http://www.movie-poster.ws/messageboard/ Movie Message Board http://www.movie-poster.ws/messageboard/article195.htm She s a lovely girl but not a great actress[rolleyes] _______________________ [url=http://www.my-cuban-cigars.com/]cuban cigars[/url] Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:25:43 -0600 Actress http://www.movie-poster.ws/messageboard/article226.htm fnPrintProducts(); Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:49:22 -0600 SCI-FI http://www.movie-poster.ws/messageboard/article225.htm Matrix Runs on Windows XP [url=http://movie-poster.ws/movies/action/Matrix.htm]Matrix posters[/url] Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:37:41 -0600 Matrix http://www.movie-poster.ws/messageboard/article224.htm LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Raja Gosnell has signed on to direct "Smurfs," a live action/animated movie starring the popular small blue characters created by Belgian cartoonist Peyo. source: [url]http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.reuters.com/quotscoobydooquot-director-takes-quotsmurfsquot-movie-reuters[/url] Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:10:24 -0600 Animation http://www.movie-poster.ws/messageboard/article222.htm You're welcome, Tim. I also might add that watching movies on a computer, or on an iPod (which I don't have), which seem to be quite popular these days, just sort of makes the movie not as enjoyable, because it's only something to fall back on if one desperately wants to watch a specific movie and it can't be watched any other way, for whatever reason. I understand the reason for DVD players and DVD's, but movies on DVD, no matter what they are, just simply [b]don't[/b] feel, much less look, the same as they do on a great big, wide screen, in a real movie theatre, with the lights down low. All of the above having been said, this: [quote]Yeah, I don't like watching movies from my computer either. I work all day on the computer, so I like to relax with the TV at night.[/quote] is something that I wholeheartedly agree with. Wed, 20 May 2009 12:07:50 -0600 Dramas http://www.movie-poster.ws/messageboard/article223.htm [up] Tue, 19 May 2009 13:19:58 -0600 Posting Messages http://www.movie-poster.ws/messageboard/article17.htm [url=http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Solace-Daniel-Craig/dp/B001PPLIEG%3FSubscriptionId%3D09FVDRT8TEJ64C2A7Y02%26tag%3Damericantelevisi%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB001PPLIEG]Quantum Solace[/url] is the newest one. Tue, 19 May 2009 13:17:45 -0600 James Bond http://www.movie-poster.ws/messageboard/article210.htm [i]State of Play[/i] is also a neat thriller, and Julia Roberts was great in playing the part of a mole. [i]Observe and Report[/i], however, while it had the best of intentions, was kind of moronic and stupid, and was on sort of the same line(s) as [i]Animal House[/i]. Tue, 19 May 2009 08:23:18 -0600 Family http://www.movie-poster.ws/messageboard/article203.htm You have to keep in my mind this one impressed Leonard Nimoy enough to get him to put back on the pointy ears. So you know it has to be good.:D Mon, 18 May 2009 07:40:24 -0600 Star Trek http://www.movie-poster.ws/messageboard/article221.htm Hi, everybody: I know I'm new here, but can you stand a fairly long synopsis of my alltime favorite movie? Anyway, here goes: Loosely based on the renowned Shakespeare play, “Romeo & Juliet”, West Side Story is set on the pulsating, finger-snapping West Side of 1950’s/1960’s New York City. It is a beautiful movie-musical involving love and romance that develoops amid conflict between two warring NYC street gangs: the white ethnic American Jets and the newly-arrived Puerto Rican Sharks. Determined to drive the Sharks off of their turf, the Jets claim and stake out their t erritory wiith a tough, macho bravado, especially with the Prologue and the Jet Song. The Puerto Ricans, on the other hand, are also determined to have a piece of the small piece of turf that both gangs have to share. A melee between the Sharks and the Jets erupts on the playground, only to be broken up by Lt. Schrank and Ofcr Krupke. Meanwhile, Tony, who was once the Jets gang lleader, who is looking for something other than gang life and the streets but doesn’t know what he’s looking for, has been hifred to work fulltime at Doc’s Candy Store. Although the elderly, kindly Doc attempts to be a mentor to the kids, ithere’s no avail. The Jets, now back on their turf, are now debating what to do,, and ultimately decide to challenge Bernardo, the Shark gang leader, to a rumble. When the subject comes up about taking a lieutanant, Riff decides to call on his old friend and ex-Jets leader, Tony, to h elp out. Riff then goes to the Doc’s Candy Store t o try to enlist Tony’s help. After Tony has turned Riff down several times, Riff suggests that Riff come to the dance that they’re holding that night, ultimaely pursuading him with “Who knows? Maybe what you’re waitin’g for will be twitchin’ at the dance tonight. “ Reluctantly, Tony agrees to meet Riff and the rest of the Jets at the Gym at ten. At the dance, Tony and Maria meet and fall in love., and the sparks really begin to fly. Tensions and hostilities between the Jets & Sharks, which have been steadily rising. Maria, the sister of the Shark gangleader, Bernardo, is a pretty 17-year-old girl who has been brought to America in order to marry Bernardo’s friend and right-hand man, Chino, who works as an assitant at Doc’s Candy Store. Meanwhile, at the bridal shop where Maria and her girlfriend, Anita,(who’s also Bernardo’s girlfriend, btw)work as seamstresses, Anita has been altering an old white communion dress for Maria to wear at the dance. Despite Maria’s demands that the neck be lowered, and her compolaints that she’ll be the only one in a white dress, Anita stands fast and continues with her work, despite Maria’s attempts to distrract her by talking about other things. Despite the small dispute, Maria tries on the white dress, loves it, and is enthused about coming to the dance, and the Sharks finally come to call. That night, at the dance, Glad Hand,, the social worker attempts to have the Jets and Sharks do a “get-together” dance. It fails miserably; the Sharks and Jets each go off with their own kind, and the Dance ultimately becomes a fierce competition between the Jets and the Sharks. At some point, Tony, who has come in late and been greeted and embraced by his old friend Riff and his girlfriend, Graziella, sees Bernardo’s sister, Maria from across the room. Tony and Maria ultimately meet, fall in love, and begin dancing together., which is subsequently broken up by an enraged Bernardo, who orders Chino to take Maria home despite protests that it is her first dance. At this point, Tony’s old friend, Riff intervenes and insists that he, the Jets and Bernardo and the Sharks meet at Doc’s Candy Store at midnight for a war council, to which Bernardo agrees. Meanwhile, after bringing Anita home, Bernardo, Anita, and the other Sharks and their girls have a party up on their tenament, where an argument erupts over the virttues and vices of the American experience. On his way down from the rooftop, Bernardo invites Anita to meet him on the roof later, to which Anita replies “I’m an American girl now. I don’t wait.” Meanwhile, Tony and Maria meet on the fire escape of Maria’s apartment, where they introduce each other, and then agree to meet at the Bridal Shop the next evening at six oi’clock, when the Bridal Shop closes. Riff, the Jets and their girls assemble outside Doc’s Candy Store shortly before midnight. In the meantime, Officer Krupke arrives, warning the Jets against causing trouble, and then leaves. As soon as Krupke departs, he is lampooned by the Jets. The Jets and their girls go into the Candy Store, sit down and await the arrival of Bernardo and the Sharks, who arrive shortly thereafter. When the Sharks arrive, Riff makes it clear to the girls that they don’t belong being involved in the war council, while Anybody’s, who’s a tomboy and a sort of a Jet “wannabe”, tries to make herself invisible by hiding, only to be spotted by Riff, who gestures for her to go despite her “let me stay” pleas. While Graziella and Velma exit quietly, Anybodys shoves the Sharks like a big tough guy. Despite Doc’s pleas with the boys to “talk it out” instead of having a rumble, the war council goes on. Riff then challenges Bernardo to a rumble, which he promptly accepts, and then, after a small spat that culmiinates in the exchange of racial and ethnic insults from both gangs, the war council resumes. The Jets and Sharks agree to meet the next evening after dark, under the West Side Highway, and Riff and Bernardo then shake hands to seal the committment. Just as the Jets and Sharks are calling the weapons, Tony comes in, and, despite Riff’s entrigues to line himself with the Jets, he refuses, and suggests that the rumble be clinched by a “fair fight”, with fists rather than knives or whatever. The fair fight is agreed upon and Ice and Bernardo are chosen to duke it out with fists. Meanwhile, the Jets and Sharks are also visited by Lt. Schrank, who openly displays his prejudice against the Puerto Rican Sharks for their ethnicity and culture by banishing the Sharks from the Candy Store. He then begins to ask the Jets where the rumble was ttaking place, even declaring “I’m for you! I’ll even lend a hand if things get rough”. When the Jets ultimately refuse to disclose where the rumble was to take place, Schrank then hurls insults at the Jets in reference to their ethnic immigrant/family backgrounds, a strong indication that he clearly didn’t like the Jets much better than he liked the Sharks. Angrily, Lt. Schrank leaves the Candy Store, promising “I’ll find out where the rumble’s gonna be! But be sure to finish each other off before I get there! “Cause if ya don’t, I will!” Meanwhile, after the Jets have left, Tony, who’s been cleaning up the store, tells Doc not to let it get him, and that he was very much in love. Doc is not reassured, however. At the Bridal shop the next afternoon, Maria very gaily prepares for her upcoming meeting with Tony, and the other girls who work with her are either happy for Maria or are making fun of her because she’s acting quite vain. The next evening is the big evening, which, as we all know, will mean very different things and have markedly different results for different people. Tony and Maria meet at the Bridal Shop as planned, and Anita clearly disapproves of their romance, but admonishes Maria to “be home in 15 minutes” When Maria asks Tony if he’s going to the rumble, Tony tells Maria no, but Maria, believing that the rumble would do no good, makes hiim promise to go and stop it, to which Tony acquieses. Meanwhile, the Jets and Sharks meet at their pre-destined and chosen place for the rumble, a deserted area underneath the West Side Highway. After some encouragement and support for the two men chosen to duke it out in the “fair fight”, from their respective gangs, Bernardo and Ice begin to fight. Just as the rumble is getting underway, Tony arrives, and, despite Riff’s commanding Tony to line up with the Jets, refuses, getting between Ice and Bernardo and attempting to shake hands with Bernardo, trying to assure both men that there was “nothing to fight about”. Bernardo, who is thoroughly enraged over Tony’s interest in his sister, angrily pushes Tony away. slaps him around, roughs him up, and slaps him around for his trouble. Despite Riff’s warnings to Bernardo to stop, Bernardo refuses. Riff ultimately loses his patience and hals off and belts Bernardo. The forbidden switchblades appear, and the two gangleaders, Riff and Bernardo, begin tthe knife fight. Just as Riff is about to “run Bernardo through”, Tony, who has been held back by Ice and Tiger, breaks free and tries to stop Riff. Bernardo ultimately stabs Riff to death, and Tony, to avenge his old friend Riff’s death, in turn, stabs Bernardo. After a brief free-for-all, the Jets and Sharks flee the police and go into hiding, and Tony, in a state of bewilderment and disbelief, begins calling Maria’s name, until Anybody’s, who’s been hiding in the shadows, drags Tony away from the danger. The Jets, now led by Ice, who has taken over the Jet gang leadership since Riff’s death, are now hiding out in a garage, are advised to keep cool. Tony, who has been hiding out in Maria’s bedfoom, pleads forgiveness before turning himself into the police, but Maria won’t let him. Meanwhile, Anita knocks on Maria’s bedroom door, andf figures out that Maria had hidden Tony in her bedroom, severely upbraiding her for allowing Tony to be interested in her. Meanwhile, Tony, after advising Maria to meet at Doc’s Candy Store so they could elope together, has escaped out a bedroom window and is found and sent to Doc’s by Anybodys, who, spying around, learns that Chino is hunt ing Tony down to avenge Bernardo’s death. Lt. Schrank, meanwhile, stops by t o ask Maria and Anita questions about what happened t he night before, Under questioning, Maria told Schrank that she’d danced with a Puerto Rican boy named Jose. Meanwhile, Anita who has learned that Chino is hunting Tony down with a gun, then warns Maria, who is determined to protect Tony. Maria asks Anita to go to Doc’s store to warn him, which she reluctantly does. The results, however, are disastrous. Anita goes to Doc’s Candy Store where she encounters the Jets. Determined to protect Tony from Chino and fearful that Anita would disclose Tony’s hiding place to Chino, and out of prejudice against Anita due to her culture and ethnic background, the Jets refuse to listen to Anita’s appeals that she wants to help protect Tony from Chino, and begin to rough her up. In retaliation, Anita spits out the message that Chino has learned about Tony and Maria and shot her dead.. Meanwhile, Tony is still hiding in the cellar, awaiting Maria’s arrival. Instead, Doc comes down and relays the message that Anita had given him to give to Tony: that Chino had learned about him and Maria and killed her, thereby deflating Tony’s excitement over the prospect of him and Maria having lots of kids in the country and naming them all after Doc, especially by slapping Tony to “wake hiim up”. Tony, who is devasttated by the message, runs from the cellar and to the streets, callng for Chino to come and get him also. Despite Anybodys’ warnings to Tony to leave, Tony refuses to go, and continues to call for Chino. Meanwhile, Maria appears, and she and Tony briefly fall into each other’s arms. Chino appears from behind a building and shoots Tony dead. Tony dies in Maria’s arms, the Jets and Sharks seem like they’re about to clash once again, but Maria intervenes with a message that they all killed Tony, Riff and Bernardo through their hatred. Several Jets and Sharks converge to carry Tony’s body off, and there’s at least a fleeting understanding on tthe part of both the Jets and the Sharks in tragedy. [i]West Side Story[/i], whch opened at NYC's Winter Garden as a famous Broadway musical in late 1957, was made into a spectacular movie four years later, which helped popularize this dynamic musical. Although WSS is enjoyable on TV, DVD or video, this great movie/musical classic is fantastic when viewed on a great big, wide screen, in a real movie theatre, with the lights down low. Shown on a great big, wide movie theatre screen, West Side Story seems to take on a more magical, almost 3-dimensional quality. The brilliant Bernstein musical score, the beautifully choreographed dancing by Jerome Robbins, the richly-colored costumes and photography all seem even more intense, and the scenery seems more expansive and once seems to see all of everything. The various cast members, from the warring Jets & Sharks to the romancing Tony and Maria all seem to move much more freely and fluidly, in a much wider, more open space. The cast, most of which were in the original Broadway stage productions of [i]West Side Story[/i], are mostly a very talented bunch of actors and actresses. The exuberant, cocky and acrobatic Jet leader Riff, is played beautifully by Russ Tamblyn. A-Rab and the youngest jet member, Baby-John are played equally well by David Winters and Elliot Feld. The girls, Graziella and Velma, are played nicely by Gina Trinkonis and Carole D'Andrea, and the wannabe Jet tomboy, Anybodys is well-played by Susan Oaks. Action, the hot-tempered instigator/troublemaker is fabulously played by Tony Mordente, while Tucker Smith does an equally fantastic job of playing the calm, cool and collected Ice, who ultimately takes over the Jet gang leadership after Riff's death during the rumble. Jose De Vegas is excellent as Chino, George Chakiris is fantastic as the sardonic but fiery Shark gangleader, Bernardo, and Rita Moreno is equally excellent as the fiesty firebrand, Anita. Simon Oakland was great as the bitter, bigoted and rough-hewn Lt. Schrank, and the equally cynical (but quieter) Ofcr. Krupke was just as well-played by Wm. Bramley. The women who played the Sharks girls were excellent in their cheerfulness and bubbliness. Natalie Wood did OK as Maria, but, Richard Beymer, unfortunately, proved to be a rather weak, lacklustre Tony, although even he came off as being more vital and alive on the great big, wide screen in a real movie theatre. There are a couple of things that I recently learned, which have a particularly ironic bite to them, considering WSS's contents: A)_Although most of WSS was filmed on a huge sound stage, with beautifully designed sets by Boris Leven, which looked uncannily like a real urban setting, parts of WSS were also filmed on both the West Side and East Side of NYC, as well as parts of downtown L. A. The filming of WSS on location took place on a part of the city where Lincoln Center now stands, and, since it was a rough neighborhood back then, a [b]real[/b] street gang had to be hired out for security. B) Unfortunately, Richard Beymer and Natalie Wood got along rather poorly in real life, off of the screen, and, in fact, due to Wood's intense dislike for Beymer, Natalie Wood did actually attempt to get Beymer kicked off of the set on several occasions. Beymer was clearly pained by Wood's behaviour, and I think it kind of showed. That being said, I'm willing to give Beymer a bit of the benefit of the doubt and say that, had they gotten along better off-screen, Richard Beymer might've played a stronger role as Tony. (Later, I learned that they sort of made up afterwards; Beymer saw Wood in a cafeterial somewhere and felt attracted to her.) All of the above having been said, as a devout fan of [i]West Side Story[/i] who'se also seen afew good stage productions of this dynamic musical, I'll add this: Whether you're a devout fan of WSS like me who rarely misses a screening of thie great movie musical classic when it comes to our area and has also driven to neighborning states for screenings, has ony seen WSS on television, DVD or video, or has never seen it at all, [b]I[/b] say, the next time WSS comes to a repertory movie theatre on a great big, wide screen in your area, JUMP at the opportunity! It's an enriching experience that you'll never, ever forget. Sun, 17 May 2009 19:49:51 -0600 Musicals