"FG Film Reviews"

[spot]

It's not often I see a movie that impresses me. It takes a well-considered plot, no loose ends and fine acting. The Man from Earth managed all three. No high-grossing stars but impressive performances, especially one from Tony Todd - I knew I'd seen him somewhere else and it turned out I had, in SG-1.

The writer, Jerome Bixby, deserves a pat on the back, he got a lot in there. He worked on the script on and off for thirty years while creating episodes for successive Star Trek series and turning out short stories. This one he finally revised as he was dying ten years ago. I'm glad it made it onto the screen. Everyone involved in getting it there should take pleasure from their achievement. Thank you, it's a well-told tale. It's tight, it's claustrophobic and it carries a philosophy worth discussing.

[Nomad]

Originally Posted by spot

It's not often I see a movie that impresses me. It takes a well-considered plot, no loose ends and fine acting. The Man from Earth managed all three. No high-grossing stars but impressive performances, especially one from Tony Todd - I knew I'd seen him somewhere else and it turned out I had, in SG-1.

The writer, Jerome Bixby, deserves a pat on the back, he got a lot in there. He worked on the script on and off for thirty years while creating episodes for successive Star Trek series and turning out short stories. This one he finally revised as he was dying ten years ago. I'm glad it made it onto the screen. Everyone involved in getting it there should take pleasure from their achievement. Thank you, it's a well-told tale. It's tight, it's claustrophobic and it carries a philosophy worth discussing.

I want to say Ive seen this one but Im not recalling many details. I guess thats about all I have to add here. I probably could not have added anything since whatever Ive just said is pretty much useless and void of any meaningful contribution yet for some reason I felt compelled to say something, anything. Sometimes thats how it is with me.

[spot]

Originally Posted by Nomad

I want to say Ive seen this one but Im not recalling many details. I guess thats about all I have to add here. I probably could not have added anything since whatever Ive just said is pretty much useless and void of any meaningful contribution yet for some reason I felt compelled to say something, anything. Sometimes thats how it is with me.

You're thinking of The Man Who Fell To Earth. Different movie entirely. One has David Bowie, the other doesn't.

[Nomad]

Originally Posted by spot

You're thinking of The Man Who Fell To Earth. Different movie entirely. One has David Bowie, the other doesn't.

I am not thinking of David Bowie. I rarely think of David Bowie. I cant think of the last time I did think of him. The only reason Im thinking of him now is because you mentioned him.

[spot]

For anyone who feels inclined to sit through three hours of emotional roller-coaster and end up a sobbing wreck clutched tight to whoever you persuaded to share your sofa I have the very thing, Three Smart Girls followed by its sequel, Three Smart Girls Grow Up. You need both, neither works without the other to get the full effect. The shock ending is one of the great moments of cinema, have at least one extra hankie left to cope with it.

[Nomad]

Originally Posted by spot

For anyone who feels inclined to sit through three hours of emotional roller-coaster and end up a sobbing wreck clutched tight to whoever you persuaded to share your sofa I have the very thing, Three Smart Girls followed by its sequel, Three Smart Girls Grow Up. You need both, neither works without the other to get the full effect. The shock ending is one of the great moments of cinema, have at least one extra hankie left to cope with it.

I dunno spock.

The three Craig sisters, in Switzerland with their ten-years-divorced mother, run away to New York to prevent their father from marrying calculating socialite Donna Lyons. The overpowering vivacity of the Smart Girls (nominal ages 14-20) sweeps all before it, but a romantic complication between middle sister Kay and their accidental ally, Lord Michael Stuart, threatens shipwreck to their schemes... Written by Rod Crawford {puffinus@u.washington.edu}
Hoping to reunite their divorced parents, the three Craig sisters plot to prevent the marriage of their father to a gold-digger. Their scheme to match her up with a penniless Count backfire, but but a wealthy Australian saves the day.

[fuzzywuzzy]

but a wealthy Australian saves the day.

As always, we're like that in fiction you know.


Okay end of school holidays here.

Ice age 3 .........don't see it if you're expecting the same as 1 and 2 .......BORING!!!!

Transformers!!! oh god save me !!!! Send a trusted male along with them seriously not for the intelligent

[Nomad]

Haunting in Conneticut

Im not a horror film fan because most of them suck this one being no exception. I managed to eek through it though for the sound effects.
Lots of scary. startling, noises to make your heart jump.

Nomads Sound Effects Rating:

[Lon]

The biggest rip off Horror Film that I remember seeing was "The Thing". You sit for one hour and 15 minutes of black and white film where some one opens the door to a cabin during a big storm and standing in the doorway is something looking like a giant carrott (James Arness of Gunsmoke fame). It was a 1951 flick.

THE THING: Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, James Arness, James Young - HOMEVIDEOS.com

[fuzzywuzzy]

Beautiful Kate.

YouTube - Beautiful Kate trailer