Anya ,'Touched'
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But saying that a werewolf/vampire movie is a retread of The Matrix just because the leading lady is in latex sounds stupid.
It did remind me of the Matrix and not because of the outfit because Kate Beckinsale's ass is what brung me to the theater. The effects are very matrix-y. And the movie is total crap (in a Blade 2, way over the top, fun way, if you like that kind of thing), but they deliver that perfect posterior, so I'm all good.
On the funny and strong: What 'bout Maggie Gyllenhaal? Who, okay, not really strong (or, I suppose, that funny) in Secretary but she's certainly not america's sweetheart. Of course, I haven't seen her in much else, but in Happy Endings she played a strong, funny... gold digger. In Mona Lisa Smile, she played a strong, funny... tramp. And in Donnie Darko, she played her brother's sister, but was both funny and, from what I could tell from her tiny part, pretty strong. So, based on that small sample, she seems to play strong, funny women who get laid a lot.
But you and I saw it together in Portland.
Yes, and we were happy. But I think ita had already seen it by then -- no?
Yes, I'm going for Beckinsale in latex and I don't care who knows it.
from what i'm hearing, this is the only reason to go see it.
In addition to prurient reasons, there are also some pretty enjoyable action/fight sequences, and Sir Derek Jacobi turns in a fine performance.
I think ita had already seen it by then -- no?
Not in California, if so.
Tony Franciosa RIP .
Mildly annoyed they didn't mention one of his late career turns in Argento's TENEBRAE, where he gave a helluva performance. Not surprised, but still annoyed.
I think ita had already seen it by then -- no?
Not in California, if so.
ita, Ann Arbor is oddly a fairly major venue. There have been many times that Ann Arbor has gotten movies that are pretty much only playing elsewhere in LA and NY. It may have been that CTHD was playing in Ann Arbor very early on in its run.
I saw Walk the Line and Tristan and Isolde last night. Walk the Line was great. Who knew Joaquin and Reese could sing? Tristan and Isolde was kinda average, but very pretty in spots, if you like looking at the Irish coast, which I do. Sophia Myles is very pretty, too, but James Franco irritated me. I wanted him to have an expression, but mostly I wanted the guy cast as Mailo (sp?) to be recast as Tristan, since he was so much prettier.
I wasn't living in Ann Arbor at the time either, Sean. Birmingham, if memory serves. I probably saw it before NC, but not unduly early.
I'm sad about James DeanFranco. He's very pretty. Pocket-sized, but pretty.
I need to see Underworld: Evolution today.