Resurrecting the Movies thread...

[Lumière]

Excuse me?
I resemble that remark!

  

I finally saw avatar yesterday and thought it was abou 40 mins too long....

I hope you didn't walk out before it was over, Kelda!



Next up on my to-watch list is Nine (followed by another Avatar viewing, this time at the Imax).

[Kelda]

I hope you didn't walk out before it was over, Kelda!

No, I didn't but nope.. just too long IMO!

[Lumière]

No, I didn't but nope.. just too long IMO!

Ok ok.  

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Another film I watched recently - Summer Storm (German movie: Sommersturm, 2004).
It was bittersweet.  Quite well done and definitely worth a look.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420206/

[belbbmfan]

We saw 'Up In The Air' last night. I thought it was good but nothing that exceptional. George Clooney was fun to watch. He was the perfect actor to play Ryan Bingham.

[oilgun]

The Weary Kind, the Oscar-nominated song from CRAZY HEART:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Jf2mcSplw[/youtube]


Not too many surprises, as usual.  Were there ten nominated films last year, or is this a new thing?

[oilgun]

Another nominated song:

“Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpun4L5E2O0[/youtube]

You can almost smell the moldy baguette, lol!

[serious crayons]

Oh my god -- look what I just noticed!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1193138/

Up in the Air (2009/I)
Cast
George Clooney   ... Ryan Bingham

http://content.foxsearchlight.com/inside/node/4196

"The Weary Kind" (the theme From CRAZY HEART) was written by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett, performed by Ryan Bingham and will be on the soundtrack from New West Records.


Am I the first person in the world to notice this?



Update: No, apparently I'm the second person in the world. There's a mention of it in a blog called Showbiz411, but that's the only other reference I could find.

http://showbiz411.blogs.thr.com/2010/01/24/george-clooney-is-the-weary-kind/

Just realized this: the musician who co-wrote “The Weary Kind” from “Crazy Heart”–which has won the Critics Choice and Golden Globe for Best Song–is named Ryan Bingham.

It’s a little confusing because George Clooney’s character’s name from “Up in the Air” is…Ryan Bingham.  That must be an Oscar first, as Clooney’s main rival for Best Actor is Jeff Bridges, who sings the song in “Crazy Heart.”

[serious crayons]

I saw Crazy Heart last weekend, BTW, and aside from one minor plot point that I HATED, I liked it. Jeff Bridges was amazing, and definitely should win the BA Oscar.

[Ellemeno]

Oh my god -- look what I just noticed!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1193138/

Up in the Air (2009/I)
Cast
George Clooney   ... Ryan Bingham

http://content.foxsearchlight.com/inside/node/4196

"The Weary Kind" (the theme From CRAZY HEART) was written by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett, performed by Ryan Bingham and will be on the soundtrack from New West Records.


Am I the first person in the world to notice this?



Update: No, apparently I'm the second person in the world. There's a mention of it in a blog called Showbiz411, but that's the only other reference I could find.

http://showbiz411.blogs.thr.com/2010/01/24/george-clooney-is-the-weary-kind/

I'm copying my reply from somewhere else:  "Oh! I saw it, but didn't understand it. Somebody posted a YouTube of the song, and I watched it for a few seconds, trying to figure out how they melded George Clooney into the video. When I saw no George Clooney, I aborted the mission, not understanding the fact that you posted - that they have the same name."

[serious crayons]

I'm copying my reply from somewhere else:  "Oh! I saw it, but didn't understand it. Somebody posted a YouTube of the song, and I watched it for a few seconds, trying to figure out how they melded George Clooney into the video. When I saw no George Clooney, I aborted the mission, not understanding the fact that you posted - that they have the same name."

Déjà vu!  

Also, when I saw your reply somewhere else, and you mentioned that someone had posted it, I knew that you knew that I knew that you knew that ...


It's a good song, BTW.