last night i watched the movie "reds".

I still love it!

I must change that.

it's 3-1/4 hours long.

I gave up Netflix when they got rid of their unlimited movies, three at a time thing. Streaming is not appealing- we have hi def TVs yet tolerate low def technolgy (streaming)

when i bought a new tv a few months ago, it had the capability of getting netflix streaming. i had a 1 month free trial. yesterday i signed up for the free 1 month trial for DVDs.

they don't make very many good movies anymore so i plan on renting older ones. there were a few good ones recently, i.e., "the descendants", "the help", "the reluctant fundamentalist" and the other night i did a pay per view and saw "side effects". there are a few others, but i can't think of the titles right now. most movies today are geared toward young people, lots of action, etc. i'm 71. it's the same with tv programs. so many good ones were canceled, i.e., "harry's law", "cold case", "without a trace". advertisers want to appeal to those between 18 and 39. they say older people won't change their brand of tooth paste, etc. so we're stuck with stupid reality shows like "the bachelorette", the kardashians, etc.

Secondhand Lions, there are a few decent contemporary films. I'm hard pressed to name them ...

I met Warren Beatty today!

Very nice guy, to me, anyway!

and watched it again. Like you I hadn't seen it since the early 80s. It was a good movie, but it's not really that much of a political movie. It's at it's base, a love story set in a political milieu.

Still a good movie though.

"Political" movies need some passion like Strawberry Statement or Medium Cool. Movies that make you seethe.

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on the October Revolution and Jack Reed's take on it. There was one scene that I recall and that was it. That would have made it more of a political movie and not just a love story.

In fact, I'd love to see a movie based entirely on the October Revolution. It would have everything, sex, violence, personalities, and high drama. Of course, that movie will probably never be made in the USA BECAUSE it was a "how to" on a successful socialist revolution.

No matter how "successful" you think it was. Political movies do not do well in the U.S. Reds is a good example. All sorts of stars and it barely broke even. That is why they are not made.

and violence never sells. Do I really need the thingie?

I said political.

nm

A: "J.P. Morgan" *sits back down*



Also... the "Why can't you come?" joke on the stairs is faster than the fastest "whaaa...? joke The Simpsons writers ever came up with. The line, and Diane Keaton's reaction in about 800 milliseconds. Love it.