introduce yourself to the movie conference

It is the Finnish Eccentric once again. Basically, I occasionally find myself watching movies. Not often, but occasionally.

Welcome home mixu!

I rarely go to the movies; I'm just looking for something great to watch, so I won't waste my time.

I rarely go to the movies; I'm just looking for something great to watch, so I won't waste my time.

Movies are cool!!

Welcome Kevin! Feel free to post in some other topics.

Movies are my obession old and new Love this site Terry

I love to watch movies. All kinds old and new.

What's the last movie you saw?

Love the movies, but rarely get to see them. Did see "Independence Day", um it was okay but basically a rehash of "War of the Worlds". The last movie I saw was the new version of "Romeo & Juliet". I Thought it was very violent, had some flaws, but I found it interesting.

Same response here to Independence Day. The New Yorker has an article that says the Bard is this years Jane Austen. There are quite a few Shakespeare based movies now. I haven't had a chance to see any of them yet. Perhaps when they get to the video store.

Love movies - I go to them all the time... I also get out heaps of videos, but the movie experience is the greatest!! Has anyone seen Ransom yet?

Haven't seen Ransom, but I did catch the trailer--which was pretty much enough., Why the studios feel they have to give away crucial plot twists in the trailer, I"ll never know.

Because, for the ever-increasing number of movies, there's nothing else to show than a single plot twist and some FX. At least in Hollywood-movies. Sad, isn't it?

yeah, but they're still awesome

Hi! My name's Howell Parry, and I live in Manchester, UK. I'm a big fan of all sorts of movies, especially Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg and various other action / horror / thriller / scifi movies. I'm making a "no-budget" (i.e. we're just using a camcorder!!) scifi B-movie at the moment with some friends here in Manchester - the movie's called "Foiled". I'm going to create a new topic about it in a moment. Howell (parryh@finnigan.co.uk)

howdy! I'm a movie-a-holic from Dallas TX. Spent most of my college and med school days in the cavernous darkness of nearby theatres absorbing everything from the latest releases to the oldest of oldies (elected myself "bad movie reviewer" for the UT film committee--did I mention we members got into campus movies for free?--which meant I "had" to see EVERYTHING released!). Now that I'm an actual dayjob wage earner, I am forced to be more selective in my viewing habits, but I'd wager I still see more mo ies than the average bear! There's also a great video place here with tons of foreign films and independent flicks. Let me get back to you with a topic, perhaps!

I just got my satellite dish cranked up after years of inactivity. So it's movie catchup time around here. I'm watching something with Dan Akroyd and Lilly Tomlin right now. Jack Lemon as a possible ex-Nazi. I have over 20 movie channels to choose from.

My ex-beau (who will hereafter be referred to as rat-bastard)(not that I'm bitter) was hugely supportive of dish over cable (tho he ended up saddling me with cable as an Xmas gift and now I'm an addict)--do you agree? (it's ok to agree with rat-bastard) Is it the greatest? I think I would only end up with less breathing time (see slacker topic). But it sounds pretty cool. I adore the AMC lineup.

Where can I pick y'all's brains about movie trivia? I started to in some other topic...now where was I...well, since it's just me and terry anyhow, let me ask you (and I'm casting no aspersions here--I don't necessarily expect YOU to know): (1) in what movie did Jerry Lewis shriek "Oh Laaaadeeeee!" (Oh Lady!)? and (2) in what movie did Jerry Lewis interrupt from the audience probably Dean Martin in the midst of a song that went something like "Who's my little hoozit? Who's my turtle dove? Who's my sno kie-ookum? Who is the one I love?" to the great joy of the rest of the audience and as a boost to Dean Martin's character's career. Wow, that reads like "this is something up with which I will not put"!

I give up, what movies?

You are soooo funny terry. I humiliated myself in front of my hopelessly hip video store clerks axing those very same questions and thought maybe this would be a less-embarrassing format...are there NO Jerry Lewis fans out there? Not that I'm a fan, mind you, it's just those 2 queries are driving me bananas!

So I don't know where else to post this--the best plot synopsis ever. It's for THE MOLE PEOPLE (BW 1956): Archeologists go down a hole in Tibet and find albino Sumerians served grudgingly by mutant slaves in the dark. WOW! If you have to reveal the plot of a movie, that's the way to do it! I'd sure watch that!

That's a spoiler?

You're right, when it's that good, it doesn't need a spoiler alert. And it doesn't need a review, either--who cares about acting or cinematography when you have albino Sumerians, mutant slaves, and a hole in Tibet!

You have a point there.

OK, so back to intros: failed to make it to the movin pitcher show last weekend but still aiming for Grosse Pointe Blank (any recs?) and thinking about The Saint (tho I'm hesitant because I was addicted to Roger Moore's as well as the books and just can't fathom---VAL KILMER?!?!? What were they thinking???). Any other suggestions?

I'm not the one to ask since I've been to so first first run movies lately. I guess you've seen Fargo right?

Yup, you betcha! I really enjoyed it, but I'm a Coen fan so that doesn't count. I'd never really enjoyed Frances McDormand, but I'm a huge fan now (I et a lotta popcorn at the show....).

Now, who is Frances McDormand?

She's Marge, the pregnant detective; Joel Coen's wife and winner of the best actress Oscar this year. She's played mostly character role-type-stuff (don't pin me down, I only have vague memories of seeing her emote in minor roles) as far as I know--hey! why don't I USE this internet thing, research it, and get back to you?

And I ADORED GPB!! I'm usually a little leery of recommending movies, especially to folks whose taste I haven't quite figgered out, but if you like black comedy, this is sort of grey. ish. Oh heck , I laughed, I cried, it became a part of me!

Wow, she actually has web sites dedicated to her! So she's been in a lot of Coen flicks--I don't remember her in Raising Arizona or Miller's Crossing; she was certainly interesting in Blood Simple (if you haven't seen it, rent it!). I'll have to think again about Primal Fear...oh yeah, she was in it. I didn't see Lone Star. She was nominated for an AA in Mississippi Burning, which I also didn't see. Right now she's in Paradise Road, which I will definitely not see. (is it really necessary to relate his whole filmography to whther or not I've seen the movie in question?!?!). She's also been on Twilight Zone and Hill Street Blues. I'd give you the link but I'm too embarrassed (I haven't learned html yet, after all my brave talk last week!).

Wow, she actually has web sites dedicated to her! So she's been in a lot of Coen flicks--I don't remember her in Raising Arizona or Miller's Crossing; she was certainly interesting in Blood Simple (if you haven't seen it, rent it!). I'll have to think again about Primal Fear...oh yeah, she was in it. I didn't see Lone Star. She was nominated for an AA in Mississippi Burning, which I also didn't see. Right now she's in Paradise Road, which I will definitely not see. (is it really necessary to relate his whole filmography to whther or not I've seen the movie in question?!?!). She's also been on Twilight Zone and Hill Street Blues. I'd give you the link but I'm too embarrassed (I haven't learned html yet, after all my brave talk last week!).

This is a test, only a test

Welcome back Ross.

Hi Ross--Come back and tell me what you've seen and what you recommend!

Hi. Enjoyed your babbling in the dark, aubrey (and was glad Terry answered now and then to keep you sane). Did you really like GPB? My husband laughed out loud at that one (we just saw it last week at a second-run house near us), but he was the only one in the theater (and I sure wasn't laughing). Cutesy idea, but too bloody to be funny for me. Anyway, I too love AMC and wish I could get Turner classics on my cable system for free. While I'm an old movie buff, my era of specialization is silents through the 40's, so I don't know the answer to your Jerry Lewis inquiry. Terry, you seem like the guru so how does one see all the topics? And then see only the new ones the next time? I'm so confused. I started out in the Austen conference, and I've learned nothing!

Are you running in the shell or on the web? I need to know this first before I answer your question. Have you set up your conference list?

Hey Lorie--glad to see you here too! Sorry I haven't been around much this week but I'm back. Going to see Addicted to Love (my beau dumped me a few months ago and I'm still in the mood) today--I'll report back.

Terry, I believe I'm running in the web. Sorry, this is all very new for me since we just got net access at work (and yes, I'm doing this at work). I have set up a conference list, but it seems like in some I get only topics where people have responded to me (like here), and lose the old messages. However, in the Austen topic I clicked once on "All" instead of new, and now I always get all, not just new/responses. Any ideas? Thanks!

I think the Austen conference has undersgone some customization. I'll look in to this.

Thanks. By the way, things in this conference seem to work correctly. I see only new stuff in the threads I've been in. However, do I just click on "All" to see all the threads mentioned above? Thanks yet again for helping a newbie.

That's right, 'all' will show you everything.

Thanks. Not that I've seen any movies lately, but it's good to know.

I'd like to see the Lost Word. Has anyone else seen this?

i`m looking forward to see the new film called Men in Black In Holland it`s not playing at the moment did anybody saw the film. How was it ??

Not yet, and that was the Lost World, which I did end up seeing.

Everyone who's seen MIB gives rave rvws; I wil see it this wknd maybe, and give you a report!

Anyone seen Contact?

Nope. I did see the 1st first run movie I've seen since ET. Okay, SLIGHT exaggeration but usually we do the $1 movie thing. I saw Wishmaster. Kinda cool, Linda Hamilton was the star... I think. I'm not so great with celebrity names. Comes from having no tv and not seeing very many movies. NPR makes it hard to place faces and names together.

Is Linda Hamilton still buffed out like she was in Terminator?

If that was her, she still looks really good.

I luv movis new and old. I like 'Jerry MaGuire' and 'Gone With The Wind'!

Welcome Walter!

Do you prefere GWTW in it's original form or colorized enhanced?

Hey there - Flicks are chilling!!!!

Why, hi there blondie!

The Star Wars trilogy is still my favorite. Can't wait for the prequels to be released!! Anyone have any good tidbits of info about them?

No but may the Force be with you in your search for more information.

Hey everyone, I am somewhat of a movie buff as well. The last to movies that I've seen are L.A. Confidential and Devil's Advocate. I HIGHLY recommend either! Kevin Spacey was really good in LA and there were also some very talentd young actors. It was 2 1/2 hours long, but worth it. Paccino was amazing in Devil's Advocate (as usual), and although I'm not a big Kionu fan, he didn't do a bad job. Both screenplays were phennomenal! In LA they introduce tons of angles that you never think will all come togethe , but somehow in the end they do. Devil's Advocate on the other hand is intense, with some extremely creative ideas. I think out of all the movies out right now, these two are must sees!

GATTACA is another (from the girl usually relegated to the $1.75 theatre)

I never go to the movies, and rarely rent them (I have an exhaustive cable TV schedule to keep up with) but I did love "Before Sunrise" with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, and the "Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring" series, as well as "Cinema Paradiso" (very charming, but subtitles are frustrating). On my must-rent list are Washington Square, Wings of the Dove, and Portrait of a Lady (all out now).

Before Sunrise was a fabulous movie. I could definitely see this again and again.

I am confused. How do you do chat rooms?

What do you mean?

Hi! I'm a huge movie buff. This is the first time posting in the movie conference. I'm usually in the drool conference. Movies are my life practically. There's nothing else that I know more of than movies.

Hi Alicia!

Good, then you must see a lot of them, Alicia. Looking forward to many reviews.

Great that you're expanding your horizons Alicia. Love it that you're joining the movie conference. What a breath of fresh air!

I've been lurking in drool long enough! Time to get some serious movie chat going.

You go, girl!!! Glad to see ya over "here"...

Wow, another adventuresome drooler, we won't hurt, will we, kitchenmanager?

not until you wander over to the sex conference or on our virtual couch!

Well, there is that... Just tell me to behave, and I'll vent on Stacey thru e-mail... (she knows how to whip me back in line...)

and we all know how much you loathe those punishments *wink*

Now there'd be a movie worth talking about....

no kidding, I'd go see that on opening night!

write the script, I'm sure Terry would film and webcast it...

LOL!!

I webcasted from 6th street last night. What a blast!

and what was the occasion???

I was just there. Meeting with my property manager of the future at a little psychedelica club.

LoveJoy's???

Ya know, I don't know what it's called, they had all these 3d dayglo tripped out paintings all over the wall and a "cave" in the back.

my kind of place! btw, how'd your meeting with the attorney go? didja have good negotiations?

All's going good so far!

good deal!!

Hi I'm Suzanne, and I do locations for movies. They call this location scouting.

Tell us more! And welcome, btw...

Hello to all I am new to this and do not know what is going on yet so please bare with me here.

By the way what is all this hype about the movie Titanic..? Isn't this about done enough..? How many times will people pay to see the same thing with more affects thrown in????

I think you'll lose your citizenship if you don't see it.

I'm gonna be expatriated!!!

You and me both, wer! Welcome Suzanne and Hal9000. What location are you scouting now, Suzanne?

I likes the movie Titanic but with prices $7 a show there's no way I need to see it multiple times! The effects were great but I really enjoyed the little love story.

Can't go see it--it's too sad! I cry during the Celine Dion video on MTV.

it's really not that sad. a few tears but no sobbing.

Suggestions on where I should go?

in general? to see a movie? or for a specific purpose?

any...

:-) Welcome Suzanne and Hal9000. Please make yourselves at home here - and bring in a better couch for the movie theatre, cos ours is a bit worn out.

lotsa roguh housing going on while the lights are out!

you know dat's right!

Anyone wanna talk about Titanic, the movie?

Actually, I think you'll find several... Hello, Christopher!

hi christopher! how'd ya find us?

I am a big movie fan, I think I could run my own movie theatre with all the movies I buy or I could build one with all the money I have spent on going to see the movies. Keep me updated, I am new here.

Great, glad you're checking in! Come back often and post lots!

I will try my best to visit as often as I can. My project is almost over, but I am enjoying the topics. Thanks for making me feel welcome!

Anytime...

hi movie-lovers. anyone seen LA Confidential? I guess that's a silly question, or maybe it's not. Anyway, I caught it last weekend, and it was *superb*! People even clapped at the end! It was excellent, really really good - not what I expected from a Hollywood movie at all. One thing, though. Why did Kim Basinger get an Oscar? Best Chest in a Hollywood Movie?

Leave it to Mike to come up with that one! What a babe connoisseur. I haven't seen LA Confidential, but it's next on my list of movies to see.

intorduction to the movie conference .

Hiya, Suzanne!

Welcome!

Oh boy, I'm sicker than I thought . . . I'm even seeing green now!

It's gone now . . . I swear I saw green all over the place!

feeling better this week?

Top form, thanks!!!! I never let illness ruin my health.

Hi. I watch a lot of movies, both in the theater and rented. I just want to know other people's opinions of different movies, that's all. That's what this is for, isn't it?

You bet, Marybeth! Welcome and feel free to post your movie reviews in any of the relevant topics.

Absolutely!

And join us in the other conferences too. It's great fun, and we're always looking for new opinions and faces.

See Terry? I'm on a mission from God.

with a full tank of gas and a half a pack of cigarettes...

but I neither drive, nor smoke. Oh! You?

Hi!

Hi! Are you here to stay or is this going to be a one night stand?

I feel used already...

ha-ha, And you've only been back one day!! Did you have a good time, girl?

Oh yeah! We just relaxed and did our girl stuff all day and let our sugar daddy take us out to dinner every night! It was nice to just not have to cook for a week.

Hmm, sounds wonderful! I too have a short holiday in sight, and I can already not sleep at night, I'm so excited.

Your trip to Boston??

No, that will happen later this year - unless my sister gets here first, because she's planning a trip to Namibia for October, and we might arrange it so that she comes here for two weeks at the same time, in which case it's unlikely that I will go to America this year. We'll be spending too much money! No, we're going to the Lake District in England for six days - fly next Wednesday evening. We're going to stay at a cottage there with my husbands three best friends from university; I love them all, they are very nice people, and they all see me as a pet, so they spoil me. Don't mind that at all every once in a while!

Is your sister on the net too? What's she like?

Sonja has internet and e-mail, but her working hours are akward. What's she like? Physically or personaility wise? Physically, being my twin, she looks like me, but a PRETTY version - probably because she came out first, I lie to myself to make me feel better! And she is VERY VERY funny. She is also kind, intelligent and warm. She would be much loved if she were to come here. She might come around October when she has a few weeks off.

She must be a world class beauty indeed. And what part of the world does Sonja habitate? That would be very, very cool if she joined us ... seeing the interaction between the two of you. Is she as chatty as you?

Sonja lives in Boston now - married an American - which Mum is very pi$$ed off about. Don't think she'll ever 'forgive' us for flying off such a long way from the nest - we three are very close. Not sure if you or the others will enjoy the interaction between us - that part scares me a little; scared we'll scare you away. We just have too many private jokes and stuff between us, and we'll just end up taking the whole place over - though we won't mean to. It will cause a certain amount of trouble and friction, because we feel strongly about the same things, and have the same opinion on literally EVERYTHING, even though we don't really mean to. (That is the bit that is identical between us). I don't know if that sort of thing will be fair on the rest of you. There's a good chance she'll be visiting me soon, and I'll introduce her then - we can see how it goes. And yes, she is as chatty as me. If you want I can post you a picture of her, and you can put it into my topic in 'Babes', so you and the others can see what she looks like.

Absolutely, and having her on would more than likely double our pleasure. I can't imagine any discontent over two of you! The picture would be great. So you're identical twins, wow! I have some cousins who are identical twins and they're both super folks (Barney and Muriel), she's a schoolteacher with a big family and he's a multimillionaire shipping magnate / travel tour businessman.

ummm... problem with the 'identical' part (unless there was a SERIOUS operation in their past!)

Identical wasn't what I meant. Anyway, do you and your sister email each other now? I try to keep an email going with my sister, but we've been lagging and I can't seem to get her attention into this.

We e-mail about twenty times a day! Whenever she's got a minute at work or when I've got a few minutes, and when I wake up in the morning there will be a LONG mail on my screen. We miss each other like he��. But in a way I suppose it is better for us to be apart.

Wow, the way you two communicate, it would be *very interesting* to see you online together here. I'd say twenty emails a day is a prolific correspondence. What do you talk about mostly?

And it doesn't even feel like we talk to each other alot! Weekends we phone our brother on my mum's phones, and drive him crazy. ha-ha! I am not sure what we talk about, really. Infantile nonsense, I think. We laugh alot.

Do you have only the one sister, Terry? Is there a big age difference? Are you close?

We're pretty close, except we don't communicate as well as we should. I need to pick up the ball here. She's five years younger than I. There's probably a picture of her under alice something at http://www.spring.net/~terry/albumjpg

Yes, I found her . . . along with some other interesting photos . . . She looks nice, though I can't make out that much of her face. It's a very nice photo. Why don't you communicate well - do you live too far away from each other?

with my brother it's not the distance of the body... it is the distance of our minds...

where does he live, Stace? SA?

She's in Calif.

There are 4 of us kids, and one still lives w/Mom & Dad, we live on the same street as my parents, another lives around the corner, and my sister is 2 miles down the highway. (The apple doesn't fall far from the tree around here.) It's great for all our kids.

Hey, maybe we should start a 'family' conference where folks could talk about their families? topics could be mom, dad, sister, brother, kids, etc. etc.

Love the photo, Terry! A family conference? Why not? But leave the dad-topic out.

all dads aren't unsavory Riette... mine is pretty neat.

T'was a joke.

If I thought ALL dads were unsavory, I would never have had kids.

Not with a man anyway!

oooh! now THAT would've been interesting!

oitificial inseminiotion

Hello springers! I love movies, too, but in the last couple of years missed nearly every single one I wanted to see (notable exception being Mars Attacks!, which is one of the most intelligent folms ever made). Actually, it's strange to show up here, 'coz yall be yapping away about stuff that might never even be released over here, and if, then with a bad translation and worse title to match. I collect film on reels (e.g. Super8, Normal or Standard 8, 16mm, etc.), and film family and friends with my Super8 film camera. Maybe one day I'll make a short movie... But it'll be in Super8, because I'm a very analogue personality, I'm afraid.

Oh, sorry, forgot this here: Is there anybody interested in the same thing? Swap, trade, chat. Please check http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/collecting/24 .

Cool, I'll check out your topic in the collecting conference.

Ok,hi.The last ling I saw posted her was in March.So if your looking here,hi.

Ok,hi.The last thing I saw posted her was in March.So if your looking here,hi.

Ok,hi.The last thing I saw posted here was in March.So if your looking here,hi.

Opps.Why did I do that?

Magic! At least you did not contradict yourself *smile* (It happens to all of us at one time or another!!!)

Welcome, Samantha! Welcome, Samantha! Welcome, Samantha! :-)

Oh, look, everybody! Samantha and Autumn both have a hickup! hickup! hickup!

Howdy Samantha!

hi samantha!

Is it too late to join in ? I'm just taking time out from drool,stretching my wings and wanted to say hello.

welcome!!

Hello, Judy!!

It's never too late, in fact, you're right on time, Judy.

Hi all, I love movies! I am a huge Geoffrey Rush fan and I can't wait for quills to be released, has anyone else heard the buzz about it?

Hey there! I'm just out of lurkdom and ready to partake of the Spring. I LOVE movies, hey I live vicariously, through the movies that is. I have a degree in art history and did take film studies courses. Consequently I'm a little more informed than the average fan, but hey, please don't hold that against me. Michelle, I've read a bit about Quills. It's based on a play about the internment in a madhouse of the Marquis de Sade toward the end of his life. I also noticed that you have a topic for Rush at the drool conference. I seems that nobody ever posts there. Michelle, I say post there. Why not?!? Colin Firth is not the center of the universe -- not even at drool. That is one conference that definitely needs shaken out of its complacency. I say other women should demand their right to drool and the powers that be there be damned. Much of that last paragraph was in defense of friend of mine who posts at drool. She's a sweet woman but a doormat. I've told her as much and she agrees. I won't mention her name. I've lurked there for some time and those in charge are not nice people; however, she is. I say post on that Geoffrey Rush topic. And who the hell is Stephen Dillane anyway? And who the hell cares?

I say other women should demand their right to drool and the powers that be there be damned. No one is preventing anyone from posting at the other topics at Drool. Much of that last paragraph was in defense of friend of mine who posts at drool. She's a sweet woman but a doormat. I hadn't noticed that we had any active posters who acted like doormats. and the powers that be there be damned. Do you customarily go to other people's homes and insult them? Hosts (generic) do this voluntarily and expend quite a bit of effort and time/money on keeping the site active and worth visiting. Sorry that you don't like, but maybe Drool is not for you.

Possibly, and that is definitely worth pondering. But if you think that a website is your home -- you need to get out of the house or get a life. Nah, what you need is to lighten up. Since you obviously have trouble grasping the concept that message boards are supposed to be fun you should run back to your little world there at drool. Go back to your little sandbox and leave the other conferences to grown-ups who know how to take a joke. Furthermore Karen, I think you owe the people at the movie conference an apology for bringing your whining and sniffling over here. You are probably not adult enough for that so I shall do it for you. I apologize for the ugly scene warranted by the humorless Karen and my having to stoop to this level by her inability to have some fun poked at her. I hope things improve from this point onward.

anyway......welcome to the movie conference!! i don't get out to see movies as much as i'd like so my comments on them may be a bit dated! oh, and i like geoffrey rush, he's good!

Hello again, Carys! (Does Carys remind anyone else of a certain Namibian we all know and love?!) The last good movie I rented was House of Yes, with Parker Posey. It's one of those quirky indie films with weird situations interspersed with clever dialogue.

We sat down and watched a really wierd, I think 1970s, fantasy film called Labyrinth. It had David Bowie in it as the goblin lord and was really a tale about how a girl wished her baby brother to be taken by the goblins, and then when it happened had to fight her way through the labyrinth to rescue him. SAome bits were good and funny, and there were some very nice special effects, but I got a bit bored with it ....I think it can go out to the nearest charity shop...

i liked that one! (labyrinth)

Bits of it I really liked ...but I felt it dragged in the middle. I did like the ending and it was a nice gentle film. Maybe I was just too tired that night to appreciate it!

(Hey, Wolfie, go look at education and cultures conferences please ...I'se getting lonely in there... *grin*)

Hey guys! I'm so sorry for the bad intro to your conference. But I'm a loud-mouthed broad and make no apologies for it. Except I just did. That's only because you're such nice people! Besides being flamed and returning the favor are part of life on the internet. Sometimes you just meet up with people bring out the worst in you and you with them. She's gone back to her conference and as she noted it's not really the place for me. So be it. I can respect that. I remember seeing Labyrinth. I really enjoyed it. I don't know if my son, Alun, is old enough for it though. He's eight but I think it might be better to wait about 2 years or so. The role in Labryinth was really a good one for Bowie. He always seemed so other-worldly that roles such as that and The Man Who Fell to Earth really suited him. It's really funny that I worry about my son seeing Labyrinth. All this summer he's been pestering my husband and me to take him to see Gladiator. Over my dead body. That is not a movie fit for any child. Alex, my husband, says that it's a movie for grown women where they can slober and grovel over Russell Crowe's thighs. I think he might be just a tad insecure. Glad to be here!

i had heard that the gladiator was a good one. maggie: i haven't seen labyrinth in a while so i can't remember if it drags or not!!

Yup, I really enjoyed Gladiator. However, I definitely wouldn't take a youngish kid. I sat and squirmed in my seat at the beginning - it was SO gory that I really wondered if I was going to be able to stay!!! Having said that, the violence is appropriate for the story, and as a young friend of mine said to me 'if you use a sword, it gets messy!'. The music is great and really adds to the film, I think some of it has become popular in it's own right in the UK too. For me the extreme violence made me feel uncomfortable, and I spent quite a bit of the film with my eyes shut. However, the bits in between more than made up for that - excellent storyline. Funnily enough there was a Roman weekend on TV recently and seeing the 'real' gladiator story and discussion on Roman warfare tactics made me realise again how good the film had been ....and having seen the film, added to my enjoyment of the TV programmes.

The documentary sounds interesting. Some great background for the movie. I did take my son to see Chicken Run and Fantasia 2000. He liked them both. I think I liked Chicken Run a bit than he did though. That pretty much is because I got all the film references in the movie, such as the Great Escape, Stalag 17, etc. He liked a lot of the new Fantasia. His favorite segment was the first one. The music was the Pines of Rome and it used computer animation of whales. It truly was breathtaking. He also liked the one holdover from the orignal film, The Sorcerer's Apprentice with Mickey Mouse.

We (husband and me) went to see Chicken Run ...and enjoyed it on the same level as you Carys. I have yet to go and see Stuart Little .....