V ® (laVenrose)
Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York
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V 's Favorite Movies
Gone With the Wind
G
There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South... Here in this pretty world Gallantry took its last bow... Here was the last ever to be seen of Knights and their Ladies Fair, of Master and of Slave... Look for it only in books, for it is no more than a dream remembered. A Civilization gone with the wind...Rated: (G)
Directed by: George Cukor, Sam Wood, Victor Fleming
Genres: Drama, Classics
Starring: Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Leslie Howard, Butterfly McQueen
"As God is my witness, as God is my witness they're not going to lick me. I'm going to live through this and when it's all over, I'll never be hungry again. No, nor any of my folk. If I have to lie, steal, cheat or kill. As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again!"
-SCARLETT O'HARA-
THE MOVIE OUTLINE
"Scarlett is a woman who can deal with a nation at war, Atlanta burning, the Union Army carrying off everything from her beloved Tara, the carpetbaggers who arrive after the war. Scarlett is beautiful. She has vitality. But Ashley, the man she has wanted for so long, is going to marry his placid cousin, Melanie. Mammy warns Scarlett to behave herself at the party at Twelve Oaks. There is a new man there that day, the day the Civil War begins. Rhett Butler. Scarlett does not know he is in the room when she pleads with Ashley to choose her instead of Melanie. "MY APPRAISAL
Gone With The Wind, without doubt and hesitation is the one of the best thing Hollywood had ever done of all time. It would be pointless and unworthy when a NOBODY like me, critisizing this MASTERPIECE. Gone With The Wind scored the best 3,5 hours of movie experience. I love every second in every scene since they are so beautiful to look at. The writing, score, and actings are excellent. I watched this masterpiece over and over again and it still has the power to amaze me. This is the kind of timeless movie that remains as a colossal. I'm not a classic junkie, but I'm very thankful for witnessing this kind of legend. Gone With The Wind is my pick of the best movie I've ever seen.
PICTURE THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY DEFINES 'CLASSIC' and 'HOLLYWOOD'"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
-RHETT BUTLER-
Big Fish
PG-13
An adventure as big as life itself.Rated: (PG-13
Directed by: Tim Burton
Genres: Drama
Casts: Ewan McGregor, Helena Bonham Carter, Marion Cotillard, Miley Cyrus, Danny DeVito
"There are some fish that cannot be caught. It's not that they are faster or stronger than other fish, they're just touched by something extra."
THE MOVIE OUTLINE
"In the heartwarming film Big Fish, director Tim Burton (Batman, Edward Scissor hands) brings his inimitable imagination on a journey that delves deep into a fabled relationship between a father and his son.
Edward Bloom (Albert Finney) has always been a teller of tall-tales about his oversized life as a young man (Ewan McGregor), when his wanderlust led him on an unlikely journey from a small-town in Alabama, around the world, and back again. His mythic exploits dart from the delightful to the delirious as he weaves epic tales about giants, blizzards, a witch and conjoined-twin lounge singers. With his larger-than-life stories, Bloom charms almost everyone he encounters except for his estranged son Will (Billy Crudup). When his mother Sandra (Jessica Lange) tries to reunite them, Will must learn how to separate fact from fiction as he comes to terms with his father's great feats and great failings. "MY APPRAISALMOST HEARTWARMING & EXQUISITE ESCAPADE.
Nothing is more astonishing than exquisite stories of incredible adventures. Well, we all heard them already. Tales about fairies, witches always delighted me since I was a little girl and I suspect that I'm not the only one.
The eccentric and also my all-time favourite director Tim Burton striked gold by visualizing captivating pictures and remarkably spelled magic for this Daniel Wallace's novel adaptation. And I was pleasantly surprised that Big Fish is as enchanting and cute as it appears so. With impressive images, brilliant performances, and a heart-warming ending that actually involves me sentimentally, I give a sincere applause for Burton for making me the kind of movie that I may not have appreciated in another director's hands.
The appeal of this Big Fish movie is the captivating journey of Edward Bloom and how Burton crafted a dreamlike world exactly like every kids' imagination. Ewan McGregor and Helena Bonham Carter both delivered outstanding performances.
At its core, this is a movie about enchantment and bond. Though it seems like a long film, but it is the depth of storytelling that makes it seem like that, and at the end I felt truly connected to the emotional heart of the story.
Big Fish is delightfully crafted and very refreshing. After the captivating Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton strikes another with this genuinely warm tale of an adventure as big as life itself.
BURTON'S MASTERPIECE, INDEED."Has it ever occurred to you that maybe you're not too big? That maybe this place is just too small?"
- Edward Bloom -
Sandra Templeton: "You don't even know me."
Young Ed Bloom: "I have the rest of my life to find out."
