Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel

[Ghoulish Delight]

Explaining Alex's post - I once again let my browser take me to the old thread and posted my FMF post there, and NA followed. Now I've moved the posts here where they belong.

Grrrrr.

[Not Afraid]

I did nothing. Innocence abounds.

[Alex]

Saw, A Serious Man, the latest from the Coen Brothers. It has one fantastic performance from the lead (Michael Stuhlberg) but that's about all I liked about it.

I guess it all just went completely over my head. One of those movies where I can feel a point floating around but I'm just not getting it. But if you like the comedy of social discomfort, this may be a good bet for you.

[3894]

We netflixed the pilot of HBO's version of "The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency". OMG, it's wonderful.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by 3894

We netflixed the pilot of HBO's version of "The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency". OMG, it's wonderful.

I watched the entire series and delighted in it, 100%. I can only hope it will continue to a second series, since both the producers passed away last year :-( hard to say.

I watched Julie and Julia last night and found the parts about Julia delightful and the parts about Julie slightly annoying and uninteresting.

While I was conscious of Meryl Streep being Julia, she caught just the right amount of effervescence or joie de vivre that personified my perception of who Julia Child was and is. I loved it.

The most important thing, the film made me hungry and want to cook and cook outside the box, adventurous food. I do not own Mastering the Art of French Cooking, but this almost made me want to buy it.

[flippyshark]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

I watched the entire series and delighted in it, 100%. I can only hope it will continue to a second series, since both the producers passed away last year :-( hard to say.

I watched Julie and Julia last night and found the parts about Julia delightful and the parts about Julie slightly annoying and uninteresting.

While I was conscious of Meryl Streep being Julia, she caught just the right amount of effervescence or joie de vivre that personified my perception of who Julia Child was and is. I loved it.

The most important thing, the film made me hungry and want to cook and cook outside the box, adventurous food. I do not own Mastering the Art of French Cooking, but this almost made me want to buy it.

Completely agree with your assessment of this movie. I liked the Julia parts so much, I'll probably buy it and skip Julie.

Go for it on The Art of French Cooking. The introduction is quite interesting and the whole volume just makes a kitchen look classic.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

Completely agree with your assessment of this movie. I liked the Julia parts so much, I'll probably buy it and skip Julie.

Go for it on The Art of French Cooking. The introduction is quite interesting and the whole volume just makes a kitchen look classic.

I may just do that Flippy. It will be worth it to learn the art of pate a choux, but I already have that in the Baking with Julia cookbook.

Of course, my real problem is, I am supposed to be on a diet.

[flippyshark]

*sigh* Me too.

[lashbear]

pate a choux? easy as falling off a log. It's one of those myths, along with how difficult a souffle is.

[Alex]

An article I was reading lead me to another interesting blog post about "unoriginality" and Hollywood. And why Hollywood doesn't come up with original ideas.

I think it sheds light on why movie studios aren't so inclined to just sit people down at typewriters and come up with completely original stuff. Based on what we reward, why would they?

The top 40 grossing live action movies from 2000-2009:

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Sequel, book adaptation (no more original than a TV show adaptation)
2. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Sequel
3. The Dark Knight - Sequel, comic book adaptation
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Book adaptation (I didn't realize that the first one was still the highest grossing one)
5. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - Sequel
6. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Sequel, book adaptation
7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Sequel, book adaptation
8. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Sequel, book adaptation
9. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Sequel, book adaptation
10. Spider-Man 3 - Sequel, comic book adaptation
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Sequel, book adaptation
12. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Book adaptation
13. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - Sequel
14. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Sequel, comic book/TV adaptation
15. Spider-Man - Comic book adaptation
16. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Sequel, book adaptation
17. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Sequel
18. Spider-Man 2 - Sequel, comic book adaptation
19. The Da Vinci Code - Book adaptation
20. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Book adaptation
21. The Matrix Reloaded - Sequel
22. Transformers - TV/comic book adaptation
23. 2012 - Hodgepodge of metacultural ideas but not based on existing property
24. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - Yes, inspired by a ride but that hardly contribued anything beyond some gags so I'll be friendly and call it original.
25. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones - Sequel
26. Hancock - Original
27. The Passion of the Christ - Book adaptation
28. Mamma Mia! - Play adaptation
29. Casino Royale - Remake, sequel, book adaptation
30. War of the Worlds - Book adaptation, remake.
31. Quantum of Solace - Sequel
32. I Am Legend - Book adaptation
33. Iron Man - Comic book adaptation
34. New Moon - Sequel, book adaptation
35. Night at the Museum - Book adaptation
36. King Kong - Remake
37. Mission: Impossible II - Sequel, TV adaptation
38. The Day After Tomorrow - Original
39. Meet the Fockers - Sequel
40. Troy - Very old book adaptation