Resurrecting the Movies thread...

[oilgun]

THE READER - I loved it!  A movie you can really sink your teeth into.  I was in tears for half of it thanks to the wonderful performances by everyone involved. 

[BelAir]

THE READER - I loved it!  A movie you can really sink your teeth into.  I was in tears for half of it thanks to the wonderful performances by everyone involved. 

I wasn't sure whether to put it on my 'sooner' or 'later' list.  The clips they have showed on the Oscars look really good.

[Aloysius J. Gleek]

I'll just put it here, on the 'Movies' thread:




(He would give a slow, wry, ironic clap for winning an Oscar, don't you think?

But for me--no. Congrats, Heath. Sincerely so.)

[Lynne]

I'll just put it here, on the 'Movies; thread:




(He would give a slow, wry, ironic clap for winning an Oscar, don't you think?

But for me--congrats, Heath. Sincerely so.)

Word, John...  That's a phenomenal image.  I'm happy for him and his family.  And don't misunderstand me - I thought his performance amazing.  Though I firmly believe that artists will *always* remember Heath as Ennis Del Mar instead of The Joker.

RIP Friend Heath.  You are done for now.

[BelAir]

I'll just put it here, on the 'Movies' thread:




(He would give a slow, wry, ironic clap for winning an Oscar, don't you think?

But for me--no. Congrats, Heath. Sincerely so.)

Agreed.

 

[Aloysius J. Gleek]

Agreed.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/movies/awardsseason/23oscar.html?hp

"I have to say this is ever so humbling, just being amongst such wonderful people in such a wonderful industry," said his father, Kim Ledger, who accepted the award on behalf of the actor’s three-year-old daughter, Matilda. "We’d like to thank the Academy for recognizing our son’s amazing work, Warner Bros., and Christopher Nolan in particular for allowing Heath the creative license to develop and explore this crazy Joker character."


 

[Ellemeno]

I'm just catching up on about 6 pages of this thread.  I want to see The Class.  I keep forgetting to.  And for those interested in Robert Redford cum Brad Pitt, I really enjoyed Spy Game a lot, which stars the two of them.

I just got back from Valkyrie myself. I wasn't quite as enthusiastic as you, Del, but I liked it well enough. It seemed slow for a while, and then the end was pretty bleak. (Spoiler alert -- they did not succeed in killing Hitler.) But it was very suspenseful in parts.

I myself have no trouble stomaching Tom Cruise, except in real life. And there were some other interesting actors in it, too. I always enjoy Tom Wilkinson. And nice to see Kenneth Branagh again! What's he been doing in recent years, anyway?

You, my friend, are hilarious. 

[Front-Ranger]

For me, the iconic scene was when Two-Face woke up to the Joker in a nurse's uniform and he said, "Hiiiii....." and then after he departed, fiddling with the detonator, he pushed the button and exited the scene with a flip of his nurse's uniform!! I won't forget that!!

[Aloysius J. Gleek]

For me, the iconic scene was when Two-Face woke up to the Joker in a nurse's uniform and he said, "Hiiiii....." and then after he departed, fiddling with the detonator, he pushed the button and exited the scene with a flip of his nurse's uniform!! I won't forget that!!

Quite a joker, that Joker....

[Aloysius J. Gleek]

I want to see The Class.  I keep forgetting to. 

It's quite good. Also: Waltz with Bashir.  Very, very good, actually. Next, I want to see Gamorra.