Just saw the movie Lucy. A little too much violance for me but a must see nonetheless. Find out why we are really here. Johanssan does the job and then some. Aloha.
—John DeLuca
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The movie: Blue Jazzmine. Woody Allen has outdone himself on this one. I know certain people are fans of his and others are not but the material here has little to do with comedy and more to do with human nature and people’s inability to rise past life’s crisis. Kate Blanchett plays the central character and does a superb job. The rest of the cast is terrific but half way into the movie it’s apparent that Blanchett has the cental role and has the acting chops to take it on. This movie is a must see.
—John DeLuca
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We saw the film Hugo. Shasha Barron Cohen was in it. He looked pretty without those shorts pants and in a military uniform.
—John DeLuca
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The Movie: 42. Yeah everyone should enjoy this one provided you’re still not fighting the Civil War. Harrison Ford does a good job with the Branch Rickey character. BTW Branch probably did as much for civil rights as anyone.
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The movie: The Company You Keep. The critics gave it a 6.3. I would give it a 7.5. The plot provided a fair amont of suspense. It featured a number of well known actors and heck we lived through this kind of stuff in the 60’s and 70’s.
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The movie: Zero Dark Thirty. It’s a good movie to see about how your country operates overseas and what it does to capture bin Laden. You heard about it but seeing it on the screen is much more shocking. I walked out of the theatre with my head spinning. Maybe because the movie ran 2.5 hours and I don’t like sitting that long but probably more the thought that CIA people live on the edge all the time and it’s hard to fanthom that kind of life. Definately a movie to see but don’t expect to walk out of the theatre exhilorated.
—John DeLuca
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The movie: Dancing at Lughnasa. Another Streep movie from the late 90’s. We are Streep fans. Great acting by all the players. 5 spinster sisters living on the financal edge in 1930’s Ireland. Poverty has marginalized the family’s ability to operate and then industrialization shows up and makes matters worse. This is worth seeing but a good amount of heartache.
—John DeLuca
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The movie: Not Fade Away. It did. Don’t your money.
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The movie: The Hobbit.Of course this is a great movie to see whether or not you read the book. If you haven’t read the book, read it you’ll enjoy the movie even more so. But here’s the point. People get up in the morning and feel bad about themselves. They reflect on all their problems and want to take pills to deal with them or they overeat. The next time that happens, think of Bilbo Baggins and what he had to face each and every day of his adventure with no background to do that job. Makes our problems seem small. I also recall that Tolkien served in WWI. He probably came from a genteel background with little understanding of the world of war.Our job seems easy in comparasion.
—John DeLuca
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on TMDB
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The movie: The Apartment. OK another oldie but one definately worth viewing. This show stars Fred MacMurray, Shirley Maclane and Jack Lemon. Although it is somewhat dated. It presents atitudes and mores toward infidelity prevelant during the 1950’s.
MacMurray is fasinating as an executive cheating on his wife.When he starred in Double Indemnity a few years earlier, he actually murdered his girlfriend’s husband for insurance money. Now he only cheats on his wife.
The subject of infidelity and callousness towards women and employees is well handled in this film.
—John DeLuca
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Dad: Movie: We rented “Plenty” with Meryl Sreep, Sam Neill and Charles Dance from 1985. This movie slipped past my radar back in the day but it was a slice of reality that deserves some attention. Streep plays a spy for England in Nazi occupied France during WWll. She has certain experiences during that time that don’t get resolved during the rest of her life and make for uncomfortable if not dangerous situations for her family and friends.The movie ends with no resolution for her issues. Such is life and this movie. Aloha!
Me: Ha nice! So what did you think of the streeps peformance?
Dad: It was a well thought out performance but i wasn’t overly impressed. The film may be carrying some 80’s stylistic baggage .
Me: Yeah? Like what?
Dad: I thought you might ask me that Q. She takes a shot at Sting’s character. It looks a little unbelievable.I think also that it is a very tough role to play and she would have played it better when she was older. I got spoiled by her acting abilities as she matured. Maybe I expected too much.
—John DeLuca
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Kramer v. Kramer. An oldie but definately not moldy.It was good to see a young Merrill having an identity crisis over whether to be responsible for her child or not. She can’t deal with deferring gratification and has to get a job right away. But then she has a second thought after she is successful at her job. Hey what about that son I had with what’s his name? OK I want to raise him now with my new boyfriend. Wait! her husband. Dustin Hoffman doesn’t get to walk away with clean hands either. He is a status seeking chauvinist. Well to Merrill’s credit she does the right thing in the end, sees that she will upset the son’s emotional ties to the father and lets him have custody of the boy.Everyone wins an Academy Award and lives happily ever after.
—John DeLuca
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Soo here’s the latest movie review. We saw Lincoln tonight. I thought it was fantastic. The 2 and a half hours running time went quickly. Daniel Day Lewis looked and acted as if he were Lincoln.All the cast members were beleivable. I loved the congressional debates that were better than barbrawls because they were flinging verbal mud at each other,not fists.I love the way they “made sauage” by bribing the Dems to vote for the 13th. A very moving movie for me Love Dad. —John DeLuca
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Just Argo with Ben Affleck. It was solid. He has redeemed himself. Plenty of suspense. —John DeLuca
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I’m watching the Hound of the Baskervilles. Christopher Lee stars. From 1959 in color. The color is richer than that of today. Lee is tall and debonnaire. Hopfully he has acting abilty. I remember he was also in a Star Wars movie.
Ah yes. Holmes is played by Peter Cushing. Quick witted. Powerful deductive reasoning, small and agile. Also compassionate. Good color but definately low budget. filmed in the English countryside where it happened. And yes the Hound is a stuff animal.
—John DeLuca
The Hound of the Baskervilles on TMDB
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