Saw SUNSHINE yesterday (very appropriate, because I think we had record highs). Dubious science aspects aside (how HARD is it to resist sound in space? pretty frelling hard apparently), I thought it was really interesting, gorgeous to look at, but it was trying too hard to be too many different movies. The save-the-earth-probably-a-suicide-mission movie was really good, and quite suspensful enough, but they kept forcing other movies in the mix. The threatened drifts towards a trippy Solaris/2001-type movie didn't bother me so much - who knows what kind of weird shit will happen close to the sun - but the Leviathan/Event Horizon/Deep Rising horror movie stuff came out of left field and was unnecessary. I think there was enough chance for things to go wrong that they could have made the ending just as grueling with just the Icarus II crew trying to get the job done.
Also saw 300 later on at friend's house who has a great home theater set up. Luckily, there were three of there who were in the right mood to MST3K the movie for pretty much the whole running time. Interesting look, but at least Robert Rodriguez had a sense of humor that helped SIN CITY work better for me. With 300 I was reeling from the testosterone funk after the movie was over.
Aw, I'm sorry about War. Bob's bro is trying to finance a movie with the people that made it.
With 300 I was reeling from the testosterone funk after the movie was over.
Maybe this will help make that feeling go away, Frank?
I saw Death at a Funeral and Eating Out 2 yesterday. The former lived up to my expectations (Alan Tudyk had me cracking up with his every facial expression) and the latter vastly exceeded them (which were, of course, much lower than those for the former movie thanks to the original being crap whose only redeeming features were Jim Verraros' snark and Ryan Carnes' penis).
Saw the Simpsons movie today -- woo hoo!
SO much fun. Yay.
Tony Leung OMFG. How is he so hot? And so sad? His sadness is integral to his hotness. I'm trying to remember any film of his in which he wasn't heartbroken in some way, and coming up blank.
The Eagle Shooting Heroes. (Actually, this has both Big Tony and Little Tony Leung.) Rent it, go out drinking with friends, then invite them to see it with you. It's quite funny if you're in the right frame of mind, and has a rumored WKW connection . It was very popular, when our local rep theatre was still a rep theatre.
I hasten to add that no eagles get shot in
Eagle Shooting Heroes.
It seems to be one of those phrases that the translators just gave up on.
I would have expected heroes to be shot by an eagle.
So wait, it's not about golf?
No, but strangely enough, it was the original title of
The Legend of Bagger Vance.
