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[disneydream06]

Last Thursday and yesterday I went to the movies.
I saw a really good movie and a great movie.
*Thursday night I saw a new movie, "Wicked Little Letters".
It takes place in a small English village in the 1920s and is based on a true event.
Villagers start to receive vulgar hateful letters in the mail.
Who's to blame? Well let's blame the Irish emigrant widow who has a very colorful mouth.
They arrest her and charge her with sending the letters.
But then a lady police officer, who of course at that time is treated like a secretary, and a couple of local ladies decide she is innocent and start their own investigate to prove it.
No more so I don't spoil anything if you decide to see it, and I do recommend seeing it. :)
*Monday night I went to a classic, and the movie I have always said is my all time favorite.
"Gone With The Wind".
Epic Costume Drama.
This is the 85th Anniversary of the movie, and earlier in the year I saw "The Wizard of Oz" also celebrating it's 85th Anniversary.
"GWTW" has an amazing cast.
Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard, Hattie McDaniel, Butterfly McQueen,

Cancel Culture of course hates it because it doesn't show slaves being beaten and treated horribly, but IMHO, it's not a movie about slavery, it's a movie about a strong willed woman who does what she has to do to get what she wants in life. If you want a slavery movie, then watch "12 Years a Slave". They are two completely different things.
Even in the introduction by Leonard Maltin they had to make the point, it wasn't okay to make the movie they way they did back then, and it's not okay now. I think it's like saying, This is a bad movie, but now watch this great movie.
Some times a movie is just entertainment and not a history lesson.
Okay off my soapbox.

This Thursday I am going to The Guthrie for some live entertainment with my friend Neil, mrdreamjeans.
They are presenting the three History Plays by Shakespeare.
I believe we are seeing "Henry V".

Comments

[cmcmck]

O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend
The brightest heaven of invention,
A kingdom for a stage, princes to act
And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!

Enjoy!

[disneydream06]

WOW.....
I remember when I went to the movie Much Ado About Nothing, it took me a good half hour or so to get into the rhythm of the speaking to really understand them. lol.....

[joseph_teller]

Sorry but The film has been controversial since it first appeared in the theaters for exactly the same things it is protested about now (and the novel it was based on was also lambasted from when it was published). It has always been a problem film, just like 'Birth of a Nation' was from the start, it's political and always has been.

[misyachnakvitka]

NICE!!! GWTW is like an effin' classic. :) Enjoy Henry V. :)

[disneydream06]

Thank you. :)

[misyachnakvitka]

How was it??

[disneydream06]

It was really good. :)
I'm glad I went to see it.
I didn't always understand everything that was being said because Shakespeare is not easy, but I did follow the overall story with no real problems. :)

[misyachnakvitka]

Good! How did Mr. Dreamjeans like it??

[disneydream06]

He enjoyed it too. :)

[kaishin108]

Wicked Little Letters sounds really good!

I love the GWTW book and movie. I agree with you in that it is about a strong willed woman.

How many times have you seen Wizard of Oz?

Have fun tonight!!

Hugs, helen

[disneydream06]

Wizard of Oz in the theater or ever?
In the theater I would guess about 4 times.
Ever, I have no idea. LOL...
Many years ago I was working on the pediatric floor one night it was a really small station.
Usually just running with a nurse and an aide.
They had a vcr set up that they would watch movies at night if it was quiet. One night I was there it was quiet and I popped The Wizard of Oz into the machine and watched it. Unbeknownst to me the machine was set up to repeat, and so I just watched it a second time. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Henry V was really good.
I didn't always follow the dialogue, but I did follow the over all story. :)

I hope you can see Wicked Little Letters. :)
I'm glad I stumbled across it when I did, because I think it's out of our theater already. :o
I looked to see if there was anything worth going to this weekend, and nothing attracted me. Blah...

[kaishin108]

Wizard of Oz: wow 4 times at the theatre is amazing but yes, I wondered about all in toto, lol.

I met this woman at a yoga workshop, I think in 2014 that has seen the movie 350 times, whoa!

I think the movie I have watched the most is The Big Chill and Moonstruck.

Henry V... yes hard to follow some of those dialogues. I wonder if that is the same Henry V I see on some streaming channel...hmm.

[disneydream06]

The movie I have seen the most in the theaters would be Cruella.
I saw that 8 times when it came out, and then several times at home streaming/dvds. lol........

If it's Shakespeare, it should the same story.
I have a dvd collection of the "history" plays as they are called.
Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V.
Ben Whishaw, Jeremy Irons, and Tom Hiddleston.
I really need to watch them. :)

[kaishin108]

You have such a great DVD collection. I love to read and watch about the early royals of England.

I really should see Cruella sometime!

[disneydream06]

I am a total Royalist. LOL...
I think I was born in the wrong country. LOL!!!!!

WOW, you haven't seen Cruella?

If dvds were still in fashion I could easily open a rental store. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kaishin108]

I am a Royalist too, let's move! Wouldn't that be an adventure. I have so many friends here in the UK. I really want to go visit.

Crazy all the movies that I have NOT seen, hah.

You could open a rental store! :D

[disneydream06]

I have wanted to visit the UK forever. :o
I have several friends that live over there too. :)

Wonder how much I could charge? LOL.............

[kaishin108]

The thing is, to go over there, I would want to take about 3 weeks you know. And a 3 week vacation would be very challenging. Cost, time from home, time from work. But some day...

[disneydream06]

Three weeks at least.
Which means at least one occurrence.
Full time every other weekend staff are only allowed to take 12 days in a row off because Nursing Department do not allow us to take vacation on weekends. ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kaishin108]

Let's go when you retire! :)

[disneydream06]

I have decided if the right trip comes along, I will say screw the occurrence and be gone for as long as I want. :)

[kaishin108]

There ya go! Just start out telling them two weeks and then erm, get stuck over there. :D

Hugs, helen

[disneydream06]

I am quickly reaching the point, I just don't care what they think any more. UGH...

[kaishin108]

I sure understand that, sigh.