Also? Black leather pants. Lorne would have approved.
Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
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The "Abbie Normal Monster" is dead! [link]
Huh. Watching the bonus material for Mary Poppins, I have learned that the actor who played the young boy died in 1977 of pancreatitis, and the actress who played the young girl is Roy Dotrice's daughter. And one of his other daughters is married to Edward Woodward.
Isn't that DVD set great?!? Really, one of the better ones that Disney has released so far, although the Aladdin one is pretty good, too.
Of course, I'm a big Mary Poppins geek. Meeting Julie Andrews a few years ago was a real thrill--I kept saying to myself, "I'm standing three feet away from Mary Poppins!" even though I've seen her in many other roles.
I was sad to hear about the boy dying at such a young age, and Karen Dotrice's tearing up over the death of Walt Disney was very touching, as well. It's really startling to listen to the commentary track and all of the sudden hear Walt's voice pop up along with the (still living) participants on the track!
OMG, she totally looks like Roy, in a little-girl-ish way. I need to see those extras.
Tivoed The Fabulous Baker Boys because I haven't seen it in fifteen years and I was wondering how it'd hold up.
It holds up. Jeff Bridges bitter and cynical and smoking? Very very sexy. Michelle Pfeiffer? Also insanely beautiful and sexy. (She has a Ple-esque scene where she's huffing everything in his shaving kit.) Like...crazy beautiful. Really one of the best looking movie couples of that decade, I think.
Also, one is reminded how much Michelle Pfeiffer looks like Juliana.
I saw "Eragon" last night. Tons of CGI and bad acting. It felt like a lot of the plot was cut to make it into the approx. 2 hour running time. Which may be a blessing. Derivative much? *** Was the book also a cross between "Star Wars" and "Lord of the Rings"? ***
A friend and his wife want the gf and I to go with them to see Eragon tomorrow. I haven't had any real urge to see it and the reviews (14% at Rotten Tomatoes and 39% at Metacritic) aren't helping. Especially since how specially craptastic the last fantasy film Jeremy Irons was in was.
The reviews are saying pretty much the same as your white font, Narrator. The comments after some of the reviews have fans of the book wailing about how unfaithful to the book it is, while people who read the book and didn't like it are saying the movie is pretty much spot-on in terms of quality, at least. So take that how you will.
I'm naturally suspicious of any book written by a 15-year old and published by his parents and the couple people I've know who've read it have said "Don't."
Looking at the previews instantly put me in mind of that wretched A Wizard of Earthsea miniseries on SciFi.