I was ambivalent about Keira, but decided that Matthew MacFadyen was welcome to save my family from ruin any time.
Willow: Yes. Hi. You must be Angel's handsome, yet androgynous, son. Connor: It's Connor. Willow: And the sneer's genetic. Who knew?
'A Hole in the World'
Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
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Dana - Apr 08, 2006 5:08:44 am PDT #1285 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Scrappy - Apr 08, 2006 6:13:13 am PDT #1286 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I also liked the attemt to make the parents less cartoony thn they often are in film adaptations.
Cashmere - Apr 08, 2006 6:36:39 am PDT #1287 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I also liked the attemt to make the parents less cartoony thn they often are in film adaptations.
That was one of the things I loved about it. I loved Brenda Blethyn and Donald Sutherland as Mr. & Mrs. Bennet. They were so much less comtemptible. And Matthew MacFayden, while he could never make me forget Colin Firth, did a first rate job.
Jessica - Apr 08, 2006 5:27:37 pm PDT #1288 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I saw Kinky Boots this evening, and unfortunately, it was awful. I was expecting The Full Monty, instead I got Billy Elliot.
The Chiwetel Ejiofor character is given zero depth, the story is told through a sequence of climactic speeches and endless montages, the plotting is weak and contrived, and the shoes aren't even that sexy. Feh.
Zenkitty - Apr 09, 2006 2:37:41 pm PDT #1289 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
It's too bad when the best thing about a movie is the title.
deletes Kinky Boots from the Netflix list
Cashmere - Apr 09, 2006 4:32:17 pm PDT #1290 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I've now watched P&P three times (once with the director's commentary). All in all, I liked it for the acting, the costumes and the set. But I think that it's technically an inferior effort--the sound sucks, the editing seemed weird to me when I found out that the director hated letters (even though the letters provide a lot of exposition for the book and the film versions I've seen).
Jessica - Apr 09, 2006 5:05:05 pm PDT #1291 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
the director hated letters
Dude -- the guy hates letters and Regency dress? Why exactly did he want to make this movie?
Dana - Apr 09, 2006 5:05:38 pm PDT #1292 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The chance to work with a cast consisting largely of five pretty young girls?
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 09, 2006 5:44:39 pm PDT #1293 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Surely he could have opted for Coyote Ugly 2 or somesuch?
Gris - Apr 10, 2006 1:30:10 am PDT #1294 of 10001
Hey. New board.
The chance to tell a great story?
(I hate letters, too. They don't strike anybody else as cheap expository techniques?)