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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
oilgun:
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Oilgun: I loved it, too. Gorgeous. (And not a bad weekend, no? A Christmas Tale, Milk, and Slumdog Millionaire. Not shabby at all!)
Deneuve is--Deneuve. Brilliant. Daughter Chiara Mastroianni is getting better and better (and more and more beautiful) by the minute. Mathieu Almaric is wonderful, fantastic, even when in nonsense like La question humaine (2007).
And, oh yes--Melvil Poupaud.
WOOF!
I love French movies, too--even all those French Christmas movies that can be so silly (Except for La Bûche (1999), which was silly, but good).
Thanks for posting!
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Then you must have seen LE TEMPS QUI RESTE (2005 ) (Time to Leave). That's when I first noticed the gorgeous M. Poupaud. It's an excellent Ozon film that also stars Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (the good Bruni ;) ). http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews24/time_to_leave.htm
Unlike you guys, I only had a two day weekend so I decided to hold off on SLUMDOG MILLIONNAIRE, prefering to add my bum to the opening weekend tally of MILK and A CHRISTMAS TALE. I'll catch it this weekend along with RACHEL GETTING MARRIED.
serious crayons:
I saw the trailer of Un conte de Noël and thought it looked good. Kind of like The Royal Tennenbaums, though maybe less self-consciously cutely quirky (the one flaw in TRT, which I otherwise love). I'm looking forward to it.
And as I thought of that, I realized I had seen the trailer when I saw Rachel Getting Married, which I forgot to report on here! I liked it. I thought Anne Hathaway was simply amazing, and of course everyone else in the cast was good, too. (I think Elle mentioned Anna Deveare Smith, whose part was too small -- I like her, too, and wish she'd get bigger roles.) It was an interesting glimpse into the dynamics of a complicated, confused, dysfunctional yet loving (and incredibly hip!) family.
My one quibble was that there were a few parts I thought were, well, boring. There are some Jonathan Demme-esque stretches of music and dancing that seemed way too long to me. Others might find them entertaining, though.
MaineWriter:
I am looking forward to Milk but it is only on 36 screens at present and none of them are in Maine. A few more weeks til the wide release.
My holiday movie viewing was to go to the opening day of Australia, which I enjoyed very much. My non-spoiler review is on the Hugh, Hugh, Hugh thread along with pictures and lots of other info.
At Australia, they showed the trailer for Valkyrie which looks absolutely dreadful, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which looks good. I was curious about the latter so I downloaded the short story (by F. Scott Fitzgerald) and read it on my Kindle. If anyone else is interested, you can find it (for free) at www.feedbooks.com. You don't have to have a Kindle, either.
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Ellemeno:
I love Northern Exposure too. And I also have made the pilgrimage to Roslyn, Washington, where it was filmed.
Last night, I saw Rachel Getting Married. Anne Hathaway WAS good, and her character Kym was so amazingly self-absorbed. One moment of example. They are all in the kitchen, and wedding food is all around. A very large rectangular pan of some food is sitting on the counter. Kym picks up a fork, and digs directly into the center of the pan to take a couple of bites. :laugh: I mean who would do that?
One of my favorite characters in that movie was the house. It was perfect. And the guy who played the best man was very enjoyable, Mather Zickel. I looked him up on IMDb, and in his forum they are arguing over whether he looks like George Clooney or not. So, as John said recently, WOOF! Anna Deveare Smith and Debra Winger were at their most beautiful too. Bill Irwin looked like his skin and hair needed some major moisturizing. It was almost distasteful to look at him at times. Wonderful actor, but why didn't they spruce him up a bit?
For those who saw the movie, a question. Not much of a spoiler, but stop reading this post now if you already thought I gave too much away with the middle-of-the-pan anecdote:
I thought the undiscussed multi-ethnicity of the movie was wonderful. But did they ever explain why the wedding party was wearing saris and other Indian garb, and why the wedding cake was an enormous Indian elephant? Did anybody else laugh at this incongruousness?
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Ellemeno on December 01, 2008, 01:12:38 pm ---Debra Winger
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How could I forget to mention Debra Winger?! She was my main reason for wanting to see the movie. And she was great, though not onscreen nearly enough.
--- Quote ---I thought the undiscussed multi-ethnicity of the movie was wonderful.
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Me too. In this family, it seemed almost expected that you marry outside your race.
--- Quote ---But did they ever explain why the wedding party was wearing saris and other Indian garb, and why the wedding cake was an enormous Indian elephant? Did anybody else laugh at this incongruousness?
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I figured that was just Rachel's chosen decor theme, though it didn't really say why. A lot of questions were left unanswered, which was fine with me.
Oh, and Mather Zickel reminded me really strongly of someone, though I don't think it was George Clooney. Antonio Banderas? No, not quite. Hmm ... I'll get back to you.
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