We saw Milk last night, which I really liked. It really gave a sense of time and place and culture.
Scrappy, how did it compare to Zodiac which covers a similar era in SF?
I know I'm a bad poet, but I'm a good man. All I ask is that... is that you try to see me—
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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DavidS - Dec 21, 2008 9:28:08 am PST #9113 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Scrappy - Dec 21, 2008 10:30:49 am PST #9114 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Oh, I liked it much more. Van Sant uses news footage in really smart way and the haircuts and clothes, etc. all feel totally real and not "designed".
Sean K - Dec 21, 2008 12:59:09 pm PST #9115 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
We also saw The Day the Earth Sucked Ass Stood Still. So deeply, stupidly, profoundly bad. We snuck in, and I STILL feel like I overpaid.
Yeah, I was afraid of that. I always thought TDTESS might be worth a remake/update, but it would have to be done right, and I had a gnawing suspicion that this wasn't it.
Polter-Cow - Dec 22, 2008 7:05:55 am PST #9116 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I saw Baby Mama on Friday. It is not funny. Thankfully, Tina Fey did not write it.
megan walker - Dec 22, 2008 7:22:03 am PST #9117 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Yeah, I was afraid of that. I always thought TDTESS might be worth a remake/update, but it would have to be done right, and I had a gnawing suspicion that this wasn't it.
Having no energy to leave the house this weekend, and wanting to test Netflix streaming on TiVo, I finally watched the original. It was much better than I suspected.
Barb - Dec 22, 2008 7:36:02 am PST #9118 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
Finally watched the third Mummy movie this weekend. It was really very enjoyable, I thought. I mean, yes, no plot, but anyone who actually goes into those films with the idea of having much plot is going to be disappointed anyway.
Plus, bonus! Shirtless Brendan Fraser.
Still so, so pretty.
Jesse - Dec 22, 2008 7:39:53 am PST #9119 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Daaaamn. A.O. Scott on Seven Pounds:
Frankly, though, I don’t see how any review could really spoil what may be among the most transcendently, eye-poppingly, call-your-friend-ranting-in-the-middle-of-the-night-just-to-go-over-it-one-more-time crazily awful motion pictures ever made.
Sean K - Dec 22, 2008 8:21:18 am PST #9120 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I finally watched the original. It was much better than I suspected.
The original is an excellent film. It's one of my favorites. It was quite astute and even radical for its time.
Beverly - Dec 22, 2008 9:23:16 am PST #9121 of 10000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I loved Maria Bello in Mummy3, I thought she played the character beautifully--just differently than Weiss. The movie was a wild romp, and as such, it was fine.
What I hated was sidelining Rick and Evie in favor of their kid and some random chick, a pair who, in my opinion, are no more ready to be the main focus of the film than Rick and Evie are ready to be gracious in retirement. I'd have been happier with it with less story devoted to the kids, and more focus on the couple I fell in deep like with and affection for in the first two movies.
Fay - Dec 22, 2008 11:57:42 am PST #9122 of 10000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Finally watched the third Mummy movie this weekend. It was really very enjoyable, I thought. I mean, yes, no plot, but anyone who actually goes into those films with the idea of having much plot is going to be disappointed anyway.
Plus, bonus! Shirtless Brendan Fraser.
This!
And I agree that Maria Bello was charming as hell.
I didn't mind the kids, but I was much more All About Rick and Evie. I didn't feel that they were sidelined - I still read them as the main characters. But ymmv.