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.

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

Um, Tombstone is a frozen pizza and silver is a precious metal.

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.

Oh. D'oh. You recommended It! The Terror from Beyond Space. Oops. It! Them! Who can tell the difference? But anyway, you should see Them! then. But at least that explains why I wondered what kind of crack you were smoking to say that Alien was basically a remake of Them!

I can't wait for this new Donnie Darko now. Hmmm.

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.

No, I'm not Canadian (alas), I just joined Netflix last month.

Only Shamylan movie I've seen is Unbreakable, which I actually liked (and seems at odds with the general consensus here.)

I liked Unbreakable; I thought it was an interesting concept and the acting was quite good. And I don't even have the comics geek claim.

I can't wait for this new Donnie Darko now. Hmmm.

I'm pissed offf. I can't find it playing anywhere near me.

I saw "Bourne Supremacy" last night. I liked it, but not as much as I thought I would. Matt Damon was good, as was the rest of the cast. But the car chase through Moscow was just too much. It felt like it went on too long and after the opening car chase in India I was car-chased out. Joan Allen was good and I liked her character as well. Not enough Julia Stiles, though. I wanted her character to play a bigger role somehow. Liked the ending. Hope this means that both Joan Allen and Julia Stiles will be in the next one. As I recall, the books were a trilogy.

I can't wait for this new Donnie Darko now. Hmmm.

I'm pissed offf. I can't find it playing anywhere near me.

AFAIK it's only opening in New York and LA. If it does well there it'll move to other cities. I am still hoping it will hit Chicago--I even emailed an art-movie place near me asking them to show it (I got no response).

Oh. D'oh. You recommended It! The Terror from Beyond Space. Oops. It! Them! Who can tell the difference? But anyway, you should see Them! then. But at least that explains why I wondered what kind of crack you were smoking to say that Alien was basically a remake of Them!

Actually, it's It! that ALIEN was a remake of, not Them. Seriously. That, and Mario Bava's PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES.

Um, Tombstone is a frozen pizza and silver is a precious metal.

Glurg. Here I was, in the middle of the night, looking for deep metaphoric meaning. Oops.