And I have no Clooney love.
None, at all? Or just platonic.
I think I've recently moved from none at all to platonic.
If the apocalypse comes, beep me.
Buffy ,'Selfless'
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Glamcookie - Apr 29, 2006 1:38:38 am PDT #1588 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
erikaj - Apr 29, 2006 3:37:57 pm PDT #1589 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
OK. Just curious.
Volans - Apr 29, 2006 10:57:34 pm PDT #1590 of 10001
move out and draw fire
OK, I have to admit I never watched Family Ties. That came on after my mother forbade TV in our house. And while I saw Casualties of War, I don't remember it. So I totally agree with this:
Jackson is really an excellent director of acting, not just possessed with remarkable casting ability
except for the part where he cast Liv Tyler in LOTR. Fox was so good in The Frighteners.
Another night, another movie: Donnie Darko night before last. After which I didn't fall asleep until 4:00 am, piecing the movie together and having a plane crash phobia attack. Very very good movie. I think it may be the least successful of the non-linears, as unlike, say, Mulholland Drive, I'm not sure the viewer could ever figure out what was going on without outside help, but still good. I can't believe we've had the DVD for about 4 years and hadn't watched it until now.
Sean K - Apr 29, 2006 11:13:55 pm PDT #1591 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I finally saw Walk the Line tonight. Holy smokes that was an incredible movie. Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon were absolutely jaw dropping in their performances. And T-Bone Burnett continues to write the most amazing music. A masterful film all around.
Theodosia - Apr 30, 2006 4:12:16 am PDT #1592 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I've seen The Frighteners any number of times -- I think the tonal shift turned off most viewers before they'd developed the PJ love. For me, it's been MJF's best work. You do realize he was acting with a blue screen/tennis ball target for a huge fraction of the movie?
Jessica - Apr 30, 2006 6:35:48 am PDT #1593 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm not sure the viewer could ever figure out what was going on without outside help, but still good.
Maybe the reason I found the movie so irritating is that I was never confused about what was going on. I was confused about why the hell I should care, but the plot seemed pretty self-explanatory.
§ ita § - Apr 30, 2006 6:37:52 am PDT #1594 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
was confused about why the hell I should care
Yeah, me too. A non-linear should be more involving than a linear, to account for the work the viewer has to do to piece things together.
Wasn't sure if I got it, because I rapidly stopped caring. Now I don't remember enough to say.
P.M. Marc - Apr 30, 2006 7:34:19 am PDT #1595 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I think I found the director's cut kind of irritating (for large part because of the changes in the musical cues, and a lesser part because it was more fun before it put in all the explanations of what was going on), but I liked the released version of DD as a mood piece.
Sean K - Apr 30, 2006 7:40:50 am PDT #1596 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I just watched several parts of Walk the Line over again this morning, before I had to take the DVD back to the video store.
Now, I still haven't seen any of the best picture nominees (though we're watching Good Night and Good Luck tonight), and I gotta say that Walk the Line was robbed big time for not being on the Best Picture nominee list.
Also Robert Patrick was amazing.
Strega - Apr 30, 2006 10:27:40 am PDT #1597 of 10001
I love Donnie Darko, but can't really articulate why. It's just a, "Oooh, someone made a movie just for me!" thing. Alienated teenage comic-booky comedy-drama time-travel puzzle with 80s music? Sold.
I liked The Frighteners, but from what I remember, at a certain point the premise was a lot more interesting than the actual plot, which wasn't big with the sense.