I'm confused, my mum wanted to go see Appaloosa two weeks ago, but Fandango said it had been released on Sept. 19th and was only in limited theatres, so I assumed that we'd missed it. Was it only in limited theatres to start and is now finally hitting it's mainstream release?
So we went to see
Body of Lies
instead.
I think I liked it.
Leo looks quite fine with dark hair (I think I prefer him with black-brown hair, it's such a break from the blonde kid I still see him as-- or saw him as, as this movie definitely opened my eyes to what a fine man he's turned into), and the character torture was delightfully constant. Hani stole the spotlight, even though Mark Strong was forgettable in
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. Not so here.
But I'm just confused about Russell Crowe and his character. I didn't get the character: his apparent intelligence and then complete idiocy --except to be a caricature of dumb government. And why Rusty would choose to take a role that had no depth? And no reason for existence other than to serve as a plot device. I hope I missed something there. Maybe Ridley and Rusty are just getting soft in their old age.
a lot of films, especially independants, will open in limited release first and then go wide if they generate enough interest.
And
Appaloosa
was one of them?
We're expecting huge numbers this weekend for
High School Musical 3.
This has aroused my curiosity for the franchise. Is the first one worth renting?
I thought it was acceptable for a made-for-TV movie. Not sure that it merits the media outpouring it's received, but then again I'm not a 13-year-old. I haven't seen the second one.
The second one is not as good as the first. The first one, like Ailleann said, is decent. And it has one really good song.
Abby liked the first one and she's completely the target audience. But she likes it mostly for Ashley Tisdale.
Apparently it's a big tourist thing, to go to East High in Salt Lake, where the thing is filmed.
I just watched Paths of Glory. Which wound up being kind of appropriate for October, since the execution scene is truly horrifying. To the point that it's almost funny, so I can see how you'd wind up making Dr. Strangelove a few years later.
Anyway. Glad I saw it, but now I'm depressed. So on a lighter note...
Dave White breaks up with the Saw franchise:
I guess you’re probably thinking that if I really understood you I’d have tarted up my words for you somehow and left you a cryptic note where I half-explained my unhappiness. Then I would have stuck that note inside an envelope that was also holding a key to a box. And that box would have been buried under a pit of deadly radioactive scorpions. That box would have contained your left lung, which I would have removed while you were under sedation. And I would have also filled your right lung with cherry-flavored Kool-Aid while simultaneously attaching a model train set to your skull. And then I would have outfitted the engine with little tiny rocket launchers that would set your entire face on fire. And you would have had 10 seconds to decide if knowing my true feelings were more important than having nuclear scorpions gnawing on you or having your nose melted off. I guess that would have been more archly poetic.
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