tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post8684656658203788644..comments2024-03-22T10:00:58.717-04:00Comments on Meanwhile, in Rivendell . . .: 5 underrated movies that are worth a watchOliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03546655886492251059noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-43919630876983429822016-03-16T21:48:57.545-04:002016-03-16T21:48:57.545-04:00Yay! I'll look forward to your thoughts. :DYay! I'll look forward to your thoughts. :DNataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00315660089925645214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-64354183365737751682016-03-10T12:25:01.398-05:002016-03-10T12:25:01.398-05:00Good! I think you'll lie it :)
Oooh! I'...Good! I think you'll lie it :)<br /><br />Oooh! I've heard nothing but good about it. It's been on my to-watch list for a long time! I'll be sure to let you know what I think of it when I watch it ;)Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546655886492251059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-65605514185974212252016-03-03T21:37:49.452-05:002016-03-03T21:37:49.452-05:00Ohh, it sounds so good! I'll definitely check ...Ohh, it sounds so good! I'll definitely check it out! :D<br /><br />Yeees, please do see RtT! Goodness, the feels that surround that movie...I've watched it like 3 times now and I still cry every time. But sshh, I'm saying too much. I don't want to give anything away! :DNataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00315660089925645214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-70452503825855580762016-03-01T13:39:00.321-05:002016-03-01T13:39:00.321-05:00Aww, thanks! Eeeee, you've seen EM! Wasn'...Aww, thanks! Eeeee, you've seen EM! Wasn't it amazing?! And HARRISON FORD. I know. No words ;DOliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546655886492251059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-1038734806162387842016-03-01T10:45:34.428-05:002016-03-01T10:45:34.428-05:00I love posts like this!! I have only seen the last...I love posts like this!! I have only seen the last one. It was so good. And Harrison Ford???<br />Abigailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09697039373046836955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-34838304891015353482016-02-27T16:59:59.637-05:002016-02-27T16:59:59.637-05:00Wasn't it, Cordy?!
Yeah, I thought of you w...Wasn't it, Cordy?! <br /><br />Yeah, I thought of you when I thought of that one ;) I think you might like that one.Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546655886492251059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-68147381199840004342016-02-27T16:59:27.304-05:002016-02-27T16:59:27.304-05:00It's quite a film, Natalie! Really sad, but r...It's quite a film, Natalie! Really sad, but really good. It's complicated :P Nope, no inappropriate content in it! Well, one of the characters, to whom the main character narrates her story, is traveling with her boyfriend, but that gets resolved, actually. And nothing is ever shown.<br /><br />I really need to see RtT! And the other two movies you mentioned sound awesome!<br /><br />Aww, thanks, glad you liked it :)Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546655886492251059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-78434919327785440282016-02-27T16:55:31.863-05:002016-02-27T16:55:31.863-05:00Hamlette, I think you'd really, really like EM...Hamlette, I think you'd really, really like EM. I mean, with that cast, you could hardly go wrong, but it's really amazing in its own right.<br /><br />Those all sound fun! I'm especially intrigued by RiF and TTwH ;)Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546655886492251059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-66047843102376567832016-02-27T16:53:49.925-05:002016-02-27T16:53:49.925-05:00Thanks, Jessica! :) GS is super intense, yes :( ...Thanks, Jessica! :) GS is super intense, yes :( But yep, it's amazing as well.<br /><br />I need to look into Bernadette!!!<br /><br />Huh…that Kevin Costner one sounds intriguing…I'll have to look into that too :)Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546655886492251059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-86575433961448890802016-02-27T16:52:14.348-05:002016-02-27T16:52:14.348-05:00CoP IS really sweet :)
So I've heard! I real...CoP IS really sweet :)<br /><br />So I've heard! I really need to look into that...Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546655886492251059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-18208910753293684202016-02-27T16:51:47.951-05:002016-02-27T16:51:47.951-05:00Yes, do!
Aaaaaahhh! I LOVE those three kids...Yes, do! <br /><br />Aaaaaahhh! I LOVE those three kids' movies you mentioned! Especially TRDU. It's basically my childhood :D <br /><br />I've heard of Nim's Island, it looks awesome! And the others do, too :) (I Am David is so intense! Mah gosh!)Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546655886492251059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-43903006401302575932016-02-27T16:49:08.384-05:002016-02-27T16:49:08.384-05:00Morg, you'd LOVE GS, I think! Vanessa is incr...Morg, you'd LOVE GS, I think! Vanessa is incredible in it.Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546655886492251059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-44429778942859113722016-02-27T16:48:51.020-05:002016-02-27T16:48:51.020-05:00Yay! I was hoping somebody would get that referen...Yay! I was hoping somebody would get that reference ;P I've seen bits and pieces of it, including the iconic "You can't handle the truth!" scene, which was admittedly pretty epic. It looks really good!<br /><br />Hehe, well, it took a while to grow on me, too ;) He DOES look like Brad Pitt! It's kind of creepy.<br /><br />I think you'd enjoy EM :)<br /><br />I want to see TSFoH! I mean, ROBERT DUVALL <3 I don't think I've ever heard of TSBO, but just the name makes me feel that feeling you mentioned. And it makes me think of peaches, for some reason.Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546655886492251059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-55981408500260943842016-02-27T16:46:43.027-05:002016-02-27T16:46:43.027-05:00Wasn't it, Morgan?! Oh, I've heard of WHG...Wasn't it, Morgan?! Oh, I've heard of WHG, I think…what's it about, again? And the others? Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546655886492251059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-45229708698890856782016-02-27T16:46:01.870-05:002016-02-27T16:46:01.870-05:00Haha, I know what you mean.
Then I think you...Haha, I know what you mean. <br /><br />Then I think you'd really like HR, Carissa! It's really, REALLY good. <br /><br /><i>Woodlawn</i> was wonderful! I went into it really skeptically, but then it rather blew me away. I haven't yet seen something I didn't like from the Erwin brothers!<br /><br />Ohhh, yes, I've heard of <i>In Time</i>! It's a really interesting premise. Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546655886492251059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-60811827692573857722016-02-27T16:40:51.096-05:002016-02-27T16:40:51.096-05:00Honestly, I think you'd really like both of th...Honestly, I think you'd really like both of those, Lois! TGMBC sounds fun; I'll have to go look it up! :)Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546655886492251059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-1480084448734310422016-02-27T16:39:53.509-05:002016-02-27T16:39:53.509-05:00Naomi, I think you'd absolutely LOVE TNGwM :) ...Naomi, I think you'd absolutely LOVE TNGwM :) The costumes are absolutely delectable!<br /><br />Ooh, <i>Goodbye Mr. Chips</i>! I should watch that movie, I loved the book. Thanks! I'll have to keep my eye open for those :DOliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546655886492251059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-35140011996798201532016-02-25T09:45:14.435-05:002016-02-25T09:45:14.435-05:00Carissa, that's so cool! Are you thinking of ...Carissa, that's so cool! Are you thinking of reviewing it for the Period Drama Challenge? I've been toying with the idea, though I'd need to watch it again first. One of us definitely should!Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-71069938035803030082016-02-24T23:42:30.571-05:002016-02-24T23:42:30.571-05:00I saw The Rocketeer for the first time this week! ...I saw <i>The Rocketeer</i> for the first time this week! It's so funny that you would mention it! And it is darling, very cute, like a precursor to Captain America.Carissa (Regency Woman)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16052175780167961631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-63587682221308769652016-02-24T15:05:50.862-05:002016-02-24T15:05:50.862-05:00I've only seen Extraordinary Measures and it w...I've only seen Extraordinary Measures and it was pretty good. :D<br /><br />Ha, I didn't know Brooke White did any acting. Hmm.Cordyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15180298174546552067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-31927610533475815802016-02-24T12:23:40.820-05:002016-02-24T12:23:40.820-05:00"Though None Go With Me" looks SO cute! ..."Though None Go With Me" looks SO cute! Is there anything inappropriate in it?<br />As for underrated movies I'd recommend....hmm. "Hockey Night" (starring Megan Follows-Anne Shirley!!) is really fun. "Remember the Titans" is one of my FAVORITE movies (it's definitely my favorite sports movie) and I don't think it's underrated but I've never mentioned it before. :) "The Ugly Dachshund" is an adorable old Disney film. (seriously, I could rattle off a BUNCH of old Disney films that are super cute haha)<br />Fun post! It was a good idea. :)Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00315660089925645214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-4308488792788620702016-02-23T18:52:26.467-05:002016-02-23T18:52:26.467-05:00"Extraordinary Measures" has been on my ..."Extraordinary Measures" has been on my TBW list for <i>years</i> now. You're the first person I've encountered who has seen it!<br /><br />Hmmm. Some underrated/less-well-known movies I recommend:<br /><br /><i>Tim</i> (1979) stars a very young Mel Gibson as a mentally challenged man who befriends a lonely middle-aged woman (Piper Laurie) even though people make fun of them for being friends.<br /><br /><i>Taras Bulba</i> (1962) is kind of a Ukrainian Romeo and Juliet -- Cossack chieftain (Yul Brynner) hopes his son (Tony Curtis) will one day take his place, but instead the son falls for their enemy's daughter.<br /><br /><i>Reunion in France</i> (1942) has a fashionable, but downtrodden, woman (Joan Crawford) reluctantly helping a downed American pilot (John Wayne) and trying to figure out if the man she loves (Philip Dorn) is a collaborator or not.<br /><br /><i>The Trouble with Harry</i> (1955) -- the trouble with Harry is that he's dead, and no one can decide what to do with his body. This is a lighthearted, laugh-inducing romp from Alfred Hitchcock that delights me absurdly much.<br /><br /><i>The Rocketeer</i> (1991) is about a 1930s pilot who uses a jet pack to become a sort of super hero. It's a throwback to the kinds of peppy serials they used to show before movies back then.<br /><br /><i>The Shadow</i> (1994) stars a young and drool-worthy Alec Baldwin as Lamont Cranston, a wealthy, sophisticated man about town who has a secret identity, the ability to cloud men's minds, and a penchant for the lovely Margo Lane (Penelope Ann Miller). Margo's father (Ian McKellen) is a scientist whose research makes him a target for bad guys. It's based on the old radio drama, and great fun (but a leetle creepy at the beginning).Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-47495204661031235382016-02-23T14:53:23.263-05:002016-02-23T14:53:23.263-05:00Great post, Olivia! I remember seeing advertiseme...Great post, Olivia! I remember seeing advertisements for "Gimme Shelter" in one of our church papers. It sounds like a really powerful movie--I don't think I could watch it myself, but I'm really glad it was made anyway, because those issues are super important to talk about. <br /><br />Like Rosie said--Bernadette 1988 is an awesome underrated movie. I know I've brought this up before. But it's my favorite and I LOVE IT. <br /><br />"Thirteen Days," with Kevin Costner, is another fantastic movie that did really poorly at the box office. It's about the Cuban Missile Crisis, and it's really historically accurate, as well as being well-written and exciting and just plain GOOD. I don't know if it would be your sort of thing . . . it's very heavy on the politics and history, etc. But the relationship between Kevin Costner's character and the two Kennedy brothers is beautiful. And the guy playing Bobby Kennedy is BRILLIANT. There's also some cool family stuff between Costner's character and his wife. So . . . yeah. Basically, I loved it :-) Katie Hannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818413749107653398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-79364296054143916332016-02-23T09:36:16.836-05:002016-02-23T09:36:16.836-05:00I've never seen any of these . . . Change of P...I've never seen any of these . . . Change of Plans looks real sweet :)<br /><br />One movie that definitely doesn't get enough attention is Bernadette, the Sydney Penny version. It's just an AMAZING movie :DRosie McCannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756806467175885197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624597359174394097.post-59965512814122306992016-02-23T08:08:42.339-05:002016-02-23T08:08:42.339-05:00Well, I've never seen any of these! (Or heard ...Well, I've never seen any of these! (Or heard of them either!) I'll have to keep an eye out for them. :)<br />Movies that are underrated and mostly unheard of...hmm...well, "Treasures of the Snow" is one (which I think I saw Naomi mentioned...yup, she did. ;P), "Basil the Great Mouse Detective", "The Rescuers" and "The Rescuers Down Under" (wait a minute...these are all more little kid movies than anything else...haha, oh well, they're still worth watching! ;D) um... OH! "Nim's Island" (NOT the sequel - the original, with Abigail Breslin)... not sure how popular that movie is, but I personally LOVE it. :D "Second Chances"...I love that movie too, although that's also a bit of a kid movie...(you have to be in the mood, put it that way.) Um... "The Miracle Worker", about Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan...THAT'S SUCH A GOOD MOVIE. :D And I'll stop there, otherwise I'll overwhelm you. (Oh but also the movie "I am David"... :D) <br />~Miss MegAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com