'Out Of Gas'
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So, is the B with the WH some sort of known spirit?
It's sort of a remake of an earlier HK movie titled something like Wolf Woman, which was based on one of those Chinese popular novels of martial arts mayhem. Dunno if that was based in legend, or just popculty goodness.
Have you seen Swordsman II? Brigitte Lin is the best.
DH and I saw Bright Leaves on Friday, and it was just about the nicest two hours of navel-gazing I've ever seen. It's not an "important" movie the way so many recent documentaries have tried to be, but it's a really, really enjoyable one. I think anyone who's ever done any kind of independent/low-budget/student filmmaking would get a kick out of it, especially. (There's one moment in particular that's much, much funnier if you realize it must have been shot long before American Beauty came out.)
I finally saw Big Fish while on vacation. Awesome! I cried and cried at the end. And unlike some other Tim Burton movies, it had an end! One that went with the rest of the movie! So that was exciting.
Ever noticed that Ewan McGregor seems to radiate a kind of glee in every movie, as if he can't believe his own good fortune to be right here, right now, doing this!! ?
Ewan McGregor has a gland that secretes a sympathy-inducing pheromone, as far as I can tell. Even as Nick Leeson, I couldn't help thinking "Oh, poor sweetie! How did this all happen to your helpless little self?"
Which completely wasn't what I was thinking when I read the news reports.
It may just be being fed by his lurking delight.
That having been said, I've not made it through Big Fish yet, despite both owning it and having Netflixed it. I've started, so I'll finish, but ... not soon.
Big Fish snuck up on me. I was sitting there through a lot of it thinking, "This is....OK," and then suddenly I was crying and smiling and loved it. I might have given up on it at home.
Ever noticed that Ewan McGregor seems to radiate a kind of glee in every movie, as if he can't believe his own good fortune to be right here, right now, doing this!! ?
Except for the Star Wars movies where, while doing a pretty good Alec Guiness, he seems to be radiating a "What the fuck did I get myself into with this shite?" vibe.
Except for the Star Wars movies
Have I talked here about my theory of AotC? I'm convinced it was really 2 movies -- a passable action adventure flick starring Ewan, and a horrendous romantic film starring Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen.
I heart Big Fish.
Hayden Christiansen had more sexual chemistry with R2D2 than with Natalie Portman.
That whole movie was ADASTW.(Arrived Dead and Stayed That Way) I'm glad I didn't pay.