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That flowchart for Black Swan was fantastic. Much appreciated.
A group of us last night watched Moulin Rouge, which I always somehow forget how much I love. The scene with the dancing waiters will never not be funny. I feel like a lot of insanity and/or drugs went into the creation of that film, and I'm more or less OK with that. I always want to hit STOP as soon as the curtain falls at the end, but I have thankfully seen it enough times now that I don't cry anymore.
I saw The King's Speech last night, and enjoyed it enormously. Not least because of the (to me) unexpected casting of Jennifer Ehle as Mrs. Logue. Halfway through the movie, I realized why I'd kept staring at her--she really does have the most striking eyes.
So fun to see her in a movie with Colin Firth again, even though they barely interacted.
Highly recommend the film, by the way: stellar casting, great writing, and quite engaging. It felt like a romance in its structure, frankly.
We're watching one of Pete's Christmas presents tonight: the blu-ray of Alien. (The 2003 director's cut version.) I haven't seen it since ... huh, probably 2003. It's been long enough that I remember the broad outlines of the plot, but not the specifics.
The sound design & effects are great. And the sets are amazing.
Has anyone seen Pontypool ? I'd been wanting to see it ever since I read about it in Entertainment Weekly a couple years ago, and Netflix doesn't have it, but it popped up on Showtime On Demand this free weekend, so I was finally able to see it. It's a zombie movie where the virus is transmitted through language. The director calls the zombies "conversationalists." It takes place inside a radio station, and you hear the horror from outside reports, the host, producer, and technician being trapped inside. It's very unnerving and freaky.
The tagline is "Shut up or die."
There are at least 2 things wrong with this:
Baz Luhrmann said that he has "workshopped" his upcoming film The Great Gatsby in 3D, though he has not made a final decision about whether to shoot the Carey Mulligan/Leonardo DiCaprio project that way or not.
He's so avant garde. All those directors who just rehearse in 2D.
t /undoubtedly ignoring huge logistical differences
Man, Entourage turns out real again? Of course, that was Scorcese's "Gatsby"
Oh my God, you guys. You know I like everything, even The Village and sort of The Happening, but I don't think I have ever actually laughed out loud at a ridiculous plot twist before.
And then I watched Knowing.
I tried to warn everyone i know about that movie, P-C. apparently, i failed.
It should be a basic rule of moviegoing: If you see Nicholas Cage in the previews and he's not being yelled at by Cher or Holly Hunter, DO NOT SEE!