Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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Has anyone seen Public Enemies yet? I'm at the theatre to see it right now.
I was very "meh". I thought that considering the acting talent, it was pretty dull. I felt by the end of it that Mann wanted to having old-timey shootouts. Looks good and the acting was good.
Jessica, IIRC Totoro is set in the immediately post-War Japan, and the "policeman" might be an occupation soldier. But it's been so long since I watched it that I'll just have to make the sacrifice and watch it again soon....
Sue. I really liked it, but I was easily pleased by the pretty. I wish men still dressed that way.
Like, why do the kids hide from the guy they think is a police officer in the beginning?
I think they're not supposed to be in the back of the truck. They're worried that their dad will get in trouble for having them there.
What's the deal with the mom's mysterious illness?
I figured it was lupus or something like that. I think I read that Miyazaki based it on his own mother's illness when he was a child.
It's never lupus.(/House) Except for, in rather an ultimate irony, Flannery O'Connor. That totally was. (Sorry. I'm sure Corwood knows whereof he speaks.)
I just saw Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. It was not horrendously awful but not nearly as awesome as the first one. I'm pretty sure all the funny stuff in the first movie was actually funny, whereas almost every attempt at humor fell flat this time. Bizarre.
And the black monkey robots were terrible. Who in God's name thought that was a good idea?
Monkey robots? That's the first time I've heard them called that. Ouch.
Their faces are like monkeys.
Oh, also, District 9 looks AWESOME. I really want to see it.
I'd be careful with the phrase "black monkey."