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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
Front-Ranger:
Ain't that the truth! The amazing thing is that I don't watch these talk shows or commercials, but I still see the trailers ad nauseum!! I did gorge myself on movies just before the Oscars, but never enuff, never enuff...but way too much of trailers. I think the funnest time I had watching trailers was just before AVATAR when I saw the trailers for all the 3D movies that are coming up. How to Train Your Dragon looks like fun. I wish Beowulf had been in 3D!
Front-Ranger:
Caution: The following post is about Local Hero...yes, again!!
Two other things that are similar between LH and BBM: there is a crying baby, and a tattooed woman!! The baby is a humorous character, as most of the characters are. (Only Burt Lancaster and Jenny Seagrove play straight parts, as Felix Happer and Marina.) The new guy, Mac, approaches a group of working men and notices a baby in a stroller, crying. He says, "Whose baby?" and there is an uncomfortable silence. We never find out. The tattooed woman is, I think, played by Caroline Guthrie. She's always chasing after Oldsen, Mac's sidekick.
The baby in BBM is, of course, Ennis' daughter Jenny, who he tries to comfort while creating a fit of jealousy in elder daughter Alma Jr. The tattooed woman appears dancing next to Ennis and Cassie at the Wolf Ears bar.
Front-Ranger:
But wait! I'm not done yet with Local Hero!!
One of the most prominent set pieces of both LH and BBM is...the telephone booth!! In LH, it's the bright red booth of Britain...supposedly placed right on the beach. But, in reality, the bright red booth was a prop made of papier mache. The REAL telephone booth is more subdued, and is placed outside the inn in the little town which serves as the surrogate of Furness. It is called Pennan, and is on the northeastern coast, not far from Aberdeen.
Yes, it's a town of lobstering altho, true to the movie, the locals canna afford to actually eat the lobster. They ship it off to Spain and thereabouts.
Front-Ranger:
I'm glad I saw Chloe, it was very interesting. Somewhat formulaic during the first halfhour or so, took too long to set the plot points. But once it got going, it was quite good! I loved Amanda Seyfried in the title role. At one point (where the movie "kicked in") she looked like an insect...maybe a preying mantis!! Her oversized eyes and mouth really worked for her in developing the character. But of course, the movie belonged to Julianne Moore. I identified so much with her midlife woman character that when I went into the restroom after the movie, I couldn't stand to look at myself in the mirror. I thought, "If a gorgeous woman like JM feels self conscious about growing older, then I can't even be a person!" but when I finally got up the courage to look, I found I was not unbearable, after all! Liam Neeson was also very good as JM's husband. I was shocked to learn that he lost his wife during the filming of this movie.
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on March 23, 2010, 09:36:11 am ---Ain't that the truth! The amazing thing is that I don't watch these talk shows or commercials, but I still see the trailers ad nauseum!! I did gorge myself on movies just before the Oscars, but never enuff, never enuff...but way too much of trailers. I think the funnest time I had watching trailers was just before AVATAR when I saw the trailers for all the 3D movies that are coming up. How to Train Your Dragon looks like fun. I wish Beowulf had been in 3D!
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I'm just back from seeing How to Train Your Dragon in 3D. It's a helluva lot of fun! Go see it! Amazing 3D effects and a fun movie. What more can you want?
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