Agreed on all counts. It's gorgeous, moving, and ultimately devastating. That one's not a Miyazaki film, but one by his studio partner.
I'm sorry, dad. You know I would never have tried to save River's life if I had known there was a dinner party at risk.
Simon ,'Safe'
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Hayden - Nov 12, 2006 9:13:47 pm PST #5648 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
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.
DebetEsse - Nov 13, 2006 5:10:20 am PST #5655 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Mmmmmm...1776.....Too bad they cut that one song. Love the movie, though. Mostly the original Broadway cast, shot in Philadelphia. :::sigh:::
Fred Pete - Nov 13, 2006 5:12:30 am PST #5656 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Debet, are you thinking of "Cool, Cool, Conservative Men"? It's in the TCM print, which added back in a fair amount of footage that was cut.
beekaytee - Nov 13, 2006 5:26:55 am PST #5657 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Ohh. I saw 1776 on Broadway years ago. Lovely, lovely and much more enjoyable than I expected.
ItotallyON. I know that mentioning Underworld is likely to get me pelted with tomatoes, but I gotta say... Fela brought over the 'unrated' version and we watched it last night. The reintroduced scenes (all except one that was groanworthy) actually make it a much more coherent story. And one character (the blond chica) comes off much, much better. Less the petulant child and more the righteously scorned woman.
Better still, it sparked a long conversation about directoral decisions, production requirements and how loooong a road it is from vision to visual. Sometimes, there are some wicked dog-legs in that road!