Ohh. I liked The Princess and the Warrior for the pretty.
And speaking of hott/hawt/just plain amazing, I watched Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey this weekend. Just looking at BL breaks my heart...not altogether sure why. He's just so beautiful. Or seems to be anyway.
I loved the Jason Scott Lee biopic and enjoyed the documentary this weekend, but I feel like I don't have a complete picture of 'the man'. I trolled Amazon for a good biography but couldn't choose one. If any Buffista has a recommendation, I'd be obliged.
OK, somewhat late to the party, but we finally watched
The Incredibles
last night.
That was one scary-ass movie.
Starting with the opinions that won't get me kicked off the board, the animation was scarily good. Just when I thought it couldn't get any better, it did! They used overcast days and nighttime lighting and all different ambient light effects perfectly, on all different materials. The details of the character movement were brilliant.
The voice acting was also tremendous, with special props to Samuel L. Jackson and (sigh) Brad Bird for Edna.
It was also fun naming all the shout-outs and references.
Now where I diverge with prevalent opinion here...I doubt I will ever watch it again, as the anvils of politics came thick and fast and repetitively, and they aren't politics I agree with. I'm not a big fan of propaganda anyway, and I'm especially suspicious when it's that slickly packaged. At worst,
The Incredibles
promoted an objectivist-fascist behaviour, with a side of Scientology. At best, it promoted the neo-con Republican stance against the liberal Democrat stance.
Even if you somehow put your thumb over the repeated political message, the sexism was bad enough.
Terry Gilliam was JK Rowling's pick to direct Harry Potter? Can you imagine?
Maybe they can get him to do the last two.
News or rumors about a Trek prequel . . . one of the rumors has David Boreanaz in the movie.
Goooooooofs... iiiiiiin... Spaaaaaaace....
the anvils of politics came thick and fast and repetitively
Yeah, I'm not sure I noticed this. Curious about Scientology, too.
I have read more than one essay by bitter Republicans (John Tierney, e.g.), using
The Incredibles
to make a point about the excesses of self-esteem classes in grade schools. I think it was a cockamamie point, because, in real life, there are no eight-year-old superheroes, but the idea was that the movie was expressing the axe that at least one republican was ready and willing to grind.
