Well, I enjoyed it but I didn't find myself really drawn into the story. Ziyi was the best thing about the movie - great performance and see above re: that beauty thing. I liked Hero better, which I know is a minority opinion.
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Glamcookie - Dec 23, 2004 6:01:00 pm PST #7341 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Frankenbuddha - Dec 23, 2004 6:10:56 pm PST #7342 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Well, I enjoyed it but I didn't find myself really drawn into the story. Ziyi was the best thing about the movie - great performance and see above re: that beauty thing. I liked Hero better, which I know is a minority opinion.
Cool. That's what I'm curious to here because I thought HERO was just about the best film I saw last year, so it's going to be hard to beat.
There are a few I haven't seen yet (SIDEWAYS, THE INCREDIBLES), but the only thing that REALLY sticks out (I liked HELLBOY a lot, but it's not favorite movie material) is ...THE FUCKING CHARLIE KAUFMANN MOVIE I JUST BRAIN FARTED ON, DAMMIT!!!! IMMORTAL SUNSHINE...? ETERNAL SADNESS...? FRELL!!!!!
Anyway, glad to hear the new one is good.
muttermuttermutter and I LOVED that movie!!!!!
Glamcookie - Dec 23, 2004 6:20:45 pm PST #7343 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Steph L. - Dec 23, 2004 6:33:55 pm PST #7344 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Kinsey just opened here yesterday, and I'm hoping to catch it this weekend.
I always feel like a tool when I watch Wes Anderson's films. There was one Simpsons episode where Homer flipped through a Far Side calendar, saying "I don't get it...." at each page.
That's how Wes Anderson's films make me feel. I don't know what it is that I'm not getting, but I'm not getting it.
JohnSweden - Dec 23, 2004 6:35:16 pm PST #7345 of 10001
I can't even.
Frank, did you see Garden State?
Kate P. - Dec 23, 2004 6:40:28 pm PST #7346 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
>Is anyone but me excited about seeing Bad Education? Ah well.
I am! And I know I've brought it up in here at least twice, but I'm way too lazy now to threadsuck and find my posts.
Saw it a couple of weeks ago. Tons of fun. Gael Garcia Bernal = GUH. Twisty storytelling from Pedro Almovodar = double-GUH.
Yay! I was hoping you'd like it, Jessica.
Frank, Eternal Sunshine is my pick for Best of 2004 too.
Vonnie K - Dec 23, 2004 6:40:29 pm PST #7347 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Frank, dude. You gotta see Sideways. That and Eternal Sunshine were my favorite movies of 2004. They are two very different movies stylistically, but the kind of bittersweet joy one feels at the end of Eternal Sunshine? Sideways has it in spades.
Sean K - Dec 23, 2004 6:47:03 pm PST #7348 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Still have not seen either Eternal Sunshine or Sideways. Feh.
DavidS - Dec 23, 2004 6:54:16 pm PST #7349 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Still have not seen either Eternal Sunshine or Sideways. Feh.
That's understandable. Movies hardly ever play where you live.
Sean K - Dec 23, 2004 6:58:05 pm PST #7350 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
That's understandable. Movies hardly ever play where you live.
I *know*! What's up with that???
Oh, wait...
(I made a tangentially similar comment to my coworkers today. I came back from catching a bit of CNN in the cafeteria at lunch and said "Jeez, I really wish I was back in the Midwest today....
...Oh, wait. That's not what I meant to say at all. I *totally* meant to say I. Love. Los Angeles.")