'Serenity'
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Loved it and shall own it
Yummy. Haven't watched the commentary yet, but it's one of the many things vying for my attention this weekend (along with the latest Veronica Mars, Joan of Arcadia, and Lost.)
Will mention (for the fifth time. at least.) now, that I watched it 6-7 times this summer. The last time I watched it, I tried to read (some really good Harry Potter fanfic), but put down the reading about 10 minutes in to watch again.
Saw A Home at the End of the World last night. Good, but not spectacular. What really surprised me was Colin Farrell - he put in a moving and subtle performance, something I wasn't entirely sure he was capable of. I'm looking forward to Alexander with slightly less trepidation now.
Jars--I thought the film didn't quite jell, but still found it very moving in parts and worth watching. I totally agree with you on CF. He is also impressive in Tigerland.
I totally agree with you on CF. He is also impressive in Tigerland.
And the only thing worth watching in Minority Report.
I'll be watching Alexander, but mainly because at least they kept the whole slept-with-guys-too part.
They have awful posters. Really bad. I'm assuming that contract negotiations led to the floating head nature of them, and not because anyone overly liked the aesthetics.
Was the tragic hair contractually specified as well?
I'll be awtching it, just 'cuz, but I've already mentioned in Bitches that it's bound to bug the living crap out of me, because the preview features a line by CF's Alexander talking about "uniting the lands and freeing the people," and I hate, hate, HATE this trope in historical epics SO MUCH!
Nobody back then gave a flying fuck about freeing the people, especially not Alexander. I really hate historical epics making all previous empires into America wannabes.
Right. I am thinking, generally speaking, that conquering countries with a shockingly powerful army in the name of "freedom" is mega-stupid.
Oh, wait.
I saw Dirty Pretty Things this morning. In the middle, I was afraid it would turn into Sister Carrie on film, but then it didn't, and I was happy. I really liked the lead, and his Chinese mortuary asssitant friend. I had forgotten it was a Stephen Frears movie till I saw the credit, and then I got to the end and thought, "This is exactly the sort of movie Stephen Frears would make."
So, we went and saw Team America this afternoon. I agree with everyone who said it wasn't as funny as the SP movie, but it still had its moments. My personal favorite was the way everything Team America came near was destroyed. On the way out of the movie, DH and I got to talking about Stone and Parker's apparent hatred of the Baldwins. Does anyone know what started this, or why they are so fixated on the Baldwins?
I am thinking, generally speaking, that conquering countries with a shockingly powerful army in the name of "freedom" is mega-stupid.
Oh, wait.
Snerk!