What Swanky Things are you Watching? [Archive]

libraryvixen

01-11-2005, 12:57 AM

I've been on a tirade of movies for the past couple weeks. Some DVD, some out in the theatre.

Sideways
Meet the Fockers (snuck into this gem :rolleyes: )
The Life Aquatic
Garden State
Napoleon Dynamite
Before Sunset
Maria Full of Grace
Day Without a Mexican
Shaun of the Dead (more than once.. or twice...)

This Sunday, I am dedicating to the cinema:

Kinsey (FINALLY a theatre that is showing it near me!)
Million Dollar Baby
Finding Neverland

Share the movies, share the opinions... share the love!!

dsnylndmom

01-11-2005, 12:59 AM

Lemony Snicket, that's it. I suck sorry :(

libraryvixen

01-11-2005, 01:01 AM

Watching movies takes time girl.... I'm fortunate I have a man to watch them with.
Although... I don't think watching Kinsey with him will throw the hint that I am interested!

mamabot

01-11-2005, 01:05 AM

What's a movie theater?

Seriously though, I have been watching less and less TV lately, and doing more chores. I did happen upon a new tv show that I am in loooove with: Regency House Party (http://www.pbs.org/previews/regencyhouse/). I am in love with the master of the house. The hermit is pretty cute too, but he reminds me of Evan Marriott (aka Joe Millionaire) a bit too much.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded

01-11-2005, 01:28 AM

I just got the 2nd Volume of the Loony Tunes collection. What a scream!!

Motorboat Cruiser

01-11-2005, 01:54 AM

I just got the 2nd Volume of the Loony Tunes collection. What a scream!!

Oh man, I love that stuff! Big LT's fan.

We watched "I Robot" today. I liked it a lot more than I expected to.

Gemini Cricket

01-11-2005, 01:59 AM

Finding Neverland
Kinsey
Napoleon Dynamite
A Home at the End of the World
Show Boy
Bourne Supremacy
Goodbye Mr. Chips
De-Lovely
As Time Goes By (Seasons 1 & 2)
Vicar of Dibley (All Seasons)
The Station Agent
Pieces of April
Lust in the Dust
and the swankiest of them all:
Charade
(I mean, the title score alone is worth mentioning... :) )

AllyOops!

01-11-2005, 03:55 AM

I just got the 2nd Volume of the Loony Tunes collection. What a scream!!

Ooh, I got that too! I can't wait to watch it!! :)

~Napoleon Dynamite
~Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy

And for DVD Sets (Christmas gifts! Yay!)
~The Simpsons Season 5 (I've watched the whole thing!)
~Law & Order SVU Special Victims Unit, Season 1 (I'm on the second disc!)

In addition to Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2 and the DVD's I posted above, I also got Law & Order the 2003-2004 Season, Law & Order SVU the 2003-2004 Season, Sex & The City Season 6 Part 2, and Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 7 (the final season!)

I'm way more of a TV watcher then a movie buff! I'm a total couch potato! :D

We've never needed the nerd smiley more. :(

libraryvixen

01-11-2005, 11:38 AM

Thanks for reminding me Ally!!

I just finished Sex and the City Season 6 part 2. I didn't have HBO... so this was the only way I saw the entire series from 1-6 AND ending of the series... it was SO PERFECT!! :D

Also, over the Christmas Holiday, I burned through Gilmore Girls Season 1 and 2. Good stuff!

Gemini Cricket

01-11-2005, 11:41 AM

~The Simpsons Season 5 (I've watched the whole thing!)
I did the same. Wonderful season. :)

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

01-11-2005, 11:42 AM

Recently:
Phantom of the Opera
Garden State

I hope to see, very soon:
Kinsey (Peter Sarsgaard...or Saarsgard...or...oh, whatever, he's the bee's knees!!!!)
Sideways

And I just bought Shaun of the Dead, to be watched again very soon.

And then again, soon after that.

Stan4dSteph

01-11-2005, 11:44 AM

Saw Kinsey about a week ago. Interesting stuff that.

I plan to see A Very Long Engagement this weekend if all goes well.

Claire

01-11-2005, 11:50 AM

I watched A Very Long Engagement on Sunday and loved loved loved it. Beautiful. :) I watched Sideways a few months ago, and I'm hoping it comes to our cheap seat theaters soon....I want to watch it again and again. Paul G. is good stuff.

We've been watching Strangers with Candy Season 1 and ho-lee crap. That's some funny f'ed up stuff. :D My Amy Sedaris crush is raging right now....not to mention my ongoing love affair of all things Steven Colbert.

I watched Sex & the City Season 6 Part 2 last week....it was my lifesaver in the hotel in Redding!!!

Also, I watched 13 Going on 30 about 13 or 30 times. :D I'm so glad Santa gave it to Courtney. ;)

libraryvixen

01-11-2005, 11:57 AM

I watched Sideways a few months ago, and I'm hoping it comes to our cheap seat theaters soon....I want to watch it again and again. Paul G. is good stuff.

I love Sideways. Such a nice, little movie. Funny though...going on a date and watching that movie is an interesting experience.

Me :eek: after seeing that crazy, running, tow truck husband run towards the car with his flappy ding dong... Holy Moley!!

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

01-11-2005, 11:59 AM

We've been watching Strangers with Candy Season 1 and ho-lee crap. That's some funny f'ed up stuff. :D My Amy Sedaris crush is raging right now....not to mention my ongoing love affair of all things Steven Colbert.

I want to make love to the entire Sedaris family.

Strangers With Candy movie coming out soon. I just finished watching the third season. I LOVE Winona Ryder in the finale. LOVE her. And because of her career downslide she doesn't even get mentioned in the episode credits on the box, I don't think. LOL.

UvaGirl

01-11-2005, 01:27 PM

Movie-wise,I've seen Lemony Snickett & The Incredibles ~ both of which I enjoyed.

I'm currently dipping into Season 1 of Buffy, which I got on DVD over Christmas (along with Season 2 of Gilmore Girls ~ yay!

Finding Neverland starts here on Thursday, so that's next on my list :)

Oh, and how could I forget? I finally watched Love Actually on cable the other night, and much to my surprise I really liked it.

Not Afraid

01-11-2005, 02:37 PM

and the swankiest of them all:
Charade
(I mean, the title score alone is worth mentioning... :) )

Ahhh, yes! You hit that one smack dab on the beret-covered head. That film is hip, cool, swank, and just plain fabulous.

Gemini Cricket

01-11-2005, 06:13 PM

Ahhh, yes! You hit that one smack dab on the beret-covered head. That film is hip, cool, swank, and just plain fabulous.
As much of a Cary Grant fan as I am, I can't believe I hadn't seen this one until just last month.
Wonderfully cool.
:)

Prudence

01-11-2005, 07:44 PM

I finally saw The Incredibles. It's always fun to watch the credits -- my best friend from high school currently works for Pixar on the "renderman team."
I got a Caberet-Victor/Vitcoria DVD set for Christmas. I should watch them this weekend.

LSPoorEeyorick

01-11-2005, 08:03 PM

Oscar Quest 2005 is nearing its completion. We've seen every major player in every major category except for Being Julia, Vera Drake, and a few of the foreign language. Hitting the minor categories next.

Of the lot? If you haven't seen Million Dollar Baby, Sideways, The Aviator, Hotel Rwanda, or Finding Neverland, you ought to. Not a bad year for film.

Grumpy4

01-11-2005, 08:29 PM

On recently released DVD just watched
I, Robot
Napolean Dynamite
Still have Collateral, The Terminal to watch. I need to start watching more movies because my queue at Netflix keeps getting longer with all the new movies coming out. Riding Giants is on the list, but I may take it off because I think I want to buy it.

In the theatre, hasn't been much:
The Incredibles, Finding Neverland, Phantom, Lemony Snicket

but I think I'm going to get out this week to see a few:
Sideways, Being Julia, The Life Aquatic, The Aviator, A Very Long Engagement, Million Dollar Baby, Hotel Rwanda, and maybe Closer and National Treasure but not anytime in the very near future. I am a bit interested in Vera Drake too. Who knows. Funds are tight so it's matinee or cheap theatre for me!! I'll need to pick and choose what I want to see the most.

Not Afraid

01-11-2005, 08:44 PM

I think I'm going to start booking dates with the movie man. I have too many to see and no time between bigger stuff.

Grumpy4

01-12-2005, 12:19 AM

I think I'm going to start booking dates with the movie man. I have too many to see and no time between bigger stuff.
You're telling me! Time can be precious! I know the feeling :(

Claire

01-13-2005, 10:04 AM

Finished Strangers With Candy last night.......my big girl crush on Amy is huge. I'm also crushing on Paul Dinello. And Steven Colbert. And Mitch Rouse.....he's hot!

Onto Season 2 tonight..... :)

Baileykat

01-13-2005, 12:34 PM

We just watched LIttle Black Bookand The Manchurin Candidate both were ok...Hubby loved Little Black Book...

Need to go get some new movies today...maybe The Village

Went to see Meet The Fockerslast Friday...it was great! Totally laughable..Hoffman and Streisand steal the show...Don't take children!
Unless you want to spend hours in therapy after trying to explain several scenes!

Kim

01-13-2005, 03:06 PM

Netflix wise: We have 13 going on 30, Lost in Translation, and Monster. Haven't had a chance to watch them but maybe with this being a 3 day weekend, we'll fit them in.

At the theater: Lemony Snicket, SpongeBob, The Incredibles. One of those was definitely not by choice.

Gemini Cricket

01-14-2005, 03:42 PM

Uncle Dick

01-14-2005, 04:06 PM

Black Caesar

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

01-14-2005, 04:24 PM

Gemini Cricket

01-14-2005, 04:25 PM

Deliverance

"Don't you think he has a pretty mouth?"

Man, I just love this movie. The banjo playing inbred kid is by far the spookiest aspect of the film. And I do love a sad, suffering Jon V. Plus, Burt Reynolds and his crossbow of masculinity. Too funny.
What always struck me as funny was the old lanky man with the hat that dances to the 'Dueling Banjoes' at the beginning. What a freak!
:D

This movie branded the south (and Ned Beatty) forever. (!!!)

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

01-14-2005, 04:37 PM

What always struck me as funny was the old lanky man with the hat that dances to the 'Dueling Banjoes' at the beginning. What a freak!
:D

This movie branded the south (and Ned Beatty) forever. (!!!)

It certainly did. God, poor Ned Beatty. What a brave role for him to do at that time, I think. And really hard to watch. I kept thinking, "This...this isn't happening. What...what's going? He's not..Oh, he is. God. Well, this is certainly taking a...oh...Ned...Ned, poor Ned."

Gemini Cricket

01-14-2005, 05:13 PM

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

01-14-2005, 05:18 PM

I think it was on The Daily Show that Burt Reynolds said the actor, that was raping Ned Beatty's character, told the cating director that he had no problem with the scene. The actor said he had done things that people nowdays would consider much worse than that. :D

Wait. Wait. Was he an actor who was confessing to having done worse things in other movies?

Or an actual hick who was admitting to a casting director that he'd done worse things in real life.

Oh...PLEASE tell me it isn't the second option. God.

Gemini Cricket

01-14-2005, 05:24 PM

Wait. Wait. Was he an actor who was confessing to having done worse things in other movies?

Or an actual hick who was admitting to a casting director that he'd done worse things in real life.

Oh...PLEASE tell me it isn't the second option. God.
It is the second option.
Seemingly against someone's will.
:eek:

€uroMeinke

01-15-2005, 10:05 AM

Last night we saw Dangerous Liasons 1960 (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0053002/), Roger Vadim's take on this story set in hip 1950's France. The settings were definately swanky, from Parisian cocktail parties to Shagesque alpine chalets. Best of all was a sound track provided by Thelonious Monk - could it be any swankier? Definately a film for these boards.

Motorboat Cruiser

01-15-2005, 12:30 PM

We just watched "The Village" and "Open Water". I enjoyed the former, didn't like the latter. I think it would be best to not explain why though, as I would have to give away too much of the movies and people might not appreciate that. :)

Stan4dSteph

01-17-2005, 06:53 PM

I just saw A Very Long Engagement this weekend. Most excellent. Great love story, great war movie, great mystery. :)

UvaGirl

01-19-2005, 04:01 PM

I watched The Prince & Me on DVD last night. It was okay - not awful, not so good either. I like Julia Stiles, which was the main reason I'd been wanting to see it.

Claire

01-23-2005, 12:33 PM

I had an Oscar day at the movies yesterday (we're having an Oscar party again, so my friends and I decided to make sure we see all the movies/roles that are contenders).....

We started with Sideways....already had seen it, but I was with a group who hadn't. I just freaking love this movie. I can't put my finger on why...but I just think it's beautiful. And real.

On to.....Hotel Rwanda. We had to sit in the second row as we were running from the first movie. The seating sucked, but the movie was incredible. So many twists and turns and ups and downs. I thought that Sophie Okonedo as Don Cheadle's wife was amazing. She made me bawl. She had some really intense scenes. And I always love Don Cheadle. Always.

Then to Finding Neverland. I hadn't seen it, and I didn't really care if I ever did.....I was very whateverish about it. But then I saw it and loved it. I had tears in my eyes the entire film because I knew where it was leading.....ugh. Johnny Depp with a Scottish accent......sigh.

Finally, we ended our very long day with A Very Long Engagement. I saw it about a month ago and it was so beautiful...I was happy to see it again. The first time I saw it, I was so concerned with reading and making sure I had it all, then yesterday, I got to relax and take it all in. Gorgeous. Except for the crowd of teens next to us, who kept asking questions the whole time.

Next:

Bad Education (this is my pick, my must-see!)
Kinsey
Million Dollar Baby

I'll skip:

Ray
The Aviator

MouseWife

01-23-2005, 01:26 PM

It certainly did. God, poor Ned Beatty. What a brave role for him to do at that time, I think. And really hard to watch. I kept thinking, "This...this isn't happening. What...what's going? He's not..Oh, he is. God. Well, this is certainly taking a...oh...Ned...Ned, poor Ned."

The time I tried to watch this movie, it was this scene that turned my stomach. Man/woman, man/man, it doesn't matter. It is violent. I could never get how people could make cracks about 'squealing like a pig'.

Anywho...

Claire, I thought of you when I was watching the last movie the Hubster rented. 'Coronado'. Has anyone seen this? Well, the main character is named Claire. It is a cute movie.

I also enjoyed 'Garden State'. 'The Village' I enjoyed but it messed with me. Some of the characters I thought were not done well.

'Forgotten' was fun because we had only seen the previews and not heard anything else about it. We kept guessing what was going to happen. That was fun. I guess that also means it didn't keep us enough involved that we were talking...

If I can watch it before he takes it back, 'Cellular' {any good?} and 'Catwoman'.

Mousey Girl

01-23-2005, 05:25 PM

I took 2 8 yr old boys to see Are We There Yet this morning. Spent 3 freakin' hours at the theater!! They put in the wrong movie, so now I have also seen the first 5 mins of Racing Stripes (we will now be seeign that in the next week or two).

After, I took the boys out to lunch... they had their choice. really bummed me out when they chose Chuy's. Just got home after spening over 3 hours at Chuy's, visiting with friends and ummm drinking. Hubby met us there after gettijng high score on golf. Was a good day at the mokvies...

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

01-23-2005, 09:29 PM

A Very Long Engagement.

I cried more in the first few minutes than I did at any other point.

I f**king hate war.

I f**king love French people.

€uroMeinke

01-24-2005, 12:40 AM

Saw Sideways last night - loved the smallness of it, the wit, the writting, that it's character driven. It reminds me of many ways of Woody Allen during the Annie Hall years, and have called the film west coast Woody. I can easily see that this film will take it as it's such a fresh story.

Claire

01-24-2005, 12:07 PM

Well.....I went from Oscar caliber films and performances on Saturday to National Treasure with Courtney and Cassidy on Sunday. They loved it.....they'd watched the three Indiana Jones movies last week, so they likened the movie to those. I can't wait for Courtney to be old enough to read The DaVinci Code. I think she'll really love books like that.

My friends and I have added Being Julia to our list....but it's only playing in one theater here....so we might miss it.

MerryPrankster

01-26-2005, 07:21 PM

The Swankiest thing I watched all week was 'Million Dollar Baby'. Starring Hillary Swank. :D I really liked this film. It wasn't what I was expecting. Enjoyed it. Tear-jerker of 2004.

I also watched 'Sideways' last night. I enjoyed this one immensely. The best film I've seen in awhile. It deserves some Oscar nods.

:)

I saw 'Million Dollar Baby' this afternoon. My eyes are now burning something fierce and practically swollen shut. I think it was one of the first films I've seen where I wanted to keep on crying as I was exiting the theatre. My mom and I both loved it -- a most excellent film!

I'm thinking about going to see 'Sideways' tomorrow. I need to see some comedy. :cheers:

Gemini Cricket

01-26-2005, 08:26 PM

I saw 'Million Dollar Baby' this afternoon. My eyes are now burning something fierce and practically swollen shut. I think it was one of the first films I've seen where I wanted to keep on crying as I was exiting the theatre. My mom and I both loved it -- a most excellent film!
I had one good cry in this one. Loved it.
I'm thinking about going to see 'Sideways' tomorrow. I need to see some comedy. :cheers:
Yes, go see this one now. It'll cheer you up. It'll also make you crave wine, if you're a wine drinker.
:)

MouseWife

01-27-2005, 12:23 PM

Hubster and I saw 'Million Dollar Baby' Tuesday night.

I have to agree, not what I had expected. I'd seen Hillary Swank on 'Ellen' but I didn't really pay attention to what the movie was about, besides the boxing that is.

Oh, so good. We talked about it all of the way home and in the morning we started up again.

I now want to see 'Aviator' so that I can judge them both. I love Leo DiCaprio but I won't just give him my nod. I need to compare the two. But, I don't know if they are indeed comparable.

Gemini Cricket

01-28-2005, 03:51 PM

'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'
I just watched this one on DVD. It was in my Netflix queue forever and finally it hit the top.
I really, really loved this film. It is not a "Jim Carrey film" at all. In fact, I forgot he was Jim Carrey. There was a reason he was cast in it, I won't give it away, but he doesn't spoil the movie. Kate Winslet is good and Kisrten Dunst is good, too.
I can't explain this film in a post. Go see it if you can.
It's a trip.
:)

Not Afraid

01-28-2005, 03:58 PM

Chris has been to, I think, three stores trying to buy a copy of it. Everyone is out! Damn. Who wudda thunk?

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

01-28-2005, 04:04 PM

Gemini Cricket

01-28-2005, 04:23 PM

I loved it loved it. Favorite of that writer's films, though I've liked them all.
I've seen 'John Malkovich' and that's about it. I haven't seen 'Adaptation' yet.
Don't forget Mark Ruffalo and Elijah Wood. They also gave pretty lovely turns in that film.
:snap:

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

01-28-2005, 05:18 PM

I've seen 'John Malkovich' and that's about it. I haven't seen 'Adaptation' yet.

:snap:

I liked both, but I prefer Adaptation. Cage really surprised me and I love me some Chris Cooper.

Also, Human Nature was, IMO, underappreciated. Plus, my home boy small fry hot man Peter Dinklage was in it. Snootch!

Scrooge McSam

01-28-2005, 05:32 PM

I love me some Chris Cooper

:snap: :snap:

Everytime I see him I'm impressed. Loved him in "Lone Star" with Elizabeth Pena

Claire

01-28-2005, 06:10 PM

Doh! Are we talking Charlie Kaufman??? I love his mind!! He's teaming up with Spike Jonze again, and I'm very excited!

Adaptation is one of my newer all-time favorites! I even started a thread many moons ago at MP because of Chris Cooper's character in that movie. Oh my gosh. John Laroche was the best freaking character EVER.

Chris Cooper reminded me of my dad in American Beauty, too, by the way. He's primo. Lonestar is one of my husband's favorite movies. Ironically, he didn't even like til years after I bought the video. He wouldn't watch it forever.....didn't trust my taste in movies. :D

Tonight we're watching Singin' in the Rain with the girls....it's pizza and movie night! We'll most likely watch Tootsie. I love Tootsie!

Gemini Cricket

01-28-2005, 06:14 PM

Chris Cooper reminded me of my dad in American Beauty, too, by the way.
:eek:
Tonight we're watching Singin' in the Rain with the girls....
"She's so refined. I think I'll kill myself."

and

"Lina. She can't act, she can't sing, she can't dance. A triple threat."

Not Afraid

01-28-2005, 06:24 PM

Doh! Are we talking Charlie Kaufman??? I love his mind!! He's teaming up with Spike Jonze again, and I'm very excited!

OK, one of the few pieces of gossip I actually tune into is stuff about Spike Jonze. My SIL's nephew is good friends with him, works on his films and house sits for him and, formerly Sophia, so I think I'm "connected" in some way. :rolleyes:

Now, I find out that Spike is dating Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I like the Yeahx3 enough, but I ADORE Sophia. Isn't it nice to have opinions about people you don't really know? ;)

Claire

01-28-2005, 07:12 PM

I wish Spike Jonze (um, Adam Spiegel--am I obsessed much? Yes!) would act again. I really loved his character in Three Kings!! He was sooo good. The Coppola/Jonze split really bummed me out last year. I thought that was a match made in creative brainiac heaven.

I haven't seen Singin' or Tootsie since I was about ten! I can't wait! :)

Damn pizza...I should have ordered it earlier. :rolleyes:

Claire

01-29-2005, 12:04 PM

The kids looooooved Singin' in the Rain. :snap: Chloe danced during about half of the movie. I think we'll most likely have to buy it someday. My husband really liked it....even asked me to pause it when he got up to get a drink of water. The girls looooved Lina's voice and all morning I've heard, "I kint staaan' im!"

They stayed up and watched Tootsie too. I remember being Courtney's age and going to the theater to watch it with my mom, who bawled at the end.

We loved both.

Tonight it's Charade (thanks to GC!) and Giant.

Baileykat

01-29-2005, 06:00 PM

Oh! I'm so jealous Claire! Giant is one of my favorites! Filled right in my very own Texas!

We're watching Mrs. Doubtfire..."Helllllooooouuuuu!" :)

We just got back from seeing Lemony Snicket's SOUE...I wasn't much impressed. It just didn't get into the story deep enough for me...not to mention that Kat has NOT read the books, so she had a million questions during the movie....AND Bailey HAS read the books..so he had to comment on all the things that were missing or wrong.... :rolleyes:

So we were the annoying family in the middle who talked during the whole film! :rolleyes:

I did enjoy Jim Carrey in this role...he's evil enough for it..but I didn't feel like the script did him justice. Left it wide open for a sequel though...

€uroMeinke

01-30-2005, 03:19 AM

Just saw A Very Long Engagement tonight and thought it was awsome. Jeunet has such a wonderful storytelling style and beautifully captures the inner imaginations of his characters in stunning (and sometimes horrific) visuals. We'll definately be adding this one to the archives.

I know it's not represented in the Academy Awards, but damn I'm glad I made the time to see this one before it was shut out by the oscar nomenies

innerSpaceman

01-30-2005, 10:28 AM

I've been watching a lot of screeners lately, and some of them are quite swanky. It's the stuff that I missed in theaters cause it just didn't seem "big" enough to pay the money to see it projected large. But swank often comes in small packages.

De-Lovely is the umpteenth film I've seen lately about a real person's life, and it was - - as you might expect from a story about Cole Porter - - most swanky! It got around being a straight bio-pic in a very clever way by using the conceipt and gimmick that it was all vignettes of Cole's life as they flashed before his eyes in the moments before death.

That way, they could present the story in a less literal way, sometimes realistic-seeming and sometimes not. More important, they could feature Cole Porter's amazing songs prominently, and out of chronological order. It was a wonderful device that made the film work in a surprisingly effective way. I think the respective recent paradigms of 'Chicago' and 'Phantom of the Opera' have demonstrated that you can't just have people break out into song in musicals anymore; there has got to be a method for the numbers to work more seemlessly in modern film musicals, and "De-Lovely" tackled this problem nicely. Sweet performances by Kevin Kline and Ashley Judd as well.

I also recently saw 'The Aviator,' which was simply a straight bio-pic. Not bad, but neither was it the type of film that I thought deserving of an Oscar nomination blitz. It was only swanky, and only came fully to life, in the section about Hughes' love affair with Katherine Hepburn. Cate Blanchette was marvelous in that role - - and you simply cannot go unswanky with a good portrayal of Kate Hepburn on the screen.

The other screener I found most swanky was Closer. I think I ought to rent more Mike Nichols films. This was a fascinating tale of messed up love affairs between four well-drawn characters. Clive Owen certainly deserves his Academy Award nom, and there were surprisingly great performances from actors who've certainly turned in their share of drek over the past few years. Julia Roberts, Jude Law and Natalie Portman were flat-out terrific. The clever dialoge and dead-on sexy situations made this a pretty good swankfest. In the end, I was taken by how much the clever dialogue really revealed about these characters with some good acting ladled over the script. A brutal story of hurtful love among four of the more well established movie characters I've seen in quite a while.

Gemini Cricket

01-30-2005, 11:21 AM

I think I ought to rent more Mike Nichols films.
Totally. He's one of my favorite directors.

Here are some of his cool flicks:

The Birdcage
Angels in America
Wit
Postcards from the Edge
Working Girl
Gilda Live
Biloxi Blues
Silkwood
Carnal Knowledge
Catch 22
The Graduate
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Regarding Henry

Both AinA and Wit are hard to watch in places, but worth it. (Watch AinA just to see Emma Thompson play a Jewish Rabbi. (!!) )

Skippable:

Wolf - Bleh

:iSm:

innerSpaceman

01-30-2005, 01:39 PM

Oh, guess I've seen more Mike Nichols' films that I'd thought.

And, sorry G.C., but I love 'Wolf.' ;)

Not Afraid

01-30-2005, 01:42 PM

I lovr "Wolf" as well. As a matter of fact, I adore it.

I also loved AiA. It's one of the few things I actually watched on TV in the last 10 years.

Kevy Baby

01-30-2005, 01:45 PM

I haven't seen 'Adaptation' yet.I'm waiting for someone to do an adaptation of Adaptation

Claire

01-30-2005, 01:51 PM

The other screener I found most swanky was Closer. I think I ought to rent more Mike Nichols films. This was a fascinating tale of messed up love affairs between four well-drawn characters. Clive Owen certainly deserves his Academy Award nom, and there were surprisingly great performances from actors who've certainly turned in their share of drek over the past few years. Julia Roberts, Jude Law and Natalie Portman were flat-out terrific. The clever dialoge and dead-on sexy situations made this a pretty good swankfest. In the end, I was taken by how much the clever dialogue really revealed about these characters with some good acting ladled over the script. A brutal story of hurtful love among four of the more well established movie characters I've seen in quite a while.

I looooooved this movie and not (surprise!) because of Jude Law, although I thought he was intensely dreamy. He was overshadowed by Clive Owens and Natalie Portman...amazing. I'm seeing it again tonight with a girlfriend who hasn't seen it and my sister who has (we saw it together and agreed immediately to see it again). Mike Nichols is an actors' director. He's so good.

Giant was good! I hadn't seen it since high school when I was in my James Dean phase. Damn, but he and Rock Hudson were H-O-T. I watched some of the supplemental stuff. What's weird is that the next movie I have lined up is A Place in the Sun. Same director and Elizabeth Taylor.

We also have Seinfeld Season 1 &2 sitting on the shelf. I'm not sure if I'll get to it anytime soon......I'm not all that excited about it.

Not Afraid

01-30-2005, 01:59 PM

We found "Eternal Sunshine......" last night at Borders. Unfortunantely, they were having a "buy 3 get 1 free" sale. We had no intention of getting 4 DVDs but, when I found Quills for $7.99 then Before Sunrise for $12.99 so then we had 3 and had to buy a 4th. We picked up Napolean Dynamite as the last. I'm a bit sketchy about ND. Not sure if it is something I will appreciate, but CP has offered to buy it off of us for $50 if I don't like it. ;)

Claire

01-30-2005, 02:09 PM

We picked up Napolean Dynamite as the last. I'm a bit sketchy about ND. Not sure if it is something I will appreciate, but CP has offered to buy it off of us for $50 if I don't like it. ;)

Hahaha!!! I hope you like it!! :D Enjoy the smallness of the movie. The simplicity of it cracks me up. It's nothing deep....it's just funny. I appreciate that the writer/director and the star (from Salem, OR) all have done nothing before this movie. It's so refreshing.

Grumpy4

01-30-2005, 04:26 PM

I just watched Dodgeball: An Underdog Story. I laughed so hard through the whole thing! Jason Bateman was hysterical! In fact, everyone is!! And I also saw Boat Trip on Showtime and that was pretty funny too! I love Horatio Sanz and Cuba Gooding was great! And I finally saw Garden State. I thought that was really good!:snap:

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

01-30-2005, 04:41 PM

Lady Chatterley. BBC movie. If I didn't get positively lusty (even in front of my parents) every time Sean Bean - as my boyfriend Oliver Mellors - was on screen, I wouldn't have watched it. The crap score alone was enough to make me bat **** crazy.

Still, Sean Bean. I'm a Beanite. And I freakin' love the book.

But once again I'm forced to accept that I much prefer reading about sex than watching it. Especially in front of my parents. At one point my dad said - during a rather disappointing scene - "Wow, this was truly erotic in the book, but..."

"Yeah, yeah. I know," I said.

And at one point my mother said, "Does she not like it? She doesn't look like she's liking it." And though there are times in the book where that's the case, the time my mother was talking about in the movie wasn't one of them. I just much prefer knowing what's going on inside their heads than watching them. That book had so many lovely things to say about the things that happen to bodies when they come together: all the good, bad, amazing, boring, etc. things. Le sigh.

Ah, Sean Bean, you are a marvel.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

01-30-2005, 04:44 PM

The other screener I found most swanky was Closer. I think I ought to rent more Mike Nichols films. This was a fascinating tale of messed up love affairs between four well-drawn characters. Clive Owen certainly deserves his Academy Award nom, and there were surprisingly great performances from actors who've certainly turned in their share of drek over the past few years. Julia Roberts, Jude Law and Natalie Portman were flat-out terrific. The clever dialoge and dead-on sexy situations made this a pretty good swankfest. In the end, I was taken by how much the clever dialogue really revealed about these characters with some good acting ladled over the script. A brutal story of hurtful love among four of the more well established movie characters I've seen in quite a while.

I saw this play in NYC when it first came to Broadway and was madly in love with it.

It's not as strong on film, but it was a very, very good adaptation. And beautifully peformed, though Owen and Portman really stood out for me. The cast in NYC was awesome. Rupert Graves played Jude Law's character, and I liked him better in the role. Perhaps he may have been a tad too old for the film, but I would have liked to have seen him cast. Ah, well. Mine are bowling pin dreams.

Baileykat

01-30-2005, 05:57 PM

Gemini Cricket

01-30-2005, 07:29 PM

I just came back from seeing 'Bad Education'. Wow. Can I just say I'd like to sleep with Pedro Almodovar? I'd also like to be Gael Garcia Bernal's underpants for one day.

This movie was great. Not what I was expecting. Good stuff. He always has the best characters in his movies.

And about 'Wolf' Ms. NA and :iSm:, I couldn't deal with the huge sideburns on Jack. It seemed like they were saying that when the full moon came out, he turned into a Scotsman from the 70's. Ugh. I thought it was dull and laughed my way through it. Ah, to each his own, I guess. :shrug: :)

Gemini Cricket

01-30-2005, 07:31 PM

Quills
Loved 'Quills'. Something about his dance on the table with his writings decorating his costume. Wonderful.
:)
I also loved 'Napoleon'. Something about it...

Not Afraid

01-30-2005, 08:12 PM

innerSpaceman

01-30-2005, 08:36 PM

Ok, I just watched Napoleon Dynamite and it left me completely cold. I don't get it.

I am not known as a man without a funny bone, and soooo many people told me this movie was hysterical.

Um .... no.

Cadaverous Pallor

01-30-2005, 08:54 PM

€uroMeinke

01-30-2005, 08:55 PM

:(

I think this movie may be a generation thing.

uh oh...

Not Afraid

01-30-2005, 08:56 PM

Yeah. I have fear.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

01-30-2005, 09:16 PM

Quills had me falling in love with Geoffry Rush. I even forgot Kate Winslet was in it.

I WILL go see Bad Education this week, I WILL I WILL. (And, GD, get that frickin DVD out of our car before I come over and steal it.)

Quills is fantastic. All of the three leads were in top form. It had me from the first shot of Winslet, looking through that door. All those lovely saturated colors. Pretty, gritty movie. And Rush at his absolute best.

Gemini Cricket

01-30-2005, 10:04 PM

:(

I think this movie may be a generation thing.
lol! :D I thought it was pretty danged funny. I was in the mood for silliness when I saw it.
:)

Eliza~
I agree. Geoffrey Rush was fantastic in that part. One of his bestest.
:)

Cadaverous Pallor

01-30-2005, 11:06 PM

uh oh...I swear, I think you guys will like it. I really do. Just be ready for sillyness. :)

Cadaverous Pallor

01-30-2005, 11:10 PM

Not sure if it is something I will appreciate, but CP has offered to buy it off of us for $50 if I don't like it. ;)Hey! This is what happens when I decide against reading this thread. Gotta read the rest and see what else people are saying about me...;)

That was 15 bucks, not 50, dearie :p

Not Afraid

01-30-2005, 11:34 PM

Nope. Fifty Big Ones. You promised!

(Better hope I like it!) ;)

Ghoulish Delight

01-30-2005, 11:40 PM

Nope. Fifty Big Ones. You promised!

(Better hope I like it!) ;)Just think "American Movie", that was a pretty good analogy. It's all about the quirky characters, the movie itself, while it has a story, is really about nothing.

Claire

01-30-2005, 11:41 PM

Wow. Can I just say I'd like to sleep with Pedro Almodovar? I'd also like to be Gael Garcia Bernal's underpants for one day.

Yes, as long as you share. And okay, but not til after I am.

I wanted to see Bad Education. But I got outvoted (we were supposed to see Closer again, but it's only on one screen). Also.....Million Dollar Baby was sold out, so we ended up at In Good Company.

I want me a Dennis Quade-sicle or a Topher Pop right about now. They were sooooo good in this movie. I really loved it. :sigh: Twas a good evening.

Not Afraid

01-30-2005, 11:55 PM

We watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind tonight. Charlie Kaufman is a brilliant writer! I love how he plays with concepts of reality and time. He always strikes me as a 1960's science fiction writer who just happens to write for contemporary society. Its like, the future is now. Anyways, I loved the writing here as much as I did in Adaptation and Being John......

Kate Winslet was absolutely wonderful and Jim Carrey bugged me even less than he did in the Truman Show. There was only ONE moment where he went into overacting comedy mode, and it was a short segment.

I'm sure I'd have more to say if I wasn't feeling so icky.

Oh, and last night, I "got" Claire's sig about doggie farts while seeing A Very Long Engagement. Chris summed up my feelings pretty well above. I loved it. There was another line in the film that I was excited about remembering, but of course don't remember at all. It's one of those "that would make a good sig line" moments that make you feel like a geek.

Tonight's film line was "I'm making a birdhouse here!" :)

Not Afraid

01-31-2005, 12:35 AM

Just think "American Movie", that was a pretty good analogy. It's all about the quirky characters, the movie itself, while it has a story, is really about nothing.

Yes, but will I be using the word COOOVEN for then next two years?

Bornieo: Fully Loaded

01-31-2005, 01:18 AM

Claire

01-31-2005, 01:38 AM

I'm trying to understand this whole Clive Owen thing.

I saw King Arthur and he was like a cracker in that one- tasteless and salty. One of the worst performances I've seen in a long time. The extra's had more personality.

Now I haven't seen Closer - so what's the big deal? I don't think I could watch another performance by him after that piece of Shhhh...

He's anything but wooden in Closer. I haven't seen King Arthur, so I can't speak for that performance. But he really stole the show in his scenes in Closer. His eyes....voice. He really blew me away. I went for Jude, came out a Clive fan.

Not Afraid

01-31-2005, 12:02 PM

Watch Croupier for some fine Clive.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

01-31-2005, 12:32 PM

Watch Croupier for some fine Clive.

YES! Excellent, excellent movie.

I also recommend Gosford Park.

And Close Your Eyes. Clive Owen AND incest. Plus, Alan Rickman.

I pity anyone whose first Owen experience is King Arthur.

Gemini Cricket

01-31-2005, 09:58 PM

Watched 'Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow' last night.
:eek:
Can I just say that I loved the art direction, loved the special effects, loved the feel of the movie but in the end hated it? I mean, I got what they were trying to do, but yikes!
The direction of the actors was just horrid. Jude Law is just so boring and Angelina Jolie is just horrid. But worst of all, Gwyneth. Yuck. There was one piece of dialogue from her that just made me laugh silly. She's naked in bed with Jude Law and she says:
"Where are we. What's happening. Where are our clothes."
One might say I for got the question marks in her quote. Not really. It was to illustrate her delivery. So wooden, so bland, so unemotional. Bleh, bleh and blehhh! I adored her in 'Shakespeare in Love' and 'Emma'... but this?
The movie made me laugh at it. It needed a lot more comic relief and a silly jabs at itself. It took itself too seriously. Beautiful visuals, neato robots (reminded me of 'Iron Giant') but acting that just sat there like stale toast.
:(

Claire

01-31-2005, 11:39 PM

GC, that is a movie you could not PAY me to see. I don't know why.....I haven't seen it, but I HATE it. :D I keep thinking of that thread title, "Sky Craptain" and I giggle.....thanks to whoever wrote that. Ever since then, I call my husband Craptain. Aye aye, Craptain!

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

02-01-2005, 11:13 AM

EVERWOOD!

It's amazing television. Witty writing. Characters I like. Even when they're being awful, I like to watch them. Great interactions. Adult and teen stories that work well together.

Everwood could bring about world peace. It certainly brings about inner peace. Plus, BRIGHT IS DELIGHTFUL.

Bright is the BESTEST boy in all the world.

Everwood, the song in my heart, the skip in my step.

Everwood!

Baileykat

02-01-2005, 11:57 AM

We watched Napolean Dynamite last night....hmmm!

It was, well, interesting.

The kids liked it!

Motorboat Cruiser

02-01-2005, 12:41 PM

Ghoulish Delight

02-01-2005, 12:57 PM

We just finished Disc 3 of Kids in the Hall Season 1. The last episode on that disc was one I had never seen...ever. And it was because all but 1 of the sketches was too raunchy/full of swear words to be broadcast in the US. The one sketch that could be shown was a Buddy Cole sketch that we figure they must have used as filler in other episodes with 1 sketch that couldn't be shown, because we've seen that sketch a million times. It was a good episode!

Prudence

02-01-2005, 07:08 PM

Late Saturday evening on "O" after Talk Sex with Sue Johanson, they have a show called Bliss which I can only describe as porn for women. Can I say porn here? We'll find out. Anyhow, gosh darn those wacky Canadians and their liberal teevee habits. Frankly I'm surprised they let it show here at all. But it definitely gets a snap. :snap: and possibly a :blush:

Gemini Cricket

02-01-2005, 07:59 PM

We watched the Manchurian Candidate last night and I really enjoyed it. I thought that Meryl Streep especially did a great job. Of course, I have never seen the original so I don't have anything to compare it with. We're going to see if we can hunt that one down now.
The original is way better. Although Meryl does her best Hillary impersonation, nothing compares to Angela Lansbury's performance in the original. It's stunning. The original took me by surprise and I am glad I saw it before the remake.

'Ray' arrived today from Netflix. We're going to watch it sometime this week. I'm looking forward to seeing Foxx's performance.
:)

~MS~

02-01-2005, 10:17 PM

Finally watched Miracle, and I enjoyed it... but loved finding the FRAGGLES on DVD.....we've watched that one 3 times in 3 days! And I just bought the new cartoon DVD's .... we haven't watched them yet, they look like they are low end suplements to the tins.

Baileykat

02-01-2005, 10:19 PM

Fraggles...ahhhh! I gotta have Fraggles on DVD....We were in Hot Topic the other day and they had stuffed Fraggles...my kids had no idea who they were!

Ghoulish Delight

02-01-2005, 10:37 PM

Got around to seeing the new Peter Pan, fantastic movie!

dsnylndmom

02-01-2005, 10:53 PM

wendybeth

02-01-2005, 10:59 PM

Got around to seeing the new Peter Pan, fantastic movie!

The one released last year? If so, I agree- wonderful movie. I loved Jason Isaacs as Mr. Darling/ Capt. Hook, and the boy who played Pan was incredible.

mamabot

02-01-2005, 11:08 PM

Numerous cartoons & Disney movies since both boys are home sick. Since Shawn's nighttime cough med is having the opposite affect :rolleyes: we will soon be watching Sleeping Beauty, again. I'm sure I'll hear that he's Prince Phillip and Ali-bot is Sleeping Beauty, again
Ok, that is just too cute! I will have to tell her about this in the morning. I am certain she will get all giggly.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded

02-01-2005, 11:57 PM

I'm officially a NetFilx 'er.

Tonight: "City of God." What a disturbing film. Amazingly this was a true story.

Next: Before Sunset, Kil Bill Vol. 1.

Saw Meet the ****ers Monday night. Damn funny. Works well as a sequal.

Two snapps up!!

Gemini Cricket

02-03-2005, 03:24 PM

Wow. I recommend "Ray". It's fantastic. It's very swanky and hip. Jamie Foxx is good.
:)

Motorboat Cruiser

02-03-2005, 03:35 PM

Wow. I recommend "Ray". It's fantastic. It's very swanky and hip. Jamie Foxx is good.
:)

I can't wait to see that movie.

We watched one that I didn't particularly like last night called "Paparazzi". It started out with some potential but there is so much more they could have done with it. Unfortunately, it just came off as a B movie without much substance.

Baileykat

02-04-2005, 09:45 PM

Watched Alien vs Predator with Bailey tonight.....

.....and thats 101 minutes of my life I'm not getting back! :rolleyes:

He loved it though! :rolleyes:

Kat and I are going to watch Gone With The Wind on DVD after her bath...I got it for Christmas and haven't opened it yet.....Eegads! :eek:

Name

02-04-2005, 09:52 PM

I am going old skool and watching my X-files DVD's

Ghoulish Delight

02-04-2005, 10:36 PM

€uroMeinke

02-04-2005, 10:56 PM

We just watched the DVD of the restored 1920's sci-fi movie Metropolis. I was blown away by it. It was truly epic, and spectacularly put together, espeically for 1927! And the story was excellent, compelling, and insightful. What's sad is that a quarter of the movie has been lost for all time. They found and restored what they could, but they had to fill in chunks of missing plot with explanatory text. It's really too bad, because the footage they have rescued has been restored to an absoluely pristine condition. It was so clean, in fact, that it was hard to believe that it was over 70 years old. It almost looked more like a modern movie being shot to LOOK like a '20s film. Astounding.

I love this film and have been watching "new and restored" version for about 15 years now, even buying a few on the way. It's been encouraging to see this film being put back together over this time, with variety of sound tracks and treatments. Fritz Lang is a genius. Perhaps some day all the footage will finally be resotred.

Gemini Cricket

02-05-2005, 12:05 AM

Metropolis
Fine film. I've seen it in a couple of different editions. The orginal, new soundtrack and colorized (ugh). It's a movie that teaches a great lesson then and now.
Thumbs up.

On another note, I just watched the documentary 'The Control Room'. I found it interesting, infuriating and intriguing all at the same time. A lot of it a I bought, some of it I didn't. If you watch this DVD, make sure you look at the deleted scenes. They should have included some of these clips.
Highly recommended.
:)

AllyOops!

02-05-2005, 12:21 AM

Last weekend, we watched Sideways & The Notebook. :)

Sideways was really, really enjoyable. A wonderful little movie! I was pleasantly surprised! I thought I might enjoy it, but had no idea I would enjoy it that much. Everyone did a fantastic job. Thomas Hayden Church (or "Lowell" as I still call him :p :D ) was awesome!

And The Notebook? If you know me, you know that's my very favorite novel & movie. I'm obsessed with it! In fact, I'm gonna go start a Thread based on my very, very favorite movie!! *Dreamy sigh* :) :snap:

AllyOops!

02-05-2005, 12:29 AM

I am going old skool and watching my X-files DVD's

Another Old Skooler here! :D I watched 3 discs of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Season 6 the other day when my DirecTV was out temporarily.

I can never, ever get enough of the musical episode, Once More With Feeling. (I can never, ever get enough of Buffy! It's my favorite! :snap: :) )

Claire

02-05-2005, 02:52 PM

Been a busy week.....we watched all ten episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Season 2. OMG--even funnier than the first season!!! :snap: We have Seinfeld, Seasons 1-3 sitting there staring at us.....but I can't seem to get motivated to watch them!!! CYE is so damn funnnnny and smart-- Seinfeld is like a G-rated CYE. :rolleyes:

Last night we watched Vertigo after the kids went to bed. I'm not sure I've ever seen it! I thought it would seem familiar, but I think I had it mixed up with North By Northwest. I looooved it, especially the music. The ending was awesome--I didn't read the description on the back of the DVD, so everything was a surprise. :)

We're taking the girls to see The Incredibles again tonight! It's playing at the pub theaters, so we just have to decide which one to go to....most likely will be the Baghdad, because the tables are more plentiful. We're making it a dinner event--pizzas and pitchers!! MMmmmmmm!

Afterward, we're most likely watching The Westside Story at home with the girls. And after they're off to bed, it'll be Citizen Kane or The Women or The Maltese Falcon. I'm loving these old movies so much!!!

And during the Super Bowl, my friend Dawn and I are ditching our husbands and my kids at my sister's party, and we're hitting the theater!! We still need to see Kinsey, Bad Education, and I must see my Javier.......:elsigh:

Motorboat Cruiser

02-05-2005, 06:34 PM

Been a busy week.....we watched all ten episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Season 2. OMG--even funnier than the first season!!! :snap:

Yeah, I think that is about the funniest show I have ever seen on TV. :)

Bornieo: Fully Loaded

02-05-2005, 11:48 PM

I actually saw a couple great movies:

Before Sunset: This is a sequal to Before Sunrise and I remember it being a really good movie that no one really saw. I was happy to see them back doing a sequal. Seeing where everyone is. Kind of like a HS reunion. I guess they're going to do another in a few years. Great idea.

Mary Poppins: I saw this so many years ago, and I finally broke down and bought the DVD. I remembered it as being sort of dull. I think seeing it and being older sort of cleared up some of that. Plus I was just reading the Disney bio and how much he loved the Feed The Birds song. The whole movie takes on a whole knew meaning. The old bird woman's behind the scene story was quite moving.

Phantom of the Opera: The Phantom was pretty bad. I wish they had a guy who can actually put across in his vocals, some sort of emotion. There was very little emotion during the parts I thought should have had it. Especially at the end - the "Masquarade" rehash." Christine I love you." I was just dying to have that exposure of emotion that's needed and it fell short.

Past the Point number was probably the best all around. There was a real tention in the song between Phantom and Christine. She's quite a singer and I was truely impressed. The "Wishing" song was extraordinary. Both in the cinematography and her performance. I think the directing was fair, but it was the Cinematography that took the prize. The actual "staging" of the scenes were fairly dull. "All I ask" was probably my second favorate scene. The snow falling and the relationships between the 3. The Phantom hiding, listening in. The crane shot was great.

I think had they chosen an actor to play Phantom who had something in his voice that had some feeling, some emotion that Crawford had. The guy didn't have a bad voice, it was just didn't have that sensativity that I think was nessesary.

Phantom gets 8 bornieo's out of 10.

Claire

02-06-2005, 01:46 AM

Okay, we watched......

The Incredibles.....my husband loved it. He's the only one who hadn't seen it twice. ;)

We also watched Network and The Maltese Falcon and The Apartment.

Network was really good.....amusing, and timely. The thing could have been made last year, it was still so relevant.

The Maltese Falcon got some belly laughs out of us. We had the giggles at some of the acting/slick lines. We were also disappointed in the ending. Oh well.

The Apartment was lovely. Jack Lemmon is so good. I've seen parts of it from time to time....but this was my first all-the-way through viewing and I loved it. Shirley MacClaine was gorgeous....loved her cute 'do and Fred MacMurray as a cad.....funny to me.

dsnylndmom

02-06-2005, 02:20 AM

I watched Anchorman, a waste of time and energy. Ick. :mad:

Tomorrow, while the guys are watching the game, we're on to Dawn of the Dead :rolleyes: and The Grudge, looking forward to the Grudge. We have Friday Night Lights but still haven't watched it.

Claire

02-06-2005, 02:25 AM

Kelly's friend keeps bringing his X-Box into work and DVDs.....they watched The Grudge the other day and he really liked it. Likened it to The Ring, so he said I'd hate it. :D Have fun with it!!!

dsnylndmom

02-06-2005, 02:26 AM

Kelly's friend keeps bringing his X-Box into work and DVDs.....they watched The Grudge the other day and he really liked it. Likened it to The Ring, so he said I'd hate it. :D Have fun with it!!!

We will be watching during the day, so I should be okay. A certain close friend of mine admitted to screaming in the theater, he swears everyone else did too ;)

MerryPrankster

02-06-2005, 02:50 AM

Japanese television. It's hilarious -- the programs and comercials. My husband and I are definitely lost in translation.

Tomorrow we are going to leave the hotel at 7am to head to a bar to watch the Super Bowl in Japan at 8:30 am on a Monday morn. Swanky or weird...maybe a little bit of both. :cheers:

€uroMeinke

02-06-2005, 11:55 AM

I opened the Disney Tomorrowland Tin last night and watched Man in Space, Our Friend the Atom, And EPCOT. I hadn't seen the first two since I was in school, it was such an amazing trip down memory lane and so interesting to see how accurate the various predictions were. I loved reliving the era when everything, including nuclear power was met with such optimism. I also loved the fact that all the scientists had german accents - that was the era eh?

EPCOT, of course was a dleight as always. That little film has some of the best images of the park, sweeping shots of the park on the movie. I had to stop and review several portions of the footage. Whenever I see this I think what a shame it was never built and wonder if someday, some visionary will.

dsnylndmom

02-06-2005, 08:03 PM

So we got to the Grudge, it was SCARY!! Defintely along the lines of The Ring. If you dug the Ring, you'll dig The Grudge. There was a preview for bogeyman on it and now I want to go see that too :) I'll watch either Friday Night Lights or dawn of the dead tonight, probably Friday Night Lights :blush:

Claire

02-06-2005, 10:00 PM

I have a feeling Kelly is going to konk out in a few minutes after all his Super Bowl beers, and I'm going to get a chance to watch The Women. :snap:

Ghoulish Delight

02-06-2005, 11:17 PM

We finally saw Eternal Sushine of the Spotless Mind. As good as I hoped, exactly what I wanted out of it. Really a good movie.

MouseWife

02-07-2005, 08:08 AM

I think I need to write down the names of the movies I watch because I can't remember them. So, if I screw them up, forgive me.

We saw Charlieze Thieron {man, that does not look right} and Penelope Cruz in a movie, Hubster told me something like 'Head in the Clouds' or something like that. At some points I felt it was a bit cheesy but it was intriguing and it kept my interest. The story was very good and while it covered many years, it was not confusing. The end, well, that was my favorite part of CT performance.

We also saw 'Creek Without A Paddle' {again, probably not what it is called but work with me ;)} . It was one of those silly movies that you roll your eyes at a lot and try not to laugh because it will label you a degenerate. But, it was funny. :D And, the story a good one for friends. Just can't stop looking at the guy and thinking Shaggy.

The Grudge. Yikes! That was really good. I don't care for the premise, though. But, it was just a movie. And it was scary. We rented it at a hotel in Monterey, late at night! We MADE our ten year old son crawl into our bed and watch it with us so I could cover his eyes when necessary. Then we made him sleep with us. He is no chicken, he crawled back into his bed when I fell asleep. I was freaked when I woke up and he was not next to me.

My daughter picked up the Japanese version, supposed to be more scary but my son said it is only more gory. He said the subtitles are not translated to make sense and it sounds stupid. His words, not mine. :)

And about the scary movies, I LOVE THEM. I just don't know if I could sleep in a haunted place....

UvaGirl

02-07-2005, 01:13 PM

I watched 2 episodes of Buffy from the first season last night - God, I love that series. Even in the beginning it was clever and funny.

Scrooge McSam

02-07-2005, 01:19 PM

I watched Anchorman, a waste of time and energy. Ick. :mad:

Oh GOD yes! I was trapped on a plane with that a few months back.

One thing I do admire about Will Ferrell, though... once he's in, he's in. Even if it's a stinker, you can expect Ferrell to give his all. He never coasts through anything.

Gemini Cricket

02-07-2005, 01:44 PM

One thing I do admire about Will Ferrell, though... once he's in, he's in.
Totally. I loved, loved the jazz flute scene. I laughed. Don't know what it was about it, but that was funny!
:D

CoasterMatt

02-07-2005, 08:57 PM

I watched Strange Brew this morning... I love the McKenzie Brothers...

Take off, hosers.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded

02-08-2005, 12:31 AM

I watched Strange Brew this morning... I love the McKenzie Brothers...

Take off, hosers.

Man, I saw that in the theatre when it first came out.

Ya hose-head!

Cadaverous Pallor

02-08-2005, 11:18 AM

Anyone who has ever enjoyed film for film's sake needs to see Metropolis.

dsnylndmom

02-08-2005, 01:49 PM

I watched Strange Brew this morning... I love the McKenzie Brothers...

Take off, hosers.

I LOVE that movie!!! Good one! :cheers:

€uroMeinke

02-08-2005, 03:50 PM

I saw I Robot on the plane - it wasn't swanky

Baileykat

02-08-2005, 04:02 PM

I shall attempt to watch The Grudge tonight alone...probably not a good idea as the hubbster is out of town....hmm! :rolleyes:

AllyOops!

02-10-2005, 04:39 PM

I shall attempt to watch The Grudge tonight alone...probably not a good idea as the hubbster is out of town....hmm! :rolleyes:

Ooh! Please make sure to let me know how Sarah Michelle Gellar's performance is! I'm in love with her. :blush: ;)

Last night, I broke open Miami Vice, Season 1 :birdy: and had an absolute BLAST.

Things I had since forgotten, but was gleefully reminded of whilst viewing:

*Crockett & Tubbs are still wicked cool, after all this time. They just look bitchin'.

*The pink n' teal opening title and Jan Hammer theme still gets my motor runnin'

*Forget wicker shoes, or hurraches. Crockett was wearing espradrille wedges in the pilot episode. C'mon, Sonny! Holy cow! :rolleyes: :p Speaking of espradrilles, Michael Kors has a pair of those shoes out now that I really, really like. :)

*It reeks of machismo and cliches, but it still rocks!

*The music is even better then I remember. I always loved the music in Miami Vice.

*Crockett leads briefings in ice cream coloured tees. :birdy:

One disc down, many more to go! :D

Ghoulish Delight

02-10-2005, 04:44 PM

We finally saw A Mighty Wind (hmm, is Waiting for Guffman on our Netflix queue?). Hah, great movie, enjoyed it much more than I expected considering the subject matter. Eugene Levy flat out makes this movie, he was just brilliant. I even managed to laugh at Fred Willard's character, which is usually the kind of character that's just too over the top and succeeds only in annoying me. The old, "congratulations, you've successfully recreated an annoying person, and it's annoying" syndrome. But they pulled it off well, and kept it in suitable doses. Definitely going to have to but Guffman on the queue.

Cadaverous Pallor

02-10-2005, 05:38 PM

I also enjoyed Mighty Wind, but I think I liked Dog Show better. I think the characters were more fleshed out in the latter.

UvaGirl

02-10-2005, 05:58 PM

I also enjoyed Mighty Wind, but I think I liked Dog Show better. I think the characters were more fleshed out in the latter.

Gotta agree with this. But I did enjoy the bittersweet nature of parts of A Mighty Wind.

Prudence

02-10-2005, 08:06 PM

Best in Show is the best of the bunch, definitely. Waiting for Guffman and A Mighty Wind were good, but Best in Show is the one I'll stop and watch when it's on the telly and I'm flippin' channels.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded

02-11-2005, 02:15 AM

I just love the fact that the Mighty Wind is blowing you and me...

Saw the Aviator tonight. It was good, not great. I can't see Martin S win an Oscar for this. His other films are WAY more interesting.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

02-11-2005, 11:26 AM

Best in Show is the best of the bunch, definitely. Waiting for Guffman and A Mighty Wind were good, but Best in Show is the one I'll stop and watch when it's on the telly and I'm flippin' channels.

Just saw Eugene Levy speak.

He was disappointing. Not very funny, not a great storyteller, and kinda arrogant. He made me laugh out loud a couple of times, but really, he just rambled on and wasn't stellar. So sad!

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

02-11-2005, 11:29 AM

I thought A Mighty Wind was A Giant Gasbag.

Ah, well.

What am I watching? Still TV mostly. Carnivale (good), Everwood (de-lovely) and now Lost (fun and spooky!).

Movies? When I was playing hooky on Wednesday, I took a break from cleaning and watched Eurotrip. I didn't mean to watch it, but suddenly I was watching it *and* laughing. A lot. Low, even for me, but there you have it. I liked Eurotrip.

Jesus.

Motorboat Cruiser

02-11-2005, 02:14 PM

I also saw "The Aviator" last night. I thought that Leonardo did a very good job, as did Cate Blanchett, who really nailed the Katherine Hepburn thing. Alan Alda was a pleasant surprise as well. Overall, it was an enjoyable movie, although quite bitersweet. Still, I don't think it should get Best Picture. I found "Finding Neverland" to be far superior.

As far as swanky goes, we watched "Charade" last night, with Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant. What a wonderful movie that I had overlooked. The Mancini score is ultra-swanky and I just loved everything about this film.

Claire

02-11-2005, 05:40 PM

My husband likes A Mighty Wind more than Show or Guffman, but he loves them all. I think he likes the irony of A Mighty Wind....the return of Spinal Tap in a way, I guess.

I LOVE Guffman and Show equally I think--Guffman because of the characters and Corky and the story, and Show because the characters played by the same actors are so different....shows their range. I mean I just LOVE them. I think they're both flawlesss!! The humor and character actors are right up my alley.

We watched North By Northwest last night. Loved it! I grew up with the movie--it was one of my dad's favorites, but I hadn't seen it in probably 15 years. It was like the return of an old friend!

The movies I have sitting here are:

The Women
Bringing up Baby
The Philadelphia Story
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Psycho
Citizen Kane
Schindler's List

My goal this week is to get to all of them (want to watch Philadelphia Story and Psycho tonight....there's a combo for ya).....I hope I do, but I probably won't. Too much to do this week. :rolleyes: But here's to hoping!!!

Not Afraid

02-11-2005, 07:45 PM

I LOVE Bringing Up Baby! It's not a great movie, but it's wonderful - if that makes any sense. And, Philadelphia Story is my favorite, ever, for ever. Fabulous.

I enjoy A Mighty Wind more than the others. Best in Show is my least favorite of the bunch. Go figure.

Claire

02-12-2005, 07:25 PM

Well......the weather outside is sucky. And the older two are grounded (long story--and they get no Gameboys or TV), so we stayed in and watched movies today.....while they did homework, Valentines, and cleaned their rooms.....bwahahaha!!!

Last night we watched Philadelphia Story. We laughed our butts off. I thoroughly enjoyed the loooooong drunk scenes!! Too funny! And I don't love Katharine Hepburn (I know, blasphemy), but I loved her drunk! And James Stewart was awesome. We've been saying "levellevelelleleleleverevelerleveler" all day. :snap: For some reason, we had to watch that over and over again.

Today we watched....get ready, it's a list:

~Whatever Happened to Baby Jane We turned this on at 7 a.m!! What a way to start the day! Bwahahaa!!! I loooooved it! I've seen parts of it before and knew the story, but to watch it from beginning to end was so much fun. Kelly loved it too. I only wish I could watch it in color.....

~ Sunset Blvd. Wowza. I had never seen this one....holy crap. Of course, the Disney dork in me took over and I concentrated on Nancy Olson the whole time....trying to figure out which Disney movies she'd been in. Duh. Pollyanna and The Absentminded Professor.....and I know, I know....Son of Flubber. ;) We watched the extra features, too. Loved the Edith Head stuff.

~We tried to watch Westside Story but after twenty minutes of twirling, snapping.....we couldn't take anymore. I wanted to strangle kittens. Kelly said we ought to use it to punish the kids....and the thought crossed my mind. Sorry....I'm sure it's against some sort of law to hate Westside Story, but I just couldn't take it!!! Maybe on stage I'd like it.

~Midnight Cowboy.....loved it. My dad had it on video when I was younger and I remember watching it in a theater when I was little and watching it when I could sneak it in junior high. It was one of my dad's favorites. I thought Dustin Hoffman was sexy as Rizzo at first. Is that wrong? Also....here's my nerd alert.....the young student in the glasses that has no cash for Joe Buck is played by Bob Balaban....who played Russell Dalrymple on Seinfeld, as well as the guy on A Mighty Wind who was afraid the flowers might poke someone in the eye.....I'm a nerd.

I have some auction crap to do....and then I'll reward myself with some Psycho or From Here To Eternity.

Not Afraid

02-12-2005, 07:33 PM

C.K. DEXTER HAVEN! Oh C.K. DEXTER HAVEN!

I named my cat after that scene.

€uroMeinke

02-12-2005, 07:36 PM

Yar, she was...

Now you have to see High Society - it's Swellegent ;)

Not Afraid

02-12-2005, 07:48 PM

NO! IT'S MY SHE WAS YAR!

Where have you been!

€uroMeinke

02-12-2005, 07:54 PM

Where have you been!

Chicago...

Pop
Six
Squish
Unh-uh
Cicero
Lipschitz

Claire

02-12-2005, 08:02 PM

Yar, she was...

Now you have to see High Society - it's Swellegent ;)

Hahaha, I have and it sucks compared to Philadelphia Story. :D I went through a Grace Kelly hero-worship thing in high school. :rolleyes: Other girls had Diana, I had Grace.

Ghoulish Delight

02-12-2005, 08:03 PM

We discovered yesterday that KOCE shows Fawlty Towers episodes on Fridays at 10:30. That show NEVER fails to put me in stitches. It raised the art of the one-liner to a new heights. Clease is a comic genius.

Not Afraid

02-12-2005, 08:06 PM

Chicago...

Pop
Six
Squish
Unh-uh
Cicero
Lipschitz

ROTFLMAO! OK. I guess the sex is back on.;)

innerSpaceman

02-12-2005, 08:23 PM

He had it comin'

;)

Not Afraid

02-12-2005, 08:29 PM

Hmmmmmmm, there are SOOOOOOO many rude things I can say. I just can't choose.

Cadaverous Pallor

02-12-2005, 08:41 PM

~We tried to watch Westside Story but after twenty minutes of twirling, snapping.....we couldn't take anymore. I wanted to strangle kittens. Kelly said we ought to use it to punish the kids....and the thought crossed my mind. Sorry....I'm sure it's against some sort of law to hate Westside Story, but I just couldn't take it!!! Maybe on stage I'd like it.
I forgive you. :p

I think real deal old-school movie musicals are rather divisive - you either like 'em or you don't. I was raised on them. Westside Story is about the most abstract of movie musicals because the idea of these "street kids" dancing around /is/ kinda weird.

But I love it! :snap:

Not Afraid

02-12-2005, 08:49 PM

Westside Story is just an abstracted version of Romeo and Juliette. It's the same sstory, just with songs and dances. Not much different really than the cool Baz Lhurman version.

Cadaverous Pallor

02-12-2005, 08:53 PM

Westside Story is just an abstracted version of Romeo and Juliette. It's the same sstory, just with songs and dances.All together now: No duh. :p >:-D

Not Afraid

02-12-2005, 08:56 PM

you wouldn't belive how many were clueless.

I did the play. I was surprised.

Claire

02-12-2005, 10:18 PM

I forgive you. :p

I think real deal old-school movie musicals are rather divisive - you either like 'em or you don't. I was raised on them. Westside Story is about the most abstract of movie musicals because the idea of these "street kids" dancing around /is/ kinda weird.

But I love it! :snap:

I wish I liked it.....but I couldn't stop laughing. I know the music like the back of my hand and I know who the major actors are....the history of it, all that. But the movie itself just made me laugh, and not in a good way. My husband was all game....being nice and not complaining. I was whining like a baby, groaning and finally had to turn it off. :D

I'll have to try it again.....possibly without my husband....my daughters might like it. We were going to watch it with them last weekend, but didn't do it. Maybe next weekend. If I can keep my eyes from rolling....does it get better after twenty minutes?

And now that I'm done with all my auction crap for the night, and if I can drag my husband away from the Happy Days reunion thing on ABC.....we'll head upstairs and watch Psycho or Schindler's List or From Here to Eternity. If he won't come upstairs.....I'll watch From Here to Eternity. Alone. How sad is that??? ;)

€uroMeinke

02-13-2005, 02:05 PM

We saw Bitter Moon (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0104779/)last night - a dark, sexual, Polanski exploration of a relationship of extremes. I found I really liked this movie a lot more in the second viewing. Perhaps, the shock value has worn off - thought this film is still a depiction of extremes. Why this film is packaged as a "Comedy" is beyond me, there are a few comic scenes, but the darkness of it makes all the laughs uncomforatble ones. It's not a "feel good" movie.

Peter Coyote was brilliant as he is transformed from seductive to creepy - where has this guy been? The young Hugh Grant is a perfect British prude and fall guy for Peter Coyote's musings. Emmanuelle Seigner, is likewise wickedly seductive in her role.

All in all, I'm glad this one is part of our collection.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded

02-14-2005, 02:54 AM

I'm watching this great DVD I got today. It's called Disneyland Paris, the Complete Tour. It has fairly amature video of the entire park and most of the rides. It has music and is fairly well editied togeather.

Now I feel like I've been there. I've seen the Dragon beneath the castle, the Backwards Indiana Jones, Space Mtn, A cool Small World. Really cool!!

:Cheers:

Tito's Kitten

02-14-2005, 04:25 AM

Originally posted by Not Afraid
It's the same story, just with songs and dances. Not much different really than the cool Baz Lhurman version.

I have to say that I did not enjoy this version of Romeo and Juliette. Not my cup of bourbon. The only thing that I have truly loved that he did was Strictly Ballroom. I can't help but love ballroom dance movies.... I have been trying to convince the significant other to finally take the time and learn how to ballroom dance. (cha-cha-cha)

MouseWife

02-14-2005, 11:27 AM

I also loved West Side Story. {I even took my chickie to see it on stage} But, I was raised, as well, on musicals. That could explain why I dance around my house singing while tending to the family? Well, babies love to be danced around and sung to so that worked well.

I didn't compare it to 'Romeo & Juliet' only because I hadn't seen R & J prior to WSS.

I went to see 'As You Like It' this weekend at the Weiss {not sure on the name} Theatre at UCSD {?}. It was great. If anyone, by any strange chance, was there, I was with my friend I brought to the Uva meet and the guy {I forget the names} came and sat on us during the play! So, that was us. Heck you never know...

Okay, I think it was Ally Cat who spoke of this movie, 'The Notebook'. I didn't think I would like it, I had a totally different impression of what it was about. That movie was awesome and a perfect pre-Valentines day movie.

GC~ your avatar cracks me up. :snap:

AllyOops!

02-15-2005, 03:16 PM

Okay, I think it was Ally Cat who spoke of this movie, 'The Notebook'. I didn't think I would like it, I had a totally different impression of what it was about. That movie was awesome and a perfect pre-Valentines day movie.

Yay!!!! :) That was me! I'm obsessed with The Notebook! Isn't it just the most swooniest, romantic movie ever? I highly recommend the book, too. It's different, but still just as wonderful. :snap:

I bought The Notebook & have only watched the alternate/deleted scenes so far! And I've watched the two alternate love scenes over and over. They were far more um, "revealing" (naked actors I love + me watching= one happy AllyCat), but HOLY COW were they sexy! I was one breathless viewing geek!

I'm so happy you enjoyed it! :)

UvaGirl

02-15-2005, 03:23 PM

I haven't watched The Notebook yet - I'm just a big wuss, because I've heard it's sad. Must get around to it.

Not Afraid

02-15-2005, 04:27 PM

We watched 3/4 of Last Tango in Paris but got distracted by a discussion on the nature of sex, Sartre and sociology, which ended with us not watching the rest of the movie. :evil:

MouseWife

02-15-2005, 04:30 PM

Ah, where have I been? 'AllyOfTheDolls'. I think though that I just think of you as one cool Ally Cat. ;)

Oh, yes, the movie. *sigh* I didn't want to cry when we were watching it {I'd already done that big time over something else and I didn't want to make a repeat performance} but the next day, I was just thinking about it and I started to cry. Ah, yeah, we saw the deleted scenes and WOW I know why they deleted them! LOL And they were hot because, well, you know.

I do have the book and I am going to read it. Probably more than once.

UvaGirl, you will cry. It is sad but then it isn't. It is more beautiful than sad, I think. Made me look at that Hunk o' Hubster sitting next to me on the couch with a heart full of love. *sigh*

I think I want to buy it, too.

Oh, those love making scenes, definitely breathless and we had to turn down the volume. But WOW. I really can't explain too much or it will give it away. Not porn but beautiful. :snap:

Ghoulish Delight

02-15-2005, 04:36 PM

We watched another episode of The Prisoner. I'd just love to see a two man show starring Patrick McGoohan and William Shatner. Both of them have such....distinct delivery styles.

Not Afraid

02-15-2005, 04:40 PM

Did you get the rest of the set yet? Or rent it?

You'll have to start on The Avengers next.

This morning, I spend three hours in PJ's watching the Westminster Dog Show that I missed last night (damn East Coast feed). I may just start a thread.........

Ghoulish Delight

02-15-2005, 04:41 PM

We have a disc from Netflix.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

02-15-2005, 04:48 PM

First two episodes of Farscape Season 2 (YES!)

Lon's The Phantom of the Opera. Some truly beautiful photography and set design. Plus Lon is fantastic. But the chick who played Christine was AWFUL.

MouseWife

02-15-2005, 05:02 PM

My son just bought 'The Saw'. Is it really scary or gory?

I like scary, not gory. Anyone?

mousepod

02-15-2005, 05:08 PM

If you dig the Prisoner (or even McGoohan), y'all should know that costco has the A&E "Megasets" for an awesome price, including:

The Prisoner - the whole series - 79.99
The Avengers - The complete Emma Peel (she of mega-swank) - 99.99
Secret Agent - the whole series - 99.99
... plus other stuff like Python, Space:1999 etc

Secret Agent (aka Danger Man) is particularly cool because a pre-Prisoner PM plays secret agent John Drake. It's a cool show, along the lines of the Saint etc. What made it more interesting is that it's the only spy show (that I know of) where the lead character does not carry a gun, which was at the insistence of star PM. Although never explicitly stated, it's generally accepted that No. 6 is at least partly John Drake.

...and as for my viewing pleasure, I just came back from my local Best Buy clutching the director's cut of Donnie Darko (a little wary because I really enjoyed the mystery of the theatrical version), Angel Season 5 (because I'm a completist), and Ray (the last Best Picture nominee that I have to see) among other things. Not a very swanky selection, I admit. Maybe I'll pop in some 60's Michael Caine when I get home...

Cadaverous Pallor

02-15-2005, 05:27 PM

mmm Donnie Darko...

innerSpaceman

02-15-2005, 07:54 PM

oooh, I can't wait to get all gushy when The Notebook arrives in that little red envelope.

And I should totally rent Lon's Phantom to try and get the awful taste of that Lloyd Webber disaster movie out of my throat.

Drooool, Farscape! I should totally start renting those. Some friends of mine have been gathering on Thursday evenings for months, watching an episode or two at a time. I can't possibly make it for any of those, but I could always geek out by myself while I drool over Claudia Black and Ben Browder. Yum.

* * *

Oh, and the last thing I watched was Hero. I'd already seen in in the theater, but wanted to watch it again because it is such visual splendiferousness. It did not disappoint. Gorgeous, dreamy, trippy, fascinating film.

mhrc4

02-15-2005, 08:54 PM

we watched Notebook last night, wife bawled again....

recently seen

Napoleon Dynamite (eh)
Sideawys (not horrible, not great)
Phantom of the Opera (i liked it alot)
Oceans 12 (loved it)
Catwoman (its a renter, or a cheap DVD buy)

thats about it for right now......

Cadaverous Pallor

02-15-2005, 09:10 PM

Napoleon Dynamite (eh)That's it, I don't like you anymore. :p

mhrc4

02-15-2005, 09:11 PM

That's it, I don't like you anymore. :p

*gasp*

it wasnt great, it was one of those movies i would liken to Spaceballs or Supertroopers, while its not a great cinematic movie, it is so stupid, its funny. It was so across the board and out in left field with Rob Serilng, it was funny.

Erin and I quote it all the time, dosent mean i did or didnt like the film ;)

innerSpaceman

02-16-2005, 12:35 AM

Not Afraid

02-16-2005, 12:39 AM

it wasnt great, it was one of those movies i would liken to Spaceballs or Supertroopers, while its not a great cinematic movie, it is so stupid, its funny.

OK. It continues to sit here unwrapped on the shelf. We haven't watched it and I continue to be afraid to watch it. It is comments like this that just make me think it won't appeal to me.

Tref

02-16-2005, 01:37 AM

Maybe I am a cranky bastard but I have to admit not liking my list of films.

- Ron Burgandy (Turned it off.)
- Dodgeball (See, Burgandy, Ron)
- Manchurian Candidate (Raspberry sound)
- Napoleon Dynamite (see above)
- The Grudge (see above)
- The Village (Gimmeabreak.)
- The Forgotten (See Village, The)
- A Very Long Engagement (Wanted to love it. REALLYREALLY wanted to love it ... but ... turned it off. My eyes were bleeding.)
- The Incredibles (I ask ya, where is the h'art? Where's the soul?)

Why? Wala ka kabalo. But I haven't had much luck choosing my films.
On my other hand there have been a few films I've quite enjoyed ...
- The Office Special
- MST3000 (any of 'em)
- The Life Aquatic

I rented the Arrested Development box set, too. Funny-na lang. Nakakatawa! That'sgoodstuff,boy,letmetellya.

Fonduely,

mhrc4

02-16-2005, 09:23 AM

I found Napoleon Dynamite to be a complete and total bore. I cracked a smile maybe once, and did not find it funny enough to laugh at any time. Maybe I should have seen it with an audience, maybe I should have seen it stoned.

Guess ya had to be there.

exactly, see it in a group, with a little alcohol involved, that will at least make it enjoyable. Otherwise, it is a complete bore...

but Erin and I still find ourselves walking around going tina! come get some ham! :D

innerSpaceman

02-16-2005, 01:13 PM

The Incredibles (I ask ya, where is the h'art? Where's the soul?)

You, Sir, are in need of some serious therapy. :evil:

MouseWife

02-16-2005, 03:59 PM

I saw 'The Incredibles' in the theater but I fell asleep. Not a reflection on the movie, I just fall asleep at movies. :rolleyes:

What I saw was good, though. :D

We are currently watching 'The Five People You Meet In Heaven'. It is good but wasn't this movie on t.v. a short time ago?

UvaGirl

02-16-2005, 04:02 PM

MouseWife

02-16-2005, 04:10 PM

I was all psyched to get The Notebook last night, when I discoverd it hasn't been released here yet!:rolleyes: Next week, apparantly.

So,last night I watched a couple of episode from Season 2 of Gilmore Girls on DVD. Good writing, good show. I'll bounce between my GG and Buffy DVDs for a while now:)

Aw, that sucks! I understand that here, where it is available, it is hard to get a hold of.

I understand the 'Gilmore Girls' is a pretty good show.

Hey, did anyone know 'Goodtimes' is available on dvd? Does anyone have it and is it any good?

Tref

02-16-2005, 07:44 PM

You, Sir, are in need of some serious therapy. :evil:

In re: to The Incredibles.

Seen it all before, babe. Not so very long ago either. As the old joke goes, I liked The Incredibles back when it was called, Spy Kids.

€uroMeinke

02-17-2005, 10:58 AM

Finished Last Tango in Paris last night. I enjoyed in better in its second viewing, but I’m not sure this one stands up. It’s still great to see in its historic perspective. It’s easy to see how its raw depiction of obsessive sexuality was groundbreaking for its time. I think the two anal scenes still would challenge a contemporary audience.

Still what’s really interesting about this film is to see in the context of Bertolucci’s other works. He seems to have a love of American expats discovering their sexuality. Interestingly, as he has gotten older, his focus has been more on first loves with the likes of Stealing Beauty and the Dreamers. Now I just want to see Sheltering Sky again.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

02-17-2005, 11:00 AM

Still what’s really interesting about this film is to see in the context of Bertolucci’s other works. He seems to have a love of American expats discovering their sexuality. Interestingly, as he has gotten older, his focus has been more on first loves with the likes of Stealing Beauty and the Dreamers. Now I just want to see Sheltering Sky again.

I don't remember it getting very good reviews, but my favorite Bertolucci is Besieged. I think it's amazing. Thewlis and Newton are just breathtaking.

I admit to not caring for Stealing Beauty or The Dreamers. I think with The Dreamers and Sheltering Sky I should probably read the books, as I like the stories, but maybe had problems with the films' execution.

€uroMeinke

02-17-2005, 12:25 PM

I don't remember it getting very good reviews, but my favorite Bertolucci is Besieged. I think it's amazing. Thewlis and Newton are just breathtaking.

Hmmm haven't seen Besieged. Sheltering Sky is a favorite though, we own it, have seen it a couple times, love the visuals, love the wasted decadence of the characters. It made me read the book, which I surprisingly found so much darker.

I Loved the Dreamers, but I have a thing for Paris 1968.

Not Afraid

02-17-2005, 12:35 PM

(You forgot) LOOOOOOVE John Malkovich......

Cadaverous Pallor

02-17-2005, 12:44 PM

Re: Napoleon Dynamite, I'm starting to think the reason why I love it so much is that I was a TOTAL dork in Jr High/early high school and KNEW dorks like the weirdos in this movie. A lot about it gives me flashbacks that hit me with hysterical giggles.

And the rest of it is just damn hysterical anyway. C'mon, Napoleon's loser brother finding babes on the internet? The uncle that can't get over the past? The time machine bought online? The dance? Vote for Pedro? The wig? The tupperware? Napoleon's drawings? How can you people not find this stuff funny? :confused: :confused: :confused:

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

02-17-2005, 01:23 PM

Last night I watched Sawyer.

Or, rather, I watched LOST which had a deshirted Sawyer.

I think I'm in love with a man's back. Especially that part where his back transitions into his upper buttocks. I don't normally give two figs about a man's figure, but this guy just about sells me on the lean muscled tall body type.

Mmm, Sawyer.

Mmm, Drew Goddard, who wrote last night's episode. He was one of the best writers writing for Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Love that guy.

Tito's Kitten

02-17-2005, 04:06 PM

I ended up staying up till three to watch "The Audition".

Ummmmmm.... interesting is how I would describe it. Can't say it was great but not really sure it was worth staying up till 3 a.m. for.......

OHhh... Lost... I LOVE that show. I almost wish it was premium cable so it could be even MORE entertaining...

And my other guilty pleasure is Project Runway. I think I need therapy....

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

02-17-2005, 04:27 PM

OHhh... Lost... I LOVE that show. I almost wish it was premium cable so it could be even MORE entertaining...

Me, too. Then I could have a pantless AND a shirtless Sawyer.

Prudence

02-17-2005, 07:22 PM

And my other guilty pleasure is Project Runway. I think I need therapy....

Maybe we can get a group discount? I sat on the couch last night absolutely mesmorized by Robert's nose. How did I not notice it in previous episodes? It is amazing. I lust after him. And his nose.

Sigh.

Not Afraid

02-17-2005, 07:41 PM

Why am I commenting. I watch between 15 and 45 minutes of a show then I want to know who Robert is and start asking lots of annoying questions! I only turned it on because Banana Republic told me too.

Motorboat Cruiser

02-19-2005, 12:24 AM

Last night, I FINALLY got to see "Ed Wood". I had wanted to see this for such a long time and was not disappointed. Martin Landau was just amazing and Johnny Depp was, well, as good as he always is. I particularly liked the scene between Ed and Orson Welles. One a genius, the other a failure, but both with a lot in common. Great movie.

We also rented the Johnny Carson Collection on DVD from Netflix. It was very funny but the biggest surprise was in the special features on the 2nd disc. There was a one hour, made-for-tv special called "Johnny Carson goes home" that showed Carson returning to his home town and visiting the house he grew up in, school he went to, etc... It offered a glimpse into where he came from and showed a side of him that I had never seen before. It was quite touching.

Name

02-19-2005, 02:23 AM

I'm watching grass grow. (Does that count?)

Claire

02-19-2005, 02:52 PM

Last night we watched Adaptation and then Platoon.

We kept cracking up during Platoon, saying inappropriate things like, "Uh oh, another voiceover" or "Here we go. A bonding scene with singing and dancing....what a crappy script." :evil: Perhaps we shouldn't have watched Adaptation first.

I don't think Platoon belongs on AFI's Top 100 Movies List. It's a movie I've seen a dozen times and I don't think the acting, writing, story, or photography are over-whelmingly wonderful enough to make the cut. Don't get me wrong, I love the movie....there are lots of cut guys (not cute, cut, as in those biceps are CUT) and it's an okay war movie, but there are better.

Adaptation is still funny as hell. "That's how much fvck fish." I love the LaRoche character sooo much. Then I realized that holy crap, he reminds me of my step-dad. "I'm the smartest person I know!"

Tonight.....we'll most likely watch Schindlers List (keep saying we will, but the motivation's not there), The Graduate, or Dial M for Murder. We've strayed from the AFI list, because my husband is currently loving Hitchcock movies.....and then Euro mentioned High Society, so my husband made me rent it.....so we might watch High Society. So much for AFI. :D

MerryPrankster

02-19-2005, 06:19 PM

Best In Show - I forgot how much I liked the movie. Especially after watching The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. What a hoot!

The Others - I finally watched the darn thing. Good movie! My husband has seen it before, but he kept quiet. Nicole Kidman looks so gorgeous in it.

Pieces of April - What a pleasant surprise. I really liked it a lot. Very bittersweet, I now feel purged.

Matterhorn Fan

02-19-2005, 06:26 PM

and then Euro mentioned High Society, so my husband made me rent it.....so we might watch High Society.I was just going to post that I know I watched this just a couple weeks ago, and that for the life of me, I couldn't remember a darn thing about it except that there was a lengthy overture. However, I just remembered it. :) Good flick (terrible sound/picture sync).

Alisa

02-20-2005, 03:08 AM

I'm watching Mommie Dearest for the hundredth time. I just bought May but I haven't opened it yet and the doll creeps me out too much to watch it at night. :eek:

MerryPrankster

02-20-2005, 10:16 AM

I almost forgot Vanity Fair and The Stepford Wifes, which I watched a few days ago.

VF - Very nice. Beautiful sets and scenery.

TSW - Ick. I fell asleep and didn't bother to go back to see the parts I missed.

Last night:

Garden State - I liked it, but my husband really liked it. He watched it twice and got teary eyed at the end.

Legally Blonde - Fun fluff. Luke Wilson is so hot, hot, hot!

MouseWife

02-20-2005, 11:52 AM

MerryPrankster, I loved 'Pieces of April'. Purged? Hmm. It was sort of theraputic....

'Garden State' might also be in that same sort of catagory, with the situation and all.

Ghoulish Delight

02-22-2005, 09:42 AM

NOT swanky = Coffee and Cigarettes. OMG, horrible. This is a series of short vignettes, shot in black and white over something like 10+ years, chock full of medium to big name stars. All the vignettes are somehow related to coffee and cigarettes. And all of them are boring beyond belief. Just entirely uninteresting. Both CP and I fell asleep 30 minutes in, and we do NOT fall asleep during movies, even bad ones. This was one of those films that thought it was incredibly clever and arty, and really was just pretentious and dull. Avoid it!

Motorboat Cruiser

02-22-2005, 09:52 AM

TSW - Ick. I fell asleep and didn't bother to go back to see the parts I missed.

Unfortunately, I did stay awake. You made the right decision to sleep. :)

Cadaverous Pallor

02-22-2005, 12:33 PM

I never, ever fall asleep during movies. Coffee and Cigarettes was one of the most boring things I've ever seen. They practically made the same short film over and over again - people sitting around, one saying how coffee and cigarettes were bad for you, and another person indulging in such. Booooooring.

Not every Netflix click is a winner. Blech.

alphabassettgrrl

02-22-2005, 03:06 PM

We just picked up the first season of the L-Word. I had only seen two episodes, and that with a very distracting crowd, so it was nice to watch them at home and be able to actually watch it. Jennifer Beals is *so* hot. We got the first two discs, which is 8 episodes. Well, 7, as the opening is two episodes long. We got a Netflix type membership at Blockbuster, so we have been watching a lot of movies lately; hubby and his (now ex) gf have been watching them, I have been gone a lot. Both of them are movie nuts, and I'm more lukewarm.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

02-22-2005, 04:46 PM

Immortal Beloved
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Everwood (still my love of Bright, the twinkling stary of happy boy love, does not diminish).

Tonight? Nada. I'll probably read and clean house. Tomorrow: LOST!

innerSpaceman

02-22-2005, 06:53 PM

Hehe, last night me and Zapp watched an oldie (but, imo, a goodie), The Road Warrior. I made him watch it because I struck up an acquaintance with Virginia Hey over the weekend. She has a minor, yet attention-getting, role in that movie - but is better known for her role as Zan on Farscape. I had so much fun with her on Saturday and Sunday that I could not resist re-watching the only film in my DVD collection that she's in.

Tonight: Must make a dent in the pile of Netflix films; this will be my only night home this week!

Gemini Cricket

02-22-2005, 08:04 PM

Not every Netflix click is a winner. Blech.
Tell me about it.
I rented 'The Notebook'. I was suckered in by the trailer. I hadn't read the book. I'm thrity minutes in and my eyes are tired of rolling. No one can act in this movie. The direction is horrible. Even Joan Allen is less than stellar.
Bleh.
:(

Bornieo: Fully Loaded

02-23-2005, 12:38 AM

Netflix'ed "CHicago" - the movie not the band!

The movie, in a word - SUCKED!

Opening song was good. The "Puppet" scene was good, but the rest was trash!

IMHO!

AllyOops!

02-23-2005, 12:57 AM

Tell me about it.
I rented 'The Notebook'. I was suckered in by the trailer. I hadn't read the book. I'm thrity minutes in and my eyes are tired of rolling. No one can act in this movie. The direction is horrible. Even Joan Allen is less than stellar.
Bleh.
:(

You're breaking my heart. :(

I'm obsessed with both the movie and the book. The book is quite different, but just as wonderful. :) It's a wonderful read- I highly recommend it! :snap:

Tito's Kitten

02-23-2005, 03:41 AM

Originally posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812
Tomorrow: LOST!

Offtopic: Okay since you and I are on the same shows I have to ask a question about Carnivale, is it just me or is Ben looking really hot this season? I didn't think much about him before but this season he seems just so... hot. Am I crazy?? :topic on!

I have to admit I like the messed up dynamic between Sawyer and Kate better than the cheesyness that is Kate and Jack. And I am glad that you agree with my premium cable theory!!! (lots o nudity.....)

I am telling you Wednesdays are good... Lost, the Project Runway finale. Sweet.

alphabassettgrrl

02-23-2005, 11:53 AM

I made him watch it because I struck up an acquaintance with Virginia Hey over the weekend. She has a minor, yet attention-getting, role in that movie - but is better known for her role as Zan on Farscape.
My friends (big Farscape fans) were absolutely thrilled to meet her at one of the conventions. I think they had to go to Fargo, ND to see her. They live in Minneapolis, so it's not as far as it seems, though Fargo is a serious.... *pit* and these particular friends lived there for a while. That's so awesome that you got to meet her! My friends said she is very nice.

innerSpaceman

02-23-2005, 05:26 PM

Yep, very nice lady.

I'm glad she is my new friend, cause it looks as if my friendship with Gemini Cricket has reached its end. :)

That's cause I thought The Notebook was a damn fine sudser. Nothing wrong with it, and the two leads were hotness of their respective genders (both of which, as some here may know, I happen to have a thing for).

I am currently watching Young Adam as I type, and my reaction thus far is :confused:

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

02-23-2005, 05:36 PM

Offtopic: Okay since you and I are on the same shows I have to ask a question about Carnivale, is it just me or is Ben looking really hot this season? I didn't think much about him before but this season he seems just so... hot. Am I crazy?? :topic on!

I have to admit I like the messed up dynamic between Sawyer and Kate better than the cheesyness that is Kate and Jack. And I am glad that you agree with my premium cable theory!!! (lots o nudity.....)

I am telling you Wednesdays are good... Lost, the Project Runway finale. Sweet.

I have liked Nick Stahl for a while. Before he was old enough to like, really. Heh. But his character appeals to me on a purely sweet, platonic level on Carnivale. It might be because of the man beefcake that is Aww Schucks Jonsey, who went from getting no play for a few years, to TONS of COOCH PLAY! in this latest year of his life. I just love that scarred up country man. Yes, indeedy. When he's around, I hardly even notice Ben's cuteness. But to answer your question, he's actually beefed up a bit this season and does look really, really good. Though his ears stick out as much as ever. All part of his charm.

I'm *totally* with you about Kate and Sawyer. I must see them twirl their tongues together again. MUST MUST MUST. More drinking games and tongue twirling. And solving the mystery of LOST together.

Gemini Cricket

02-23-2005, 05:44 PM

I'm glad she is my new friend, cause it looks as if my friendship with Gemini Cricket has reached its end. :)
It's not the end. You like me, you like me, you like me. :D
That's cause I thought The Notebook was a damn fine sudser. Nothing wrong with it, and the two leads were hotness of their respective genders (both of which, as some here may know, I happen to have a thing for).

Okay, here we go. I've gotten a PM or two about this already. To quote our GD:
AARRGH! Okay, you're all really starting to frustrate me.
Nothing wrong with the eye candy, I'll give it that. Ryan Gosling is great. Now if that gosling actually were a mature gander, he'd be a much better actor. Watch him act in this film and count how many times he looks like he was going to laugh while she's pounding on his chest or shoving him against a truck in anger. He's worse than Jerry Seinfeld and Roseanne during their own shows.

I'm still not clear if the lead actress has ever had her heart truly broken or knows how it feels. Nothing in her performance dictates to me that she has. She also wasn't defined very well at the beginning. Why do we like her? Because she's pretty? Nope. It's gotta be more than that. If it doesn't need to more than that 'Gigli' would have worked.

I believe that the performances here needed to convey the message that the stakes are high for these two. I didn't get that from them.

Okay, it's the LoT so I'll dwell on the positive here:

I love these kinds of stories. Against all odds, love against the will of elitist parents and rekindled love. I love love love these films.

The love scene at the beginning was great. The whole neurotic thing while they tried to get their groove on rocked. Gosling and Marsden were finer than frog hair. Gorgeous.

:)

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

02-23-2005, 05:47 PM

Yep, very nice lady.

I'm glad she is my new friend, cause it looks as if my friendship with Gemini Cricket has reached its end. :)

So, how did you meet her?!?!?!?!?!?! Gossip to me, dammit! That's awesome.

http://scorpius-farscape.tv/master/visions17/wp_scorpyposter.jpg

My message is not too short, LoT. It's just long enough!

Gemini Cricket

02-23-2005, 09:10 PM

So, as luck would have it, Ralphie didn't mail 'The Notebook' back to Netflix. So, I watched the rest. I still say bleh. But to illustrate my point about high stakes, there were 2 performances in the last 3/4 of the movie worth mentioning.
James Garner reacting to grown up Allie getting a shot while she had a fit. Very well done. He knows where it's at. His face told it all in two seconds that Gosling's couldn't in 2 hours. He wishes he could grow up to be Garner.
The woman who played Martha was very good, too. You could hear her heart break when she realized Allie was inside the house behind Noah. That was well done, too.

Don't get me wrong. My heart's not made of ice. I cried at the end of 'Goblet of Fire' for crying out loud. But I couldn't buy much of this movie. The lake filled with swans, bleh. The discovery that Garner was Noah, bleh doy. The nurse finding both of them dead in bed, bleh.

For me, if a movie starts off wrong in the first 15 minutes, the rest of the movie ain't worth watching.

I will take our Ally's advice and read the book. I am interested to compare the two.

Anyway, I just thought I'd talk some more about this film seeing as I just finished it.

:)

AllyOops!

02-24-2005, 05:17 AM

It's okay, Gemini Cricket! I might be in love with the film, but Ialso love that you have an opinion that your'e not afraid to stick with. Snaps! :snap: :)

And I'm so happy that you'll read the book! I just loved it.

Tonight I watched Message In A Bottle. I decided to buy it so I could own all three Nicholas Sparks movies on DVD.

Nicholas Sparks, why must you always break my heart? Message In A Bottle just gutted me, and afterwards I was a little angry. :( Mr. Sparks? Please? A happy ending just once? As your biggest fan, I know that it is the traumatic endings that touch my Soul, as well as others, but how I long for smiley faces, hearts, puppies & hot fudge sundaes at least once at the end of one your films!

Sincerely,
Ally

p.s. Get crackin' on more steamy deleted love scenes. Or get thee into porn, FAST.

:p :D

Stan4dSteph

02-24-2005, 07:49 AM

I crammed in 3 episodes of Lost last night. I've still got a DVR full of stuff to go through since I was away for 2 weeks though...

On my travel odyssey I saw -

Wimbledon: not bad. Paul Bettany is cute.
Last Shot: weird humor. I laughed out loud at some parts, then felt bad because most people were sleeping.
Shall We Dance: J. Lo's character seemed really weird to me. Not a bad flick though.
Ladder 49: Travolta's clenched-jaw delivery really gets old, but if you've got a firefighter fetish, you'll love it.

Claire

02-24-2005, 09:52 AM

I have liked Nick Stahl for a while. Before he was old enough to like, really. Heh.

:evil: Bwahahaha!!! I had a crush on him when he was like 12. And I was....um....lots older. And he wasn't even that CUTE. I started crushing on Elijah Wood when he was younger than twelve. Look out Mary Kay LeTourneau, there's a new pervy lady in town!

Confession: I didn't like The Notebook....didn't finish it. Originally my mom and my sister wanted me to go with them to see it in the theater and I laughed them out the door. No way. I kept quiet about that until now....I must speak up. I wanted to barf about a half hour in when my sister forced her DVD on me. I grudgingly read Nicholas Sparks books (passed on to me by my mom and my sister) if they're at my house for a year or so....watched Message in a Bottle two years after it came out and I'd read the book, but I still wanted to barf. I love the book A Walk to Remember, even if it's cheesy, but I can't bring myself to watch the movie.....although Courtney would like to since I let her read the book not long ago (she bawwwwwled). I thought Ryan Gosling was a terrible actor and I couldn't stop giggling at him.....not appropriate.

I'm not sure I'll ever give it a fair shot.....sorry!!! Although the North Carolina scenery was beautiful.....I couldn't watch the entire thing. And that's pretty much the only reason I read his books. They usually take place either in the town I lived in, or within an hour of there. That's how my mom and sister got hooked.

mhrc4

02-24-2005, 10:20 AM

huh, i liked the notebook, wife liked it more, but I didnt think it was too bad

Cadaverous Pallor

02-24-2005, 11:06 AM

You'll probably never catch me reading or watching "The Notebook" or any other Sparks material. Bleh. Yeah, I'm judging stuff I've never seen, and that's too bad. Life is too short to observe everything, and my Netflix queue is filled with things I want to get to instead.

Man, do I love Mythbusters. They proved that you can escape from prison using nothing but salsa and a radio. And then they blew a cement truck to shards. So awesome! :D

Claire

02-24-2005, 11:23 AM

You'll probably never catch me reading or watching "The Notebook" or any other Sparks material. Bleh.

I'm totally lacking in the corny girlie romance department. I don't get the point of Nicolas Sparks' books, personally. And after I read them (in about an hour....they're not books that take long to read or absorb), I'm not weeping....I'm always rolling my eyes. :D And feeling bad that I can't get sucked into the romantic sweetness of the books.....and feeling offended that he keeps churning out these books and that my mom and my sister pay full price for them.

Okay, I must shut up now before someone tries to take my ovaries away. :evil:

MouseWife

02-24-2005, 11:30 AM

Wait, I can PM you, GC, and give you grief about things? Really? Hmmm...

Nah, but like Ally said, great you have an opinion and are sticking to it. I loved the story but yes, I have to admit, the acting in the beginning was a bit old t.v. movie. {was it?} BUT I think it was the older character {James Gardner} and his dedication who kept me interested. I mean, I am no big romantic but I have been married quite a while and the story interested me because of that especially. We are coming up on our 22nd and it is good to remember how we got here, ya know? Movies like this help me and remind me to appreciate that curmudgeon on the couch next to me.

Okay, Red Shoe Diaries does it too. :evil:

Anywho...

Saw 'Ray', didn't realize any of that about him. Loved the flash backs to his Mama.
'Shall We Dance'. Yeah, what was up with J-Lo? Was she being the broken hearted mysterious one? I liked how he found something he wanted to do and did it. Damn it, I can't say more or I'll give it away. Okay, loved the marriage and how it worked.

It did make me pull out my Rogers and Hammerstein cd though and bop around to that.

'Eulogy'. It was funny. Sad. I wanted to smack the heck out of those boys....

MouseWife

02-24-2005, 11:35 AM

I'm totally lacking in the corny girlie romance department. I don't get the point of Nicolas Sparks' books, personally. And after I read them (in about an hour....they're not books that take long to read or absorb), I'm not weeping....I'm always rolling my eyes. :D And feeling bad that I can't get sucked into the romantic sweetness of the books.....and feeling offended that he keeps churning out these books and that my mom and my sister pay full price for them.

Okay, I must shut up now before someone tries to take my ovaries away. :evil:

I have to admit, I did not want to watch it because 'A Walk To Remember' {?} was too sappy for me. Too sweet? But yes, I don't like books/movies that set out to make me cry, soul purpose being so. I held off crying at the end of this one. I wanted to absorb it and not get lost in the sadness. I actually felt it wasn't really sad, rather, beautiful.

They didn't make the characters deep enough. I hope the book is better at that.

Hmmm...I need to see the Japanese version of The Ring. Is it worth it? I saw the Japanese version of 'The Grudge'. I understand that was actually a t.v. series in Japan? I can imagine it, what with the curse and all. Oooo!

Claire, I think you can keep your ovaries. But, if anyone takes yours, you can have mine. :evil:

Cadaverous Pallor

02-24-2005, 11:55 AM

I guess ovaries revoked due to dislike of sappy romance are given to guys like iSm? ;)

MouseWife

02-24-2005, 11:57 AM

I guess ovaries revoked due to dislike of sappy romance are given to guys like iSm? ;)

:D

Claire

02-24-2005, 12:03 PM

Hahaha.....totally cracking up now!!!! :snap:

Not Afraid

02-24-2005, 01:03 PM

Was "A Walk to Remember" the one with the faux turkey hunting scene and Carter from ER or was it the one that was just like My Dinner with Andre only they walked?

And, the way I feel today, you can HAVE my ovaries!

mousepod

02-24-2005, 01:13 PM

Hmmm...I need to see the Japanese version of The Ring. Is it worth it? I saw the Japanese version of 'The Grudge'. I understand that was actually a t.v. series in Japan? I can imagine it, what with the curse and all. Oooo!

The Japanese horror movies tend to be better than the American remakes solely because they're the original writer/director's vision. "The Grudge" wasn't actually a TV series - it was direct-to-video, which is an entirely different beast - less constraints (and smaller budget) than made for tv or cinema. DtV has none of the stigma in Japan as it has in the US. For real kicks, check out some Japanese flicks by Takashi Miike - not horror, but pretty extreme.

(do you notice how I'm avoiding the Sparks conversation entirely?)

Not Afraid

02-24-2005, 01:28 PM

BTW, Your baby is sooooooooooooo cute! I give him lots of ((((((((HUGS))))))))

AllyOops!

02-24-2005, 05:04 PM

Good golly! Holy Cow!

I absolutely love Nicholas Sparks. His novels are not only sigh-inducingly romantic, but they often surface themes so sweetly innocent in all of their dreams and longings. I may be a hopeless romantic, but I want to believe that one could feel so breathlessly swept away by another being that it transforms them completely. That love is the one true surety, the one thing in this world that is concrete. Love can always remain solidified through joy, pain, loss, birth and death. Even when fate may seperate us, our hearts remain embraced, or locked in the eternity love provides.

You can laugh at me, or tell me to remove my rose-coloured glasses, but I am certainly not ashamed to feel the way that I do. :)

Since honesty is the subject at hand, I have never read a "fantasy" book, such as the Harry Potter series, or the Lord Of The Rings series. As well as modern day "chick lit", as they like to call it. They may not be my personal cup of tea, but I do know the joy that they bring to legions of readers and fans. That is just a wonderful thing, which draws the conclusion in my opinion, they must be pretty wonderful books. Because if a book inspires you, and shapes you in a truly positive manner, I couldn't be more happy for you. Whether that book be War & Peace or Honcho. To each his own, and embrace your individuality. :)

And keep reading. :snap:

MouseWife

02-24-2005, 05:21 PM

Ally, you put it quite well.

I loved the movie for just the reasons you said. I was moved/touched by how deep their love was.

And yes, keep reading!!

Claire

02-24-2005, 05:24 PM

Edit: Just realized this is the movie thread.....not the reading thread.......nothing to see here.....:rolleyes: :D

Not Afraid

02-24-2005, 05:56 PM

We're watching Valmont - the 4th version of Dangerous Liaisong that we own. Colin FIrth is just not quite sinister enough or less wooden to pull off Valmont but, we gotta see it.

Claire

02-24-2005, 05:59 PM

We're watching Valmont - the 4th version of Dangerous Liaisong that we own. Colin FIrth is just not quite sinister enough or less wooden to pull off Valmont but, we gotta see it.

We watched Valmont about a month ago.....halfway into it, Kelly says, "Oh come on!! That's Colin Firth!!!" :D I tried to slip it in without him noticing and it almost worked!!! We got pretty far before he noticed. He just hates Colin Firth!! He'll accept any and all of my other crushes, but NOT Colin!!!

And I thought the movie was just eh.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

02-24-2005, 06:04 PM

We're watching Valmont - the 4th version of Dangerous Liaisong that we own. Colin FIrth is just not quite sinister enough or less wooden to pull off Valmont but, we gotta see it.

Yeah, he was missing something. Though I did like his scenes with Faruza a lot. I thought they worked well together, and she was at the top of her game.

Tito's Kitten

02-24-2005, 06:54 PM

Originally posted by Cadaverous Pallor
Man, do I love Mythbusters

How could you not?????DId you watch the Holiday myths special??

Shall we Dance.... I just can't bring myself to watch the J.Lo version. I was angry that it was a perfectly good Japanese film and they had to re-do it with J.Lo. Grrr...... I am just waiting to one day hear that some crappy studio is going to do Battle Royale with Vin Diesel as Shuya Nanahara or somebody else that would completely annoy me......

Not Afraid

02-24-2005, 07:55 PM

Well, Valmont was the 4th" of the Dangerour Liasiansons films we've watched lalelt, but by far the weakest. I think we've seen them all before but not in quite such quick successions as we have recently. IT is my 4th chouce out of 4.

Flubber

02-24-2005, 11:03 PM

You'll probably never catch me reading or watching "The Notebook" or any other Sparks material. Bleh. Yeah, I'm judging stuff I've never seen, and that's too bad.

Not to pick on you CP, you're just being used as a spokesperson. :D

I think I've read 2 or 3 Sparks books and yes, they are on the fairy tale side of literature but, PEOPLE DIE in these books. The Notebook had a sweet ending (The book at least. In the movie? PEOPLE DIE but I still liked the movie) and we've watched the movie twice with the benefits of warm blankets and room service. :snap: Liked it both times. Watched the deleted scenes from the DVD last week and...humina.

Oh! What swanky things am I watching?

*Greg The Bunny
*The Mickey Mouse Club
*Island At The Top Of The World
*Digital Fireplace (laugh if you must but it's swanky!)