Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[CoasterMatt]

I watched "Lost Boys" after work today - just me in a darkened break room.

I love that movie, it's filmed at my favorite place on Earth and even has an Aerosmith tune on the soundtrack...

[innerSpaceman]

Lost Boys is awesome. Ah, and it was filmed and released at the height of my Santa Cruz constant visitation. Le sigh.


Just now, this second, finished watching Brick. Hard-boiled, tough-talking, 100% Noir in modern-day, high-school mileu. See it.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Saw "Snakes on a Plane" and its exactly what I thought. Dumb, cheesy, bad special effect, bad writing and even cheesy-er tag lines. Ugh.

But, I enjoyed the heck out of it. It was fun. I left my brain at the boxoffice and just ran with the whole thing. Couple good howls out of me and some screams, I admit. It was worth the price of admission (nothing) but really was alot of fun.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Also Re: Citizen Kane. I really enjoyed the audio commetaries on the special edition DVD. Roger Ebert and Peter Bogdonovich give excellent insight and I learned quite a bit about the film.

[Not Afraid]

We watched Capote last night. It was a LOT darker than I thought it was going to be. But, what a great film. Phillip Seymore Hoffman is an amazing actor. He really nailed Tru. I realized I've never read any Capote. Nor have I read To Kill a Mockingbird. I'm familiar with the film versions of both TKaM and Breakfast at Tiffany's but my eyes haven't given the written word their fair due.

[Gemini Cricket]

Per EH1814's suggestion, I watched 'Babette's Feast' last night. Loved it. Wonderful film. The film was totally inspired. A perfect film. Beautiful.


I also recommend 'My Family and Other Animals'. It's fun filled fluff.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

I watched "Lost Boys" after work today - just me in a darkened break room.

One of my all time favorite movies, and one that set me on a path of unfulfilled lust for Kiefer. MMMMMMMM vampire Kiefer.

That was a fun era for movies. Kiefer, Kevin, Julia and Jason were in everything; a second brat pack of sorts.

I watched How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Cute fun movie. A nice change after Brokeback Mtn and Syriana.

[RStar]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

We watched Capote last night. It was a LOT darker than I thought it was going to be. But, what a great film. Phillip Seymore Hoffman is an amazing actor. He really nailed Tru.

Philip WAS Tru, wasn't he? He was great!

I watched the movie made from "In Cold Blood" first, then "Capote". It was real interesting to see that way. His book In Cold Blood really changed modern writing with the very first non-fictional novel.

[RStar]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I realized I've never read any Capote. Nor have I read To Kill a Mockingbird. I'm familiar with the film versions of both TKaM and Breakfast at Tiffany's but my eyes haven't given the written word their fair due.

To be fair, Harper Lee, Trumans' close friend, wrote TKaM (her only novel).

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by RStar

To be fair, Harper Lee, Trumans' close friend, wrote TKaM (her only novel).

I wasn't very clear about that in my post, was I. Duh.