Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel

[Moonliner]

Busting out of work early: Check.
Fresh load of Netflix Blu-rays on their way: Check
Moonliners "Hole in the head" home theater finally ready for action: Check
Hot air popper and fresh popping corn: Check
Plenty of Coke: Check
Three day weekend: Check.

My cheese is happy.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Plenty of Coke: Check

Huh: I always thought you were a meth guy

[flippyshark]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Busting out of work early: Check.
Fresh load of Netflix Blu-rays on their way: Check
Moonliners "Hole in the head" home theater finally ready for action: Check
Hot air popper and fresh popping corn: Check
Plenty of Coke: Check
Three day weekend: Check.

My cheese is happy.

So what are you watching?

[flippyshark]

I have the whole Alien quadrilogy Blu-Ray box set and spent a long weekend with it a few months ago. It was terrific. (I watched it all - alternate cuts and hours and hours of extras included. I was Alien-saturated by the end, but I'm still all agog about the upcoming not-really-a-prequel from Ridley Scott.)

I'm contemplating an Ape-O-Rama weekend myself. (Sans Tim Burton version) I can't wait for Rise of the Apes. I hope it won't suck.

[alphabassettgrrl]

"Bell, Book, and Candle"

Interesting. Movie making and acting were quite different back then. First observation: actresses were younger and trying to look older as opposed to now, they're older and trying to look younger. Fascinating.

Less background music (a plus; it's less distracting); slower pace (again, a plus; feels less frantic); quick enough to not be boring; I kind of like the men being in suits.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by alphabassettgrrl

"Bell, Book, and Candle"

Interesting. Movie making and acting were quite different back then. First observation: actresses were younger and trying to look older as opposed to now, they're older and trying to look younger. Fascinating.

Less background music (a plus; it's less distracting); slower pace (again, a plus; feels less frantic); quick enough to not be boring; I kind of like the men being in suits.

I love this movie. Kim Novak is note perfect and Jack Lemmon and Ernie Kovacs are a riot. Really. Lemmon steals the film. Then there is Hermoinie Gingold.

I've always wanted to have a cat named Pywacket.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Finally got around to 127 Hours

I can't add to the many superlatives that have already been slung. Really "enjoyed" it, if that's the word. As a father, though, I call emotional shenanigans for using images of him as a child/his future child. Total tear-jerker cheating, the bastards!

[innerSpaceman]

I believe when life flashes before your eyes pre-demise, your childhood is included. And that if you're going to summon enough will to live to knaw off your own arm with your teeth (or the equivalent), picturing your own child or child-perhaps-to-be is good incentive. I can't recall if they employed one or both shameless tactics.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Both.

[Kevy Baby]

We are watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (yeah, we never saw it in the theatres). Hopefully we can stay away until the end