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Fanny (1961)
Fanny ~ a soap opera
I have been reading all these raves about this movie which I just saw on TMC this morning, 11/4/10, and thought I would write my thoughts. Certainly felt there was an overuse-age of the same song over and over again. I kept asking myself could not the composer think of another? What was with all the close ups? We can see a person's expression without a head shot filling the screen. Leslie Caron wasn't dancing with Gene Kelley and Horst Buchholz wasn't following the other '6" in the Magnificent 7. I liked him better in that movie than this one. There was the 2 older actors, Charles Boyer and Chevalier who I suppose were passing the reins onto the younger generation they were pleasant enough but the reins never passed as both of the actors never did much after this movie, unless you liked Father Goose or How the West was Won.
Bottom line is its about a small village, a teenage one night stand that turns into a nightmare when she finds out she is pregnant. Basically after she let's him follow his dream, her mother, his father and the local rich man keep the 'secret' by a quick marriage and a 'pre-mature' birthing which made the rich man's family very happy. Of course you could not get away with that nowadays, someone would be screaming for a DNA testing.
It's really just a soap opera in Technicolor, why an R rating? I have no clue, it should have been a PG-13. There was no bad language, no violence, no nudity and sex was mildly implied compared to today's standards. The only thing I could think of is it gives the impression that if a girl gets pregnant and her boyfriend heads out she can still get support for her child without government getting involved. Actually, I like that idea but it only happens in the movies so don't try this at home.
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
This was an absolutely fun movie!!
I guess people are just jaded nowadays but I am not. This is a fun movie, no embarrassing moments, no blood or gore, something you can let the kids/grandkids watch without worrying some nasty 4 letter word is going to drip out of a mouth. Jules Verne would have been happy with it.
It was way too short, but I suppose the 3D effect cost too much to give it a good run. We bought it and will watch it a few more times because it is probably the first "modern kid" movie I have seen that isn't a load of garbage. Put aside your adult 'mature' attitude and just enjoy it!