'Serenity'
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
although I'm still annoyed that they went to the trouble of hiring a bunch of ex-Mr. Show cast regulars, even the funniest man in America, Jay Johnston, and gave them practically no lines).
I feel the same way about hiring Ian Roberts and cutting Amy Poehler's scene-- and McKay was in Upright Citizens Brigade! Admittedly, he did well in getting paying jobs for a *lot* of under-known people out of Second City.
Cool DVD release of the week: Astaire/Rogers boxed set! Includes Top Hat, Swing Time, Follow the Fleet, Shall We Dance, and The Barkleys of Broadway, and the extras include commentaries on three of the films, cartoon, comedy, and dance shorts, as well as a few featurettes.
Ok - that explains why TCM played all of those movies back to back yesterday.
I didn't think I would want to see 40-Year Old Virgin, but both of the clips I've seen on TDS have tempted me. (I liked the one with Paul Rudd and whosiwhatsit calling each other gay, with the topper being, "You're so gay you like Coldplay.")
Admittedly, he did well in getting paying jobs for a *lot* of under-known people out of Second City.
Yeah, that's definitely the upside.
I like PR a lot, and he was cute on TDS.
I can't decide if Paul Rudd is always like that, or if it's just Daily Show appearances that make him so strange.
He did that before? Maybe he crushes on Jon, too.
I saw 2046 last weekend and was disappointed. I loved In the Mood for Love but this movie was just... wacky. Most of it was a retread of ITMFL, which while pretty, is still a retread. Then it went into this futuristic mode that was silly and dumb. Another annoyance is that Maggie Cheung was credited but appeared for like a minute and most of that minute was footage from ITMFL. Also, too long!
Last night we watched The Star with Bette Davis. Sad story of a washed-up movie star. Good but pitiful.
I tried watching Bully last night and didn't make it more than about 20 minutes in. Somehow I'd forgotten it was a Larry Clark film and should have been prepared. I don't remember whether or not I liked Kids, although I remember it was pretty uncomfortable to watch. I just didn't have the patience for this one. Three teen sex scenes in 15 minutes was my limit.