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Speaking of looking good, we saw Curse of the Golden Flower last night. It is lush and opulent and melodramatic and over-the-top in every way. I think the overwhelming visual experience in a way IS the film. There is a tragic tale, but it isn't very involving--the way htings look is much more important. Of the five of us at the film, two liked it, one was bored and one LOATHED it.
Me, I liked it, although aside from the visuals and the sound, it is pretty empty.
I watched part of a Barbie and Pegasus movie today. With really creepy CGI and, allegedly, 3-d effects. This is what happens when you let 3 and 4 year old girls choose the movie.
So last night we were watching a little It's A Wonderful Life, and we were wondering out loud why no one has ever remade it. (I know there's been tons of similar stories, but no one seems to have done a direct re-make.) My theory was that no one thinks they can do justice to the original.
Then we wondered who we thought could be cast in a remake, and decided on Kevin Spacey (though I thought he would need to be younger) and Kristin Davis. There's gotta be someone else, though.
Kevin Spacey as George Bailey?
Maybe if George were an opium fiend.
My theory is that since every sitcom in television history has made an It's a Wonderful Life episode, filmmakers are so sick of seeing the plot that they can't bear the thought of helming a remake.
Oh, not just sitcoms. It seems to be a requirement for shows with enough whimsy, even if they're hour-longs. Grey's Anatomy is about due, I swear.
If GA did it, who would be George Bailey?
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Sadly, probably Whiny McSkinnypants. But it'd be great to see a happy Addison/McDreamy relationship somehow in her absence.
The upside of my toddler deciding that My Neighbor Totoro is the greatest movie ever is that I have seen it, and not the Teletubbies or Elmo, about 20 times over the last 4 days. The downside is that even I have my freakin' limits.