Why didn't I mention Heart and Souls last night? It's the only one of RDJr's films I have at home. I seriously love that film, and it does a great job of showcasing his genius at physical humor and imitation (I love when Alfre Woodard steps into him--he really turns into her!). Between RDJr, Kyra Sedgwick, Woodard, and Charles Grodin, it's an excellent cast (and I'm not even including Elisabeth Shue and Tom Sizemore, who are decent at best in their performances).

It's days like this when I become exceedingly jealous of DH's job. Nobody ever sends me a chocolate gun...

Nice. Did it come with the Blu-Ray disks?

ION, Christian Bale is signed up for three Terminator films.

Nope, just the SD version. (We don't have a BR player anyway, so it's just as well.)

Jessica, that's AWESOME! I think E should get a BR player from work--it's a necessity.

I think E should get a BR player from work--it's a necessity.

We were supposed to! But it hasn't shipped yet.

See, I was going to say that. And I bet you could write it off!

Another RDJ movie I loved in all its sappy wonder is Heart and Souls.

I remember that movie! I believe I liked it, though I remember nothing about it.

Heart and Souls did include the obligatory romcom cliche of "Let's all sing a song together!" but at least they made it a part of the plot. ("Walk Like a Man" was the song the angels and RDJ's character sang as a kid, and it was the one they used to get him to see them again as an adult.)

Tom Waits mentions some of his favorite scenes:

Q: Favorite scenes in movies?
A: R. De Niro in the ring in Raging Bull. Julie Christie’s face in Heaven Can Wait when she said, “Would you like to get a cup of coffee?” James Dean in East of Eden telling the nurse to get out when his dad has had a stroke and he’s sitting by his bed. Marlena Dietrich in Touch of Evil saying “He was some kind of man.” Scout saying “Hey Mr. Cunningham” in the scene in To Kill A Mockingbird. Nic Cage falling apart in the drug store in Matchstick Men…and eating a cockroach in Vampire’s Kiss. The last scene in Chinatown.

Q: Can you describe a few other scenes from movies that have always stayed with you?

A: Rod Steiger in Pawn Broker explaining to the Puerto Rican all about gold. Brando in The Godfather dying in the tomatoes with scary orange teeth. Lee Marvin in Emperor Of The North riding under the box car, Borgnine bouncing steel off his ass. Dennis Weaver at the motel saying “I am just the night man,” holding onto a small tree in, Touch of Evil. The hanging in Oxbow Incident. The speech by Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner as he’s dying. Anthony Quinn dancing on the beach in Zorba. Nicholson in Witches of Eastwick covered in feathers in the church as the ladies stick needles in the voodoo doll. When Mel Gibson’s Blue Healer gets shot with an arrow in Road Warrior. When Rachel in The Exorcist says “could you help an old alter boy father?” The blind guy in the tavern in Treasure Island. Frankenstein after he strangles the young girl by the river.