Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Gn2Dlnd]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

Ratatouie: Another gem from Pixar, I really really loved it. The animation and movement was awesome, story was lots of fun and it made me hungry!

Okay, I swear to God this movie is why I've recently gained ten pounds. I saw the movie twice at the El Capitan and have been hungry ever since. And, sadly, not for inexpensive food. So, I guess, it's quality fat I'm dragging around.

I need lunch.

[wendybeth]

We saw Fred Clause today- it was decent, but could have been much better. Lots of great talent, and Paul Giamotti (sp?) was really a sweet Santa. The elves were kind of disturbing, mainly because most of them (if not all) were average sized actors CGI'd down to elfen stature and it wasn't a totally seamless merging on film. Still, it wasn't a bad movie at all.

[scaeagles]

I saw Fred Claus. I really liked it. I know it's getting poor reviews, but I liked it. The whole disfunctional family of Santa I thought played really well.

[Alex]

One review of Fred Claus tickled me in its stupidity (I have no real interest in the movie itself). It started by saying (paraphrasing, I can't remember which alt weekly I was reading at the time) "Christmas movies run the gamut from Bad Santa to Elf."

Apparently, in the of this reviewer, Christmas movies are only ironic and range from ironic with bad language to ironic with clean language.

[Gemini Cricket]

Volver.
A fantastic, beautifully shot film.
Penelope Cruz is gorgeous.
One of Almodovar's best.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Volver.
A fantastic, beautifully shot film.
Penelope Cruz is gorgeous.
One of Almodovar's best.

I loved it! Agree with you 110%

[Snowflake]

Walt Disney's The Jungle Book.

I saw this when it was first run way back in 1967, I had the soundtrack, the golden book and all manner of Jungle Book tie in things. I had not thought about this film in year, really. The instant I heard the opening notes of music, it all came back. I really loved this movie, I loved seeing it again. All the voices were perfectly cast and what a lot of heart and warmth this film has. Sure, it's not Kipling, but it's Disney! It's a keeper for me. Hopefully will have time for the bonus materials this weekend.

[flippyshark]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

Walt Disney's The Jungle Book.

I saw this when it was first run way back in 1967, I had the soundtrack, the golden book and all manner of Jungle Book tie in things. I had not thought about this film in year, really. The instant I heard the opening notes of music, it all came back. I really loved this movie, I loved seeing it again. All the voices were perfectly cast and what a lot of heart and warmth this film has. Sure, it's not Kipling, but it's Disney! It's a keeper for me. Hopefully will have time for the bonus materials this weekend.

The documentary material on this disc is especially good. It gives a lot of specific attention and credit to the indiviual animators and artists involved. The coverage of animator/ children's book author Bill Peet's early treatments are especially interesting. (Peet isn't credited for Jungle Book, but the storyboards he created clearly remained the cornerstone for many sequences in the film.)

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

The documentary material on this disc is especially good. It gives a lot of specific attention and credit to the indiviual animators and artists involved. The coverage of animator/ children's book author Bill Peet's early treatments are especially interesting. (Peet isn't credited for Jungle Book, but the storyboards he created clearly remained the cornerstone for many sequences in the film.)

Cool, I will make sure I make good time to watch it. I'll probably re-watch the movie too.

[€uroMeinke]

We saw Destino at LACMA, it was totally unexpected and truely a delight. I think that piece of animation illuminated Dali's work in ways that no art history tract ever could. Beautiful.

It also created for me a desire for Disney to capitalize on it and create a Surrealist Princess. After all we need something for when the Pirate thing dies down - Adventures in Negative Space anyone?