Saw "A Very Long Engagement" Last night and I loved it. Audrey Tatou is lovely, and the swooniness of Jeunet's directorial style totally worked for me, as did the multi-layered story. It's incredibly beautiful--but not twee or pretty, which is what the trsiler made me afraid it was going to be.
Niska: Mr. Reynolds? You died, Mr. Reynolds. Mal: Seemed like the thing to do.
'War Stories'
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Scrappy - Dec 14, 2004 6:07:47 am PST #7138 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Jessica - Dec 14, 2004 6:09:23 am PST #7139 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
and fans of the books might be bugged by him, though I haven't read them myself and can't swear by that.
The kids (10-ish, I think) behind me at the screening hated the changes from the book. They were complaining loudly the instant the (ohmigodsogorgeous) credit started to roll. ( "But she did sign with her left hand, that was the whole point! And they didn't even go on the airplane!!" It was adorable.)
I thought Jim Carrey was near-unwatchable as Count Olaf. I can't say he ruined the film for me, because I thought that outside the production design, it was pretty pedestrian anyway, but he really needed to be reigned in. A lot.
sumi - Dec 14, 2004 6:14:16 am PST #7140 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
There's going to be a Magneto spin-off.
Steph L. - Dec 14, 2004 6:28:45 am PST #7141 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Oh -- when I saw Ocean's 12, I saw a trailer for Constantine. It didn't look as bad as I expected, though they could have culled the only redeemable moments just for the trailer.
Steph L. - Dec 14, 2004 6:48:39 am PST #7142 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Now Playing at the Zombietown 12-Screen Cineplex (from McSweeney's).
Tom Scola - Dec 14, 2004 10:17:26 am PST #7143 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The next project for Wes Anderson and writer Noah Baumbach is a stop-motion animation adaption of Roald Dahl's The Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 14, 2004 10:26:03 am PST #7144 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Also sounds like DOGMA.
Only if Connie were speaking facetiously. I wanted someone to ask Bartleby "OK, imagine you're at home on Sunday morning reading the paper in your robe and slippers. When you look up from the paper, who's sitting across the breakfast table from you?"
askye - Dec 14, 2004 10:30:28 am PST #7145 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I really hope The Fantastic Mr. Fox doesn't get ruined but I don't hold out much hope.
I had a crush on Mr. Fox.
sumi - Dec 14, 2004 11:53:36 am PST #7146 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
AICN has a rumor that Joss is being pursued to direct/write Wonder Woman.
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2004 11:55:50 am PST #7147 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How long before the Cast Charisma! cries?