I finally saw (as in didn't fall asleep in the first 10 minutes) Fellini's 8 1/2. The world may come to an end now.

Oh, and I loved it. I can't wait to see Nine.

GD was led astray by his magical moderator powers again (and now NA as well).

On Fantastic Mr. Fox, I had planned to see it this weekend but Lani's decided she wants to see it so now I have to wait until either she can fit it in or she forgets she wanted to see it.

Explaining Alex's post - I once again let my browser take me to the old thread and posted my FMF post there, and NA followed. Now I've moved the posts here where they belong.

Grrrrr.

I did nothing. Innocence abounds.

Saw, A Serious Man, the latest from the Coen Brothers. It has one fantastic performance from the lead (Michael Stuhlberg) but that's about all I liked about it.

I guess it all just went completely over my head. One of those movies where I can feel a point floating around but I'm just not getting it. But if you like the comedy of social discomfort, this may be a good bet for you.

We netflixed the pilot of HBO's version of "The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency". OMG, it's wonderful.

I watched the entire series and delighted in it, 100%. I can only hope it will continue to a second series, since both the producers passed away last year :-( hard to say.

I watched Julie and Julia last night and found the parts about Julia delightful and the parts about Julie slightly annoying and uninteresting.

While I was conscious of Meryl Streep being Julia, she caught just the right amount of effervescence or joie de vivre that personified my perception of who Julia Child was and is. I loved it.

The most important thing, the film made me hungry and want to cook and cook outside the box, adventurous food. I do not own Mastering the Art of French Cooking, but this almost made me want to buy it.

Completely agree with your assessment of this movie. I liked the Julia parts so much, I'll probably buy it and skip Julie.

Go for it on The Art of French Cooking. The introduction is quite interesting and the whole volume just makes a kitchen look classic.

I may just do that Flippy. It will be worth it to learn the art of pate a choux, but I already have that in the Baking with Julia cookbook.

Of course, my real problem is, I am supposed to be on a diet. :(

*sigh* Me too.