Topic: Movie thread.

Outside of what I mentioned here, I think the stylistic choices in character design were good. We've got tons of animal movies, so I liked that this one set itself apart. They had the animals use all four legs sometimes, and they made it so that all the creatures were sentient, including ones like bugs. It's a little weird if you think about it too much, I guess, but that helps give it a distinct feel imo.

I don't watch a lot of movies these days, but that's because I've been busy with a hobby of mines. Regardless though, I'm going to recommend a few movies I watched last year that people may not have heard of before and think people would enjoy! Who doesn't like to watch a good movie one hasn't seen before, huh?

A Chump at Oxford (1940): This is a must see! It is a film that later on in its storyline, becomes super funny and out of nowhere. That’s all I will say when it comes to the movie itself, other than the fact that the storyline in the film is about Laurel and Hardy who fly to Oxford University for their education, but after arriving become tricked and exploited by the jovial students’ antics. The mean students themselves only care about playing planks, and Laurel and Hardy do as they say and don’t even know they are walking in their intended plans or are causing trouble. 😆 Trust me, go and watch it and tell me what you think of the movie after you are done with it.

The film also stars Peter Cushing as one of the students. 🙂 This was even before he made a name for himself back in the day. I heard Christopher Lee is in the film too, actually, according to Lee, but I haven’t seen anyone that looks like him, and he’s not credited unlike Cushing. I’m sure if I observed the film more I would be able to see him in the picture.

The Moon Spinners (1965): I watched this movie because I was curious about a certain child Disney-star after seeing her portray little girl characters in the company's pictures, and wondering if she still played characters I liked after becoming an older teenager in the studio's acting roles. The actress' name is Hayley Mills, and you may have seen her before in Pollyanna and the Parent Trap, both films she is best known for and are household names to a lot of people. I have only watched the former and another less popular film she did after PT when it comes to what films I watched her as a young child. Anyway, this film indeed casts her as an older teen, and the actress herself plays a nice character and has a loving personality towards one character she cares for and hopes takes an interest in her. What she plays doesn't mismatch what she has played before, while having an overall distinct character compared to past roles and not being tight-casted, and containing some of the pleasantness she has from other Disney movies.

The movie itself is a mystery and thriller about a teenage boy that attempts to obtain something deep into the sea and a man who wants to stop him from doing so. I know I sound a little vague, but the plot is shrouded in mystery and is the kind of mystery that's more appreciated after viewing its climax, rather than being fascinated discovering breadcrumbs after breadcrumbs.
Aside from the movie's genre, I really like the relationship between Hayley's character and the boy. She cares so much for him, AKA. has so much love for him, yet no matter what happens in the story, she can't stop thinking about him and wanting to help. He cares for her a lot too, but has more of a wrong idea of that by not wanting her to get involved with trying to help him from the man that's seeking to murder him, and doesn't want her to get hurt because of that.

The whole picture as a matter of fact was shot in Greece! And it is a beautiful film to look at due to the natural locations they picked, the festive wedding celebration in and out of a town at the beginning of the movie, and decorations and inside of certain places.

It’s Great to be Young (1956): This is a delightful musical! It’s a film that’s bound to make you happy because of its happy and upbeat music. The movie stars a music teacher of a school (played by John Mills,) that gets concerned about the removal of his band, because of a new principal that joins who wants to cut costs and only have the students focus on the main studies of the school. The music teacher and his band of teenage musicians work together to try to raise money to keep their orchestra. What makes the film have its merits is the scene where the band plays to raise money, and the situations where music starts to play out of nowhere in parts of the story and that are relevant to the story too.

It’s another film that’s family friendly, aside from two A words used. Not sure why that is, though maybe it’s because it’s a British movie and people working on it have different standards? Whatever the case, you should definitely watch it out.

@D-Star92, interested in watching the latter two movies I mentioned?