'The Train Job'
A place to talk about movies--Old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Dragonheart. Isn't that the one with Sean Connery?
::scampers to imdb::
Right. Mr. Litigious + plus why would women WANT to play golf on a man's course.
It's been so long ago, I can't even remember if I liked that one.
Hardly any dragon titles on imbd. Harumph.
Dragonheart isn't too bad.
Ugh, I hated Dragonheart with the burning, fiery passion of a thousand white hot suns. Foul, stupid piece of crap.
For a really Medieval film, I suggest Rutger Hauer and Janet Jason Leigh in Flesh + Blood, meant to be a gritty, "realistic" look at the Middle Ages.
Except I think I take it back -- Ocean's Eleven is on TV
The Clooney/Pitt one? I adore that movie beyond all reason. I'll watch it just about every time I catch it on TV. It's just so much fun. I can't wait for the sequel.
Desk Set is fabulous -- you should DEFINITELY watch that.
Perfect.
Flesh + Blood is now at the top of the queue.
I'm writing a medieval romance and am wallowing in the vibe for inspiration.
Which reminds me. Must. Watch. Ladyhawke. Now.
Mmm. Romantic Rutger...
I've never even heard of Desk Set.
I actually haven't seen any Tracey/Hepburn movies.
But I love His Girl Friday. And Chinatown is good.
Desk Set introduces one of the first computers seen on film. It's room-sized.
The subtext involves human intelligence (Hepburn's reference desk/fact-finding department) pitted against cold technology (Tracy's efficiency expert's revolutionary, labor & money saving innovation). Plus there's a romantic triangle. And it's Christmas.
Something for...well...not everybody. It's sweet.
I've been spending the last week fighting with conservatives who refuse to see Farenheit 9/11 but feel qualified to lecture me on how it's not factual. So I've bookmarked Michael Moore's site for reference. Admittedly it's not unbiased, but at least it's focused on the facts in question.
Otherwise, I'm sitting here getting depressed about Sci-Fi's Earthsea attempt. The previews are looking a lot different from the books.
Desk Set is freaking awesome. See it!
Also awesome? Ocean's Eleven. SO FUN. I love heist movies, I love each of the people in it, I love Vegas. Really, you can't go wrong.
I love heist movies, I love each of the people in it, I love Vegas. Really, you can't go wrong.
So The Score wouldn't have sucked had it been in Vegas?
Plus there's a romantic triangle.
Desk Set has one of my favorite lines of gal-to-gal advice, about a fella who's taking Katherine Hepburn's character for granted (advice delivered by the fabulous Joan Blondell): "You're like an old coat that's hanging in his closet. Every time he reaches in, there you are. Don't be there once."