Stanley Tucci's Puck was fun, Michelle Pfeiffer's Titania was luminous, and Christian Bale waking naked in a field played a definite part in me staying til the end, but the 1935 version is just incredibly good all the way around.
Jayne (Husband): Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature. Mal (Wife): How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people? Jayne (Husband): If I could make you purtier, I would. Mal (Wife): You are not the man I met a year ago.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 20, 2006 11:01:46 am PST #19 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
Jessica - Jan 20, 2006 11:59:36 am PST #20 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
AACS, a system to be used in both HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) players, will require that those players downconvert video over their analog outputs. But only if the studio decides to use this feature.
… the affected analog signal must be “down-converted” from the full 1920×1080 lines of resolution the players are capable of outputting to 960×540 lines—a resolution closer to standard DVDs than to high-def. Standard DVDs are typically encoded at 720 horizontal by 480 vertical lines of resolution.
The 960×540 standard stipulated in the AACS agreement represents 50% higher resolution than standard-def, but only one-quarter the resolution of full high-def. Whether a particular movie is down-converted will be up to the studio.
§ ita § - Jan 20, 2006 1:34:18 pm PST #21 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sneaky...well, I can't say "buggers" can I?
Brokeback Mountain retained its position at the top of the midweek box office for a second day in a row Wednesday although playing in just 682 theaters. The Oscar front-runner earned $740,000 -- $105,000 more than second-place Glory Road. The film is due to expand to 1,194 theaters this weekend -- nearly doubling the number of venues after slowly expanding over the past six weeks. Daily Variety said that the decision to accelerate the release pace was taken in order to take advantage of excitement over the film that was generated by the film's win at the Golden Globes and would likely expand even wider if it garners major Oscar nominations on Jan. 31.
Very crafty distribution strategy.
Betsy HP - Jan 20, 2006 1:53:01 pm PST #22 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
That's a lot like CTHD, isn't it?
§ ita § - Jan 20, 2006 1:54:56 pm PST #23 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Did it start that narrowly? I don't remember.
Vonnie K - Jan 20, 2006 2:41:33 pm PST #24 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I'm never seen Judy Davis be anything less than fierce, comedy or drama. For example, she was amazing as George Sand in the frothy "Impromtu". Oh, wait. There's Adela Quested from "Passage to India", where the character gets overcome by hysteria, but I have to say I've never quite bought her in the role (despite liking her presence in the film very much) because Judy Davis gives out such aura of quiet intelligence and strength that Adela comes across never quite as fragile as she's supposed to be.
Of the younger generation, I'd say Toni Collett consistently comes off as forceful and strong, no matter which role she plays.
Cashmere - Jan 20, 2006 3:14:45 pm PST #25 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
If you think Underworld: Evolution is crap, say, "It's crap." But saying that a werewolf/vampire movie is a retread of The Matrix just because the leading lady is in latex sounds stupid.
I'm hoping it's less "crap" and more "deliciously cheesy."
Yes, I'm going for Beckinsale in latex and I don't care who knows it.
Betsy HP - Jan 20, 2006 3:30:35 pm PST #26 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Did it start that narrowly? I don't remember.
It started out in two cities and spread in waves. I remember being very, very bitter because you in LA saw it *months* before it reached Charlotte.
§ ita § - Jan 20, 2006 4:47:46 pm PST #27 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I remember being very, very bitter because you in LA saw it *months* before it reached Charlotte.
Hey, don't look at me. I was in Michigan. It's them you resent. And rightfully so.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 20, 2006 4:59:51 pm PST #28 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
Of the younger generation, I'd say Toni Collett consistently comes off as forceful and strong, no matter which role she plays.
The three movies I associate her most with are Muriel's Wedding, Velvet Goldmine, and The Sixth Sense. In each she struck me as being swept up by events without actually having much agency or applying her will to making choices.