Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[innerSpaceman]

Convinced. Queued.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Finally got around to watching Cloverfield. I can say with a certain amount of certainty that I would have hated the movie if I'd seen it in theaters because it would have made me stick to my stomach. I am very glad that I watched it on TV, because I really loved how it was made. A nice contemporary homage to H.P. Lovecraft told from the victims perspective. I was expecting it to be a montage of various video footage taken during the time of the attack, so the continuity was unexpected but not disappointing. It's different but in the same class of film as The Host, I think. And as was the filmmakers' intent, I'm glad we have a monster of our own here in the States. Fun, fun.

[innerSpaceman]

And to bounce back and forth, one of my favorite things about seeing Cloverfield in a theater was the huge, headless Statue of Liberty set up in the Chinese Theater forecourt ... which, from the far northwest corner, you could line-up perfectly with the giant movie billboard atop a building across the street.


TeeHee.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

The funniest sex scene I ever saw was in the Jeff Goldblum movie The Tall Guy. He and Emma Thompson wreak havoc on that bedroom!

[flippyshark]

Ah yes, I did love The Tall Guy, and that scene was certainly memorable.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Also watched Gone Baby Gone. Ben Affleck, no more leading roles for you! Either you're behind the camera working hard boiled magic as a director, or you shine briefly like a shooting star in a small supporting role. Continue to let your brother take the lead, because clearly directing is your calling.

Maybe your first attempt at directing a feature length film wouldn't have been as successful if you hadn't starred in all those pieces of poop in which you were also poop. And though I'd like to be a big enough person to forgive you the poop, I cannot. I just cannot forgive you. But I will likely pay to see your next movie in theaters.

About the end of Gone Baby Gone.

Spoiler:

If the birth mother is a ****heel, screw her. He should have left that kid with Morgan Freeman. EVERYONE LOVES MORGAN FREEMAN. Every neglected/abused child would want Morgan Freeman for a father, dammit.

[Alex]

Sadly, nobody I knew at the time had seen Gone Baby Gone so I couldn't discuss it the way I wanted to then. So I made Lani listen me take both sides on a long drive (she hadn't seen it).

[Gemini Cricket]

Love Guru - 17% on rottentomatoes.com
Bomb!
But it may be #1 this weekend. They threw a lot of money into advertising.

[Capt Jack]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Love Guru - Bomb!

gee...ya think?


didnt they already do this schtick?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Love Guru - 17% on rottentomatoes.com
Bomb!
But it may be #1 this weekend. They threw a lot of money into advertising.

Sadly, he still possesses the ability to be funny. They did a Mike Myers best-of SNL show last weekend which he hosted and did a few new bits. And the new bits were actually funny, I was shocked. It was really sad to see that he can still do actual comedy but chooses instead to pump out his crappy movies.

Although watching the best-of, it's really no surprise that he became completely full of himself. I mean think about it. He had one goal in life, to be cool enough to hang out with Aerosmith. He not only achieved that seemingly ridiculous goal, he exceeded it by actually getting to PLAY with Aerosmith. Oh, and by the way, he also made out with Madonna. If you actually achieved your lifelong childhood fantasy, wouldn't you feel pretty damn full of yourself? Not to say it isn't obnoxious that he's such a douche, but it certainly was pretty understandable how he got there.