a girl likes to be crossed in love now and then. It gives her something to think of...

A wide array of moods are represented in the films in this post.

Love Me Tender (1956) - "At the end of the Civil War, a Confederate team is ordered to rob a Union payroll train but the war ends leaving these men with their Union loot, until the Feds come looking for it."

Source: I borrowed the DVD from my parents' collection
I watched it because: it's been a while since I've seen the rocker in a movie
IMDB: 6.2/10  -  Rotten Tomatoes: Tomatometer: 55% Audience: 65%

notable quote: "Hey! Looky here: a brand-new Sunday-go-to-meeting suit!"

MPAA rating: not rated

directed by: Robert D. Webb

featuring: Richard Egan, Debra Paget, Elvis Presley

my notes: Elvis as a petulant brat, Debra Paget as a wishy-washy "heroine," and Richard Egan as a VERY excessively understanding brother. 

overall: not recommended

High Noon (1952) - "A town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at high noon when the gang leader, an outlaw he sent up years ago, arrives on the noon train."
Source: I borrowed the DVD from my parents' collection
I watched it because: Gary Cooper. Come on.
IMDB: 8.0/10  -  Rotten Tomatoes: Tomatometer: 95% Audience: 89%
AFI: 100 Years ... 100 Movies (1998) #33

    ... 100 Thrills (2001) #20

    ... 100 Heroes and Villains (2003) Hero #5—Will Kane

    ... 100 Songs #25—"High Noon (Do not forsake me, oh my darlin')"

    100 Years of Film Scores (2005) #10

    ... 100 Cheers (2006) #27

    ... 100 Movies (10th anniversary ed. 2007) #27

    10 Top 10 (2008) Western #2

notable quote: "I knew you had guts but I never figured you for brains. It takes a pretty smart man to know when to back away."

MPAA rating: PG

directed by: Fred Zinnemann

featuring: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Lloyd Bridges, Harry Morgan

my notes: the first time I saw this, it blew me away. This time, knowing what was coming, I was still interested but not as riveted. Cooper really stole the show.

Academy Award winner:
• Best Actor—Gary Cooper

• Best Film Editing

• Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

• Best Original Song—"The Ballad of High Noon"
Academy Award nominee:
• Best Picture

• Best Director—Fred Zinnemann

• Best Screenplay–Carl Foreman

last reviewed here
overall: recommended

Pride & Prejudice (2005) - "Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice?"
Source: I own the DVD
I watched it because: I watch it probably once a year
IMDB: 7.8/10  -  Rotten Tomatoes: Tomatometer: 86% Audience: 89%

notable quote: "One of these days someone will catch your eye—and then you will have to watch your tongue!"

MPAA rating: PG

directed by: Joe Wright

featuring: Matthew Macfayden, Keira Knightly, Donald Sutherland, Rosamund Pike

my notes: it's good to get a dose of this sort of trial and error and redemption sometimes

Academy Award nominee:
• Best Actress—Keira Knightly 

• Best Art Direction

• Best Costume Design

• Best Music, Original Score
overall: recommended

Ordinary People (1980) - "The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the

relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son."
Source: I borrowed the DVD from my parents' collection
I watched it because: I adore Timothy Hutton
IMDB: 7.7/10  -  Rotten Tomatoes: Tomatometer: 88% Audience: 89%

notable quote: "Feelings are scary. And sometimes they're painful. And if you can't feel pain, then you're not going to feel anything else, either."

MPAA rating: R

directed by: Robert Redford

featuring: Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Timothy Hutton, Judd Hirsch

my notes: devastating story, profoundly well-acted. This film is among the best.

Academy Award winner:
• Best Picture

• Best Director—Robert Redford

• Best Supporting Actor—Timothy Hutton
Academy Award nominee:
• Best Actress—Mary Tyler Moore

• Best Supporting Actor—Judd Hirsch
overall:  recommended

Indiscreet (1958) - "An actress who has given up on love meets a suave banker and begins a flirtation with him...even though he's already married." 
Source: streamed on Amazon Prime
I watched it because: I quite like Ingrid Bergman
IMDB: 6.8/10  -  Rotten Tomatoes: Tomatometer: 100% Audience: 69%

notable quote: "Women are not the sensitive sex. That's one of the grand delusions of literature. Men are the true romanticists."

MPAA rating: not rated

directed by: Stanley Donen

featuring: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Cecil Parker (outstanding!), and Phyllis Calvert

my notes: it's a comedy!

overall: recommended

[the title quotation is from Pride & Prejudice]