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[Emma JC]

We watched The Mountain Between Us and I was disappointed because it didn't make me 'feel' anything, in fact I felt it was a stretch or beggared belief not just their survival but

Spoiler

their falling in lust.

Emma JC
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[Lou]

We watched The Mountain Between Us and I was disappointed because it didn't make me 'feel' anything, in fact I felt it was a stretch or beggared belief not just their survival but

Spoiler

their falling in lust.

Emma JC
Find your vegan soulmate or just a friend. www.spiritualmatchmaking.com

I think I watched half of it and then never came back. Always planned to finish it someday but never gotaroundtoit

 

[Emma JC]

I think I watched half of it and then never came back. Always planned to finish it someday but never gotaroundtoit

you didn't miss a anything

Emma JC
Find your vegan soulmate or just a friend. www.spiritualmatchmaking.com

 

[Chryssie]

I watched a dark independent film from 2005 called "The River King." It was based on a book and I am sure the book was better than the movie. Being 20 years old, it was a bit dated but a pretty good mystery.

The River King (2005) ⭐ 5.7 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

1h 39m | 15

www.imdb.com

 

[Emma JC]

we watched Ticket to Paradise last night with George Clooney and Julia Roberts and although the story was pretty typical the location was gorgeous and we really liked watch a Balinese wedding / culture

Emma JC
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[Tom L.]

Last night I watched A Christmas Story, and tonight I will watch The Grinch and A Charlie Brown Christmas.

I still love those two animated specials, except I can't help feeling a little sorry for Max toward the end, hauling that ridiculously large load up the mountain by himself. (I know, it's only animation and the story ends happily- but I just don't think that scene is funny.)

I think I've seen Christmas Story, but if I did, it was long ago and didn't stick in my mind.

 

[Lou]

I think I've seen Christmas Story, but if I did, it was long ago and didn't stick in my mind.

Christmas story is a MUST SEE.

It's about Ralphie wanting an air rifle for Christmas. and there is one scene where a kid gets his tongue stuck to a frozen flagpole. ROTFL

if you can't remember that much you must go and see it.

There are a couple of cable channels that broadcast marathons of it all day around the Hollidays.

 

[KLS52]

I'm watching Three Wisemen and a Baby now...for probably the sixth time lol.

Still going through all of the Christmas movies on my dvr. And hallmark is still showing them 24/7 until Sunday I think.

 

[KLS52]

Don't come at me but I cannot stand A Christmas Story!

 

[silva]

Don't come at me but I cannot stand A Christmas Story!

I feel the same about Gilmore Girls....



Christmas Story was filmed in Cleveland and nailed that dept store Santa mountain. My mother didn't drive and we often took a bus downtown, and the stores were amaze-balls! It was either Higbees or Halles

 

[KLS52]

I Gilmore girls!!

 

[Tom L.]

@Lou Ah. I've definitely heard about "A Christmas Story". I remember hearing/reading about how the boy wants an air rifle, and about the tongue-stuck-to-the-pole scene. But I haven't seen it yet- I'll have to do that sometime.

@KLS52 Milo Ventimiglia, who had a supporting role in "Gilmore Girls", also played one of the main characters in "Heroes": Peter Petrelli. I've seen pictures of him in Gilmore Girls, and he looked VERY different then.

 

[shyvas]

I watched the Schindler's List and found it very difficult to watch. I had already seen it in the UK several years ago so had forgotten most of the story. I will never understand how the Nazi's managed to murder 6 million jews? Their motivation must be pure insanity.

Schindler is amongst many heroes of WW2. The nazis were pure evil.

I wonder what the Schindler Jews were thinking of, as they all placed a stone on his gravestone. The end of this film is the most memorable and also heart wrenching one ever filmed.

 

[Lou]

I wonder what the Schindler Jews were thinking of, as they all placed a stone on his gravestone. The end of this film is the most memorable and also heart wrenching one ever filmed.

I'm not sure if this is what you meant by your question. Maybe you had something deeper in mind....
but Jews don't have a tradition of leaving flowers on graves. Instead they place stones on the grave or tombstone.
not sure how long this has been a tradition or how it started.

"The practice of leaving stones on Jewish graves is a long-standing tradition that symbolizes respect, honor, and love for the deceased. It's also a way to show that someone has visited the grave and to connect with the Jewish community. "

 

[shyvas]

I'm not sure if this is what you meant by your question. Maybe you had something deeper in mind....
but Jews don't have a tradition of leaving flowers on graves.

I was wondering what their thoughts were towards Shindler; the man that literally saved their lives. Thanks to his actions, they were placing the stones on his tombstone whilst millions of others died. What did this Nazi who risked so much to save their lives, mean to them. They were known as 'Schindler's Jews'.

The red roses that were placed on his tombstone, was a tribute paid by Liam Neeson.

Schindler is the only nazi to be buried in Israel. Even A. Eichmann a nazi criminel who was captured and convicted of war crimes in Israel, is not buried in Israel. His body was cremated and his ashes were thrown into the sea, beyond Israel's territorial waters.

"But witnessing the horrors of war changed him, as is explained by Yad Vashem’s profile of the man whose gravestone — after his death 40 years ago today, on Oct. 9, 1974 — would note that he rescued 1,200 Jews. The profits he had once funneled into his own pleasure or used for bribes that advanced his business interests were soon reserved for hiding and feeding hundreds of Jews, forging identification papers for them and bribing Nazi officers into releasing prisoners from concentration camps.

The one-time gambler staked his life on the decision, as well as his money; he was arrested twice by the Gestapo but freed with the help of well-connected — and presumably well-paid — friends in the German army, according to his obituary in the New York Times."


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There’s a Nazi Buried on Mount Zion in Israel — For a Good Reason

Oct. 9, 1974: Oskar Schindler, the inspiration for 'Schindler's List,' dies

time.com

 

[shyvas]

I watched the following film the other night and found it to be quite good. Apparently, it should appeal to an older audience as it's
quite meaningful. Anyway, a bit long at times but some excellent acting and quite an unusual storyline:

 

[SuicideBlonde]

This looks so cute.

Edit, I think we are getting tickets for Sunday. Animal friends a black cat, a lemur, a dog and a capybara.- Yes, tickets bought.

 

[Lou]

This looks so cute.

Edit, I think we are getting tickets for Sunday. Animal friends a black cat, a lemur, a dog and a capybara.- Yes, tickets bought.

I saw it. it was fantastic. it's going to become part of our cultural heritage - like the Wizzard of Oz.