[email protected]. Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Silver Linings Playbook What a good movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reilly Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Hmm, interesting. For a guy who made his fortune on oil well drill bits, he did all right in some of his other ventures, but a movie about well drilling equipment just wouldn't be all that exciting - a little too real, a little too dull, even though they're diamond studded. Good think they went with his aviation interests. ;) His father Howard Hughes Snr made the fortune from drill bits, I'm sure Jnr was involved as he grew into an adult but clearly it wasn't quite as exciting a lifestyle as directing films and aviation, which occupied all of his time and which the film is based on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck kottke Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 His father Howard Hughes Snr made the fortune from drill bits, I'm sure Jnr was involved as he grew into an adult but clearly it wasn't quite as exciting a lifestyle as directing films and aviation, which occupied all of his time and which the film is based on. Yes you're right, I forgot that he inherited the tool business, it was the thing that always made him money, and he had others running it (I would imagine whilst he chased the babes from the silver screen). Yes, I recall the Playboy article on Howard Jr, he did a good amount of directing, don't recall the films being all that successful though. I think when the Senate ran him through the mill, perhaps that wore him down a lot. Quite a few hospital ships built during the war years, someone said that was one of his biggest successes in terms of wealth. Anyhow, concrete ships and drill bits built the Hughes Empire, plus a few aircraft and helicopters and films and such, and without a doubt he's a fascinating individual, and if I get the chance, I'll check out the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck kottke Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Hm, Silver Linings Playbook, I think I need to read the book!:laugh3: I did see Lincoln about a week ago, I would rate it an 8.5 on the Richter scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldplaymom Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Juno just last night and Winter's Bone last week. Yeah, I do things on my own time. I enjoyed Juno more (8/10) than I did Winter's Bone (7/10). Yet I rate Jennifer Lawrence just a bit higher than Ellen Page. I liked them both very much though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reilly Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Yes you're right, I forgot that he inherited the tool business, it was the thing that always made him money, and he had others running it (I would imagine whilst he chased the babes from the silver screen). Yes, I recall the Playboy article on Howard Jr, he did a good amount of directing, don't recall the films being all that successful though. I think when the Senate ran him through the mill, perhaps that wore him down a lot. Quite a few hospital ships built during the war years, someone said that was one of his biggest successes in terms of wealth. Anyhow, concrete ships and drill bits built the Hughes Empire, plus a few aircraft and helicopters and films and such, and without a doubt he's a fascinating individual, and if I get the chance, I'll check out the film. Well make no mistake about it, whether he had a huge amount to do with it or not, Hughes Jnr was indeed the owner of the company when it propelled his fortune to being the richest man in the world, though the market had already been made a monopoly from his fathers success. So you could still say that's how he built his fortune, though the foundations were already there as he already had a considerable fortune. His films were initially unsuccessful and although it may have taken a decade or two, most of them made a considerable profit, Hell's Angels for example was arguably the most expensive film ever (Debatable but it and Ben Hur were way ahead of other productions) and bombed at first, but eventually made 100% profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck kottke Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 At the rate I move at, those look like yesterday's releases to me! Interesting themes, good to see things from other perspectives in life. I'm looking for less melodrama especially after Lincoln, though it was a most excellent movie. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shesawsparks Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 House at the End of the Street - 6/10 - Too slow and just not as good as i'd hoped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reilly Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Micmacs 7/10, more enjoyable then a 7 and I'd recommend it, it won't live long in the memory though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haruka Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Amour 6/10 - expected more but the end was kinda surprising Hitchcock 8.5/10 - really great movie, Anthony Hopkins is hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollyxyloto Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Percy Jackson and the lightning thief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haruka Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Oz The Great and Powerful -4/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troxley Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Oz The Great and Powerful -4/10 I'm just gonna guess that you didn't like it... :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubble1 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 (500) Days Of Summer - 8/10. Ideal if you want to relax. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haruka Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 I'm just gonna guess that you didn't like it... :P yep, i would like more if i've waited to see on telecine. haha but it has some highlights: Mila Kunis acting and the scenarios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yu-tong Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Skyfall I watched it again with my parents last week. And DVD's Chinese sub is terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reilly Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 The Filth and the Fury (Documentary on Sex Pistols) 8/10, brilliantly put together and I despised that band, it's actually totally changed my rather ignorant scope on them as people (Especially Johnny Rotten). The Runaways 7/10, this would be a point higher but Dakota Fanning as the lead kinda ruins it. She doesn't do a bad acting job or anything she is just totally wrong for the part (You'll know what I mean if you've seen it) and a lot of the time doesn't look like she should be there, the band were all 16 but she was the only one who seemed it, the bandmates therefore just seemed much older, putting her out of place. Kristen (Kirsten?) Stewart was very good, which surprised me because even though I've never seen her in a film all I've heard was bad, bad things about her acting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubble1 Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 The Perks Of Being A Wallflower - 9/10 Pretty good film. I thought the plot will be different but I'm not disappointed from what I saw :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reilly Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 127 Hours- 9/10. Yeah, brilliant, will watch again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troxley Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 The Lord of the Ring Trilogy - 10/10 Not because they're perfect movies, but because as far as my love for movies goes, it can't get any higher than my love for LotR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck kottke Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 The Lord of the Ring Trilogy - 9/10 I love these movies, but I can't give them a 10 because they're not perfect. After reading the books, I've noticed some parts that they changed that they didn't need to...and that makes me kind of sad. I wish they would have shown more of Eowyn and Faramir's love story and less of Aragorn and Arwen's. I know what you mean, I felt the same way when a movie came out about Arthurian legend, as it changed the story around quite a lot and focused more on characters that played lesser roles in the original tales, but perhaps since they are tales it's a matter of poetic license, and who's to say? Red is grey and yellow white, but we decide which is right, and which is an illusion?.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haruka Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Taken 2 - 8/10 pretty awesome movie, Liam Neeson was made for this kind of acting :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollyxyloto Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Bugsy Malone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyan Kat Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 We Bought A Zoo - 7/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldplayfan_115 Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Hanna- 9/10 Great film. Saoirse Ronan is an incredible actress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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