I just found out that A Series of Unfortunate Events has a funny cameo: the Aflack duck!
Early: Where'd she go? Simon: I can't keep track of her when she's not incorporeally possessing a space ship. Don't look at me.
'Objects In Space'
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tommyrot - Nov 29, 2004 3:56:31 am PST #6339 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Lyra Jane - Nov 29, 2004 4:25:32 am PST #6340 of 10001
Up with the sun
I can't get past the anachronism, frankly. Sure, love songs are eternal, blah blah schmoop-cakes, but it took me out of the movie every single time.
I don't know if this will make sense, but I think I didn't think of it as an anachronism because I wasn't watching it as a movie realistically set in 1899. I was watching it as a costume musical made in 2001, that happened to use 1899 as a setting. The story could have ben set in 32 B.C. or 2015 and that wouldn't have changed the things I enjoy about it much, except the costumes wouldn't have been as pretty.
But I can see why that wouldn't work if you like historical movies to be fairly realistic.
it is quite precisely what the movie was about, the dance scene was great, and I didn't for a second see it coming.
ita, "Roxanne" is the part of the movie I find myself rewatching the most. It is stunning.
But I do agree with Jilli:
I understand why people dislike Moulin Rouge. That doesn't stop me from adoring the movie, singing along with it, and tearing up at the end every. damn. time.
sumi - Nov 29, 2004 4:28:24 am PST #6341 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Kevin Spacey's talking about leaving movies for music:
Hollywood star Kevin Spacey is considering quitting movie acting, to concentrate on his musical career. The Oscar winner, who plays fifties crooner Bobby Darin in the Beyond The Sea, is keen to return to his roots and concentrate on living the life of a singer-songwriter. The actor has already planned to tour with Beyond The Sea co-stars, The John Wilson Orchestra, in America. Spacey explains, "My background was on stage and in musicals so it's a case of going back to my roots. If this all goes well - the tour and the movie - I have a good mind to jack in all the acting things and just live the life of a singer-songwriter. Sounds good, right? Well, you'll just have to wait and see."
Fred Pete - Nov 29, 2004 4:40:52 am PST #6342 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I was watching it as a costume musical made in 2001, that happened to use 1899 as a setting.
That's how I wanked the songs. MR wasn't supposed to be a slice of life. (My big problem with the movie was Nicole Kidman -- she never made the character convincing.)
As to the Spacey news, I'll wait and see how he does in the movie. There are things the world has less use for than the next Bobby Darin.
Kate P. - Nov 29, 2004 4:44:04 am PST #6343 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
The thing is, the current Greeks are Slavs, not Hellenes. They aren't actually descended from the Classical Greeks.
Hey, cool, I didn't know that.
I do love the "Roxanne" scene in MR.
Did we all know that Bad Education got slapped with an NC-17 rating for graphic gay sex scenes?
Stephanie - Nov 29, 2004 4:48:55 am PST #6344 of 10001
Trust my rage
Did we all know that Bad Education got slapped with an NC-17 rating for graphic gay sex scenes?
Huh. I just read a review of BE in the New Yorker. Is graphic gay sex more worthy of an NC-17 than graphic straight sex? (Not asking if it should be, I'm just wondering if it is rated that way.)
Kate P. - Nov 29, 2004 4:52:55 am PST #6345 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Yeah, I'm not sure. The article I linked to seemed to say that the official reason was "explicit sexual content," and I don't know if the fact that it's between two men had anything to do with it. I mentioned the gay part because I figured there might--possibly--be a few people around these parts who would find that exciting...
Fred Pete - Nov 29, 2004 4:53:11 am PST #6346 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Nonian, I don't have any links or such to back it up, but my impression is that "gay" automatically takes a movie to PG-13 territory.
SuziQ - Nov 29, 2004 4:57:23 am PST #6347 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I'm just sitting here, nodding my head like a loon at the majority of the Moulin Rouge posts. It took a couple of viewings before I fell in love with more than just EWEN (squeeeee!!!!). I have a CD that is a mix of the two soundtracks, the only song I dropped was Like a Virgin cause it just bugs beyond reason.
I have not seen Alexander yet, but one of K-Bug's friends did. Her review - "it is one big movie about a guy coming out of the closet".
Stephanie - Nov 29, 2004 5:05:36 am PST #6348 of 10001
Trust my rage
but my impression is that "gay" automatically takes a movie to PG-13 territory.
I just asked because, while I have nothing to back it up, I wouldn't be surprised if "gay" raised it up a notch. OTOH, the linked article said Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down got a X and that was straight sex, but since I haven't seen Bad Education I really can't compare.
ION, I'm now listening to the Moulin Rouge soundtrack. After all the talk, i was in the mood to hear the music again.