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So, currently at the house I have Firemen's Ball, Disc 2 of Neverwhere and Perfume.
I have heard that people say there are underlying messages in Fireman's Ball having to do with the Soviet takeover of Czechoslovakia, though Forman denies it, and I was wondering if anyone knows what I should be looking for.
Jonah Hex trailer [link]
I just read the Wired article about Troll 2 this morning. And it was from over a month ago.
Random!
The Italian film fest continues. After seeing Vincere in theaters (amazing performance by Giovanna Mezzogiorno as Mussolini's mistress/wife), I Netflixed Buongiorno, notte, an earlier film of Bellocchio about the Aldo Moro kidnapping. I was happy to have seen it before renting Il divo, since the Moro kidnapping is referenced several times.
I highly recommend both, Il divo in particular, which makes some very interesting stylistic and musical choices. At one point, I almost felt sorry for the bastard. And the opening few minutes are very cool.
I just got my dvd of Passion of Joan of Arc in the mail today--got something to watch this weekend!!
I just watched The Hangover. I don't understand what all the fuss is about. Apart from a few amusing lines here and there, it wasn't all that funny.
I was really appalled at what happened to the groom. I couldn't get over that and after I learned where he was the whole time, that cast a shadow over the rest of the movie. I mean, damn.
I nodded off during important plot development, so I'm not really sure what happened to him, and I didn't care enough to rewind. The tone of the movie was completely not what I was expecting. I thought it would be more of a wacky romp, and instead it was sort of dull.
I just got back from Iron Man 2, which was not quite as good as the first one, but did contain a scene where RDJ builds a particle accelerator by hand, with his shirt off.
So that was all right.
Could I go see Iron Man 2 if I still haven't seen Iron Man 1 and know nothing about the story from the comics?