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[Paul]

Mona wrote: "We watched Daybreakers and Edge of Darkness on DVD. Both were just so-so."

Hi

i strongly recommend trying to get hold of the original BBC series Edge of Darkness with Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker and a very Young Joanne Whalley (not yet Kilmer)

[Sarah]

Cynthia wrote: "My husband had some outstanding ideas for naming our daughters: Oak Tree, Kilgore Trout, Aereola to name a few. For God's sake its a holy miracle we're still together."

Kilgore Trout??? I love your husband.

[Cynthia]

I love him too but I don't think that is a suitable name for a sweet baby girl. Maybe a good name for a cat?

[Sarah]

Hee. That would be KilMORE Trout.

[Cynthia]

My cat Roxanne only seems to kill chipmunks. And small rabbits. She would like to kill trout, but we'd have to haul her up to the rolling hills of northeast Iowa, up around Strawberry Point. Lotsa trout up there.

[janine]

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impressive. i liked this a lot.

[Pat]

I am bummed that "At the Movies" is going off the air. That was my preferred source of movie reviews and recommendations. I suppose I could find someplace on line as a replacement, but for some reason on line movie sites bore me.

[[deleted user]]

There are a couple trailer shows on that give a pretty good trailer.

[Cynthia]

Last night I watched an old favorite: "Remember The Titans." I picked out the cute black guy from Scrubs, but was trying to place some of the other actors, like the chunky headed guy who played Gary and the largest player.

[[deleted user]]

I watched The Lovely Bones I thought that it was a very good movie. I haven't read the book to know how it compares though.

[Sarah]

We watched Ladies in Lavender on Netflix. A very low key and uneventful movie with some gorgeous violin playing. The credits at the end said it was Joshua Bell, so that makes sense.

[Stacia (the 2010 club)]

I really am the trailer trash of this group. My husband and I saw Dinner for Schmucks over the weekend.

It was alright. A few overly excited cackling women ruined part of it for me though.

[RandomAnthony]

Last night I watched a really cool documentary called Objectified. It's by the same people who did the awesome Helvitica, but this one is about the subtle nuances of industrial design and how it impacts our lives...they interview a lot of designers, etc...loved it.

http://www.objectifiedfilm.com/about/

Stacia, I hate loud people in theaters. And if it makes you feel better, my kids can quote directly from Adam Sandler movies.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

RandomAnthony wrote: "Last night I watched a really cool documentary called Objectified. It's by the same people who did the awesome Helvitica, but this one is about the subtle nuances of industrial design and how it i..."

I've seen that. I thought it was okay. I've always been interested in design, both industrial and nonindustrial. I didn't find what the designers had to say all that interesting. Maybe it was because the director would have them say 3 sentences and then cut to something else. Maybe if they had been allowed to say 15 sentences it would have been weightier? Like the designer who had a new baby and was disgusted by baby design, like strollers. Why? It wasn't clear. He didn't say. I found Rob Walker's comments most interesting.

And the Apple guy. We're all supposed to revere Apple design but they can't even design a phone antenna properly.

[Cynthia]

RA have you seen Winter's Bone yet? It's incredible. Don't bring your boys, though. I'd say it's for 18 and up. Dark and uber-creepy.

[[deleted user]]

My daughter who is a fan of the Twilight series saw the shorts to 'Vampires Suck'. She killed herself laughing and is now desperate for me to take her to see it.
I think I am going to be very busy for the next 6 months. Too busy to go to the movies. :)

[RandomAnthony]

I haven't, Cynthia! I'll probably have to wait for Netflix since the only theater around here that had it was way in the city. I'm looking forward to it, though. Thanks for the tip.

Sure, I hear what you're saying, LG. Did you see Helvitica, by the way?

I saw two movies this weekend:

1. I re-watched The Limey. Great film, hardly ever gets mentioned anymore, Terrance Stamp was brilliant.

2. My twelve year and I saw Billy Pilgrim Vs. The World. That was good, not great, and maybe too long at two hours. I've never read the comics but I want to read them. My twelve year was desperate to see the film but was confused, I think, but all the gay references and the like. I think he thought it was going to be an action movie. Heh. Anyway, the theater was too warm, too. As far as I'm concerned all movie theaters should be chilled to about 40 degrees.

[ms.petra]

You would love my local theater RA. It can be 95 degrees outside and I have to wear jeans and bring a hoodie just to be comfortable because it is so cold in there!

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

RandomAnthony wrote: "Sure, I hear what you're saying, LG. Did you see Helvitica, by the way?"

No, but I should, since I'm kind of obsessed with fonts.

[ms.petra]

watched The White Ribbon last night. Not sure if I would recommend it even though it won Best Foreign Film last year.

[[deleted user]]

Petra, it was El Secrete De Sus Ojos (The Secret in their Eyes) that won Best Foreign Film.

I wouldn't recommend The White Ribbon to people who are very uncomfortable about a dark meditation about the rise of Nazism and the evil deeds that seemingly normal people commit, even if it is a good film.

[ms.petra]

Gus wrote: "Petra, it was El Secrete De Sus Ojos (The Secret in their Eyes) that won Best Foreign Film.

I wouldn't recommend The White Ribbon to people who are very uncomfortable about a dark meditation about..."

White Ribbon won the Golden Globe

[[deleted user]]

That's right, Petra. Forgot that.

Yes, I'm back. Survived the Kingdom that Mickey Built. Got the scars to prove it.

[Félix]

You say you got cigars to prove it?

[[deleted user]]

Cubans?

[[deleted user]]

Dutch Masters, to be precise.

[Félix]

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

[Phil]

What is it the rest of the time?

[Félix]

Sigmund didn't elaborate.

[Cynthia]

Phil, it's a phallic symbol. Like a banana is just a banana, Anna.

[Phil]

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, sometimes it's a penis.

[Félix]

Nothing subtle about old Phil.

[Phil]

Not as old as you, Larry. :)

[Félix]

No doubt.

[Sally, la reina]

How does Janine find the most beautiful foreign films to watch?

[Félix]

Sally wrote: "How does Janine find the most beautiful foreign films to watch?"

I don't know. Let's ask her. Janine?

[janine]

Larry wrote: "Sally wrote: "How does Janine find the most beautiful foreign films to watch?"

I don't know. Let's ask her. Janine?"

maybe it's because i am foreign.

[janine]

in the last weeks i've also seen:

transporter 2
the road
brothers (the remake, not the danish original)
a silly flick with amanda bynes in it
parts of swing vote

i have at home to watch:

fantastic mr. fox

[ms.petra]

I watched the documentary Brothers at War. One brother makes a film about two of his brothers serving in Iraq and all that it means to them and their family. Powerful.

[Félix]

Movie night in our building. Tonight it's Henry Poole Is Here. I've not seen it yet.

Late Edit: Great movie! You gotta see it!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1029120/

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I watched the documentary "My Kid Could Paint That." Fascinating. I'm still watching the special features. It raises so many issues about what art is, the nature of fraud, parenting. I think I'll watch it twice.

[Mary]

We watched Clash of the Titans this afternoon. CGI was v. good but many liberties were taken with Greek mythology and overall the movie fell flat.

[janine]

BunWat wrote: "I LOVE Fantastic Mr Fox. I have watched it four times and my friends and I quote it to each other now."

i watched it this weekend and now i love it too!

[janine]

ober (waiter)


a waiter is tired of his shitty life and complains to the script writer. from there the story goes really bad really fast, which is partly due to the script writer's girlfriend who decides to write some pieces too, and introduces stupid ideas. maybe the person who wrote this script had a similar girlfriend, with similar stupid ideas.

[ms.petra]

I saw Eat Pray Love tonight with my sis. Two words Javier Bardem. If you liked the book, you will like the movie. I have heard a lot of trash talk about both, however, if you are searching in your life it is just one more reminder to look within. (Please, no haters that have not read the book or seen the movie)

[Stacia (the 2010 club)]

I'm scared to watch it because I loved the book so much as a child. Does anyone have any book to movie comparisons for me?

[Stacia (the 2010 club)]

Not terrified! Just hesitant because I couldn't stand the movie version of James and the Giant Peach. At least the newer version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory came closer to the book version.

FMF was my favorite of all of his books.

[Stacia (the 2010 club)]

I can definitely tell you which children's-book-made-into-a-movie not to see.

My husband accidentally put "Where the Wild Things are" into our Netflix queue, thinking it was something else and we suffered miserably through it when we should have turned it off. It was horrible.

[Sarah]

I liked Where the Wild Things Are, though not in the same way as the book. I thought it was visually spectacular.

In the last two days I have seen Date Night and Hot Tub Time Machine. Date Night was eeeehhh, perhaps because my expectations of those actors were too high. Hot Tub Time Machine was kinda pretty funny, as y'all said. Mind you, the part I laughed hardest at was at the beginning, when Crispin Glover was tossing their luggage around.
Does Crispin Glover age?

[Sarah]

I agree.