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The Virginian: The Big Deal (1962)
Sets up the series
As with the rest of the early episodes of The Virginian, it seems like a lot of thought went into making this episode explanatory. You'll see slightly awkward parts where something is explained, presumably in a way to bring us up to speed on the characters, background and setting. If you're a reader of Owen Wister's classic western The Virginian, you'll appreciate some of the similarities, though of course the characters are quite different from the book. But I like how the producers injected some memorable elements that will immediately be recognizable to readers of the original story. In this episode (The Big Deal), you'll see the gun-holding light sleeper trick played out in a crowded boarding house, similar to the book. And as with the other early episodes, this one also seemed more cinematic than the later episodes. I would guess that more thought and time went into these to sell the series. A must-see episode you can catch via DVD or as of this writing, on Netflix streaming.
The Master of Disguise (2002)
Stupid, stupid, stupid but the kids liked it
I had higher hopes for this being funny, given the trailer, but the acting was HORRIBLE. It was like the writers were sitting around saying "what else stupid could we put in?". My 6 year old liked it though so I guess it was worth it but this is the second worst movie I've ever seen (the worst was Congo).
The Love Letter (1998)
Comments from a guy
Just saw this with my wife on TNT tonight. The commercials drove me nuts because I didn't want to wait to see how the movie turned out. A good mixture of happy and sad with a creative ending. A very original storyline. Campbell Scott is especially good in this role because he looks like a normal guy and is so serious. If you like him in this, be sure to see The Spanish Prisoner which stars Steve Martin in an unusual bad guy roll. I LOVED this movie (my wife did also) and I just now clicked through to Amazon.com to buy it for our personal collection. Probably one of my top ten movies of all time.