I will have to see if our local theatre has it.
My wife has told me of visiting some of the sites where they filmed when she visited Europe with other students in the late 80's.

My Dear Hobbit. I have seen most of the movies you mention, save for Boy in the Striped Pajamas, and only part of I Am Legend. All are rather good.
Master, and Commander is by far the best of the lot, and I must warn you The KIng's Speech has some language in it.

I am trying to find a copy of Spaced Invaders, but no video place has it. It came out in 1990. I consider it a classic sci-fi spoof, small town attacked by little green men, a zombie, mob with guns, even having a reference to War of the Worlds.

^ Most movies these days contain course language well a greater percentage to. Some of which is not needed. I understand that sometimes it gives a movie the intended reaction.

starkat, I believe The Sound of Music was the first movie I ever saw in the cinema; I was but a lad when it originally released in 1965. Ah, memories!

(The other option for the first one I ever saw was Bambi, seen at a drive-in at about the same time. /random).

My mom told me it was the second movie she went to see. Her dad took her and a friend and they even dressed up. Not sure if it was dress up as in fancy or dress up as in "in costume".

It made me really happy I got to see it with her. My grandfather passed away when I was 2, so I never really knew him. It was just one of those small glimpses into family history.

starkat, I believe The Sound of Music was the first movie I ever saw in the cinema; I was but a lad when it originally released in 1965. Ah, memories!

(The other option for the first one I ever saw was Bambi, seen at a drive-in at about the same time. /random).

I love The sound of music! Liesel is my favorite character.

That is very cool, starkat! The Sound of Music came here a year ago May as part of Cineplex's Classic Film Series. It was wonderful seeing it on the big screen again, indeed!

My Dear Hobbit. I have seen most of the movies you mention, save for Boy in the Striped Pajamas, and only part of I Am Legend. All are rather good.
Master, and Commander is by far the best of the lot, and I must warn you The KIng's Speech has some language in it.

Yes, thanks. I should have mentioned that those films I listed I have already seen—some multiple times—and enjoyed them so much that they're all due for a re-view. And indeed, many kudos for Master and Commander. Now I want to read the book!

I highly recommend The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. It's a very tough one emotionally (have you read the book?), and so excellent. Basically, it's historical fiction. And the acting, noting particularly the two young boys, is very well done. I've been trying to get hold of the sheet music, but unfortunately it's not accessible. Even the soundtrack is not available in hard copy, for I had to purchase it online via the MP3 format, then transfer it to a CD. I'd also love to get The King's Speech sheet music, but it's hard to find as well.

Hello hello.

So, in school, I'm taking a Film History Class and it is very enjoyable so far! We'll be looking at history of film along with social impacts etc. along with animation history. It has been a lot of fun watching how moving pictures are becoming stories. I saw A Trip to the Moon ; I have to give it to them--they had some pretty inventive special effects for such an early film! Today, we saw The Great Train Robbery and Charlie Chaplin's The Immigrant . Both were quite interesting. We all laughed in TGTR at the uh, dummy-stuntman and the random dancing people. A couple parts in The Immigrant gave me a chuckle. But.. yeah. It's really nice to see how these films came about. (And for the aspiring/extremely novice animator, it is very... "Wow, that was inventive." )

...many kudos for Master and Commander. Now I want to read the book!

Love Master and Commander. I have to say though that my brother has read some of the books and was not real impressed with them.

On Tuesday, Mom, the big kids, and I watched How To Steal A Million (1966) starring Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, and Eli Wallach on Turner Classic Movies. It was hilarious! We had a great time watching it, I highly recommend it.

And tonight, Road To Morocco is going to be on TCM, I’m excited about seeing it again. It’s been years since the last time I watch it and when I last saw it was on VHS.

SnowAngel

I watched an older flick yesterday while Wifester was sleeping called The Island (1980) starring Michael Caine and David Warner.

The plot begins with an investigate reporter (Caine) doing a story on a number of missing ships in the Caribbean, something like 60 a year. So he takes his son down to check things out and discovers that it's not the mystical Bermuda Triangle but rather an ancient band of pirates who have remained isolated from the outside world for 400 years. The buccaneers have held to their original ways and prey on passing pleasure boats to provide supplies. However the group is becoming infertile due to generations of inbreeding, so they keep young children on passing ships and brainwash them to become "new blood" for the group. They capture Caine and his kid and brainwash the latter and begin to mold him into the future leader of the pirates, while Caine they keep alive because almost all of them are illiterate. It was fun watching Caine go from being a meek man and to transform into a creature of vengeance as he comes to really loathe the pirates, especially Warner, who plays the pirate leader. The film is pretty gritty stuff and no one sees the business end of a shower head anywhere in the flick. The pirates are violent and base and as uncouth and vicious with their own people as they are with their victims. There's a final battle that takes place on a US Coast Guard cutter and which remains probably the most iconic scene from the film. The acting's not bad, although pirates are hard enough to understand and worse so when you're talking about ones who lost their teeth a long, long time ago, so watch it with close captioning if you can.

3 1/2 stars for this cult favorite film based on a Peter Benchley novel, the same guy who wrote Jaws.

Shadowlander.

I read the book a few decades ago. It was a rather interesting read. Benchley had an interesting idea about the pirates, but I must admit I found it a little far-fetched. I have only seen bits of the film, but going by what you said it sounds like it follows the book pretty close.

Yuck, SL!

Last night, I watched The 39 Steps (1935) and The Lady Vanishes (1938) with the other big kids. Both were very good, although of the two I think I liked The Lady Vanishes better.

I'm hoping to go the library tomorrow, and get a couple of other Alfred Hitchcock movies. So far, my siblings and I have really enjoyed the ones we have chosen to watch.

SnowAngel

Yuck? Huh? What did I do now?

This weekend I had the opportunity to watch some relatively new flick named Lockout.

Set in 2079 the film features Guy Pearce as wisecracking CIA agent Snow, who is accused of a crime he didn't commit. He's slated to be sent to the MS One orbital prison where he will be put in cryogenic stasis for 30 years. Meanwhile the President's daughter Emilie (played by Maggie Grace, the snotty blonde chick from Lost) visits MS One on some errand of mercy to see if the long term stasis systems are having derogatory effects on the prisoners. One thing leads to another and before you know it the prisoners escape stasis and are running things. The President wants his kid back so they cut a deal with Snow to go up and rescue her. In return he gets his freedom back.

Actually if the plot sounds familiar it's because it's a blatant retread of Escape From New York and Escape from LA. The idea of a spaceborne prison system is pretty cool as is the long term frozen stasis concept, and the graphics and sound effects are neat-o, but by and large if you've seen either of the Escape movies you're watching the same thing here. Plus one point for Lennie James (whom I'm' becoming a big fan of) being in the flick as a CIA operative attempting to help our hero, and plus one more for Peter Stormare (the crazy Russian cosmonaut in Armageddon), but very little else is going on here. Well, except for the two wacko Scottish guys running the prison revolt. Minus 2 for it being a decent but ultimately flat remake of one of the great sci-fi/action flicks of the 1980's.

Good for a watch. Will be really original to you if you haven't seen either of the aforementioned Escape flicks. Three stars.

*laughs*

It appears your taste in movies does not jive with the more delicate and refined sensibilities of the young miss, Shadow.

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Well, I recently saw several films that have been on my "to see" list, so now I get to post some mini reviews!

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

FINALLY got around to seeing this one on DVD and it was... O.K. As the closing film to the Dark Knight Trilogy it was decent, but nowhere as good as it should have been. All the technical aspects were top notch and the characters were still likable. Unfortunately, this installment had so many moments that made me go "... huh? What??" and thus pulled me out of the moment so that it's definitely my least favorite of the series. Still, it's good and worth a watch (especially those last 8 minutes ).

In the end, you can really compare the Dark Knight trilogy with the original Star Wars trilogy: first is really good, the second is a transcendent masterpiece and the third is O.K/good but not up to the standard of the previous ones.

SCORE: 3/5

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Les Miserables (1998)

I should probably start by saying that I'm not a huge fan of this story nor have I ever read the book, so I'm simply reviewing this as a film.

I actually really enjoyed this, despite it's continual down-beat tone for most of the flick. The acting was solid, the story engaging, the score AMAZING (Basil Poledouris for the WIN!), cinematography beautiful and realistic time period vibe appreciated. Liam Neeson and Geoffrey Rush were both great and even Claire Danes was good (plus rather cute).

The only other adaptation of Les Mis I had seen was the 1950's version, so by comparison I much preferred this version and it's much more realistic portrayal of France during this time period. Though the lack of French accents for most of the cast was still amusing.

SCORE: 4/5
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Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

AND I finally got around to watching some Miyazaki films thanks to my cousin. Yes, yes... I'm late to the party, so shush.

Of the movies by Studio Ghibli that I watched, this one is by far my favorite all around film. I love the 80's Sci-Fi/Fantasy vibe of the whole thing and the characters are both likable and fun to tag along with. Highly recommend to everyone, especially to you, Shadow.

There is an ecological message to this one, but it's handled in a more subtly way so that you don't feel browbeaten by the end of the movie.

SCORE: 4 1/2 out of 5

Yuck? Huh? What did I do now?

What do you think you did?

*laughs*

It appears your taste in movies does not jive with the more delicate and refined sensibilities of the young miss, Shadow.

Some of the movies SL likes are great, but others are... I suppose it's the airman in him.

Does anyone know if The Italian Job (1969) is good? It's going to be TCM tonight and we might watch it, if it's good.

We are going to go to the library on Friday if the weather is good. And then I'm going to try to get Key Largo (1948), Saboteur (1942), and if it's at the library The Bourne Legacy.

SnowAngel

SnowAngel, of course "The Italian Job" is good, it stars Michael Caine!

PrincessCor, You really didn't like "The Dark Knight Rises"? Wow. I think it's a bit convoluted but I enjoyed every minute of it. The movie is very obviously modelled on Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" (of which I never got very far).
It's great to hear that you enjoyed Miyazaki's "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" though. That's a favourite of mine.