It was...okay. It worked better than I expected it to, but it's still incredibly slight compared to the original. There's just no way to condense that material down to two hours and have it work the same way. The only specific thing I really remember is that Adrien Brody was adorable.

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which featured psychedelic elements in its adaptation, this latest screenplay sticks closely to what Dahl wrote in the novel

Um, I kinda thought the book was pretty damn pyschadelic.

I watched Labyrinth last night, for the first time in about 20 years. Scarily, I could still pretty much do the dialogue. I loved that movie in high school, although I knew it was flawed, and hated Jennifer Connelly's acting. I was expecting, on re-watch, to find out that it really sucked, which is what happened when I rewatched Dark Crystal. But actually there was a lot of good in Labyrinth. I still think that they must've originally been trying to make a slightly darker film, and that whatever the Goblin King was an allegory for got a little lost, but a couple parts are really good. A couple should be cut, ripped up into pieces, fed to the pigs, the pigs slaughtered and their innards fed to the dogs. But whatever.

One thing - a running joke is to call the dwarf Hogwart instead of Hoggle. Is "hogwart" a British thing to say, or did Rowling kipe it from here?

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Time 100 Movies

(Signed, walked out of it in the theatre. I was not quite 6. Manipulative tripe.)

Heh. I was 10, and I have a distinct memory of how, after we saw it, my entire family was like, "Eh... why was that such a big deal?" as we left the theater.

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I feel like there's very little overlap between my movie experiences and those of the listmaker. All I can remember seeing of the list (though thanks to an expensive cable habit back in the day, I may have seen more where I just don't recall the title):

• Aguirre: the Wrath of God (1972)
• Blade Runner (1982) (own)
• Brazil (1985) (own)
• Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
• Casablanca (1942)
• Charade (1963) (own)
• Citizen Kane (1941)
• Double Indemnity (1944) (why don't I own this?)
• E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
• The Godfather, Parts I and II (1972, 1974)
• Goodfellas (1990)
• His Girl Friday (1940) (another should-own)
• It's A Wonderful Life (1946) (keep meaning to own this, too)
• The Lady Eve (1941)
• Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (own)
• The Lord of the Rings (2001-03) (own)
• The Manchurian Candidate (1962) (damn, haven't bought it, either)
• Metropolis (1927)
• Miller's Crossing (1990)
• Notorious (1946)
• On the Waterfront (1954)
• Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) (own)
• Pinocchio (1940)
• Psycho (1960)
• Pulp Fiction (1994) (own)
• Singin' in the Rain (1952)
• Some Like It Hot (1959) (own)
• Star Wars (1977) (own)
• A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
• Swing Time (1936)
• Unforgiven (1992) (own)
• Wings of Desire (1987)

All this tells me is that while, for a while, my DVD buying was out of control, I *still* don't own everything I should.

(Thanks, by the way, Strega. During the day, I only have the one hand to type with, because the Squeakaboo resists being set down for naps.)

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"Lawrence of Arabia" didn't do anything for me: my memory of it is basically "desert ... desert ... homoeroticism ... desert ... zzzzzz." Maybe I should try rewatching it someday, but I'm a philistine about long movies in general

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I was 10, and I have a distinct memory of how, after we saw it, my entire family was like, "Eh... why was that such a big deal?" as we left the theater.

That was my family's reaction almost to the word.

I'll have to review the list o' movies and see which I want to see. I've already Netflixed "The Singing Detective," though.

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LoA aired in the middle of the night on some UHF channel when I saw it...even at 3 in the morning on a 20" TV, I was riveted. I didn't want it to end.

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I hated my viewing of 2001 so much I daren't see Lawrence of Arabia on the small screen.

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But 2001 is intentionally boring.

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