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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.

Comment by wiffledust on February 22, 2013 at 6:45pm

so who is your pick for the oscars, gang? put your hopes and predictions here!

Comment by wiffledust on February 17, 2013 at 2:14pm

i've heard only "I LOVE IT!" about silver linings.  pamela is the first maybe i've heard. it's good to hear all views...that's what we're here for. i think the marketing of silver linings is wrong. that is what i've heard from folks who went to see it...that it is a million times better than what the ads make it look like. 

Comment by Maryanne Mesple on February 17, 2013 at 1:15pm

I've been told several times to see Silver Linings, that it is a sleeper. Good to have another person's view. Everyone says Argo is great and will most likely take Best Picture, but I have a hard time with stories like Argo / terrorist/ kidnapping covert ... maybe I should just breathe and go see it ... I could always walk out but my guess is I would choose to stay!

Comment by wiffledust on February 17, 2013 at 8:49am

pam, do you think that silver linings playbook has a herky jerk feel on purpose to enhance the whole bipolar thing? thanks for telling us about it and argo too! sounds like you have had some good movie moments!

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