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Your "feel good" films for a gloomy Spring day, please.

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TAFKA Steve

I'm stealing this subject from SoundStage!, but I'd like your "feel good" film recommendations. Right now I'm thinking of watching "Hear My Song," a British comedy starring Adrian Dunbar as a concert promoter who must convince a legendary tenor/tax evader Josef Locke (Ned Beatty) to come out of retirement and risk arrest. Other recommendations are welcome, thanks!

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Thanks for all the recommendations, folks. Feeling happy already. TAFKA Steve 15:15:32 04/05/00 (0)
It was either from watching "Monsieur Hulot's Holiday", or relief from finishing my taxes.
Life is Beautiful Mike Craig 09:55:03 04/05/00 (0)
I live in the Pacific NW where rain is a way of life. A few months ago on a typically overcast, grey day when I donated stem cells to a woman with acute leukemia, I chose "Life is Beautiful" to watch during my donation. A wonderful film that says no matter how bad it gets there is always hope. Even the ending was not as sullen as one might expect. Somehow the connection between the film and the woman for whom I was donating hit me hard and made my spirit leap for joy. That cloudy day broke out sunny. I hope it does for you too.
Re: Your "feel good" films for a gloomy Spring day, please. Bob W 18:43:44 04/04/00 (0)
The Big Lebowski
Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas
Scent of a Woman
more, but those come to mind. We have a lot of rainy days here.
Re: Your "feel good" films for a gloomy Spring day, please. Justin 15:03:16 04/04/00 (0)
Movies on DVD that always put me in a good mood:
The Saint (action/spy movie with a heart)
Emma (a charming romantic comedy)
The Big Lebowski (one of the funniest and most intelligent comedies ever)
The Mummy (an light comedy action/adventure movie)
The Three Amigos, Spies Like Us, Funny Farm (great SNL 80's comedy)
Re: Your "feel good" films for a gloomy Spring day, please. edta 14:06:59 04/04/00 (8)
Well, most of these aren't really comedies.
Lost Horizon (the original)
The Wizard of Oz
Breakfast at Tiffany's
My Fair Lady
- Lost Horizon? Now can you refresh my memory about this - am confused Ran 17:15:16 04/05/00 (7)
  Can you just give a brief one line description. I forget whether I have seen it or not. Thanks
  - finding Shangri-La in the Himalayas [nt Mart 10:24:07 04/06/00 (6)
    - Thanks. Have only read book. Is movie good? Ran 15:48:30 04/06/00 (5)
      Thanks. Have only read book. Is movie good?
      - What was your reaction to the book? edta 16:30:55 04/08/00 (2)
        
        In Reply to: Thanks. Have only read book. Is movie good? posted by Ran on April 06, 2000 at 15:48:30:
        
        Never having read it, it might help me in describing why I think it is good.
        
        Re: What was your reaction to the book? Ran 19:22:07 04/08/00 (1)
        
        In Reply to: What was your reaction to the book? posted by edta on April 08, 2000 at 16:30:55:
        
        Read it years ago as a kid probably as part of "approved" reading in a somber private school (dunno whether this means that it could have been boring to today's more sound bite attuned book readers - am 33 yrs now and read it when I was about 11 or 13 or so). Anyway, it was extremely good describing Conway (only name I remember) and everyone else in Shangri-La and since I am such a sucker for geography, culture and other such stuff, i know I would have liked it regardless of its true quality. But, I think it was good.
        If it helps I am into science fiction etc. so that aspect may be what made me like the book. But I am still a bit sceptical because many people and I am no exception, enjoyed something when young and compel others to see it in the same light but it is never quite as wonderful as the first time (at least this is ONE reason why many are disappointed by movies based on books if they have read the book before - really not the only explanation - other more legitimate ones may exist).
        When our choice was Shakespeare or more Shakespeare (all good but diversity is always even better), this was really a welcome change.
        
        Re: What was your reaction to the book? edta 21:49:01 04/08/00 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Re: What was your reaction to the book? posted by Ran on April 08, 2000 at 19:22:07:
        
        My reaction to the film involved the mythology of the golden age, garden of eden, utopia, etc. A safe, sane place to find out about happiness in a violent crazy world. The possibility of Shangri La , even in fantasy, is somehow comforting.
        Now, I'm not saying it's a perfect film; it is corny and preachy in spots. Still, the original is much better than the average film.
        Know anything about Shambala? I guess some claim it is a real place.
        I read somewhere else it is the final destination of a spiritual journey.
      - 1930's version is classic, 1973 version is horrible! TAFKA Steve 17:53:09 04/06/00 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Thanks. Have only read book. Is movie good? posted by Ran on April 06, 2000 at 15:48:30:
        
        I recently bought the LP of the OST to the 1973 version and the corny music by Burt Bacharach, esp. "The Things I Will Not Miss", make for great lounge music. But the film was picked as one of the 50 worst films of all time by the Medved Bros. (Golden Turkey Awards).
        
        yeah, the remake is like a made for TV movie Mart 10:46:39 04/07/00 (0)
        
        In Reply to: 1930's version is classic, 1973 version is horrible! posted by TAFKA Steve on April 06, 2000 at 17:53:09:
        
        the old classic suffers from some dated Hollywood fluff (worthy of a $1 romance novel) added to the edgy original work, but not is quite enjoyable.
"Funny Bones" Stephen Hayes 06:28:23 04/04/00 (0)
A really good but, in my perception, generally overlooked film from the UK. Stars Oliver Reed and (BION) Jerry Lewis, with George Carl, Leslie Caron, Freddie Davies, and Lee Evans. The only film about which I can say that it opens with a great sheep joke.
Re: Your "feel good" films for a gloomy Spring day, please. Richard Jura 06:05:26 04/04/00 (0)
I love "Princess Bride"
Try "Blast from the Past" I don't think there was a single profane word
in it, rare in today's films.

Rich
usually, I watch .... Mart 22:59:01 04/03/00 (2)
concerts on gloomy spring days, but seeing that's not your style I recommend "Princess Bride".

"Inconceivable"

"you keep saying that.
I don't think it means what you think it means."
- hey Mart, have you read the book? late 08:05:39 04/04/00 (1)
  hi,
  the book is even better, this, from memory, mind you, is how it starts:
  "When Buttercup was born, the most beautiful girl in the world was a scullery maid named Antoinette, who lived in the palace of the Duke, and Duchess DeGuiche. Now it had not escaped the attention of the Duke that something extraordinary was polishing the pewter. And it had not esaped
  the notice of the Duchess that the Duke's attention had been gotten. And while the Duchess not not young, or pretty, she was plenty smart. So she set about studying her adversary. Soon she found the fatal flaw, chocolate.
  The palace was filled with chocolates, with nougats in the drawing room, and bonbons in the sitting room. And within the space of a single season, Annette went from delicate, to whopping, and the Duke never again glanced
  in her direction without a sad sigh escaping his lips.
  Annette, it must be noted, fared none the worse for her transformation.
  She soon married the pastry chef, and lived happily ever after."
  - LOL w/ tears in my eyes Mart 20:48:08 04/04/00 (0)
    Thanks, I got to read that one. I was afraid that missing the super plot would make it lose it's charm.
    
    "She can't marry Prince Humperdink. After all Wesley did for her, she can't marry the Prince, can she?"
    "Who said life was fair? Where is that written?"
    .
    .
    .
    .
    "I knew it! I knew she wouldn't marry Prince Humperdink."
    "Yes. Yes. You're very smart. Now, shut up."
Toss up between... Daryl 19:01:58 04/03/00 (0)
"A Fish Called Wanda" and "The Producers."
Re: Your "feel good" films for a gloomy Spring day, please. MiKe 15:30:27 04/03/00 (0)
My gloomy day film is King Pin with Woody Harrelson. It's a great comedy.

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