Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I am SO looking forward to seeing this film!

Outrage (click for trailer & homepage)

Synopsis (cribbed from that site)
Academy Award nominated filmmaker Kirby Dick (This Film Is Not Yet Rated) delivers a searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians who actively campaign against the LGBT community they covertly belong to. OUTRAGE boldly reveals the hidden lives of some of our nation’s most powerful policymakers, details the harm they've inflicted on millions of Americans, and examines the media's complicity in keeping their secrets.

[innerSpaceman]

Wow, opens this weekend? Cool. Um, busy weekend. Will.Find.Time.

[Prudence]

I saw part of Inkheart on the plane. Mediocre. But probably better than Paul Blart: Mall Cop which is playing on the way back.

(Actually, the interesting thing about Inkheart is that it's about reading characters out of books into the real world, and I was also reading a book about jumping between the book world and the real world. The book series is much better, btw. Full of literary references and Wales as a socialist republic and just a totally engrossing read.)

[SzczerbiakManiac]

One Eyed Monster
Yes, it's what you're thinking.
No, it's not quite work safe.

Looks like it could be cheesy fun.

[cirquelover]

We Netflixed The Cat Returns yesterday. It was a fun and enjoyable story. Of course I love cats and Miyazaki, so I figured I would enjoy it. So now the boy is all antsy for when last years Miyazaki movie will make it to the US!

[Gemini Cricket]

Saw Angels and Demons yesterday. I liked it. After reading all the horrible reviews of it, I thought I was going to hate it as well. I liked it better than Da Vinci Code. But I think I like the book/story of DVC better than A&D.

Spoiler:

Once again, a movie ruins its surprise ending by casting a famous actor in the pivotal role. Often I see some name actor playing a smaller role and think to myself, 'Hmm, why did he or she take that part? Oh, there must be more to it than meets the eye.'

[Snowflake]

I'm not happy

Trailer here

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

I'm not happy

Trailer here

Just wait until Guy Ritchie gets a hold of Peter Rabbit. Actually, I'm kind of intrigued since it is a such an odd genre choice.

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Other movies I"ve watched recently:

Born Yesterday - The original with Holden/Holliday/Crawford rather than Don Johnson/Melanie Griffith/John Goodman. Took a while but quite liked it by the end.

Nobody's Fool - Doesn't really go anywhere but a pleasant movie with fine performances.

Superbad - Saw it in theaters and still find it mostly hilarious. Michael Cera is wearing out his welcome though so I hope he finds range (Year 1 trailer provides no evidence of it though).

Noise - More an exploration of an interesting idea than a coherent movie. The sex scene was either unnecessary or had a purpose I couldn't divine.

Penelope - Amusing fairy tale. Only problem is that the movie had people running fright at the sight of Penelope (Christina Ricci) with her pig nose. Yet she was still completely adorable. Still looked relatively normal here (ignoring the nose) but sad to see she's apparently gone to the anorexic side based on her recent gig on "Saving Grace."

Krull - When I was a kid the spinning blade thing was the coolest thing ever and we all wanted one. And yet none of us had actually seen the movie. Should have left it that way.

Half Nelson - Ryan Gosling is going to be our next national treasure in the realm of acting. And he gives a great performance here as a history teacher struggling to function through drug addiction. Shareeka Epps also provides some great natural child acting. The only drawback is the movie is beyond deadly boring. I had to watch it over five sessions since I kept falling asleep or getting distracted by anything else.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Alex

Krull - When I was a kid the spinning blade thing was the coolest thing ever and we all wanted one. And yet none of us had actually seen the movie. Should have left it that way.

Yeah... But it has a young Liam Neeson in it, and Kenneth Marshall was hot.

[flippyshark]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

I'm not happy

Trailer here

It kind of looks like a bone-headed remake of Billy Wilder's The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. Anyway, how ghastly - plus that trailer is rife with all the cliche whooshes, quick edits and canned hyper-chorus music that makes me roll my eyes and decide not to attend SO MANY MOVIES! Are you trailer editors listening? I've been ranting about this for years now! Cut that shyt out!