I'm with Jess--I saw Lives of Others this weekend and it was subtle and smart and moving and just So. Freaking. Good. Go see it if you possibly can. You do NOT want to miss it.
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Scrappy - Feb 26, 2007 6:55:09 am PST #7604 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
bon bon - Feb 26, 2007 7:05:43 am PST #7605 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I really want to see Lives of Others. Thanks for the additional recommendation, it sounds great!
I saw Breach this weekend. Worth seeing for Chris Cooper; the rest has a particular B-movie feel to it. Ryan Phillippe is better than expected but a subtler actor would been appreciated in that role. And unfortunately I think the movie knows so little about Robert Hanssen that we spend too much time with Eric O'Neill and his trumped-up domestic crises than with the Really Interesting Character this movie is supposed to be about.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 26, 2007 7:07:34 am PST #7606 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I finally got around to watching Little Miss Sunshine yesterday, finishing up late at night. Oh my God, when Olive started her talent routine to "Superfreak" I couldn't stop laughing.
It was very odd to realize that the movie was basically a better-executed National Lampoon's Vacation with the Little Miss Sunshine pageant substituting for Wallyworld.
Aims - Feb 26, 2007 7:08:40 am PST #7607 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
It was very odd to realize that the movie was basically a better-executed National Lampoon's Vacation with the Little Miss Sunshine pageant substituting for Wallyworld.
This is *EXACTLY* how I've been describing it to people!
Vonnie K - Feb 26, 2007 7:36:54 am PST #7608 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I've heard nothing but fabulous things about Lives of Others -- Hopefully it'll make it to this neighborhood some time in the next couple of months.
The only major disappointment for me was Children of Men not winning anything. God knows I loved Pan's Labyrinth, but I really thought that Best Cinematography Oscar should have gone to Emmanuel Lubezki.
Prettiest presenters on the podium: Clive Owen and Cate Blanchett. It seems like a criminal waste of an opportunity that these two haven't made a movie together yet.
Sue - Feb 26, 2007 7:40:05 am PST #7609 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Prettiest presenters on the podium: Clive Owen and Cate Blanchett. It seems like a criminal waste of an opportunity that these two haven't made a movie together yet.
They're in the sequel to Elizabeth together.
And I think I remember that Cate was offered Julia's part in Closer , but then she got pregnant and declined.
Jessica - Feb 26, 2007 7:42:21 am PST #7610 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
God knows I loved Pan's Labyrinth, but I really thought that Best Cinematography Oscar should have gone to Emmanuel Lubezki.
Hell yes. I was really surprised at that one.
I wish they'd had Clive Owen and Daniel Craig present together, but they probably didn't want to risk the podium spontaneously combusting.
Scrappy - Feb 26, 2007 7:43:19 am PST #7611 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
They should have presented and then made out.
Um..I'll be in my bunk.
Kathy A - Feb 26, 2007 7:47:10 am PST #7612 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My dad and I went to see Casino Royale on Saturday, and I was surprised at how smoking hot I found Daniel Craig. Usually, big ears on a guy are a big turn-off for me, but on him? Yummmmmy!
Jessica - Feb 26, 2007 7:47:29 am PST #7613 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
They should have presented and then made out.
Or the other way around. Or they could skip the presenting part altogether. Either way.