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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
delalluvia:
Sunshine sounds/reads pretty spooky. Something I'd like to see.
Anyone seen Goya's Ghost? The cast and direction is stellar (well maybe except for Randy Quaid). 8)
A biographical tale told through the eyes of celebrated Spanish painter Francisco Goya, whose paintings are best known for their brutality and the colorful depictions of life during the Spanish Inquisition. The drama unfolds as Brother Lorenzo, an enigmatic member of the powerful Spanish clergy, becomes infatuated with Goya⿿s beautiful teenage muse, Ines.
Cast and Credits
Starring: Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgard, Randy Quaid, Jose Luis Gomez
Directed by: Milos Forman
Or, since I'm on a French kick for my Paris trip La Vie en Rose?
From the slums of Paris to the limelight of New York, Edith Piaf's life was a battle to sing and survive, live and love. Raised in poverty, Edith's magical voice and her passionate romances and friendships with the greatest names of the period - Yves Montand, Jean Cocteau, Charles Aznavour, Marlene Dietrich, Marcel Cerdan and others - made her a star all around the world. But in her audacious attempt to tame her tragic destiny, the Little Sparrow - her nickname - flew so high she could not fail to burn her wings.
Both look amazing.
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: Memento on June 04, 2007, 08:26:39 pm ---I loved how Waitress used pies as a metaphor for Jenna's life - I Hate My Husband pie, I Don't Want Earl's Baby pie, Baby Screaming Its Head Off in the Middle of the Night and Ruining My Life pie. I really enjoyed its quirkiness and its message, which was in Andy Griffith's words: "Start fresh. It’s never too late."
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I haven't seen Waitress but my mother and sister have. There is a potato masher that makes an appearance during the credits and one or two other times in the movie. It is called "My Mother's Potato Masher" and is really made by my mother. You can read about it here:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DEED91F39F932A15752C1A962948260
Unfortunately, you can't order the potato masher from Mom anymore (address that is in the article) as she sold the business a few years ago. I searched for a place to order it online but didn't find anything. I am not sure of the current status of the business.
L
delalluvia:
Just came from seeing the The Bourne Ultimatum.
For what it is, an action-packed thriller? Excellent. Very good. I recommend it if you've been following the series.
Pacing and action is breathtaking and I appreciate how the fighting is not really focused on as it was the two previous movies, story is excellent, even though they have the inevitable plot holes. Nice sense of symmetry to the movie with its choices of echoing images and dialogue and dovetailing one movie from the last.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: oilgun on August 03, 2007, 10:04:35 am ---Then you'd like him in Cellular. It's actually an fun little thriller and he was just adorable in it!
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I love Cellular. I've seen it three times, which prior to BBM was as often as I ever saw a movie. I like it better than Speed, which it sort of resembles. I like Speed, too, but Cellular is wittier. And Chris Evans is great!
Just after I saw it the first time, in the theater, a friend called me and said she was urging everyone she knew to go out and see What the (bleep) do we know? I told her I was urging everyone to see Cellular ( :laugh: -- it wasn't exactly parallel; she had gone all spiritual about WTBDWK). I did go see WTBDWK finally, and discovered that my recommendation was much, much better.
I saw Bourne on opening night with my 11-year-old son. Very enjoyable! My son hadn't seen the first two, but he loved this one anyway. Now we are trying to rent the first two, but of course it's impossible to find them in the video stores.
Oh, and Barb, I kind of liked Transformers. Or at least I didn't hate it. But then, I'm a sucker for anything with Shia LaBoeuf.
Meryl:
I really liked the first two Bourne movies, so I'm looking forward to seeing the new one. 8)
Just got back from seeing the French film Moliere, which was very enjoyable. My friend compared it to Shakespeare in Love, which I can agree with. It also reminded me a bit of Tom Jones, one of my favorite movies. It's a serio/comic imagining of what might have happened to Moliere to inspire him to write his comedies, particularly Tartuffe. The original music is quite nice, and the sets and costumes are beautiful. If you saw Paris, je t'aime, the actor who plays Moliere, Romain Duris, was the student who had an affair with his friend's wife in Barcelona.
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