Posted on 01/29/2005 1:04:03 PM PST by what's up
2 movies I found worth watching recently. I found good undercurrents of traditional values.
"Spanglish" starring Adam Sandler (isn't he pro-Bush?) about a man in LA married to a neurotic wife (who is hilarious BTW) who hires a beautiful maid with a daughter. The maid cannot speak a word of English and is fiercely protective of her daughter. Adam Sandler is drawn to the maid because of his neurotic wife but in the end remains faithful to the wife. Lots of family values in this one. No affair takes place.
"In Good Comapny" with Dennis Quaid. About an advertising exec in Manhattan (Quaid) who is demoted from his job in favor of a hotshot half his age. Quaid is a family man who does selling the old-fashioned way. When the hotshot (a very funny and interesting to watch Topher Grace) has an affair with Quaid's daughter, he goes postal and punches his younger boss out. I liked this because there is no compromise with the fiercely protective Quaid. In the end the younger guy learns that he wants an old-fashioned values life just like Quaid.
Good, entertaining movies with some good laughs. Maybe not to take the kids to but good for a night out for the Mom & Dad. JMO.
I loved Big Fish!
Ed
You probably would if your scope is limited to only that part of the movie. I was able to look at the bigger picture of the struggle by a woman who was given a "losing" hand in life and overcame great obstacles. It's also about........oh never mind.
The Forgotten nearly gave me a heartattack, not once, not twice, but three times.
Phantom is my very favorite, has nothing to do with Gerard Butler either. Nope, not at all. =0P
I thought Spanglish was depressing. I was really hoping I'd like it when I walked in there, but I left disappointed.
CC :(
"I was able to look at the bigger picture of the struggle by a woman who was given a "losing" hand in life and overcame great obstacles."
I'm glad other movies don't solve problems HER way!
We would have had George Bailey die when he threw himself off the bridge, and Rocky would have thrown in the towel in the first round.
Rick in Casablanca would have turned in Victor Laszlo because he didn't want to get in trouble with the Nazis, and Gary Cooper would have let the bad guy shoot everyone at High Noon, as he would have taken the 10 a.m. stage earlier and left town...
Not to mention that another Stewart movie would be renamed I Let Liberty Valance Go!
Ed
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