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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.
It lacked the gorgeous depth of detail the landscapes have in Totoro or Kiki, though. I think visually Totoro may be the most gorgeous animated film ever. Or, I could be completely prejudiced. Spirited Away comes closest to it.
Tonight's movie is "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor." My favorite line of dialogue so far:
"You're going to use it to wake the Emperor, aren't you? And his Terracotta Army?"
Oh, good, the Abominable Snowmen have arrived.
Michelle Yeoh is in that, right? I loved watching her kick ass.
She is. As usual, she's pretty much the best thing in it. Which is not so hard, in this movie.
It had its amusingnesses, but I'm glad we waited for the dollar movie.
As usual, she's pretty much the best thing in it. Which is not so hard, in this movie.
Yeah. As such things go, being the best thing in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was a much more impressive accomplishment.
Saw Inglorious Basterds and LOVED it! Laughed my ass off. Super fun time.
Saw Inglorious Basterds and LOVED it! Laughed my ass off. Super fun time.
Wasn't Cristoph Waltz effing amazing?
Also, Brad Pitt's character pretending to be Italian? Hilarious!
Most Beautiful Woman Ever: Elizabeth Taylor. Anyone who can get me to take my eyes off Montgomery Clift....
Alternate game: great scenes from awful or mediocre movies.
Night and Day. A "bio-pic" of Cole Porter that's even less grounded in fact than most bio-pics of the era. But there's one great moment in an audition scene fairly early on -- one of the rejected auditioners tells Monty Woolley that she's spent years in the theater, and what's he ever done to make himself qualified to pass her over for a part. Woolley stares at her and says, "I grew a beard."
One of the two redeeming elements in that movie. The other, of course, being the Cole Porter soundtrack.