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BraveHeart |
Posted - April 07 2005 : 02:01:25 AM The kiss was soo romantic. They played that part very good, LoL I Wish I kissed Daniel Day-Lewis He Is So Fly, He got It going on. Now Him I could do wateva too. Ima get to meet him one day and then let eveyone know how the kiss went. |
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Redbird |
Posted - April 13 2005 : 12:10:37 AM I was reading Blue Otter's and WW's exchange, and even though this is off the thread - I wanted to mention it. I think you guys might like the new version of "Vanity Fair" that is out on DVD now (with Reese Witherspoon). It is a bit out of our time period, but is still really good. I thought the visuals were so beautiful! There are scenes that look like they came directly out of a PreRaphaelite (sp?) painting. The fact that a woman directed it is another interesting aspect to keep in mind when you watch it. |
Redbird |
Posted - April 12 2005 : 11:57:57 PM quote: Originally posted by Monadnock Guide
Hollywood being just that, and also in the money making business needs as large an audience as it can get. A movie about battles during Colonial times, - might not attract all that many females. However, spice it up a tad, to more modern times, with some romance, - and bingo, a much larger audience.
I completely agree with your asessment, Monadnock!! I even remember when I first saw the televison promos for LOTM, I thought the movie would certainly do well because it had such a great mix of what is traditionally characterized as "guy" and "girl" stuff. Of course, MM worked the same sort of alchemy with "Miami Vice", which blended sex appeal and violence so effectively that it drew lots of female fans, especially after the first season. That I think LOTM is a vastly superior work probably goes without saying here...
I can't think of any other site that puts together this particular combination of some of my very favorite things. I've admitted in other posts that I think of myself as a romantic at heart. I love romance in anything, provided it's well done: and LOTM definitely fits that category. However, another reason I loved the movie is that, like many of the other ladies said, I am also really interested in the historical part of the movie (even with any inaccuracies). I was one of the few (if not the only) girl in our History dept. that had any interest in battles, weaponry, or military history: so I don't feel like such a "weirdo" here, in the company of other females that also feel this way! And I also will watch *anything* having to do with the Colonial period! I think you hit on the very thing that makes LOTM such a popular film - a great blend of romance *and* action! |
blueotter |
Posted - April 11 2005 : 10:48:47 PM Yes, WW, do rent this movie -- you will want to buy the DVD!!! And don't start the movie until you have your fan handy. The whole production is sumptuous. |
Wilderness Woman |
Posted - April 11 2005 : 9:44:07 PM quote: Originally posted by blueotter Do any of you DD-L fans remember the scene from "The Age of Innocence" where he is unbuttoning Michelle Pfeiffer's gloves?
I have yet to see this movie! But I think someone else, quite some time back... was it Lady Ann?... mentioned this steamy scene and the immediate need for her fan. I have got to rent that movie! |
Diane B. |
Posted - April 11 2005 : 11:47:32 AM Lurking Huron 1445 wrote:quote: Alive & well Diane, - just not a romantic. It was a movie about a historic novel, - not a romance movie. It's a big world, and there's room for everyone. Thank G*d we're not all cut from the same cloth, - be a mighty boring world.
You are right, LH1445 - the world would be mighty boring if we were all the same & yes, there is room for everyone in this big world of ours. After I read your initial post about "The Kiss" scene, I wrongly assumed that you were a troll & that you knew that such a post would "stir the blood" of many fans of LOTM - and of that scene, in particular! Now, I understand that by your own admission, your are "just not a romantic." I apologize for jumping to such a conclusion about you as I did.
Too bad about your not being a romantic, though...that thought makes me sad, somehow. I'm just a sentimental softie, I suppose!
Anyway, thanks for sharing your thoughts on "The Kiss" with the rest of us. |
blueotter |
Posted - April 11 2005 : 09:02:23 AM I would have to agree with WW. There are several movies out there that have drawn me even though they have little or no "juicy" scenes: "Master and Commander", "The Crossing", "The Patriot", and the list goes on. Any romance is a nice bonus. But I will go to see ANY Colonial movie, knowing that I will learn from my fellow reenactors who do more research than I do what parts are exaggerated or completely wrong. I've come so far myself that I can detect some of the inaccuracies, but that is not why I see the movies. I love to immerse myself in the time period so that I can better understand what my own ancestors had to go through.
When I saw LOTM, the kiss was one of the more pleasant scenes, I admit. But I am also an admirer of the "suggested" romance, just as much. Do any of you DD-L fans remember the scene from "The Age of Innocence" where he is unbuttoning Michelle Pfeiffer's gloves? About made me fall out of my theater seat! |
Wilderness Woman |
Posted - April 11 2005 : 08:27:29 AM Now see there? I knew there must be more than one of us!!
Huzzah! |
Bookworm |
Posted - April 11 2005 : 07:16:48 AM I agree with all of what Wilderness Woman says. More colonial battles, please! |
Monadnock Guide |
Posted - April 10 2005 : 8:53:43 PM Very nice to hear WW ... ;) |
Wilderness Woman |
Posted - April 10 2005 : 8:44:34 PM quote: Originally posted by Monadnock Guide A movie about battles during Colonial times, - might not attract all that many females.
Well, maybe not "all that many", but it sure would attract this one! OK. So I admit it. I'm a bit strange in that regard... although, maybe not that strange. Don't sell us females short, Guide! Many of us are more than just romantic fluff.
Of course, one of the things that has drawn me so strongly to this movie for about the past 10 or 11 years, is the romance between Nathaniel and Cora. But, it is only one of the things. I can honestly say that if the plotline of that movie were to be changed and both Cora and Alice eliminated, I would still watch it with great enjoyment. Yes, DD-L, Eric Schweig and Russell Means definitely have something to do with that, but I think that even with different, less attractive actors, I would still consider it a favorite.
And just about any Colonial battle gets my attention! |
Monadnock Guide |
Posted - April 10 2005 : 6:15:07 PM A thought about that does come to mind Redbird. Hollywood being just that, and also in the money making business needs as large an audience as it can get. A movie about battles during Colonial times, - might not attract all that many females. However, spice it up a tad, to more modern times, with some romance, - and bingo, a much larger audience. I don't think it did any harm at all, - but much more would have affected what everything was really all about. I'd say it worked quite well, - judging from the responses here. ;) |
Redbird |
Posted - April 10 2005 : 5:54:34 PM Monadnock; I thought someone might raise the same point you did: and it has been a while since I read the book too! I guess it depends on what you mean by "strong"... Cooper was writing in an age where romance was treated very differently and *so* much less explicitly than it is today. I read the book again, after I saw the movie. Duncan is definitely smitten with Alice, and Uncas with Cora. Of course, none of us are going to find any scenes in the book that even come close to "The Kiss"! We'd have to leave that to some of today's modern Romance writers... ;-) |
Monadnock Guide |
Posted - April 10 2005 : 4:51:33 PM It's been a good many years since I read the book, - but I don't remember any strong romance sections. Doesn't mean they weren't there I suppose, but it didn't get my attention. LH1445 kinda has my sympathies, - I'm not much of a romantic either. I totally agree, - it's a big world, and we're the better for it. ;) |
Redbird |
Posted - April 10 2005 : 4:15:05 PM Sorry Lurker... but it was a historical *and* romantic novel. If you read Cooper's version, the "would be romance" is between Cora and Uncas, and Alice and Duncan. I liked what you said about it being a big world with room for everyone though! :-) |
Lurking Huron1445 |
Posted - April 10 2005 : 3:17:11 PM Alive & well Diane, - just not a romantic. It was a movie about a historic novel, - not a romance movie. It's a big world, and there's room for everyone. Thank G*d we're not all cut from the same cloth, - be a mighty boring world. All the best, ... |
Redbird |
Posted - April 10 2005 : 2:33:00 PM Hello again to all... I've been down with a nasty virus and away from the board for a few weeks. I already wrote how wonderful *I* think "The Kiss" is; unfortunately, I can't at the moment recall where it's posted. :-0 Anyway, I'm glad to see so many others liked it as well as I did. I think it is probably the most romantic, sexy scene I've ever seen on film! |
Diane B. |
Posted - April 10 2005 : 1:41:24 PM From Lurking Huron1442:
quote: If they needed to cut the movie, - that would probably be a good place to start.
Dear Mohicanlanders,
Please remember, DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS & they will go away.
Come to think of it...if this Lurking Huron didn't feel anything while watching "The Kiss" scene, then this troll is probably already deceased, hee! hee! |
silentthunder |
Posted - April 10 2005 : 12:46:56 AM Of course the kissing scene was marvelous. Who do you think was his kissing couch? Yes it was me!!
Wishful thinking huh? ~sigh~ |
Light of the Moon |
Posted - April 09 2005 : 1:53:33 PM quote: Originally posted by blueotter
Braveheart, I looked at your member profile photo, and I must say, I think you resemble Alice (Johdi May) quite a bit. Has anyone else told you that?
I thought she kinda' resembled Gretchen Wilson. But as a blonde, yeah, she would look a lot like Johdi May. |
Lurking Huron6303 |
Posted - April 09 2005 : 1:02:23 PM THINK???? Who can think about anything while watching that scene! One just gets caught up in the moment... and what a moment! |
Lurking Huron1442 |
Posted - April 09 2005 : 01:21:18 AM If they needed to cut the movie, - that would probably be a good place to start. |
Light of the Moon |
Posted - April 08 2005 : 6:30:29 PM I loved the kiss. Very romantic. |
Dillon1836 |
Posted - April 08 2005 : 2:49:38 PM No problem Braveheart. It's your face and hair. The way you look resembles the scene where Alice looks towards the camera before she jumps...her hair around her face. But yah, nice photo and Alice is a nice thing to be compared with. Me, depending on if I'm wearing sunglasses, am sometimes called "Clark Kent" from Superman and "Agent Wade", a joke from the Matrix. Then, if I'm wearing glasses, some have said I resemble Harry Potter. But...it's all good lol
~Wade |
BraveHeart |
Posted - April 08 2005 : 11:53:44 AM chasis_22,Diane B.- I do agree with you, i would also love to see uncus and alice also. That seen would of been so beautiful. In my words I would loved it if chingagook also found someone to loved. Just thinking about it would of been beautiful to see happy at the end of the movie. Dont you think.
Dillon1836,blueotter- Thank you for your kindness. Thats the first anyone says anything Like that about that I resemble Alice. I Dont think. Dont get me wrong Alice Is pretty well not pretty but gorgous. But To me i dont think. |
Dillon1836 |
Posted - April 07 2005 : 5:11:45 PM You could definetly feel she loved him in that scene.
Blueotter, I agree. Braveheart, you do resemble her.
~Wade |
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