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I watched Girl In The Cafe, tonight. Very good. Moving. Warm.
Knarik wrote: "I saw "Alicia" today. about the famous american pilot. not bad."Do you mean "Amelia", Knarik?
I watched "Mondays in the Sun" the other day, very depressing, really good though.
I decided to go digging into my stash of oldies but goodies (ok, not black and white old, but late eighties) See no Evil, Hear no Evil. I'm a sucker for 70's and 80's movies and I love the Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor combo. They make an awesome movie team..Halloween is my favorite time for movies, they bring out all the old horror movies: Nightmare on Elm's, Evil Dead's, all those movies I grew up on that scared the crap out of me then and now I laugh at... no new movies...no time to go to the theater.:(
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I haven't seen that one, but I love Silver Streak with them.
haha!! I like Gene as an actor, he plays anything really well. Young Frankenstein and Haunted Honeymoon were a couple favorites, I must say, I was not a Willy Wonka fan. didn't like him in that one..kinda freaky in a 'lures kids into a building by promising them candy' kinda way...
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Pee Wee Herman should have done the Wonka thing, it's right up his alley.. I never saw the Depp Wonka...
I thought Depp was a bit creepy in that one. Androgynous-like.
yea but i think johny depp was creepy bad in that movie, gene wilder was creepy good.. pee wee hermen or paul reubens would be an interesting actor for the role, but i dont know how thatd be.. i dont know why but everytime i think of him i think of him in his role as a drug dealer in blow.. that was a good movie, interesting enough depp was in that too..
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Depp did a movie that I liked and I don't know anyone else who did like it, The Secret Window. I thought it was a good movie..I get crap from eveyone I know for buying the DVD... Robert Downey Jr. is coming out with Sherlock Holmes, I'm actually wanting to see that one..
really i thought they were.. hmm.. maybe its a case of DID.. depp did a lot of good stuff, i really appreciate him as an actor.. he can mold himself into something else like noone else can..
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yea.. i thought so, he's cool though, i liked him in cabaret.. that's my second favorite musical, under Les Mis.. but that's a hard one to beat..
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i have it and tried, and got a headache, so ill get back to it, but i definitely want to get through it though..
Sally wrote: "It was only recently that I discovered Paul Reubens and Pee Wee Herman were not the same person."Huh?
RandomAnthony wrote: "Knarik wrote: "I saw "Alicia" today. about the famous american pilot. not bad."Do you mean "Amelia", Knarik?
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Yes, I knew I typed something wrong! (:
Vampire double header this weekend:Let The Right One In, which was awesome.
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, which was terrible, but in a campy fun way. I laughed the whole time - at it, not with it. Good supporting cast. They all looked like they were having fun and in on the joke, unlike the deadly serious teenage characters.
Boys love those Cirque du Freak books, Sarah Pi. But the movie looks pretty awful. I just the ad for the next Twilight movie - here we go again!
Let the Right One In is one of the best vampire films I've ever seen, and I dislike the genre. That movie creeped me out for days at a time. I'm looking forward to seeing it again, though I'm not looking forward to the US remake. Yeah, you read right.
on a different movie topic i just read that jake gyllanhaal is going to be the prince of persia, in a disney movie about the video game.. (i think its about the video game anyway) saw a preview that it was linked to, it was weird i dont know what to think about it.. he doesn't necessarily look middle eastern at all..
Oh, no! An American remake, Gus? That does not bode well. For some reason the parallel that springs to my mind is the Wings of Desire/City of Angels fiasco.Jackie, I'd never heard of Cirque du Freak, but I kind of liked the pro-freak message. Strangely, it was the only movie that didn't get vetoed by somebody or another when my family was here this weekend. And not a teenage boy in sight.
Sarah, would you say The Vampire's Assistant was craptacular? I might rent it when it comes out on dvd.Ok, is it just me or is it wrong that A Christmas Carol is coming out this Friday? I really want to see it because I'm a sucker for Christmas Carol movies but I don't want to see it until after Thanksgiving!
Yes, Sarah, there will be an American remake, which I believe will be called simply "The Right One." For every good US remake (like The Departed, which was a remake of a Hong Kong flick called Infernal Affairs), there's crap like you mentioned previously. Wings of Desire is one of the best films ever made, and one of my 20 favorites; City of Angels is an abomination that should never be spoken of again.
maybe they want to have on dvd before christmas, is that too fast though? maybe, i dont know.. i was never much of a fan of a christmas carol, i dont mind his other stuff though..
I actually hate Dickens but I have this obsession with Christmas Carol movies. There are quite a few that I own on dvd and have to watch every year.
Gus wrote: "Yes, Sarah, there will be an American remake, which I believe will be called simply "The Right One." For every good US remake (like The Departed, which was a remake of a Hong Kong flick called Infe..."Starring Dakota Fanning and Zack Ephron, or whomever the Disneyboy of the week is. Set in LA.
A remake for remake's sake - without a good director's vision and a reason for existence - never works out well.
Infernal Affairs was excellent. The Departed had the advantage of a stellar cast AND Scorcese, and I thought it did a reasonable job. That's another case of what I'd call a good cover version.
I agree with you on both Wings of Desire and City of Angels. Top ten and bottom ten, respectively.
Jaimie -The Vampire's Assistant was certainly craptastic fun. Worth the price of a rental, but not a movie ticket.
Sarah, here are some details regarding the Let the Right One In remake:
"Let the Right One In" Remake Announces Cast and Start Date
It does look promising; it will star Kodi Smit-McPhee (the boy from The Road) and Richard Jenkins. I may now be inclined to see it, but I'm still not harboring a lot of hope that it will trump the original, or even match it.
"Let the Right One In" Remake Announces Cast and Start Date
It does look promising; it will star Kodi Smit-McPhee (the boy from The Road) and Richard Jenkins. I may now be inclined to see it, but I'm still not harboring a lot of hope that it will trump the original, or even match it.
I was going to say that I would think Kodi Smit-McPhee would be too young, but he must be about 15 now after all the times the release of The Road has been pushed back."Let Me In" is a cheesy title. I'm not sure how I feel about New Mexico either.
Sarah Pi wrote "Jaimie -The Vampire's Assistant was certainly craptastic fun. Worth the price of a rental, but not a movie ticket. "Sweet! I'm adding it to my Netflix que.
I love movies and I love Netflix. Having a bad day? Going through a break up? Pop in a good movie and all is better!
I've met people that didn't like movies or music... I think that is really weird.
I've spent maaaaybe $30.00 on movies in the past two years. I borrow all my movies from the library or get them as gifts from friends/family. I recently watched Drag Me to Hell - it was surprisingly spooky... until I realized it was a Sam Raimi film. Then I recognized his touch all over it. It had some editing deficits, but overall, it was actually pretty decent for a scare... enough that I stopped it 10 minutes into the movie when I was watching it alone at my place late at night and decided to save it for the next day... watching it with the blinds open and sunlight streaming into my place, dog securely settled onto my lap. :)
New Moon comes out pretty soon. I know all you fangirls are going. Don't lie.
I still need to see Twilight. If need is the right word for that. My best friend wants my opinion. Darn it.
I've seen Twilight twice. Yes, I'm a real man. I can't believe you haven't seen it yet, Jacks!
Fine! I'll put in on hold from the library. Only 62 people in front of me - I should get it by Christmas.Happy now, RA?
RandomAnthony wrote: "New Moon comes out pretty soon. I know all you fangirls are going. Don't lie."Hell yeah, I'm going. I can't wait to see Dakotah Fanning as the evil heartless cruel vampire, Jane. I'm seriously intrigued to see if she can pull it off - it'll be a big transition for her from her little girl roles. PLUS, I was already a Pattinson fan back when he was Cedric Diggory.
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sigh I'll see if I can pry Gretchen's copy out of her hands...
Heidi, the next movie looks pretty cool. I'd go with you, if I lived anywhere near you. :)
Are you kiddin' me? Heidi's gonna scream at the screen every ten seconds like an eleven year old at a Jonas Brothers concert. (But Jacks, I didn't mean to make you sigh. You know I'm a sucker for the big-eyed, sighing guilt trip. Not fair!)
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