Brad Bird was at CalArts about the same time as Tim Burton and John Lasseter (head of Pixar).
What a talented class.
The Pacifier looks so incredibly stupid. And yet that little girl screaming "LAND!" never fails to crack me up. It's so perfect. But I suspect that it's only perfect in the trailer, and that in the movie they'll let the edits go on for longer, and thus screw with the rhythm.
And now I'm off to go watch "Shall We Dance." You guys may all wait with held breath until I come back to let you know how it was.
I watched Décalage horaire (Jet Lag) last night - a frothy little romantic comedy starring Jean Reno and Juliette Binoche. Not high art, but fun and French and pretty. I adore watching Mr. Reno work, and Ms. Binoche as luminous as ever.
Anyway. We'll see The Aviator or Motorcycle Diaries tonight, so I'll have a Serious Movie to talk about soon enough.
I cross-posted this in Natter, since I'd mentioned the security thing there earlier.
So, the reason we had tons of security tonight-- bag search and wanding-- was because we saw "Be Cool," and the studio is very concerned about piracy. However, it was awesome, and hilarious. And a movie I probably never would have chosen to go see, so that was great. Surprising comedic genius? The Rock. He stole the show. In a movie filled with people trying to steal every scene from each other.
So, yeah. Go see "Be Cool." It's funny.
I would, because I am Elmore Leonard's loyal bitch.
ita, he is one of my sexagenerians actually.(Got that the other day buff diving)
Saw a preview for HHGttG last night on t.v. I must say that it looks to be a very fun movie. And it has Mos Def, so there ya go.
Surprising comedic genius? The Rock.
This surprises me not at all. In fact, if I'm remembering my Leonard novels correctly, that character is practically written for him. (I mean, in the sense that it was written when he was probably 11 years old, i.e. not at all.)
Surprising comedic genius? The Rock.
He did a turn on SNL five years ago. He played Clark Kent, but was so big everyone knew he was Superman, and treated him like he was simple for thinking they were fooled.
He also sang.
I've been in love (as opposed to lust) since then.
Don't get me wrong, I like Mr. Rock plenty and think he is a talented guy. I just think he is nearly as smug as Travolta already, and Travolta has almost 30 years in the Biz, as opposed to The Rock's four or so movies under his belt.
FWIW, I hated John Travolta in the 1970s too. I mean, I was a toddler in the 1970s, but I saw his 1970s movies later and hated him retroactively.
