What Swanky Things are you Watching?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I also enjoyed Mighty Wind, but I think I liked Dog Show better. I think the characters were more fleshed out in the latter.

[UvaGirl]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

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.

[Prudence]

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.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

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.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Prudence

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.

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!

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

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.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

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.

[Claire]

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. But here's to hoping!!!

[Not Afraid]

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.

[Claire]

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. 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.