Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

Twenty Two Dollars!?! Where are you seeing films?

Originally Posted by Alex

I assume she is referring that she has to foot the bill for her boyfriend as well.

Yup. When you're +1, everything costs double.

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Watched My Name is Bruce.

I was disappointed. And I didn't really expect much from it.

Aww, I liked it. It was perhaps a little bit of a let down for me, though I actually liked the fanboy's style.

It brought to mind other movies that are about film stars who think they've been hired for a role but it's a real situation. Three Amigos, Galaxy Quest. Are there any more?

Originally Posted by Alex

On the Beach - Nuclear war has wiped out the northern hemisphere leaving Australia to wait for death as radiation slowly spreads. A nonsensical morse code signal is received from San Diego, however, and a submarine is sent to investigate only to find that it is from a Coke bottle trapped in a some blinds and randomly hitting a telegraphy key.

Wow, this is one of those movie plots that my father has mentioned to me a million times over the years but I've never heard referenced anywhere else. You never cease to amaze, Alex.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Three Amigos, Galaxy Quest. Are there any more?

Two along a similar vein that immediately come to mind are:

In The Last Shot, Matthew Broderick plays a movie director hired to make a movie. Unknown to him, it is actually an FBI sting operation.

In The Man Who Knew Too Little, Bill Murray thinks he's participating in a a bit of theater playing out in the real streets but is actually involved in spy business.

Wow, this is one of those movie plots that my father has mentioned to me a million times over the years but I've never heard referenced anywhere else. You never cease to amaze, Alex.

I'm curious as to how this would come up in conversation very often.

It is an end-of-the-world movie worth seeing. A bit melodramatic (and Fred Astaire plays an Australian) but understated in good ways that modern end of the world never will be again.

[Not Afraid]

Australia movices that come to mind:

Mad Max (1&2)
The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Walkabout
My Brilliant Career
The Last Wave
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Strictly Ballroom
Sirens

[mousepod]

Then there's the inverse, where someone's real life becomes a movie unbeknownst to them. The Truman Show, The Secret Cinema, and, my favorite, Bowfinger.

[cirquelover]

Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded

Saw the Proposal tonight. Funny, but has the chick flick parts that just didn't work for me. Betty White was a scream.

Saw the Hangover last week. Hysterical film that just inches over the edge. Wish they'd gone further but still one i'll get on dvd.

I really want to see both of those. In the promos Betty White looks hilarious, glad to hear she was! Sometimes a good chick flick is exactly what I need, being a chick and all

[Alex]

Betty White was funny in a couple spots but she's abused by the script in a couple other places and I felt bad for her.

But then I really didn't like the movie.

[Nephythys]

Aussie zombie movie- UnDead- funny as hell. Total camp...but fun. Zombies, aliens, weird rain and killer fish....

[Stan4dSteph]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Australia movies that come to mind:

Mad Max (1&2)
The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Walkabout
My Brilliant Career
The Last Wave
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Strictly Ballroom
Sirens

Also Rabbit-Proof Fence

You could do a NZ fest too:

The Piano
Whale Rider
Once Were Warriors
Heavenly Creatures
Lord of the Rings trilogy (although it was just shot there, not "set" there)

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

Also Rabbit-Proof Fence

You could do a NZ fest too:

The Piano
Whale Rider
Once Were Warriors
Heavenly Creatures
Lord of the Rings trilogy (although it was just shot there, not "set" there)

There's no such place as New Zealand.

[Stan4dSteph]

Originally Posted by JWBear

There's no such place as New Zealand.

Cool, guess I've been to nowhere 5 times!