Spidey 3 trailer from Comic-Con.
It's full of unfinished CGI, but the very last shot is awesome.
Book: I believe I just... I think I'm on the wrong ship. Inara: Maybe. Or maybe you're exactly where you ought to be.
'Serenity'
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Polter-Cow - Nov 12, 2006 9:52:23 am PST #5645 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
flea - Nov 12, 2006 1:13:39 pm PST #5646 of 10001
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Flushed Away review, by Casper, age 3.
"He was flushed AWAY...and he met someBODY...and she didn't TALK good...and she didn't DO good...and she had a DIAMOND...and it BROKE..."
mr. flea reports she sat on his lap and sucked her finger, and it was maybe a little too much for her - too exciting and fast-paced.
Beverly - Nov 12, 2006 8:56:27 pm PST #5647 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I read several reviews of Grave of the Fireflies, and while it's considered a beautifully crafted film, I could also tell from the synopses that it wasn't something I would voluntarily sit through. I had it on the Netflix queue at one point, then removed it.
TMC ran it tonight, and I was just sitting there on the couch, and thought, well, why not? DH came in about an hour into it, stood and watched a bit, and wanted to know what it was and who by? I told him "It's about two Japanese kids starving to death at the end of WWII," and he lost interest and wandered away, fortunately before things got really grim, because he's not handling his situational depression any better than I am.
I was okay till the last ten minutes. You know, weeks of depression, with occasional highs and lows, and then this movie? I don't really recommend the combination.
But it is a beautiful film.
Hayden - Nov 12, 2006 9:13:47 pm PST #5648 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Agreed on all counts. It's gorgeous, moving, and ultimately devastating. That one's not a Miyazaki film, but one by his studio partner.
Theodosia - Nov 13, 2006 2:05:44 am PST #5649 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"
Yeah, GotF is in the category of "beautifully made but I'm never watching it again" along with such laughfests as Gallipoli and Schindler's List.
amych - Nov 13, 2006 3:26:08 am PST #5650 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I also watched GotF this weekend -- in our case, we got it from Netflix and then couldn't bring ourselves to watch it for weeks.
Good lord.
Gris - Nov 13, 2006 3:30:50 am PST #5651 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Spidey 3 trailer from Comic-Con.
That is very similar to the latest actually released trailer, except for the aforementioned last shot which is totally cool OMG.
Dana - Nov 13, 2006 4:41:44 am PST #5652 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yeah, GotF is in the category of "beautifully made but I'm never watching it again" along with such laughfests as Gallipoli and Schindler's List.
Ditto. Except I knew better than to see those other two.
sumi - Nov 13, 2006 5:00:23 am PST #5653 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Ooh, Colin Firth, Sam Shepard AND Jeffrey Dean Morgan cast in a romantic comedy. (With Uma Thurman and Isabella Rossellini.)
Fred Pete - Nov 13, 2006 5:08:27 am PST #5654 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Oldies fans: Check out The Country Girl next time it's on TCM. Amazing movie about a has-been entertainer with a drinking problem (Bing Crosby) who's cast in a potential-Broadway show at the insistence of the director (William Holden). Only the entertainer's wife (Grace Kelly) causes problems. Or does she prevent them?
Crosby gives a magnificent performance, especially because he dispenses with the easy-going charm that's usually associated with him. Kelly (who won an Oscar for this one) does without the glamor and digs deep for a wonderful dramatic performance in a difficult role. Holden is great, too, but that's less of a surprise.
Another worthwhile one I saw over the weekend: 1776. American history and a musical. Hard to go wrong.