I saw The Matador today. Charming little film, if completely implausible. Pierce Brosnan obviously had a blast playing against his suave, polished image. And Kinnear's marriage with Hope Davis was refreshing in that they communicated rather than having wacky misunderstandings.
Come on out, River. The nice man wants to kidnap you.
Simon ,'Objects In Space'
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Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 11, 2006 10:41:15 pm PST #476 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Sean K - Feb 12, 2006 12:39:43 am PST #477 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
And Kinnear's marriage with Hope Davis was refreshing in that they communicated rather than having wacky misunderstandings.
This right here was one of the reasons I liked Undercover Blues, with Dennis Quaid and Kathleen Turner. Plus? Stanley Tucci.
Mr. Broom - Feb 12, 2006 6:55:18 am PST #478 of 10001
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Morty!
DebetEsse - Feb 12, 2006 8:28:56 am PST #479 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
You know what there isn't (that I can find), but really should be? An actual list of the songs acutally used in The Big Chill.
Because the "soundtrack" is far less cool.
eta: apart from the listing in the movie credits. D'oh.
Gris - Feb 12, 2006 9:50:51 am PST #480 of 10001
Hey. New board.
And the High Fidelity quotes earworms start.... now.
"Immediate disqualification because of its asssociation with The Big Chill"
"Oh God, you're right."
I have seen that movie WAY too mant times.
Jars - Feb 12, 2006 9:58:46 am PST #481 of 10001
"It's a Cosby sweater. A Cosby sweater!"
ETA that I have also seen that movie WAY too many times.
Betsy HP - Feb 12, 2006 10:54:24 am PST #482 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
The Aristocrats is fucking amazing. If you can stand strong language and dirty (scatological!) jokes, see it. It isn't just about a dirty joke. It's about how comedians work, how funny works, how much a persona defines work for better or for worse, what comedy does... it's a meta-movie.
Bob Saget, for instance, is trapped in the sweet-boy persona caused by Full House and the Funniest Home Video shows. In fact, he is the filthiest-mouthed comedian you will ever hear (promise!), brilliant at tale-telling, and tears-to-your-eyes funny. But nobody knows that now, because that wasn't the "Bob Saget" that sold. It's as if Jon Stewart had had a successful movie career -- think of all the dirty political humor we'd have missed out on.
Sophia Brooks - Feb 12, 2006 12:24:15 pm PST #483 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
The Aristocrats is fucking amazing. If you can stand strong language and dirty (scatological!) jokes, see it.
Misreading this as the AristoCATS causes all sorts of confusion...
Betsy HP - Feb 12, 2006 12:30:13 pm PST #484 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
They joke about that in the movie, too.
Jessica - Feb 12, 2006 12:35:12 pm PST #485 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I thought it was a fascinating concept, but not a great film. (It was incredibly annoying, for example, to spend most of the movie being told about the joke without letting us just hear the damn thing.) And while I understand that the godawful camerawork was partly a side effect of the way it was made, tripods are neither expensive nor difficult to use.
Still, it did give rise to one of my all-time favorite taglines. ("Reporter: And what do you call this government? Bush: The Aristocrats!")