Just saw "Ameila". It's wonderful.

[ronnykmarshall]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioZCEpRLpxo

[Brigid]

1. I can't wait to see it!

I'll bet Hilary Swank is fantastic in it. :)

[MrScorpio]

2. I'm glad that you didn't post spoilers

Looks like Hillary is a shoo in for another Oscar nom, eh?

[ronnykmarshall]

3. Yup.

I'm sure she'll get nominated.

But I think Meryl's gonna win for "Julie and Julia".

[mitchum]

5. The Titanic hits an iceberg and sinks into the ocean

:)

[Haole Girl]

4. I liked it too. nt

[lost-in-nj]

6. I want to see this

thanks for letting me know its good...


btw pancakes tomorrow????

:hug:


lost

[Odin2005]

7. I'm planing on going to see it on Wednesday.

Looks awesome.

[Captain Hilts]

8. How's the depiction of Eleanor Roosevelt, Ronny?

[ronnykmarshall]

9. Very sweet.

You'll love the part when she goes flying with Amelia over DC.

[Captain Hilts]

14. I'm a '30s aviation nut - liked the Howard Huges movie - and will definitely go see this. nt

[Captain Hilts]

15. I'm a '30s aviation nut - liked the Howard Huges movie - and will definitely go see this. nt

[saltpoint]

10. We're going to shove aside all weekend chores today and go see AMELIA.

The film looks good. It has a good feel to it in the promos.

And Hillary Swank is inspired casting.

[hippywife]

11. I wish I wanted to see it.

I watched the trailer. The casting looks horrible. I can't buy Hillary Swank or Richard Gere in this film at all.

[Orrex]

12. I don't care if she IS French. I don't believe that she sees teddy bears in the clouds like that.

[Captain Hilts]

13. RonnyKM...The Wash Post points out, accurately I'm afraid, how this film is a real test of

whether there should be more films about strong women - or even in leading roles, no matter how crappy:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/23/AR2009102300194.html

To earn her two Oscars, Hilary Swank went mano a mano with Clint Eastwood in a boxing ring and sucked face with Chloë Sevigny. But her toughest test yet might be this weekend, when box office numbers for "Amelia" come in. The historical drama, about the pioneering aviatrix Amelia Earhart, represents a major risk in Hollywood, where studio executives have been increasingly chary of making movies about strong women. If "Amelia" earns respectable receipts, chances are it will be dismissed as a lucky break. If it fails, it will be cited as yet more proof that strong female protagonists are box office poison.

...

Strong women, for now anyway, are out. Two years ago, when the Jodie Foster vigilante thriller "The Brave One" failed at the box office, industry blogger Nikki Finke reported that a Warner Brothers production executive announced to staffers that the studio would no longer produce movies featuring female leads. This past summer, actress and writer Nia Vardalos blogged on the Huffington Post that when she was pitching a project to a studio executive, he asked that she change the female lead to a man. Why? Because "women don't go to movies," he told her. "When I pointed out the box office successes of 'Sex and The City,' 'Mamma Mia!,' and 'Obsessed,' he called them 'flukes,' " she wrote.

[Vidar]

16. Hillary Swank is a gifted actress.