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[Dave]

I just finished watching The Dark Knight. Fuckety fuck shit, why didn't this win an Oscar nod? At least Heath Ledger got one. His performance lived up to the hype. Watching this movie just proved to me of what a huge talent we lost.

[RandomAnthony]

I don't know if I can watch that movie again without giggling about Christian Bale...

I just watched Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. My wife liked the film a lot. My sons, apparently, would be allowed to date Norah.

[Kevin]

we watched Charlie Wilson's War yesterday and i really liked it. today we are watching Dreams Of Dust a beautifully filmed movie from Burkina Faso. a visually incredible film

[Félix]

Charlie Wilson's War was excellent. Just somewhat disheartening to think of the idiotic blunders our country continues to make in foreign policy.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I agree about Charlie Wilson's War, very enlightening.
I just saw The Reader, and my gawd, could these nominated movies be more depressing? Another movie about the Holocaust, an old, painful wound we can't seem to stop poking at.

[Félix]

... we can't seem to stop poking at.

And maybe we shouldn't stop.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I know, Larry, you're right. But do the movies all have to be SO grim? Life does go on...

On the other hand, I hated Life Is Beautiful which tried to mix in humor. Of course, that may have just been Benigni making me gag, not the humor.

[Félix]

Yeah Bengni was a bit over the top, eh?

I know what you mean. Remembering those events doesn't mean we have to be without joy.

I have a friend whose family lost a lot of people during that period, and she just won't talk about it, or even think about going to the Holocaust museum.

[Kevin]

usually i watch movies for entertainment and the news to be depressed. that may sound shallow but for me i need some escapism sometimes. so with that being said i am going to dig out Dumb and Dumber tonight and ....

[Sally, la reina]

I watched half of Smart People today before turning it off in disgust. I should've liked it! All sorts of stars. But the lamest plot, the worst dialogue. ever.

[Félix]

So what does that make the people who liked it?

[Sally, la reina]

Should I of liked it? Give it another try but pay attention this time?

[Félix]

No it was bad.

[RandomAnthony]

I thought Smart People was ok but the (somewhat accurate) portrayal of academia terrified me. And it was the only time I've been able to watch Sarah Jessica Parker and not barf since Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.

[Julie]

I also really disliked Smart People.
I just found it totally uninteresting.
Boring.

[Leslie]

I know what you mean about entertainment and grimness in movies. If a movie doesn't engage me on an emotional level, I find it boring. Which for me, means thrillers, chick-flick love stories, action movies, a lot of what passes for comedy--are boring. I went to see Ocean's Thirteen with my parents and I was counting the lights in the ceiling of the theatre--more interesting than what was happening on the screen!
But....that means I watch movies that are wrenching emotinally, that really hurt sometimes. It's hard to find a balance, very hard.
Once in a while I find something silly and so funny and I laugh so hard that people look at me like I'm weird--the last one was Meet Dave. It looked dumb and I didn't even want to see it and I did and I was laughing the next day, just remembering it! It was so silly and funny. I wish I could find more movies like that.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I just watched Vicky Cristina Barcelona, and I loved the golden light in the cinematography, the music (classical Spanish guitar), and the romantic spell it casts.
I'm definitely a "Vicky" and not a "Cristina". I could completely understand Vicky's feelings through the whole movie. And I think Cristina is one of those people who crave novelty.

[Dave]

What a coincidence. I just finished watching Vicky Cristina Barcelona, as well. I thought it was too cerebral for a Woody Allen film, like Interiors. We get it, Woody, you've seen Jules and Jim and the films of Eric Rohmer, and your characters are struggling to reconcile their rational sides with their emotions. Could you be funny now please?

But I absolutely loved Penelope Cruz in this film.

[Matthieu]

Jules et Jim... One of my favourites.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Yeah, very Rohmeresque, Dave. And no, not funny. I forgot it was a Woody Allen film.
But I liked it, and more than Miranda/Miranda. I think because of Penelope. She's so ALIVE.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

And yeah, what a coincidence! ;)

[Dave]

Was Penelope nominated for an Oscar? That was just a genius performance.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Yes, she was, for Best Supporting Actress. Here are the nominees:

Amy Adams for Doubt (2008/I)

Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

Viola Davis for Doubt (2008/I)

Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler (2008)

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Tomorrow, I'm thinking about going to see Doubt, although I'm not excited about it. It just has so many nominations, I kinda HAVE to.

[Dave]

How'd you get that accent above the e?

I need to see Doubt and Milk and then that'll be it. I'm not going to see Slumdog Millionaire or The Reader, so they can't win this year.

[Matthieu]

[alt:] + "e" = é

[Dave]

Hmmm, alt + e pulls down the Edit menu on my browser.

[Matthieu]

That's odd...

[Félix]

Mine too.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I copied and pasted from the imdb, Dave, so the accent was already there. But Chris has my computer set up for accents if I want to put them in. Voilá! I think he's got it on International Keyboard, in the settings.

[Matthieu]

I'm using a mac with a French keyboard...

[Félix]

Tres bien!

[RandomAnthony]

I liked Vicky Christina Barcelona...I agree, Jackie's definitely a Vicky, and we like her that way:)

I have Eagle Eye from the library, but I haven't been motivated to watch it yet...

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I've been thinking about Vicky Cristina Barcelona, and it occurs to me that this is a movie about women, and the men are there just to present different options for the women.

It's about women searching for meaning and happiness and love in their lives, and the paths they take to find it. I'm not sure I agree with the movie's conclusions, if they even WERE conclusions, but that's okay. It wasn't funny, but it was thought-provoking.

[RandomAnthony]

That's interesting, Vicky, uh, I mean, Jackie. Makes sense.

One of the local theaters is playing all five "best picture" nominees. You can buy an all-day pass and see all five in one day for thirty bucks. That's kind of a cool idea, I think, but I don't think I could pull it off, even with the free popcorn refills.

[Sally, la reina]

That is freaking AWESOME, RA. I'd do it if I could.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

That theater would have to have incredibly comfortable seats, and a great concession stand, to get through 5 movies in one day. That's a LOT of sitting.
Anyhow, I've seen all 5 Best Picture nominees already, plus Doubt today, so I'm doing pretty well. I'm going to try to see a few more of the best actress movies, which come out on DVD Tuesday.

[Leslie]

Anthony--that sounds like fun!!! Although, I'm like you--I don't know if I could manage such a movie marathon, especially since man does not live on popcorn alone!

[Sarah]

Sally -- I hated Smart People too. Waste of a good cast.

I've actually seen almost all of the nominated movies now - all of the ones I cared to see, anyhow.

We saw Coraline this week, in 3D. I highly recommend it. Creepy and imaginative and funny.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I just finished watching "Frozen River" which was surprisingly good. A woman whose husband has taken off with the downpayment money for a new mobile home falls in with a Mohawk woman who smuggles immigrants across the frozen river. Desperate for cash, she grabs this way to keep her and her kids afloat.
It won the Sundance Jury prize, and the lead actress is nominated for an Oscar. It's also up for best screenplay.
It's one of those small independent films, but it surprised me in a good way. I liked that it didn't turn into a thriller, and that the women became allies, not competitors.

[Sally, la reina]

Oh Jackie! I finally watched The Wrestler.

Painful. I cried at times. But very good! I'd like to see Rourke win for it. But I'm glad he got a nod. What a freaky concept. We were talking later with my mom about it (she saw it a few weeks ago) and she said, "yeah, but what did you expect, Sally? It was a story about pro wrestling and strippers?" I say I wasn't expecting it to be SAD.

[Sally, la reina]

I also saw Volver this past weekend.

Sadly, I napped through the first half (Spanish is a lullaby in Almodovar films, the accent is so Anzalduan) but gathered the premise in the second half. Even with those impressive chchangas I don't see what the big deal is about Penelope Cruz.

I do still want to see Vicki Christina Barcelona, her performance in that is supposed to be phenomenal.

[RandomAnthony]

I don't see what the big deal is about Penelope Cruz.

I do. Whoo yeah.

:)

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Yeah - me too!

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Yeah, The Wrestler was kinda heart-breaking, wasn't it, Sally?
I saw Volver when it came out, and I liked the network of women thing, and the Hitchcockian style of it, but wasn't thrilled by it. Where was the Almodovarian energy? It was just so subdued, and not all that fun.
By the way, Penelope Cruz was given some extra padding for her role in Volver. I guess Almodovar wanted her a little curvier.

[Sally, la reina]

Last night we watched W with Josh Brolin. Oliver Stone flick that intersperses the inadequacies of the first Bush administration with the events of GWB's life from Yale through his days as the owner of the Texas Rangers.

I enjoyed the Laura Bush portrayal more than anyone else, perhaps Richard Dreyfus as Dick Cheney.
Sweeter and I agreed that whoever played Condoleeza Rice as well as Carl Rove must have been directed to portray a caricature.

It was amusing at times, but I thought a bit too much as well. (And I'm a hard-core liberal.)

[Dave]

I saw W the other day as well. As you said there were two things going on that I don't think worked well together. On the one hand Stone wanted to expose the run up to the Iraq war, and how it was wrong headed. On the other hand he wanted show an even handed even sympathetic portrait of Bush as a real person (we even get to see him on the toilet--yippee) growing up in the shadow of his famous family. The even handedness of the second part seemed a little insincere to me when put together with the first part.

My favorite part was when Colin Powell said to Dick Cheney, "Fuck you, Dick."

[Sally, la reina]

Yeah, the interactions of the cabinet were pretty interesting.

Stone made me feel sympathy for Colin Powell, something I'd previously thought impossible.

[RandomAnthony]

Sally, did you see Vicky Christina Barcelona last night? What did you think?

I, lucky as I am, will be watching the cinematic classic, Beverly Hills Chihuahua today. I'm sure the filmmaker's Bergman influences will appear.

Rachel Getting Married comes out on video Tuesday...

[Leslie]

Did anyone see Miracle at St. Anna? I watched that last night--WOW!! It was good! I want to see Valkyrie before it leaves the dollar theaters. I like movies at the movies more than at home. Still haven't seen a lot of the movies that are out because I usually wait for them to get to the dollar theaters. Do you guys have those in your towns?