Heh, Lagaan is 224 minutes long. Well, it is about a cricket match...
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flea - Jan 28, 2009 12:11:04 pm PST #9744 of 10000
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Kate P. - Jan 28, 2009 12:28:51 pm PST #9745 of 10000
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As long the as original mother dying isn't graphic, that sounds okay.
No, I think it's handled with a pretty light touch. She dies very early on, not graphically at all (of cancer or something similar, I think) and is mostly present in the movie through the letters she has left to her daughter. It's got nothing on Bambi, or even Finding Nemo, for that matter.
Polter-Cow - Jan 28, 2009 1:53:13 pm PST #9746 of 10000
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Heh, Lagaan is 224 minutes long.
The reason I love it is because it doesn't feel 224 minutes long! When it was over, I was totally surprised to discover it was nearly four hours long. I don't think I would have wanted to watch it if you'd told me that beforehand.
Well, it is about a cricket match...
And that's only the last hour!
le nubian - Jan 28, 2009 2:20:48 pm PST #9747 of 10000
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I concur with Lagaan. I really loved it. I don't think it is graphic, but I cannot remember the movie well.
Juliebird - Jan 28, 2009 3:51:19 pm PST #9748 of 10000
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I only remember doing a lot of fast-forwarding during Lagaan, don't stone me. I found it to be one of the most excruciatingly painfully slow movies I have ever half-watched. There was the song-and-dance, but it seemed infrequent, and in between there was too much dryness (no pun intended).
Isn't there a short scene where a man or a dog or a horse (or all three) get beaten by Paul Blackthorne's character?
Jessica - Jan 28, 2009 4:07:07 pm PST #9749 of 10000
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One of the most fun Bollywood films I've seen is Bunty Aur Babli, which is kind of a Bollywood take on Bonnie and Clyde but with (natch) lots more dance numbers and a happy ending. From what I remember, the violence was all very slapstick-y, and the sex was either nonexistant or replaced by a dance number involving waterfalls.
Phir Bi Dil Hai Hindustani is another I'm fond of, but it gets surprisingly dark in the second half and probably isn't good for young kids. Better to just watch the song I'm The Best in both female and male versions online.
sumi - Jan 29, 2009 10:58:45 am PST #9750 of 10000
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Neil Jordan is going to be filming a liveaction movie of The Graveyard Book.
DavidS - Jan 29, 2009 6:34:56 pm PST #9751 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Neil Jordan is going to be filming a liveaction movie of The Graveyard Book.
Sweet! I think he's the second gothiest director after Burton.
Laga - Jan 29, 2009 8:38:11 pm PST #9752 of 10000
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I was surprised how much I liked Hatari. I was glad I wasn't watching it with kids so I was able to let most of the racism, sexism and animal abuse glide by in the context of the film being a product of its time.
Does anybody have recommendations for similar John Wayne pictures (or other actors playing a similar role?) I loved his gruffness peppered with the subtle sense of humor and how he was really clueless when the girl was after him but so suave when he was doing what he did well.
DavidS - Jan 29, 2009 8:49:51 pm PST #9753 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Does anybody have recommendations for similar John Wayne pictures (or other actors playing a similar role?) I loved his gruffness peppered with the subtle sense of humor and how he was really clueless when the girl was after him but so suave when he was doing what he did well.
You really want more Howard Hawks movies then, with or without John Wayne. But you know, start with Rio Bravo. Then maybe Only Angels Have Wings (Cary Grant, though, not the Duke).