Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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Has anyone here seen Bee Season with Richard Gere? This was filmed around where I live and I've been waiting for it to be released. I just realized it has already been out and it only at an independent theater or two now.
I have never seen any advertising or anything for this flick.
I read the book, which I really enjoyed (though I thought the end was kind of weak). But, having read it, I'm not sure I'd want to see the movie, because I doubt everything could be made to fit the length of a movie.
I have never seen any advertising or anything for this flick.
I saw a trailer. It looked... pretty bad, I thought.
Huh. We just watched a movie called Summer Lovers (Daryl Hannah and Peter Gallagher). It was loaned to us by the DH's supervisee, who claimed it was a gift because he was going to Greece. It's basically an idyllic picture of the Greek Islands and the triad lifestyle. It was really really bad. There's no movie there. Damn near no story, no point, no sense. Boring except when annoying.
And yet, it has 4 stars on Amazon.
I assume the people rating it gave one star for each boobie on display.
Bee Season came out in limited release in November, but didn't do so well, and I guess never expanded (assuming they would have wanted to...). [link]
Thanks for the responses on Bee Season. I guess I'll wait for it to come out on DVD so I can fast forward and look for the local stuff.
I saw Brokeback Mountain and The Family Stone last night. LOVED the first hour of Brokeback to death--the second half lost momentum, I thought. The two leads were amazing, especially Heath Ledger who jst slayed me. I was very impressed with the art direction; when characters were living in cheap apartments, they looked ugly and messy, not movie-style "picturesque."
Family Stone sucked. Sucked, sucked, sucked. Diane Keaton looked amazing and Craig T. Nelson was lovely, but the film itself was predictable and often shrill. The audience seemd to dig it, however.
I'd have actually considered The Family Stone on the strength of Dermot Mulroney's interview on the The Colbert Report last week -- he was charming and smart. It sounds like a candidate for seeing with my Mom, though.
Yeah, it's kinda like a Hallmark movie with some good lines and a terrific cast. I think my mom will enjoy it. It was just so false and formulaic and I was really hoping it would be good so I am a little Grinchy about it.