I did have some minor problems with the movie, mostly having to do with the aging of the characters, which never rang true to me, especially with Anne Hathaway.

I thought Anne's hair was believably awful for the time period, but nobody except Heath Ledger aged believably -- their hair changed, but the skin stayed perfect. Heath was able to portray aging with his posture so well it didn't matter.

Yeah, Heath Ledger aged better than anyone else. Anne Hathaway's hair just looked like a wig to me, though I do concur that it seemed entirely apropos for a Texan housewife in the 70s/80s. (One detail I really liked: in her phone conversation with Ennis towards the end of the movie, the camera is so close to her hands, holding the phone to her ear, that you can see that her nails are fake and imperfectly manicured, with the bright red paint starting to peel off around the edges .)

Oh, I noticed their skin aging.

Even in a Terry Gilliam universe, it makes no sense.

It's not even PRETTY. That's what I was outraged by. I mean, I didn't expect sense, and I knew it had had problems in addition, but most Gilliam stuff, you look at it and there's a Gilliamesqueisnessitudeness... ism... Uh. I thought I'd like looking at it, is what I'm saying. But no. Every once in a while I could distract myself by thinking about what a scene was originally supposed to be like, but mostly I'd never have guessed he'd been anywhere near it.

Though that's why I was thinking of renting it. He does a commentary, doesn't he? I like when he rants.

Uh. I thought I'd like looking at it, is what I'm saying. But no.

Yeah, it was ugly in such a conventional way. There were, like, three wide-angle crane shots.

There is a commentary, but I doubt we'll get around to it because that would mean watching the movie again.

Heath's skin definitely aged. It's possible I couldn't take my eyes off him.

I didn't think about the soundtrack until I was catching up on podcasts and heard a review with it playing in the background. Then I needed it.

I did have some minor problems with the movie, mostly having to do with the aging of the characters, which never rang true to me, especially with Anne Hathaway. I found it distracting never to be sure what age anyone was supposed to be or how much time had passed.

Yeah, I had problems with that too.

I was transfixed by Kate Mara. If you're going with the stereotype of All American Pretty, she is so it.

Yeah, I was glad to see her. I knew her from Jack and Bobby.

I saw the first full length trailer for Brokeback Mountain yesterday. I've GOT to get to the theatre to see this. If the trailer can bring out that kind of reaction, I'm stocking up on Kleenex for the film.

I guess I clocked things by Alma Jr, and never really had a hard time with the time--if the hairstyles had changed, more time had passed, please refer to the children for details.

I remembered Kate from Nip/Tuck, but had a hard time placing her. So I stopped fighting it and just enjoyed her face.

I saw Harold and Kumar last night and absolutely loved it. I was laughing my ass off through the whole thing.

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