What Swanky Things are you Watching?

[UvaGirl]

I watched The Prince & Me on DVD last night. It was okay - not awful, not so good either. I like Julia Stiles, which was the main reason I'd been wanting to see it.

[Claire]

I had an Oscar day at the movies yesterday (we're having an Oscar party again, so my friends and I decided to make sure we see all the movies/roles that are contenders).....

We started with Sideways....already had seen it, but I was with a group who hadn't. I just freaking love this movie. I can't put my finger on why...but I just think it's beautiful. And real.

On to.....Hotel Rwanda. We had to sit in the second row as we were running from the first movie. The seating sucked, but the movie was incredible. So many twists and turns and ups and downs. I thought that Sophie Okonedo as Don Cheadle's wife was amazing. She made me bawl. She had some really intense scenes. And I always love Don Cheadle. Always.

Then to Finding Neverland. I hadn't seen it, and I didn't really care if I ever did.....I was very whateverish about it. But then I saw it and loved it. I had tears in my eyes the entire film because I knew where it was leading.....ugh. Johnny Depp with a Scottish accent......sigh.

Finally, we ended our very long day with A Very Long Engagement. I saw it about a month ago and it was so beautiful...I was happy to see it again. The first time I saw it, I was so concerned with reading and making sure I had it all, then yesterday, I got to relax and take it all in. Gorgeous. Except for the crowd of teens next to us, who kept asking questions the whole time.

Next:

Bad Education (this is my pick, my must-see!)
Kinsey
Million Dollar Baby


I'll skip:

Ray
The Aviator

[Mousey Girl]

I took 2 8 yr old boys to see Are We There Yet this morning. Spent 3 freakin' hours at the theater!! They put in the wrong movie, so now I have also seen the first 5 mins of Racing Stripes (we will now be seeign that in the next week or two).

After, I took the boys out to lunch... they had their choice. really bummed me out when they chose Chuy's. Just got home after spening over 3 hours at Chuy's, visiting with friends and ummm drinking. Hubby met us there after gettijng high score on golf. Was a good day at the mokvies...

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

A Very Long Engagement.

I cried more in the first few minutes than I did at any other point.

I f**king hate war.

I f**king love French people.

[€uroMeinke]

Saw Sideways last night - loved the smallness of it, the wit, the writting, that it's character driven. It reminds me of many ways of Woody Allen during the Annie Hall years, and have called the film west coast Woody. I can easily see that this film will take it as it's such a fresh story.

[Claire]

Well.....I went from Oscar caliber films and performances on Saturday to National Treasure with Courtney and Cassidy on Sunday. They loved it.....they'd watched the three Indiana Jones movies last week, so they likened the movie to those. I can't wait for Courtney to be old enough to read The DaVinci Code. I think she'll really love books like that.

My friends and I have added Being Julia to our list....but it's only playing in one theater here....so we might miss it.

[Gemini Cricket]

'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'
I just watched this one on DVD. It was in my Netflix queue forever and finally it hit the top.
I really, really loved this film. It is not a "Jim Carrey film" at all. In fact, I forgot he was Jim Carrey. There was a reason he was cast in it, I won't give it away, but he doesn't spoil the movie. Kate Winslet is good and Kisrten Dunst is good, too.
I can't explain this film in a post. Go see it if you can.
It's a trip.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'
I just watched this one on DVD. It was in my Netflix queue forever and finally it hit the top.
I really, really loved this film. It is not a "Jim Carrey film" at all. In fact, I forgot he was Jim Carrey. There was a reason he was cast in it, I won't give it away, but he doesn't spoil the movie. Kate Winslet is good and Kisrten Dunst is good, too.
I can't explain this film in a post. Go see it if you can.
It's a trip.

I loved it loved it. Favorite of that writer's films, though I've liked them all.

Don't forget Mark Ruffalo and Elijah Wood. They also gave pretty lovely turns in that film.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

I loved it loved it. Favorite of that writer's films, though I've liked them all.

I've seen 'John Malkovich' and that's about it. I haven't seen 'Adaptation' yet.

Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

Don't forget Mark Ruffalo and Elijah Wood. They also gave pretty lovely turns in that film.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I've seen 'John Malkovich' and that's about it. I haven't seen 'Adaptation' yet.

I liked both, but I prefer Adaptation. Cage really surprised me and I love me some Chris Cooper.

Also, Human Nature was, IMO, underappreciated. Plus, my home boy small fry hot man Peter Dinklage was in it. Snootch!