Shannon L.

My seventh grade English teacher told us that other English teachers would be introducing their students to Shakespeare using Romeo and Juliet, but she hated that story, so she introduced Shakespeare by teaching Julius Ceasar instead.

Yeah, the 4th one left me cold. He was always hovering around superhero territory, but falling off that building at the end of 3 and then the ridiculous stuff that they had him do 4 was just way too much (and it was already almost way too much as it was).

I thought about them, but of the other nominated movies that I've seen (which I'lladmit aren't many), there are at least 3-4 new, important characters that needed to be well cast. I know I'm being picky, but it's just an odd nomination for me because the 2 most important characters were aready cast previously.

I'm sorry....I love this movie and I've been saying for a while now that casting directors deserve more credit, but how many of the main characters were cast in other movies first? Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, Peter, Wesly Snipes, Jennifer Garner, Dafne Keen, the other characters from Deadpool 1 and 2 and more.....were all cast in previous movies. It's a great ensemble, but I don't get the nomination. Am I missing something?

I don't wish that my dad had died within a few weeks of my mom, who died 4 years ago this coming January, but my dad has been so miserable. Between missing her dearly and some physical problems, he's practically given up. He's even implied on a couple of occasions that he's ready.

Something that my son pointed out that I hadn't thought of before: I've seen all kinds of debates about the Wizard being the villain and have even seen debates about Glinda being the villain, but I haven't, personally, seen anyone talk about Madame Morrible. What she did was even worse than what the Wizard did. Her words when she made an announcement regarding Elpheba were evil and the director even set the scene up to be the really dramatic (slow motion, the dark, foreboding score, M. Morrible walking right at the camera with serious look on her face). It was pointed out to me that she couldn't have done it without the Wizard having already manipulated the citizens first over the course of many years, which makes sense, but if you want to look deeper into the story and discuss the possible allegories, you can't not think about what she did. She has to be included in the discussion and, like I said, I have yet to see her included in any meaningful way.

I saw this for the second time today, this time with my son. He liked it even more than he expected to, and I liked it more on the second viewing (and I really liked it the first time I saw it).

I watched Twisters last night and it's so much better than the first one. It's not a great movie, but the acting, dialog and story are much better--no matter how unrealistic most of it is. The storyline isn't much different, except that it was more about the science than the trauma. There were also a few moments that, of course, referenced the first one (ex. "I'm not back"). I'll admit that the first half was starting to annoy me, but then everything balanced out in the second half, and I felt much better about where the characters and the story was going. Overall, I put it on the list of some of the better summer movies that have come out over the years.

It was on once a year for the longest time and I never missed it. I just love the songs. I grew up in Vermont about an hour away from where the family settled. It's beautiful area. They opened the Trapp Family Lodge there and, of course, the gift shop had music boxes that played Edelweiss, even though the song was actually made for the movie--it's not an old Austrian song.

I barely remember the musical, but when someone on another board asked why he was even in it because he didn't seem necessary, the response was "just wait...."

She also wrote and sang the song for that movie, which was nominated for Best Original Song.

Wow, that was really good. I wasn't going to see it because I was irritated that they split it into two movies, but after hearing the good reviews, I decided to go ahead and watch. Cynthia and Ariana were born for these roles. I haven't heard too many versions of Defying Gravity, but Cynthia's was my favorite so far. She's got such a richness to her voice and she can easily hit those higher notes. I was immediately drawn to her in Bad Times at the El Royale and had a feeling she'd do really well in this role. I definitely see some Oscar nominations for the technical categories and possibly the bigger ones, although, I wonder if they'll save those for after part two comes out.

I haven't seen it, but fwiw, under an article saying that it did well in the box office this weekend, I scrolled through many of the 90 comments and every one of them used words/phrases like: "fun", "great", "really good", "a little cheesy, but good fun", "entertaining", "enjoyed it", etc.....

I just watched Deadpool and Wolverine for the second time. It holds up and made me laugh out loud a few times again. But, I have to reiterate: I not crazy about the big part that Peter got. It should have been Dopinder.