'Shindig'
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
I saw Day Watch last night. Very stylish and visually arresting like the first one, but I couldn't tell you what the plot was if my life depended on it. Assuming there actually was a plot.
Also saw a 3-minute-long extended recruiting ad for the Army on the front of it. Yeah, I'm sure the audience of a subtitled Russian action-horror movie is just full of potential recruits.
I loved Night Watch. Glad to hear Day Watch isn't entirely a waste of time.
It was enjoyable, but I was going "wait, WHAT?!?" at about 10 minute intervals throughout the movie. And not in the rewarding surprise It's-Darla-in-the-box way.
I was proud to figure out that Gesser was switching Anton and Olga into each other's bodies as soon as he apologized to her. And I loved how Konstantin Khabensky became confident, aloof, and about 10x as sexy the instant he began playing Olga, while Galina Tyunina lost those qualities and started bumbling. They did a very good job portraying each other's characters.
Also saw a 3-minute-long extended recruiting ad for the Army on the front of it. Yeah, I'm sure the audience of a subtitled Russian action-horror movie is just full of potential recruits.
just fyi- The ads before a movie are part of an advertising pack that shows on every film (unless it's a Disney product) at every theatre (except Arclight.)
Interesting. Because I'd not ever seen that ad or the V-cast music vieo/ad that preceded it before.
FWIW, I watched the Ratatouille trailer on my TiVo and I'm so very much in love with it. Not the least because the Pixar animators respected the ratliness of the hero.
I watched that, too.
I enjoyed it, but I continue concerned about, you know, rat in a restaurant.
I'm looking forward to the same things most have mentioned except no one else has mentioned Becoming Jane. I saw a trailer for it when I saw Waitress (and Anne, I had some of the same reactions that you did) and I thought it looked promising...Becoming Jane, that is.
FWIW, I watched the Ratatouille trailer on my TiVo and I'm so very much in love with it. Not the least because the Pixar animators respected the ratliness of the hero.
Speaking of which, who wants a Pixar insider tip on their next project?
They're starting up... Toy Story 3.
Teaser for next year's Pixar movie, Wall-E.