I went to see “The Golden Door” yesterday. It was a very good movie about emigrating from Italy to the U.S. taking place in Sicily, on the boat, and on Ellis Island. It was mostly in Italian, with subtitles, but there were English speaking parts as well. It also had Vincent Schiavelli (Uncle Enyos in Buffy) in one of his final roles.
Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.
'Get It Done'
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sj - Aug 06, 2007 7:43:20 am PDT #674 of 10000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
JZ - Aug 06, 2007 7:44:08 am PDT #675 of 10000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
(Actually both the actors they cast were way too old, but they were within Hollywood Plausible range.)
I was totally fine with it, especially since they had to do a bit of aging -- Anne Hathaway was probably just exactly the right age for when we first meet her character, but her aging makeup read incredibly poorly (to me, anyway -- she went from glowy twentysomething to glowy twentysomething with a touch of grey and big fake nails). Heath and Jake were both right on that line where they could be plausibly aged up or down by a decade in either direction without looking too improbable.
Cashmere - Aug 06, 2007 7:59:18 am PDT #676 of 10000
Now tagless for your comfort.
I think after Gladiator, Russell Crowe would have been out of price range (besides being too old for the part).
However, I like the cut of Matt's jib in that casting idea.
Jessica - Aug 06, 2007 9:40:02 am PDT #677 of 10000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Laga - Aug 06, 2007 10:30:56 am PDT #678 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
It was pointed out to me this weekend (by a person who has the antithesis of my taste in movies and fandom) that they weren't so much cowboys as shepherds. But I think he was making fun of me.
You met my Dad? One cannot bring up "Brokeback Mountain" or "gay cowboys" in front of my father without being told that it was not a gay cowboy movie.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 06, 2007 10:35:40 am PDT #679 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I think after Gladiator, Russell Crowe would have been out of price range (besides being too old for the part).
Maybe it could have been part of a community service deal after Crowe beaned that hotel worker with the phone.
"The court hereby sentences you to making out with Christian Bale for a period of not less than 120 days."
begins contemplating crime spree...
Cashmere - Aug 06, 2007 10:42:59 am PDT #680 of 10000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Yep, waaaay back in April. I barely remember it now, though.
Clunky writing, decent acting? *sigh* Don't know if I want to bother.
It was pointed out to me this weekend (by a person who has the antithesis of my taste in movies and fandom) that they weren't so much cowboys as shepherds. But I think he was making fun of me.
Well, they were shepherding on Brokeback but once Jack went on to rodeo and Ennis turned back to ranch hand, they qualify as cowboys in my book.
sj - Aug 06, 2007 10:54:37 am PDT #681 of 10000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Clunky writing, decent acting? *sigh* Don't know if I want to bother.
I keep going back and forth about whether or not I want to see it.
juliana - Aug 06, 2007 11:06:10 am PDT #682 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Clunky writing, decent acting? *sigh* Don't know if I want to bother.
I'm fairly sure it'll go on my Netflix queue.
Has anyone seen or heard anything about The Last Legion? I'm intrigued, 'cuz Colin Firth in Roman dress with a sword, but it looks like it has the potential to be truly awful.
sumi - Aug 06, 2007 11:09:12 am PDT #683 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
I saw a promo for it and it's got MORE than Colin Firth. . .but - yeah, zero publicity makes me think that they would prefer to forget about it.