Seen Any Good Movies Lately?

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toy story 5 :+1:t3::+1:t3: storyline analog v tech. going out to play or stay inside and stare like a zombie at phone/tablet

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Watched Sheep Detectives (Amazon) last night. Fun and heartwarming – even H enjoyed.

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Thanks for suggestion. Watched Sheep Detective last night, really entertaining! and yes H enjoyed it, too.

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We watched it last night, too. Cute. We both enjoyed it. I really like Chris O’Dowd’s voice.

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Just finished The Sheep Detectives on Prime (to finish Prime Days :wink:) and agree that it was entertaining and touching with a lot of humor. Too bad there was no reason for Hugh Jackman to sing and dance though.

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I enjoyed the Sheep Detectives last night. Two of my sons saw it and said they thought I would like it. Going to get on them for neglecting to mention it had sad / hurt animals parts. I’m terrible at recognizing voices so I had to watch the credits to see who was in it. Except easily recognizable Brett Goldstein. It was funny to hear Greg from Succession with an English accent. Usually it’s the British / Australians with their American accents.

I liked Sheep Detectives but my husband did not. Why didn’t he like it? He didn’t care for the CGI sheep. Was he expecting real sheep?

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When The Sheep Detectives spent the first few minutes introducing the members of the flock, we were hooked!

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I loved the sheep detective, it had so many life lessons in and was heartwarming. my husband did not like it and didn’t get any of the messages. I now want to know what’s wrong with him. lol

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DH guffawed at the scene where the guy counting the sheep fell asleep.

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Add H and I to the ones that watched and loved The Sheep Detectives!

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Turned on Netflix last night and saw a movie called “ Voicemails for Isabelle” billed as a romantic comedy. It was pretty good, but it was either sadder than most romcoms or just hit me as sad.

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I watched that last night because I just wanted to keep my feet up. It was watchable but pretty obvious and yes, more sadness than I preferred. I wasn’t particularly impressed with the male lead.

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Sheep Detectives was cute. DH was a little confused by the plot, though. :joy:

Lily reminded us of our older Australian shepherd, the way she showed affection. Jazz prefers hugs to food! He literally gives us hugs - we’ve never had a dog like that before.

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I watched the Netflix documentary on Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova last night. I definitely enjoyed it, but it makes me so sad to know Chrissie is fighting off another bout with cancer right now. I loved the long form piece that Sally Jenkins wrote on them for WaPo last year and was glad to see her interviewed as part of this doc.

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Just finished watching The Sheep Detectives - my husband said the movie was very sweet and that he enjoyed it! He was not lying because he didn’t fall asleep or touch his phone during the movie which he would do when what’s on the TV screen seems boring to him.

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Saw Young Washington yesterday - of course everyone is hyped celebrating 250th birthday so I see lots of over the top rave reviews. Honestly, although I did find it entertaining, it was kind of like a Hallmark movie type of entertainment. Enjoyable but didn’t seem it should have earned the comments about how great it was. I’d still recommend seeing but maybe temper your expectations. And, who knew George was soooooo good looking!

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We went with our grandchildren to see Toy Story 5. It’s got a great lesson and some funny side jokes for parents/grandparents. I highly recommend it, especially for kids 10 and under.

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I finally got a chance to see Project Hail Mary now that’s it’s free with Amazon Prime. I have mixed feelings. I read the book twice with a long time in between readings and liked it much better the first time. Some of what bothered me on the second reading actually was emphasized in the movie. I understand watching the movie at home is not optimum and could see how impressive it would be in IMAX.

But if I hadn’t read the book, I would have been somewhat confused. There was so much more in the book. The movie seem to have streamlined down to Ryan Gosling, Ryan Gosling and Rocky, and stellar space shots. That left little time for the other characters, the science, and everything else that was happening on Earth.

I loved The Martian, one of my favorite movies - it had humanity and science and great characters and drama.

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Why didn’t y’all tell me that dh and I would cry watching The Sheep Detective??? :sob:

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