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.
I also liked him in Cinderella Man, which I may be the only person to have seen.
Mystery Alaska
"I'm sorry, your honour. I'm fat." I love that movie!
I remember the commentary for L.A. Confidential during the first appearance of Bud, and someone was saying that they had seen Rusty in Romper Stomper and was taken with his intensity, and wanted that first glimpse to be just this intense face, and people asking "who the hell IS this guy?".
I also have quite a soft spot for Rough Magic as a whole, though not the most well-written character.
I'll watch him in just about anything. Loved watching him in 3:10 (the whole movie was fabulous) and just seeing all this unsaid story going on in between the lines and looks.