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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Thursday Movie Picks #84: Valentine's Edition: Movies with Memorable Declaration/Confessions of Love

Hello there and welcome to Thursday Movie Picks a weekly series where you share three movie picks each Thursday. The rules are simple simple: Each week there is a topic for you to create a list of three movies. Your picks can either be favourites/best, worst, hidden gems, or if you're up to it one of each.For further details visit the series main page here.

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is the Valentine's Edition: Movies with Memorable Declaration/Confessions of Love

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Persuasion (1995)
The memorable declaration of love is a letter written by Wentworth to Anne. We all knew he used to love her, proposed to her 8 years before, but Anne was persuaded to reject his proposal by friends and family because he was beneath her class. So that declaration that he was still in love with her was something that was a long time coming and it's such a beautiful letter, the most perfect swoon worthy love letter.

Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Granted I find that Mr Darcy's declaration is presented in a slightly cheesy side here with both him and Lizzie drench from the rain, still this is Pride and Prejudice so how can I not choose it. If Wentworth has the best love letter, than Darcy possibly has the worst proposal but it is a spectacularly worded mess of a proposal.

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
This is a after all a modern Shakespeare adaptation so of course Kat finally admits to liking Patrick through a poem.

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So that's it...my three picks. What three movies made your list today?

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Thursday, February 11, 2016

Thursday Movie Picks #83: Valentine's Edition: May-December Romance

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is the Valentine's Edition: May-December Romance

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What's considered as a considerable age difference in a May-December romance? Ten years has been quite normal so I'm going with anything beyond a decade.

Jane Eyre (2011)
Based on one of my favorite books, this is my favourite movie adaptation of it. Gist of the story, young governess falls for the older master of the house who has some secret hidden in his large manor.

The Girl in the Café (2005)
I think this is actually a TV movie but I found it very good, one of those quiet sort of romantic drama movie. The couple here is Bill Nighy who plays the older civil servant who meets the girl, played by Kelly McDonald, in the cafe. They're very awkward and very sweet and he invites her to a work trip to see if their bond is real which isn't really the sort of trip you'd invite to get to know someone.

Harold and Maude (1971)
How can I not pick this! A teenage boy falls in love with 79 year old woman, it's weird, it's funny, it's sad and that soundtrack! Did you know the soundtrack was never released for the movie until 2007 and that was only in limited copies in vinyl. I don't even think it's been made available digitally since then. Most of the songs are on Cat Steven's other albums but one of the main songs is only available on the soundtrack :(

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Thursday, February 4, 2016

Thursday Movie Picks #82: Valentine's Edition: Star-Crossed Lovers

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is the Valentine's Edition: Star-Crossed Lovers

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A quick Google on "star-crossed lovers" is one where their relationship is doomed to fail due to external forces. So as long as it fails, you're good.

I started this week's picks with some bad star-crossed lovers movies but have since flipped and went with the ones that I like/love.

Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Well of course I had to begin with a Shakepeare adaptation and had to choose one. I really love this version, the more I see it the more I love it. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes as Romeo and Juliet were really good in this, they gave it their all and so did everyone in it bringing the characters to life in a contemporary setting. Have you seen the more recent 2013 version, that one was so dull and soulless.

Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Satine and Christian make up the ill fated couple in this and once again another Baz Luhrmann movie and another favourite. Didn't think the whole reworked contemporary pop songs would work in it but they did! I heart them.

The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.” - part of the quote from Shakespeare Julius Caesar that became the title of the book. The star-crossed lovers in this are two teens who meet at a cancer support group - so you know how it ends.

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Thursday, January 28, 2016

Thursday Movie Picks #81: Movies Adapted from Movies of a Different Language

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Movies Adapted from Movies of a Different Language (eg French to English, English to Chinese)

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So this is challenging, most of the remakes I've seen are usually horror titles,. I'm to try my best to steer away from them with this week's picks

Dangerous Liaisons (2012)
I guess this is a cheat somewhat, since it's more of a new adaptation of a book rather than from a movie, but while I know there has been quite a number of non-English language remakes of English language movie, this is the only one which I've seen both the the English adaptations, and now the non-English one, so I just had to include it. This version transplants the story from 18th century France to 1930s Shanghai. While it is a pretty looking movie, the 30s costuming and sets are all very beautiful, I think it lacks tension and probably needs a better Valmont too because I can't help but compare it to the 1988 movie which had Malkovich as Valmont who, not like I've read the book, but seemed perfect as Valmont with his rakish charm and that voice.

The Lake House (2006)
The Korean movie was very popular when it was released but I still haven't had a chance to see it. Can't say I remember much of this remake either, which I haven't seen since 2006. What I do remember was Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves reuniting again on screen was made quite a big deal.

Passion (2012)
I haven't seen the original, but this remake is so bad. Watching this reminded me of The Happening, the whole movie feels like a joke, like it can't possibly be real, did someone really pass this as an actual movie or are they pranking us. Everything in it is so awkward. The actors are just reading lines and everything just feels disconnected to everything else.

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

Thursday Movie Picks #80: Airplane Movies

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Airplane Movies

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Well I hope you're not afraid of flying, because the flying is the least of your problems on these flights.

Red Eye (2005)
Nice little thriller. When I first saw this I had no idea what a "red eye flight" was. Is it an American term or a term only frequent flyers would be familiar with?

Con Air (1997)
Yep it's a prison airplane, which sounds like a really bad idea and in this movie it really was. Nicholas Cage has been doing a lot of bad bad and bad cheesy movies lately but at least this one he was in, way back in 1997, was cheesy fun.

Non-Stop (2014)
This movie feels very similar to Flightplan; both has someone working in the aircraft/airline industry getting used and made to look crazy as part of a sinister plot for money. But I prefer Non-Stop because it's a better mystery and more action packed.

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Thursday, January 14, 2016

Thursday Movie Picks #79: Post-Apocalyptic World

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Post-Apocalyptic World (Not Apocalyptic)

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Hey, so if you haven't heard, Netflix just when global last week. Finally it arrived here after years of waiting! So I have been binge watching shows like The 100 which is, as you might know, is set in a post-apocalyptic world, which brings to today's theme; here are my post-apocalyptic movie picks.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
I always get confused which is the first and which is the sequel. Both "Dawn" and "Rise" sounds like a first-movie sort of title. So this one explores the world after the disease outbreak the devastated the human population while the apes have thrived. Basically it looks like the beginning of the end for the humans.

I Am Legend (2007)
Once again a plague has killed everyone except seemingly one man and he wanders the streets with his dog to find other survivors and work on a cure. So the movie takes a different approach to the "legend" aspect of the story. I prefer the book "legend" which is more depressing.

The Divide (2011)
A handful of people survive a nuclear blast by seeking refuge in a bomb shelter under their apartment. Personality clashes, fights over resources and distrust result in some terrible things happening. Just very bleak and depressing.

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Thursday, January 7, 2016

Thursday Movie Picks #78: Downstairs people

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Downstairs people (in reference to Downton Abbey/Upstairs Downstairs - movies about live in domestic workers).

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I almost posted this late today. I thought it was still Wednesday. Where does time go?

The Remains of the Day (1993)

This will, I think, be a popular pick today. I feel like I should give this movie another watch. This is supposedly one of, if not, the best Merchant Ivory movies and I found it dull the first time around. I found Gosford Park dull the first time around too and now it's one of my favourites.

Gosford Park (2001)
I love this movie! Smart manor murder mystery that delves into the lives of both the upstairs and downstairs people.

Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
The movie based on a book by the same name envisions the girl in Girl with a Pearl Earring as a maid in Vermeer's house. I suppose a movie that features an artist has to be beautiful and this one was. Things look like they came out of a still life painting.

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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Thursday Movie Picks #84: Valentine's Edition: Movies with Memorable Declaration/Confessions of Love

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Thursday Movie Picks #83: Valentine's Edition: May-December Romance

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Thursday Movie Picks #82: Valentine's Edition: Star-Crossed Lovers

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Thursday Movie Picks #81: Movies Adapted from Movies of a Different Language

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Thursday Movie Picks #80: Airplane Movies

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Thursday Movie Picks #79: Post-Apocalyptic World

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Thursday Movie Picks #78: Downstairs people

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