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I saw Frida last night. I loved it. Fantastic!
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Friday I took my grandma to see Up in the Air - well, well worth it. I'd watch it again and again.
I tried to watch District 9 , and it is the first movie that I have quit watching in a long time. I don't think I even want to give it another chance.
Jim, please reconsider. You won't be disappointed.
It was like a weird documentary following this guy around the alien slums, it was hard to follow the flow, and the interaction, and the plot line just didn't work.
Watched 500 Days of Summer last night. I loved it. It was funny and heartbreaking and bittersweet. When Summer ran into Tom near the end of the film, after she'd crushed his heart by getting married, and told him she found in her newlywed what she didn't find in Tom, my wife and I both yelled, "you bitch!"
I think every guy has dated a girl like Summer. I know I did. She's dead now. No woman gets to break my heart and get away with it...
I think every guy has dated a girl like Summer. I know I did. She's dead now. No woman gets to break my heart and get away with it...
I lover 500 Days of Summer too. Bitch was what came out of my mouth too.
That guy should be thanking his lucky stars she left him...he got Minka Kelly in the end.
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From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
Due to the fact that the old man and I were snowed in this weekend, we watched a LOT of movies on cable. By far the worst one was Sargeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, starring the Bee Gees and Peter Frampton. It was so awful that we couldn't stop watching it. Now I know why the Brothers Gibb all sing falsetto--their pants are too tight! I mean waaaaaay too tight. When it looks like you stuffed a bunch of grapes down your pants....your pants is too tight.
Mary wrote: "Due to the fact that the old man and I were snowed in this weekend, we watched a LOT of movies on cable. By far the worst one was Sargeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, starring the Bee Gees an..."
If you really need any further proof that Aerosmith's or Alice Cooper's reasoning abilities were seriously clouded by opiates and Budweiser respectively, cue up the "Sargeant Pepper" DVD.
As for Frampton? He should've stuck with Humble Pie.
If you really need any further proof that Aerosmith's or Alice Cooper's reasoning abilities were seriously clouded by opiates and Budweiser respectively, cue up the "Sargeant Pepper" DVD.
As for Frampton? He should've stuck with Humble Pie.
That Sergeant Pepper film is truly an abomination. It's a crime against cinema. Everyone, and I mean everyone, looks incredibly embarrassed to have taken part in that atrocity. Peter Frampton, who's normally a devil-may-care type of guy, looks as if he's taken part in a murder, and he's probably still losing sleep over taking part in this movie. Poor guy. I've always liked Frampton. Sorry this movie fucked your career beyond repair.
If I'm not mistaken, I think my sister has the soundtrack to that clusterfuck, on vinyl. I need to bust her chops about that.
If I'm not mistaken, I think my sister has the soundtrack to that clusterfuck, on vinyl. I need to bust her chops about that.
That's the weirdest movie. It's kind of like one big embarrassing music video. There's no dialog, but there's tons of bad 70's fashion.
Wait ... there were bad '70s fashions? Such as?
Remember the Fernwood Tonight skit where they talked about how leisure suits caused cancer in rats?http://www.thealders.net/blogs/2010/0...
Oh neato. I like when I can do that for someone.
Montambo wrote: "Jackie, I hate chick flicks, usually. BORING! I'm just done with romantic comedies forever unless someone I trust recommends one."
I'll never see another one even if it means the premature donation of my eyes and ears to science.
I'll never see another one even if it means the premature donation of my eyes and ears to science.
i just saw un prophète (french candidate for an oscar). excellent prison movie, very raw, and the most elegant flying dead deer i've seen.
Regarding chick flicks, I'll admit to watching Fried Green Tomatoes, if only for the hotness that is Mary-Louise Parker. And Mary Stuart Masterson, even if she was tomboyish (re: lesbian), was pretty hot, too.
Mary-Louise Parker is smokin', but I'll watch Weeds for her...
Gus wrote: "Regarding chick flicks, I'll admit to watching Fried Green Tomatoes, if only for the hotness that is Mary-Louise Parker. And Mary Stuart Masterson, even if she was tomboyish (re: lesbian), was pret..."
Those really are the driving forces for watching that movie. I don't have Showtime anymore, so I can't watch Weeds.
Those really are the driving forces for watching that movie. I don't have Showtime anymore, so I can't watch Weeds.
Jim, I'm here to tell you about these fancy things called DVD players. You can watch TV shows that have already happened, but without commercials!:)
I liked Mary-Louise Parker in West Wing too.
Sarah Pi wrote: "Jim, I'm here to tell you about these fancy things called DVD players. You can watch TV shows that have already happened, but without commercials!
:)
I liked Mary-Louise Parker in West Wing too. "
Yeah, I could buy the DVD's, but it's not that important to me I guess. I could add Showtime back on too, but I need to trend away from the TV, not to it. Spring is coming, and it will be time to get outside with a vengeance.
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I liked Mary-Louise Parker in West Wing too. "
Yeah, I could buy the DVD's, but it's not that important to me I guess. I could add Showtime back on too, but I need to trend away from the TV, not to it. Spring is coming, and it will be time to get outside with a vengeance.
Just teasing. I've been watching Weeds very slowly on Netflix.
Oh geez, I have a 2 week free trial with Netflix, maybe I will try that.
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Yes! The first season had excellent music!
I finally saw Up in the Air the other night. It wasn't quite what I expected. It's hard to describe my reaction specifically without spoilers. So let me sum it up as: it was disappointing and not all at the same time. And I thought Vera Farmiga is getting overrated for her performance in this film - she was good, occasionally exceptionally good, but everything I've read about this film talks about her as "luminous" or equivalent descriptors - she wasn't all that. Clooney, on the other hand, I think is getting just praise. And Anna Kendrick was incredibly good - I don't think she is getting quite the credit she deserves on this one.
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Anna Kendrick was the true supporting actress star in this one, I'd say.
The satin blouses were a nice touch. Wonder how she kept them unwrinkled on the road? She'd have had to spend a lot of early mornings ironing...
I watched Inglorious Basterds last night and really enjoyed it. I think Quentin Tarantino is a genius!
I just watched a documentary about A Chorus Line... Every Little Step. Loved it!Next in the queue, Enchanted April.
And, I'm obsessed with this release!!! I friggin' looooved the cartoon on Nickelodeon. My nephew turned me onto it.
Snowed in again. Watched among others Year One--what can I say, I have a strange and disturbing weakness for Jack Black--and The Hangover (which was funny but not GENIUS funny).
I was disappointed in District 9. It wasn't bad but didn't seem like Academy Award material. Am I missing something?
Watched The Hurt Locker a couple of nights ago. Hands down, it's the best film of 2009. The tension that builds in every scene is paralyzing and riveting.
Yes, The Hurt Locker is great and so is Inglourious Basterds!
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I watched the excellent A Serious Man this afternoon. I'm not Jewish, so I didn't understand all the references, but damn, what a great film.
I hear A Serious Man is great - I'll watch anything the Coens put out.I've been watching the 5th season of Weeds - I love Andy! The youngest son has really grown since last time; such cute sons!
I watched Two Lovers last night. Supposedly Joaquin's last movie - I sure hope not. I've never liked him more.
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I watched (500) Days of Summer yesterday. Very cute.
Sally, how on Earth do you watch anything on a 9" TV? That's just wrong in so many ways!
By the way, I'm putting together a movie-based blog series - my 100 Favorite Films of All-Time. I do have the list of 100 films, but I'm still sorting the list, and then I'll need to write a short blurb about each film. I'll keep you posted.
Mary wrote: "Snowed in again. Watched among others Year One--what can I say, I have a strange and disturbing weakness for Jack Black--and The Hangover (which was funny but not GENIUS funny)."We watched Year One the other night. That was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. It seemed to be going for a Monty Python or even Mel Brooks level of historical farce, which you would think Ivan Reitman could achieve...but no. It was truly terrible. Not funny. Even Zu agreed.
Somewhat better was The Rocker which had a couple of cute moments, and also allowed my sister and I to play "spot the Toronto landmark pretending to be Cleveland", which is always a fun game.
Sally wrote: "Vanessa, tell me more about Crazy Heart - what was it like? Good stuff? I haven't heard anything about it, but I really like Jeff Bridges. Should I take my grandmother to see that, or Up in th..."
Crap. I'm behind, as usual. Crazy Heart is a story about an aging, alcoholic country star. The singer he took under his wing has eclipsed him in popularity. Yeah, this story has been told before. It's a good story of redemption without a super-cheesy ending. And it has Robert Duvall. The movie was sort of built around the music, which is by T-Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton. It's gritty and maybe cliche' but it's got heart and some good music. And Maggie Gyllenhaal...and I've never particularly cared for her, but she's good here. And did I mention Robert Duvall?
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