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Oh, wow, Metropolitan! I love those movies. Barcelona is probably the one I quote most often, but they're all so good.
Also, dining week! I'm jealous. I think my local restaurant week is coming up in January which wifi be here before I know it, but still, Memphis Downtown Dining sounds great.
Still working on getting to The Martian and Crimson Peak.
Woot! You and me both. We should make a pact to try and see at least one of them.
Alas, Carol and the Whit Stillman-hosted anniversary showing of Metropolitan were sold out.
I can't wait to see Carol. It was filmed here, and looks SO gorgeous.
And I adore Metropolitan beyond all reason. Love love LOVE it.
I'm in, Burrell. Pinkie swear? Blood oath?
Still working on getting to The Martian and Crimson Peak.
I have resigned myself to just getting the Blu-Rays of both of those movies. Maybe I can catch third-run if either are Oscar-nominated (The Martian probably will be).
I'm still trying to decide if we saw an afternoon movie at the slow theater if it would be a terrible idea to take the baby. I haven't seen a movie in a theater in months.
Friend of mine said he couldn't review Spectre because it was so boring he couldn't remember what happened.
Yeah, that's about right. Or rather, I could probably tell you some events that happened in the movie, and maybe in what order, but I couldn't tell you why they were supposed to matter to anyone. It's one thing for a Bond villain to have an idiotic plan, it's another thing altogether for a Bond villain to have no plan at all. Beyond...talking about how evil he is, I guess? Because reasons?
Christophe Waltz is still fun to watch, though, even when he's trapped in a thankless role and phoning it in.
I guess there's a reason why Daniel Craig has decided to swear off any more Bond films. He must have realized long before it came out.
I'm in, Burrell. Pinkie swear? Blood oath?
Blood oath seems more appropriate to Crimson Peak, doesn't it?
I saw Bridge of Spies last weekend: it's the right kind of movie to take your elderly father to.
... that's about all I have to say about it. It's a Spielberg historical drama in which Tom Hanks has integrity and all the women wring their hands.
t shrugs
In case anyone wants to save $15 tonight, don't bother with Spectre. It's awful.
I should have listened to you.
To be fair, it was late and I was tired and I fell asleep and missed crucial plot points probably but since the plot of the movie was basically "Bond goes here and then Bond goes here and then Bond goes here and then Bond goes here" welp.
It's like they thought, "Remember how everyone loved Skyfall?? Let's...completely disappoint everyone this time instead."