Wait, Wanted has an Oscar nomination for something? What, most egregious use of slow motion effects in an action movie?
Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.
Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'
Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 09, 2009 7:52:55 am PST #9900 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
Jessica - Feb 09, 2009 7:57:25 am PST #9901 of 10000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Sound editing, I believe.
Kathy A - Feb 09, 2009 7:59:46 am PST #9902 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
A little late for this, but I'm totally on the "loving Ladyhawke" bandwagon!! There are so many quotable lines (mostly by Phillipe) that are roaringly hilarious after you take them in.
Although one of my favorite little bits is when he distracts some kids to steal shoes, and as he walks away, you hear the little girl saying "He's taking Daddy's shoes!" in this "I can't believe he's doing that" tone of voice that's so adorable and cracks me up every time.
Phillipe and Navarre have a great rapport, and having Leo McKern as the monk is brilliant casting--he hits every note of his performance perfectly. Michelle Pfeiffer is suitably gorgeous and ingenue-y in the role that you think any beautiful woman could play Isabeau, but then you see her confront the bishop, and she is also perfect.
megan walker - Feb 09, 2009 8:20:06 am PST #9903 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Wait, Wanted has an Oscar nomination for something? What, most egregious use of slow motion effects in an action movie?
Sound and sound editing. Watching it knowing that one totally sees why. There are lots of cool uses of sound in that movie.
Connie Neil - Feb 09, 2009 8:34:43 am PST #9904 of 10000
brillig
then you see her confront the bishop, and she is also perfect.
"You contemptuous worm. I am so done with you."
Kathy A - Feb 09, 2009 8:48:26 am PST #9905 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
And then she turns her back on him because he's no longer of any concern to her--the biggest insult possible to him, I think.
megan walker - Feb 09, 2009 9:02:25 am PST #9906 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Michelle Pfeiffer is suitably gorgeous and ingenue-y in the role that you think any beautiful woman could play Isabeau, but then you see her confront the bishop, and she is also perfect.
I just love that her name is Isabeau. So medieval.
Beverly - Feb 09, 2009 12:33:53 pm PST #9907 of 10000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I just love that her name is Isabeau. So medieval
I always hear it as John Wood says it as the bishop--that flat, inflectionless tone that somehow conveys his lust and envy of Navarre.
There's a children's fable that uses the name, presumably because it's both pretty and evocative.
Alfred Molina was wonderful in his tiny role as the wolfhunter, too. There was nobody bad in Ladyhawke. Even the horse was splendid.
Connie Neil - Feb 09, 2009 12:35:33 pm PST #9908 of 10000
brillig
Even the horse was splendid.
Prancing showily through the nave . . . though the less said about Navarre's armor the better.
megan walker - Feb 09, 2009 12:48:00 pm PST #9909 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
There's a children's fable that uses the name, presumably because it's both pretty and evocative.
It's the name of a French queen from the Middle Ages, Isabeau de Bavière.
And now I've added Ladyhawke to my Instant/TiVo queue.