Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Matterhorn Fan]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Me neither! I never ever ever fall asleep during movies. My own personal take on it is that it's rude to do so.

Uh oh....I didn't realize that I was so rude! Is it also rude to fall asleep during The Colbert Report or Star Trek Voyager or Stargate Atlantis?

In my defense, I blame it on a certain comfy couch rather than the movies/shows. If I'm laying down, I'm likely to fall asleep. Sitting up, not so much.

But I still nearly fell asleep during Blade Runner.

[Gemini Cricket]

TV shows don't count.

[Matterhorn Fan]

Oh good.

I won't bother to mention which moves I've fallen asleep during. There's one in particular I really should watch beginning to end.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

We also watched 'Battlestar Galactica - the Mini-series' on DVD as well. It's the new fangled Starbucks is a girl series.
Having not seen any of the show on TV, I really enjoyed it. Although, I knew who the replecant silon person was. I read it in an interview somewhere.
I loved the way they tied in the old series with the new. The space battle scenes were amazing.

It's interesting that this mini-series was far more entertaining to me than the Star Wars prequels. And 'Battlestar Gallactica' was a SW rip off in the 70's. Amazing.

My only gripe with this series and with many movies in general is what I call the Goodlooking Means Credible syndrome. The character of Apollo (aka Lee... whatever) is presented to us in this mini series as just being good looking and the son of the boss. That's basically all we were given as an audience as a reason to like his character. I say that that's not enough for me. It needs to be proven in the audience's eyes. (This is all my opinion here, I'm just thinking outloud... in a post...) Lots of movies nowadays do this. Throw a bunch of goodlooking folk in a film and people will like them no matter what. *Buzz!* Wrong. Apollo does prove himself to be a cool guy later, but they should have shown us instead of just saying, 'Look! Handsome white boy = You likey.' Nope.

All in all, that's the only thing I had a problem with in this mini-flick. I like Mary Stands with Fist as the Prez and Olmos as Adama. I was thinking that Apollo didn't look latino... but oh, well.

And I love the taiko drum score. Nice touch.

I LOVE this show. I'm waiting for the second half of the second season to come out on DVD. Impatiently, I might add.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

First, I love Bladerunner. Particularly, the longer, lingering Director's Cut sans narration.

This weekend I watched Buster Keaton's The General and enjoyed it very, very much. Also loved the two shorts included in the DVD. And then, because of the Buster Keaton theme, I watched Benny and Joon. Which is fluffy and makes my teeth hurt, but I don't care. I like it anyway.

As for my best theater going experience, that would have to be watching Harold Lloyd's Safety Last with a live orchestra. I've never been so amazed/wowed/happy/in love/excited watching a movie before.

Though the best audience award (happy cheers, clapping, etc.) goes to the people with whom I watched a recent screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

This weekend we saw:

Snakes on a Plane (dumb-fun)

The Illusionist (not as great as I wished it had been, but the magic was magical, at least)

Trust the Man (we were in a let's-watch-more-movies mood. We regretted this choice terribly, especially when we ran into the producer of the other movie we were considering. She's a friend of Tom's, and we had to admit we were holding tickets to what was the worst and dullest film we've seen in a theater in years... and not tickets to her movie.)

Quinceanera (aforementioned other choice-- we ended up going to it as well, to get the bad taste of Trust the Man out of our heads. An excellent indie film worth watching.)

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

I LOVE this show. I'm waiting for the second half of the second season to come out on DVD. Impatiently, I might add.

I started to really love it after I got over the fact that Starbuck was now a girl. It really took the gayness away from the Apollo/Starbuck pairing. Oh well. There's a little lesbian in Starbuck methinks.

[innerSpaceman]

Just came back from Little Miss Sunshine. What a little gem. Funny, a bit poignant, lots of good observationism, absurdism, farce, and sweetness. Great cast (many of whom may, as you read this, be in an avatar/signature double whammy two posts up).



And, um, Bladerunner was boring on opening day, when I first saw it. So I'm not buying "you had to see it back in the day." Boring is boring.





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[Not Afraid]

I had 5 different films I had pulled out to choose from tonight, but I went to the emergency vet instead. I watched a really awful Fox TV program while I was there. Don't know the name, don't care.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releas...de-runner.html

Some Blade Runner news. 3 versions coming out on DVD soon.