I recommend it. It took me about half of the first season to really get into it, but then I was hooked. I was very glad it was on Netflix streaming, 'cause I'd end up watching three or four episodes a night.
I thought for sure that association with zenomt would have forced The Hudsucker Proxy on you sooner.
I, too, have very fond memories from childhood of the magic duel in The Sword and the Stone. I guess those -- like The Black Cauldron -- may be memories best left unrevisited.
The Hudsucker Proxy is, I think, my favorite Coen movie or close to it. However, few people agree with me about this and a subset of Coen fans seem to actively hate it, so I've tended to keep quiet about it.
HUDSUCKER PROXY is definitely more or less the opposite of, say, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN at least in terms of how it's intended to make you feel. I can see how some Coen fans of BLOOD SIMPLE and FARGO the like might feel betrayed by something so guilelessly joyful, but I thought it was a terrific demonstration of breadth on their part.
Didn't get out to see it in theaters; it will be coming up the NetFlix queue shortly. But calibrated response among my work friends suggests I will like it very much.
All three of them suffer from feeling padded, at times, by drawn-out sequences that add nothing to the story but time.
Good thing that wasn't the case with AKIRA. ..
Why go through all the trouble of actually crafting a role that makes Gwyneth Paltrow appealing, and then underuse her in favor of ScarJo who, really, would be entirely appealing as a parking meter.
Is this a way of saying you don't like ScarJo? I am trying to see her actually playing a parking meter, but flashbacks to Ghost World are either interfering or making your point, I am not sure.
No, the opposite - it's a way of saying, everyone already knows how they feel about ScarJo, there's no changing it at this point, so nobody has to invest a quarter of their Very Long Movie into making me like her even more. Meanwhile, they spent a substantial effort in the first movie making me like Gwyneth Paltrow, and then in the second film they just go ahead and let her turn back into the Disapproving Ice-Mommy that is her go-to movie role.
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I can't remember -- have you seen The Last Airbender (the original series, not the movie)? I also like both Fullmetal Alchemist serieses.
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I, too, have very fond memories from childhood of the magic duel in The Sword and the Stone. I guess those -- like The Black Cauldron -- may be memories best left unrevisited.
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Mullholland Drive lost me quickly and never recovered.
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I need to write up something like that again soon, I think.
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Good thing that wasn't the case with AKIRA. ..
Why go through all the trouble of actually crafting a role that makes Gwyneth Paltrow appealing, and then underuse her in favor of ScarJo who, really, would be entirely appealing as a parking meter.
Is this a way of saying you don't like ScarJo? I am trying to see her actually playing a parking meter, but flashbacks to Ghost World are either interfering or making your point, I am not sure.
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