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The Way (2010)
Too Good to miss!
I went to this movie as a tag a long. It was surprisingly good. The story was a good story. Many fathers and sons, and mothers and daughters should be able to relate to it. The point of the story is: Pay attention to the people in your life! If you are a Father-- act like a Dad! If you are a mother, act like one. Be there for the people in your life! Pay attention. Tom looses his son, and he has so much angst!
I can relate. I lost my 18 year old son at work one day. He was electrocuted to death.
I was luckier than most.Thaddeus and I had always been on the same page, and if we were not--we always worked things out. I loved him and he knew it. He loves me and I knew it. So there was heartache at losing this beloved child, but not despair. With Jesus at my side, all things were possible -- the biggie: Forgiveness of his employer. It was done immediately and whole heartfully, and that has given me freedom. Thad was the youngest of five, and I am still not on the wave length of my other children, all now in their thirties. But I will not give up.
I Remember Mama (1948)
Wonderful film that today's kids would love, if they could get past the black and white
From the first time I saw this film I loved it. I researched and found the original story that started it all. Altho apparently there was a TV series of the same name and ideas, I somehow managed to miss it growing up and would love to see this. It was made into a Broadway Play, then this movie, then the TV series and then back to Broadway as a musical. Frankly, it did not last long on Broadway as a musical but I have to wonder why. I manage to have a soundtrack of the music and I think it is totally delightful, singable and wonderful. Does anyone know why it was canned on Broadway? I work as a substitute teacher and encourage the kids to see some of the wonderful movies like "Going My Way." Today when I go to the classroom-- I will tell them to see I Remember Mama. It should be required watching by both children and adults on Mother's Day. Perhaps children would learn what it is like to have little, but to have everything and mothers can learn more what it is like to be mothers.
The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
great movie
I love this movie. It is one of terrific comedic timing. I believe the guy who is working on his doctorate is a riot. He is a contender for Charlie Chaplin as far as I'm concerned. This movie has great understanding of the bushman. I do not understand why there would have been riots claiming prejudice. I found myself laughing out loud so many times--and I usually do not guffaw myself through a movie.
For someone who is watching this one for the first time, you think that you are in a documentary--but give this movie time. It will definitely grow on you. My 31 year old son even remembered it from the fist time he saw it in 1980 and remembered how hilarious it was back then. So give yourself a good laugh and have a great time with a movie.
Topper Returns (1941)
Topper Returns is more fun than the original.
Since both films were on my DVD I watched both of them tonight. I found this film more charming than the Cary Grant film (and that is saying something!) Not only was Joan Blondell a barrel of fun but the house was great. There were secret staircases, chairs that tuned into secret hallways. I found Jack Benney's sidekick (Chester, I believe) a total riot. This man did not mind playing this role I am sure. (Jack Benney for all his "stingy" ways was not stingy in real life, especially with this man.) The other character that was completely zany and filled with great fun was Billie Burke. She did not carry the same personality over from the first film. In the original "Topper" she played a snobbish upper crust lady who had no fun in her. For "Topper Returns" she plays a zany character so much like Gracie Allen you would think that George Burns was "Topper" and Gracie his wife. Anyway, it was a very funny, delightful film.
This film may not have been one of the "greats", but if you just want to laugh--have a go at this one.
The Dollmaker (1984)
As a mother I found this heartbreaking
I watched this movie also, and altho it is very well done, I found it a heartbreaker and would not recommend this to women who have small children.. The terror on this mother's face when she sees her child about to be run over by a train is truly heartbreaking. And the sad thing is--internally she dies. Eventually she goes back to the Applacian mountains. All the money in the world which she makes from making dolls does not conceal the grief she has. I remember her desperate face as she pulls money out of her clothes to try to have her child healed. I'm surprised this movie takes place in Detroit, because when I watched it I thought for sure the people had come to Cincinnati, Ohio. This also was a route for the poor from the mountains.