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Aw, I loved The Buccaneers. Really young Carla Gugino! And the guy who plays her husband, whose name I can never remember! Really well done, if maybe not precisely what Wharton intended.
I can't remember what The Orphanage is -- I keep going right to The Orphan, and nothing beats that for good horror movie crack.
Yeah, I heard that one was bizarre.
The Orphanage is a Spanish horror movie produced by Guillermo del Toro, which makes sense since it has a Devil's Backbone vibe to it. A woman who grew up in an orphanage returns there to open up a school for special needs children, and her son meets some imaginary friends. I'll bet you can guess who these imaginary friends really are! Soon the only way to save her son is to figure out how to deal with these pesky ghosts. It's really well done.
It was well done; I watched it late, late at night, during an insomnia bout, and there were a few moments that made me jump.
Really young Carla Gugino
She is so pretty! I misread the date as 2005 instead of 1995, and spent the first 2 episodes amazed that she was so young looking, and playing a 17 yo!
I wish House of Mirth, and The Orphan were on Netflix streaming.
there were a few moments that made me jump.
The window crashing down was what got me. Eeee. But one thing I loved about the movie was that the camera constantly teased you with the possibility of a jump-scare that never came. It just made you very creeped out and worried for Laura.
I wish House of Mirth, and The Orphan were on Netflix streaming.
The Orphanage is, which is how I watched it last night. Hurrah.
Heh. There's a whole thread at Entertainment Weekly's site about the crypoints in Toy Story 3.
It was interesting to me that they focused not on the whole scene of Andy giving his toys to Bonnie, but the moment where Andy flinches when Bonnie tries to grab Woody.
For me it was Andy telling Bonnie how important the toys were to him. We were seeing Woody's unmoving face, but we knew he and all of them could hear it all... but Andy didn't know that. sniffle.
Well they mentioned a lot of crypoints that didn't ding me too much, like the first home movie at the beginning, finding out that Bo Peep was gone (okay, a little bit there), when Lotso was abandoned, when Big Baby says "Mama?" on seeing the Daisy tag, holding hands when facing the incinerator, Bonnie waving Woody goodbye to Andy).
I do love that they got the same child actor who played Andy originally to reprise the role.
Really, Hec, holding hands in the incinerator didn't get to you? YOU SOULLESS HEATHEN.
We saw Toy Story 3 this weekend. They did SUCH a good job. Casper now takes it for granted that I will cry in Pixar movies, and she herself was crying in fear as they headed towards the incinerator .
From a few days ago,
(I've probably mentioned, but the gypsy is a friend's aunt.)
Hunh. the gypsy is also FAQWife's former boss's aunt. Is your friend's name Liza by any chance, Strega?
(iPhone so not doing italics)
quick-edit formatting is your friend.