Went to a screening of Firewall last night. SUCKS. It plays as if you fed every thriller cliche into a blender and then filmed whatever came out. Really obvious and shallow and bad, but I predict people who like not thinking at all--like, don't even want to worry about what might happen next--will enjoy it. Bettany is cute when he is being menacing, though.
Simon: The decision saved your life. Zoe: Won't happen again, sir. Mal: Good. And thanks. I'm grateful. Zoe: It was my pleasure, sir.
'Out Of Gas'
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Scrappy - Feb 09, 2006 8:02:03 am PST #441 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Jessica - Feb 09, 2006 8:02:38 am PST #442 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
SUCKS.
Heh. Harrison Ford's TDS appearance last night indicated as much.
Sean K - Feb 09, 2006 8:03:54 am PST #443 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Helen Hunt's sister from Mad About You played Danny DeVito's Mom? That's some range.
That would be Anne Ramsay as Helen Hunt's sister. I wonder if she actually spells it the same, but had to change it because the other Anne was Ramsey first.
Also, when did IMDb start integrating the Notable TV Guest appearances into the main acting listing? Whenvever it was, I like it. I don't have to scroll all the way to the bottom to look up TV shots, like they're some bastard stepchild.
Beverly - Feb 09, 2006 8:24:35 am PST #444 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
What a waste of Bettany. I won't lament Ford.
This cool, classy blonde stinking of funk, like a feral Grace Kelly.
I still want to be JZ when I grow up. I want to marry this sentence.
The sentence, not Stone.
Tom Scola - Feb 10, 2006 6:42:52 am PST #445 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
MOMA is having a ginormous French film series. The full schedule is here [pdf].
Any stand-outs particularly worth seeing?
Hayden - Feb 10, 2006 7:15:08 am PST #446 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Oh, wow. I'd eat nails to go to the Chris Marker night. La Jetee is one of my favorite films, and the short co-directed with Alain Resnais is almost certain to be brilliant. I'm unfamiliar with the other films that aren't Breathless (which you should see if you haven't, natch), but I think Chabrol, Desplechin, and Cantet are all great, great directors. I'll pass that link to the real film geeks I know to see what they recommend.
Sue - Feb 10, 2006 7:19:23 am PST #447 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Like Corwood, Le Jetee would be my recommendation, and Breathless is the only other one I recognize.
It's humbling when you think you know something about film to realize how little you know.
DavidS - Feb 10, 2006 8:30:03 am PST #448 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Breathless is classic, but I don't think it would be all that rare.
I'd be interested in seeing Le beau Serge - early Chabrol is cool.
I'd also love to see Who Are You, Polly Magoo? - though I can't guarantee it would necessarily be a good film. But I've seen clips and it is SuperMod midsixties style, which I am a sucker for.
Hayden - Feb 10, 2006 11:24:46 am PST #449 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Polly Magoo and Black Girl were highly recommended by the movie geeks on my other board. The only Chabrol I've seen was L'Enfer, which impressed me when it came out, but that's been a while back.
Kathy A - Feb 10, 2006 12:32:28 pm PST #450 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Ouch--Entertainment Weekly gives Firewall a D-!
Ford himself, in late middle age, seems bored stiff playing taciturn Harrison Ford-type heroes, with their suits and their gravitas, their honor and their tired old sprees of derring-do, and he jumps through his hoops projecting a lethal combination of wounded feelings and star peevishness.