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 just think you're freakin' out 'cause you have to fight someone prettier than you.
Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
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Alibelle - Jan 21, 2006 7:57:40 am PST #44 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
§ ita § - Jan 21, 2006 8:33:50 am PST #45 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
DavidS - Jan 21, 2006 8:40:34 am PST #46 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I caught Van Helsing on TiVo and watched part of it. It was really bad and Kate was worse. Lordy she was awful.
Other recent harvestings from TiVo need to be shared with particular Buffistas.
DXM! Have you seen Miyazaki's Porco Rosso? Holy shit, is it beautiful. It's one of the best movies I've seen about aviation. Like so many of his movies I just wanted to move into that world. But the flying and the aviation detail was incredible.
Jilli! Have you seen The Tomb of Ligeia with Vincent Price? It's the most faithful adaptation of the gothic romance I've seen put on screen. Dark and perverse and lush. Vincent wears these really cool antique sunglasses, and all the men ponce about in High Victorian fashion, and the ruined Abbey is Totally Gothic and the story is filled with cruel little touches and brooding gothery and it's well written and the lead actress, Elizabeth Sargeant, was strong and spirited.
Alibelle - Jan 21, 2006 8:40:39 am PST #47 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
This was not Franco's prettiest movie. He's been better. Geez, he was even better in "City by the Sea," if I'm remembering what he looked like correctly. Man, was that a funny movie.
Jessica - Jan 21, 2006 9:00:58 am PST #48 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Have you seen Miyazaki's Porco Rosso?
Not DXM, but I *love* this movie.
Sean K - Jan 21, 2006 9:10:13 am PST #49 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Birmingham, if memory serves.
Yeah, probably not all that early, then. The rest of Michigan isn't all that different from the middle of the country, as far as film is concerned. I'm still a little puzzled as to why Ann Arbor ranks so high in film markets, but it does. Or did, anyway.
Hayden - Jan 21, 2006 9:44:38 am PST #50 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I taped Porco Rosso the other night, but haven't watched it yet.
Nutty - Jan 21, 2006 10:13:03 am PST #51 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I saw Captain Blood today, and it was swashbuckleriffic!
Betsy HP - Jan 21, 2006 10:58:45 am PST #52 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I do heart that movie. But you would have known that in advance.
Beverly - Jan 21, 2006 11:05:26 am PST #53 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Porco Rosso is a wonderful film. I recorded Whisper of the Heart off TCM this week, but haven't yet had the chance to watch it (I haven't seen this week's Lost or either Stargate, either. Life intervenes). We had a pretty, sunny day last week after a couple of days of storm. My son pointed at the puffy clouds in a deep blue sky and called them "Miyazaki clouds."