'Shindig'
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.
Isn't about half the plot from another Roald Dahl book entirely?
I don't think so. It's basically the plot to Fantastic Mr. Fox. And it hits the same plot points: tail gets shot off, digging underground into storehouses etc. It's just Not English, very improv acting dialogue (though funny), lots of visual jokes etc.
hadn't heard of Summer Hours, but I am finding myself hungry for movies with discernably human storylines. (Note: not as in human vs animal, more human vs BANG!POW!CRASH!!!)
I didn't see Fantastic Mr. Fox, but mr. flea and both kids (3 and 6) loved it.
The controversy over the marketing of Valentine's Day made me look at the poster, and this movie has Jessica Alba, Jamie Foxx, Ashton Kutcher, AND Julia Roberts in it. (What, Nicholas Cage and Kathie Lee weren't available?) Plus the brushed-under-the-rug gay storyline stars Eric Dane, who seems like a great guy in real life but might as well stand in the corner holding out a handful of cigars. I don't know if my affection for Queen Latifah and Bradley Cooper is strong enough to be worth subjecting myself to this thing.
Matt,
what controversy? I didn't know there was a controversy.
The trailers make it look as if Julia Roberts and Bradley Cooper are a couple, but it's Cooper and Eric Dane who are together.
The trailers make it look as if Julia Roberts and Bradley Cooper are a couple, but it's Cooper and Eric Dane who are together.
Wow, I had no clue.
I have zero interest in that movie, except now I would very much like to see Eric Dane and Bradley Cooper kissing.
Matt,
for real? wow.
Wow... I'm kind of hating 20th Century Fox right now. I just found out they removed the special features from dvds for rental places like Netflix and Blockbuster. So we couldn't see the deleted scenes and alternate opening from Whip It, and there's nothing except previews on Jennifer's Body. So lame, Fox!
Really?! Wow. The extras on the dvds are sometimes the only reason that I want to rent the dvd rather than just stream. Guess I won't consider that anymore.