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[shyvas]

Yesterday I watched a Dog Named Christmas. I had forgotten how good it was.
Today was the Christmas Shepherd. Also very good but the first half was very emotional.

I don't usually like most of the Christmas films but the Christmas Shepherd is one that I really like. Agree about how
heart wrenching some of the storyline is; especially when the dog is taken back by the original (mum) owner.

 

[Lou]

I started watching Cold Mountain. I couldn't remember why I had avoided it back in the day. but I was shortly reminded - it is f-ing brutal.

 

[Lou]

I got a new computer last week and I've been spending a little time each day in cleaning out old files.

Found a copy of a movie from a long time ago - and started it around lunch time and ended up watching the whole thing.

It's called Swing Girls. I'm pretty sure I've seen it dubbed in English. But the copy I had was with poorly written English subtitles.

Anyway, I think I enjoyed it more the second time around. Oh and the rural Japanese scenery was great

Swing Girls - Wikipedia

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[KLS52]

I don't usually like most of the Christmas films but the Christmas Shepherd is one that I really like. Agree about how
heart wrenching some of the storyline is; especially when the dog is taken back by the original (mum) owner.

I think I found it more upsetting that she didn’t take the dog back right away…the despair she was feeling when she was searching for him with no luck, only to finally find him and not being able to take him right away. I thought she was more than gracious/compassionate to the young girl who was going through her own loss. But still…I can’t imagine having to leave my dog with the dad and daughter…it’s not like they didn’t know the dog belonged to the mom/mum. I struggled with that part of it. But such a nice ending, as if we didn’t know that would happen, being Hallmark, lol.

 

[shyvas]

I think I found it more upsetting that she didn’t take the dog back right away…the despair she was feeling when she was searching for him with no luck, only to finally find him and not being able to take him right away. I thought she was more than gracious/compassionate to the young girl who was going through her own loss. But still…I can’t imagine having to leave my dog with the dad and daughter…it’s not like they didn’t know the dog belonged to the mom/mum. I struggled with that part of it. But such a nice ending, as if we didn’t know that would happen, being Hallmark, lol.

You are right about the fact that she let the girl keep her pet. It didn't seem logical as he did belong to her. Well, it's a HM film so the
ending was predictable. Never happens IRL!

 

[Raven]

I realised before that documentary I was getting the Unabomber confused with Timothy McVeigh.

I watched Terminator 2 last night. A stone cold classic.

 

[Raven]

I just watched The Thing. Another classic. So tense even though I have seen it about 50 times.

 

[Emma JC]

last night we rented Elvis and it was very good, very sad and timely and worth the rental for sure

Emma JC
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[Raven]

We watched Sick earlier, it is a slasher film set in the early days of Covid. I jumped a few times.

Sick review – Scream creator’s Covid-era slasher is efficiently nasty | Horror films | The Guardian

 

[Raven]

I have watched a couple of classic older films again recently. The Fugitive and then I started watching In The Line of Fire last night. I am going to watch the end of that when I get back from my walk this morning.

 

[Emma JC]

we watched Where the Crawdad's Sing last night - I read the book, I think and the movie was good

Emma JC
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[Lou]

I rewatched Fly Away Home last night. Still really like that movie

 

[PTree15]

I finally watched The King's Man (I had borrowed the DVD from a friend ages ago). It was OK. I do love Ralph Fiennes, and he was his usual great self.

 

[shyvas]

The Estate-which is a dark comedy and frankly a waste of time. Moreover, some of the scenes are vile:

The Estate (2022) - IMDb

The Estate: Directed by Dean Craig. With Toni Collette, Anna Faris, David Duchovny, Rosemarie DeWitt. Two sisters attempt to win over their terminally ill, difficult-to-please Aunt in hopes of becoming the beneficiaries of her wealthy estate, only to find the rest of their greedy family members...

www.imdb.com

 

[Andy_T]

Hello, good people here on the forum ... had not looked here for some time.

Saw two good movies starring Christian Bale recently:

"The Pale Blue Eye" on Netflix, which is a Detective story set at Westpoint 1863, with Harry Melling, who I also enjoy a lot, and

"Amsterdam" on Disney Plus, which I liked a lot.
Lots of fine performances by great actors, and a very interesting story, based on true events.
Was very surprised that I had not heard more about this movie before, and also that it did not do well at the box office.
(I understand that one reason that movie did not do well was that not much marketing was done for it, and that there was a controversy surrounding the director, which I only learned about when I researched the movie after watching it)

 

[Lou]

Hello, good people here on the forum ... had not looked here for some time.

Saw two good movies starring Christian Bale recently:

"The Pale Blue Eye" on Netflix, which is a Detective story set at Westpoint 1863, with Harry Melling, who I also enjoy a lot

"Amsterdam" on Disney, which I liked a lot. Lots of fine performances by great actors, and a very interesting story, based on true events.
Was very surprised that I had not heard more about this movie before, and also that it did not do well at the box office.

do you recommend pale blue eye?

 

[Andy_T]

I do recommend watching it, yes. Well worth your time.
I think it's also right now Netflix' most streamed movie.

 

[Emma JC]

do you recommend pale blue eye?

ah yes, I forgot that we also watched The Pale Blue Eye - it was good too

Emma JC
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[PTree15]

@Andy_T nice to see you!

 

[Emma JC]

last night we watched Dog Gone - it was very good and compared to many recent movies at least made me "feel" something - there are many good movies but without emotions engaged it is just pixels on the screen and a story

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