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Post by SueFB on Jun 22, 2014 15:33:09 GMT -5
Just got back from Jersey Boys. I don't give a crap what the critics say, I loved it. It could be that I'm a fan of the Four Season and love the songs, I live in Jersey so am familiar with the towns they mention (heck, I pass Rahway Prison on the train every day!), or I'm Italian and am very familiar with the accents and the things that they said so I could relate a bit. I also thought John Lloyd Young was very good as Frankie, my husband thought he was excellent. It's pretty much like a documentary/biography with songs thrown in as you tell the story, but I loved it. People even clapped at the end and when we were leaving many of the audience stayed and were singing along with the songs. I loved the stage show also, although Young wasn't in it when I saw it but I think the actors that played Gaudio and DiVito were. Nice. I hadn't been planning to see it, but I'm tempted now!
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Post by emtee on Jun 22, 2014 15:44:01 GMT -5
Just got back from Jersey Boys. I don't give a crap what the critics say, I loved it. It could be that I'm a fan of the Four Season and love the songs, I live in Jersey so am familiar with the towns they mention (heck, I pass Rahway Prison on the train every day!), or I'm Italian and am very familiar with the accents and the things that they said so I could relate a bit. I also thought John Lloyd Young was very good as Frankie, my husband thought he was excellent. It's pretty much like a documentary/biography with songs thrown in as you tell the story, but I loved it. People even clapped at the end and when we were leaving many of the audience stayed and were singing along with the songs. I loved the stage show also, although Young wasn't in it when I saw it but I think the actors that played Gaudio and DiVito were. The Tommy DeVito actor wasn't on Broadway. Glad you enjoyed it. Interested to see how it strikes me.
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Post by narrows101 on Jun 22, 2014 15:46:45 GMT -5
Just got back from Jersey Boys. I don't give a crap what the critics say, I loved it. It could be that I'm a fan of the Four Season and love the songs, I live in Jersey so am familiar with the towns they mention (heck, I pass Rahway Prison on the train every day!), or I'm Italian and am very familiar with the accents and the things that they said so I could relate a bit. I also thought John Lloyd Young was very good as Frankie, my husband thought he was excellent. It's pretty much like a documentary/biography with songs thrown in as you tell the story, but I loved it. People even clapped at the end and when we were leaving many of the audience stayed and were singing along with the songs. I loved the stage show also, although Young wasn't in it when I saw it but I think the actors that played Gaudio and DiVito were. The Tommy DeVito actor wasn't on Broadway. Glad you enjoyed it. Interested to see how it strikes me. Ah, ok, thanks Joan. For some reason I thought all of the actors were on Broadway, should have looked it up before I posted. Now I can't get Four Seasons songs out of my head!
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Post by Kristin on Jun 22, 2014 17:03:44 GMT -5
The Tommy DeVito actor wasn't on Broadway. Glad you enjoyed it. Interested to see how it strikes me. Ah, ok, thanks Joan. For some reason I thought all of the actors were on Broadway, should have looked it up before I posted. Now I can't get Four Seasons songs out of my head! Speaking of The Four Seasons, I once sang "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" to Hugh in an elevator (okay, I didn't sing it TO him, I was just singing it. It was stuck in my head from the night before when I had dinner with Mindi and Jenda. Mindi makes me sing to her in elevators...) and he hummed along. It was cute. But then he subsequently said that was a creepy song and I thought "Oops." A couple of days later he told me I had a nice voice, which was really lovely, so creepy song or not, it's all good.
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Post by narrows101 on Jun 22, 2014 17:45:40 GMT -5
Ah, ok, thanks Joan. For some reason I thought all of the actors were on Broadway, should have looked it up before I posted. Now I can't get Four Seasons songs out of my head! Speaking of The Four Seasons, I once sang "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" to Hugh in an elevator (okay, I didn't sing it TO him, I was just singing it. It was stuck in my head from the night before when I had dinner with Mindi and Jenda. Mindi makes me sing to her in elevators...) and he hummed along. It was cute. But then he subsequently said that was a creepy song and I thought "Oops." A couple of days later he told me I had a nice voice, which was really lovely, so creepy song or not, it's all good. Creepy? That's one of my favorites! I guess I'm reading the lyrics a different way....
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Post by Kristin on Jun 22, 2014 19:36:47 GMT -5
Speaking of The Four Seasons, I once sang "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" to Hugh in an elevator (okay, I didn't sing it TO him, I was just singing it. It was stuck in my head from the night before when I had dinner with Mindi and Jenda. Mindi makes me sing to her in elevators...) and he hummed along. It was cute. But then he subsequently said that was a creepy song and I thought "Oops." A couple of days later he told me I had a nice voice, which was really lovely, so creepy song or not, it's all good. Creepy? That's one of my favorites! I guess I'm reading the lyrics a different way.... I think he's reading it a different way. It was an interview for the minute promotion he did for Deception - the guy interviewing misremembered the song he sings to Michelle Williams as "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" when it was actually "Yeh Yeh" by Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames. Hugh looks confused, then sings along, LOL. Then he says it's a creepy song. I really wasn't singing it to him. I sing all the time, I don't even realize it. Mindi can attest to that. But I do imagine he'd be heaven to touch...
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Post by emtee on Jun 22, 2014 22:21:54 GMT -5
Creepy? That's one of my favorites! I guess I'm reading the lyrics a different way.... I think he's reading it a different way. It was an interview for the minute promotion he did for Deception - the guy interviewing misremembered the song he sings to Michelle Williams as "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" when it was actually "Yeh Yehy" by Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames. Hugh looks confused, then sings along, LOL. Then he says it's a creepy song. I really wasn't singing it to him. I sing all the time, I don't even realize it. Mindi can attest to that. But I do imagine he'd be heaven to touch... You confused me too. I thought you were saying he turned to you in the elevator and said that was a creepy song to sing to him in a trapped space! Whoa, that's not how I remember the story. Glad you clarified
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Post by Kristin on Jun 22, 2014 23:24:40 GMT -5
I think he's reading it a different way. It was an interview for the minute promotion he did for Deception - the guy interviewing misremembered the song he sings to Michelle Williams as "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" when it was actually "Yeh Yehy" by Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames. Hugh looks confused, then sings along, LOL. Then he says it's a creepy song. I really wasn't singing it to him. I sing all the time, I don't even realize it. Mindi can attest to that. But I do imagine he'd be heaven to touch... You confused me too. I thought you were saying he turned to you in the elevator and said that was a creepy song to sing to him in a trapped space! Whoa, that's not how I remember the story. Glad you clarified Oh, sorry for the confusion! He didn't say it was creepy to me, he actually was humming along when I was singing it (very softly, I was surprised he heard me at first) and he was actually really cute. I have a feeling even if he thought it was creepy, he wouldn't have said anything. But then when I saw that interview, I was like I probably shouldn't have been singing that in a confined space with him.
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Post by SueFB on Jul 6, 2014 7:01:52 GMT -5
I convinced my husband and daughter to go see Jersey Boys last night. I liked a lot of it, but I felt the story just didn't have enough in it to justify the 2+ hours, and it dragged near the end. I enjoyed the musical sequences the best, along with a few of the humorous moments - could have used some more of that, I couldn't help but laugh at "You're no Neil Sedaka!!" - and I thought the acting was very good. Although Christopher Walken seemed miscast, but maybe that's just because I know he isn't Italian, LOL. And I wasn't a big fan of the asides to the viewers, which may have worked on stage but felt like lazy story-telling here. Most importantly, my husband said that the bits of Italian language sounded quite authentic, except for Walken's, ha! Still glad to have seen it in a theater. It reminded me in some ways of a past musical rags-to-riches movie which I remember enjoying a lot more, La Bamba. But of course the Ritchie Valens story has an inherent emotional wallop. Also saw a trailer for RDJ's new, rare non-franchise movie - The Judge, with Robert Duvall - and thought how nice for his fans.
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Post by narrows101 on Jul 6, 2014 7:39:41 GMT -5
I convinced my husband and daughter to go see Jersey Boys last night. I liked a lot of it, but I felt the story just didn't have enough in it to justify the 2+ hours, and it dragged near the end. I enjoyed the musical sequences the best, along with a few of the humorous moments - could have used some more of that, I couldn't help but laugh at "You're no Neil Sedaka!!" - and I thought the acting was very good. Although Christopher Walken seemed miscast, but maybe that's just because I know he isn't Italian, LOL. And I wasn't a big fan of the asides to the viewers, which may have worked on stage but felt like lazy story-telling here. Most importantly, my husband said that the bits of Italian language sounded quite authentic, except for Walken's, ha! Still glad to have seen it in a theater. It reminded me in some ways of a past musical rags-to-riches movie which I remember enjoying a lot more, La Bamba. But of course the Ritchie Valens story has an inherent emotional wallop. Also saw a trailer for RDJ's new, rare non-franchise movie - The Judge, with Robert Duvall - and thought how nice for his fans. I can confirm that the "Italian language" was authentic LOL. Frankie Valli (with four backup singers, new Four Seasons? I dunno) sang on "The Capitol Fourth" show Friday. Sounds exactly the same IMO, and he had the audience joining in on all the songs ("Grease", "Let's Hang On", "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" and I think a few others).
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Post by SueFB on Jul 6, 2014 7:56:40 GMT -5
I convinced my husband and daughter to go see Jersey Boys last night. I liked a lot of it, but I felt the story just didn't have enough in it to justify the 2+ hours, and it dragged near the end. I enjoyed the musical sequences the best, along with a few of the humorous moments - could have used some more of that, I couldn't help but laugh at "You're no Neil Sedaka!!" - and I thought the acting was very good. Although Christopher Walken seemed miscast, but maybe that's just because I know he isn't Italian, LOL. And I wasn't a big fan of the asides to the viewers, which may have worked on stage but felt like lazy story-telling here. Most importantly, my husband said that the bits of Italian language sounded quite authentic, except for Walken's, ha! Still glad to have seen it in a theater. It reminded me in some ways of a past musical rags-to-riches movie which I remember enjoying a lot more, La Bamba. But of course the Ritchie Valens story has an inherent emotional wallop. Also saw a trailer for RDJ's new, rare non-franchise movie - The Judge, with Robert Duvall - and thought how nice for his fans. I can confirm that the "Italian language" was authentic LOL. Frankie Valli (with four backup singers, new Four Seasons? I dunno) sang on "The Capitol Fourth" show Friday. Sounds exactly the same IMO, and he had the audience joining in on all the songs ("Grease", "Let's Hang On", "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" and I think a few others). No doubt their musical legacy Is a great one. I remember as a kid in the 70s thinking they were a black group based on their later hits, lol. No mtv or youtube back then.! ETA, I was just out walking and thinking about the movie quite a bit, which probably means I liked it more than I suggested earlier. I was thinking of the arc of their story and how the Four Seasons were sort of unique in that they started off as a classic late 50s crooner group but were able to adjust with musical styles and remain relevant into the 70s. I think the most interesting part of the story, besides their initial rise to fame, was how he had to ply the smallest crappy little venues again, a real fall into potential irrelevance, but then was able to come back with some more #1 hits. But that part of it was barely presented while much was made of his failed marriage and story with his daughter. Certainly those things were important in his life, but frankly (heh), in the realm of the film, they weren't that interesting to me, perhaps because Valli himself was portrayed as being sort of saintly. Anyway, interesting slice of American music, and theater. I was never a big fan, but Oh What A Night, My Eyes Adored You and Who Loves You absolutely contributed to the soundtrack of my youth.
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Post by klenotka on Jul 20, 2014 15:02:07 GMT -5
Lost in Translation...what a beautiful movie. It makes you think why Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson don´t get more roles like this. Low key, natural...it was basically only about two people talking but so touching, bittersweet, funny (like really funny) but also sad...I am glad I finally found the time to watch it
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Post by SueFB on Jul 20, 2014 21:04:15 GMT -5
Took my son to Dawn of the Planet of the Apes this evening ... solid entertainment value with a good story. I had talked him out of Transformers (ugh). Amazing effects - and acting through the motion capture by Andy Serkis and others. I do hate it when a movie ends without concrete resolution in order (I assume) to set up the next installment of the franchise. Even with the credit tease, for instance, I thought DoFP did a good job of standing all on its own.
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Post by SueFB on Jul 21, 2014 1:38:57 GMT -5
Oh, and I had a similar thought to this tweeter while watching the movie. They put it more humorously than I did. Brad Shoup @bshoup 1h In retrospect, making monkeys super-intelligent and disease-resistant was probably not a great move on Hugh Jackman's part. #TheFountain Oh, one other thing, there was a Gone Girl trailer before the film. He's not shown much, but NPH looking all serious and sinister just made me snicker. I wonder how that will work.
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Post by mamaleh on Jul 21, 2014 5:58:39 GMT -5
I'm hoping the sight will elicit unintentional laughter.
I saw a movie on Netflix over the weekend that I thought was ingratiating and fairly original. IN A WORLD is an indie about voice-over artists, their egos and the intense competition among them for the plum "epic" jobs. It's funny-serious, the dialogue crackles with authenticity and insight, and the performances are charming, especially that of Lake Bell, the woman who wrote, directed and starred in it. IN A WORLD is a little gem that offers something different.
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Post by SueFB on Jul 21, 2014 7:11:57 GMT -5
Yeah, me, too. He seemed really out of place in the trailer.
I remember seeing the trailer for In a World at our local art house theater and thinking it looked good. And I think critics liked it, too, but we just never got to it. Thanks for the reminder to check it out on netflix.
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Post by narrows101 on Jul 21, 2014 8:11:46 GMT -5
I'm hoping the sight will elicit unintentional laughter. I saw a movie on Netflix over the weekend that I thought was ingratiating and fairly original. IN A WORLD is an indie about voice-over artists, their egos and the intense competition among them for the plum "epic" jobs. It's funny-serious, the dialogue crackles with authenticity and insight, and the performances are charming, especially that of Lake Bell, the woman who wrote, directed and starred in it. IN A WORLD is a little gem that offers something different. I have a stupid question about Netflix. I have it but I can never find anything on it. I get the Icons listed by categories but they always seem to be the same! And anything I search for is never there. Is there a trick to seeing what's new? On the bright side though, I did find and watch some fascinating British documentaries about Henry VIII, British castles and the Tower of London (I'm a tad obsessed with British history/monarchy).
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Post by SueFB on Jul 21, 2014 8:23:01 GMT -5
This is my mother's constant complaint about Netflix. "I can't find what I want". I try to explain that it's like HBO, that it won't have new releases until several months after they come out on BluRay, and it won't even have ALL of them. I also explain it's catering to the people who (used to) go to Blockbuster in search of "something to watch" - with all the categories and favorites and suggestions and "this is similar to what you asked about" - rather than A SPECIFIC MOVIE. Which is never the way I (or my mother) have been with anything.
I almost get the feeling you have to check it on a daily (or maybe weekly?) basis to see what the "new releases" are. I tried to find some web site that might post upcoming new releases (you'd think it would be on netflix.com!), but I wasn't successful, and I don't quite watch it enough to feel like spending a lot of time on it.
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Post by narrows101 on Jul 21, 2014 8:35:33 GMT -5
This is my mother's constant complaint about Netflix. "I can't find what I want". I try to explain that it's like HBO, that it won't have new releases until several months after they come out on BluRay, and it won't even have ALL of them. I also explain it's catering to the people who (used to) go to Blockbuster in search of "something to watch" - with all the categories and favorites and suggestions and "this is similar to what you asked about" - rather than A SPECIFIC MOVIE. Which is never the way I (or my mother) have been with anything. I almost get the feeling you have to check it on a daily (or maybe weekly?) basis to see what the "new releases" are. I tried to find some web site that might post upcoming new releases (you'd think it would be on netflix.com!), but I wasn't successful, and I don't quite watch it enough to feel like spending a lot of time on it. Thanks Sue. I guess it's good for the new TV shows that are only on Netflix and for "binge watching" some shows you didn't catch or never would. One of those was "The Fall" starring Gillian Anderson (from the X-Files) and Jamie Dornan (another sorta favorite of mine since he stars in the "Fifty Shades of Gray" movie, so sue me LOL), which doesn't air in the US. I thought it was quite good! I watched all 13 episodes over a weekend a while ago. Hopefully the new season will appear on Netflix at some point. I did catch "The Flight" with Denzel on Netflix and one of my all-time favorite movies, "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir" on there. Also "Somewhere in Time" which I hadn't seen in a long time.
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Post by mamaleh on Jul 21, 2014 9:55:50 GMT -5
While I like the streaming service, I also have DVD home delivery, as that's pretty much the only way Netflix offers newer film titles. It's annoying to have to subscribe to both services.
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