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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.
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!
I concur with Lagaan. I really loved it. I don't think it is graphic, but I cannot remember the movie well.
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?
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.
Neil Jordan is going to be filming a liveaction movie of The Graveyard Book.
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.
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.
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).
You really want more Howard Hawks movies then
Ahh cool. Good to know where the gaps in my cinematic knowledge are. I've seen The Big Sleep (loved it!) and Bringing up Baby (meh.) but the rest of his catalogue is mostly stuff I've heard of but never seen. Now I only need to make a little space in my netflix queue. I love following trails through the past of popular culture.