Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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But I have an unholy love for anyone in a dance movie.
You're just hot air until you come back with your review of
Step Up 3D.
Julia Stiles is why I'm not one of the cool kids who loves 10 Things. I can't work around her. The stuff around her is GREAT. I just don't forgive the movie for including her.
I don't think any TV movies have influenced me ever, except for sheer horror of ones Colin was in. But they weren't a part of my formative years. We did get some mini-series, though. Roots, naturally. First time I cried watching anything--last time I cried for a long time.
Miniseries from my childhood that left a lasting imprint:
Roots--saw it during the initial broadcast when I was in 5th grade, read the book immediately afterwards.
The Six Wives of Henry VIII--saw it on Masterpiece Theatre about the same time as Roots, possibly earlier. Have never been able to get the image of one of Anne Boleyn's accused lovers with the bloody eye-sockets out of my head. May be the source of my lifelong eye squick.
I was so Kat in 10 things in high school, minus the popularity gone horribly wrong.
All the TV movies about Russia taking us over completely freaked me out and made me think I wouldn't be this age.(You'd think I'd be more of a wingnut, wouldn't you?)
Threads freaked me out more. I still have nightmares from that film, 25 years later.
Kathy, I didn't see Threads until years after the March, but I completely agree that it was the stronger of the two. Much more disturbing.
I, too, was effected by that Henry VIII mini-series. A LOT of what I saw on Masterpiece Theater has stuck with me over the years.
Stiles is mostly terrible in the Bourne movies though. She might have 1 good scene - across THREE movies?
Man. She needs an acting coach stat.
I keep wanting to blame the incredible striped wig of florescent crowd spotting...and the no scarf available...rubbish during the scene where she tries to flee in the marketplace on Stiles, though I know it could not have been her decision as an actress. Still? Perfect metaphor for her acting skill. No subtlety or sense!
The Six Wives of Henry VIII--saw it on Masterpiece Theatre about the same time as Roots, possibly earlier. Have never been able to get the image of one of Anne Boleyn's accused lovers with the bloody eye-sockets out of my head.
I, Claudius on MT and The First Churchills, which was the first MT.
Made for TV movie that really got me was Lisa: Bright and Dark, starring Kay Lenz. It's what made me first suspect I was mentally ill.
Made for TV movie that really got me was Lisa: Bright and Dark, starring Kay Lenz. It's what made me first suspect I was mentally ill.
Oh, I forgot about that one! I read that book about a million times, too.
Stiles is mostly terrible in the Bourne movies though. She might have 1 good scene - across THREE movies?
I stand stubbornly by my opinion that she's more or less adequate as long as Matt Damon is in her face and menacing her. Sadly, I think I completely forgot that she had any other scenes in any of the Bourne movies; without him there to menace her, she disappears into the background.
and Bill Murray as Polonius.
And if you're going for modern day casting, this should have been a slam dunk. To quote William Hurt in A History of Violence - "How could you fuck that up?!??!?"
