I'm doing the Yiddishe Charleston today - My Forbidden Zone dvd arrived :D

Was catching up last night and via neflix saw Infamous (the other Capote movie). Now, I was blown away by PSH's performance in the 2005 Capote, the movie was grim but gripping. So I was unsure how I would react to this film, made (I think) virtually at the same time, but released later, for obvious reasons.

I thought Toby Jones made a nice showing as Truman, but he was much more over the top than PSH was. Not that this is a bad thing, I always do think of Truman Capote being over the top (my exposure to him before reading his work was on talk show TV of the 1960s and 1970s) and let's face it, he was vastly entertaining character. I enjoyed Sandra Bullock as Harper Lee, much more memorable than Catherine Keener to my mind, and she was not nominated and Keener was, go figure?

Daniel Craig was mesmerizing as Perry Smith. Because I am the only person on LoT who has not yet seen Casino Royale, I kept thinking as I was watching the film, this guy is going to play Bond? Now on a good night's sleep, I, of course, can totally see it, he was amazing in this film, though.

So, I think comparing the two films, while they covered the same ground, literally, Infamous was much more bright and full color, while Capote was bleak and grave. Both fine films in their own right, but I was left with the feeling of being annoyed that Infamous did not explain the "Answered Prayers" that opened and closed the film. I guess they were assuming people knew the end of Truman's story, sure I did. But with all the cameos of Truman's society friends, you'd think they might have explained in the end, what happened, it would have wrapped things up a little more neatly.

Saw 300 last night. It has some good fight choreography and a certain flair. But overall it is crap.

Yes, there is some good beefcake but save the $10 and go pull one off at the Safeway checkstand looking at a Muscle & Fitness cover.

While I believe the filmaker's contention that they were not trying to make a politically relevant film I can also understand why those who buy into the idea that everything is political would see significant problem in the portrayal of the persians.

Watching An Inconvenient Truth - liked it just fine until they talked about the polar bears drowning. Why didn't someone warn me? :(

But you are being warned - with each tank of gas, you drown another Polar Bear

/sob!

Goonies where are they now: Chunk!

Haha! Just read about them in my Entertainment Weekly...

I happened to watch Infamous first and haven't rented Capote yet because I enjoyed the other so much. Sandra Bullock delivered her best performance (which to some may not be saying much, but whatever she's made of her career I always *believe* her - she's an honest performer). Twas a magnificent Harper Lee.

And Daniel Craig was AMAZING. I knew of his work before Casino Royale. Have never seen Layer Cake, which gave him quite a lot of notice, but he was wonderful as Ted Hughes in the (IMO) underrated Syliva. I really do think, as cheesy as it sounds, he's a force on screen.

I didn't realize Daniel Craig was also in Munich till I watched it recently post-Bond. (Mmmmm, picked up Casino Royale on DVD today).

I agree the supporting cast was much better in Infamous and found the lead much better in Capote. If only there were a way to combine the two!