that it was a total chick flick :-)

Fried Green Tomatoes, I loved it, another chick flick! With Kathy Bates. A classic.

i've seen that several times and loved it each time!!

Maybe I need to do some self-educating, huh?!