Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
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Hi Fay! I also like both movies exceedingly. So much so that I may be going to the cinema tonight for a second viewing of Batman Begins. In other news, Katie Holmes is an anagram of 'Tom likes a he'. IJS.
Ireland seems to be bucking the downward trend in cinema attendance. More cinemas are opening every few weeks, and box office has been increasing every year. Odd.
Katie Holmes is an anagram of 'Tom likes a he'.
BWAH-HA-HA-HA!
I think I just broke something laughing.
Are any of these worth seeing?
War of the Worlds
Bewitched
Land of the Dead
Cinderella Man
Land of the Dead has gotten good reviews so far.
It would be wrong of me to pay to see Batman Begins and go peek at War of the Worlds instead, wouldn't it?
I hear decent things about all of those but Bewitched. Though I've seen none, here's a synopsis of what I've heard:
1) WotW: a bit horror-y, with cool special effects. Apparently Dakota Fanning, though still a bit creepy, not as creepy as usual and doing that good acting thing. Tom Cruise, decent not too crazy. Lots of explosions.
2) Bewitched: avoid, avoid, avoid. Bad, bad, bad.
3) Land of the Dead: It's a Romero zombie movie. Good if you like 'em, bad if you don't.
4) Cinderalla man: A middling Oscar-style movie that was released, inexplicably, in the summer. Russell Crowe, Renee Zelweger, and boxing. Pretty intense fight scenes, had friends that couldn't watch. Not as dramatic as, say, Million Dollar Baby - more of an actual fight movie. Decent if that's your bag, but nothing super-duper special.
Like I said, haven't seen any of them, so take these summaries as what they are: things I've read on the internets. Should see Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants if you haven't, though. Because I pimp it whenever humanly possible.
Thanks!
I liked Cinderalla Man a lot. It's old-fashioned, but the acting is impeccable.
I liked Cinderalla Man a lot. It's old-fashioned, but the acting is impeccable.
*Nods* That's about what I hear. If it's your kind of flick, it's really good at being your kind of flick.
Personally, I dislike all three of the main elements (RC, RZ, and period boxing) and so am unlikely to see it. But it's a personal issue, nothing against the movie itself.
Sounds like something I'll watch on a boring weekend on TNT.
I finally saw Mean Girls. It was pretty good, funny. I didn't realize I'd seen Lizzy Caplan (Janis) in Freaks and Geeks, Smallville, and Tru Calling before this. They were all the same person!