What Movies Have Been Playing On Your DVD/Video Lately?

Terence Lee · Post by **Terence Lee** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:29 am

Hi Jon

Yes I heard Johnny Mathis crooning Easy To Be Hard in the opening scene. The song's from Hair, right?

Johnny sounded so good singing

How can people be so heartless
How can people be so cruel
Easy to be hard
Easy to be cold

How can people have no feelings
How can they ignore their friends
Easy to be proud
Easy to say no

And especially people
Who care about strangers
Who care about evil
And social injustice
Do you only
Care about the bleeding crowd?
How about a needing friend?

Terence Lee · Post by **Terence Lee** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 8:08 pm

Tonight's DVD viewing is Perfect Stranger, a smart thriller starring Halle Berry and Bruce Willis. The twist at the end is so smart none of us could guess who the killer is. We are still reeling from our incompetence.

Marian · Post by **Marian** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 8:12 pm

Jack Jones has recorded "Easy to Be Hard" too. Not sure on which album off the cuff though.

Marian

Terence Lee · Post by **Terence Lee** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:31 am

Hi Marian

Jack Jones recorded his version on the 1970 album A TIME FOR US.

Great album with these songs :
1. I'll Never Fall In Love Again (From "Promises, Promises") (Bacharach & David)
2. Sweet Child (J. Jones)
3. Easy to Be Hard (From "Hair") (Rado, Ragni & MacDermot)
4. Josephine For Better Or For Worse (Cousins)
5. Spinning Wheel (Thomas)
6. A Time For Us (Love Theme from "Romeo and Juliet") (Kusik, Snyder & Rota)
7. Isn't It Lonely Together (Stevens)
8. I Keep Leavin' Houses Behind (Jones & Marx)
9. The Last Seven Days (Hille & Moring)
10. And I'll Go (Curtis)
11. Home (Marx & Maxwell)

Marian · Post by **Marian** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 8:15 am

Thank you for the reminder Terence. Of course, "A Time For Us." A great JJ album I have owned for many years.

Marian

Gray · Post by **Gray** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:30 am

Hmm, I'll look forward to cathcing 'Perfect Stranger', Terence, I love a good thriller.

Gray

michduncg · Post by **michduncg** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:28 pm

Very strange to see a Bond Movie on BBC2 the other night as part of their British Thrillers season. It was 'From Russia with Love' - a great film without all the bangs and crashes of your normal Bond - and no commercial breaks! ANd of course our Matt singing in the film and the closing title

Lena & Harry Smith · Post by **Lena & Harry Smith** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:45 pm

Any one else watch this ??They have a series that started last Saturday evening "Summer of British Movies" BBC 2 celebrating the nations role as a major player in world cinema for over 100 years
There were some thrillers including "Get Carter" The Long Good Friday, some of Hitchcocks, and the Kemp Brothers of the 80's band Spandau Ballet who played The Krays. During one scene that turned in to a blood bath, and while the fighting was going on Matt was singing in the background on the car radio.

Harry watched "From Russia With Love " again Mike.
Pretty corny now he reckoned.

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:01 pm

George always loved the film "Get Carter"---the one with Michael Caine--in fact he watched it so many times that he knew all the words and could talk along with the actors.

Plus my friend Sandy, from Manchester had a bit part in it--she was standing on a staircase as a body was being moved out of the house. No speaking, and quite honestly, if ahe had not told me the exact scene she was in , I would never have spotted her--or recognised her.

michduncg · Post by **michduncg** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:20 pm

Corny - 007 ??!!! But of course - thats half the charm isn't lol. But at least it was still a spy story, and the locations in Istanbul looked stunning!

Which is more than be said for 'Get Carter' - the multi-storey car park that 'Alf Roberts' gets pushed of is in Gateshead nr Newcastle, is a hideous eye-sore, and becuase of 'Get Carter', is a grade 1 listed building that they can't knock down! GC was a very gritty film wasn't it - I don't think I've ever sat through it to be honest. Never been a lover of gang films - although 'Love, honour and obey' with Ray Winston is worth watching. But Michael Caine is great in the Ipcress Files, and others in the Harry Palmer series. Very much more down to earth than Bond

Now that theres a Cold War between Britain and Russia, maybe we'll get some more decent spy thrillers!

Gray · Post by **Gray** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:07 am

There is a superb fight scene in From Russia With Love on the train between Sean Connery & Robert Shaw, I think it is very realistic.

I watched the program on British films, the first one I think it was, but I didn't think much to it, to be honest.
They managed to get interviews with Sir Richard Attenborough, Guy Hamilton and other important people from the British film industry and we get to hear them speak for about 10 seconds!
Instead we have to listen to (minor) celebrities/journalists who fill the rest of the show trying to sound important.
Grrr, it got me mad!!!

There, that's better...got that off my chest.

Gray

Terence Lee · Post by **Terence Lee** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 1:06 pm

Hi Gray

If you love good thrillers, be prepared for VACANCY.
Kate Beckinsale & Luke Wilson were both effective in their roles in making me sit on the edge of my sofa the entire movie.

Gray · Post by **Gray** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 6:37 pm

Hi Terence

Thanks again for the recomendation, I will certainly look out for that.

I watched The DaVinci Code last night, what a load of old cobblers.
It got very tedious as the whole 2 and a half hours were just made up of people running and being chased.
I have read the book and didn't think much to that to be honest, but the film was definately a step down for me, it played like an adaptation from a pulp novel.
2 out of 5, and I give it '2' because I love Paris and it was nice scenery

Gray

Terence Lee · Post by **Terence Lee** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 6:41 pm

Hi Gray

I agree with your observations about DaVinci Code.
It will be a long time before I rewatch it.
I must say I liked the ending though.

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:35 pm

The best ever movie "trilogy" in my opinion is the LORD OF THE RINGS movies

Watched -The Fellowship of the Ring - last week

Watched - The Two Towers - this week

Just got to find the space to fit in the third film - The Return of the King - which last nearly 4 hours (extended edition DVD)

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