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?
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.
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.)
"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
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.
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.
I hated my viewing of
2001
so much I daren't see
Lawrence of Arabia
on the small screen.
But
2001
is intentionally boring.
Is it intentionally sucky?
