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Comment by nancy Sanchez on Sunday

glad I didn't spend money going to that even though I love all things Oz...

Netflix will be soon enough if I still want to see it..as of late I watched "The life of Pi"...loved it and was very pleased it did justice to the book..."Rabbit Proof fence" was another good movie..and last night I watched "Once" on the recommendation of a facebook friend...loved it and the music is still in my brain..

Comment by wiffledust on March 21, 2013 at 8:37pm

thanks for sparing us, maryanne!

Comment by Maryanne Mesple on March 21, 2013 at 8:37pm

Wasted my money on Oz The Great and Powerful. I almost walked out during the first 30 or so minutes because it was just so blah ... A con man who is insincere playing the field with the ladies carried away in a hot air balloon landing in colorful Oz - it was all so eh. The movie did manage to redeem itself a bit as time drug on and the movie did also tie into the original Wizard of Oz by laying some groundwork for the old movie. You see why the lion is cowardly and where scarecrow may have come from and a few other details. But all in all, I would rather have watched this movie at home not losing money and time at a theater. If you are 12 or so you may absolutely love it? I give it one knuckle up for recovering itself a bit and at least having a green witch in it that rides a broom

Comment by wiffledust on March 5, 2013 at 7:59am

i wanted to see this on sunday, and i didn't get to it yet. but i am definitely going to watch this important documentary, maryanne. i'm so glad you reviewed it here. nobody should be hungry, not in this country! and, yes, documentary reviews welcome here. "a place at the table", y'all.

Comment by Maryanne Mesple on March 5, 2013 at 2:34am

I don't know if a documentary qualifies as 'Favorite Flicks' but I'm going to share my thoughts about 'A Place at the Table' anyways ~

Personally I wish that every American would take the time to watch this well constructed Doc that addresses Hunger and its causes and the solution. I consider myself to be fairly well educated, and well informed but I admit that I did not connect all the dots between large Conglomerate Agriculture and the FDA and other factors to being major contributors to the condition of so many people today. As I said, I personally think everyone should watch this doc film. Oh, and 'The Civil Wars' music is part of the experience while watching and I think you can even buy the sound track.

Comment by wiffledust on February 28, 2013 at 6:37pm

it was a VERY mixed night, wasn't it, pamela?  i found the show itself to be a nightmare. i thought it was written poorly, directed poorly, bad sound, bad jokes, you name it. bad. but i was happy jennifer lawrence won, happy daniel day lewis won, confused about steven spielberg getting ignored, confused about best picture, totally bummed that tony kushner didn't get best screenplay...as you said, mixed bag!

Comment by Pamela Drake on February 25, 2013 at 8:40pm

The Oscars were a mixed bag to me.  I'm happy ARGO won Best Picture, as I was surprised by the choice (I expected LES MIZ or SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK). The LIFE OF PI picks were somewhat expected -- commercials suggested everyone was impressed by Ang Li's direction and the cinematography -- but surprising in the sense that a foreign director and an exotic film with an East Asian star was almost a Foreign Film pick.  Anne Hathaway I expected to win her statue.  I'm happy Daniel Day-Lewis won, as I felt he richly deserved to.  (They say he never was NOT Lincoln while he was filming! That's why he thanked his wife for "living with so many different husbands" - that's how he works!) The actor in DJANGO UNCHAINED was a complete surprise.  I was also glad Adele wrote a song for SKYFALL that took home a statue.  Overall, some big surprises and some not, and a night of much talent that showed it was a pretty good year for movies. (Still haven't SEEN LES MIZ or DJANGO. May try to see LES MIZ tom'w night.)

Comment by Maryanne Mesple on February 24, 2013 at 12:48pm

Well, I was blown away by Ann Hathaway's performance in LM ... incredible.

Comment by wiffledust on February 24, 2013 at 9:56am

well you can tell us who you're hoping for anyway! :-)

Comment by Maryanne Mesple on February 22, 2013 at 8:09pm

I can't predict since I did not see all the nominees ... darn it.

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