We all grew up learning about Pocahontas, the daughter of an Algonquin chief, Chief Powhatan, who yearned to execute John Smith, an English adventurer. The Disney animated tale follows Pocahontas (Irene Bedard) and Captain John Smith (Mel Gibson) as the English settlers journey (or invade) the New World in seventeenth-century Virginia. While critics devoured this film for its blandness and cultural inaccuracy, it is still one of those classic Disney movies that you can joyfully sing along to with the kids.
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A mountain man goes on a routine manhunt and finds himself embroiled in solving a supernatural mystery in this fantasy/adventure, The tale is set in the wilds of Montana, Lewis Gates is a heavy-drinking tracker who is called to sober up and hit the backcountry to find three murderous fugitives from the local prison, For him it is a routine assignment, But then a strange thing happens, He is almost upon their camp when he hears several whoops and shouts, He goes to the site, but finds nothing but blood, a lone arrow, and a brief sight of someone fleeing on horseback, He travels back to town and tells his story, but no one believes him, least of all the sheriff whose late daughter had been married to the mountain man before she drowned - something the sheriff still blames the tracker for, But Gates is by then obsessed with solving the mystery and so forces himself into the library to do a little research, He soon learns that over the years 17 such unsolved mysteries have occurred and that in 1935 authorities brought to jail a naked Indian boy found running along the railroad tracks, They locked him in jail, but the boy somehow escaped and disappeared, The tracker enlists the aide of a female anthropologist who explains that over a century ago Cheyenne dog soldiers had lived in the area until the Europeans slaughtered them, The two travel deep into the wilderness and at last discover a strange waterfall, Behind it lies an ancient Cheyenne village, a peaceful place much like the Shangri-La of adventure-fantasy movies past.
One continent, or hemisphere, is dominated by an authoritarian government that tolerates full freedoms within a capitalist system, but it does not tolerate any effort to effect political change. Exactly what the political situation is on other continents is not known, although at least one overseas land has a despotic ruler. The air traffic control tells those who venture out to sea that they should turn back, that nothing beyond that sea has been explored nor is there current contact; whether this is an official government line or the truth is not known.
Anita,I can\'t argue about New Year\'s Eve (Valentine\'s Day was unmemorable) - Leah Michelle\'s performance of Auld Lang Syne made it memorable for me.On the subject of sort-of oldies -- Do you remember Heaven Can Wait with Warren Beatty? I haven\'t seen it lately so don\'t know if it held up over time. It was so original in its day, and such a beautiful romance. I also liked Only the Lonely, with John Candy and Ally Sheedy, believe it or not. Another one that surprised me - Just like Heaven, with Reese Witherspoon. Not Groundhog Day or even close, but more meaty than New Year\'s Eve. (Not very old, but I missed it when it came out.) Splash was also good. Guys and Dolls with Marlon Brando, I can\'t remember if the movie was hot, but Brando at that age put it in that category!In its own way, Oh Brother Where Art Thou is, at its heart a (comic) romance....The very recent PBS remake of Jane Eyre is the best one I\'ve seen, even better than the 2011 film remake, and the romance surprisingly steamy - intense longing, well done.I liked Avatar better than the men in our household - I think because it\'s a romance at its heart. ("My Jake"!) I could watch that scene over and over with a lump in my throat even though it\'s a big blue alien and a guy in a stupor.Do you have any opinions about the romances available for free right now on Amazon prime?
@anne, I find that happy endings don't always work with the material in both books and film, but I agree that when done well, they are very emotionally satisfying. That's certainly what I love so much about Anne of Green Gables/Avonlea. And in Little Women, for example, there's something so unsatisfying about Jo's romance with Professor Bhaer compared with the one she might have had with Laurie. A fantastic book and reasonably good set of movies turned grim by an author's stubbornness. Age of Innocence doesn't have a happy ending, but it's a beautiful movie. Donnie Darko is dark in every way, not just in the ending - about a schizophrenic teenager, his family and the girl he likes. I only mentioned it because it is romantic and involves time travel. I haven't seen Tortilla Soup, but I quite enjoyed Eat Drink Man Woman, so I'll add that to the list. I've been meaning to watch Letters to Juliet because I like the premise so much- will see if it's free to stream on Netflix or Amazon. I liked Happy Accidents, by the way. I'm so glad you enjoyed this post - I have watched a lot of good/bad movies and enjoy trading opinions.
@Anita,I don't know if it's a pain for you to continue a conversation in an old blog post, if so, let me know. I just wanted to follow through on some of the movies I watched because of your post.I watched Knocked Up and loved it, to my surprise. I had never watched Knocked Up because I figured it would be trite and predictable. Not so. It was actually one of those few movies where the transformations of the characters and their relationships felt real and believable, despite the quirkiness of the comedy. And real and believable in a satisfying and happy ending. It was funny and yet real life. My one beef with the movie is the relentless torrent of profanity. Profanity can be funny if used sparingly, but when movies overdo it is just boring and wearing. Recently, Bill Cosby came down on John Stewart about this -- overusing profanity is just lazy and it stops being funny real fast. One thing I really loved about Knocked Up - even though it sort of followed that jump-in-bed-fall-out-spend-rest-of-movie-in-conflict-then-make-up template, the reconciliations unfolded in the movie as the relationships did. One of my relatives is a Quaker and has talked about starting an award for portraying peacemaking in movies, and I actually thought this would be a good one, because it really showed how people work through their problems, how they grow, and yes, how they can change (because people do change) for the better. The movie didn't just start the resolution in the last 2 minutes.But I was really disappointed in Before Sunset. Is it just because I watched it out of sequence? If so, I'll give the other two a try (still waiting at the library). I find most romances that involve infidelity to be very uncomfortable and don't enjoy them. A romance is an escape; when infidelity is involved, the romantic lead just seems creepy to me. A movie like The Painted Veil, which is a redemption story, or like Castaway (not a romance, but the relationships at the end), use infidelity differently and are different than a movie where the romance is unfolding while the person is still involved with someone else. I didn't enjoy Sleepless in Seattle for that reason, even watched it twice because everyone else liked it so much.I don't like all of Jack Black's movies either, but have you seen Gulliver's Travels? Funny, enjoyable and sweet (though light and trite), romance.
Just came across this blog and appreciate the idea.Didn\'t really like Love Actually.Best RCs I can think of are Notting Hill, Sleepless in Seattle and You\'ve Got Mail. Love the aspect of what it would be like for a celeb and an ordinary guy to fall in love in Notting Hill. Sleepless in Seattle shows a side to death and what happens afterwards. You\'ve got Mail is full of Pride and Prejudice and works well.If you consider romance as boy meets girl then this one doesn\'t come into that category, but Philomena which is out now is a movie with depths of various levels and shows a mother\'s love.
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