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I finally saw RED yesterday evening. Oh, what fun! It reminded me that Bruce Willis can actually be charming when the material calls for it. Of course Helen Mirren was my favorite (it was seeing her with an assault rifle in the trailer that got me interested in the first place), but everyone did a great job.
What do you know, hiring a cast with 4 Oscars and 14 nominations between them makes for a pretty good action movie!
His favorite Muppet Movie character is Sweetums
Aww, I love Sweetums! Dylan has good taste.
I do still want to see Red--I'll have to see if it's still playing at any of the local theaters Thanksgiving weekend (Mom might be interested in seeing it).
Cronenberg's forthcoming film about Freud and Jung
The inimitable David Cronenberg is directing a new film about Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Based on Christopher Hampton's stage play "The Talking Cure," the story revolves around a patient named Sabina. Titled "A Dangerous Method," the film, starring Viggo Mortensen as Freud, Michael Fassbender as Jung, and Keira Knightley as Sabine, is due out next year. From AceShowbiz:
Detailing Knightley's character, director David Cronenberg recently said, "Really [Sabina] was a passionate, intelligent, very creative woman who didn't have an outlet for those things so it manifested itself as madness until she met Carl Jung. She was 18, he was about 29. They had an affair, she become his mistress." He concluded, "So it's the story of the three of them particularly and it's a really fascinating story."
Wouldn't it be cool if Freud and Jung were both superheros? And if they fought crime? OK, the movie sounds cool even if they're not superheros....
"Freud's been discredited, but Jung still has his merits." Reid, Criminal Minds.
The only quote I know about both of them.
If they were superheros, Jung would probably be The Archetype. So he could turn into various Jungian Archetypes (I can't remember what they are) as his superpower.
I can't remember what they are
Trickster, Mother, Shadow (Doppelganger)...
And who would Freud be? The Cigar?
And who would Freud be? The Cigar?
That could work. And his superpower could be "being confused about women." Although that would be a very common superpower.
Oh, I think he should be The Tunnel.
The Fixation.