The King's Speech - Edited: I really loved this movie, it was well made, well acted, great plot, and I don't feel that I missed out on anything by seeing the edited version. This movie has been rather infamous for it's "one scene" which caused it to be rated R, where, as part of his speech therapy, Colin Firth's character swears repeatedly, using the F-word several times over (at least so I've heard, in the edited version we only had one F-word). I understand why the scene was included, it is very much a part of the movie and it probably would not have been all that terrible to see it unedited. On the other hand, I do not feel as though I missed anything, I knew that the extra swear words were there, I knew why they were being said, and that it was not with the feeling that a swear word might normally be said; all that being said I'm just as happy to have missed some of the ugly words, even said as I mentioned above. It was a wonderful movie, very powerful, sometimes it was hard to watch and at one point it brought me close to tears. I think people should see it, whether you see it edited or not is up to you. I think that perhaps a bit to much fuss is being made over the swearing scene, on both sides of the debate. At any rate, see this movie.

The 39 Steps: I recently saw a version of this movie on PBS, it was made by the BBC and a pretty good show, so I decided that I should see Hitchcock's version. I believe this movie was made in the 30s, at any rate it was in the early days of film, and it's very innovative and well made, but I wish I could have seen how Hitch would have done it when the technology was better. I recommend it, and if you watch this and want more there have been at least six versions of this story.

The Lemon Drop Kid: I heard about this movie through a friend of mine, she was telling about how it had been her husband's favorite movie when he was a kid. When I saw it at the library I decided to give it a try. It's a Bob Hope movie, and in that respect, rather typical of Bob Hope and his movie. It was amusing but I didn't love it. It also turned out to be somewhat of a Christmas movie, at least taking place in the Christmas season.

Joe Versus the Volcano: This is the first movie to pair Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks as romantic leads. It was an odd, quirky and funny movie. Meg Ryan plays three different roles in the movie.

Notorious: This is a spy movie and perhaps the spy movie that made the genera what it is today. Ingrid Bergman is convinced to take a spy job by Carey Grant, her father's Nazi sympathies make her perfect for the job. She doesn't have the cleanest past but she and Grant fall for each other on the way down to Brazil where the job will be taking place. The job creates trouble in paradise. This is an innovative and well made movie, by Hitchcock naturally.