But I should keep in mind that the recent series will probably be left in the dust and this new version might be quite different. Plus Cruise always surrounds himself by brilliant movie people who will undoubtedly ensure the production values will be the best there can be. Okay, so maybe I'm looking forward to it now! 
I am not sure I understand "People too weak for being born into a life of poverty?" as related to "Impromptu", a comedy about 19-th century artists? None of them were born into poverty; they were all middle class while defying middle class lifestyle, often short of money due to their professions.So with Judy Davis, Julian Sands, Emma Thompson, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters and Hugh Grant all in one movie, shouldn't I have liked Impromptu more than I did? It's basically a poor little rich kids movie. People too weak for being born into a life of poverty, perhaps. And I thought Bernadette Peters stole the movie, which was a big surprise. Fun to see Emma Thompson in an early character role, but her performance was a bit too over the top in my opinion. Worth watching just to see all these talents in one place at one time. But that's about it...
Of course he'll get another movie or two! Deadpool 2 and Deadpool 3.
I watched My Fair Lady recently. Wow, just looooved the score. Struggled with Rex Harrison's character, I know we're supposed to, but I think I might have struggled with what we're supposed to see in him that is "charming"...but I still found questionable. Lots of debate at imdb.com about how it all ends, whether there's room or not for people to decide for themselves as to what really happens. But the music is so amazing that it makes it easier to not let any misogyny hit too hard. Plus I think this is my favourite performance of Audrey Hepburn's, probably because with it being a character part, it gives her more to do than most of her other roles, and I feel she rose to the challenge. It seems really strange to me that she didn't get an Oscar nomination for this performance. Plus the DVD extras showed her doing her own singing, which I believe she worked at really seriously before filming...and I think the movie might have been better with a less polished vocal than what Marni Nixon provided, which was a bit too perfect, especially considering the role.
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He's been making movies regularly with a bit of a break between 2011's The Flowers of War (with Christian Bale) and 2014's Coming Home (again with Gong Li). Both are on my To See list, but I haven't seen either...yet! PLUS...he has a new movie that might come out this year called The Great Wall. From imdb.com: "A mystery centered around the construction of the Great Wall of China" (imdb.com). It stars Matt Damon and Willem Dafoe. This will definitely be on my To See list as well!
There's still some backlash towards Audrey Hepburn over Jack Warners choice to not cast Julie Andrews. It's not as bad as it used to be but every once in a while I will see something online where someone is complaining about Audrey Hepburn in MFL and blaming her for the studios choice not to cast Julie Andrews. It's ridiculous.
Deborah Kerr in The King and I as well. Like Audrey Hepburn, Deborah Kerr was dubbed by Marni Nixon. The studio had originally wanted Maureen O'Hara, who could sing, for the role of Anna but one half of Rodgers & Hammerstein said they wouldn't have a "Pirate Queen" in their movie and the role went to Deborah Kerr.
Just fast forward to the end where Spidey makes his appearance if you hate spoilers. 
I'll post the rest tomorrow. One thing to note is that the last three movies are all independent releases I believe, with no big stars. They all look extremely well produced and filmed...but don't look very interesting... 
And I can't disagree that they are caricatures to some extent, but could that be the director making a comment about people born into a life with much more wealth and resources than most people of that time...so maybe they're laughable in not acknowledging how they lucked out in the scheme of things? Which brings us to your question, "People too weak for being born into a life of poverty?" I probably did not word that well. I must have because I thought you mis-quoted me, but that's what I wrote! I should have said, "people to weak to be born into a life of poverty". Meaning, if they had been born into poverty, I'm not sure how many of them would have been strong enough to live through that poverty.
Yes - see it. Vikander is great. I was not familiar with the author Vera Britainn/her writings -good story of WWI Britain from a women's point of view. Great story, bring tissues.
Unfortunately, all of them are in limited release. Seriously? These are probably all going to be pretty much straight-to-DVD releases starring...Helen Mirren, Colin Farrell, Sally Field, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Jeremy Northam, Charles Dance, Robert Carlyle, Rachel Weisz, John C. Reilly and Olivia Colman. As you can see from the movies in bold face, pretty much all of these movies are going on my To See list. Admiral would have gone as well, it looks interesting and very well made, but one or two war drama go a long way for me, so I have to be selective with that type of movie. And if The Lobster had a different cast, it might not have made my list, but with such talent, I couldn't say no! 
