Am I still on CE3K-minutia Ignore? If not, put it back on for a little while.



I'm being gaslighted all over the interweb. I've gone to about a half-dozen sites claiming to detail the differences in the various versions of Close Encounters, and none of them mention the 2 missing train-set mountain scenes or that the astronaut prayer meeting was not in the original film.

This is a vast right-wing conspiracy to convince me that I'm crazy.


But I know I'm not.



(Um, except real crazy people know they're not, too.)






Grrrrrrrrrrr.

Well, it's been a day and I'm still reading your review.
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I'm kidding.

I say stick to your guns. I know someone I can ask about this. I'll let you know.
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I haven't been to the movies in AGES but that all changes tonite! Beowulf in IMAX 3D. Next weekend: Enchanted AND Stephen King's THE MIST.

December 14: I Am Legend (yes yes, the Will Smith movie, but I LOVE all things Richard Matheson, who wrote the original novella).

December 21: Sweeny Todd (I downloaded the Hi-Def trailer onto my ps3 last nite and WOW it looks gorgeously grey)

December 25: Aliens vs. Predator. That's Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC345233 surrounding that Predator-Alien baby that was born last year, but the Predator just sits around all day drinking beer ordering that Alien bitch around, and she just gets tired of the whole thing so she screws his best friend and Predator gets suspicious that the little monster isn't his and orders a fluorescent-blood paternity test while the Alien spits acid on his crotch and screams "WHO'S THE DADDY NOW *Hisssssssssssss* HUH? *Hisssssssssssssss* WHO'S THE DADDY NOW, YOU BASTARD! *HisssssssS*"

Ohhhhh it's gonna be a good one.

Musing on a movie unreleased.

BE KIND REWIND.

What excites me about this meta filmmaking movie isn't about the dark underbelly of the filmmaking world. It seems to be about the sheer joy and craziness of it all.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/newlin...ind/large.html

Mos Def (hotness!)
Jack Black (cuteness!)

Directed by Michael Gondry (awesomeness!), who has directed some of my favorite films, including:

The Science of Sleep
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Human Nature

And some very, very good music videos, of course.

Mos Def and Michael Gondry intrigue me.

Jack Black unintrigues me. So this one will have to wait for some reviews to tip the scales in one direction or the other. Doesn't help that the trailer is one that seems to have the goal of "90 second version of movie."

I had the exact same thought.

Oi, I'm tempted to go to the movies tonight, because I have GOT to see No Country for Old Men and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.

Thing is, I'm short on time. And most Oscar-contenders like these are going to come my way soon on DVD screeners anyway. Torn, torn.


The movie I'm less enthusiastic about, Beowulf, will not be the same on my TV set as it will in IMAX 3-D. It's a sad irony that I might end up shelling out time and money for that this weekend rather than the much finer films more worthy of either.

I might actually venture into a theatre to see No Country for Old Men. I've seen so many more movies this year than usual. I might even need two hands to count them!

Steve, while No Country for Old Men isn't a movie that absolutely screams for the big screen I did feel a vibe for being in a packed house watching it.

Oh! Cohen Brothers!