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El abuelo (1998)
Not clear what language is really being spoken in this movie
I agree with most of the favorable comments made about this movie. The story, the characters, the scenery were all must right. If the story seems a bit formal and slow moving, I think that's just Spanish style for a story of this type. The dialogue was quite good. The movie is in Spanish with English subtitles, but what I thought was odd, was the apparent use of dubbed voices for several of the characters. The two most obvious were the women's voices dubbed in for the two grand-daughters. But the lip movements of several characters made it clear they were not speaking Spanish. There's no doubt Fernando Gomez and Cayetana Guillen and some of the others were speaking Spanish, but I wonder what language the rest were really speaking before Spanish was dubbed in?
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Good story, likeable characters, excellent production values
I never read any of the Harry Potter books, but found this to be a very entertaining movie, with charming characters, and very high production values. I know it's supposed to be a children's book, but I'm over 60 and it kept up my interest from beginning to end! I will probably buy the DVD and look forward to the next installment.