Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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.
I would love to see a director's cut of Idiocracy. That poor movie was cut to ribbons by the studio and dumped onto DVD, but there are such flashes of brilliance in there that really regret not being able to see the movie it was supposed to be.
So looking forward to Extract.
I wouldn't change a single frame of Princess Bride, but Gong Li probably gets my vote for Most Beautiful Woman In The World.
Oh, and Operation Take The Toddler To The Movies was a rousing success! We went to the first show of the day, so there were tons of other preschoolers there. Dylan was a little chatty, but not moreso than the other 2-4 year olds in the audience, and he stayed in his seat and watched the whole thing!
As soon as the Studio Ghibli logo came up, he shouted "TOTORO!" and there was this ripple of other kids going "...Totoro? Totoro!?!?!!" so you know we were in the right crowd.
DH and I really enjoyed it too. It's definitely a throwback to Miyazaki's earlier movies - much more similar to Totoro or Kiki's Delivery Service than Mononoke or Spirited Away.
The moral of the movie seems to be that Liam Neeson needs to chill the fuck out, and that you can win friends with ham.
I am currently watching Doomsday. Dear lord, what a hot mess of a movie, but I kind of like it anyway, and love the main character.
Is that the one...yes, checking IMDB, I see it is.
Have you gotten to the cannibal glam concert yet?
Is that in the middle somewhere? I'm kind of nearing the end, and I did play a quick game of Wii Bowling in the middle, so I may have missed that, but that may just be enough to get me to rewatch.
They are currently making their escape from Medieval-Land in the Bentley, and now we're in Road Warrior Country. This really is just a messy, silly movie.
Yeah, it's at the beginning, after they get captured, when they're barbecuing the redshirts.
Yeah, I was wandering in and out a little during that part of the film, because it is what it is, but I'll probably end up trying to rewatch it with a little more attention someday. Or at least try and catch the bits I've missed.
Have you gotten to the cannibal glam concert yet?
Oh, I loved that part of the movie. In fact, the whole movie is just a glorious mess.