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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: jmmgallagher on December 16, 2008, 11:52:37 pm ---Sorry!
As you were!
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As I was?? NO WAY!!
;D
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 17, 2008, 12:15:39 am ---As I was?? NO WAY!!
;D
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Mad, I tell you, mad.
Soree!
Front-Ranger:
I swore off going to movies with a certain friend earlier this year. It was the movie Shelter. I got to the theater early, bought the tickets, and then had to call and tell him I was ready for him to arrive. After giving very specific directions, I went outside and stood at the entrance to the parking lot, waving him in and pointing to a vacant spot. He ran into the theater because it was snowing lightly and he didn't want to get snow on his cowboy hat. We went into the theater and watched several good shorts, one with Judy Shepard, and then the movie. Afterwards, my friend split immediately. I am the kind of person who likes to savor a movie, go out for dinner or coffee afterwards and talk about it. But after this disastrous incident, we did see a movie a few months later and enjoyed it very much together. So, I say never say never.
Lynne:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 17, 2008, 12:28:24 am ---I swore off going to movies with a certain friend earlier this year. It was the movie Shelter. I got to the theater early, bought the tickets, and then had to call and tell him I was ready for him to arrive. After giving very specific directions, I went outside and stood at the entrance to the parking lot, waving him in and pointing to a vacant spot. He ran into the theater because it was snowing lightly and he didn't want to get snow on his cowboy hat. We went into the theater and watched several good shorts, one with Judy Shepard, and then the movie. Afterwards, my friend split immediately. I am the kind of person who likes to savor a movie, go out for dinner or coffee afterwards and talk about it. But after this disastrous incident, we did see a movie a few months later and enjoyed it very much together. So, I say never say never.
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That's too bad, Lee. The right company can certainly make a big difference, especially when seeing a movie in the theatre, when you don't have pause and rewind options. Can you imagine seeing BBM with someone who won't wait until the last credit has rolled?!?! No way!
I watched Leaving Metropolis on Netflix a few evenings ago and did a search here to see if anyone had mentioned it. The only comment I found was by oilgun over in the ABCs at the Movies thread:
--- Quote ---As for LEAVING METROPOLIS, the play was much better! Although Vince Corazza is an absolute doll!...
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I didn't realize there was a play. I thought the movie was good enough, but I didn't love it. I guess I'm too much of a romantic to be satisfied by an average movie if I don't get my happily-ever-after. Truly great films, like Brokeback Mountain and Casablanca of course, get much more latitude.
southendmd:
Hi there, cinemaphiles. I just saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button tonight. **Not too spoilerish***
All I can say is WOW! I haven't read any reviews, just the bare outline of the story. It's an epic that holds your attention through the whole 2 3/4 hours--no mean feat. I was on the verge of tears practically throughout the entire film. Spanning eight decades, with not a cliche in sight. Effective use of spare music, unintrusive voice-overs, interesting lighting add to the delight. Not to mention special effects that are used for human purposes, not just to blow up stuff. Hurray!
Brad Pitt is phenomenal. You can't take your eyes off him. I don't think I've ever appreciated him as an actor before this. He makes great use of his eyes and his voice, in this case a quiet, slow, gentle New Orleans lilt. He is gradually transformed from a little old man, eventually to Brad Pitt, to Brad Pitt of twenty years ago!
I always expect great things from Cate Blanchett and she doesn't disappoint. From waif to Martha Graham-esque and beyond, she is a wonder.
I didn't really have much of a sense of David Fincher, except for Zodiac, which I didn't much like. I see he has directed TV commercials, and music videos (Madonna) primarily, along with Fight Club and Se7en, neither of which had I seen.
Based on short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the film was apparently heavily adapted by Eric Roth. Perhaps Brokeback Mountain started a trend of adapting good short stories into films.
I expect this film will haunt me for some time.
To celebrate, my film partner and I went to dinner at the venerable Boston establishment, Locke Ober, for dinner (lobster bisque and crispy sweetbreads, yum) and a Sazerac, featured in the film.
*****
Sazerac, considered the first truly American cocktail, pre-Civil War, born in New Orleans:
coat an old fashioned glass with Pernod and discard
muddle sugar cube and bitters, add ice and bourbon (or whiskey, or rye)
strain into Pernod-coated glass
garnish with lemon peel
Aromatic and gorgeous!
Cheers to Benjamin Button!
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