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Summary: Great Portrayal of the times!
Review: I lived through these times, and experienced much of what was presented... What a great review of the turmoil and happy times that we went through! The mixture of film clips and story lines was excellent. Highly recommend this one to anyone who wants to sit back and relive a little of this decade! It was a great history lesson for my kids also!
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Summary: ah, those were the days, the flower children
Review: I love this movie. It was bright. Even if many of my peers say it's BS and too sterotyped, I love it. I came to this country in the sixties and used to laugh at the flower children with the dirty hair and dirty toes and ribbons tied around their dirty toes, but they were the counter culture because everybody was being hypocritical and lying to everyone, so they rebelled. Those were the days. It was good to go back.
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Summary: A Wonderful Depiction
Review: I loved this movie and that is saying a lot because for one thing it was over three hours and two it had Julia Stiles in it usually I hate her movies but this I loved. The 60's follows a normal family with three kids and throughout the decade one son joins the army and goes to fight in Vietnam, the other son goes and becomes a protester against the Vietnam War, then the youngest child the daughter (Julia Stiles) becomes a teenage mother who runs away from home to find her boyfriend and when she finds him he has turned into a "hippie". The story also follows a family who's father is a preacher and has a son who goes through all sorts of tragedy through the story. I would recommend this to people who like movies that are Historical Fiction and who can sit through a three hour movie without falling asleep or losing the train of the story. I hope that this review has helped you make a decision about this film.
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Summary: Really great
Review: I really enjoyed this movie. I think it has a lot of truth to it. it is great for any age to see.
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Summary: The 60s a powerful and wonderful period drama!
Review: I really enjoyed watching this made-for-TV drama. It brought me laughs and tears. I'm 40, and I grew up in the 60s and watching the movie felt like being dragged back to that amazing time of madness and new discoveries. I'd recommend the film to any age.
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Summary: I enjoyed it
Review: I remember watching this series on TV and I remember it being the first occasion that I got to see Julia Stiles as an actress. I loved the series on TV and found myself drawn to it based on it's ability to tell so many stories while staying focused enough to tell the story of "the 60s" in it's entirety.True, the acting throughout isn't top notch but, it is successful. I thought Julia Stiles did a great job of portraying her character in which she had to divert from her suburban upbringing because of teen pregnancy. She ends up running off and becoming a hippy and the story follows her as she is forced to grow up through her mistake. This is merely one of many storys that The 60s cover. The DVD is long but it's worth it. I would recommend this movie for anyone willing to spend a couple good hours melting into the couch with a bag of popcorn and some really good drinks.
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Summary: Use this for teaching
Review: I teach in the American Studies program at a university in Budapest, Hungary. I am currently using this video in my course "US Pop Culture- 50s, 60s, and 70s". I show 1/2 hour a class and supplement it with articles that match the 30 minutes viewed. My students love the movie and it encourages them to read more about the topics. They are reading deeper than they did before. I also have The 70s movie, which I will also use.
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Summary: Use this for teaching
Review: I teach in the American Studies program at a university in Budapest, Hungary. I am currently using this video in my course "US Pop Culture- 50s, 60s, and 70s". I show 1/2 hour a class and supplement it with articles that match the 30 minutes viewed. My students love the movie and it encourages them to read more about the topics. They are reading deeper than they did before. I also have The 70s movie, which I will also use.
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Summary: Groovy!
Review: I think that this movie does an excellent job at getting the viewer sucked in. When I started watching it; I really couldn't just get up and walk away; because it really pulls you in.
I loved all the emotions in this movie, as well. Some parts are very emotional and sad; some parts are very serious; it's just an excellent mix of every emotion.
I also really enjoyed how they put in real footage from the 60's and mixed it in with the rest of it; I think that was an excellent touch.
Some people have left reviews saying it was a terrible portrayal of the 60's; though I wouldn't know, because I wasn't alive back then, I say "Who cares?" if it will get people (particularly people who WEREN'T alive back then) some insight and information on what it was like back then and everything (good and bad) that went on, and teach kids about war, and the segregation that used to be, etc. without boring them, I think they've done wonderfully!
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Summary: enjoyed this!
Review: I think this was done very well. Seems to me they cut the scene where the Beatles were on the Sullivan show though on the dvd; don't have a clue as to why they would do that, but this is a good period piece; highly recommended.
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