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Marilyn Monroe

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Mary Pickford. (one of my most favorite actress ever)

A Dialogue on "The Moon -Spinners" (Cameron & Me)

       

   I got "The Moon-Spinners" from the library in hope that I could get everyone (my sisters & brothers) to watch it. What could go wrong? A Disney action movie from the 60's.(I know it's not the most well-made movie but who cares?)  Well, according to my sister Cameron, the movie is too old.  But I got everyone to watch it (I didn't have to force them) .  Here was the dialogue between Cameron and I about the movie.

       (This was when we were taking a break from the movie)
Me:   so Cam, what do you think about the movie so far? Did you enjoying covering your eyes with your hair while watching that one part?


Cameron: it's ok so far. I WASN'T covering my eyes with my hair during that part! 

Me:  ::looks at her::

Cameron:   well, I guess that I was covering my eyes a little but it was scary and there was going to be a pop-out!!

  (later after the movie was done)
Me:  How was the movie?


Cameron:  it was.....kind of neat.

Yes Hayley, I agree with you, Cameron is just being nuts

Me:  See? I told you that you would enjoy it, didn't I? 


Cameron:  I..guess so. ::under her breath: I shouldn't have said that::  But didn't you think that it was cheesy? 


Me: What?? cheesy?? Tell me WHY you thought that it was CHEESY?!


Cameron: well, it was cheesy because the fighting was cheesy. You know, when they were fighting, there wasn't any sounds of punches and it didn't look as real, and it's an old movie.

Me:   ::glaring at her::  Cameron. Do you even know what cheesy means? Because this movie was NOT cheesy!


Cameron: yes, cheesy means, uh, hmmm,  I'm going up-stairs to get something to eat.

            And that was our dialogue on this movie.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas is...TOMORROW!!!

Are you ready for Christmas?

Make sure you check your tree for squirrels ( and no peeking at the gifts)

I'm getting myself ready for Christmas

and enjoying all of the sweets

Watching Christmas movies

and trying to get my younger brothers to bed
 

Enjoying other people and not caring that I'm late 

 and uh, I don't remember what I was doing here.

I'm trying to look cool like this

 but feeling like this

It's time to talk, sing and laugh with (at) other people

and enjoy cooking with other people (not)

and to be crazy!

Here is a big hug for you

And have a Merry Christmas!

p.s Make sure you don't wake up too early or you are going to look like this.

More

movie reviews and posts coming up soon.

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James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor on the set of Giant.

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Jodie Foster in Panic Room. (favorite actress +favorite movie = win)

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The beautiful Audrey Hepburn.

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  Judy Garland with Mickey Rooney.

M (1931)

M
Director: Fritz Lang
Germany 1931
105 min
Starring: Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke,
Ellen Widman, Inge Landgut and Theodor Loos.


  Synopsis:

Someone is murdering children in a German city. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.

   or ( pick your favorite synopsis)

When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.

      Review:
Lately, my eyes have been begging for a beautiful, well-made movie with beautiful, eye-popping color so I got a movie like that from the library (Everlasting Moment) and my mom gave me a night off from watching the children so that way, I could watch any movies that I have been wanting to watch.

  But for some reason, instead of watching that eye-candy movie that I have been wanting to watch, I turn on M.   an old b&w foreign film about a child-murderer. Sounds cheerful, doesn't it?
   Did I regret watching this instead of Everlasting Moment? No! M was so.....wow. The camera work, the lighting effect, the mood, the sound, the cinematography, all of it was just perfect.   The murders are not shown directly, it's implied and that made it all the more suspenseful. One other thing that made it more suspenseful was "the whistling" that tells us that the murderer is near by. brrrr.

 This movie is a suspenseful thriller but it's in a subtle way. I don't want to lead you into thinking that this is just like any other R-rated thriller.  One other really interesting thing about this is the way that everyone is shown, the perception of the whistling child-murderer, the perception of the police, and the perception of the "good criminals" and the whole town and it shows compassion for the murderer too!
 That's one of the hardest things to pull-off in movies but Fritz Lang (and Peter Lorre) pulled it off and did one of the best jobs of showing that in the whole movie industry. There is so much to say about this movie, I just want to go buy it and re-watch it again and again. (too bad the DVD is about 25$) This movie may be old but it has not lost any of its power. I think this movie is a must watch for any movie lover. I give it 10 stars.

Wait, just wait

a little while,

soon the boogeyman will come to you

with his chopping knife

He'll cut small pieces out of YOU!