I just watched Wide Awake. Now, I've been saying for some time now that Shaymalan needs to make a nice little domestic movie: something old-school Speilberg. Turns out he already did. It even centered around a kid in 5th grade (at a Catholic school, which is, I think, a lot of why it managed to get some of its cast, including Dennis Leary and Rosie O'Donnell). I guess he has had something of a Speilberg trajectory, only the condensed version.
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'
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DebetEsse - Aug 26, 2006 2:23:10 pm PDT #3736 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
SailAweigh - Aug 26, 2006 2:43:01 pm PDT #3737 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I have been converted. I worship Samuel L. Jackson as my personal savior and snake handler. Muthafucking snakes on a muthafucking plane! Loved.
§ ita § - Aug 26, 2006 2:53:29 pm PDT #3738 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Watched District 13. There's a little movie that's better than it had to be! I was just in it for the parkours, lent it by a parkours-happy friend. It's a bit weirdly paced, but I liked how it wended its way through the plot.
I knew going in that one of the parkours inventors was a lead. I was happily impressed with his acting. I hope his friend in Casino Royale does as well.
It became apparent that Jason Statham should star in any English language remake, so it was funny to see that the other lead, the one in the role that Jason was suited for, did stunts on Transporters one and two.
Aims - Aug 26, 2006 6:54:05 pm PDT #3739 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Ok, so The Weather Man. I hated it, Joe hated it, the dog hated it, and the DVD player all but spit it out. Nic Cage's character didn't change. He was aggravating as fuck, and with the exception of Michael Caine, I didn't like anyone in the movie. Bryant Gumbel was ok. But by the end, I just wanted there to be a nuke-lar explosion killing everyone. Seriously. We're going to try to find some Rich and Pat Nixon porn on NetFlix to get the horridness of this movie out of our heads.
Capote. I loved it. He a manipulative little fucker and I loved him for it. PSH was amazing. And, since I have more than a little love for Dan Futterman, I thought his writing was fabulous, but I'm biased. I couldn't watch Perry's hanging and pretty much sobbed all the way through that scene. But, I thought it was a great film.
P.M. Marc - Aug 26, 2006 8:57:34 pm PDT #3740 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
We're going to try to find some Rich and Pat Nixon porn on NetFlix to get the horridness of this movie out of our heads.
I could write some for you. Maybe put in some Ike for spice?
Cashmere - Aug 27, 2006 5:07:36 am PDT #3741 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Can anyone recommend The Quiet American? I caught the first few minutes on Bravo or AMC and I figure with Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser, how wrong could it go?
§ ita § - Aug 27, 2006 6:42:47 am PDT #3742 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't remember it in detail. Kinda Le Carresque. Graham Greene to be precise.
I liked it.
DavidS - Aug 27, 2006 6:54:47 am PDT #3743 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I could write some for you. Maybe put in some Ike for spice?
Did you know T.C. Boyle already wrote a short story about the forbidden love of Mamie Eisenhower and Nikita Kruschev?
Tom Scola - Aug 27, 2006 7:11:14 am PDT #3744 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Did you know T.C. Boyle already wrote a short story about the forbidden love of Mamie Eisenhower and Nikita Kruschev?
You've got it backwards. It's Ike and Nina, about Dwight Eisenhower and Nina Kruschev. It's hilarious.
DavidS - Aug 27, 2006 7:26:03 am PDT #3745 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You've got it backwards. It's Ike and Nina, about Dwight Eisenhower and Nina Kruschev. It's hilarious.
Aha! Well, I knew it was in Ple's perverse political wheelhouse.