What Movies Have You Seen Lately?

Leo62 · Post by **Leo62** » Sat February 14th, 2009, 10:32 pm

[quote=""LoveHistory""]

BTW has anybody seen the "other" The Other Boleyn Girl from the 1980s? Jodhi May starred in it. Netflix says there's a very long wait for it, and I'm wondering if it's any good.[/quote]

I have, and SonjaMarie is quite right, it was a dramatisation by the BBC about 5 or 6 years ago. I liked it. It's certainly much better than the movie (not difficult, I know :rolleyes

. I haven't read the book, so can't comment on how close it is as an adaptation. Jodhi May was excellent as Anne Boleyn tho.

MLE (Emily Cotton) · Post by **MLE (Emily Cotton)** » Sat February 14th, 2009, 11:26 pm

I watched the Queen yesterday. Very interesting portrait of Elizabeth II.
We just got netflix, and I'm amazed at the titles available. Not much of a movie-watcher, but I'm thinking I'm going to be seeing more, as somehow baby and book don't mix quite as well as baby and dvd.

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sat February 14th, 2009, 11:40 pm

I borrowed Girl with a Pearl Earring from my public library and will watch it sometime this weekend. I read the book in January, enjoyed it very much, and am interested in how it was depicted on film.

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Sat February 14th, 2009, 11:44 pm

We just came back from seeing Coraline, and I still feel like I'm in another world, aka Dorothy or Alice. Very well done, good adaptation of the book (tho quite a bit weirder). I can't imagine any other director doing this

BTW, I wouldn't take young kids to this. If your child can handle the wicked witch of the west, she's old enough.

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sat February 14th, 2009, 11:46 pm

[quote=""MLE""]We just got netflix, and I'm amazed at the titles available.[/quote]

I've been trying to talk husband into getting Netflix. He says we have too many unwatched DVDs and videos, which is true!

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sun February 15th, 2009, 1:51 am

[quote=""Susan""]I borrowed Girl with a Pearl Earring from my public library and will watch it sometime this weekend. I read the book in January, enjoyed it very much, and am interested in how it was depicted on film.[/quote]

My husband and I just watched this film. He hated it. I thought it was visually stunning, but was very disappointed with the dramatic representation. I can't remember when I saw a film with less dialogue.

SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Sun February 15th, 2009, 6:39 am

"Undercover Blues"

SM

Leyland · Post by **Leyland** » Sun February 15th, 2009, 3:18 pm

I watched Fool's Gold on HBO last night and enjoyed the romantic treasure-hunting adventure. The story is set in the Bahamas and Key West and I really loved the scenery. I kept thinking 'Key West looks really different than the last time I was there in the mid 1980's, maybe I need to roadtrip down there and hang out for a few days'. I just looked up the film locations in IMDb and they're pretty much all Australia.

Oh well, guess I won't be roadtripping now, but I would love to hop a plane and visit Queensland!

LoveHistory · Post by **LoveHistory** » Sun February 15th, 2009, 5:04 pm

[quote=""SonjaMarie""]The "first" "The Other Boleyn Girl" came out in 2003, not the 80s.

SM[/quote]

Oops! Sorry about that. I keep getting adaptations of various films mixed up.

LoveHistory · Post by **LoveHistory** » Sun February 15th, 2009, 5:05 pm

Finished TOBG. Ending is beyond ridiculous! David Morissey was great, and I thought Eric Bana did a good job as well.