@KnightofNarnia and Sardh: It's not too bad. There were some scenes that I turned away from, but it was filmed very tastefully (also, I have a low tolerance for things like that. I had to turn away from a lot of the Passion of the Christ and even from some parts of BoFA in theaters).

Oh, also, in theaters I wanted to smack some people laughing at inappropriate moments. But that was just me. I have a thing about when people laugh at things that aren't funny. (For example, at one point, someone said to Sabina Wurmbrand, "It's Saturday." When she looked at him, as if to ask why, he continues, "They're beating the Seventh Day Adventists again." And people laughed...Like, that wasn't exactly meant to be funny. Again, maybe I'm just too irritable.)

In defense of people laughing at serious moments in movies: Sometimes it's just a nervous reaction to something that's pretty horrible. Sometimes it's easier to laugh than to cry.

.....Or maybe the line was just badly delivered in their opinion. I haven't seen it so I'm not sure that's the case, but sometimes it's something some people are more likely to pick up on.

Sometimes people just laugh because everyone else is laughing. Also, sometimes I will be in a theater and nobody will laugh at something meant to be funny because people don't joke about that particular topic where I live.

When I watched LWW for the first time there was a girl two seats away who was laughing every time there was a serious part. I really wanted to tell her to be quiet, but of course I didn't. She finally stopped laughing by the time Aslan went to sacrifice himself. I think there are some people who just go to movies to laugh at things.

Thanks Jaygee, probably have a hard time seeing it anyways as for now it seems it is only coming out in the U.S.A. (and according to IMDB) doesn't look like it will be released in any other country any time soon. Too bad.

@Ariel- Yes, there is a live action FMA. It's on Netflix right now. I've watched about 20 minutes of it before deciding that it's so bad it's not something I want to watch by myself, but rather something I need to watch with a sibling so that we can laugh at how terrible it is. Though it does seem to be a lot less bloody than that anime. (Note to younger members....FMA is not for younger members. Partly because it's /really/ bloody.)

I've seen that adaptation of Mansfield Park and um....I didn't hate it. I agree that the slave trade scenes and the um...shots that came along with it were pretty uncomfortable, but I kind of enjoyed the movie as a movie. Then again, I also found the book to be the hardest Austen for me to get into due to not really liking Fanny
(She's just such a doormat.), so I guess I didn't care as much about the OOC-ness of it.

I actually liked it too, Tooky. But that was after I'd seen two or three versions of Mansfield Park. Each had their own foibles and flaws. (on the other hand I like Fannie, and And Book Edmund is a decent enough chap when he's not deceived and deluded.)

I just saw Crimson Tide about a "mutiny" on a nuclear submarine when the captain got orders to launch the missiles and the Second in command says they should look into an order from their superiors that they are unable to read. The story was well done and delved into a deep subject.

@Tooky: I’ll admit to not being a fan of Fanny Price. Granted, there are characteristics that are highly commendable about her. But, yeah, she’s like... Cinderella squared. But that adaptation made her too much of the opposite for me to handle. On top of that, there were changes to other characters that resulted in different mannerisms in Fanny (like the slave trader thing; yes, I’m the book, she did fear her uncle, but she did also respect him).

I went and saw the I Can Only Imagine movie. It is more of for an older audience because of the themes. (Everyone in the theater was older than I was except my little sister.) I think it is good for people who've either had to give up on their dreams or have been abused because it deals with these in a sensitive biblical way. I felt it was really relevant to me because I wasn't allowed to major in what I wanted r/t financial difficulties and other things. It is a hard movie to watch, though, and I wouldn't recommend it to younger people unless they're dealing with these issues.

I need to see that at some point. A little surprised at the verdict of it being a harder watch ‘cause I didn’t get that impression from PluggedIn.

Just watched Race, the 2016 movie about Jesse Owens, 1936 Olympic gold medalist and record-breaker. Barring the swearing, the fact that Owens had a child prior to marriage, what looks like his cheating on his girlfriend, and mention of the Nazis’ attempt to use an athlete to breed, it’s quite good. The film did a great job making me root for Owens and hoping he’d win, even though I basically knew the end of the story; but it also dealt with the politics of the times, not just insofar as Owens competing in Nazi Germany, but the American side of things, even down to the controversial topic of whether or not Owens should even go to the Olympics. I was also blindsided by a German character, an example of all those Germans who did not kowtow to Nazi ideals, so bonus!

Watched Space Between Us the story of a boy born on Mars who for health reasons can't come to Earth (who finally does go to Earth anyways) and falls in loved with a girl. Somewhat classic story line but good anyways.

Ariel, I suspect I'm just a little more sensitive to I Can Only Imagine's plot.

KoN, that sounds like an interesting movie.

So, Luthien's free Netflix month ended. Here's what I learned from it.

1. It doesn't have everything.
2. Some things are temporarily downloadable (which is great if you don't have internet at home).
3. The series, Puss in Boots and Trollhunters are fun to watch in Spanish. I'm taking Spanish right now. Both of the series are made for children and tweens. I only saw about 6 episodes of Puss, it focuses on a hero cat with a big ego that's trying to redeem himself from his thieving past by declaring himself the protector of a secret village of wealthy orphans that live in a town that was hidden by magic until Puss in Boots broke its protective spell. Trollhunters is more of for older kids. In it, a 15 year old is chosen by a mystical amulet to fight against evil trolls and goblins and is helped by good trolls. There is some "bathroom humor" but not really as much as I was worried about. The mystical elements (some ghosts appear in the show) and the fact that the main goal of the evil trolls is to kill the hero, make it be for an older group than the first show. Both of the shows do have a lot of characters telling lies, though.
4. Based on watching only 2 episodes of a Series of Unfortunate Events, I decided to order the 1st book from the library. I'll see how it goes.
5. Because of the deadline for cancelling Netflix, we probably watched way too much tv.
6. Soap operas are bizarre and not worth it, even if they're from the other side of the world. (I took Chinese class previously and was trying to find something interesting to watch in Chinese.)
7. Dragons: Race to the Edge has the same humor as the Riders of Berk series, but it is better animated. I'm not totally sure why Stoick is okay with all the young people of Berk living on their own island, but I'm guessing it is somehow related to Berk's property damage from the previous two series.
8. I still don't think the cost of Netflix would be worth it.

That’s a pretty nice run-down, Hermit! lol. I’ll admit that Netflix would be nice for the shows I do watch, but that’s pretty much it. I’ve “explored” on there before and was not much impressed, haha. And yes, it’s too easy to binge with Netflix....

Just finished Dunkirk (rated PG-13 for... well, mostly swearing, and war violence (there’s not a lot of swearing, but there are a couple f-bombs and misuses of Jesus’ name; the violence is really quite “clean”)). It’s definitely a movie that’s “cooked” differently. If you go into it expecting a story to follow, a sequence to track, a character to carry you through, you’re not going to get it. The story is disjointed, jumping around in time and between characters we only get to know so well. So far as the characters go, I think it was intentional: each man (except Tom Hardy’s character specifically) is something of an everyman. The soldiers we see are examples of the many who were in that beach; the civilians of the many who answered the call; the officers of the whole authoritative body of Britain. As for the sequencing choices that resulted in the jumps in time, I’m not quite sure what I think. In one way, they threw me off as I’m trying to figure out why it’s suddenly night or as I recognize the intersecting point between this scene and another. On the other hand, the movie spends longer portions with each group of the action (ie: the beach, the air, and the sea), so we get to see the sequence of events as each section would have seen it, rather than jumping between the groups over a single moment in time; in this way, I think the editing choices actually do more for the “big picture” than an exact sequence that interacts with all three groups at once would.
... I have no idea if any of that will make sense to anyone, heh-heh.
So yeah. If you have ClearPlay or something to filter out the swears, it’s an interesting watch. Again, it’s not about the story of Dunkirk so much as it is about the experience, so don’t go in expecting anything of the storytelling structure you’re accustomed to.

I watched "The Greatest Showman" lately. I have mixed feelings about it. The songs were catchy, but I thought that they were over-polished. The dance numbers were great, if a little over polished themselves. I could be deep and say it was a commentary on how polished and personality-less popular entertainment is, but nah, it was polished entertainment. Nice eye candy, good characters, really nothing objectionable. The message is cheesy, but not a bad one. One thumb up. 😛

As for Netflix....eh. I have it, but mostly because I split it with the family. I'll occasionally binge stuff on it, but I do well limiting myself to one episode a night unless I'm working on a project and I want something on in the background. I have to admit that most of what I've binged lately isn't stuff I'd recommend for the younger crowd (Stranger Things, lots of language) or in general (Riverdale....I watched it so I could talk about it with some RL friends. It's....not all that great, but the costuming is a blast and the mystery made it engaging enough while I was knitting a baby blanket. There's some weird content that's not good for younger viewers and squicky for older ones.) . If I'm going to be totally honest about what I watched most on Netflix was the Office. Yeah, I'm basic, I watch The Office on Netflix.

Oh! Series of Unfortunate Events! I read the books ages ago. I started watching the series with a family member, but then we got too busy to watch together and I never got around to finishing it alone. I should do that. The books are cleverly written and the series does a good job of mirroring that.

@Ariel Ohhhh, I watched Dunkirk! It took me like half an hour to figure out why we were jumping around too, but after that it was really cool watching it all come together.