I saw Funny Face for the first time the other night. Hello to the garish 60s design! The titles were done by Richard Avedon -- who knew? (I mean, besides the whole rest of the world?)

He also shot the photos of Audrey Hepburn during the fashion shoots. I love Funny Face for the fashion thing more than the dancing, sad to say (considering it's an Astaire pic).

Just finished downloading a widescreen version of Robinson Crusoe on Mars. Haven't seen this movie for about 20 years, so I'm looking forward to sitting back and watching this on the weekend.

"Marvel has raised $525 million to independently finance 10 movies based on its comics over seven years. The titles named are Captain America, The Avengers, Nick Fury, Black Panther, Ant-Man, Cloak & Dagger, Dr. Strange, Hawkeye, Power Pack and Shang-Chi. The company's also changing its name from Marvel Enterprises to Marvel Entertainment."

Ant-Man? Shang-Chi? Cloak & Dagger? Power Fucking Pack? Why not just put the money directly into the shredder?

Also, I'm worried that Marvel won't be able to attract good directors all on their own. Directors can make shitty scripts watchable, but nothing can make up for bad directing.

(Then again, I just don't want to hear Tony Curtis attempt an accent of any kind, the way you don't want Tom Cruise or Kevin Costner to attempt an accent.)

"I lawve you, Spahtacus." I laughed until I stopped.

I'm watching A Knight's Tale. It's not as good as I remembered, but it's still pretty fun.

I saw Eurotrip and A Series of Unfortunate Events recently.

Eurotrip is, like many dumb teen sex comedies, much more fun than one would expect it to be, and MT didn't have to embarrass herself hardly at all.

A Series... is gorgeously shot and wonderful to look at, and the acting is decent, but it's a very hollow experience. I couldn't care much about the characters, and movies rarely work for me without that.

I like Eurotrip.

"You made out with your sister, man!"

Heehee.

Elijah Wood was on Bob and Tom this morning, doing a five minute spot for Green Street Hooligans. He mildly confirmed the Iggy Pop rumor, though it sounds like the whole deal is still up in the air.

He also gave a shout out to his dog.

I was a little upset that comparisons were made between British football hooligans and die hard LotR fans. It's nice to see that we're perpetuating the stereotype that anyone in fandom is not only crazy go nuts, but also possibly violent.

t rolls eyes

I watched Peter Weir's The Last Wave last night, a fantastic, creepy-as-hell movie about a rational Western man encountering an Otherness (in this case in the form of tribal aboriginal thought) that leaves him completely unhinged. The movie manages to avoid most of the racist magic Negro tropes (although the climactic scene loses its grip a bit), mainly by being neutral about which view of reality is correct. The last scene should have been cut, but everything that led up to it was brilliant.

OK, I need a crash course in Jarmusch. What am I looking for with his movies? Why do I never seem to get what his point is, although I generally feel like I like the movie?