Well...I tried to see Zentropa today, but apparently nobody at IFC Center looked at the print before they showed it (we were at the first screening), because it had no subtitles! And only about 15% of the film is in English. For about the first 45 minutes, we all assumed that it was supposed to be like this, because the only conversations in German were little sidebars, and the majority of the content was in English, but after a while, it became clear that something was wrong. E went to ask one of the employees, who said, yes, this print doesn't have subtitles, sorry we didn't tell you before. So we left and got our money back.
On the plus side, we were sitting right next to Jena Malone, who is just as adorable in person as she is onscreen. She does get a few points deducted for leaving her phone on vibrate and answering a text message during the film. She left when we did.
I think about "Brokeback' a lot, but there were spots that were a little slow. I just don't really have an epic brain.
On the plus side, we were sitting right next to Jena Malone, who is just as adorable in person as she is onscreen.
OMG JEALOUS. My Jena Malone love defies explanation, as I think she's a good but not great actress and pretty and cute but not gorgeous or anything. But I love her. I think that it's because the way she walks in
Saved!
is totally a mating call for me, because she bounces on the balls of her feet in EXACTLY the same way I do. She totally wants me.
Though I think if I were to run into her at a movie theater, what conversation there was would mostly be me saying: "Saved! was so good!" I probably wouldn't bring up
Cheaters
(which I may be one of three people in the world to actually own on DVD) but I might.
So while the FiL was here, we caught him up on movies that he needed to see but amazingly had not. The watch list:
- Serenity
- Grosse Pointe Blank
- The Ring
- Pitch Black
- Bubba Ho-Tep
- Session 9
- Six-String Samurai
All were big hits, with
Pitch Black, Session 9,
and
Bubba Ho-Tep
topping his list. He didn't find
The Ring
all that scary, oddly.
I hope at least Session 9 scared the pants off him then. Creepy movie.
Hey, I never got to see Six-String Samurai. How much fun is it?
He didn't find The Ring all that scary, oddly.
My dad didn't either.
Really, I found it atmospheric more than anything. Until the very end, that is. Basically from the moment her kid says (with big, terrified eyes) "Why did you do that???"
The Ring bored me to tears, but I'm pretty much not a horror fan. We just don't click, for the most part.
He definitely found
Session 9
creepy and scary. I don't know why that movie works so well, but it does.
Six-String Samurai...
you just sort of have to go with it. It is fun, but this time watching it, I felt it was really sad also. Jeff Falcon is fun to watch as a martial artist, and there are some great quotes:
"If I were you, I'd run."
"If you were me, you'd be good-looking."
"Only one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar pick to me."
