18May/0913
Friday Night, Movie Night.
This is Fizzy's idea and I wanted to put in my little two cents too. I so want to watch this movie with her and y'all. I just cut and pasted the details below from her post (yes, sorry....I am lazy) Let me know if you have any questions, but last time we watched Twilight and that was pretty fun, this will be even better, since it is actually a good movie ;P Well, it is a classic that is for sure!!
Details by Softdrink from Fizzy Thoughts:
When: this Friday, 5/22/09 at 7 pm Pacific time
Where: watch the movie in your own home, comment at twitter
Who: everyone is welcome!
What: we'll be watching the 1949 version of Little Women. Why that version? Well, because it's available on iTunes ($2.99 to rent) and I couldn't resist the amazon description:
Amazon's Movie description:
Erstwhile tomboy June Allyson stars as Alcott's famed heroine Jo, the budding writer in Civil War New England who pines for adventure, independence, and her own career. With Father off to war, it's up to Jo, practical older sister Meg (Janet Leigh), frail sister Beth (Margaret O'Brien), and vain sister Amy (Elizabeth Taylor) to help Marmee (a saintly Mary Astor) keep the home fires warm while dealing with the rigors of adolescence. It's all poured on with a generous amount of syrup, including lavish sets, hoop skirts, and petticoats, but anyone who's ever read Alcott's book will take comfort in its familiar story line. The dialogue is clunky but earnest, but you'd have to have a heart of stone not to get caught up in Jo's plight. And rarely do you get to see such stars go at it with such gusto: Allyson and Peter Lawford (as neighbor and rich boy Laurie) are a match made in B-movie heaven, Taylor is spunky and hilarious in an early comic performance, and Leigh does the matronly thing with aplomb. And nobody, but nobody, cries and suffers like Margaret O'Brien!
Are you in????? Come on folks, hop on! It promises to be a great ride.
May 18th, 2009 - 23:04
I won’t be able too, but I do love that movie. I haven’t seen the newer version yet even though I own it. I hope you enjoy your movie watching!
May 19th, 2009 - 00:32
I watched this on cable TV only a couple of weeks ago. This is my favourite version of Little Women.
May 19th, 2009 - 08:07
Won’t be able to join in, but it sounds like lots of fun.
May 19th, 2009 - 08:08
Hmm…I might be up for that. I’m always home on Friday nights and am usually bored. I haven’t seen the old version, only the one with Christian Bale. Who is the best part of that movie. LOL
May 19th, 2009 - 14:08
I LOVE Christian Bale, he reminds me of my little brother (who isn’t really little, just younger than me). Too cute. That version is the one I own.
May 19th, 2009 - 08:16
Yay! Thanks for helping to spread the word…and of course I don’t care that you cut and pasted! After all, you’re the one that came up with idea in the first place!!
May 19th, 2009 - 14:07
No problem! I am so glad you don’t hate me for coping your work!!:P This will be fun!
May 19th, 2009 - 08:25
I’ll be sleeping since that’s 3 am my time, but I do hope you have fun!
May 19th, 2009 - 14:06
bummer! Too bad it can’t work out for everyone, then again, that could be pretty crazy!
May 19th, 2009 - 09:15
I am going to try to participate. I need my laptop to comment via twitter so if I can download the movie to my iPod then I should be okay I guess. I think.
May 19th, 2009 - 14:05
I’m going to just rent it from blockbuster. I have a laptop and don’t really want to download it to watch it on my ipod. I’ll watch it on my tv screen and use my laptop for tweeting. I’d recommend that.
May 21st, 2009 - 18:43
Argh! I would so love to participate, but tomorrow night is graduation and teacher attendance is mandatory. On the plus side: I get more use out of the robes I had to buy for my graduation.
June 3rd, 2009 - 08:49
I enjoy June Allison and all her movies, Little Women is no exception.
I’ve seen another version with Kathryn Heburn and the modern day version.
I always seem to be drawn to the older movies.
The dialog is better.