Bottle Shock was a wonderful, fun movie, I'd call it "a gem". If Hollywood would just go back to making about 50 movies of that "underrated gem" caliber (I mean, with no pretentions to being "GREAT!" or "AMAZING" or "BLOCKBUSTER" or anything), you know, just trying to tell a good, decent, story, and doing it well, it would not be having the problems it has.

And I will join you at the opening night of "Alan Rickman reads the phone book."

Good for you Jenny.

Oh, I disagree. IMO, Eponine is not really all that hard, as musical parts go. It doesn't really require much vocal range, and the acting emotion required, unrequited love, is right up her alley. Eponine is really a perfect entry level part for a pop singer trying to move into acting.

The only thing I know about War Horse is the over the top "Be Brave! Be Brave" speech they play in the radio ads for it.

All I have to say is ugh. Melodramatic, manipulative, dreck. Not for me.

Point taken and somewhat agreed with.

But I think there's a big difference between telling a child a fairy tale where grandma gets eaten by a wolf, or where cinderella's sisters cut off their toes and heels so the shoe will fit and showing them a viscerally horrifying image in a movie theatre where the sights and sounds of war and horror are there and larger than life is much much different. Much different. In the telling, the parent and even the child are in control of the images and words used. In the movies you have no control except to leave.

THIS!

I think that Castle has *mostly* stayed away from this, having Beckett rely primarily on her gun and her attitude to intimidate people/take down bad guys. ONCE (or maybe twice) they had her man-handle someone and it was so ridiculous I think even they realized it just would not fly.

Well, test yourself. See the remake with Grace Kelly, Frank, and Bing. It's called High Society, I think.

Some of it is changed, but a lot of the dialogue is the same.

Dude, no one considers Ben Affleck (or Matt Damon, for that matter) a great actor. Not even people who like them.

Tropic Thunder, best movie that came out that year (I have kids, I don't know what year it is).

Best.

You said that like there's something wrong with that.