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Never heard of it EDE. I gotta check it out.
I am going to the Sarasota Film Festival in a few weeks. Stanley Tucci is going to be there! I just bought tkts for it online! Charlize Theron is also there for a film called Battle of Seattle about the WTO Seattle thing in 99. I'm more excited about Tucci! I've mentioned here he's one of my fave actors! My goal is to talk with him for a couple of minutes. I bought tkts for the After Party which is usually kick ass! I also am going to watch 3 other films. Tucci's film is called Blind Date btw.
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A DVD called The Jane Austen Book Club . It's cute if a little slow at times, but since I'm a devotee of Emily Blunt it was more than worthwhile. She of course is wonderful.
Emily Blunt News! The Young Victoria (she plays the lead) is in post production and she's currently filming The Wolf Man.
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TV shows - as I said in the Lost thread, Lost is the only thing I'm watching right now. Everything else is just garbage (not including the Daily Show or Colbert Report).
However, I did watch the Riches season two opener. It was enjoyable. The show always seems to be...*lacking* something. But Eddie Izzard, the lead character, makes all of his scenes 100% worthwhile in tuning in. Like all the FX shows recently though, I wonder if I'll be able to maintain any sort of interest (I faded out midway through last seasons of Rescue Me and Nip/Tuck, and I used to watch those two shows religiously).
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I slowed down on my movie watching. I saw Disturbia and suprisingly liked it.
I've also been watching shows like Lost, Survivor, Medium, and Dirt.
Cobie, what is the Riches like? British actors acting American? I always got the feeling it was making fun of the American stereotype. That seems to be a popular trend these days.
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I've been on a Fritz Lang kick lately. I watched "M" a week or so ago, and started watching "Metropolis" the other night. I always forget how powerful silent films can be, until I see one that's really awesome.
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I have a nice framed poster of Metropolis at home. It was one of the first films I saw in film school and it just struck a chord with me. Way before its time. Have to check out some of his other stuff.
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"M" is usually considered to be his masterpiece. It also gave Peter Lorre his first starring role.
I've got the DVR set to record some his stuff over the next couple of weeks.
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Jorge, the Riches is actually pretty good. I'd say its not the greatest show in TV, but like most FX shows is very enjoyable with consistent quality and downright moments of brillance. I like it better than Dirt, but not as much as Damages.
There isn't really any making fun of the American stereotype, either. If anything its the opposite of that, really getting into the American stereotype (southern/Texas/Midwest) and exploring how false/true that can be. But that's only a minor aspect of the story, as its really an analysis of honesty and truths, and the sense of both freedom and creating barriers/limitations on your life.
And the cast is superb.
The first season was good, with moments of 'great'. The first two episodes so far in season two have been A+. Very good. We'll see if that remains so.
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It's twins! Good shows but they obviously left the smarter aliens, the ones that designed the ships, behind.
30 Seconds Over Tokyo.
Now I'm a firm believer that it's okay for men to cry at movies....
... as long as it's either Brian's Song or The Green Mile, but I've been having my moments lately. When Crowe gives his breakfast to his littler daughter in Cinderella Man. The "Let it Be" boy in "Across the Universe." The little chinese man that brings the gifts to the american soldiers in "30 Seconds" ... I bent but did not break.
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Cinderella Man gives me (2) moments: (1) the aforemented Crowe giving his breakfast to his daughter (2) Braddock to Jay Gould: "Thanks. For all of it". Something about that bit of dialogue gets me all misty.
I love that movie.
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Dumaka Ester: I've been on a Fritz Lang kick lately.
I watched The Testament of Dr. Mabuse tonight.
Wow! What an incredible movie! It reminds me a lot of golden age comics in its basic feel and plot!
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Re: Fritz Lang. As I said I have a Metropolis poster and my daughter asked what is that(after it being in the house for 2 years). I explained it was a silent film b&w. She was shocked. She couldn't understand how films could be "silent". She also saw rotary phone the other day for the first time...same shock.
I've seen a few good ones this last weekend. No Reservations. A romantic comedy but it's about the NYC restuarant scene with Catherine Zeta-Jones (me heart her). It was pretty good.
Saw Big Night again. Stanley Tucci, Shaloub, and a bunch of other great actors. I'm going to a film fest with a Tucci film and he will be in the audience. So I'm watching some of his films.
Superman Returns. Eh. I've never been a huge Supes fan but I did enjoy the original movies back as a kid. The guy who played Superman was pretty good not great. Lois Lane was a horribly cast IMO. I think it tried a bit too hard to be like Donner's films. I enjoyed it but thought it was flawed on many levels. It can't compare to any Spider-Man film. I just don't see it appealing to kids.
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quote:Originally posted by Ultra Jorge: Superman Returns. Eh. I've never been a huge Supes fan but I did enjoy the original movies back as a kid. The guy who played Superman was pretty good not great. Lois Lane was a horribly cast IMO. I think it tried a bit too hard to be like Donner's films. I enjoyed it but thought it was flawed on many levels. It can't compare to any Spider-Man film. I just don't see it appealing to kids.
Agree. I didn't see it right away, so when I did I was left a little dissapointed. Upon a rewatch, only more so. Whereas, I liked the Spider-Man and X-Men films and have only grown to enjoy them more upon each watch (excluding X-Men 3, which overall I found very weak).
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She also saw rotary phone the other day for the first time...same shock.
