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Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell

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A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.

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Calli - May 22, 2006 5:36:53 am PDT #1802 of 10001

I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I saw Stick It this weekend. Not bad. It was sort of a lowest common denominator movie for the group I was with--none of us wanted to see the others' first choices. And we all came out of it thinking it was worth our $6.50. It even has plot twists that I didn't call 15 minutes in, which isn't something I can say about most sports-turn-around-a-troubled-teen's-life movies. I'm glad I went.

ETA: In retrospect, this is looking very small-praise-ish, which isn't what I meant. It's just a movie in a genre that doesn't often do it for me, and this time it really did.

Cashmere - May 22, 2006 6:42:56 am PDT #1803 of 10001

Now tagless for your comfort.

I went to see The Davinci Code yesterday. Didn't love it. Didn't hate it. But I had to be physically restrained from responding to the tiny group of protesters outside the theatre.

dcp - May 22, 2006 6:56:38 am PDT #1804 of 10001

The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

I liked this review of The Da Vinci Code movie.

Scrappy - May 22, 2006 7:51:06 am PDT #1805 of 10001

Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Thanks for the Sharpe's alert, Kathy. My TiVo shall be put on the case.

sj - May 22, 2006 8:31:33 am PDT #1806 of 10001

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I went to see The Davinci Code yesterday. Didn't love it. Didn't hate it. But I had to be physically restrained from responding to the tiny group of protesters outside the theatre.

We saw it Saturday night. I enjoyed it, but similar to the review that dcp linked to, I would have liked to have seen more artwork featured. I wonder if they will film Angels & Demons, because visually I think it would make a prettier film.

Vonnie K - May 22, 2006 8:38:51 am PDT #1807 of 10001

Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.

I watched TDVC as well. It was preposterous, but I had a reasonably good time, especially when Ian McKellen was on the screen hammin' it up and obviously having fun.

Some of the churches and other monuments featured in the movie hit me with a serious traveller's envy. There is one particular church--Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland, I think--that was located on a luscious green hilltop, and the camera did this aerial shot of the chapel that was just breathtaking and I was all, OMG I want to go there NOW.

sj - May 22, 2006 8:42:41 am PDT #1808 of 10001

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Ian McKellan was worth the price of the movie ticket.

Cashmere - May 22, 2006 9:04:53 am PDT #1809 of 10001

Now tagless for your comfort.

Ian McKellan was worth the price of the movie ticket.

Oh, he totally made it worth it to me. I still wish I'd have heckled the protesters, though.

sj - May 22, 2006 9:06:56 am PDT #1810 of 10001

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

We didn't see a single protesters.

Vonnie K - May 22, 2006 9:14:31 am PDT #1811 of 10001

Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.

I agree with the reviewer dcp linked to that Tom Hanks' hair didn't look half as bad as it did in the stills.

I also coveted Audrey Tautou's almost nunnishly simple ensemble--pale blue blouse, navy sweater, and a very understated and feminine simple gray flared skirt and those plain black heels. Of course, Tautou has legs like whoa and a pretty neck and a prettier head, so that particular ensemble probably would make me look dowdy instead of classy.

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