Are you tired of this yet? I'm not. And because it's my blog, you're all at my whims and mercies. Heh heh heh.
The English Patient - Ay yi yi. This is a gorgeous love story, set in North Africa before and during WWII. Told mostly in flashback - the memories of a badly burned "Englishman", it tells a tale of forbidden romance, and who doesn't love a forbidden romance, eh? This is one of the rare occasions where I enjoyed the movie far more than the novel it's based on. It's long, so take a nap first. And if you, like me, luuuuurrrve yourself some Naveen Andrews (Sayid on Lost), then you'll be happy you watched.
Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil - This is another movie based on a book, this time a "true crime" story (at least it started that way) by John Berendt which ends up as a saga about society in Savannah, GA. Kevin Spacey is sooooo good in this movie. Here I appreciated BOTH the novel and the movie equally as well.
The Princess Bride - My sister admonished me yesterday for not having included this movie yet. It's fairly obvious why this movie is so well-liked, so I'll just give you some of my history with it. TPB most likely holds the place as the movie I have seen the most times - very likely in the 200 range. I remember a Superbowl party with friends of ours once where we watched it twice in succession - once where we all stayed quiet, and once where we were allowed to recite all the lines along with it. I can still do it. HA!
Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter & The Order of The Phoenix - These are my two favorite HP movies. I know some people hate how much they cut out of the books, but they are seriously LONG books, and 10-year olds just can't sit through a 4 hour movie. Anyhow, these two are good. I'm really looking forward to the last 2 movies.
Much Ado About Nothing - Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington, Robert Sean Leonard and gorgeous Italian scenery. Enough said. The only flaw - Keanu Reeves. Ick.
The English Patient - Ay yi yi. This is a gorgeous love story, set in North Africa before and during WWII. Told mostly in flashback - the memories of a badly burned "Englishman", it tells a tale of forbidden romance, and who doesn't love a forbidden romance, eh? This is one of the rare occasions where I enjoyed the movie far more than the novel it's based on. It's long, so take a nap first. And if you, like me, luuuuurrrve yourself some Naveen Andrews (Sayid on Lost), then you'll be happy you watched.
Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil - This is another movie based on a book, this time a "true crime" story (at least it started that way) by John Berendt which ends up as a saga about society in Savannah, GA. Kevin Spacey is sooooo good in this movie. Here I appreciated BOTH the novel and the movie equally as well.
The Princess Bride - My sister admonished me yesterday for not having included this movie yet. It's fairly obvious why this movie is so well-liked, so I'll just give you some of my history with it. TPB most likely holds the place as the movie I have seen the most times - very likely in the 200 range. I remember a Superbowl party with friends of ours once where we watched it twice in succession - once where we all stayed quiet, and once where we were allowed to recite all the lines along with it. I can still do it. HA!
Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter & The Order of The Phoenix - These are my two favorite HP movies. I know some people hate how much they cut out of the books, but they are seriously LONG books, and 10-year olds just can't sit through a 4 hour movie. Anyhow, these two are good. I'm really looking forward to the last 2 movies.
Much Ado About Nothing - Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington, Robert Sean Leonard and gorgeous Italian scenery. Enough said. The only flaw - Keanu Reeves. Ick.
2 comments:
Boy, you sure do like some boring movies... the English Patient? Come on, that one put me to sleep!
I tried to comment on your last post, but I had trouble. What I was going to say was, "I LOST MY HAND! I LOST MY BRIDE!!!"
I can't believe that you like The English Patient but not Mr. & Mrs. Bridge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have a video of Moonstruck you could borrow sometime. Movies of Henry are always welcome!!!! plm
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