Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Saw Finding Kraftland this evening over at DTD's AMC theatre. Kraft was there and what a spaztic guy, though he wasn't the type of spaz that annoys but one that brings you into his world. The film was alot more of that I thought it would be - it was touching and very funny, but also very self-endulgant. It was alot of - "I have money and I blow it on anything I want and it makes me happy." Which is fine but it really shined a nice spotlight on my own looserness, which wasn't the nicest feeling to have.

It was funny to see Stacy from the WDW Top 10 programs that are piped into the hotels - she made an apearance at the screening.

If for nothing beyond the Disney geek factor, I think it should be viewed.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

I watched Cinema Paradiso last night- what a wonderful movie.

Cinema Paradiso is totally in my top ten favorite films of all-time. I even love the extended version. It explains a certain unresolved relationship that is hugely prominent in the first half of the theatrical version and then disappears completely in the second half.

Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded

Saw Finding Kraftland this evening over at DTD's AMC theatre. Kraft was there...

Bornieo and I disagree a little about Finding Kraftland. I enjoyed it immensely. And meeting Kraft in person was a hoot. Yes, the man has money, but if I had the money he had I would be doing the same things he did and buying some of the things he did. (And I know for a fact that CoasterMatt would be traveling around the world riding every single roller coaster ever made just like Kraft and his son did if he had the cha-ching to do it.) I found the movie to be less about his collections and more about him and his family. His relationship with his son is just wonderful. And it's a tear-jerker, too.
On top of everything else, I won a bobble head figure of Kraft and his son. He asked, 'Who's the big laughing guy in this section' meaning our section. I pointed at Mark. But he gave the bobble head to me, anyway. I think it had something to do with my tear stained face. Yes, I was moved. Movies move me. Yay! I'm going to keep the bobble head to remind me to find more joy in life.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

On top of everything else, I won a bobble head figure of Kraft and his son. He asked, 'Who's the big laughing guy in this section' meaning our section. I pointed at Mark. But he gave the bobble head to me, anyway. I think it had something to do with my tear stained face. Yes, I was moved. Movies move me. Yay! I'm going to keep the bobble head to remind me to find more joy in life.

and I didn't fight you for it. You need it more than I.

[Alex]

Pineapple Express and Tropic Thunder are both good action oriented comedies. Not great but plenty fun.

[Alex]

Just watched District B13, a French martial arts movie from a few years back.

Pretty standard, but if you liked the opening chase scene at the beginning of Casino Royale (the acrobat one through the African city) then if nothing else it is worth watching the first 20 minutes of this, which tops that. As it should since the star of the movie is the guy who invented pakour, the art of moving quickly through an environment that was put on display in that scene.

There's another pretty good one vs. many fight scene early but then things slow down.

But if you don't want to watch it all, here is the big scene from the movie. And here's a bonus video of him doing various stupid things.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

fyi!!

FINDING KRAFTLAND will be screening on Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 3pm at the Speilberg Screen at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, CA as an official selection at the Feel Good Film Festival

[Morrigoon]

This isn't technically a "movie" per se, but rather than start a separate thread for Netflix recommendations, wanted to just put a word in for a DVD series I loved and recommend:

The House of Elliott

Part period drama, part British soap opera, part textile pr0n. Really good chick show. It's about two formerly upper class sisters who fall on hard times when their dad dies, but they end up starting their own fashion house. Whole thing takes place in the early-1900's

[innerSpaceman]

I've heard it as a rumor, nothing more.


Maybe he's waiting to see how many suckers will fall for a re-hash of Cartoon Network's Clone Wars (tho newly animated) released in theaters about a month before it airs on TV.

[mousepod]

I really liked the Cartoon Network version of Clone Wars.. in fact I liked it better than Episodes I & II (not that that's saying much) - I have no desire to see this new version... even if the NYTimes said "...it isn't the most painful movie of the year!".

[Gemini Cricket]

SW: The Clone Wars spoiler.

Spoiler:

I hear Jabba the Hutt's son's name is "Stinky" and his wife has tattoos and speaks English with a bad accent. Really. I'm not making this up.