Which DVDs are you watching this week?

[goofyjim]

I’m watching season one of Star Trek Voyager. I’ve viewed all of the original series, animated series, Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and the movies, so this and Enterprise are all that’s left.

 

[child_of_God85]

The last movies I watched were Mansfield Park and the modern day Pride and Prejudice.
I really liked Mansfield Park, though as I haven’t read the book yet I’m not sure if it’s true to Jane Austen. It is the weakest movie based on a Jane Austen book that I’ve seen. It didn’t grab me emotionaly like some other adaptations.
Pride and Prejudise was cute. I’m sure Jane Austen is spinning in her grave. It’s wasn’t a great movie, but it entertained me. I thought the actor that played Darcy did a very good job. Too good of an actor to be in that kind of a movie really.

 

[Orthodox_Guy]

Let’s see… this week I bought and watched Chicken Run and Star Wars Episode 3 (I liked Chicken Run better ) and am currently watching Howl’s Moving Castle.

 

[BasBleu]

A variation of What book are you reading. I’d like to get some reviews on some movies, whether it’s a new release or an oldie but a goodie that I may be overlooking at the video store.

Just finished:

Miss Potter - based on the story of Beatrix Potter. A nice little story that was very enjoyable. A wholesome movie. And can Ewan MacGregor be any cuter?

My sister and I watched Miss Potter a week ago. We both loved it! The little animations of Peter, Jemima, etc. were so cute and just perfect!

I’ve been watching TV on DVD this week:

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Season Two- It’s so much more annoying than I remember it and not as wholesome as I recall. Guess I’m watching with a mother’s eyes and ears now.

Project Runway, Season One- The language is atrocious, but I find the design process fascinating!

Oh, and DH and I watched Meet Me in St. Louis earlier in the week. One of my all-time favorites! Judy Garland is my favorite actress!

 

[rayne89]

JAG-Season 3
Mork & Mindy -Season 1
Molokai:The story of Father Damien (great movie by the way)
Dinosaurs 1st & 2nd Season
The Muppet Show Season 1

(note: We don’t have regular TV so we watch a lot of dvd’s )

 

[CarolAnnSFO]

My movies on DVD tend to be Christmas movies, so I probably won’t be watching them this weekend. I most likely will watch some of the episodes from the first two seasons of “Leave It To Beaver”.

Somebody gave me “March of the Penguins” and “Annie Hall” on DVD; I’ll eventually get around to watching them.

 

[YinYangMom]

Superman (new version)
Independence Day (on 4th of July)
My Blue Heaven
Forget Paris
Love Me If You Dare (french film)
Indiana Jones, The Last Crusade

 

[CarolAnnSFO]

Does Youtube count? If so, I’ve been watching several episodes of “Are You Being Served?”

 

[RascalJones]

I watched “Facing the Giants” on Saturday. What a disappointment. Of course, I didn’t REALLY know what to expect, but I’d heard a lot of good things about it, and it was pretty awful. The “acting” was atrocious.

I have a ton of movies on my “to see” list. Wargames, Unbreakable, Casino Royale, Tomstone. But who knows when I’ll ever get to them (Yes, I’ve seen them all before.)

 

[child_of_God85]

JAG-Season 3
Mork & Mindy -Season 1
Molokai:The story of Father Damien (great movie by the way)
Dinosaurs 1st & 2nd Season
The Muppet Show Season 1

(note: We don’t have regular TV so we watch a lot of dvd’s )

Molokai is such a wonderful movie, one of my all time favorites. Fr Damien is my role model. I took his name as my confirmation name back in march. I want to be a missionary doctor, so it really fit.
David Wenham (he played Fr Damien) is such a good actor, it’s a shame you really don’t see him in many other movies.

 

[CatholicSam]

Dinosaurs 1st & 2nd Season

(note: We don’t have regular TV so we watch a lot of dvd’s )

Hey, weren’t they great? We just finished them last night and I have the menu music running through my head :hypno:

 

[rayne89]

Molokai is such a wonderful movie, one of my all time favorites. Fr Damien is my role model. I took his name as my confirmation name back in march. I want to be a missionary doctor, so it really fit.
David Wenham (he played Fr Damien) is such a good actor, it’s a shame you really don’t see him in many other movies.

I agree about David Wenham -I also liked him in Lord of the Rings.

I really loved the movie about Fr. Damien -we rented it from Netflix but I do intend to buy it.

 

[rayne89]

Hey, weren’t they great? We just finished them last night and I have the menu music running through my head :hypno:

:yup: I remember watching them back in the early 90’s. My daughter who is 11 loves them too. She tells me,“Mom, you had much better shows on TV when you were a kid.” Although I wasn’t really a “kid” when Dinosaurs was on TV.

 

[Edwin1961]

JAG-Season 3
Mork & Mindy -Season 1
Molokai:The story of Father Damien (great movie by the way)
Dinosaurs 1st & 2nd Season
The Muppet Show Season 1

(note: We don’t have regular TV so we watch a lot of dvd’s )

I’m thinking about getting Dinosaurs!
In the meantime I’ve watched all of my Futuramas (I don’t have Season 3, YET)!

I’m catching up on my Simpsons, I’m on Disc 3 of Season 6. I have all 9 of the available seasons.

Here’s a site to see if your favorite TV show is on DVD:
TVshows on DVD.

 

[schatzi]

Watched “Airplane!” last night. Needed a giggle.
Netflix is sending “Padre Pio: Miracle Man” on Tuesday. I can’t wait to see it!

Tried to watch “Padre Pio: Miracle Man”. There were so many liberties taken with this saint’s life that I finally said, “BASTA!” (“enough!”)
I don’t need my saints gilded by film maker’s standards, thank you.
I will be more vigilant in future.

 

[rayne89]

Tried to watch “Padre Pio: Miracle Man”. There were so many liberties taken with this saint’s life that I finally said, “BASTA!” (“enough!”)
I don’t need my saints gilded by film maker’s standards, thank you.
I will be more vigilant in future.

Hmm…I really liked the movie. Can you point out what you objected to?

 

[schatzi]

Hmm…I really liked the movie. Can you point out what you objected to?

I love the actor Sergio Castellito (see him in “Mostly Martha” - a wonderful movie). My first red flag with this film was the device of the inquisitor priest harrassing Padre Pio on the day he died. OK - it was a useful way of getting the story started. It never happened. The film portrays Padre Pio’s father confessing adultery to his son on his deathbed (this can be nothing but fiction, as confessions are sacred and sealed - plus, his father and mother were very devout and saintly and devoted to one another). The film also portrays Saint Pio as having some sort of romantic obsession with one of his spiritual children. By mixing in some flagrant lies with, I’ll admit, great acting and some truth here and there, I found the film to be very unsettling, and a useful tool for the uninformed to make judgments against a very holy man.
I’ve read many biographies of Padre Pio, and I have a great devotion to him. In the mid-60’s my parents traveled to San Giovanni Rotondo and attended a mass the saint celebrated.
I hope this is a helpful criticism. I really wanted to love this movie.
Thanks for asking.

 

[Morning_Glory]

**I had a Jane Austen fest this week. BBC Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma was checked out, so I got Clueless instead. Forgot how funny that was.

Thanks for the reminder of Mostly Martha, I’ll have to rent that. Am not looking forward to the new version with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Aaron Eckhart.**

 

[Biblioassistant]

I just watched Most Dangerous Game, a 1932 thriller with Joel McCrea and Fay Wray. It was short and fast and exciting. I’m about to watch The Big Heat and The Killers. I love film noir and those are two prime titles.

 

[schatzi]

**I had a Jane Austen fest this week. BBC Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma was checked out, so I got Clueless instead. Forgot how funny that was.

Thanks for the reminder of Mostly Martha, I’ll have to rent that. Am not looking forward to the new version with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Aaron Eckhart.**

Regarding “Mostly Martha” morphing into “No Reservations”: can someone tell me why American film makers re-make perfectly wonderful movies into hack jobs? It’s like they don’t have any imagina…oh…uh…never mind.