Oh my god. I love JZ so much.
Please become a professional blogger...mommy or otherwise...so I can direct everyone I know to your brilliance. (Making the world a better place, that's me!)
Wesley: Perhaps the whole point of this experiment is hair. Gunn: I vote he's not in charge.
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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.
beekaytee - Aug 03, 2012 4:49:11 pm PDT #22091 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Polter-Cow - Aug 03, 2012 8:42:52 pm PDT #22092 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
135 Shots That Will Restore Your Faith in Cinema.
If you've lost faith, that is. Mostly, it's very, very pretty. One might even say sumptuous. Plus, the music is from Clint Mansell's awesome score for Moon.
Cashmere - Aug 04, 2012 7:40:30 pm PDT #22093 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Owen has been obsessed with Classic movies with a "C" for months now. He goes through TMC's schedule and records everything he can. he's rented Rear Window, borrowed a copy of Dr. Strangelove, watched half of Citizen Kane and now is talking about watching Topaz.
To tell the truth, if I wasn't as happy as a pig in slop, I'd be a little bit afraid.
He can tell you what year Steve McQueen starred in Bullet and The Blob. He can tell you who directed what and what year and what studio made the film. Is it wrong of me to say I love his little Aspie brain?
Polter-Cow - Aug 04, 2012 7:54:29 pm PDT #22094 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It's absolutely right.
Fiona - Aug 04, 2012 10:37:33 pm PDT #22095 of 30000
How old is Owen now? He sounds a bit like me, though my Hitchcock phase was when I was about 12-13. It was harder in those days (no TMC, no DVDs), so I had to wait for a Hitchcock season on BBC 2.
My dad used to rent films for various film societies and I would spend hours just reading the catalogues.
I went on to study film and now teach it so, hey, cause for optimism.
Tom Scola - Aug 05, 2012 7:42:04 am PDT #22096 of 30000
hwæt
Zenkitty - Aug 05, 2012 8:03:12 am PDT #22097 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Is it wrong of me to say I love his little Aspie brain?
Heck, I do too. Owen is a marvelous little creature.
I hope we can avoid completely destroying the world before Owen and his generation are old enough to take the wheel and turn this Titantic around.
Help us, Owen-Wan! You're our only hope!
Cashmere - Aug 05, 2012 9:59:29 am PDT #22098 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Owen is 8. I love that he seems to be truly learning the craft of film making. He studies styles and goes from director to director. He understands the process and has been getting better and better at his own little Youtube movies.
He studied slapstick and pratfalls by watching The Three Stooges, Charlie Chaplin and even some Buster Keaton. He wrote a report in school on the history of animation in America.
He reads wikipedia and IMDB and really GETS it.
DavidS - Aug 05, 2012 10:35:37 am PDT #22099 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Cash, does he have the Lego Filmmaker stuff? Where you can do stop motion Lego films?
askye - Aug 05, 2012 10:44:05 am PDT #22100 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
Cash, Owen is amazing and I love hearing about his dedication to and love of film making.
I finally saw The Dark Knight Rises with Will. I liked it but I didn't feel the rush of wanting to see it again. I had some issues with Bruce Wayne's leg. He went from needing a cane and then the brace/support thing as Batman, to not needing anything after he was Batman again. At least I don't think he was wearing that when he was in Wayne Manor in his pjs when Alfred revealed he burned the note from Rachel.
I did notice that no one ever said "the boy" in the prison it was always the child. Although it never entered my mind "hey that kid's mouth is fine" when the escape was shown. Good bit of distraction I guess.
I did totally think Bruce Wayne had died - I mean, it's the last one, I wouldn't have been surprised if Christopher Nolan did that, plus it seemed like Bruce finally got his out. I was shedding few tears through that. Although when they mentioned the pearls I knew he was alive. I liked the end with him and Selina. LOVED Catwoman, hope Anne Hathaway gets her own movie. Also Blake being Robin. I didn't even realize that the Scarecrow was the judge until I read the spoilers here. I'd love to see another movie or a Nightwing movie with Blake.