It's been years and years since I've seen The Dark Crystal so I can't remember anything about it beyond that the puppets freaked me out. Even the supposedly cute main characters.
- Never saw Magnolia
- Liked Mars Attacks though there were parts I found dumb
- Never saw Time Bandits
- Remember liking Neverending Story a lot as a kid. Haven't seen it in ages, though.
- Love Groundhog Day
- Like Troy for the fights and whatnot (Hector vs. Ajax is my personal favorite) but beyond Sean Bean's Odysseus it doesn't have much else going for it.
I saw Kinsey last night. It wasn't bad, but it was kind of disappointing. I wish they'd had the budget to put more of the story in a historical context, because as it is, the whole thing exists in kind of a vacuum. (I normally hate it when biopics give characters lines like "You can't [insert thing they can't do], this is [insert year]!" but in this case, it really would have helped, since I had no idea when anything was taking place.)
I called
Neverending Story
The Never Ending Movie
and walked out with my two best friends. I was 12.
Is the second half of the book the same thing as the second movie
Aimee is the best person to ask about that, but if I remember her vehement venom correctly, I'd say the answer is no.
I have dim memories of being "meh" about Neverending Story. I haven't seen Magnolia and don't really want to. I haven't seen Troy and probably will rent it at some point.
My most hated movies are Oliver Stone's Nixon and Ron Howard's The Grinch. Either one ignites molar-endangering loathing when I see as much as a film clip. Nixon is the reason I won't be seeing the Alexander the Great movie that Stone directed, so I'm thrilled to hear that Lurhman has one in the works.
Ron Howard's The Grinch.
Oh! Yes. This too. Oh God. The pain. I stayed far, far away from
The Cat in the Hat.
I adore
The Neverending Story
far beyond reason. Atreyu was one of my first crushes (along with Disney's Robin Hood--yes, the fox). Haven't read the book yet, but I keep intending to, and from what I know, it bears not even the slightest bit of resemblance to the second movie, which is godawful.
The second half of the book is about Bastian in this fantasy world he has saved/restored, generating exciting new creatures and histories and adventures -- and discovering a down side. Which I will not spoil further, except to note that the cave where he mines memories, near the end, always made me cry.
Loved The Dark Crystal. Some of my all-time favorite characters are in it: Aughra, the feisty old woman with the sagging breasts (loved that detail!) and that incredible moving solar system, and the Chamberlain, with that whiny, smarmy voice who'll strike out at you in a flash (both were voiced by Frank Oz, BTW).
Has anyone heard anything about Beyond the Sea, the Bobby Darin biopic starring Kevin Spacey? I saw the trailer on Coming Attractions, and it looks pretty good.
Yeah, I've read the book, but it's been ages.
