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well, they'd have to be mentally broken to travel through the prairies

*all that sky...shudder...*


or, in other words: this is most of Canada
 
It was not the movie that I thought it would be. Really showed the disposability of women during times of land settling.
 
a love story between Evelyn & Will Caster*, two scientists whose love lights up the world
so much (this is one of those SF stories where the protagonists are put through lots of challenges before the end) so that a group of people who really hate their love and think it is blasphemous take it upon themselves to kidnap, poison, murder their works

Will ends up getting fatally wounded and his loving sweetie goes for a very long shot and tries to try the impossible: to resurrect him

And succeeds

The rest of the film is their love continuing to grow and them having to deal with this hate & fear-filled group who manage to infect others with their sorrow

The film's name?

Transcendence

* love the name, a caster of will, someone who projects their will into what they have made, their love...
 
Mendalla said:
Indeed. I've never been as fond of him as others seem to be though Hugh Jackman has done a good job with the character.
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Yes - he has. However - I also wanted to see a Cyclops movie - a Professor X movie - a Storm movie - etc.
 
Pr. Jae said:
Yes - he has. However - I also wanted to see a Cyclops movie - a Professor X movie - a Storm movie - etc.
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Actually, a Cyclops movie would more likely (hopefully) be a "Cyclops and Jean" movie given their relationship.
 
My guys & I went to see Chappie tonight. Quite enjoyed it. Good characters, nice tech element, and some humour. Language and violence might offend some, but it wasn't' excessive.
 
Watched The Dark Knight Rising and the pseudo action of the Shadow of sense picking himself off the bottom end and becoming common ... death of a rich man? All at the hand of the Cat Woman ... very Caddy-like ... or Ur really lugging the club of passion ... gol-phus?
 
I am currently enjoying (I am watching it in bits as I exercise) the film version of the musical Les Miserables. As of tonight, I am up to where there first act would end in a stage production (though they have changed the order of the songs a bit for the movie). I was a bit skeptical of the casting originally but director Tom Hooper did a wonderful job and the cast, while not as strong in the singing department as some of the stage casts, turn in good performances all round. Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe play off each other well as Jean Valjean and Inspector Javert, Anne Hathaway quite surprised me (in a good way) with her performance as Fantine, and I loved the casting of Colm Wilkinson, the original English Valjean, in the small but important role of the Bishop. Samantha Barks is the only cast member to have played her role on stage (Eponine) and turns in a great performance (as she did in the same part in the 25th anniversary concert that I saw a year or two ago). I would say that if you want a well-acted version of the play with decent to good singing, the film is terrific. If you want better, more operatic singing, then see a good stage performance or grab one of the concert performances on DVD (there's two, one from 1995 for the tenth anniversary of the English version of the show and one from 2010 for the 25th).
 
Mendalla said:
I am currently enjoying (I am watching it in bits as I exercise) the film version of the musical Les Miserables. As of tonight, I am up to where there first act would end in a stage production (though they have changed the order of the songs a bit for the movie). I was a bit skeptical of the casting originally but director Tom Hooper did a wonderful job and the cast, while not as strong in the singing department as some of the stage casts, turn in good performances all round. Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe play off each other well as Jean Valjean and Inspector Javert, Anne Hathaway quite surprised me (in a good way) with her performance as Fantine, and I loved the casting of Colm Wilkinson, the original English Valjean, in the small but important role of the Bishop. Samantha Barks is the only cast member to have played her role on stage (Eponine) and turns in a great performance (as she did in the same part in the 25th anniversary concert that I saw a year or two ago). I would say that if you want a well-acted version of the play with decent to good singing, the film is terrific. If you want better, more operatic singing, then see a good stage performance or grab one of the concert performances on DVD (there's two, one from 1995 for the tenth anniversary of the English version of the show and one from 2010 for the 25th).
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Somehow watching a musical or movie about a guy who steals a loaf of bread never appealed to me.
 
Pr. Jae said:
Somehow watching a musical or movie about a guy who steals a loaf of bread never appealed to me.
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Um, that's hardly what it is about and it is only mentioned as part of Valjean's backstory in the musical. The main theme in the musical is the conflict between legalism (symbolized by Javert's obsessive pursuit of Valjean) and compassion (symbolized by Valjean's various acts of kindness even as he struggles to keep out of Javert's way). There's a bit of a love story, too, in the second act but it is really only important for the role it plays in Valjean's story.
 
i managed to see the andrew lloyd webber play when i was still a student
and it was an amazing surprise -- i felt everything -- from sadness to joy to anger to frustration -- i enjoyed it a lot
 


also, i loved this homage to the play

there was a game session of Shadowrun where, spontaneously, two of us decided to pay homage to Rita & Runt Val Runt -- she played a Cat shaman, i played a Dog shaman and the both of us had a blast

art is addicting
 
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Beloved said:
I watched the movie "The Hunger Games" the other night . . . I wasn't going to because I thought it would be a show I wouldn't enjoy. I still wouldn't say that I enjoyed it, but it wasn't as awful as I thought it was to be.

I love Christmas movies . . . I've started watching them already . . . some are:

Nostalgic - "A Christmas Story
Teachable - "A Christmas Carol"
Emotional, but not necessary Sapper or Happy Ending - "The Gathering"
Funny & Cute - "I'll Be Home For Christmas"
Love Story (but also touching and funny) - "Holiday in Handcuffs"
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I watched the first of the Hunger Games series last week and didn't really like it, so I probably won't see the rest. I like a couple of the actors in it, especially Woody Harrelson and Donald Sutherland. If it weren't for them I might not have watched the whole thing.
 
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