a TiVo/iPod hybrid
Dude. I would so buy this.
This is so nice. Having everyone together for my birthday. Of course, you could smash in all my toes with a hammer and it will still be the bestest Buffy Birthday Bash in a big long while.
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Volans - Aug 11, 2005 9:00:13 pm PDT #6451 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Jessica - Aug 12, 2005 4:42:30 am PDT #6452 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
DH and I saw Mangal Pandey last night, which was very good if you like Bollywood war epics. It's only 150 minutes, and the music is very well integrated into the story -- all of the songs are either village celebration type things, or performances by the local prostitutes in the context of them performing for their potential clients. And the story's very moving and well-told. (And for the slash-minded among us, there's a wrestling scene between Amir Kahn and his hot Scottish soldier friend that's...nice.)
One thing that was distracting was that everything that happens in English (which is a fair amount, since the East India Company is a major part of the film) is immediately repeated back to the audience (almost verbatim) in Hindi narration. (My guess is that the English isn't subtitled when it's released in India, but just in case the local audience doesn't speak English that well, the narration ensures that they won't be lost.)
The disclaimer at the beginning was quite impressive too. Where an American film would have said Inspired by true events, this movie had a full paragraph of text explaining that some of the events and characters in the movie were based on real people and events, but some of the events and characterizations have been fictionalized, and some of it we just totally made up but then, some of it really happened, etc etc etc. It was very thorough.
Kate P. - Aug 12, 2005 4:54:02 am PDT #6453 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Ooh, thanks for the rec, Jessica. Didn't you say upthread it was directed by the same person who did Lagaan? (I know Aamir Khan starred in Lagaan too.) I'll be keeping an eye out for this one.
Jessica - Aug 12, 2005 4:59:24 am PDT #6454 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Didn't you say upthread it was directed by the same person who did Lagaan?
I did, but I was mistaken. The only connection between them is that Amir Kahn stars as the local guy who leads his people to kick British ass.
Gris - Aug 12, 2005 7:29:36 am PDT #6455 of 10002
Hey. New board.
Ouch! Lisa Schwazbaum REALLY hates Pretty Persuasion.
I'm not sure I've EVER seen her give a grade that low.
Kate P. - Aug 12, 2005 11:46:10 am PDT #6456 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
The only connection between them is that Amir Kahn stars as the local guy who leads his people to kick British ass.
See, that's really all I need, though. So no problem!
Tom Scola - Aug 12, 2005 12:34:48 pm PDT #6457 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Speaking in my official capacity as a Pulitzer Prize winner, Mr. Schneider, your movie sucks.
bon bon - Aug 12, 2005 12:52:42 pm PDT #6458 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
That's a good distraction on an afternoon like this.
"The Village"
To call it an anticlimax would be an insult not only to climaxes but to prefixes.
Gris - Aug 12, 2005 12:58:55 pm PDT #6459 of 10002
Hey. New board.
Heh. The only movie in there that I actually like is "The Usual Suspects," and I absolutely love that one. I also don't hate "Tommy Boy" - it's not allowed, as a male member of my generation.
Not bad, Ebert. Not bad.
Dana - Aug 12, 2005 2:15:42 pm PDT #6460 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
We're watching Constantine.
This is a terrible movie.