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.
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Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
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Hayden - Feb 10, 2006 11:24:46 am PST #449 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
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.
§ ita § - Feb 10, 2006 12:33:10 pm PST #451 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Man, I wanted to see Bettany, but it seems less and less worth it.
tommyrot - Feb 10, 2006 12:55:23 pm PST #452 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Bastards! Dont' fuck with the Man with the Yellow Hat!
In the G-rated movie, directed by Matthew O’Callaghan ("Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas") and written by an apparently large committee, the Man with the Yellow Hat not only has a name (Ted) and a celebrity voicer (Will Ferrell) but also a host of neuroses. The Man with the Yellow Hat is babbling, awkward with women and full of self doubt.
When he actually buys his trademark yellow outfit for a journey to Africa, the scene is played as a joke on his fashion sense. The point is hammered home when he finally looks in the mirror and exclaims (in that Will Ferrell whiny sort of way), "I look like an idiot!"
The Man with the Yellow Hat is an object of ridicule?
Why?
...
At this point I’m ready to see what a monkey with a typewriter could do.
Heh.
From a different review:
To put it in context: This film is better than either of Imagine Entertainment's live-action Dr. Seuss projects, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" or "The Cat in the Hat." There's eh, and there's sub-eh.
Cashmere - Feb 10, 2006 1:00:09 pm PST #453 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I've seen the video for the song that Jack Johnson does for the movie. Owen stands in front of the television and yells "MONKEY!!! Ooooo-ooooo-oooo!!!" The video is very sweet and I love JJ. And Curious George.
I'm very much afraid I'm going to have to see this film, regardless of how good it is.
§ ita § - Feb 10, 2006 1:01:59 pm PST #454 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Owen stands in front of the television and yells "MONKEY!!! Ooooo-ooooo-oooo!!!" The video is very sweet and I love JJ. And Curious George.
I love Owen.
Aims - Feb 10, 2006 1:04:51 pm PST #455 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Correct me if I'm wrong on this, but in the books, doesn't TMITBYH BRING George home with him?
Theodosia - Feb 10, 2006 1:12:38 pm PST #456 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'm feeling particularly vulnerable, since Curious George is the house mascot of where I work. So I want the movie to be good. ::Sigh::
dcp - Feb 10, 2006 1:34:15 pm PST #457 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Seconding the ::sigh::. I too wanted the Curious George movie to be good. Oh, well.
Curious George was the very first book I ever got to take home from the library. It was a big deal. And Curious George Rides a Bike is what got me started with origami.
tommyrot - Feb 10, 2006 2:16:33 pm PST #458 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My favorite was when Curious George went into space. But I think I was already a fan of the space program before I read that one.