Blow Dry
OMG, Bill Nighy! Natasha Richardson (RIP), Rachel Griffiths! Glorious tattoos! Blow Dry always had a Strictly Ballroom feeling to it, for me, though it's a vastly different tale.
I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.
Simon ,'Out Of Gas'
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Beverly - Mar 06, 2013 12:59:27 pm PST #23644 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
beekaytee - Mar 06, 2013 1:07:52 pm PST #23645 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
The scissors on the bottom of his foot!!
This is what I am saying.
Plus, I love the accents (excepting Josh Hartnell, of course).
It's massive cheese and totally predictable, but I love it.
Bill Nighy is delish.
And yes, the same feeling as Strictly Ballroom, another of my faves.
Vonnie K - Mar 06, 2013 1:24:17 pm PST #23646 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I've seen quite a few questionable (but sort of interesting) early Alan Rickman. Close Your Eyes, where he plays a husband cuckolded by siblingcest (the brother's played by Clive Owen so maybe sort of understandable? IDK.) Man, what a weird film. An Awfully Big Adventure, also with the incest theme! A couple of movies that tried to capitalize on Rickman's charisma by casting him as historic figures well known for their famed magnetism -- Mesmer and Rasputin -- and fell short. And that one movie where he and Emma Thompson played a couple of bickering detectives on search for a a con woman played by Carla Gugino and they inexplicably failed to have any UST. I blamed the director (Gugino's hubby.)
I dunno. I love him, but I kind of feel like he's been ill-served by movies in general, TMD and Sense and Sensibility excepted. Well, and Galaxy Quest, of course.
Lee - Mar 06, 2013 1:27:35 pm PST #23647 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I would never have thought to look for Blow Dry on Netflix streaming, but now I know one of the things I will be doing this weekend.
DavidS - Mar 06, 2013 1:50:18 pm PST #23648 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Blow Dry is pretty fun. Natasha and Rachel have great chemistry together. So does Alan and the rest of the cast.
Connie Neil - Mar 06, 2013 1:56:52 pm PST #23649 of 30000
brillig
Rickman in Dogma was fun.
Beverly - Mar 06, 2013 2:00:07 pm PST #23650 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh hell, I loved Rickman first--before Die Hard--in January Man. I'm a huge Kline fan and a Mastrantonio fan, and of course, Susan Sarandon and the vowel guys: Keitel, Steiger, Aiello, but I kept staring at the screen: Who *is* that Ed?
beekaytee - Mar 06, 2013 2:07:29 pm PST #23651 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
January Man
YES!! My fourth favorite Rickman film.
I also like Bottle Shock, which was quite educational. (also on Netflix)
Plus, the other historical figure movie he did with Mos Def...Something the Lord Made. Really unsympathetic in that.
Wikipedia says he'll be Ronald Reagan this year. Hm. That should be interesting.
beekaytee - Mar 06, 2013 2:09:47 pm PST #23652 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
My favorite Bill Nighy pics...besides Underworld, judge if you must...are The Girl in the Cafe and Still Crazy.
Sadly, neither is on Netflix.
Beverly - Mar 06, 2013 2:12:41 pm PST #23653 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
IMO, which I really don't expect anybody to share, Prince of Thieves was a vehicle for Blessed to bellow, Wincott to growl, and Rickman to snark his way through.
When we talk of spoons as a measure of energy these days, Gisborne and the Shurf are always muttering away, "Why (stab someone with) a spoon, cousin?" "'Cause it's *dull*, you twit! It'll hurt more!"