OK. Just curious.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I adored the film. But I did find the event timeline sort of plodding at times. But as long as I focused on the portrayals, I sort of forgot about that, though. They really are amazing and the music was incredibly well done.

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.

I think we're almost through the list of BP nominees and I'm not too sure I feel like it was robbed because of the slowness at times. It may not have seemed like a fully well-rounded picture (but I've not seen Capote, yet, so I want to compare it to the other biopic).