I thought Rush Hour was absolutely hysterical, and loved it to bits. I chalk that up to both of the leads.
I wouldn't call it hysterical, although I did think it was very funny. However, I think the "Detective James Carter" character could've been played by a number of other actors and been just as funny, and a lot less annoying.
eta: Few, if any other than Jackie Chan, could've played "Chief Inspector Lee".
(He annoyed the crap out of me in The Fifth Element.)
I'm the opposite, I thought he was brilliant b/c the character was perfect for his persona. Outside of that "Ruby" character and he's annoying as hell.
I'm all over a Miami Vice movie. I just wish the trailers said more.
Me, too. I signed on to see it when I saw Michael Mann was directing.
I'm TiVoing
I Remember Mama
for JZ. Turn of the century costume, San Francisco setting, 40s movie, Irene Dunne - can't miss.
Ooh, I LOVE that movie. A lovely script and all the performances are first-rate.
Ooh, I LOVE that movie. A lovely script and all the performances are first-rate.
Heh. JZ is watching it now and telling The Halloweenie that Irene Dunne was her Yiayia's favorite actress.
I wanted to add to the thumbs that are up for
MI:3.
It's great fun, and something blows up every five minutes. Well done, J.J.
I've also seen
Munich
and
Good Night and Good Luck
in the last couple days, which are both more important movies to be existing but not nearly as fun to watch.
If only Murrow had gone on an explosives-rampage, GNaGL could have been the best movie ever.
Good Night and Blowed Up Real Good
Good Night and Good Luck Dodging Claymore Shrapnel, McCarthy!
Is there still a link somewhere for the Annie Proulx story that Brokeback Mountain was adapted from? I watched the movie on dvd yesterday afternoon and uh, I was expecting to be swept up into it and so far -- that isn't happening.
I think that one of my main impressions of the movie was the extreme poverty that both main characters lived in (well, up until the time that
Jack marries into the farm equipment business) -
perhaps that made the biggest impression on me because I watched it less than two weeks after watching Texas Ranch House -- it's like, in 150 years - some things just don't change.
