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Comment by F, Calla & Luca on August 7, 2011 at 4:10pm

Oh, good to know. I'm so glad, ha, that Linda restrained herself :)

Comment by sandy b on August 7, 2011 at 4:09pm

F it was me who also likes Cowboys & Aliens. I'm a Harrison Ford fan and love sci-fi so it was my kinda movie. Lots of action and explosions but hardly anyone dies.

Comment by Linda and "Toby" on August 7, 2011 at 4:07pm

You have no idea how hard it was for me to refrain from giving C&A and Captain America 5 Doodles (out of 5). haha! I'm saving the "5" for rare, exceptional-in-every-way movies.

Comment by shelly on August 7, 2011 at 3:59pm

That's sad to hear about C & A... we have been waiting for that to come out to see it for quite some time.. don't know whan we'll get there though

Comment by Linda and "Toby" on August 7, 2011 at 3:44pm

You know me too well, F! (I'm literally laughing out loud.) Cowboys & Aliens was really good. (I'm a huge Steven Spielberg fan.) Planet of the Apes looks awesome, too! If you go to that one Donna, please post something about it in "Reviews."

Comment by F, Calla & Luca on August 7, 2011 at 12:53pm

I read The Help and hope to get to the movie. Linda and someone else like Cowboys and Aliens, she gave it 41/2 doodles, how could that be. I accuse her of being too kind.

Comment by Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle on August 7, 2011 at 12:50pm

My daughter and I are voracious readers, and as such, more often than not, we are disappointed in a movie when we have enjoyed the book. This extends even to such great films as Gone With the Wind, and Terms of Endearment. So our belief is that you should always, always see the movie before you read the book. If you like the movie, you will usually like the book even more. Sometimes, a movie can lead you to read more about it, and find other related books, it was that way for me with Anne of a Thousand Days, I now know more about Henry VIII and his six wives than I would have thought possible.  Sometimes, with more difficult or daunting books, it actually helps if you see the movie before you read the book. The Right Stuff was that way for me.  

My daughter has a T-shirt that reads "Never Judge a Book by its Movie". Donna, go see The Help. It won't spoil the book for you.

Comment by Donna K & Quincy on August 7, 2011 at 12:24pm

We are going out to see a movie tonight, not something we do often. I know The Help is a good movie but I want to read the book first. Our options are.... Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Cowboys and Aliens, has anybody seen either one of these gems.

Comment by F, Calla & Luca on July 25, 2011 at 11:25am

Good ideas and thanks Linda for all that work. Now folks will have an easier time deciding where to put things. Also, if people want to discuss something in depth they can always start a separate discussion and maybe mention that in one of the ongoing discussions.

Comment by Linda and "Toby" on July 25, 2011 at 11:22am

I merged the "What new movies have you seen (in the theater)" thread with "Reviews" (and copied/pasted the discussions over) since they're so similar. :)

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