Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 317

innerSpaceman · 03-25-2008, 02:50 PM

Really? Though I'm usually so skeptical of sequels, I rather like those that use a small connection to go off in a different direction and a different tone.

Maybe I'll rent 2046 and keep it handy for a sleepless night.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 03-25-2008, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Really? Though I'm usually so skeptical of sequels, I rather like those that use a small connection to go off in a different direction and a different tone.

Maybe I'll rent 2046 and keep it handy for a sleepless night.

I tend to agree. But part of what I liked about him was that he wasn't a ladies man. I know I'll watch this eventually, though. Would help if someone watched it first and posted a review.

innerSpaceman · 03-25-2008, 04:21 PM

But what if he felt he could never love another? And so decided to just use his incredible good looks to bed countless women in meaninglessness, to feed his broken heart and fulfill his twisted destiny to never again know romantic love until the day someone unplugs that obsure hole in a crumbling temple in Angor Watt and releases the echo of his secret.

Until then, he sits holed up in the hotel room where he wrote stories with his true love, and writes and writes and writes. He never sleeps with his token women in that room. But that is where he creates and feels joy and the shadow of love.

Hmmm, maybe I should rent it just to see if I'm close.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 03-25-2008, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Hmmm, maybe I should rent it just to see if I'm close.

I think you are very, very close, actually. Huzzah!

Alex · 03-29-2008, 10:01 PM

Just saw 21.

It wasn't horrible but it wasn't great. Definitely suffered from too much familiarity with the geography of Vegas. It kind of ruined the moment of cool they were going for when I realized the slow escalator rise of the main character would, in reality, be bringing him out of the Spice Market Buffet at Planet Hollywood.

Or when someone was asked up to the comped suite at Planet Hollywood and it was obvious that the room was in Paris. Or the Friday evening drive down the Strip with no traffic.

Plus, the blackjack wasn't well explained. They made it look like when you have a positive count you win every hand.

Plus, the way the kid gains Kevin Spacey's respect and attention was by knowing the answer to the Monty Hall problem, something I learned in the ninth grade (back before Marilyn vos Savant made it famous; and though a lot of kids never did quite grasp why the answer was correct, it is definitely not senior year MIT subject matter).

Plus, it telegraphed the ending to an unforgivable degree.

Wait, now I'm talking myself into it being horrible. Guess I'll see how I feel about it in the morning.

mousepod · 03-30-2008, 12:42 PM

Count me as a big Wong Kar Wai fan. Unfortunately, my favorite of his films, Ashes Of Time, is not available as a watchable DVD anywhere. The original Hong Kong release is a straight copy of the laserdisc (i.e. not anamorphic, with English and Chinese subs burned-in), the American DVD takes the HK release and blocks out the subs with a huge black bar (and obscures a huge chunk of picture) and then adds a different set of burned-in English subs. There's a French DVD that came out a couple of years ago (with no English subs - but that's fixable), which has a beautiful audio and video transfer - but unfortunately contains a new edit of the movie as done by WKW. If you think Star Wars got screwed around by Lucas, you should see how much the new "Director's cut" changed this masterpiece...

innerSpaceman · 03-30-2008, 10:31 PM

Ooooh, i smell double feature. Beautiful craptastic director's cut and craptastic-looking original masterwork.

Ghoulish Delight · 04-06-2008, 11:07 AM

We watched The Departed last night. Great movie, but I have to take points off for the final shot.

Prudence · 04-06-2008, 07:18 PM

Saw Leatherheads today. It was mostly innocuous. Parts of it were amusing. Two things that bugged me: 1) the gag before the fight at the railroad tracks went on too long. Once through the body parts = mildly amusing. Twice? Painfully awkward. 2) in our introduction to the heroine, she waltzes through the newsroom with a dozen comments on her hat. Goes into the editor's office and takes off the chapeau. Gets her assignment. Leaves - without the hat. That she made a big deal about. It bugged me for the rest of the movie.

In other news:

Please please please let the Get Smart movie be funny. In a non-sucky way.

Alex · 04-06-2008, 08:48 PM

I saw Leatherheads today as well. I do enjoy watching George Clooney on screen. And I liked the idea behind what he was doing.

But it just didn't work. Zellweger gets Rosalind Russell's lines but nobody gets Cary Grants so she just stuck out like a sore thumb. They handled Clooney being way too old for his role, but not the fact that John Krasinky is also way too old for who he was playing. Either that or I missed something. It is mentioned a couple times that at 31 Zellweger's character it too old for Krasinky's, and it is said he is 23 years old. But he fought in WWI, it is 1925, and he has four years of college under his belt. The math doesn't work. Plus, the movie is set at a time when the NFL has already been established. The football scenery was more like the 1900s or 1910s but then Zellweger's character probably wouldn't have been possible in the same way.

And the fact that I was thinking about that shows how little I was caring about the actual movie.

03-25-2008, 02:50 PM	#3161
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Really? Though I'm usually so skeptical of sequels, I rather like those that use a small connection to go off in a different direction and a different tone. Maybe I'll rent 2046 and keep it handy for a sleepless night.
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03-25-2008, 04:21 PM	#3163
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	But what if he felt he could never love another? And so decided to just use his incredible good looks to bed countless women in meaninglessness, to feed his broken heart and fulfill his twisted destiny to never again know romantic love until the day someone unplugs that obsure hole in a crumbling temple in Angor Watt and releases the echo of his secret. Until then, he sits holed up in the hotel room where he wrote stories with his true love, and writes and writes and writes. He never sleeps with his token women in that room. But that is where he creates and feels joy and the shadow of love. Hmmm, maybe I should rent it just to see if I'm close.
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03-29-2008, 10:01 PM	#3165
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Just saw 21. It wasn't horrible but it wasn't great. Definitely suffered from too much familiarity with the geography of Vegas. It kind of ruined the moment of cool they were going for when I realized the slow escalator rise of the main character would, in reality, be bringing him out of the Spice Market Buffet at Planet Hollywood. Or when someone was asked up to the comped suite at Planet Hollywood and it was obvious that the room was in Paris. Or the Friday evening drive down the Strip with no traffic. Plus, the blackjack wasn't well explained. They made it look like when you have a positive count you win every hand. Plus, the way the kid gains Kevin Spacey's respect and attention was by knowing the answer to the Monty Hall problem, something I learned in the ninth grade (back before Marilyn vos Savant made it famous; and though a lot of kids never did quite grasp why the answer was correct, it is definitely not senior year MIT subject matter). Plus, it telegraphed the ending to an unforgivable degree. Wait, now I'm talking myself into it being horrible. Guess I'll see how I feel about it in the morning.
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03-30-2008, 12:42 PM	#3166
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Count me as a big Wong Kar Wai fan. Unfortunately, my favorite of his films, Ashes Of Time, is not available as a watchable DVD anywhere. The original Hong Kong release is a straight copy of the laserdisc (i.e. not anamorphic, with English and Chinese subs burned-in), the American DVD takes the HK release and blocks out the subs with a huge black bar (and obscures a huge chunk of picture) and then adds a different set of burned-in English subs. There's a French DVD that came out a couple of years ago (with no English subs - but that's fixable), which has a beautiful audio and video transfer - but unfortunately contains a new edit of the movie as done by WKW. If you think Star Wars got screwed around by Lucas, you should see how much the new "Director's cut" changed this masterpiece... __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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03-30-2008, 10:31 PM	#3167
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Ooooh, i smell double feature. Beautiful craptastic director's cut and craptastic-looking original masterwork.
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04-06-2008, 11:07 AM	#3168
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	We watched The Departed last night. Great movie, but I have to take points off for the final shot. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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04-06-2008, 07:18 PM	#3169
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	Saw Leatherheads today. It was mostly innocuous. Parts of it were amusing. Two things that bugged me: 1) the gag before the fight at the railroad tracks went on too long. Once through the body parts = mildly amusing. Twice? Painfully awkward. 2) in our introduction to the heroine, she waltzes through the newsroom with a dozen comments on her hat. Goes into the editor's office and takes off the chapeau. Gets her assignment. Leaves - without the hat. That she made a big deal about. It bugged me for the rest of the movie. In other news: Please please please let the Get Smart movie be funny. In a non-sucky way. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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04-06-2008, 08:48 PM	#3170
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I saw Leatherheads today as well. I do enjoy watching George Clooney on screen. And I liked the idea behind what he was doing. But it just didn't work. Zellweger gets Rosalind Russell's lines but nobody gets Cary Grants so she just stuck out like a sore thumb. They handled Clooney being way too old for his role, but not the fact that John Krasinky is also way too old for who he was playing. Either that or I missed something. It is mentioned a couple times that at 31 Zellweger's character it too old for Krasinky's, and it is said he is 23 years old. But he fought in WWI, it is 1925, and he has four years of college under his belt. The math doesn't work. Plus, the movie is set at a time when the NFL has already been established. The football scenery was more like the 1900s or 1910s but then Zellweger's character probably wouldn't have been possible in the same way. And the fact that I was thinking about that shows how little I was caring about the actual movie.
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