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Peter Freedman Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5275 Wellington Gender:	Re: Favourite movies Reply #90 - Nov 28^th, 2012 at 1:26pm Oh, and any of the Thin Man series. William Powell and Myrna Loy solve murders in between downing martinis.
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hadrian_now Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1041 Gender:	Re: Favourite movies Reply #91 - Nov 28^th, 2012 at 1:34pm I started to watch It's a Beautiful Life but couldn't finish it. Neither could I ever watch Schindler's List. Nixon with Anthony Hopkins is worth watching, pretty long though. Hopkins is a brilliant actor imo, also recommend him in Remains of the Day.
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Reply #92 - Nov 28^th, 2012 at 9:24pm

hadrian_now wrote on Nov 28^th, 2012 at 1:34pm:

I started to watch It's a Beautiful Life but couldn't finish it. Neither could I ever watch Schindler's List.
Nixon with Anthony Hopkins is worth watching, pretty long though. Hopkins is a brilliant actor imo, also recommend him in Remains of the Day.

To me, Beautiful Life is a tribute to the indominatable nature of the human spirit.

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Frances Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3577 In a Castle in the Hills Gender:	Re: Favourite movies Reply #93 - Dec 5^th, 2012 at 12:33am Peter Freedman wrote on Nov 28^th, 2012 at 1:26pm: Oh, and any of the Thin Man series. William Powell and Myrna Loy solve murders in between downing martinis. I've got a boxed set of all of them.....
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hadrian_now Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1041 Gender:	Re: Favourite movies Reply #94 - Dec 5^th, 2012 at 10:51am To me, Beautiful Life is a tribute to the indominatable nature of the human spirit. I've no doubt it is, but I grew up consuming a heavy diet of concentration camps & gas chambers and I just can't take any more.
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Reply #95 - Dec 6^th, 2012 at 4:47pm

what_katy_did wrote on Mar 24^th, 2011 at 6:16am:

Dirty Dancing (can't resist)

The Lovely Bones

Little Miss Sunshine

The Black Balloon

Agree about Miss Sunshine, but reckon Peter Jackson's only decent movie was his first, Heavenly Creatures. The Lovely Bones was a great story, but like most Jackson movies just went on and on and on.....could have been told in half the time.

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Reply #96 - Dec 6^th, 2012 at 4:49pm

hadrian_now wrote on Dec 5^th, 2012 at 10:51am:

To me, Beautiful Life is a tribute to the indominatable nature of the human spirit.

I've no doubt it is, but I grew up consuming a heavy diet of concentration camps & gas chambers and I just can't take any more.

This is set in an Italian camp, no gas chambers just the lovely story of a man who loves his son and tries to keep the truth from him by making life a game. It is beautifully done and worth persevering with.

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Frances Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3577 In a Castle in the Hills Gender:	Re: Favourite movies Reply #97 - Dec 15^th, 2012 at 10:23pm It's a Beautiful Life is a rather different film from Life is Beautiful. Which one are we supposed to be talking about?
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Peter Freedman Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5275 Wellington Gender:	Re: Favourite movies Reply #98 - Dec 15^th, 2012 at 10:35pm Not sure, but then I'm old and easily confused. Who cares anyway? Two others I've seen recently and worth a look are The Honey Pot, with Rex Harrison, Susan Hayward and Maggie Smith, and Boy on a Dolphin with Sophia Loren and Alan Ladd. Love Maggie S, Travels with my Aunt is hilarious. Loren is just gorgeous, what a woman!
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Peter Freedman Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5275 Wellington Gender:	Re: Favourite movies Reply #99 - Dec 15^th, 2012 at 10:39pm For the record the movie we are talking about is Life Is Beautiful. My mistake.
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hadrian_now Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1041 Gender:	Re: Favourite movies Reply #100 - Dec 28^th, 2012 at 2:06pm Elmer Gantry, which I've just got on DVD but have seen a couple of times on TV. I like anything, except westerns, with Burt Lancaster. The Rainmaker was good too. He's just so intense.
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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 40772 Gender:	Re: Favourite movies Reply #101 - Dec 28^th, 2012 at 5:01pm just saw "Les Miserables" Very good
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