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[[deleted user]]

Really, LG? That was one of the reasons I wasn't crazy about him playing Edward. That and he didn't LOOK like Edward was meant to. I think SM just got stars in her eyes getting a HP player. Whatever.

[[deleted user]]

Barb wrote: "Watched Black Swan on Saturday. Underwhelmed."

This is how I feel about most Oscar smashes.

Anyone with a comment on The King's Speech? I love, Love, LOVE Firth, but it seemed like a weak premise for a movie, so I was less than enthusiastic.

[Aynge]

I watched Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist last night. Boring. Then The Sandlot came on the Fox Movie Channel. I hadn't seen that since it came out in the 90's. Great flick.

[Sarah]

Amelia wrote: "Barb wrote: "Watched Black Swan on Saturday. Underwhelmed."

This is how I feel about most Oscar smashes.

Anyone with a comment on The King's Speech? I love, Love, LOVE Firth, but it seemed ..."

I thought the King's Speech was excellent. A fascinating time in British history, so not a weak premise in my book.

[Jim]

The Sandlot is a classic Aynge.

"You're killing me smalls"

[[deleted user]]

Nick and Norah was boring? *grumbles to self*

I'm sure you're right, SP. I just wasn't feeling it. I'm sure I'll like it, and I know I'll watch it eventually.

[[deleted user]]

Sandlot was classic.

[Lyzzibug ~Still Breathing~]

Shopping at the dollar store yesterday, I found Stir Crazy, See No Evil, Hear No Evil, and Another You for $8.

[[deleted user]]

Stir Crazy is classic!

[Phil]

I remember most of the lines from Stir Crazy. I remember the ending the most, because I worked in a theater when it came out & I would be standing in the back, ready to clean up as people left.

"Aren't you forgetting something?"
"Wh...What?"
"What about my opening night?"
"Am I ... ... Am I still invited?"
"How many times do I have to ask?"
"Whoopeeeeee!"

[Heidi]

I wonder if Sally's seen The Sandlot yet... we recommended it to her a while back.

Yes, Sarah Pi... it holds up. I wonder how much of that was nostalgic, though.

[[deleted user]]

Holy jeebus, that movie was a BLAST OF FUN. From the first scene to the last, I had a big, dopey smile on my face.

[Sarah]

I loved all the Toronto-ness. Casa Loma (where the movie set extras battle occured) was near our first house in Toronto and we used to sneak in during parties.

But why did Michael Cera, a Canadian actor in a film actually set in Canada, say "Drah-ma" instead of a-is-for-apple "DRA-ma?"

[ms.petra]

Robert De Niro and Edward Norton in Stone. Good acting and a strong start, but the ending was unsatisfying.

[Stacia (the 2010 club)]

janine wrote: "la tourneuse de pages


revenge. sweet revenge. crazy girl. pianos."

The brunette looks like a young Anjelica Huston.

[[deleted user]]

Watched the A-Team for nostalgia, and because I saw Liam Neeson on Graham Norton the other day and I really like Neeson.

It was rubbish.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I saw Hanna yesterday, about a girl trained by her agent father, and the CIA is after her. Lots of action and exciting chase and escape scenes, and I actually believed she could beat up grown men, but I wanted more explanation and back story.

Also, what's with the trend to have girls be these tough and deadly figher types? There was Kick-Ass, and then True Grit (sort of), and Winter's Bone, and The Hunger Games is coming up. What does it mean?

[Lila]

Just watched conviction...who are these people in real life? Amazing...

[Phoenix]

That all of us women folk need to get martial arts training and start kicking the crap out of bad guys because the cops are getting fat and lazy. Yay for vigilante justice!

Or not.

[ms.petra]

I want to see that one and Source Code, Jackie.

[Jim]

Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "I saw Hanna yesterday, about a girl trained by her agent father, and the CIA is after her. Lots of action and exciting chase and escape scenes, and I actually believed she could beat up grown men, ..."

Is this the one with the girl from the Lonely Bones movie?

[[deleted user]]

Salt.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Jim, yes, this girl, whose name I don't know how to pronounce, and who I remembered from Atonement:

Saoirse Ronan

Ms. Petra, I want to see Source Code, too! Too bad we don't live closer, we could be movie buddies.

[Sarah]

I want to be movie buddies too! Source Code commercials looked kind of cheesy, but it was directed by Duncan Jones (formerly Zowie Bowie) and he directed Moon and I've heard Source Code is actually good SF.

[[deleted user]]

I do want to see Source Code as well. Duncan Jones really impressed me with Moon, even if you could see the end coming; I understand the ending of Source Code is the subject of much chatter online.

Duncan Jones is a filmmaker whose stock is rising very fast.

[Sally, la reina]

I tried watching the Sandlot again. Got a bit farther in. Just don't care enough yet.

Loved Scott Pilgrim. Want to see Hanna.

[Aynge]

Moon was awesome.

[ms.petra]

Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "Jim, yes, this girl, whose name I don't know how to pronounce, and who I remembered from Atonement:

Saoirse Ronan

Ms. Petra, I want to see Sou..."

that would be fun!

[ms.petra]

that was weird....

[[deleted user]]

I believe Saoirse's name is pronounced "SHORE-SHAH." At least that's how I heard her pronounce her name.

[ms.petra]

@lila - I watched Conviction a couple of weeks ago and really enjoyed it.

I saw two movies this weekend, RIO and SUCKERPUNCH.
I am a fool for animation and I LOVED RIO! It was predictable, yes, but absolutely stunning graphics and just a feel good movie.
Suckerpunch is also a visual treat. There are three layers of story, but I had no problem following along. I loved the badass Baby Doll and her cohorts. At times it was like watching a video game on the big screen, but ultimately the message of believe in yourself and fight for what you believe in comes through loud and clear. Also, I enjoyed the music in both movies.

[Cynthia]

"The Fighter"--pretty good, loved the Amy Adams character.

[RandomAnthony]

The new Tron was the most boring movie I've seen in a long, long time.

[Sally, la reina]

We Watched Escape from New York last Friday and Escape From LA last night.

[[deleted user]]

RA, I watched the original Tron yesterday, and couldn't figure out what it was that I found so appealing when I was 11 years old. Utterly corny.

[Heidi]

I'm pretty excited about this movie coming out. The book was great.

The Help

[Heidi]

Barb wrote: "There's a movie coming out? That should be good.

*edited after watching trailer*
WOOT!"

ME, TOO!!! ME TOO, Barb! :)

::high fives Barb::

[Cynthia]

I must say the maids in the movie trailer look a lot more bad ass than the maids in the book "The Help." And the journalist girl looks way sassier, especially one on one with Hilly.

[ms.petra]

I watched The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest today. This entire Swedish series was fantastic! The US version is going to have to really step it up to even compare.

[Sarah]

Watched Morning Glory last night. It was a movie that came out a few months ago with Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams and Harrison Ford, about a young producer trying to make it in the morning show business.
It was thoroughly mediocre. There was some better movie happening in the background with all of the random props and visitors to the morning show: boring dialogue occurred in front of fire breathing acrobats, the Blue Man Group casually crossed through the shot, etc., all without even a mention.
It wasn't awful, but I kind of started getting mad at it early, when the young producer was told by her mother "When you were 18 and had a dream it was cute. When you were 21 and still had a dream it was awkward. Now you're 28 and still have a dream and I really think you need to put it away because it's embarrassing and pathetic."
And there were no other scenes with this mother, so we don't know if she's just a harpy, or how that attitude affected the main character or anything. It was a HORRIFYING thing for someone to say to their child in any context and I hated the movie for putting it out there without any development.

[RandomAnthony]

"Rachel McAdams romantic comedy" and "mediocre" go together like...um..."romantic comedy" and that lady who's always in romantic comedies but got kicked off of Gray's Anatomy. I can't remember her name. The bitchy one.

I let my oldest son watch Jackass 3 last night. Oops. He now, I imagine, knows how to use "fucking" as an adjective much better than 24 hours ago.

[Sarah]

RandomAnthony wrote: ""Rachel McAdams romantic comedy" and "mediocre" go together like...um..."romantic comedy" and that lady who's always in romantic comedies but got kicked off of Gray's Anatomy. I can't remember her..."

Fair point. The difference is that Rachel McAdams is somewhat hot, and the Heigl lady is bland, bland, bland.

What else did your son learn from Jackass 3?

[RandomAnthony]

Hm...good question...inflicting minor injuries on your friends is funny?

[Sarah]

I'll admit, I'm entertained by Jackass, as long as it's the kind of goofy stupid stuff. I'm not big on the grossout stuff (portapotties, volcanoes) and I'm not big on the real-life spots that take advantage of people, like when they leave a fake baby carrier on top of a van and drive off, and kind of mock the good samaritans who run after them. I think that leaves me the minor-injuries-on-friends.
I thought the one where they rented a car, paid for the extra insurance, then entered it into a Demolition Derby was about the funniest thing I've ever seen.

[Heidi]

I have several things I'd like to post in this thread at the moment:

1. This thread is too fucking long.

2. Phil and Jammies, I take back all that stuff I said about wanting people to continue to post in the really old, really large threads. WTF was I thinking?! We need to fix this. I catch myself avoiding the threads that are super long or have 30+ new posts.

3. I am watching The Dancer Upstairs. John Malkovich directed. Javier Bardem in the lead. May I just say he's looking the hottest I've ever seen him look in a movie in this particular film. This is not just MH opinion. It is verifiable fact.

[Félix]

I'm watching the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Swedish version) right now.