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: Cold Mountain : grecopa February 04, 2006, 12:40:37 AM I'm not too much into love stories, but the Civil War era of the movie made me curious so I gave it a shot. I'm glad I did, because I really loved it! It stars Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, Renee Zelweger and Brendan Gleeson. I had no idea Brendan Gleeson was in the movie until I saw him! What a shock! It's Mad Eye Moody!!! :rofl: Seriously though, even though it was a bit weird for me to see 2 Englishmen and an Aussie playing Southerners, it was well worth watching. All 3 did a wonderfull job with the accents. I only heard Gleeson and Law's accent break though slightly a couple of times, but I was listening for it. ;) Kidman's role was perfect and Renee Zelweger was just AMAZING! No wonder she won best supporting actress. If you haven't seen it, try it.
: Re: Cold Mountain : beckham1 February 18, 2006, 09:38:35 AM It wasn't really my cup of tea, but I could see how others would like it alot. It wasn't a waste of my time by any means so I would say check it out if you haven't seen it you might like it.
Another movie that I really liked with Mad Eye Moodie in it is Gangs of New York. I resisted prompts to see this movie because I really don't like Leo Decaprio much and not a huge Cameroon Diaz fan (although she is OK, I really liked her in In Her Shoes with Toni Colleti (SP?) which just came out on DVD). Anyway I really loved Gangs of New York, and the fact that it has a historical basis made it even better for me. : Re: Cold Mountain : Roz February 19, 2006, 02:08:15 AM I did like it - but the irony of the stars being non-Americans was lost on me this time :rofl:
It's a long time since I saw it but Renee is a sheer genius in everything she does, and I remember enjoying it :) very very heart stretching and pulling stuff tho : Re: Cold Mountain : grecopa February 20, 2006, 01:18:15 AM I totally forgot that Gleason was in Gangs of New York! I loved that movie too, mostly for the historical aspect. I bet most people in America have no idea about the early history of NYC, or the volunteer fire dept. for that matter!
: Re: Cold Mountain : beckham1 February 20, 2006, 03:07:56 PM Yes the aspect of Gangs of New York I found the most interesting was those who considered themselves "native Americans" were really the English and they looked down on the Irish and others. I really had no idea about this aspect of the history of NY
: Re: Cold Mountain : Roz February 20, 2006, 04:43:43 PM lol - "a land without people for a people without land!" - sound familiar?
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