'Touched'
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Hey, who here has seen Nanny McPhee and can answer a question for me? My parents loaned me the DVD ("You'll love it!" says dad), and there's a tarantula on the cover. I have vague memories of watching the trailer and seeing a Spider As Plot Device. Could someone tell me how frequently the tarantula shows up?
Thank you from your resident arachnephobic goth!
Jilli, I've seen it, and I certainly can't remember it being a major plot point. You may want to wait for someone else to weigh in, though.
See, I like Beatrix Potter (or, well, her art; the woman herself seems to have been inoffensive enough too from what I know of her) but I loathe The Zellweger, as do all right-thinking people.
In the next several days, we plan to see Curse of the Golden Flower and Inland Empire. Last movie we saw in the theater was Volver, which we both enthusiastically enjoyed.
we plan to see Curse of the Golden Flower and Inland Empire
Exotic imagery overload!
We just saw The Good Shepherd. It was interesting, in that it took various elements that would have been major plot points in other movies and turned them almost into background noise while bringing character and mood into the forefront.
In other news, in checking IMDB, I was surprised to find that the "damn he looks familiar" actor in there was the guy who played Aaron in Wonderfalls. Huh.
I loved The Zellweger in Cold Mountain and I thought she was perfectly cast in Chicago. Heck I even liked her in Nurse Betty too. I guess I just have no taste!
Laga, I'm right there with you. I have craxy love for Nurse Betty. Hell, I even like her Bridget Jones, and IMO she made a fine unrequited love for Robert E. Howard.
As long as we're admitting to lack of taste, I might as well state here my preference for the remake of Sabrina and the Gwyneth Paltrow version of Emma while I'm at it.
Still not keen on Julia Roberts, though. I'm not completely insane.
Le Gasp! granted I didn't truly embrace either version of Sabrina but I loves me Audrey Hepburn so muchly. Come to think of it I don't really care for My Fair Lady either. I just wish they wouldn't remake mediocre old movies when there are genius writers out there struggling to get their truly original screenplays even looked at.
ETA: I'm right there with you on the Julia Roberts thing. I also don't see what's the big deal about Jennifer Aniston although I will admit she is a fine actress. See The Good Girl if you don't believe me.
It's the hair.