Did anyone see Tsotsi (about a gangster kid in one of the Johannesburg townships, maybe Soweto)? That movie felt very much like a play to me. It wasn't so much about the dialogue, but more the structure & arc of the story. Which sort of makes sense, given that it's adapted from a novel by the playwright Athol Fugard.

Closer struck me as very well adapted to its new medium, though still relentlessly talky.

That's one that really felt like a play to me, I think, because of all the talkiness. And the abrupt time changes that weren't explained to me by the playbill.

I liked Tsotsi. I haven't read the novel, but I have read Athol Fugard's teleplay for "The Occupation," and that was very stageplay-like in terms of the dialogue. I never thought of Tsotsi as playlike, but I see what you mean.

So, we're watching Jaws on cable this afternoon, and even though I've long been a fan of the film, I'm astounded at how well it holds up after 32 years.

Also, Robert Shaw's monologue about the Indianapolis remains one of the all time great movie monologues.

It's true about Jaws. And about Shaw's monologue. Jaws is, what? the fourth most quoted movie?

I just watched it again recently, and yeah. It seemed like a throwaway when it came out, but it's a solid flick.

HMG I finally saw HOT FUZZ last night and it is made of AWSOME!!!

ita's shame is similar to my own as it reminded me how horribly familiar I am with POINT BREAK. So many references. Aside from the obvious PB one, they also totally did the foot chase scene, TWICE! Also, loved how the constant references to STRAW DOGS paid off in the Pub shoot-out.

Didn't recognize a ton of the actors that I recognized the names of, most shamefully Edward Woodward.

I saw it with the perfect audience at the perfect theater in my home town. It's a tiny independent I've been going to since grade school (under prior ownership, where they used to do two differnt films a day, and the films changed twice a week, I saw things as diverse as SUSPIRIA, ALTERED STATES, CHOOSE ME, DARK STAR, SMALL CHANGE - the list goes on and on - but they are still getting mostly the art house movies; in a weird way, I think HOT FUZZ fits that bill), and they've pulled out the first several rows of theater seats and put in couches (they also have a piano at the front so they can do live-music accompanied silent movies).

I saw it with the perfect audience

Does this mean they got the Chinatown reference?

I just watched Mean Streets. What the fuck was the point of all that? Some stuff happened, some people got shot, and none of it was all that interesting. Not my kind of movie, I guess.

Does this mean they got the

reference?

There were definite chuckles a half beat after the line, and not just from me. Since there wasn't anything else funny going on at that exact moment, I'm going with "yes".