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I read the book Heidi, but have not watched the movie.
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RandomAnthony wrote: "No I didn't."Oh. Wrong thread. I thought we were writing this in Gossip Central. My bad. :)
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Funny, I was so confused because I was thinking about trailers being fun enough for some movies, and then her weird role in that awful movie The Holiday where her job is to make trailers.
I had totally forgotten that, funny! My mom loves that movie - when it's on TNT for like the 1564th time, she'll say hey, you should watch that, it's on tonight!
Mary wrote: "Unbelievably I am watching Twilight as we speak. It happened to be on so I thought WTH. It is pretty much as I expected it to be. Lots of pretty faces and a very predictable plot.
My husband is ..."
I just can't get with warm-and-fuzzy metrosexual undead who can tolerate daylight and feast on animal flesh instead of human blood. There's a difference between thinking outside of the box and just plain refusing to accept the presence of sides and a lid.
My husband is ..."
I just can't get with warm-and-fuzzy metrosexual undead who can tolerate daylight and feast on animal flesh instead of human blood. There's a difference between thinking outside of the box and just plain refusing to accept the presence of sides and a lid.
Heidi wrote: "RandomAnthony wrote: "No I didn't."Oh. Wrong thread. I thought we were writing this in Gossip Central. My bad. :)
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Actually, I did:) I thought the movie and book were both ok and somewhat illuminating as to what interests women who like books like that.
Twilight is a modern-day bodice ripper with vampires instead of pirates or highwaymen, and minus the heaving bosoms and throbbing manhoods. I will admit that this Pattinson fellow is attractive but Kristen Stewart has about as much sex-appeal as a junkie nodding off in a puddle of her own excrement.
but Kristen Stewart has about as much sex-appeal as a junkie nodding off in a puddle of her own excrement. Why, why, why do I never learn not to sip tea while I read TC...just spit it all over my monitor...heh...I think Ms. Stewart is ok. I would have been into her when I was sixteen.
KStew is okay as long as she keeps her mouth closed. She should never give her front teeth free reign. And she is all knees and elbows. I especially love it when she stutters to express emotion.
I'm not sure that I would use Twilight the movie as an example for what women want though. Personally, I thought that little kissing scene in her bedroom was pretty steamy and they didn't even use tongue, but in real life, that would never cut it.
Heather wrote: "I'm not sure that I would use Twilight the movie as an example for what women want though. Personally, I thought that little kissing scene in her bedroom was pretty steamy and they didn't even use..."This is an excellent point.
Mary wrote: "Twilight is a modern-day bodice ripper with vampires instead of pirates or highwaymen, and minus the heaving bosoms and throbbing manhoods. I will admit that this Pattinson fellow is attractive but..."
Stop before you give junkies a bad name.
Stop before you give junkies a bad name.
Robert Pattinson looks like he needs a bath. I don't get his whole unwashed sex appeal.
I feel the same way about Matthew McConnaghey (sp?). He looks sweaty and dirty to me.
As does Brad Pitt. Robert Patinson is okay I guess, but I don't see why so many women get all hot and bothered by him. He seems like a wuss, and I think he may weigh less than I do. He certainly spends more time on his hair and that is just a major no in my book.
Yes, he's quite the metrosexual. Probably has a bathroom cabinet full of styling products and scented body washes, which is strange because he doesn't bathe. I bet he wears a shit-ton of man perfume though.
Face it, part of the problem is that he looks like a broody 17-year-old and I'm just not interested in statutory rape. I like his height and his jawline. Put 20 pounds on him and have him open his eyes more than half-mast, like he is interested in the world around him, and perhaps he'd even be handsome. In 5 years.I'm just going to settle for Gerard Butler. Can we get some of those pictures from that other thread into this thread? Heidi? Anyone?
Oh Gerard Butler *drool*, I don't have a husband, but if I did, I would drop him over a bridge for a go at Gerard Butler. That man is glorious.
Heather wrote: "KStew is okay as long as she keeps her mouth closed. She should never give her front teeth free reign. And she is all knees and elbows. I especially love it when she stutters to express emotion."I am completely shocked that she was cast as Joan Jett. Heresy. (Joan and the Blackhearts were scheduled to play at the Sundance premier over the weekend. Wouldn't that have been fun to see!)
But did you see how much they made her look like Joan Jett? It was freaky. I think she was probably a perfect casting for the young Joan Jett - heavy-lidded, svelte, we'll see if she can get the moves down, but it's not like Joan Jett's dance moves were all that complicated. Refer back to the professor explaining complex and random dancing.
Cynthia, for what it's worth, Joan Jett gave Kristen Stewart her blessing to play her, and, as executive producer of the film, has played a big part in making sure Kristen gets it right.
Cynthia wrote: "Heather wrote: "KStew is okay as long as she keeps her mouth closed. She should never give her front teeth free reign. And she is all knees and elbows. I especially love it when she stutters to exp..."
I hope to Christ no one lets Ms. Stewart near a microphone during filming. No one - except for maybe Kim Shattuck of the Muffs - has a chance in hell of approximating Joan's cat-in-heat-outside-your-bedroom-window yowl.
I hope to Christ no one lets Ms. Stewart near a microphone during filming. No one - except for maybe Kim Shattuck of the Muffs - has a chance in hell of approximating Joan's cat-in-heat-outside-your-bedroom-window yowl.
Brody from the Distillers could give it a go. The vocals, I mean.
I picked up Julie and Julia today. Can't wait to see it :)
Make sure you eat before you watch it, otherwise you will be raiding your kitchen all night.
Cynthia wrote: "Heather wrote: "KStew is okay as long as she keeps her mouth closed. She should never give her front teeth free reign. And she is all knees and elbows. I especially love it when she stutters to exp..."Umm, not only did Joan give her the nod to play her in the movie, she's also been coaching her. I don't remember where I read it, but I do remember reading that Joan's made Kristen cry several times.
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Okay, I couldn't help that dig.
All kidding aside, I like Kristen Stewart as a teen actress. I like her alot. I would actually go to a movie because she's in it.
Say what you will, but her performance is Panic Room with Jodie Foster was phenomenal. So was her performance in Zathura... and in that movie where they move out to the house in the country (Aiden from SATC, cornfield, Dylan McDermott, and BIRDS). She's been lauded as a stand out in each of those movies by the film critics. And considering that she's fairly new to Hollywood and acting, that's impressive. Unfortunately, people are going to judge her for choosing to star in the Twilight movies, but I can say that if I was a kid... and I was given that opportunity, I would've jumped at the chance to play the role of Bella, too.
Oh, and one more thing... if you've ever seen her in any of the other movies, SHE is not clutzy and awkward. In fact, her record has been to play the intelligent, confident, adventurous teen in her past movies. BELLA SWAN is clutzy and awkward, though.
Youndyc wrote: "I'm just going to settle for Gerard Butler. Can we get some of those pictures from that other thread into this thread? Heidi? Anyone?"I could post the link to that thread if you'd like, but, really, you're welcome to post some here yourself. I'll let you. :)
All kidding aside, I like Kristen Stewart as a teen actress. I like her alot. I would actually go to a movie because she's in it. She was good in Adventureland, too. But could she play, I don't know, someone happy? Is she that good of an actress?
Gus wrote: "Cynthia, for what it's worth, Joan Jett gave Kristen Stewart her blessing to play her, and, as executive producer of the film, has played a big part in making sure Kristen gets it right. "I think Joan has a good heart. One review I read said Joan looks better at 50-something than K S does at 20-something.
At the risk of turning this entire thread into the Joan Jett Appreciation Society, it's hard to imagine - for better or worse - some of today's so-called female talent (can you hear me talking Lady Ga Ga, Katy Perry, and Pink?) raking in the big coin without Joan having kicked down a door or wall or two.
Case in point: the vacuous Avril Lavigne. While waiting for my son in the orthodontist's office the other day, I was reading this old "Rolling Stone" interview with her in which she was puffing herself up in a laughable bid for street cred by professing to drinking nothing but straight vodka ("swear to God"), "kickin' it" with Marilyn Manson, and a close encounter with Fred Durst. Her favorite T-shirt, which fits her perfectly, is a vintage Offspring item she picked up on Melrose for $50. She has no problem with people accusing her of not being able to sing, but don't dare dis her writing ability because that really ticks her off.
Feh... All Joan ever needed - never mind the overwhelming corporate push - was three chords, momentum, and melody.
End of sermon. Go in peace to love and to serve.
Case in point: the vacuous Avril Lavigne. While waiting for my son in the orthodontist's office the other day, I was reading this old "Rolling Stone" interview with her in which she was puffing herself up in a laughable bid for street cred by professing to drinking nothing but straight vodka ("swear to God"), "kickin' it" with Marilyn Manson, and a close encounter with Fred Durst. Her favorite T-shirt, which fits her perfectly, is a vintage Offspring item she picked up on Melrose for $50. She has no problem with people accusing her of not being able to sing, but don't dare dis her writing ability because that really ticks her off.
Feh... All Joan ever needed - never mind the overwhelming corporate push - was three chords, momentum, and melody.
End of sermon. Go in peace to love and to serve.
Pink is awful. I hate her. What a fraud.
I have to disagree about KStew having any "depth" as an actress. She has looking vacant, annoyed, and depressed nailed, but she has no range. I cringe when she smiles, and more often than not, she just looks strung out. In my book, that does not make a good/talented actress.I agree with RA that she was good in Adventureland but, she played a character who was...you go it, high and depressed.
Avril, along with basically all the teenie boopers/punk rockers *cringe* are nothing but posers. I often scoff at my generation bragging about their alcholoism and ignorance.
*stands down from my soap box*
Most horror films from the '30's are more entertaining than truly frightening, but this perverse, disturbing adaptation of H.G. Wells' "The Island of Dr. Moreau" is still pretty strong stuff 77 (!) years on.
Charles Laughton delivers an unbelievable performance as the impatient, whip-snapping, megalomaniacal genius who accelerates the process of evolution and transforms animals into "manimals," pathethic quasi-humans, and Bela Lugosi makes smart use of his scant screen time as the hirsute "Sayer of the Law ("Are we not men? - later anthemized by Devo).
Banned in England for 20 years and rarely seen on television, probably due to its motifs of cross-species sexuality and vivisection, "Island of Lost Souls" pulses with the rhythm and precision of a recurrent nightmare.
I like the phrase "teeny boopers", Heather. :) And I agree about the teeny bop/punk rock posers.
Clark wrote: "At the risk of turning this entire thread into the Joan Jett Appreciation Society, it's hard to imagine - for better or worse - some of today's so-called female talent (can you hear me talking Lady..."Joan was a total pioneer. Check out her duet with Michael J. Fox in the movie, "Light of Day." She looks bad ass and he looks incredibly darling.
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A friend of mine wouldn't leave the house for three days after watching this when it originally aired on ABC's "Movie of the Week" in 1972, not even to go to school. Of course the dope may have had something to do with it.
Richard Matheson's (yes, THAT Richard Matheson) script backdrops a terrifically paced, acted, and directed little potboiler with the late Darren McGavin as reporter Carl Kolchak. When a series of showgirl killings rock Las Vegas, Kolchak discovers the culprit to be 80-year-old Hungarian vampire Janos Skorzeny (Barry Atwater), but has a hard time convincing the authorities, who are either certain he's crazy or afraid he's right.
This occasionally pops up on cable, but is well worth owning on DVD. It spawned a TV series, but it failed to capture the magic of the original.
A friend of mine wouldn't leave the house for three days after watching this when it originally aired on ABC's "Movie of the Week" in 1972, not even to go to school. Of course the dope may have had something to do with it.
Richard Matheson's (yes, THAT Richard Matheson) script backdrops a terrifically paced, acted, and directed little potboiler with the late Darren McGavin as reporter Carl Kolchak. When a series of showgirl killings rock Las Vegas, Kolchak discovers the culprit to be 80-year-old Hungarian vampire Janos Skorzeny (Barry Atwater), but has a hard time convincing the authorities, who are either certain he's crazy or afraid he's right.
This occasionally pops up on cable, but is well worth owning on DVD. It spawned a TV series, but it failed to capture the magic of the original.
Cynthia wrote: "Clark wrote: "At the risk of turning this entire thread into the Joan Jett Appreciation Society, it's hard to imagine - for better or worse - some of today's so-called female talent (can you hear m..."
And she had some acting chops.
And she had some acting chops.
Just read that Avatar has surpassed Titanic's gross take - but is nowhere close (compliments of higher ticket prices and even higher ticket prices for IMAX) to the numbers of ticket sales that Titanic had.
I have special love in my heart for Joan Jett. My mother was a huge fan, so much so, that I sported a mullet from the ages of 2 thru 5. Terrible, but I thought I was cool. I was forever singing "Bad Reputation", long before I understood the words, and I love rock and roll was the first song I learned to play on guitar. So, inspite of lacking love for KStew, I will certainly go see The Runaways. It helps knowing Joan made KStew cry. :)
Heather wrote: "I have special love in my heart for Joan Jett. My mother was a huge fan, so much so, that I sported a mullet from the ages of 2 thru 5. Terrible, but I thought I was cool. I was forever singing "..."Heather, I think your mom and I should be BFFs.
My mother is hilarious and I'm greatful that she raised me to go against the grain.
Clark, I loved The Night Stalker, and had a similar experience to your friend after seeing it as a kid. I didn't want to go in my bedroom until Mom turned the lights on for DAYS after seeing that.
Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "Clark, I loved The Night Stalker, and had a similar experience to your friend after seeing it as a kid. I didn't want to go in my bedroom until Mom turned the lights on for DAYS after seeing that. "
I'm wondering if my kids - ages 12, 9 & 9 - are ready for a screening. What say you?
I'm wondering if my kids - ages 12, 9 & 9 - are ready for a screening. What say you?
I was eight at the oldest, and it totally freaked me out. But they've probably seen scarier stuff already.It really depends on your kids' sensitivity to scary stuff, Clark.
I watched The Night Stalker fairly recently (like within the past 6 months) - didn't they try to do an updated television series about this... but it panned?Oh, and I saw Joan Jett in concert a few years ago - one of THE best damn outdoor concerts I've ever attended in my life. Right up there with BB King (a different kind of outdoor concert awesome)...
Well, there was this in 1974:
I have the box set, still in the shrink wrap. Purported to be the inspiration for "The X Files."
And then there was an attempt to revive it in 2005 with somebody else reprising the Darren McGavin role, but it only lasted six weeks. McGavin was one of the great underrated actors of his day. You just can't replace that.
I have the box set, still in the shrink wrap. Purported to be the inspiration for "The X Files."
And then there was an attempt to revive it in 2005 with somebody else reprising the Darren McGavin role, but it only lasted six weeks. McGavin was one of the great underrated actors of his day. You just can't replace that.
We watched The Hurt Locker last night. It was surprisingly ungory for a war movie, but very paranoia-inducing. I don't know how accurate it was, but it felt almost like a documentary. Really good stuff.
Public Enemies, with Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, was shockingly dull. I'd call that film the most disappointing movie of 2009.
Gus wrote: "Public Enemies, with Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, was shockingly dull. I'd call that film the most disappointing movie of 2009."That's too bad - I was going to watch it this weekend. I'll watch it anyway...
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