How did I not know before tonight that Robyn Hitchcock has a part in the new version of The Manchurian Candidate?

Huh. Well.... Damn.

I didn't know he had ever done any acting.

Ya know. If you were to ask, I'd probably say I was not a fan of the western genre, but damn. I watched Tombstone tonight and just loved it. That and Silverado. Neither one seems western to me. Why is that?

I liked it, but I'm a comics geek.

Without getting into a thing about it, this sentence pops up every time we discuss Unbreakable here, and I still don't know what it's supposed to be about, other than putting the comics geeks who didn't like the film (of which there are a fair number) on the defensive.

Hmmm. Well, I don't know what other people have meant when they've said it, but what I meant was that, since I'm a comics geek, the comics element of the story really grabbed me; also, the way that color was used in clothes seemed a very comics thing to do, and I really liked it.

I think that, had the comics-related elements not been in the movie, I wouldn't have liked it. So that's what I mean when I say it. This just uses more words, and a globe.

I watched Tombstone tonight and just loved it. That and Silverado. Neither one seems western to me.

One has that "Mmm, pizza" association and the other has that "Mmm, money" association.

Has anyone here seen Two English Girls? I watched that this week (I've been on a Truffaut kick recently) and I think it might be one of the best movies I've seen. It's not as famous as Jules & Jim, but like that movie it's also based on a book by Henri Pierre Roche and it examines a love triangle over a number of years. I actually prefer it to Jules & Jim because in this film all three participants are equally innocent/culpable and there's a heavier, more introspective tone which I liked. It's really beautiful and I recommend it for anyone who likes dark, passionate, and depressing love stories.

Just came back from seeing Bourne Supremacy. I thought it was excellent, well-made and atmospheric but not in a typical glossy Hollywood way. I was quite taken with Matt Damon's performance (whose acting skill I'd only thought of as so-so before), which was smart, very tightly coiled and internal, giving weight to the moments in which we see a sliver of emotional vulnerability in him.

The movie also contains one of the most gritty and realistic hand-to-hand fight scenes I've seen in recent memories (I was reminded of the holding cell fight scene in Firefly's "Ariel"), and a totally kick-ass car chase through the streets of Moscow.

I also dug Joan Allen's character a lot, despite her scary hair. Allen did a lot with what could have been a rote, colorless character. You know, I sort of want to read a Bourne/Landry fic or two now. Is that very wrong?

Vonnie, I am so going to see that this weekend. Any Bay Area Buffistas up for a Sunday afternoon at the movies?

One has that "Mmm, pizza" association and the other has that "Mmm, money" association.

::head cocked to the side:: Hm. 'splain?

So, on Strega's recommendation, I got Them! from the library.

Well, yay! And, er... I don't think that was me. Because I've never seen it. I know about it, but it seems weird that I'd recommend it. Maybe I mentioned it in connection to Planetary?

Matt -- It may or may not help, but in the Donnie Darko commentary, Kelly semi-explains that he didn't expect the storyline he had in mind to be clear to the audience (since he had to cut so much). It was his own explanation, but he seems pretty cool with Lynch-esque theories as being just as valid. Because yeah, when I first heard him talking about, I thought, "How the hell were we supposed to pick that up?"

Has anyone here seen Two English Girls? I watched that this week (I've been on a Truffaut kick recently) and I think it might be one of the best movies I've seen. It's not as famous as Jules & Jim, but like that movie it's also based on a book by Henri Pierre Roche and it examines a love triangle over a number of years. I actually prefer it to Jules & Jim because in this film all three participants are equally innocent/culpable and there's a heavier, more introspective tone which I liked. It's really beautiful and I recommend it for anyone who likes dark, passionate, and depressing love stories.

My first question is are you Canadian, because they just showed that on the late movie on CBC on Wednesday. (International Movie Night) I watched an hour of it before I forced myself to go to bed. But it's no definitely on my list of movies to see soon. The CBC seem to be on a Truffault kick for their late movies. In the past few weeks, they've shown, Jules et Jim, Stolen Kisses, and Two English Girls.