I hated LAC the first time I saw it, but I was rebelling against my noirish tendencies then. 10 years later, I thought it was the shit. My women's group would hate how much I love Ellroy. And even I know he writes the same book *every time* and has since he freaked out his class with what he did on his summer vacation, probably. I wish I knew how to quit him.

I also fell asleep in Gladiator, but when I watched it with a friend who fast-forwarded through everything but the fight scenes I enjoyed it a lot more.

I love the whole Robin Hood thing, and probably won't see the new movie because I dislike Ridley Scott, and think Maid Marion in armor on a horse is STOOPID.

Apparently it's a Robin Hood / Joan of Arc crossover?

The DH and I went to see Kick Ass yesterday. The theater now has IMAX 3D, and they put stickers to that effect on the doors, which already say "ENTER" and "EXIT." So we amused ourselves for a moment commenting how lifelike an EXIT in IMAX 3D seems...like you could walk right through it.

I liked Kick-Ass and I wasn't expecting too. The swearing and violence pinged me almost not at all. A couple times I thought the movie was going for a deep meaningful thing, like when Hit Girl kills the moll in the red dress. They included the chick in the scene, saved her for last, had her exchange lines with HG, so they were going for something there. Maybe how it was extra-horrible for a little girl to kill a mother figure? And penetrate even. But it was unclear.

I thought it was a quote goldmine, and an excellent use of music, and if it had a better editor it could've been truly brilliant.

I liked 3:10 to Yuma a lot.

And the DVD has great commentary.

I wanted to love Robin and Marian, Scrappy, and mostly did. All the performances were wonderful. What took me out of it, and I'm a little ashamed to say this, is that it was obviously filmed in Spain, and not England. Every time I'd sink into a character portrayal they'd step outside and ruin it. I'm shallow, I know.

an excellent use of music

Oh yeah, not just the soundtrack, but the score itself was great, I thought.

if it had a better editor it could've been truly brilliant.

Heh, someone else complained about the editing. I didn't really notice.

I don't know what it is, but I feel like going to see The Backup Plan this weekend. For some reason it looks enjoyable to me, and I'm usually about as eager to see Jennifer Lopez flicks as I would be to attend the showing of Daughter of Horror in The Blob.

I like Crowe in Mystery Alaska. A dopey, predictable and yet sweet, movie. Oh, and Proof of Life also dopey, but not so much with the sweet. I mostly like it for the attached documentary about the K&R industry, of which I knew nothing before seeing that movie.

YES!! But it's so odd because I ALWAYS forget that that's him. And I *adore* that movie. I own it. I cry every time his wife reads the poem he "writes".

I still like Russell Crowe quite a lot, even if he's a Souths supporter. And JZ has mentioned The Sum of Us, so I'm happy.