After = passed out?
signed, Had a Wild Youth
Everyone's getting spanked but me.
Willow ,'The Killer In Me'
Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
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Zenkitty - Jun 02, 2007 2:15:43 pm PDT #8925 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Kat - Jun 02, 2007 2:18:21 pm PDT #8926 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
The second one is what got me, Jesse.
I was completely charmed by the scene where the sister tries to catch her husband in an affair and he's really playing fantasy baseball. Mainly because it feels so true that the things that can make relationships so fraught are the little things, like wanting to spend time with someone vs. the other person wanting some autonomy.
I found it a very enjoyable movie.
Jesse - Jun 02, 2007 2:18:45 pm PDT #8927 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That makes more sense to me, Robin. I am trying to avoid all the TMI here! PS: Did your friend have a lack of misspent youth? Or just an extended one.
Scrappy - Jun 02, 2007 2:28:18 pm PDT #8928 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Lack of one. Plus apparently he was visiting from Italy and had a killer accent.
Jesse - Jun 02, 2007 2:31:11 pm PDT #8929 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Heh.
Kathy A - Jun 02, 2007 3:22:16 pm PDT #8930 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Just got back from a very fun movie day with ChiKat! We did manage to see both Paris, je t'aime and Once back-to-back, and I liked them both very much. (ChiKat can share her issue about Once if she'd like).
PJT was a wonderful series of 18 5-minute long vignettes about the city, most dealing with love in all of its forms (from familial to romantic, from new love to old and lost loves). The most bizarre (but strangely amusing for me) one was about Mime Love (I hate mimes, but the depiction was goofy enough to help me get over my dislike), the Elijah Wood one was very Gothic Silent Film in style, and the Gus Van Sant-directed one had a nice French New Wave feel. But my two favorites were one about a quiet young man who falls for a Moroccan (possibly--could have been Algerian) girl wearing a hajib, and one co-directed by Gerard Depardieu about an older couple meeting before she finally signs her divorce papers, with Ben Gazarra and Gena Rowlands as the couple. Overall, a movie well worth seeking out.
Once was filled with very real performances and directing style (very cinema verite), and Glen Hansard's performance was all in his eyes (it helps that he is damn sexy in that beard, too!). Loved the music, and just loved the whole film. See it if you can!
Zenkitty - Jun 02, 2007 5:33:30 pm PDT #8931 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I am halfway through Stranger Than Fiction and am finding it less engaging than I had anticipated.
Laga - Jun 02, 2007 6:56:47 pm PDT #8932 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Oh I lurved that movie! Maybe it loses something in the translation to small screen.
Zenkitty - Jun 02, 2007 7:06:37 pm PDT #8933 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
It had its charm. I'm not sorry I saw it, but it won't stick with me.
Until the next time I think about killing off a character... I halfway think they're real anyway. Pests.
Dana - Jun 02, 2007 7:37:54 pm PDT #8934 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Just saw Knocked Up. Compared to The 40-Year Old Virgin, this one didn't work as well for me. It had moments, but ultimately, I would rather have seen a movie about Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd's characters.
Paul Rudd is awesome.