Yeah, I love the hell out of it. And I really hate James Taylor, so that's saying something. In fact, it would make a fantastic Zen double feature with Cockfighter, which is a similar Monte Hellman-directed faux-exploitation existential-crisis dialogue-lite movie.
Harken: You fought with Captain Reynolds in the war? Zoe: Fought with a lot of people in the war. Harken: And your husband? Zoe: Fight with him sometimes, too.
'Bushwhacked'
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Hayden - Dec 26, 2007 9:32:09 pm PST #2981 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
lisah - Dec 27, 2007 5:44:35 am PST #2982 of 10000
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Cockfighter is one of my favorite movies!
My friend and I are trying to figure out what movie to see on Sunday. So far on the list:
The Savages
Romance & Cigarettes
The Kite Runner
Charlie Wilson's War
Enchanted
No Country for Old Men
What do you all think?
Fay - Dec 27, 2007 5:49:42 am PST #2983 of 10000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Having only seen Enchanted from that list, I'm going to say: Don't go see Enchanted.
It's more of a catch-it-on-TV kind of movie. I think if I hadn't paid money for it, I'd have appreciated it a lot more.
DavidS - Dec 27, 2007 6:13:40 am PST #2984 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
What do you all think?
No Country For Old Men is near the top of my list.
But I haven't seen a lot of movies so I also want to see: Sweeney Todd, I'm Not There, Juno, Darjeeling Express (still barely hanging on in theaters here), and There Will Be Blood.
It's interesting, we've had two movies come out this year which were hailed as instant classics: No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood. That's unusual.
I'm also struck by how daring filmmakers were this year - not always successfully, but risks were taken: Southland Tales, I'm Not There, There Will Be Blood.
Tom Scola - Dec 27, 2007 6:14:55 am PST #2985 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Let me know if you're up for seeing a movie this weekend, David.
lisah - Dec 27, 2007 6:15:22 am PST #2986 of 10000
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I can't get over how much Daniel Day Lewis looks like a gaunt Tom Selleck in the posters for There Will Be Blood !
lisah - Dec 27, 2007 6:16:39 am PST #2987 of 10000
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I saw Sweeney Todd on Saturday. I was familiar with the plot and general tone but had never seen the musical and, I have to say, I was really shocked by how deeply tragic the story is.
I'm supposed to see Juno tonight!
Allyson - Dec 27, 2007 6:36:47 am PST #2988 of 10000
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
My main thought on Sweeney Todd for this morning is this: Anthony was so pretty that his thing for Johanna was femslash.
Scrappy - Dec 27, 2007 6:47:47 am PST #2989 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
He was pretty and he sang pretty, too. Do you guys know that Victor Garber was the original Anthony? Check him out on Johanna [link] Spydaddy has some pipes.
Kathy A - Dec 27, 2007 7:04:58 am PST #2990 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I've got Garber on three soundtrack/OCR CDs--Godspell, Sweeney Todd, and Assassins (as well as the Carnegie Hall Tribute to Sondheim, where he sings his song from Assassins)--and his voice has really gotten much richer over the years.
I will confess to liking the tribute concert's rendition of "Johanna" more, though--it's one of the bonus tracks from that concert on the rereleased 1979 OCR CD set, along with a gorgeously sung "Green Finch and Linnet Bird" that I thought was worth the cost of the entire tribute album.