A Bit of Fun

[CAT1962]

Catilee 2:

How could I forget the Fly and Alien!?  Also, I enjoyed the older version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers...hehe

[Parrot Pal]

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (give me the hee-bee-jee-bees just writing it).
Saw it when was about 13 in the 1970's in the summer in a rural area, with a bunch of friends.  Then we walked home on the dark country road.  So creepy.

On the flip side, the fun and/or feel good movies I love:
Sound of Music .... these are a few of my favorite things.....la da da da
Legally Blonde
Trading Places with Eddie Murphy and Dan Akaroyd
Somethings Gotta Give with Nicholson and Keaton

[CAT1962]

Ah, feel goods...Hmmmm...


13 Going on 30
Almost Like Heaven (Wow, Mark Rufflao again...
(I need to lose weight and was not offended, but loved Shallow Hal!)
The Family Man
You've Got Mail
So many more! (I'm such a  movie buff!!)


And, have you seen "A lot like Love" with Ashton Kutcher? So cute. 

CAT

[Joe S.]

Chick flicks? Yes that could be considered another form of horror. They make up at least one whole shelf of our video case. I have always been a sucker for a romantic or screwball comedy with a happy ending.

[CAT1962]

Joe!  You are funny.  Chick Flick = 

hehehe

[Meld256]

I agree. Joe, that's pretty funny; Chick flick=horror movie   I think most men feel that way.

I like all kinds of movies. But, this month our satellite co. is offering several free old Westerns channels and my husband is in 7th heaven! Lots of old 50's and 60's westerns...sigh...Football play-offs and westerns...well, Spring will be coming soon, right?

[CAT1962]

I completely forgot I AM LEGEND! Whoa...talk about disturbing. Watched part of it last night and had nightmares about being left alone on Earth. 

[irish]

Whoa, I have never watches horror movies. I could just not take it!

I don't watch many movies now but here are some that I liked.

Grouchy Old Men 1 and 2
Home Alone
Ghost
Snowy River
A Few Good Men
Overboard
Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase. Love it, Love it, Love it! I hop I got the title right.

I lived about 2 blocks from the movie theater when I grew up and went to the movie every week for years. A couple of years ago I was up later into the night(nothing has changed with that) and the movie "The Out of Towners" with Jack Lemmon was on. It was in black and white and had a gal that I didn't know. It was absolutely a scream. If you ever get a chance to see it don't miss it. It thought it was better than the one with Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn. Irish

[Joe S.]

I have one movie that I go back to and watch over and over. It is a B&W called "The Day The Earth Stood Still". I do not like horror shows. While growing up, I was basically a latch key kid. We had an afternoon movie program that I would watch where they would play old BW movies Monday through Friday. After a few horror show and the nightmares that came with them, I swore off them. The action-adventure shows provided excitement without fear. Now there are so many delivery systems and so many shows. We have shelf of movies that are just for our grand kids. We have a shelf of chick flicks, a shelf of action adventure, a shelf of Sci-Fi and fantasy. The start of a self for Anime and Blue-ray. We have a shelf of books on tape and a shelf of books on CD for when we go for a drive.

Most of us were born in the age of radio, then BW TV, Color TV, 8 track tapes, Cassette tapes, Beta, VHS, CD's, Laser Disks, DVDs, HDTV, Blue-Ray, and now 3D. I started using a slide rule, then calculators came, next came desk top computers, Lap tops, palm tops, and now net books and I-pods/I-books. Our phones went from wired rotary dial (I do not remember using a crank) to touch tone, to wireless, to cell phones. I think of all of the technology advances that have happened during our lives and wonder what changed we have yet to see and what changes our grandchildren have yet to see.

I have seen my Children and Grand children behavior modified by what they watch on TV's and in the Movies. This hit home for me a few years ago when I was "glomed " by a teen at an anime convention where I do massage. This is a behavior that is found in Anime.

As much as we wish to ignore it, what we watch, the games we play, our friends and family all shape who we are. With both parents working, most children are left to games, movies and TV to shape who they are.

[tired of it]

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[Patze]

Oh yes, "The Day The Earth Stood Still" is one of my all time favorites (can you tell I like B&W's?).


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[Joe S.]

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[Patze]

Joe, I think you got it!


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