I watched 1776 last night. It was a good film, though honestly, it didn't actually need to be a musical. Some of the music was very good, but it sort of just detracted from the story. Otherwise, it was extremely interesting, very good in its characterization (and I think decently accurate, though I need to check), and takes kind of a surprising ( Read more... )

So, yesterday I went to the library to find some movies to check out, and ended up with Adaptation, Adam's Rib, and Charade.

Having watched the first two this morning, I can say that both really frustrated me, but in different ways.

With Adam's Rib, which is about two married lawyers on opposite sides of a case in which a young woman has shot her ( Read more... )

Pah.

I thought today would be better than tomorrow.

It isn't.

But I'm not going to talk about that.  I'm going to talk about movies, because I've watched about four in the last four days(three containing Michael Caine), and that's what I want to talk about right now.

So. . .movie speed-reviews!

Secondhand Lions - Amazing.  Utterly amazing on pretty much ( Read more... )

Okay, so - Up?  It can really be divided into two parts - the first fifteen minutes, which are some of the best fifteen minutes of anything ever, and the rest of the movie, which is still absolutely excellent(though the best parts are really those that call back to the opening sequence) but doesn't return to the same level of utter perfection.  The ( Read more... )

Baccano!, I love you, and you are fantastic.

. . .I know the nausea-inducing violence is just tough love.  Your way of showing you care.

. . .seriously, though.  That was a bit much.

But it was still completely awesome.

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To those with cell phone number:  I'm using Kim's charger, which is identical to that which is broken.  Phone is now on all the time.

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Stolen from haleysings

IMDB keyword meme

1. Go to IMDB.com and look up twenty of your favorite movies.
2. Post four official IMDB "Plot Keywords" for each.
3. Guess the movies! No Googling!

1.  Cajun, Historical, Independent Film, Character Name In Title
2.  Opposites Attract, Ballroom Dancing, Castle, Bibliophilia.  Beauty and the Beast, guessed by bookelfe 
3.  Idealism ( Read more... )

Thank you, Peter S. Beagle's e-mail newsletter, for introducing me to stuffonmycat.com. It is incredibly amusing.

. . .I'm almost as amused by the actual newsletter, which is mostly stuff like, "Okay, who left a cake knife at my event?" and "Look at how cute my cat is!" bookended by actual news.

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I saw Man on Wire tonight, and while I already found Philippe Petit amusing and interesting based on NPR interviews . . .now I find him fascinating.  He's an impeccably focused man, and incredibly unique - I admire the way that he carried himself, the way he treated life, and his ideals of passion and destiny.  At the same time, he seems like the ( Read more... )

There is this movie I want with an utter desperation to see called Jumping Off Bridges. I'm very tempted to purchase it. I hate blind-buying(I also hate buying at full price and spending $10 on shipping. . .), but it's the only way to see it, and it's only available directly from the tiny studio that made it, as it lacks a proper distributor. ( Read more... )