[speaker001:] so what movies have you seen
[speaker002:] uh well I have uh seen Dances With Wolves which is probably the the best movie that I have seen lately uh I do not go out to films very often
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] so as far as out of the house so we do get a lot of videos that we bring in uh and I see some that way but uh I am not real current on films how about you
[speaker001:] yeah I saw Dances With Wolves and uh Home Alone and
[speaker002:] I hear that's really good but I haven't seen it yet
[speaker001:] yeah it is about a little kid that that his parents go off to Paris
[speaker002:] yeah uh-huh
[speaker001:] and they they forget all about him the oldest daughter they take a head count and the oldest daughter counts one of the neighbor kids instead of
[speaker002:] oh cute
[speaker001:] and he is up in the attic asleep because he got in trouble
[speaker002:] oh dear
[speaker001:] so she made him go sleep upstairs
[speaker002:] uh-huh oh
[speaker001:] and there is there is a couple of burglars uh breaking into the houses in the neighborhood
[speaker002:] oh and he hears them or something and
[speaker001:] and uh yeah and he sets up traps for them all over the house
[speaker002:] who wins
[speaker001:] uh he does
[speaker002:] oh great great yeah I had heard people talk about it and they say it was really cute but I hadn't seen it
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] uh we usually wait and eventually eventually it comes out on video and then we get it and see it that way
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] and that is it movies are very expensive uh movie theatres here they are six dollars uh for evening performances and that is kind of steep
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] I think I don't know how much is it in Dallas
[speaker001:] well it is six dollars and then but you get um matinee prices but
[speaker002:] yeah you can do that but it is difficult if you if you work or you know
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] uh that is taking the middle of the afternoon and if I am looking for entertainment usually I I have more uh time in the evening than I do in the middle of the day to uh see things what do you think of movies in general as far as the as the trends
[speaker001:] well I think they are a lot better than they used than they were well like um in the early eighties or the during the like the Smokey and the Bandit era
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] when it was they I don't think they were very good during that time at least there weren't as many good ones
[speaker002:] yeah did yeah the quality I think maybe has improved in that respect uh the only thing that disturbs me is that now they think they have to add just a little bit of sex and violence in order to get a
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] a tougher rating which suggests that that you know it will be more enticing to the to the public and a lot of times it is added for no real uh valid reason
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] uh which does not make and I think Smokey and the Bandit was a little bit like that
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] uh but Dances With Wolves did not seem to have anything added it was just all legitimate kind of uh film and that is where reason why I suppose it won so many Oscars uh because it really was good even though it is such a long movie you know they said oh people won't won't be interested in a three hour movie but it certainly gotten good acclaim everywhere it has gone
[speaker001:] and it was shocking at the end too so yeah
[speaker002:] oh oh yeah absolutely uh but much more true to life and I think that is that is the point
[speaker001:] yeah that is right
[speaker002:] uh they do not have to keep making up stuff if they want to make something good I hate sequels too I hate these uh you know number one two three four
[speaker001:] uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker002:] usually if a movie is good once is enough
[speaker001:] yeah especially Jaws
[speaker002:] right that was on Prime Time Television here uh recently at seven thirty in the evening and uh it was kind of shocking because that is a scary movie and children young children could see could have seen that movie
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] uh at that hour and I thought that you know that would not have been the sort of thing I would have wanted my children to see at that age uh I mean when they were young and here it was quite easily seen by anybody that turned on the TV
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] uh which was a it was a good movie I mean it was well done but uh that is one reason why it was scary
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] so but I do not know that I have seen any of the uh sequels to that I think one is enough
[speaker001:] yeah just more of the same
[speaker002:] yes uh-huh that is what people say
[speaker001:] in one of them they have a mother shark uh destroy a whole uh marina and aquarium
[speaker002:] oh
[speaker001:] which is kind of far fetched
[speaker002:] yeah it just a touch
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] well the whole movie is kind of far fetched
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] but I mean the whole idea behind it is far fetched
[speaker001:] they hardly ever play music when a shark attacks somebody
[speaker002:] not not too often that has gotten to be a whole camp idea idea now though you know if you hear that music you know everybody knows what you are talking about
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] it's funny well it sounds like neither one of us are real movie buffs
[speaker001:] well uh every once in a while I go but it it has to be like somebody that I like or
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] you know I did not I did not go see Field of Dreams when it was in the theatre because I did not know it was any good
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and then when it was I I found out it was Kevin Costner when it was on um I guess ABC the other week then I
[speaker002:] right yeah I saw it then too
[speaker001:] yeah and then I really liked it
[speaker002:] yeah it was good it was very good but uh um uh
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] see I have uh teenagers in my house and of course sometimes they rent movies and you know have friends over or something and sometimes movies are here that I did not I am not even aware that I could have seen you know because my family tells me that that that it had been actually in the house before
[speaker001:] huh
[speaker002:] but I'd missed it but I did see it on TV and I thought it was good
[speaker001:] yeah it was really and then and then uh Shoeless Joe Jackson really was a player I thought they made him up and then I found out you know after I saw the movie that they they started talking about that scandal and
[speaker002:] oh really
[speaker001:] yeah when the when the anniversary came up that was around the time of anniversary and
[speaker002:] uh-huh  no kidding oh I did not realize that
[speaker001:] then it was on the news
[speaker002:] yeah uh you know the character that uh James Earle Jones played
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] uh uh I teach in school and we are doing a book called Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and I wondered if maybe he was patterned after him
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] uh I do not know I had not heard anybody talk about it but uh he certainly could have been uh which was kind of interesting
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] you know someone who uh who was a real activist but then took up the cause uh kind of gave up you know because he didn't think anything was happening and so uh it was kind of fun
[speaker001:] yeah and I wondered who it was too
[speaker002:] I do not know for sure but there are certain uh qualities that suggest it could be he because they were uh they were suggesting that this Ben was something of a recluse that he had stopped writing and had stopped you know and that is true for Ellison he he wrote that one book and a few essays and that is about it
[speaker001:] huh
[speaker002:] and uh has pretty much dropped out of public life but he is still alive and that you know that's what makes it so interesting
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and that book have you ever read that book
[speaker001:] uh I don't
[speaker002:] Invisible Man
[speaker001:] what is that Invisible Man
[speaker002:] Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
[speaker001:] uh no huh-uh
[speaker002:] it is an incredible book it uh really is very very interesting I highly recommend it
[speaker001:] uh did they make the movies after that or
[speaker002:] uh the yeah the movie the in Field Field of Dreams came out after uh that novel
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] so it it could easily have been patterned after him but the the movie did not have anything to do with with the story that I am talking about but I just thought the actor the uh author could have been patterned after that uh
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] I mean that that character could have been patterned after him or someone like him certainly
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] sort of interesting so well I guess we have talked probably our limit time limit haven't we
[speaker001:] oh yeah
[speaker002:] okay very good it was nice talking to you
[speaker001:] okay it was nice nice talking to you bye-bye
[speaker002:] okay bye-bye