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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
serious crayons:
Hey, Juan!
Speaking of Gus Van Sant, I just rewatched Good Will Hunting for the first time since it was in the theaters. It held up really well. My 12-year-old son liked it, too, which is amazing considering nobody gets killed during the entire movie! Ben Affleck and Matt Damon really wrote an amazing script. Matt Damon has become one of my favorite actors, and I think Ben Affleck is highly underrated (anybody else see Hollywoodland?)
Speaking of Matt Damon, I watched Saving Private Ryan for the first time last night. It was good and all, I guess, but ... well, as a general rule I'm the opposite of my son. The more people get killed, the less I like it (with plenty of violent exceptions, such as 3:10 to Yuma and The Departed). This one had too high a killing:character development ratio for me.
southendmd:
--- Quote from: JCinNYC2006 on September 08, 2008, 12:40:40 pm ---Hey Paul! Hey everyone else! I can't see the Milk trailer from work but I'll check it out at home, I'm looking forward to it. Van Sant runs hot and cold with me but I'm dying to see Milk's story on film. And Repugnican? Too funny!
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Hey Juan! Miss you around these parts.
I guess we can be glad that Van Sant didn't do BBM after all.
serious crayons:
How could I forget to mention it earlier? I saw Man on Wire yesterday, about the guy who in the 1970s walked, ran, and lay down on a tightrope strung between the tops of the World Trade Center towers. The film combines an amazing amount of photos and films shot at the time, recent interviews with the participants, all still engaging and articulate, and a little bit of not-too-cheesy recreation. It got a little long in parts -- all the details about the preparation -- but was suspenseful overall. The guy is an interesting character. And when he goes out on the wire ... even now, my pulse races a bit just thinking about it!
oilgun:
Last night I watched Greg Araki's SMILEY FACE starring Anna Faris. Of course, since the movie was never released in theatres, I wasn't expecting much, which probably explains why I thought it was pretty hilarious.
It's not completely successful but it's way better than many Hollywood comedies that do get theatrical runs. Think DUDE, WHERE'S MY CAR?, but with a female pothead instead of two guys. It's not a very glamourous role for Anna who spends the whole movie - and she's in every scene - completely stoned out of her mind. We're talking slack-jawed-and-falling-down stoned, not just a good buzz. It's actually a bit too much after a while, I found myself yelling at her to close her mouth! Also, at times she seemed to be channeling Britney Spears, the resemblance was uncanny and a bit disturbing.
The script is clever, the supporting cast is quite good and the soundtrack is a hip mixture of Styx, REO Speedwagon, Mojave 3 and the Chemical Bros. If you like stoner comedies, or like to partake yourself, then I think you might enjoy it. In fact, it's probably a good idea to have a bong at hand while watching it.
serious crayons:
You are so right, oilgun! She would be perfect for Britney when they do the biopic. It could be Anna's breakthrough role, like Jennifer Lopez's in Selena or Marion Cotillard as Edith Piaf or Barbara Streisand as Fanny Brice. And you know Britney's life story is probably just about as compelling as those other singers'.
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