Even in Desk Set? I haven't seen it in a while, but I don't remember that.

I have no vivid memories of him hauling her across his lap to give her a spanking in that movie. Though the premise that Kate's brain is a better reference tool than a computer sort of skips past the notion that she's exceptional and if she gets a cold then the system goes down.

I've never seen Desk Set. I keep thinking, "this desk set wants to fly"

Fave Hepburn/Tracy? Without Love. It's slighter, less witty, and more cliché-ridden than Adman's Rib or Woman of the Year, but but there is a bittersweetness to the story I like very much. Plus, I'm a sucker for the "marriage-of-convenience turning into a real marriage" plot device. I blame all the genre romance I read growing up.

I love the beginning of Woman of the Year, but the part where Hepburn tries to be a housewife and is crashingly bad at it makes me cringe so hard. (And I think the spanking was from Adam's Rib, which... oy.)

I LOVED Slumdog, even though I freely admit the story is flawed like heck, but I figured it was a cracked-out fairy tale and just went with it. I think the framing device worked well within that particular context, actually. Magic realism and all that.

I found the character of Salim most interesting among the lot, since he actually had a character arc unlike Latika. Except after the movie, I realized that he was essentially Spike (at least in terms of the character archetype), and I've been having mixed feelings about him ever since.

However, the music is legitimately FANTASTIC. My favourite track is the song over the credit dance sequence, which is a thing of joy and beauty forever. Also, M.I.A. + AR Rahman = marriage made in musical heaven.

Bonny, from reading wikipedia it seems we heard heartbeats at the very end of Crank so there may be some non-tenuous rationale for a sequel. Other than cash and hormones.

I'll go out on a limb and guess cheese-tastic dialogue occurred.

Oh, there was cheese enough.

But if it's being delivered by Bill Nighy, who cares how overblown it is?

His delivery struck me as just... odd. I mean yes, dining on scenery, but it was so... odd.

Next weekend, Let The Right One In finally comes to town. I'm really looking forward to that.

Though the premise that Kate's brain is a better reference tool than a computer sort of skips past the notion that she's exceptional and if she gets a cold then the system goes down.

Which is why the reference department had (IIRC) 3 other reference librarians. Then someone can get a cold.

And the computer in the movie wasn't exactly Wikipedia.

I love the beginning of Woman of the Year, but the part where Hepburn tries to be a housewife and is crashingly bad at it makes me cringe so hard.

But doesn't it resolve with him saying (I'm paraphrasing), "I don't want you to be a housewife, dumbass!"?

Bonny, from reading wikipedia it seems we heard heartbeats at the very end of Crank so there may be some non-tenuous rationale for a sequel. Other than cash and hormones.

Ah. I must have been too 'ohmygod'-ed to hear it.

I'll see 2 anyway because, well, you know. I can't help myself.

I'll pick Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, even if it's somewhat dated. (Though it could be remade with the young fiances being the same gender.)

I agree that the supporting cast makes Adam's Rib reasonably worthwhile. The annoying part is that Hepburn has a very valid point. Turn the genders around, and the D.A. would never have prosecuted. It could be argued that Hepburn's solution to the problem may or may not be correct. But nobody -- and Tracy least of all -- seems to recognize that there's even a legitimate issue. (And as a lawyer, I recognize that allowing spouses to represent opponents in litigation is an ethical nightmare. But I'm willing to suspend disbelief in the name of quality entertainment.)

I'm thinking MILK might pull it off, if only so Hollywood can send a big, gianormous FUCK YOU! to the rest of California (and the states/folks that helped) for passing Prop 8.

This would be the same Hollywood that bent over backwards to give Crash the Best Picture award over Brokeback Mountain, whereupon the former promptly vanished back into oblivion? I'm not pinning any hopes on a contest where the majority of votes are cast by old white guys.

I don't think Crash vanished into oblivion. I hear references to it fairly regularly, and it's a pretty popular film to show in schools. I asked why, since I found it pretty terrible, and the best answer I got is that it isn't at all subtle with its various points, so it can lead to a good discussion with just about any group of students.

I guess.