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Somewhere In Time - any Browncoat softies out there?

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Tuesday, May 10, 2005 11:46 AM

CHRISISALL


I love this film, it gets me to sniffilin' every time. Hell, it makes me sob on occasion! (and all the more so, now that Mr. Reeve is gone)

Any o' you varmints gonna fess up to likin' this here hankey-fest, girlie flick like me?

HE MAN Chrisisall

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005 12:33 PM

DA


Yeah I loved it too. And then I watched it again recently.....Well maybe I'm jaded in my old age, or perhaps I've spent waaaayyyyy too much time in the crime-drama arena. But now it just seems to me that he's stalkerish to the EXTREME.

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I hope she does the soup-thing. It's always a hoot and we don't all die from it.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005 1:17 PM

CHRISISALL


That's sooo funny, I hadn't thought of it that way! But he's not stalking, he HAS to meet her, 'cause he did. I mean will...
it's a fantasy.

Anyway, if she didn't want him, she could've had her manager kill him, or sumpin'.

Defender of stalkers with time travel issues Chrisisall

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005 2:38 PM

FIREFLOOZYSUZIE


When a local video store was liquidating, I actually bought "Somewhere In Time."

That movie -- where DID the watch come from? -- is just one of those flicks that continues to haunt a person. So I wanted to show my daughter.

It's held up pretty well, I think.
Whenever I think of things I wish I could go back and change, I still flash to some scene with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. Sniffle.


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Wednesday, May 11, 2005 3:56 PM

MANWITHPEZ

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Chrisisall, I believe that this film is covered in that Time Travel website I gave you in that other thread. Where did the watch come from? Infinity Loop!!! There has to have been an alternate timeline that we weren't shown without the watch. He comes back, gives the watch, returns to the future, and can't return. Elise keeps the watch to return to him, giving him the idea to travel back in the first place...Infinity Loop!!!

Its the Terminator all over again! So strange to be typing about the similiarities between Somewhere in Time and The Terminator.

I think I need an aspirin.

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005 4:54 PM

CHRISISALL


Quote:

Originally posted by manwithpez:

Its the Terminator all over again! So strange to be typing about the similiarities between Somewhere in Time and The Terminator.
I think I need an aspirin.


I forgive SIT 'cause it's a fantasy, and as such isn't bound by the harsh realities of a 'hard' sci-fi film like Terminator. T and T2 have some 'splainin' to do!
Who do I kid, I like them, too (but not T3, it was all dark and didn't have young Mr. Furlong and such).

Is there a perfect time-travel movie out there?
(Time Traveler-1960?)

Bound by time Chrisisall

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005 4:57 PM

CHRISISALL


Quote:

Originally posted by firefloozysuzie:
Sniffle.


Okay, what's your record?
I once used five kleenexes to get through it.

All sensitive He Man dude Chrisisall

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005 7:36 PM

WALTERPIPP


I own this movie as well. It's one of my wife's favorites.

If you like this movie, try watching "A Walk in the Clouds." it's another one of my wife's favorites, in the same genre.

Best personal regards, Wally Pipp

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 12:52 AM

FIREFLOOZYSUZIE


Quote:

Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:

Originally posted by firefloozysuzie:
Sniffle.


Okay, what's your record?
I once used five kleenexes to get through it.

All sensitive He Man dude Chrisisall



Well, I have to confess that I've never counted and that, on most occasions, I probably used my sleeve.
LOL, I'm not a He-Man Dude, but I'm also not the most girly-girl sort, my affection for this movie not withstanding.

I haven't seen most "chick flicks," for example.

Not all science fiction appeals to me, either (e.g., skipped Predator, Alien, RoboCop).

Here's a question: Do you also like "Time AFter Time, the one where Jack the Ripper is pursued by H.G. Wells in contemporary San Francisco??

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 1:25 AM

THESOMNAMBULIST


Why Chrisisall you're quite the paradox.

Stuntman by day! - Chick flick watching softie by night

Sorry couldn't resist.

I remember seeing this when I was very young; at the time I couldn't figure out why 'Clark Kent' didn't just jump into a Phone booth, leap out, fly anti-clockwise around the earth and go back in time? Bish-bosh jobs a good un!

....But now I must admit, while I don't perhaps shed a tear when I watch it, I do think it's wonderfully tragic love story. I like the whole time loop thing too and it was nice to see a film of this sort not rely on blue lightning to jump back and forth through time.

It is a good film and given perhaps more poignancy with poor Christopher Reeves tragic last few years.

May he Rest In Peace.

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 5:55 AM

MANWITHPEZ

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What! Some "chick flicks" are great!

"A Walk In The Clouds" is a very good film. Its engaging, and well acted, and the casting is spot on. I especially liked Anthony Quinn in it.

I admit to watching Somewhere in Time becaue Jane Seymour was so freaking HOT! Still is, actually, but man alive, was she beautiful in that movie. I thought it was touching, and I kinda identified with Christopher Reeve...Not the time travelling bit, but the being so very nervous that everything go just right when you meet that someone.

Time After Time is one of my favorite films. Any movie that has both Malcolm McDowell and David Warner has to be good, and this one delivers. As a matter of fact, there is a scene in Wonderfalls that is an homage to Time After Time. What? Haven't watched Wonderfalls? Go GET IT!!!

I have a few questions about Christopher Plummer in Somewhere In Time. Is it me, or did he seem to be a little too "knowledgeable" about Reeve in that movie. I realize he was just trying to protect/keep Elise for himself, and that's where the warning that "someone is coming" came from. He meant a man in general that would grab Elise's affections and end her stage career. But, this guy seemed a little too cool in the face of things. Has anyone read the story on which its based, because I wouldn't be surprised to find out that he knew everything about Reeve, where/when he came from, etc.

Umm...I also liked (in the way of chick(y) flicks...Addicted to Love, Simply Irresistible, The Truth About Cats and Dogs, Serendipity and many, many others...

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 6:06 AM

ODDNESS2HER


Guilty.

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 6:15 AM

THESOMNAMBULIST


manwithpez wrote:
Quote:

Umm...I also liked (in the way of chick(y) flicks...Addicted to Love, Simply Irresistible, The Truth About Cats and Dogs, Serendipity and many, many others...


Only seen: The Truth About Cats and Dogs and Serendipity from those you listed but I always end up feeling cheated with these kinds of films... I wanted to make one where the guy puts in all the effort of romancing his true love and it looks like he's going to be with the girl in the end, but then some stud comes along and whisks her away for ever, leaving 'our' hero alone and rejected.

Ok so it's not upbeat - but at least it's truthful.

That said 'Some Kind of Wonderful and 'The Sure Thing' always stood the test of time for me. I thought those two were cool.

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 6:28 AM

THATWEIRDGIRL


Quote:

Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
That said 'Some Kind of Wonderful and 'The Sure Thing' always stood the test of time for me. I thought those two were cool.



ditto.

Not a huge SIT fan. Sorry, maybe it's just a guy flick disguised as a chick flick.

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 7:08 AM

MANWITHPEZ

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Who want to go to the movies to see the truth? I mean besides documentary enthusiasts. I go to the movies to get away from it all!!!

And that's what these flicks help me do. And, besides, I tend to not categorize movies in a "chick flick" subcategory, because a good movie is a good movie. If anything, Somewhere In Time is refreshing in the way it portrays time travel. No hopped up machines going 88mph here!

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 7:19 AM

THATWEIRDGIRL


I like the way time travel is portrayed in SIT. I just didn't love the movie. I'm sorry.

I do like Time After Time. Am I redeemed at all?


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Thursday, May 12, 2005 7:25 AM

MANWITHPEZ

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The search for redemption is not necessary! And, Time After Time is vastly superior to Somewhere in Time (Even if Matheson did write it). I'm a big Jack The Ripper enthusiast anyway...Wait...never mind...any way you try to say that you find Jack the Ripper interesting, you're going to come off like a psychopath.

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 7:32 AM

THATWEIRDGIRL


Quote:

Originally posted by manwithpez:
I'm a big Jack The Ripper enthusiast anyway...Wait...never mind...any way you try to say that you find Jack the Ripper interesting, you're going to come off like a psychopath.



You a psychopath? Naw. How many times have you seen Jack's Back?

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 7:36 AM

MANWITHPEZ

Important people don't do field work.


Again with the crushes...First Hawke and now Spader...well, actually, I saw most of it for the first time the other night, but I fell asleep...it was 3 in the mornin' though.

Just to satsify your curiosity, but my favorite Spader performance was in 2 Days In The Valley...not a great movie, but he was great in it.

One Minute...

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
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Thursday, May 12, 2005 7:39 AM

THESOMNAMBULIST


Quote:

Originally posted by manwithpez:
Who want to go to the movies to see the truth?



On occaisions... me. At least emotional truth that I can bind my own experinces to. Not always of course. That'd be frightfully dull.

I don't think of Somewhere in Time as a romantic comedy either, as I stated earlier to me it's a wonderful tragic love story. One that I'm also happy has fantasy undertones and that thankfully doesn't, as I stated earlier, use blue lightening to visually inform us we're jumping back and forth through time.

Oh and I too love Time after Time. :) that's just pure entertainment.

But I just prefer films to have some semblance of 'emotional' truth, which I find lacking in many romantic comedies. Often we're just subjected to key landmark emotions that fly contrary to human feelings.

I'm all for fantasy I wouldn't be here otherwise.

Cheers
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Thursday, May 12, 2005 7:41 AM

KNIBBLET


I have always loved this movie. Makes me cry each and every time. I'm not sure, but I believe that in this movie, Jane Seymour is the most beautiful woman that has EVER lived.

I have it on DVD now -- the video tape wore down to its little tapey nubs.

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 7:45 AM

THESOMNAMBULIST


Quote:

Originally posted by thatweirdgirl:
Quote:

Originally posted by manwithpez:
I'm a big Jack The Ripper enthusiast anyway...Wait...never mind...any way you try to say that you find Jack the Ripper interesting, you're going to come off like a psychopath.



You a psychopath? Naw. How many times have you seen Jack's Back?

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Talking of Jack the Ripper films.... What maketh you all of 'From Hell'?

Personally it did little for me....

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 7:49 AM

MANWITHPEZ

Important people don't do field work.


I enjoyed "From Hell" based on the performances, mostly Depp, of course, but I did enjoy Robbie Coltrane in it. Its a nice piece of entertainment, I thought. But, was never meant to be informative, I thought. The Masonic Conspiracy theory is just too bizarre to be believed.

My stepfather, who is a Mason watched that film and was a little perturbed to see some Masonic rituals being carried out almost verbatim on the screen. Which has pretty much made up my mind to never join them, but that's a personal choice...nothing against Masons, after all, most of my family are...Masons.

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 8:00 AM

SHINYHAPPYKLIN


(raises hand)...guilty! Lost count on the tissues...


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Thursday, May 12, 2005 8:04 AM

THESOMNAMBULIST


in ref to 'From Hell'

Yeah I guess it was more entertainment. For some reason I was really bugged by the cropping off from the neck up of 'our' main suspect. Felt a little like a TV movie. Also the London they portrayed wasn't evocative really, not that that is a huge issue, but old world London is pretty much still there enough to draw from.

Depp and Coltraine though are a great double act! I'd love to seem them paired up again in another film.

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 8:33 AM

CHRISISALL


Quote:

Originally posted by firefloozysuzie:
Here's a question: Do you also like "Time AFter Time, the one where Jack the Ripper is pursued by H.G. Wells in contemporary San Francisco??


Saw it in the theatre! Great writing (Same guy did Star Trek 2 and 6) and I instantly fell in love with Ms. Steenburgen. Music was also great.
I'd own it if I didn't already have it permantly stored in my brain from multiple viewings.

No memory left Chrisisall

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 8:43 AM

MANWITHPEZ

Important people don't do field work.


Hey! I saw Time After Time in theater too...as I recall our mother took me and my little brother to see it. I watched it a while ago for nostalgia's sake, and had forgotten just how good it really was...Plus, its got a Corey in it!!!

Feldman, that is...little Feldman!

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
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Thursday, May 12, 2005 9:33 AM

CHRISISALL


Quote:

Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
Why Chrisisall you're quite the paradox.
Stuntman by day! - Chick flick watching softie by night


I guess I'm something of a 'nomoly that way. Films, or certain moments in certain films, can just break me down to tears. Enchanted April is just so charming, i have to wipe a little tear from the corner of my eye at the end. In Superman when he puts dead Lois down and cries is another one. When Mal said 'Everyone dies alone' or 'You all gonna be here when I wake up..?' are others.
And don't even get me started on when Ed Harris is trying to resussitate his wife in The Abyss!!!
If a flick can make me cry at some point, I know it's got (at least for that moment) real emotion to it, heart, a genuineness of spirit.
It's people like me keep Kleenex in buisness.

Also teared up when Max found Tinga dead Chrisisall

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 9:36 AM

HKCAVALIER


I don't own the movie, but I own the sound track--gorgeous and creepy music! I think the movie is great, but it is seriously effed up! Comedy? Please! Psychological Horror if anything! The man dies of grief like a lost tabby, shaking on that bed, alone in misery. I LOVE the way the movie explains the time travel--if you just wish really, REALLY hard, you can change the laws of physics! And when the man succeeds, it's about the creepiest "happy dream" I can imagine, you just know it's going to go very, very badly for our hero...

DON'T LOOK AT THE PENNY!!!!!

I love that I can find the movie hilarious and absurd and still care deeply for the people involved. Do I cry? Absolutely! I cry over the beginning credits just remembering last scene.

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 9:37 AM

CHRISISALL


Miklos Roza did the music. What a score for Time After Time! Wicked excellent little movie. You saw it in the theatre?
You're old.

Jus' kiddin' I'm older Chrisisall

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 9:46 AM

MANWITHPEZ

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You need to talk, Stuntboy!

Its one of the few movies I remember seeing prior to my parent's divorce. I'm not sure what that means, if anything. Damn it! Now I need to go and buy a copy...After I drive to Tennessee to convert my family. I'll get the other half in Kentucky later at my grandparent's 50th wedding anniversary!

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 9:58 AM

CHRISISALL


Quote:

Originally posted by manwithpez:

I admit to watching Somewhere in Time becaue Jane Seymour was so freaking HOT! Still is, actually, but man alive, was she beautiful in that movie.


Brother, I'm right there with you. #1 hottness of all time (Yeah, I've seen Salma Hayek and Michelle Yeoh, and I like them too, but they're no Jayne Seymour's!!)
Quote:


I have a few questions about Christopher Plummer in Somewhere In Time. Is it me, or did he seem to be a little too "knowledgeable" about Reeve in that movie. I realize he was just trying to protect/keep Elise for himself, and that's where the warning that "someone is coming" came from. He meant a man in general that would grab Elise's affections and end her stage career. But, this guy seemed a little too cool in the face of things. Has anyone read the story on which its based, because I wouldn't be surprised to find out that he knew everything about Reeve, where/when he came from, etc.


It happens to be one of the few books I've read more than once. In the novel(Bid Time Return) Robinson is portrayed as obsessed but also with a hint of being possibly margenally psychic in some way. As if he'd had a vision of Collier making the journey, yet not clear enough to identify him on sight.
Also the novel ends a bit differently...it's all like a diary written by Collier after he finds out he has terminal cancer- which switches to prose somewhere in the second chapter or so almost without you noticing. His belief in his ability to cross over time to find his true love is fueled by the knowledge that he hasn't long to live anyway, so he has absolutly nothing to lose in focusing all his energies toward this one goal...to come back to her. He dies as in the movie, but in the book there is a post script by Richard's brother saying that it obviously must all have been in his mind, but...(!)A Twilight Zone type ending from a TZ writer!

Somewhere in geekland Chrisisall

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 10:11 AM

FIREFLOOZYSUZIE


Quote:

Originally posted by manwithpez:
Hey! I saw Time After Time in theater too...as I recall our mother took me and my little brother to see it. I watched it a while ago for nostalgia's sake, and had forgotten just how good it really was...Plus, its got a Corey in it!!!

Feldman, that is...little Feldman!




Know this dates me...but, yep, I saw Time After Time in the theater also. Don't recall Corey Feldman anywhere...hmmm. But what a great role for Steenbergen. Too bad things didn't work out with Malcom in the long run, but she still rocks.

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 10:11 AM

CHRISISALL


At the time it came out, SIT was viewed as overacted by some, heavyhanded by others, but over time (pardon the pun) it has become this sweet little obsessive love story.
And the soundtrack was a fluke! The production didn't have enough $ to hire the likes of John (007) Barry, but Jayne was a personal friend of his and asked him to do it as a favour!!!


Buckaroo Chrisisall

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 10:11 AM

FIREFLOOZYSUZIE


Quote:

Originally posted by manwithpez:
Hey! I saw Time After Time in theater too...as I recall our mother took me and my little brother to see it. I watched it a while ago for nostalgia's sake, and had forgotten just how good it really was...Plus, its got a Corey in it!!!

Feldman, that is...little Feldman!




Know this dates me...but, yep, I saw Time After Time in the theater also. Don't recall Corey Feldman anywhere...hmmm. But what a great role for Steenbergen. Too bad things didn't work out with Malcom in the long run, but she still rocks.

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 10:15 AM

CHRISISALL


Quote:

Originally posted by firefloozysuzie:
she (Steenburgen) still rocks.


Imagine my delight when I found out she was to be in Back to the Future 3!!!
My head was SpInNiNg!!!

Lucky Doc Chrisisall

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 11:09 AM

CHANNAIN

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Quote:

Originally posted by manwithpez:
What! Some "chick flicks" are great!

In defense of our big bad guys around here, I knew a Texan who admitted he watched "chick flicks" with his wife, but didn't like one movie we had both seen (I forget the title) but why didn't he like it?

(heavy Texas drawal - Matthew McConaughey intensified)
"Cuz the girl DIED at the end! That ain't right!"

Fellas can be all romantical too... it's nice to hear them admit it from time to time.

Somewhere in Time is the one I put in when I need a good cry. That moment when she cries out "RICHARD!" You know the one I mean? Gets me every time.

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 11:40 AM

CHRISISALL


Quote:

Originally posted by Channain:
Somewhere in Time is the one I put in when I need a good cry. That moment when she cries out "RICHARD!" You know the one I mean? Gets me every time.


Just reading that gets me to shiverin' and such.

Ever see The Abyss? When he's goin' down into the thing and he types 'love u wife', man, the floodgates open up there, too.

Dehydrated Chrisisall

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 12:09 PM

THESOMNAMBULIST


Quote:

Originally posted by chrisisall:

I guess I'm something of a 'nomoly that way. Films, or certain moments in certain films, can just break me down to tears. Enchanted April is just so charming, i have to wipe a little tear from the corner of my eye at the end. In Superman when he puts dead Lois down and cries is another one. When Mal said 'Everyone dies alone' or 'You all gonna be here when I wake up..?' are others.
And don't even get me started on when Ed Harris is trying to resussitate his wife in The Abyss!!!
If a flick can make me cry at some point, I know it's got (at least for that moment) real emotion to it, heart, a genuineness of spirit.
It's people like me keep Kleenex in buisness.

Also teared up when Max found Tinga dead Chrisisall



Good for you Chrisisall. I can say a film has never had that effect on me, and I'm not trying to appear tough or removed, honest, there's little need to; I'm small, puny, and lacking any kind of convincing moody stare or glare. Even if I get angry (which is rare) I've been told I look cute....

It's just I've never managed to blub during a film. I remember watching ET and wondering why I was about the only one in my family who wasn't crying?

I think there were a few episode of Northern Exposure where I was deeply moved at certain plot lines but that was mere heart string tuggin' as opposed to tears....

Oh well any ideas for other films that will definately put a tear in my eye ?

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 1:29 PM

CHRISISALL


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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
any ideas for other films that will definately put a tear in my eye ?



Other than The Abyss...I guess Hot War, a hong kong movie that is unusually serious for an actioner.
2002 also has a couple of moments (also HK)...
There's The Road Home (also HK), probably the best non-genre film I have ever seen. If that don't squeeze a tear outta ya, then seriously, nothing will!
Chinese movies that aren't straight up comedies are always tryin' to make you cry.

-Sniff- Chrisisall

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 2:30 PM

DIETCOKE


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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I love this film, it gets me to sniffilin' every time. Hell, it makes me sob on occasion! (and all the more so, now that Mr. Reeve is gone)

Any o' you varmints gonna fess up to likin' this here hankey-fest, girlie flick like me?

HE MAN Chrisisall



Not just a girlie film it's a guy film too! True story: I started dating a guy in college who loved the movie and said I had to see it. I liked it. Spring break we spend in NYC and what show is playing Off-Broadway? One staring Christopher Reaves....best thing I have ever seen him do. Then guess who we pass on the street after the show, Christopher Reaves....then we go to Sardees (sp?) for supper, who's picture do we sit under? Christopher Reaves.

I'm beginning to freak-out feeling like this must be some sign.......


Fortunately, I came to my senses and didn't marry the guy. But it sure made for one really special weekend in NYC!

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 3:21 PM

CHRISISALL


If that play you saw was The Fifth Of July, I saw it too, that same year! How much of a coincidence is that? Saw Mr. Reeve after the play, too. Backstage- told him he was great in it.
Small 'Verse, ain't it?

Miss Chris Reeve Chrisisall

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 3:33 PM

DIETCOKE


Quote:

Originally posted by chrisisall:
If that play you saw was The Fifth Of July, I saw it too, that same year! How much of a coincidence is that? Saw Mr. Reeve after the play, too. Backstage- told him he was great in it.
Small 'Verse, ain't it?

Miss Chris Reeve Chrisisall



I'm trying to remember but I believe it was: "The Marriage of Figaro (sp?)" It was a period farce. He really showed off his Julliard training!

By the way, I love Forth of July! Great show!

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 4:55 PM

CHRISISALL


Quote:

Originally posted by dietcoke:
I'm trying to remember but I believe it was: "The Marriage of Figaro (sp?)" It was a period farce. He really showed off his Julliard training!


I missed that one. It's nice that so many will remember him. His last movie was Village Of The Damned. He was pretty good in it, but Bostonians was a jewel in his crown of acting.

Good night Chrisisall

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Monday, May 16, 2005 1:50 AM

MANWITHPEZ

Important people don't do field work.


I might get booed right out of the thread, but I thought that I would mention three Christopher Reeve performances that I really, really liked.

1. Deathtrap - Yeah, I know, I know, and I'm not going to say too much here. But, I really enjoyed this movie as well as how Michael Caine and Reeve played off each other. (Oh come on! Get your head out of the gutter!)

2. Noises Off - What a cast, and what a movie. I know it gets overlooked a lot, and John Ritter was doing everything but actually eating the set to get attention, but I thought Reeve's performance was low key, given the type of movie it was, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. There's one scene when he's walked out on stage, obviously in the wrong place, and John Ritter and Nicollette Sheridan are playing their scene, and Reeve's FROZEN to the spot. Then he mumbles :"Sorry", and wanders off. That cracks me up everytime!

3. The Remains of the Day - Yes, I, like most other people who watched the movie, came to the end of it, and said "Why doesn't he just tell HER!" But, we're talking about Christopher Reeve, who, in this film, plays a patriotic american, and does it quite well. He's barely in the film, but he's magnetic in the small part he plays! Oh, and the rest of the film ain't bad either. Just don't look for too much resolution.

There's three...Highly recommend Deathtrap, because you can find it at Wal-Mart on DVD in the 5$ bin. I'm sure the other two are available on DVD somewhere, but I haven't seen them about. I know HBO shows the HELL out of Noises Off, and its worth watching, if for nothing else Michael Caine's line "It's like the band playing on as the Titanic sank!" Actually, its strange to see a film where everyone's overacting on purpose, and Michael Caine comes in, and basically takes the movie from them.

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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