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The next film they have listed on IMDb is called "Burn After Reading," and stars Clooney and Pitt, and seems to be a comedy.
Right. I read that somewhere, but forgot about it (maybe a Clooney interview) and it is a comedy. I just hope it's more of a BIG LEBOWSKI comedy rather than a LADYKILLERS (or even INTOLERABLE CRUELTY) comedy.
The kids want me to take them to see Alvin and the Chipmunks this afternoon. I'm scared.
Oh, people. Why are you so silly?
Well, like I said, I knew it wasn't going to be a feel-good movie but was rather shocked by how bleak and very sad it was. I thought it would be more darkly comedic.
My sister laughed out loud through much of it.
My sister laughed out loud through much of it.
I thought there were funny parts but, god, mostly it just was so sad. (I did like it though I can't imagine wanting to see it again!)
(FTR, I was also very disturbed by the senseless deaths throughout Pirates III which I just watched yesterday so maybe I'm just in a mood.)
Was I supposed to care about the death in Pirates III? I was sat looking at my watch thinking 'This is just delaying the ending! Stop already!'. They had possibly lost my attention by that point.
Atonement wins for a seven minute one shot with 2000 or so extras. The script is a little wonky in places and Ikea Knightley is annoying as ever, but it mostly works.
Was I supposed to care about the death in Pirates III?
Maybe the ones in the beginning? but, no, of course not! That's kinda my point.
FWIW, my mother adored Sweeney Todd. (My mother has become a raving Depp fangirl, with a side bit of adoration for Tim Burton. I keep teasing her for being late to this particular party.)
I haven't seen Sweeney Todd yet, because Pete is on a deadline, which means no galivanting off for a movie outing. I am not being very patient about this, because I absolutely must see Sweeney Todd soon, or I will die. Die, I tell you. My dad raved at me about the costumes and the art direction, and all the gothy fashion LJ comms have been burbling about it.
Wait, does that mean the Gris is really Pete?
I'm not THAT adorable.
I thought it would be more darkly comedic.
See above: re, my rant about how they cut out most of the funny bits when they adapted it for the screen.