Movies on DVD thread 2

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   I like Copperfield. I have a hankering to find a good version of Great Expectations.

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Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22625	Quote Reply Topic: Movies on DVD thread 2 Posted: 19 Aug 2011 at 5:42am
	I like Copperfield. I have a hankering to find a good version of Great Expectations.

Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15318	Quote Reply Posted: 20 Aug 2011 at 11:12am
	Charles Dickens: David Copperfield -> It's in the queue! Sounds great, and with Radcliffe in it I bet daughter wants to watch it too.

Bob Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Location: Piney woods Tex Posts: 11349	Quote Reply Posted: 21 Aug 2011 at 7:12pm
	This is a relatively oldie and you all have probably seen it but thought I'd mention it in case. A Time to Kill, a '96 flik with Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, both generations of Sutherlands, Patrick McGoohan, Kevin Spacey, and Samuel L. Jackson. A crack cast and a good story of the racial south (Mississippi) in about 1980 or so. Adapted from a John Grisham book and a first rate movie IMO. I had seen it before but watched again on some satellite channel.

Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22625	Quote Reply Posted: 27 Aug 2011 at 2:11pm
	A Time to Kill is in my queue, thanks. Think I've seen it but even if so I'll enjoy it again. I watched Once Upon a Time in the West last night. Had been meaning to for years as it's on everyones top 100 movie list and is number 20 on the IMDB users poll. Dunno. It was okay after the first 45 minutes and I understand the directors intent on lingering facial shots but heck, most of those actors couldn't emote pain if they had a knife sticking in their back so for me it just causes things to drag. After the first 45 minutes it was okay but only just okay, certainly not the 20th best movie I've ever seen. I'd much rather have watched Rio Bravo or Silverardo or even Pale Rider.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29686	Quote Reply Posted: 27 Aug 2011 at 3:09pm
	Whew...it's been too long since I seen it...but since I can't remember that much about it I assume that means I wasn't overly impressed. But it did have Jack Elam.

Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22625	Quote Reply Posted: 27 Aug 2011 at 3:17pm
	It did but only for a brief scene. Plus Jason Robards, Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson. Not a bad cast, just didn't do it for me.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29686	Quote Reply Posted: 27 Aug 2011 at 10:39pm
	Speaking of John Wayne...American Profile magazine (a weekend newspaper insert) has the Duke featured today: Remembering John Wayne \| AmericanProfile.com plus a John Wayne sweepstakes: John Wayne Sweepstakes \| AmericanProfile.com

Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22625	Quote Reply Posted: 28 Aug 2011 at 5:13am
	Cool and I'm in for the prizes. Watched The Beaver last night. Surprisingly good. I'd of preferred car chases, explosions and blonds of course but still....

Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15318	Quote Reply Posted: 28 Aug 2011 at 8:02am
	Watched Copperfield with my sweetie and my youngest. We all enjoyed it very much. Watched both episodes back to back.

Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22625	Quote Reply Posted: 30 Aug 2011 at 8:26pm
	I never saw the tv series but The A-Team movie was a hoot, was very surprised but there ya go.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29686	Quote Reply Posted: 30 Aug 2011 at 8:57pm
	Never saw the movie...but the TV series was great. Murdock (sp?) was my hero.

Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15318	Quote Reply Posted: 30 Aug 2011 at 9:03pm
	heh, heh... I watched both and the movie seemed like the real story behind the TV show. (I liked Murdock the best as well.)

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29686	Quote Reply Posted: 05 Sep 2011 at 7:12pm
	No idea when this will be on DVD. The girls decided to do "something" today and I went along. A movie in the big city. It was either The Smurfs or Zookeeper...at the $3 movie place. I don't like little blue people, so..... Zookeeper (2011) - IMDb It was corny. Jumped around a lot it seems instead of flowing smoothly. Sure won't win any awards. But when it was all over...we actually enjoyed it. For one time. It had us laughing. And afterward I released....no sex...no cussing...which surprised me after seeing that Adam Sandler was one of the co-producers or some such. (And I hate Adam Sandler!)

Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15318	Quote Reply Posted: 05 Sep 2011 at 8:39pm
	Sounds like a good one to pick up on Netflix or rental.

Bob Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Location: Piney woods Tex Posts: 11349	Quote Reply Posted: 12 Sep 2011 at 11:22pm
	The Jesse Stone movies might have been mentioned in this thread. It's a series of movies with Tom Selleck and based on Robert B. Parker's novels. I've watched two now and I like the character a lot. The stories might be a little spotty as the one I watched last night was pretty good, not great. An earlier one was quite good. Worth a watch though IMO. I think there are seven of them.

Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22625	Quote Reply Posted: 13 Sep 2011 at 5:07am
	Seen all of them, just think they're outstanding. Some are better than others but overall they've maintained the quality of the production/acting/writing over the entire series.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29686	Quote Reply Posted: 13 Sep 2011 at 3:13pm
	We enjoy it. Or at least I do....but I'll have to check now for channel and times.

Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15318	Quote Reply Posted: 14 Sep 2011 at 2:20am
	I've got a bunch in the Netflix queue but have not seen any yet. Does each movie stand on it's own or should we watch them in order?

Bob Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Location: Piney woods Tex Posts: 11349	Quote Reply Posted: 14 Sep 2011 at 5:48am
	AFAIK each is self contained.

Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22625	Quote Reply Posted: 14 Sep 2011 at 6:20am
	Agreed, self contained but better if watched in order as there's some background stuff that'll make more sense. Nothing that's critical to the story but I would think it makes it more enjoyable.