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To: afraidfortherepublic

Understood. Just letting you know that if you see the movie is one of his, nine times out of ten it’s going to be a very hard R rated film, full of cursing and violence.

(Though you might like his movies “Hugo” and “the Aviator.”)


44 posted on 12/26/2013 9:25:57 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

I’ve seen both Hugo and the Aviator and enjoyed both of them, although Hugo was rather odd. I didn’t think of them as “Martin Scorcese” films, however. I never think of films categorized by director, or producer. The story and the cast are what appeal to me. I’ll be more careful in the future and stay away from anything Scorcese.

My husband and I enjoy the movies, although our tastes run more to English dramas and comedies — what we call “dialogue” films.

In the last 2 weeks we’ve seen “The Book Thief”, “The Christmas Candle”, “Philomena”, and “Saving Mr. Banks.” and enjoyed all of them. “Saving Mr. Banks” was deeper than I expected — not a kiddie movie at all, but very well done. “Philomena” took its expected slaps at the Catholic Church, but surprised me with its gratuitous (and undeserved) slap at Ronald Reagan. “The Christmas Candle” was a little silly and did not make good use of Susan Boyle, although it was pleasant enough. “The Book Thief” was the best of all those listed, although I thought it was a little too easy on the WWII German civilians — but maybe it was just realistic.


48 posted on 12/26/2013 9:40:54 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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