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He could play Commodore Perry, in a big silly hat.
(Oh wait, it's Yojimbo that definitely takes place after the introduction of western influences. There's a pistol in that one -- and an unintentional Elvis impersonator, but that's neither here nor there -- but I think The Seven Samurai does take place in an earlier time.)
Commodore Perry, very merry
President Filmore still more glad!
t /drive-by Sondheim
In the comments someone points out that The Magnificent Seven is a very good remake of the movie.
Yeah, I'd assume that if it's actually happening, the idea is to change the context of the story yet again.
I watched Memoirs of a Geisha last night. Very pretty to look at but DAMN was it BORING.
I couldn't even finish Casanova in spite of the Heath Ledgery goodness. It was just too lame.
Tonight I've got The Chronicles of Narnia--which I saw part of on the plane back from Puerto Rico but I want to see it on full sized and not through listening through the crappy headset.
I'm hoping Netflix rushes me The Three Burials of Melqiades Estrada.
They've already posted a teaser for Ratatouille, next year's Pixar movie.
They've already posted a teaser for Ratatouille, next year's Pixar movie.
t breathes out
I've been sitting on that for almost a year. One of S's friends works for Pixar. He worked on several of their films, including Incredibles (but not Cars, Pixar people have a tendancy to alternate movies). He told us about Ratatouille a while back, and swore us to secrecy. I've been just dying to talk about it.
I know next to nothing, of course, except that it's about rats in a French restaurant, but I'm really looking forward to it.
rats in a French restaurant
O. M. G.
Without watching the trailer (stupid being busy!) I didn't love the title. Now that I see what it's referring to, I CAN'T WAIT.
I love how they have "how to pronounce the title" as part of the trailer.
Speaking of Pixar, I found out that the pre-Cars short will be One Man Band, which was nominated for an Oscar last year. (It was cute. Not great, but very cute.)
I know next to nothing, of course, except that it's about rats in a French restaurant
Ooooh.
Here's the teaser in French.