oh yeah also the color of money and lets not forget the movie that gave us the phrase Greed is Good wallstreet, ok and the sting was great also

I will grant you that the movie was well done, however, in most my cases my opinions favor the books as opposed to the movies. Mostly because of time constraints and artistic liberties they don't get it quite right; which when you're an avid reader such as myself and have one of those weird minds where you remember stuff you've read for years it can be annoying.

Old movies! Ckassic? Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe, The Birds & Psycho, but I have shoes older than most of the rest. :wobbly:

wow pf buy some new shoes all those movies are over 20 years old

Too true! It is very difficult to create a motion picture as good as your imagination. LOTR is a vivid example.

People who go to movies in a conscious ploy to evade reading the book are only getting someone's interpretation of that book.

2001/2010 are shining examples of superior movies, where the author played a part in the movie.

... and Contact was an example of the movie NOT working. :eek:

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I think that the LOTR movies were very well done. A really good example of they got really close but weren't quite right is a movie I actually got to see last night. Where the Red Fern Grows. I have had the same copy of that book for (like PF's shoes) 20 years. Have read it multiple times. In fact if there is one book in my collection I know better than any other it's that one. They did a fine job on the movie, the overall points of the book were gotten to and well delivered, however they messed up a few scenes from the book, cut some others, changed a few lines here and there. Overall a good movie, but the book is much better.

I would like to say that if you have younger children I would not let them watch the movie unless you think they can handle the idea of death. They included the scene where a young boy, Rubin Pritchard, dies and of course the last two chapters of the book where Bill Coleman and his two dogs fight a mountain lion ultimately killing one dog and the other dies of loss of will to live. At least with the book, you skip these parts.

Yes, the LOTR films were well done, but they failed to capture much of what Professor Tolkien wrote.

Following up on your assessment of “A Few Good Men”, as an excellent Courtroom Drama, I recommend “12 Angry Men”.

ok took 19 hours to dl it but shogun was really good its a mini-series from 1980.


also shaolin soccer nuff said



also two people admitted that indie 4 sucked
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai..._jones_fil.html

Planet 51. I just watched it and it has so many allusions and homages to sci-fi movies, as well as a harsh humour. A desert road with a deserted diner is a nod at "The Invaders", and so many others.

I'm about to watch it again to catch stuff I missed on the first pass.

GG, there's a bit in there you won't like.

Lord Of The Rings was pure awesomeness!! I actually preferred the movies to the books.

Iron Man 1 ~ really enjoyed this cant wait to see the 2nd

CrossRoads ~ bluesy goodness

Dirty Dancing ~ To me its a classic and i love it everytime i watch it

Ghost ~ still manages to make me cry in the same place *L*

Highlander series ~ fan of the immortals (tho i really hated the last movie blah, only watched it for the actors, and even then it was a painful experience)

You can disagree *LOL* Personally i couldnt stand 90210, but i do love Twilight~

I really like Depp, but after seeing shorts of Alice in Wonderland, i cant bring myself to watch it...He darnwell creeps me out in it. Same as his version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...ewwwwwwwwwwww

I was dragged to see Alice by herself, and loved it. It had some huge drifts from the Carroll mainstream, but it was good. And it's Tim Burton.