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<blockquote data-quote="HereWeGoAgain" data-source="post: 77136" data-attributes="member: 3485"><p>Well wife questions whether I'm a closet gay whenever I mention it, but "Pride and Prejudice" -- we own the BBC miniseries, and I thought the most recent remake, with Keira Knightley, was very well done.</p><p></p><p>"Amazing Grace" with Ioan Gruffaud (sp?) is a great feel-good movie and historically accurate, or as close as Hollywood can get to historically accurate anyway. Saw it twice. It is not the story of John Newton, by the way, as you might surmise from the title, although Newton, played by Albert Finney, plays a part.</p><p></p><p>Another great feel-good movie is "Remember the Titans" with Denzel Washington and Will Patton.</p><p></p><p>"Master and Commander" is very good, gives a good portrayal of life in the Royal Navy in the early 19th century. A lot of research went in to getting the uniforms and nautical terms and sailing details correct, which they did, for the most part. Opinion seems to be divided about 50/50 amongst Patrick O'Brian fans whether the film is a travesty or the greatest film ever made. I'm in the latter camp.</p><p></p><p>"Walk the Line" (biopic about Johnny Cash) with Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix is simply outstanding. The two leads trained for six months to sing the songs themselves.</p><p></p><p>"Titanic", if you happen to be one of the two or three people who didn't see it (it holds the box office record). The historical backdrop, particularly the visuals, is authentic, and the attention to detail quite amazing. For example: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120338/faq" target="_blank">(from here)</a> </p><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">At the time of the Titanic disaster steering orders were still given in concurence with an old tradition. Early ships were steered with an oar and then later with a tiller that would control the rudder. In order to turn to starboard you would turn the tiller to port and vice-versa. So if an officer said hard-a-starboard that meant turn the tiller to starboard and the ship would go to port. During the early 18th century, the wheel was introduced. Now turing the wheel to port would steer the ship to port, but the old orders stayed the same i.e if an officer said hard-a-starboard (like in the movie), the helmsman would turn to port, in essence the helmsman had to turn in the opposite direction to what the officer had said. Confusing? Yes, but this was finally corrected in Britain on January 1st, 1933 when hard-to-port finally meant turn to port and hard-to-starboard finally meant to starboard.</div></div>The three "Lord of the Rings" movies.</p><p></p><p>"Dr. Zhivago" is one of my favorites. A sweeping epic. Stunning cinematography (loses a lot of its impact on the small screen though).</p><p></p><p>wife and I loved "Wild Hogs". I was depressed by "Bridge to Terabithia". My gr.daughter loves to tell her friends that I cried at that movie. What can I say? I'm a softie.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HereWeGoAgain, post: 77136, member: 3485"] Well wife questions whether I'm a closet gay whenever I mention it, but "Pride and Prejudice" -- we own the BBC miniseries, and I thought the most recent remake, with Keira Knightley, was very well done. "Amazing Grace" with Ioan Gruffaud (sp?) is a great feel-good movie and historically accurate, or as close as Hollywood can get to historically accurate anyway. Saw it twice. It is not the story of John Newton, by the way, as you might surmise from the title, although Newton, played by Albert Finney, plays a part. Another great feel-good movie is "Remember the Titans" with Denzel Washington and Will Patton. "Master and Commander" is very good, gives a good portrayal of life in the Royal Navy in the early 19th century. A lot of research went in to getting the uniforms and nautical terms and sailing details correct, which they did, for the most part. Opinion seems to be divided about 50/50 amongst Patrick O'Brian fans whether the film is a travesty or the greatest film ever made. I'm in the latter camp. "Walk the Line" (biopic about Johnny Cash) with Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix is simply outstanding. The two leads trained for six months to sing the songs themselves. "Titanic", if you happen to be one of the two or three people who didn't see it (it holds the box office record). The historical backdrop, particularly the visuals, is authentic, and the attention to detail quite amazing. For example: [url="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120338/faq"](from here)[/url] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">At the time of the Titanic disaster steering orders were still given in concurence with an old tradition. Early ships were steered with an oar and then later with a tiller that would control the rudder. In order to turn to starboard you would turn the tiller to port and vice-versa. So if an officer said hard-a-starboard that meant turn the tiller to starboard and the ship would go to port. During the early 18th century, the wheel was introduced. Now turing the wheel to port would steer the ship to port, but the old orders stayed the same i.e if an officer said hard-a-starboard (like in the movie), the helmsman would turn to port, in essence the helmsman had to turn in the opposite direction to what the officer had said. Confusing? Yes, but this was finally corrected in Britain on January 1st, 1933 when hard-to-port finally meant turn to port and hard-to-starboard finally meant to starboard.</div></div>The three "Lord of the Rings" movies. "Dr. Zhivago" is one of my favorites. A sweeping epic. Stunning cinematography (loses a lot of its impact on the small screen though). wife and I loved "Wild Hogs". I was depressed by "Bridge to Terabithia". My gr.daughter loves to tell her friends that I cried at that movie. What can I say? I'm a softie. [/QUOTE]
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