I may have said this upthread. But Marley is actually fun if you sort of tune out the people and concentrate on the dog. And in all fairness, you have to be in a certain class position, and have a certain mind set to hold on to a dog like that and continue to let him get away with what he gets away with.
I'll stay vague to avoid spoilers but at several points the main characters reluctantly chose betweeen A & Z. This always made be go "Huh? What about choices B through Y?". And then I'd laugh some more at the dog, or um cry. This makes me think I should watch animal planet more.
Okay, that kind of sucked. I'd forgotten how much I dislike Sam Mendes' films. Oh well! On to Happy-Go-Lucky next.
2 new HP & the HBP pictures from
Empire
magazine.
Happy-Go-Lucky = awesome! Now to bed. Happy 2009!
Oh, hah. After seeing Doubt my sister and I were talking and she was all "I really was more in the mood for feel-good kind of thing, you know, like Milk."
That story's only feel-good if you own stock in Hostess.
I read a review that said
Benjamin Button
was the movie
Big Fish
wanted to be, and that's so it. I agree with what people have said upthread. For most of the movie, it's just...stuff, but in the last twenty minutes or so, the point of the movie begins to hit home.
I read a review that said Benjamin Button was the movie Big Fish wanted to be, and that's so it.
But does it have the magical visuals that
Big Fish
has? Yes, I want to see
Benjamin Button,
but
Big Fish
will always own my heart. Partially because of the visual style, but mostly because, well, I'm the daughter of a man who is a larger-than-life storyteller.
But does it have the magical visuals that Big Fish has?
No, not in the same way. But I do want to know how they did the en-youngening. When Cate Blanchett showed up, I literally thought it was a younger actress who looks just like her.
Anyway: Loved it! Perfect for the day! Made me cry, but I was also smiling through almost the whole move. And the people responsible for the look of everything should win awards.
Ooh! I saw the trailer at the theater this afternoon, and seeing it on tv just now reminded me: the Julia Roberts/Clive Owen spy/caper/good times movie! Am excited!
Oh - that sounds like fun!
