Cate Blanchett joins the cast of INDY4.
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Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
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sumi - Mar 16, 2007 5:34:28 am PDT #7864 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Fred Pete - Mar 16, 2007 5:45:35 am PDT #7865 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
RIP Betty Hutton.
Must check for Miracle of Morgan's Creek in the near future.
Hayden - Mar 16, 2007 6:18:54 am PDT #7866 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I really liked The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, with its tee-hee subtle Hayes Code-bashing, escalating high-jinks, and clever wordplay. It's not top-notch Preston Sturges, but it's a far cry from a stinker.
Vonnie K - Mar 16, 2007 6:22:17 am PDT #7867 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Since were were talking about Sunshine a few days ago: A nice Q&A with Cillian Murphy from Premiere Magazine: [link]
He seems like a smart and level-headed kind of a fellow. He certains knows to pick interesting roles. I like his face, too -- he can look unearthly beautiful from one angle, and reeeeally creepy from another.
Fred Pete - Mar 16, 2007 6:22:26 am PDT #7868 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Hutton had to be the most entertaining actress of the '40s. But then, I didn't even think The Greatest Show on Earth was a bomb.
Didn't deserve Best Picture Oscar, true. But not the worst winner, either. (I'd give that dubious honor to Cimarron.)
Hayden - Mar 16, 2007 6:30:41 am PDT #7869 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Hutton is fantastic in Miracle, as is Eddie Bracken. Bracken's fantastic in Hail The Conquering Hero, too, which is also 2nd-rate Sturges, but enough kooky fun to make a viewing worth your while.
Nutty - Mar 16, 2007 6:39:34 am PDT #7870 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I like his face, too -- he can look unearthly beautiful from one angle, and reeeeally creepy from another.
It's taken me a couple of movies to guess it, but I think it's because he is the tiniest bit wall-eyed. When he angles himself to minimize the effect, it's invisible; but then he changes the angle of his head towards the camera and it pops out at you suddenly.
Also, the fact his eyeballs are so prominent you could play marbles with them.
Strega - Mar 16, 2007 7:59:48 pm PDT #7871 of 10001
Bracken wasn't going to take the role in Morgan's Creek because he was tired of being upstaged by Hutton. Then Sturges convinced him to do it, and he decided to upstage her for once.
I think knowing that made me like him more in the movie, too.
And actually it might have impressed me more if I hadn't read tons of praise for it beforehand. So if you haven't seen it and want to, expect it to just be kinda okay and then you'll probably really enjoy it!
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 17, 2007 6:33:52 pm PDT #7872 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
All right, even if this weren't from the creators of The 40 Year-Old Virgin (with some of the same cast), I think I'd have to see the movie based solely on its use of "End of the Line" in the trailer. The song has been playing in my head all week and I finally figured out it was seeing the trailer last weekend that put it there.
esse - Mar 18, 2007 12:15:46 am PDT #7873 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Just got back from seeing Hot Fuzz (which comes out in the US in April) -- it is MADE OF AWESOME.
Dude, it so is. I was laughing so hard in the theatre I thought I broke something. I mean, yes, it's a different film from the sort that SotD is; for me it worked on two levels, as a comedy mocking the buddy cop genre, *and* as a buddy cop film, because it was that good! I was laughing at the cliches they were poking fun at, while still buying in to the plot because it was really good plot! With really good action!
I liked that it worked for me on both levels, because I think it added a different kind of depth to the film as opposed to SotD, which was indeed filled with geekery and in-joke references; there was some of that in HF too, but it was so tight that as much as I was laughing, I was also admiring the filminess of it all, if you can take my meaning. It's possible that you can't, as I think it was buried in there somewhere near the squee and may not be salvaged.