We just watched Lord of the Rings, and Sparky thought Gollum made a good case for eating raw fish and rabbits. Sparky wanted to post a picture as Sh-beagle.
Category: Movies (Page 7 of 10)
Sparky and I watched another Christmas movie. Die Hard is so good, that we also watched the corresponding episode of The Movies That Made Us. It was a leap of faith to take Bruce Willis from Moonlighting and turn him into John McClane, but not such a big leap since everyone else turned down the role. Frank Sinatra had right of first refusal, but he was too old and rich to do it. Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Clint Eastwood, and a bunch of other actors wouldn’t go for it.
For the science deniers who can’t accept that Die Hard is a Christmas movie, here is definitive proof.
IMDB has a useful advanced search page. The search was for movies rated over 8.0, in English and with more than 100,000 votes. IMDB started in 1990, so that may explain the lower rankings before 1990.
Since I may be two-thirds of the way through a Christmas miracle, I decided to watch Miracle on 34th Street.
Sparky and I are watching Isle of Dogs from 2018. We are enjoying it, but it may not be for everyone. Being directed by Wes Anderson would be quirky enough, but it’s filmed in stop motion animation. It looks like an indie film, but has loads of voice talent. The dogs are voiced by Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray , Yoko Ono, and others.
On Youtube, I was watching responses to the trailer for Disney’s live-action Snow White movie coming out next year. It’s not doing well.
Can’t Stop the Music is the movie that featured the YMCA music video, so I decided to watch it. The movie is on Youtube. It has an IMDB rating of 4.3. It is bad, so I’m watching it in German to avoid the painful dialogue. Even though it takes place in NYC, it is a fascinating depiction of the disco era.
Sparky and I are having a lovely morning. He is napping by the fire, and I’m watching, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. While browsing online, someone mentioned this movie from 1969 as Maggie Smith’s break-out role. She won an Academy Award for it.
The Wild Robot is an animated movie about a robot that is shipwrecked on an island with no humans, but plenty of wild life. The robot needs a task, so ends up with the job of raising a baby goose.
Die Welle, aka The Wave, is 2008 German movie about a free-spirit teacher who gets in over his head. It’s got sub-titles, but worth watching anyway.
Weller gets the bright idea to show them, rather than tell them. He takes on the role of a charismatic leader, and gradually introduces fascistic policies. Kids are gullible, and are eager to finally hear from someone with all of the answers. The students love it, and surprisingly, so does Mr. Weller. The whole thing goes tits-up by the end of the week.