Did anyone else watch the new Hallmark movie, When Calls The Heart, when it premiered on Saturday? I watched it with two of my sisters, we were all disappointed with it. When Calls The Heart is among my favorite Janette Oke books, the movie didn't even come close to the book. Elizabeth and Wynn, who are the main characters in the book, were barely in the movie. I was really hoping this movie would be good even though it was made by Hallmark, but it was only okay.

SnowAngel

When Calls The Heart is among my favorite Janette Oke books, the movie didn't even come close to the book. Elizabeth and Wynn, who are the main characters in the book, were barely in the movie.

Woah, wait, what? Who on earth was the movie about instead, SA? o_O I had no idea they were making any adaptations of Janette Oke's besides the Love Comes Softly series.

Yeah, I have to say, I hadn't heard about this one, last time I looked I had thought they were doing "A Gown of Spanish Lace." (That is Janette Oke, isn't it? )

I'm sorry you were disappointed SA, I hadn't watched it the film, but I don't think I will, I don't really care for the Love Comes Softly series, so I can see where you're coming from. The whole series was really missing the point, and certainly the Christian ascpect, of the story. And coming from Michael Landon's son, I would of thought it would have been better.

There were two story lines in the movie of WCTH, Elizabeth and Wynn (like the book) and a niece Beth and her Mountie friend Edward. The movie was mainly about Beth who reads her aunt Elizabeth's journal, so Elizabeth and Wynn's story was more of a flashback. Beth goes west to teach like Elizabeth.

They are making a TV series about Beth and it's suppose be on Hallmark in January. It looks like it going to be like the book, Where Courage Calls by Janette Oke and Laurel Oke Logan, that's being released in February. Maybe since the book seems to go with the TV series instead of the other way around, it could be good.

Yes, A Gown of Spanish Lace is one of Janette Oke's books. I hadn't heard about A Gown of Spanish movie, I hope they don't make it. They have messed up enough of Janette Oke's books already.

I'm sorry you were disappointed SA, I hadn't watched it the film, but I don't think I will, I don't really care for the Love Comes Softly series, so I can see where you're coming from. The whole series was really missing the point, and certainly the Christian aspect, of the story. And coming from Michael Landon's son, I would of thought it would have been better.

Yeah, we really hoping this movie would turn out better than the Love Comes Softly series did. We stopped watching the Love Comes Softly movies after the fourth one, I liked the first two, but the rest...

SnowAngel

I hadn't heard about A Gown of Spanish movie, I hope they don't make it. They have messed up enough of Janette Oke's books already.

Agreed. But unfortunately, they are, at least, they're going to, according to producer and screenwriter Brian Bird. (In the comments:)

As for “Gown of Spanish Lace,” stay tuned for more news — a screenplay is in the works

http://brianbird.net/2011/04/08/beverly-lewis-the-shunning-premiering-april-16/

Ugh.

I have to say, I haven't really looked forward to a specific Christian film in a long time, they seem to be going way off track, either you can barely see anything at all in them that would define them as "Christian", or the adaptions of books are so far off its ridiculous. Beverly Lewis & Janette Oke come to mind, to name a few, which is weird to me considering the fact that Lewis is still living, it's not like she wouldn't have some type of say in the matter.

Once the author sells the rights to their property, that's it. I think some are more picky in their negotiations, but I remember a few years ago Susan Cooper sold The Dark is Rising rights to Walden and Fox and that movie was butchered and there was little she could do about it.

Oh, well, that's kind of disappoint, SA. So this adaptation was connected to the new series coming out, and not so much the original quartet, or even the single sequel, whose name I don't remember?
Mmhmm, I saw the first four or five Love Comes Softly movies, but yeah...far too many deviations and liberties and not even necessarily ones that made sense.

o_O Great, they're doing A Gown of Spanish Lace too? Well...maybe if it's a standalone and there's no series they're trying to kick off, maybe they'll stick reasonably close. It did have a fair amount of drama in it.

I watched Iron Man 3 for the first time last night with the Wife and kid (who was glued to the screen the whole time...not bad for a 2 year old) and generally liked it. There was a surprising lack of Iron Man in it, to be sure..and I didn't care for the renaming of War Machine either. He's War Machine, namby pambies...get over it! The ending was...well, I'm really concerned. Are they making more Iron Man films? There seemed an awful lot of finality about it and it soured the whole movie for me. Ben Kingsley stole the show.

watched Muppet Christmas Carol last weekend for the time. Sort of a tradition for our house this season. I always wonder just how Micheal Cain ever kept a straight face in that movie.

Shadowlander, to my knowledge, RDJ's contract has expired and they haven't renegotiated it yet, so there is some question of whether he will be coming back as Iron Man or not.

I love The Muppet Christmas Carol, Puddleglum! We haven't had a chance to watch it this year, but maybe we can sneak it in before the year is officially over...

SL, I don't think they're planning any more Iron Man movies, but I heard rumours that they're still trying to bring him back for the second Avengers movie. We'll just have to see what happens with contracts and such, though, as Arwenel said.

I recently saw Now You See Me with my mom and sisters; Winter and I are at disagreement with the rest of the family about the ending of the movie. We think

I also saw Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing; it took about 2/3rds of the movie for most of us to keep everyone straight, but it was pretty good. I could've done without several of the scenes, but I loved

The last movie I saw was Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. It's been a while since I read the book, but while it wasn't a great adaptation, it was still a decent movie, and I thought they handled both Tyson and Clarisse fairly well. Plus, they did keep at least some semblance of

The last movie I saw was Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. It's been a while since I read the book, but while it wasn't a great adaptation, it was still a decent movie

I saw Sea of Monsters in the theatres with my friend who seemed to of enjoyed it. I personally found it kind of boring, predictable and very forgettable. I left the theatre thinking it could of been so much more.

I sew Gravity tonight for the first time,technically speaking the film is amazing the visual and sound mixing are great and I though Sandra Bullock was great especially since shes the only actor in the film for most of it,the story is vary simple but the film so thrill ride so is didn't matter, over all I though is was vary good especially if you like thrillers

8/10

Nellie and I are going to see The Princess Bride on the big screen tomorrow. It's part of Cineplex's Classic Film series. Only 6 bucks. When I first saw TPB a number of years ago, I just found it silly. The second time was at wisewoman's house where I began to see the creative humour in the film and enjoyed more than a few laughs with friends, so I'm hoping this time I will enjoy it even more. Nellie has liked the movie since Day 1. I have heard it said that this fun fairy tale parody can really grow on you.

Inconceivable!

Enjoy TPB, jo! My brother and I saw it in the theater in Seattle back when it first came out, and we were disappointed in how silly it was. I'm not sure what we expected.

But it indeed grew on us on repeated viewings and now I'm one of those who quotes it at random moments.

Narnia fan 7, I saw Gravity for the first time a few weeks ago, and agree that it's visually stunning and quite a thrill ride, and enjoyed it for those reasons. But I was distracted by the mistreatment (so to speak) of the title force (gravity), as shown in orbital mechanics and so on. (Yeah, I'm something of a space geek )

Also saw Mission to Mars (2000) over the Easter weekend. It had some familiar faces, like Gary Sinise, who was in another space movie (Apollo 13) and Jerry O'Connell (TV's Sliders). In my opinion it turned out to be something of a remake of 2001: A Space Odyssey for a new generation.