What Swanky Things are you Watching?
 

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!!

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

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!

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. 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.

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.

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... :) )

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!

I did the same. Wonderful season. :)

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.

Saw Kinsey about a week ago. Interesting stuff that.

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

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. ;)

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!!

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.

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.

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.
:)

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.

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.

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.

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 :(

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..... :)

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!

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.

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.

:)

Black Caesar

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. (!!!)

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."

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.

It is the second option.
Seemingly against someone's will.
:eek:

Last night we saw Dangerous Liasons 1960, 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.

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. :)

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

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.

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

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'.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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:

I had one good cry in this one. Loved it.
Yes, go see this one now. It'll cheer you up. It'll also make you crave wine, if you're a wine drinker.
:)

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.

'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.
:)

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

I loved it loved it. Favorite of that writer's films, though I've liked them all.

Don't forget Mark Ruffalo and Elijah Wood. They also gave pretty lovely turns in that film.

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!

:snap: :snap:

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

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!

:eek:
"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."

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? ;)

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:

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.

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...

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

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.

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:

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



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

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.

I'm waiting for someone to do an adaptation of Adaptation

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.

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. ;)

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.

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:

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.

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.

I'm just loving that you watched that with your parental units! :snap: for you!

Kat and I watched The Village last night. I was proud she didn't get scared! Bailey chickened out...after The Exorcist , he won't watch scary movies. I thought it was ok...for sure not one of M. Night's best works...but after it was over, it made you think for a while and of course, filled you with a million questions.

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: :)

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

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.)

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.

:(

I think this movie may be a generation thing.

uh oh...

Yeah. I have fear.

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.

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.
:)

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

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

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.

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.

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!" :)

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

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.

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.

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.
:(

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!

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!

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

It was, well, interesting.

The kids liked it!

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.

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!

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:

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.
:)

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.

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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!!

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.

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:

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

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.

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.
:)

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: :) )

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:

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

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.

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.

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.

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 ;)

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:

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.

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:

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:

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.

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....

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.

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.

Totally. I loved, loved the jazz flute scene. I laughed. Don't know what it was about it, but that was funny!
:D

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!

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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!!!

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.

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.

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


I named my cat after that scene.

Yar, she was...

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

NO! IT'S MY SHE WAS YAR!

Where have you been!

Chicago...

Pop
Six
Squish
Unh-uh
Cicero
Lipschitz

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.

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.

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

He had it comin'

;)

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

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:

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.

All together now: No duh. :p >:-D

you wouldn't belive how many were clueless.


I did the play. I was surprised.

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??? ;)

We saw Bitter Moon 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.

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:

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)

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:

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.

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:

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:

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.

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.........

We have a disc from Netflix.

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.

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

I like scary, not gory. Anyone?

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...

mmm Donnie Darko...

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.

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......

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 ;)

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.

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.

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,

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 [napoleon]tina! come get some ham![/napoleon] :D

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

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?

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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:

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.

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....

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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).

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:

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!

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.

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!

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

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.

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!

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!

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.
:(

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!

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.

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:

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.

It's not the end. You like me, you like me, you like me. :D
Okay, here we go. I've gotten a PM or two about this already. To quote our GD:
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.

:)

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



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

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.

:)

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.

: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.

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

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

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:

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....

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:

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

:D

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

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!

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?)

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

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!!

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

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.

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.

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......

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.

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!)

Valmont completely sucked. I think I like the Malcovich/Close/Pfeiffer version best.

Finally saw Strictly Ballroom. Pretty good. It was as if they took the script for Dirty Dancing, handed it to Christopher Guest for a complete re-write, and then handed it to Luhrmann to finalize the screenplay and direct. It suffered from music issues, as in I guess the budget wasn't big enough to have anything but kinda cheesey music for the big competition scene. For some reason that really detracted from it. Also, from a story standpoint, I thought the conflict with Fran's family was resolved way too easily. But it, of course, has those elements of art direction and story that I love from Baz, so I definitely enjoyed it.

how did I not know till page 25 that there was a movie thread???
I adore Valmont. But, its the script I like better I think. In a perfect world, I would have combined the casts and made the one I wanted from them. I prob would have combined the scripts too, since I was reworking them.

What did I watch this week?
Shall we Dance - eh
The Forgotten - I gotta watch that again... that was .. odd
On Golden Pond
Constantine
Love Actually

Hmm... i sense a theme there...

Well, if you set your options to view 200 posts per page, it's only page 2. :coffee:

True that. But they take a long time to load as it is... I would hate to think how long that would take!
But, none the less, a very good idea.

My own life slowly falling into pieces. It's highly amusing to watch, even from my own perspective.

And still I'm a rather happy camper. Except I cuddled up to a fat stray cat (most likely not stray, just a very friendly cat milling about its owner's building without a collar) and now I feel like I've got fleas dancing in my ears and dancing down my back.

What will I watch tonight?

Maybe some Buffy. I'm just not sure.

I just netflix'ed Bad Santa. F**kin' funny.

Reminder: curse more in conversation! It's funny...

I still need to see Badder Santa.

I really love Bad Santa. It was a very good movie, funny *and* sad. I love me some Billy Bob Thorton. When he delivers a fine performance, it's truly fine.

Plus, I just really dig that director. Crumb. Ghost World. Wonderbar!

I've never seen Buffy. Ever. You think I should?

I think 'Strictly Ballroom' is my favorite Baz. I think it's fantastic. Tina Sparkle... :D

I'm an enormous Buffy geek. I highly recommend it if you like mythology, literary and pop-culture references, nuanced characters who are flawed, and who actually grow over a 7-year period (for better or for worse). They age. They don't stagnate. Amazing writing. Plus, kickass fun!

I love me some Tina Sparkle fun, too. I think it's still my favorite Baz, as well. Loved Moulin Rouge, as well, but still dislike his version of Romeo and Juliet, mostly because half the cast didn't seem to understand their lines. Paul Rudd was great, though, as Paris.

[quote=Gemini Cricket]I've never seen Buffy. Ever. You think I should?
/QUOTE]

I saw a couple episodes in the second season. Mostly because of my stunning performance in one episode. I enjoyed the few that I saw, but somehow never kept up with it!

Actually the version I got was the "Badder" version. Didn't seem THAT bad... :evil:

[quote=Bornieo: Fully Loaded]What episode were you in?!?!?

And, I thought the first one was quite bad enough, in a good way. I'd just like to see if I'm missing anything.

[quote=Eliza Hodgkins 1812]Because of my big ego I will have to tell you:

It was the 2nd or 3rd episode of the 2nd season. The story was about a Frankenstien type High School football player who kidnaps cheerleaders and is making the perfect "Bride." I'm at the football game and got a good shot.

Ego buffing over.

[quote=Bornieo: Fully Loaded]The FrankCordy episode!!!!!! COOLNESS.

Last night we watched Tuck Everlasting with the kids.

And since my husband and I routinely turn every movie title into a Porn title, we snickered immaturely throughout the movie.....it's just so obvious.

Then we watched Suspicion.....I think my husband has a crush on Cary Grant......as we had the choice of Goodfellas, The Deer Hunter, and about ten other semi-manly choices from the AFI list.....but the second he found out I had a Cary Grant movie, he was all over it. And here I thought he was jonesing for Hitchcock flicks....that's not it at all! It's freaking Cary Grant.

How can I compete with Cary Grant??? :confused:

Start emmulating Grace Kelly?

Invite him to a picnic in Monaco, where you race about the mountainside in a swanky sportscar for two.

That would work for me anyway...

It's a date!

Bad(der) Santa surprised the heck outta me. I did not expect to be as funny as it was, but I found it hillarious. The messed up things that kid gets exposed to was enough to have me rolling.

Maybe more happened in front of the kid in the Badder version. Maybe I'll rent this soon.

We watched Napoleon Dynamite tonight. One word description: FLAT.

I kept thinking how much I like "About a Boy" at the end. So, I guess the hype was lost on me. I really hated the fact that these characters were "outcasts" (as was I in HS) but they just were too stupid to take advantage of it and be subersive - which was half the fun of being an outcast.

I thought briefly that, maybe you had to be there, but I watch all sorts of films from many eras and never have that problem.

Yup, Saw Napoleon Dynamite and I actually founf it to be fun and entertaining, though also fundamentally flawed. I think they missed the boat on the high school outcast thing - 98% of us considered ourselves outcasts. I don't know about the rest of you, but I had no desire to fit in except to find ways to subvert the overall system. So in that respect the maina characters were a bit to "Forrest Gump" to me - wonderful things happen to stupid people.

I also had trouble with the acting and directing, but at the end I see the lead has cast for his dancing and not his acting. The dialogue that seemed to take place with characters all standing in a row also contributed to the flatness of the film. I wanted to see more interaction.

But the characters were quirky - if unbelievable, and the situations silly, so I was laughing out loud at points. So, I'm okay with it - but now I want something meatier.

Cary Grant... my favorite actor. :)

Don't miss:

Gunga Din
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Bringing Up Baby
His Girl Friday
Arsenic and Old Lace
North by Northwest
Charade
To Catch a Thief
The Awful Truth
Topper
My Favorite Wife (to see him with his lover Randolph Scott...)
and, of course,
The Philadelphia Story

Suspicion is great. So is Notorious. :)

The line that always sticked out in this movie was "Mother that book you're reading is up-side-down!"

I need to purchase this one soon! One of the best!

We finally got around to seeing the directors cut of Brazil. OMG it was like watching another movie. The film flowed so much better with the dream sequences making more sense in how the integrate with the plot. The film seemed darker to me, and the noir elements stood out much more in this version.

While I enjoyed the theatrical release and all it's fun quirkyness, the directors cut is so much more complete and tells a better story.

I'm with you on this one, big time. Another "Director's Cut" that is worth seeking out is Until The End Of The World. I loved the 2 hour+ version when I saw it in the theaters, but the 4 1/2 hour version is incredible. Not an easy DVD to find at this point, though. I had to pick up an Italian import DVD (the movie + extras on a 3-disc set). You'll also need a multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player. Or you could just come visit us ...

OMG - I saw that version in the theater - Wim Wenders did a special screenig of it with two intermissions. He felt bad about making everyone sit through the whole thing he brought in coffee and pastry (typical German hospitality).

But yes that film was awsome, I'd love to get my hands on that DVD - I'm hoping some day it will be released. It ranks high among my favorites.

Just finished watching Beetlejuice.... mmm, Wynona...

Imagine how different that movie would have been if they would have gotten Sammy Davis Jr. to play the title role.

Well, I guess I'd better start checking flights to SF. Whle Chris saw it, I did not and I so love that film. ;)

We've seen lately:

I have the rest on hold.....gotta support the man's big boy crush, ya know? ;)

Last night we watched The Deer Hunter. Wha? It was slooooooooow. Ugh. I thought Meryl Streep's acting was just weird...weird...ugh.

I taking off in a minute to watch Million Dollar Baby. I'm kinda pissed because in an editorial in the paper yesterday, a writer put the "twist" in the first paragraph of his article. Blew it for me, but I still want to see it before tonight.

Aw, that is just wrong. The Hubster and I saw it as a preview and we had to talk so carefully so as not to give away the ending.

They are pretty good at keeping endings secret. They didn't tell me about 'The Sixth Sense' and some others.

I saw a camp movie called 'Girls Will Be Girls' last night. Hysterical. Lots of great one liners. All male cast. Pretty funny stuff. Coco Peru is in it. She's a famous drag queen. Love her.

Evie: [to Varla] I'm sorry to hear your mother off'd herself.
Coco: Evie!
Evie: Oh, I'm sorry: 'Passed herself away'.

The best part of the dvd was the menus. They actually wrote a schtick for characters appearing w/ the dvd menu options. Hysterical stuff.
:)

AMAZING RACE! Yeeeeehaw!

Heh, saw that tonight to after much urging from a coworker. Turned it on late and thought it looked like they were in Peru. Wow that place has cleaned up a lot since I was there - under martial law. Of course, no one heading into the bad parts of town. A little dissappointed that they didn't visit Manch Pichu or descend into the catacombs.

Made me think instantly of our guide "Ceasar" how he guided us quickly through the airports with bribes to all the right people while he slipped a few extra bags in the luggage. Room 211, Hotel Crillon - that man would have taken care of everything for us - for a slight fee.

I finally got a chance to see "Life is Beautiful" tonight. I've been wanting to see this film for such a long time and I wasn't disappointed. I didn't really know anything about the film when I watched it and I was surprised at the contrast between the first half and the second half. Roberto Benigni is a little over the top for my tastes and the plot wasn't without it's problems but it was still a moving film. I enjoyed it.

One more word about Brazil. As much as the Director's Cut is different from the theatrical version (and infinitely better), you MUST watch the TV version included in the set - which is also like watching a completely different film, this time infinitely worse.

Brazil is an amazing movie in its own right, and made even moreso by having 3 incredibly different versions through the magic or heinous art of editing. The commentary track for the TV version reveals one of the most pernicious stories in the disgusting annals of studio-controlled filmmaking (or, in this case, unmaking).

Final Episode of NYPD Blue tonight. What a great show. Sorry to see it go!

Been watching episodes of Sealab 2021 thanks to Netflix. Man do I love unabashed randomness.

Csi

Oceans 11 The original with Frank, Sammy, Dean and the rest.

I have been watching old home movies. Hours and hours of them. We are transferring them onto DVD.

It is sad. The kids have grown up so much and our parents are either gone, or have gotten in to pretty bad shape.

I like the kids to see a time when they hugged and kissed each other in the morning. :)

We struggled through The French Connection this week....it was kind of odd. I liked it, but my husband just rolled his eyes. Not his favorite.

Tonight it'll be Survivor. Right now, the girls are watching the first two episodes that we taped for them. Tonight will be our first family night watching it together....they're finally not grounded from TV/Gameboys!

LOST

I love this show. I love it, love it, love it.

What is down the hatch? Why are Hurley's lotto numbers so sinsister? WHAT'S DOWN THE HATCH.

J.J., are you just making it all up as you go along. You are, you bitch. I just bet you are.

LOST

hehehe...I heart Lost too. We're only up to episode 6 or 7 here (we just had the first episode about the Korean couple on Wednesday). I love it! Compulsive viewing....:snap:

Sealab 2021 via Netflix. I just love this random insanity, much like Aqua Teen. It gives me the giggles.

I just added Attack of the Clones to our queue so we'd be ready when Revenge of the Sith comes out. I'm going to force myself to watch it again, since I barely remember that piece of schlock. :( :mad: God damn mother f'n Lucas...

The more I hear about Lost, the more I regret missing it. I'll have to keep my eye out for a marathon to record or something.

I'm ambivalent about Lost.
I've watched every episode and I must admit they're entertaining, but it feels like a decent mini-series stretched out over 5 years. We're more than halfway through the season, and they're introducing more questions instead of answers. I understand the logic of wanting to keep the audience intrigued (was I the only one who watched Twin Peaks after they revealed Laura Palmer's killer?), but the plot doesn't have the depth to sustain such intense stretching. My fear is that the characters are going to become more and more 2-dimensional, even with all the backstory ("Something's missing. Let's ask Sawyer.").

PS You don't have to tell me I'm wrong about any of this. Heather reminds me how wrong I am every Wednesday. :)

I watched the whole second season and Fire Walk With Me. "New shoes."

Bambi

I'm enthralled. Bambi was my first animated Disney feature when I was a teen, that age where Disney is uncool and "OMG will my friends see me here". I knew crap about a multi plane camera but I knew this was different. I'd seen Swiss Family Robinson and Darby O'Gill and the Little People at the drive-in (And you people think you know swank. It was one of those places with a marquee very much like our own LoT logo) but movies were generally a rare treat for us.

The colors pop again. The artwork is beautiful. And I love the movie for what you don't see. You don't need to see the villain to feel his presence.

OK, since nobody at all has responded in my silly little Mousepod thread, I'm gonna beg here... does anyone want to come on the next show and talk about Bambi? The DVD is so sweet that it's gotta merit a feature. There's so much to say about it, from the obvious to the trivial (baby raccoon, anybody?). If you're up for it, lemme know. Your time, my dime.

I watched every single episode of Twin Peaks, even when it really started to lose it. It still had a spark of interest for me. The worst of Twin Peaks is still better than most of what's good on television, IMO.

Plus, David D shows up in drag. And the conclusion was chilling.

But David Lynch makes his **** up as he goes along all the time. And that just works for him. I wish they'd hurry up with releasing more of the seasons on DVD. And the Pilot. I can't believe they didn't include the original Pilot episode in the Season 1 dvds. Bastards.

meh, i didnt think it was THAT bad... but then again, i am/was a HUGE star wars fan. I will see the 3rd one, not opening night (well, maybe, we shall see)

i will buy the 6 DVD set the day it comes out though ;)

I'm watching my lava lamp, and it's watching me

Oh, you should absolutely see the opening midnight show at the Chinese Theater. My friends and I are among the loons who camp out in front of the Chinese for 6 weeks. The Line ends up being way more fun than the movie we are waiting for, but the opening show has a unique energy that is palpable and amazing. The atmosphere at the last-ever Star Wars movie opening will be incredible, and not to be missed by anyone with even a passing love of Star Wars.


Oh, and while Attack of the Clones may be a pretty lackluster film, it was at least tons of fun to watch for the first time. Can't say the same for Episode One. Compared to that crapfest which could not even be saved by opening night awe, Attack of the Clones is freaking Citizen Kane.

Oh yes...join us...<<zombie voice>>....

But seriously, 2 was better than 1 and 3 should be cool. I know a few who have already seen it and give an unsolicited :snap: At least there will be no "are you an angel?" lines in it.

not to get too star wars geeky here, but have you nerds seen the 'magnoliafan' versions of epI and epII ("Balance of the Force" and "The Clone War" respectively). A fan edit, but a worthwhile view...

We finally got a chance to see "Ray" last night and I was not disappointed, even with all of the hype. First of all, Jamie Foxx just utterly nailed Charles to the extent that it was easy to forget that you were watching someone portray him. A well-deserved Oscar, in my opinion.

I also liked the fact that they didn't seem to sugar-coat the story, choosing to portray the good and not-so-good side of Charles. What a fascinating story about a true legend.

My only gripe is that we initially chose to watch the extended version. However, what would happen with the DVD when an extended scene came up is that the movie would pause for a few seconds, as if it was locking up, then resume. It totally killed the continuity and got annoying fast. We lasted about 15 minutes before we switched to the theatrical release. Oh well, at 2 1/2 hours, the theatrical release gave us plenty of entertainment. I do want to go back especially for the cut musical numbers though.

Anyway, great movie!

Re: Twin Peaks,

I've actually never seen the tv show but I saw the movie. The part when "Bob" finds her diary as Laura walks into the room freeked the **** out of me. I was in a funk tha whole day...


Just saw Collateral. Good, not spectacular, but real good. Nothing surprising. Plot is real transparent. Fox was pretty good.

ohhhhh, the trailer for SW ep3 is out, I guess its time to start lining up outside the theater for it. :D

Regarding Star Wars:

I've debated this over and over, so I'm just going to state my opinions.

• I was a freak for the original trilogy. When the Special Editions came out, I was a pretty reputable SW geek. Never got into the books and such, as I'm a trilogy purist.
• When Ep1 came out, I stood in line for tickets, stood in line for the movie. Saw it in theaters 6 times, twice digitally. Why? I loved the effects. The last time, I saw it for the podrace alone. I knew the movie had weaknesses but had high hopes that Ep2 would be better.
• It was not. I swear, if it weren't for the horrific "love scenes", I'd have seen it again. As it was, I only saw it once in the theater and had no wish to rent it, until now. I did enjoy it as a popcorn flick but the idea that this was suppposed to be Star Wars was abhorrent to me.
• I have refused to purchase the OT DVDs. I want the originals. I do not want Hayden as Anakin in the finale of Jedi. I grew up watching this movie, for God's sake.
• As a result, I now despize Lucas and what he's done to his beautiful creation. I hate the fact that I'm probably going to see Ep3 opening weekend. I feel sorry for the concept and cgen artists that grew up watching SW like me and are now employed by Lucasfilms to bastardize the thing they love. I am aggravated that others just accept it and pour money back into it.

Yeah, I'm unnaturally pissed about all this. You guys can do what you want, of course, but I'll have no part in it. I'll see the movie of course, but I really don't expect anything at all. Of course the trailer gets my hopes up again, but I was crushed before. :(

Heheh, I think that all of the Star Wars sequels and prequels are pretty crappy. I'm very fond of the O.T. and hate what Lucas has done to change it. I think the prequels are among the worst movies ever made ... though, as I said, Ep II was palatable enough for me to enjoy on the first viewing (and only the first).

That all being said, the line-ups for Star Wars in 1980, 1983, 1999 and 2002 have been some of the absolute most fun times of my fun-filled life, and that's what I'm in it for. The Line. It's almost too much good times, but not quite. I've made some very good friends through these Star Wars lines. Oh, and next weekend I am performing the wedding ceremony of two friends who met at the 2002 line when he came to see the movie from Wales, and now he has moved here to marry his California sweetheart. How romantic is that?!

I'm an OT purist. I've never seen the SEs and I never will...Lucas claiming "artistic license" over changing the films is truly laughable.

I've met some of my best friends in the world through the Star Wars fan universe, and though I haven't met most of the Lining Up crew yet (including iSm) I know I'm gonna have a rockin' good time waiting for the new flick with all of them -- whether Ep. III sucks as badly as the other two or not. (Actually my expectations are so low I imagine it can't disappoint!)

I just wish Naugles was still around so I could recapture my '83 experience...

This I can totally dig. I wish you the best on all that (and kinda wish I could still geek out like that). I just wish it didn't mean more publicity/money for that bastard. :p

Heh - minus the food poisoning and explosive diareah after the show. Or were you one of the folks who didn't save their burrito for breakfest?

I remember having an extra burrito left over after the movie, looking at it, and saying "nah, not a good idea" to myself before tossing it. And back then, throwing out food was a decision not reached lightly. I was only earning around $4.00 an hour. And I think those burritos were over $2.00. Butso yeah, I ate my other burrito earlier and had no untoward effects.

EDIT: more burrito info than you'd care to shake a stick at...

Wise you were, Lizzie-wan.

I saw this in the theater with my Dad. I'd broken my ankle and it was my first outting in the City. I was still slightly medicated. And I loved every minute of the movie. I felt like a kid. The action. The Jedi. I was so damn happy. I couldn't believe how much I liked it considering I never EVER want to watch Episode 1 again.

Then I saw Clones again at home. And was very distracted by the awful dialogue I missed thanks to the meds.

Still, I loved that Yoda fight. And a lot about the film. It was quite fun. So I'll be seeing the last one. Just not on opening night.

Speaking of space fantasies and things I've just been watchin', I recently caught the entire single-season of the cruelly canceled series "Firefly." It's a western in space, complete with weapons that look like Colt 45's, horses at home on every planet in the galaxy, and great vernacular dialogue. It was a very fun dozen episodes, but it never found an audience ... until it was too late. It's found a huge sci fi cult following. So there's gonna be a feature film called "Serenity" (the name of the show's spaceship) released in September.

Just saw "The Kid Stays in the Picture" a bio pic about Robert Evans, the movie producer that saved Paramount Studios from going under. I had no idea who he was before seeing the insane Comedy Central cartoon about him called Kid Notorious, which I actually enjoyed (I was alone in that, apparently, as it was not continued). Evans' life is what Hollywood dreams are made of. The production values in "Kid Stays in the Picture" are very good - great use of old photographs and video mixed with computer wizardry to make the past come alive. Letting Evans himself do the talking was a perfect choice. Very entertaining, and I'm not into documentaries, believe me.

There's something about this guy, about the way he talks...he's completely sure of himself. No matter what he's saying, you know he means it, and it makes every word a source of power. No wonder he scored all those chicks....

Hey CV,
You should check out the audiobook Evans did for "The Kid...". He's so full of himself, yet so engrossing.
Mr. Show did a spoof on it, with God doing an audiobook of his autobiography.

Heehee! After hearing him talk about himself for two hours, I dont' think I'll be getting the audiobook anytime soon.

As for Mr. Show, we've got that on DVR now, since it's in reruns on TBS at 4am. Will I keep an eye out for this sketch? "You bet your ass I will." ;)

Not very swanky, but I watched 'Babe' with Ralphie tonight. He hadn't seen it before and I just love this silly little film. :)

Swanky would be "To Catch a Thief" which was on TCM last night. I think that Grace Kelly was one of the most beautiful actresses in film history. :)

I also watched a Spanish film called "Bulgarian Lovers". It sounds like porn, but it's not. It was actually a good film. It's more spy stuff than gay love story.

Thanks to "Kid Notorius", I just couldn't bring myself to watch "The Kid Stays in the Picture" without a Cosmopolitan (well, a feauxmopolitan as I had cran-grape juice, no lemon infused vodka, and no cointreaux, so I faked it with lemon juice and dried orange zest...quite tasty) in hand. I was rather disappointed that there wasn't a single Cosmo in the whole film.

The very unswanky Friday, again. And I laughed my ass off, again. I had many many vanilla vodka's and cranberry with a splash of oj's too :)

I just saw Road Trip the unrated version. I don't know why everyone thought this was so great. I thought it was just ok. Nothing too great. Couple bursts of laughter. eh?

This was a busy weekend for us. Kid Stays in the Picture last night, the rest of the Sealab DVD yesterday and today...and we watched 2 more movies today.

First was Spirited Away. Absolutely beautiful film. So immaginiative and so well animated. Loved it loved it loved it. Clearly Alice in Wonderlandesque, but told in a very entertaining and unique way. I'm a sucker for good Anime anyway.

Then we went out, stuffed ourselves silly at an excellent BBQ place in Orange (where I unknowingly ordered a beer that came in a 1 quart jug!) and saw Sideways. Question 1, why is it called Sideways? Question 2, did I enjoy it? I gave it a resounding "meh". I didn't dislike it, but I really don't see what the big deal about it was. It had it's moments, but mostly it felt to me like it lurched along. I don't know if it was trying to be a funny film with poignant moments or a poignant film with funny moments. What I got instead was a film that went, "Now it's funny, now it's poignant, now it's funny, now it's poignant, now it's funny, now it's poignant..." The laughs weren't quite good or consistent enough, and the emmotions weren't quite deep enough. Don't get me wrong, I kind of enjoyed it, but I was far from blown away by it. I do applaud them for the little bit of a twist at the end, not doing the obvious and expected.

...just finished watching the extras on the Bambi DVD. With the exception of the plugs for Bambi II: Electric Boogaloo (I mean, Bambi and the Great Prince of the Forest), it's one of my favorite Disney discs. Not only does the film look better that I've ever seen it, but I actually learned some things that I never knew before...

GD - I'm toying with the idea of ordering a Japanese DVD called "Thank you, Mr Lasseter" about the long friendship between John Lasseter and Miyazaki. I'll let you know if I get it. Have you seen the other Ghibli movies? We love Kiki's Delivery Service here at Casa de MousePod.

I've got Spirited Away absolutely committed to memory. I can't remember the last time I loved an animated feature so much, on so many levels, and I never tire of it.

I liked Sideways. I thought Giamatti's performance was awesome. I think the silliness was a good foil for the deep issues at hand. It did get a bit too silly but I still think it worked rather well. I definitely enjoyed it.

Spirited Away was just great. I love that stuff. :) Fairy tale elements filled with dark, raw power, real blood and dirt and fear and wonderment. :snap:

I want to see Sideways- I saw Paul G. in "American Splendor' and thought he was great, especially since the last film I'd seen him in was 'Big Fat Liar', a Tori movie..... I understand the show's producer and director actually turned away some big names that were interested in the script and went with Thomas Hayden Church instead.

I'd love to see that one- the friendship between Miyazaki and Lasseter is so apparent in the foreward to the 'Castle in the Sky' and 'Spirited Away' dvd's.

A couple of things:

First: FOR YOU LOST FANS OUT THERE!

In 2005 the 22nd annual Television Festival will be held
from March 2 to March*16 at the Directors Guild of America.
Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Thursday, Feb 11, 2005.

This year, the shows honored included:

"LOST"
Saturday, March 12 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Naveen Andrews, Emilie de Ravin, Matthew Fox,
Jorge Garcia, Maggie Grace, Josh Holloway, Malcolm David Kelley,
Daniel Dae Kim, Yunjin Kim, Evangeline Lilly, Dominic Monaghan,
Terry O'Quinn, Harold Perrineau, Ian Somerhalder,
J.J. Abrams.Carlton Cuse, Bryan Burk, .
Moderator: Robert J. Dowling.

and

"DEADWOOD"
Wednesday, March 16 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker,
Powers Boothe, Brad Dourif, John Hawkes, Paula Malcomson,
Robin Weigert, Gregg Fienberg, David Milch, Garret Dillahunt, Carolyn Strauss,
Moderator: Brian Lowry.

You can order tickets over the phone by calling (888) 464-2468, from 9*AM - 8 PM (service charges are added). You can also buy them at the TicketWeb.com website at http://www.ticketweb.com. But tickets to the best shows sell out fast - so get your tickets early. There is a six-ticket limit per person, per event. (For sold-out evenings, tickets may sometimes become available at the ticket table in the DGA lobby five minutes prior to starting time.)

Also, I just saw a great documentary called "Standing in the Shadow of Motown." if you a Motown or music fan in general, you should check this out. I really wanted a lot more than they gave, which is probably the only down side. That and they sort of got B and C list singers to perform with the group that the film focus' on: The Funk Brothers. They played on 90 % of the biggest hits of the 60's & early 70's Motown and basically created what we know as the "Motown Sound". Songs like "What's Goin' On", "I heard it Through The Grapevine."

Fantastic Doc. The musicianship of these guys was phenominal and even in the concert they did (Cir: 2002) they still had that flavor and "funk" that they had when they recorded. Totally unmached ability to play those great songs from Motown.

Weird. I am currently watching it, but now I have to rewind since I decided to hop on and check emails. And I agree. I was obsessed with Grace Kelly in high school!! I read all the un-authorized biographies and had a pic of her in my locker.....next to James Dean and Brian Keith. I was a dork. She was absolutely breathtaking....not a thing wrong with her. Except in her head.

We watched A Walk to Remember last night....bought it for Courtney's birthday, so she basically turned ten in a flood of tears. This morning we watched A Cinderella Story. Another birthday gift....um, no tears. :rolleyes: Blech.

Hilary Duff is no Swank. ;)

We recently saw "Grave of the Fireflies". What a moving animated movie. It caught me off-guard as I didn't expect to be so drawn into it. (pardon the pun)

Saw Bambi tonight. Definately a classic. The artwork alone is spectacular.

Bambi was the first Disney film I saw in theaters. I was hysterical! I still cry and the story and just how stunning the artwork is, I'm so glad we got a copy,

We just watched Bambi also, Shawn had never seen it. I was blown away by the artwork and Shawn loved the movie until the hunters. He was really upset and we had a long talk about hunting after that. We're supposed to watch it again together today.

Last night I watched Shadow of Fear with James Spader. I enjoyed what I saw but unfortunately I got a bad dvd that skipped and so I missed the ending, going back to BB in a couple of hours to get a different copy.

Last night we watched Look Who's Coming to Dinner. It's one of my favorites, but Kelly thought it was the first time he'd seen it from beginning to end in one shot.

We just watched Charlie the Lonesome Cougar for the first time in probably 30 years. It was always one of my favorites on the Wonderful World of Disney and it didn't disappoint. Charlie as a kitten is so cute (and looks like Scoundrel and sounds like Lyra).

I wish the drawings from the into/credits were available. I'd use them somewhere as an avatar/sig/profile pic. Such fun nostolga for us tonight!

Next up is The Cat from Outer Space which I don't remember at all.

Now I am dying to see all of the True Life Adventures and Chris is remembering something about a little Mexican boy who travels through the desert and drinks sour milk. I just love the things we remember! ;)

We watched two movies this week. The first was Napoleon Dynamite. Not to re-open the debate but we all absolutely hated it and two of the 3 of us were unable to finish it. I don't think any of us laughed once.

We also watched an older film from '71 called "Harold and Maude" and that was wonderful. Ruth Gorden was priceless. Great movie!

I recently picked up this DVD - would see it all the time in the revival theaters, definately a wonderful pic.

The Cat from Outer Space was fun! Interesting to see people from M*A*S*H* in a film like that. But, the worst part was that cat - it was so darned expressive! Of course it was an Abyssinian - which I just adore. One of the two pure-bread cats I would own. He looked like this:


Anyways, fun nigight of old Disney enjoyment.


Oh, and MBC, I am with Chris on Harold and Maude. Great film that I've seen many times.

Last week we watched Annie Hall (my husband thought it was a knock-off of When Harry Met Sally :evil: bwahahaha) and the third season of Strangers With Candy. Last night I watched Ever After which I always looooove.

Other than that, we haven't watched a lot of movies lately! Been reading and watching basketball......

Vanity Fair. And it SUCKED. Not swanky at all. Way to ruin a perfectly devious, wonderful "heroine", writers. Way to go! I also think that Witherspoon could have pulled of Becky Shark as Makepeace (love that middle name) wrote her. Ah, well.

Okay, forewarned, I am no 'Barbara Walters'. That said...

We had an old movie weekend, too. Last weekend. We picked up 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'. Mostly for the 'fellas' but dang, Redford and Newman are handsome men. It was interesting to listen to them talk about the movie, later, much later. I can't believe the movie came out so long ago.

Anywho, I didn't realize, according to the Hubster, this was what 'Alias Smith & Jones' was modeld after. Funny because in one part one asks the other 'You wanna be Smith or Jones?'

We also have had a Clint Eastwood 'thang going on. The last one being 'Hang 'Em High'. Gawd, I hope that is the one. I know there are sooo many in that string of movies. If ANYONE can help me with this...which was the first one? I know there is also 'High Plains Drifter' and I think they go in some sort of order like 'The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly'.

This weekend we saw 'Bridget Jones' part 2. It was good but what I really have to say I loved was when she ate the omelette. And that's all I am going to say about that.

Have 'Finding Neverland' in line for tonight. Saw part of it over the weekend but I fell asleep. I enjoyed what I saw, though. Love the 'Darling' connection...if I am right with that....

The Eastwood/Leone "Man With No Name" trilogy was Fistful of Dollars (1964)/For a Few Dollars More (1965)/The Good The Bad and The Ugly (1966).

From '68 (Hang 'Em High) on, he played various characters in a bunch of different westerns, as well as tons of contemporary flicks. For a cool underrated Eastwood film, I'd recommend 'The Beguiled' from 1971. Very creepy Civil War-era movie, directed by Don Siegel (Dirty Harry, Escape From Alcatraz).

Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head........:snap:

We (my husband and I) LOVE LOVE LOVE that movie like crazy!!! It's one of our mutual favorites and I agree with your husband on the Alias Smith and Jones reference.....I remember my dad telling me that when I was little. Alias S&J was one of our favorite shows--I watched it with my dad!!

I feel an Joseph Losey and/or Harold Pinter festival coming on. The Servent will be first because of the Matthew Bourne thing we're seeing, but there are so many other than I remember LOVING 20 years ago but don't remember much about them other than darkness. Everything looks different at 42 than it did at 22. How profound! ;)

Oooh, I love Pinter.

Yes, me too. And Dirk Bogarde is featured prominently in many of these films. He's such wonderful actor in these types of films - and mezmerizingly handsome.

I've only seen stage productions of Pinter's work.

This man IS delicious.

For a good Dirk fix, check out Modesty Blaise. It's a great costume flick (and, along with Danger:Diabolik the basis of Roman Coppola's CQ).

So the other movies don't include his 'Hang 'Em High' character? I hated the way that movie ended!! Grrr! I was really into it and then 'Wha' happened Lucy?' Maybe I should look for his filmography and see in what order they went and see them that way?

Thanks for the heads up on 'The Beguiled'. I will look for that. :snap:

Claire~ How funny, in the chatty part of the movie {the extras?} they talked about the song and how some people thought it didn't fit the movie {in production} but that it was perfect. Ah, I am encouraged to hear the Hubster is :snap: with some trivia. ;)

Alias Smith & Jones just had {or is currently having} a run on the Encore Western chanel. Did or is, I taped a bunch of shows for my sister. Oh. Just checked my t.v., 'Is'. This current show has Pete Duel on in. *sigh*

It is nice to snuggle and watch movies with the Hubster. :)

Eliza Hodgkins1812~ wow. Is that Desi? *swooning* If it isn't, he sure looks like him...at what age???

OMG, totally! It so doesn't fit and that what makes it perfect....riding around on a dang bike....all carefree. Funny stuff.

We saw I <3 Huckabees last night. What a fantastic movie! So brilliant. Especially since it's eventual philosophical conclusion was SO in line with my own philosophy. Yay, I may be looking to purchase this one.

Heh - I picked this up last week, yeah, loved it - can't wait to see it again. I so want to quit my job to become an existential detective.

Somehow, I fell for the mediocre reviews and avoided Huckabees (which is silly, because I almost never agree with the SF Chronicle critics). Based on the two posts above, I'm going to watch it this weekend. Thanks!

I, too, recommend the film. Do you like his other movies? It's more like Flirting With Disaster than Three Kings or Spanking the Monkey, even, but it's obviously got his stamp, and it's entirely its own film. I laughed out loud quite a lot. Delightful performances all around.

I will add my stamp of approval to I <3 Huckabees. Although it appealed to Chris' philosophical sensabilities more than mine, I found it delightfully refreshing and clever.

I finally saw Finding Neverland last week and absolutely loved it!

Just finished watching Thirteen with Evan Rachel Wood & Holly Hunter, wow whata a good movie! Very powerful. They both gave amazing performances

That was filmed at my Jr. High.

Oh good! More Huckabee lovers!! :snap: We loved it! Flirting With Disaster is one of my husband favorite movies and Three Kings is one of mine, so we were pre-determined to love it anyway! ;)

I also loved Huckabees! The casting is brilliant and the performances are delightful. It's not often that a movie brings up such deep topics in such a lighthearted manner. :snap:

Invader Zim.

“Invaders blood marches through my veins, like giant radioactive rubberpants! The pants command me! Do not ignore my veins!”

Yay! Invader Zim! I love Jhonen.

Lost!

I just saw CHINATOWN, great film. "I like my nose. I like breathing out of it."

Saw HOME ON THE RANGE. Good movie. Nothing too special buy great music & songs. Bonnie Raitt. Wow.

On deck - Eternal Sunshine, Ju On (The Grudge)...

We watched The Happiest Millionaire last night (making our way through cheesy Disney live action). Neither one of us had seen it, but Chris had the soundtrack as a kid (still does, I think). Maybe you have to have grown up with these types of musicals, but, what fun it was! It was a looooong (176 minutes) complete with Intermission. The cast included Fred MacMurray, Greer Garson and introducing Leslie Ann Warren and John Davidson!

It's hard for me to look at these films without the sentimentality of my childhood getting in the way and say Oh See It! or DON'T!, but, with that caveat, I'm recommending it. (Coming from the kid who LOVED The One and Only Genuine Original Family Band as a kid - I still have the soundtrack as well). I think we'll be watching that one tonight. "Let's put it over with Grover..........."

LOST

Oh my f*cking God!!!!!

Also, Sawyer's new steamrolled Harry Potter look. YES!

Sayid's sexy forging of the glasses. YES!

Holy crap, what a crazy wonderful show. Fun above all else.

LOST

Lost here too. We just had the first Claire episode, which freaked me out a little. the psychic stuff was weird. I really like Emilie de Ravin. And can I just say Sawyer is HOT. I go all gooey whenever he's on screen:blush:

Just finished Alfie. Haven't ever seen the original I have nothing to compare it too, but I enjoyed the movie alot, very much so! I have I <3 the Huckabee's and Closer to watch also :)

Tonight we saw, The One and Only. Genuine. Original. Family Band. continuing our trend of watching Disney musicals from the 60's. It was a blast and the Sherman Brotheres score is always a delight. As can be expected the tale's a bit hokey, entirely wholesome, but fun to see in the context of other 60's films. Another fun tidbit is this is Goldie Hawn's film debut as "Giggly Girl." Apparently the choreographer was also the choreographer for Laugh-in and brought Goldie in for the part - a short fun dance number.

We also saw a bonus feature "making of" which was pretty cool, interviewing Richard Sherman, Leslie Ann Warren, among others. It was a great follow-up to the Happiest Millionaire since many of the same people were involved.

Oh, and trivia bit: Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell met on this film, but Kurt was only 14 at the time and Goldie was older. That was 1967. They became a couple in 1983.

The One and Only. Genuine. Original. Family Band.

That's a good one, although I can't stand John Davidson. What a freak!

He was actually really good in both the recent Disney films we saw - and has a nice ass! ;)


(Why do I feel so smarmy for noticing that in a Disney film?)

Eh, I'd do Lesley Ann Warren ;)

Hurley was in the episode for 30 seconds, but his one line was awesome!

Also loved Sayid doing a MacGyver with those glasses. :snap:

Why don't we have a Lost thread?

Finished my Jude-A-Thon. Liked both Closer and the Huckabee's.
Just finished with Pieces of April which I really really liked.

Also saw, and forgot to post, Garden State which I didn't care for and
Secretary(FINALLY)which I most defintely dug and it fed my Spader addiction.

Back to Blockbuster tomorrow :)

hrmm, I just finished a hellraiser marathon, and have just started pink floyd's The Wall all hopped up on a green tinted liquor. :D

Watched Love, Actually again the other night. Like it more and more. Might have to buy it.We should totally have a Lost thread.

Today we watched "Murder by Death." I remembered it being funny, but I'd forgotten how funny. I want to have a themed dinner party where we all dress up as our favorite fictional detective, eat hors d'oeuvres, watch that and similar movies, and drink cocktails.

Now, all I need is time to clean, food to cook, and guests to invite.

It was a damn funny movie, though.

Last night we saw a screening of The Servant, at the Egyptian Theater. The film set in early 60's London was definately swanky. The film itself full of inuendo and tensions between class ans sexuality was delightful. I will have to own this one.

The other big plus about seeing it, was it is the main basis for Mathew Bourne's Play without Words, which we are going to see Sunday, and Mathew Bourn was at the screening talking about the movie and his works. I'm always delighted by these interviews, especially of those engaged in creative works. One of the best take aways, was a statement he made about creating his piece, that it was intended originally as an experimental work, and thus gave him a "chance to fail," so he took much greater risks than he might have otherwise, and as a result made something incredible unique and so far, unexpectedly popular.

I can't wait till Sunday.

I finally saw Sideways. I didn't realize that it takes place almost entirely in the Santa Ynez Valley. I spent the whole movie making comments like, "Hey, I used to buy my cars there!" "Hey, I went on a date there when I was 18!" "Hey, one of my best friends got married there!" and on and on and on. I need to watch it again, to actually follow the story, instead of exclaiming over all the places in Santa Ynez I've been. :rolleyes:

The little mom and pop video store sells has a bin with ex-rental dvds for sale. This week, they put our 4 copies of the Huckabees special edition. I picked one yesterday and tonight, Heather and I watched it. Thanks to all here for the recommendation. Tasty flick. Yum.

We finally watched Closer tonight. Although I didn't love love love it, it certainly had its moments. I adore Clive Owen. He's really gotten a place in my pantheon of fine British men. Move over Hugh.......no, Hugh still makes my heart beat fastest. But, I enjoyed the film except I wanted to slap a few people at times. (Sheesh! Get over yourself!) Natalie Portman was wonderful! She CAN act! ( Padmé? Are you OK?) Jude, eh, I've seen enough. Same with Julia - although she was better in this than in anything else I've seen her in.

Clive had the BEST lines ever. His character was my favorite. Witty and snarkey at the same time.....brilliant!

We watched Jabberwocky, a Terry Gilliam film. In the words of Nelson Muntz, I can think of at least two things wrong with that title.

Ummm, it's Gilliam. If you like Gilliam, you'd enjoy the movie (we do, and we did). But it's nothing to write home about.

I watched "The Battle of Shaker Heights" which won Project Greenlight a couple years ago. It wasn't a bad movie, just very incomplete.

Also saw Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Very good film. Very well done, although if it were any longer, the cuts and oddness would have started annoying me.

The Office Special. Dawn and Tim, I heart you.

Just watched "The Apostle" last night and really enjoyed it. Robert Duvall never ceases to amaze me and this film was certainly no exception. He really nailed the role of the evangelical preacher so well that it was easy to forget that he was acting. Thumbs up!

I have to agree with your 'Closer' review, Not Afraid. I was a bit put off by having to watch it so quiet {the boy} was in the next room and damn the language was almost like a movie we'd have to watch when he was asleep...not that we watch movies like that...anywho....... :blush:

'Spanglish'. I really did like it. I hated Tea Leonis' {sp} character. I guess that means she did a great job? Cloris Leachman, loved her part. I loved the movie. Couldn't stop watching it {we usually watch movies snips here and there}. Oh, and, if anyone has seen it and knows, the restaurant, is that the Ivy in L.A.? It was a very charming little place.

'I Am David'. Oh, this was great, too. We got lucky with those two flicks. The little boy {main character} reminds me of the lead singer from Radiohead. Couldn't shake that. I won't say more except that I do recommend it and if you have kids it isn't gory or sexual or anything you need to be concerned about.

If you are so inclined to be concerned about such things..... :D

Watched The Outsiders twice this week.....I really love that freaking movie. Always the eleven year old me.

Also saw The Man Who Knew Too Much with James Stewart and Doris Day....it's one of those I've seen a few times and never tire of. I was feverish at the time and kept falling asleep, waking and rewinding.

We watched Election the other night again--Kelly bought me the DVD for Valentine's Day, as it's one of my little favorites. Alexander Payne wrote the script and directed it, just as he did Sideways and they're very similar in style. Still love it.

Also watched Spiderman 2 last night. And although I love it, I have some questions. How did the mechanical arms get so damn long? And how on earth was it that the trillium/fusion thing wasn't dangerous to everyone in the room? Why wasn't it done in a safe lab with mechanical arms? And why didn't anyone else need goggles but Octavius? Other than that, I utterly love the movie. My husband hadn't seen it all the way through before and he was like, "This is just like The Incredibles!" :D

Ya know, I had this feeling, too. So many similarities.

Last night we went to UCLA to see some films of Ladislaw Starewicz with LIve music from the Tin Hat Trio.

Starewicz is credited for being one of the inventors of stop-motion animation. He was an entomologist, who wanted to film a documentary about bugs but found the lights of his equipment would burn and kill them. So he devised ways to articulate dead insects to mimic their real life movements - of course, then he realized he could do a lot more with this art form and made short films featuring bugs and frogs as lead characters, complete with tiny sets and props.

It was an awsome experience, especially with live music and follie. They hope to put this on DVD and I hope they succeed. This stuff is a must for anyone who loves the animation art form.