So in the midst of one of the better dates in my memory, I managed to finally see
Once
last night.
I can say with surety that it's my favorite movie of this year, edging out
Pan's Labyrinth
(which I'm counting as a January release) because I'm a sucker for simple tales about real people. Not to mention music. And what music! It is glorious - emotional, lyrical, and simply wonderful.
It may be too late for most people to see this movie in the theater - it's only showing in one Manhattan theater right now - but if you can, you simply must. And if not, you need to see it on DVD at the first available opportunity. It's beautiful.
The trailer for Elizabeth - the Golden Age suggests this will be a Lord of the Rings sequel.
Heh. It looks even more laughably ridonk than the previous one.
Heh. It looks even more laughably ridonk than the previous one.
I think I'm on board with the ridonk and the ahistoricity because of the pomp and pageantry and hairdos and Cate spouting faux Shakespeare and Clive all roguish. And, of course, Elizabeth the First facing down the Balrog Spanish Armada.
I loved the first one. Ahistorical and All Wrong, even. It was ... so pretty. And this one looks even prettier. Plus, what Hec said about Clive being roguish.
I just watched the Sweeney Todd trailer. I'm sort of astounded to realize I never saw the musical, even.
Stuff saw this weekend:
Lust, Caution.
- really really good.
Into the Wild
- really really good (but with less sex).
I loved the first one too. There was lots of neat framing.
They're going to drag me into this one, too. Just like the last time. And I'll spend half the movie searching the sticky floor of a darkened theatre for my eyeballs that have rolled out of my head. Bastards.
I should really just re-watch the HBO series with Helen Mirren and Jeremy Irons.
Yeah, Mirren would be hard to top.
