(Netflix unexpectedly led me to Gloomy Sunday, which looks like a good Budapest movie.)
I really enjoyed Kontroll. Uhm. Also, Sunshine. And yes, Gloomy Sunday also.
Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.
'Get It Done'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Daisy Jane - Jul 07, 2010 12:47:25 pm PDT #24891 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Polter-Cow - Jul 07, 2010 12:51:30 pm PDT #24892 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I really enjoyed Kontroll.
Ooh. It's on Instant and it's by the same guy who did Predators. It looks pretty cool, thanks. Looks more like my thing than Sunshine. I think I heard about Gloomy Sunday years ago, and it sounds intriguing.
Boom, two Budapest movies on Instant Netflix and two Barcelona movies to get from the library, and I can have a foreign film weekend extravaganza! (Well, the Barcelona movies are not foreign films. But you know.)
smonster - Jul 07, 2010 12:51:59 pm PDT #24893 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Sagrada Familia!
Parc Guell! Highly recommend getting a picnic lunch at the market and wandering around Parc Guell. It's gorgeous and has great views.
billytea - Jul 07, 2010 12:53:05 pm PDT #24894 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I've been home sick the last couple of days, after Ryan generously shared his chest infection with me. He's so giving. Anyway, this week has been Beatles week on one of the music channels, and I had the opportunity to watch Help!
...They weren't even going to pretend they could act, were they? (I spent most of the film suffering serious cognitive dissonance watching Rumpole of the Bailey pretend to be Indian.)
On the other hand, I realised while watching that the soundtrack is the only (original) Beatles album I don't have, and it contains some of my favourite early Mop Tops. This must be rectified.
Daisy Jane - Jul 07, 2010 12:54:35 pm PDT #24895 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Kontroll says in the beginning that it's totally not about the Budapest subway (and in a way, maybe even the most important way, it's not). But it does have a very Hungarian feel to it. Which is to say, a bit depressing, wonderfully humorous, and a little dark. Jon was really impressed by it.
billytea - Jul 07, 2010 12:55:57 pm PDT #24896 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Parc Guell! Highly recommend getting a picnic lunch at the market and wandering around Parc Guell. It's gorgeous and has great views.
Yes! Seriously, allow some good time for sightseeing.
Kathy A - Jul 07, 2010 1:02:26 pm PDT #24897 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
They weren't even going to pretend they could act, were they?
Charm and charisma can really cover up serious acting deficiences. That, and a decent script, which A Hard Day's Night had and Help! didn't.
javachik - Jul 07, 2010 1:09:42 pm PDT #24898 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Seconding the Parc Guell. Also, the hop on and hop off bus system is pretty cool in Barcelona. We did that for a couple of days, trying the four (or was it three?) different lines. Really helped me get a feel for the place.
omnis_audis - Jul 07, 2010 1:24:18 pm PDT #24899 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
They weren't even going to pretend they could act, were they?Dude, they were the Beatles. They just put their name on it, and it sold. Hard Days Night was a much better flick. Although I'd be hard pressed to say which had the better tunes.
Tom Scola - Jul 07, 2010 1:26:58 pm PDT #24900 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
They were stoned through much of the filming of Help!