Thanks for the recommendation! I looked it up and saw it’s based on a novel by Max Lucado, who we really like (he was born in San Angelo, my mom’s home town, and started out in the same “interesting” denomination I grew up in, but he wised up, ha).
I endured “Man of Steel” with DH yesterday, so I told him it’s my turn to pick a movie! I find action movies to be so boring and repetitive. Another big fight scene, wow, what a surprise!
Ferrari has beautiful scenery from Italy, exciting racing scenes, and beautiful performances by Adam Driver, Penelope Cruz, and Shailene Woodley. All three of us that saw it yesterday loved it.
Saw 2 films over the long weekend Maestro (Netflix) and Poor Things (theater).
Maestro was beautifully filmed and acted, but I wanted more about the music - I did like it overall. I gave it a 7.
Poor Things - not for everyone - didn’t research in advance so had no clue going in. Amazing cast. Fantastic costumes! Trippy storyline. Also beautifully filmed. A lot of sex and nudity (and older couple walked out). Overall my D and gave this one a 6.
We saw the new Chicken Run movie. I’d enjoyed the first one. This one was cute, but I got a little bored all the same.
Kite Runner.
Why?
The characters were flat, the acting was one note, and it all felt very “one note” and in your face. All kind of amazing with a cast of that quality…
Just my own opinion, of course!
I saw a couple of references a month ago, but we watched The Holdovers on Peacock last night. It was sweet, funny, and sad all rolled into one.
A crusty old professor gets stuck watching over the snotty, wealthy kids who couldn’t go home during Xmas break from a New England boarding school. He winds up bonding with the cook who’s lost a son in Vietnam and a student. Just a reminder that everyone has problems that they are dealing with, and there’s more to a person than appears on the surface
We just watched American Symphony last night. I really enjoyed it . . .it got me thinking about classical music and how many musicians were shut out of it for years. And the story of his wife’s medical issues . . . That should be required watching for young engaged couples - make sure you know what “in sickness or in health” can really mean.
As I have written before, I read the wife’s, Suleika’s (sp?) memoir. Well worth reading.
Thanks for the heads up - I’ve been waiting for that one to come to streaming.
Is it better to watch the movie or read the book first (realizing one focuses on her and one on her husband)?
I really enjoyed Maestro. Hard to capture such a prolific, complicated life in 2 hours, but it felt like doing that by focusing on his marriage was quite effective. Of course, I don’t know him – but the portrayal of his passion, manic creativity, and extroversion seemed to make sense.
And wow, the make-up. Brilliant!
I don’t really know–haven’t seen the movie yet.
Agree-read the book several years ago and would highly recommend. The movie was entertaining and I enjoyed it very much but like many books to movies so much is left out.
Big thank you to all who recommended American Symphony. Really well done. It’s a great one to watch with Maestro!
We were glad we watched American Symphony. It’s a documentary, with some heavy topics. So pick a time when you are in the mood for that.
Chicken People on Amazon. Actually was looking for a comedy or rom-com and found this. We thought it was informative, lighthearted, and funny.
I totally agree. Very good movie, but they made it mostly a movie about rowing. I really wished they would have delved into the characters lives. There was so much more, and it would have been far more interesting. So what if they had to make it longer. Still nice to see a true story that didn’t involve cruelty, evil, cheating, drugs, violence, the usual.
As a parent of a college crew athlete - we loved that it was all about rowing 
We live in a rowing community too - so theaters are doing quite well - at least over the holidays. Our daughter did say everyone on her college team saw it over the holidays with their parents and appears I am not the only parent that teared up several times. The athletes all found fault in the rowing scenes - but us parents all thought they were beautiful 
The PBS special from 2016(?) called the Boys of '36 - PBS American Experience is excellent with all historical footage. Not sure where to view now - but highly recommend and not a Hollywood version like the new release - much more history and great footage from Seattle to Germany.