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Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Jess, I'm pretty sure you've never steered me wrong on a recommendation
(Psst! Nobody remind Tep that I love Magnolia, k? I want to keep my record intact...)
Ha! The dreaded Magnolia! As long as Monsters vs. Aliens doesn't feature Julianne Moore screaming "fuck" for 10 minutes, or the entire cast singing along with an Aimee Mann song, I think I'll like it.
It had its moments. Jessica is right about the voice acting. After the first 10 minutes you can pretty much guess where the plot's going to go and I found it distracting that the president (voiced by Stephen Colbert) looked a little too much like Ira Glass. But I laughed out loud many times and generally had a good time.
the entire cast singing along with an Aimee Mann song
You say that like it's a bad thing. Why you hatin' on Aimee Mann?
Saw Knowing.
Had a blast. The creepy was deliciously creepy, the disasters were awe-inspiringly horrific. And Nic Cage wasn't so bad, I thought. The rest was purely delightful hysterics.
The moment that Rose Byrne went into uber-mommmy mode and began to get really annoying (28 Weeks Later levels) I leaned over to my girlfriend and whispered "and this is the point where I'm just waiting for her to die" and I totally missed what must have been a very awesome collision.
Then when the bunnies showed up I began cackling and knee-slapping and left the theatre declaring "They're going to breed! Like rabbits!" And then Adam and Eve go traipsing off towards the Tree of Knowledge. Tra la la.
Good times.
DH and I saw Monsters Vs Aliens today and it was great. Really, really fun, great characters, great vocal performances, great animation.
Seriously freakin' awesome! Owen loved it, too.
Saw a good movie on TCM over the weekend--The Scarlet Pimpernel with Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon. I have fond memories of the TV movie with Anthony Andrews and Jane Seymour (and looking at that version's IMDB entry, I see that Ian McKellen was Chauvelin!), but had never seen the Howard version. It was really well done, especially the two leads. Oberon was stunningly gorgeous (although the gown she wore for the party was terribly anachronistic for 1792--sleeveless?!?), and Howard was terrific as Percy. He switched between the fop and the Pimpernel with ease, and had a great blending of the two when he spoke with his wife.
Oh, I love the Howard Pimpernel.
A friend and I STILL greet each other by alternating lines of
"They seek him here, they seek him there...."
"'...that demned elusive Pimpernel!' Demned clever, eh, what?" Howard so nailed that nasal Upper Class Twit of the Year voice, didn't he?