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listersgirlMovies and other things watched since my last update:
Brokeback Mountain: It's just...it's a beautiful movie, and as much as I loved the story, I almost loved the visual majesty and sweep more. When it pulled back and showed all the sheep, it was breathtaking. And the acting wasn't half-bad, either. Heh.
Childstar: Don McKeller as an out-of-his depth driver who somehow ends up as the tutor and guardian to a Hollywood kid filming in Toronto. The movie was intermittently funny, worth watching but not brilliant. I do love Don McKeller, though.
Coupling (season 1): Funny! Oh yes, I definitely enjoyed this. Lesbian Spank Inferno, bwa.
Empire Records: HOW have I not seen this movie before now? I mean, really. I worked in a record store! Granted it wasn't nearly as bizarre and/or entertaining as this one, but STILL. Awesome. Also, Rory Cochrane. *loves*
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Here's the thing with this movie, which I'm sure has been mentioned fifteen thousand places already. The book is massive. The book is massive, and has what felt like an infinite number of plotlines, and how is anyone supposed to turn that into a 2 hour movie? So, sure, it was fun, and they left out my entirely least favourite sub-plot from the book, but they left out lots of other stuff, too, that seems like it would be important, and it was really...jumpy. There was no continuity between scenes, I found. On the other hand, FRED AND GEORGE. I loved them. I want a movie just about them, please.
Manchild (season 1): Sex and the City, if they were all 50something, British and male. And I'm sure I'm the very first person to say this, right? RIGHT? Very funny!
Midsummer's Night Dream: Eh. It has a great cast (including Christian Bale and Dominic West as the often naked fighting suitors), and it was fun, but not brilliant.
My Life Without Me: A low-key movie about a young woman with two small children who finds out she has only a short time to live. It could have been maudlin or saccharine, but it's Sarah Polley, Scott Speedman and Mark Ruffalo, so instead it was quirky definitely worth watching.
Popular (season 2): Dude, Popular got really lame in the second season. This must be why I stopped watching it halfway through the season when it originally aired, despite my love of the first season. I blame the network, and this time I even have reason: in one of the commentaries someone says that the network made them make it far more serious. Hence the stupid cancer and adoption plotlines. Lame!
Rub & Tug: More Don McKellar! Here he plays a guy who gets a job as the manager of a "massage parlour". It was fun. I liked the girls, and it gave me an opportunity to play "spot the location in Toronto".
Shall We Dance?: Oh, what a wonderful movie. It's about a Japanese businessman who sees a woman in the window of a dance studio and starts taking classes there, without telling anyone, including his wife, in order to be near her. But it's the dance that sweeps him away in the end. I can't believe anyone thought they could do a successful American remake of this, though, since it's so entirely tied up in Japanese society and the private vs. the public, and how ballroom dance is perceived there.
Six Feet Under (season 3): Hi, these people are messed up. Completely! But it's just so excellent to watch.
Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her: So entirely forgettable that I've forgotten all about it.
Virgin Suicides: I know that some people out there have an immense hatred for Kirsten Dunst, but I really don't. And I thought she was excellently suited for this movie. In fact, I liked the whole movie - the adaptation worked, despite my misgivings (how do you adapt a book that's written in first person plural?), and it was filmed with the right mix of reality and fantasy.
...also Angels in America, Magdalene Sisters and Rent, which I already talked about. And the random assortment of things I already own or was convinced to buy at a 3/$20 sale at HMV.
Brokeback Mountain: It's just...it's a beautiful movie, and as much as I loved the story, I almost loved the visual majesty and sweep more. When it pulled back and showed all the sheep, it was breathtaking. And the acting wasn't half-bad, either. Heh.
Childstar: Don McKeller as an out-of-his depth driver who somehow ends up as the tutor and guardian to a Hollywood kid filming in Toronto. The movie was intermittently funny, worth watching but not brilliant. I do love Don McKeller, though.
Coupling (season 1): Funny! Oh yes, I definitely enjoyed this. Lesbian Spank Inferno, bwa.
Empire Records: HOW have I not seen this movie before now? I mean, really. I worked in a record store! Granted it wasn't nearly as bizarre and/or entertaining as this one, but STILL. Awesome. Also, Rory Cochrane. *loves*
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Here's the thing with this movie, which I'm sure has been mentioned fifteen thousand places already. The book is massive. The book is massive, and has what felt like an infinite number of plotlines, and how is anyone supposed to turn that into a 2 hour movie? So, sure, it was fun, and they left out my entirely least favourite sub-plot from the book, but they left out lots of other stuff, too, that seems like it would be important, and it was really...jumpy. There was no continuity between scenes, I found. On the other hand, FRED AND GEORGE. I loved them. I want a movie just about them, please.
Manchild (season 1): Sex and the City, if they were all 50something, British and male. And I'm sure I'm the very first person to say this, right? RIGHT? Very funny!
Midsummer's Night Dream: Eh. It has a great cast (including Christian Bale and Dominic West as the often naked fighting suitors), and it was fun, but not brilliant.
My Life Without Me: A low-key movie about a young woman with two small children who finds out she has only a short time to live. It could have been maudlin or saccharine, but it's Sarah Polley, Scott Speedman and Mark Ruffalo, so instead it was quirky definitely worth watching.
Popular (season 2): Dude, Popular got really lame in the second season. This must be why I stopped watching it halfway through the season when it originally aired, despite my love of the first season. I blame the network, and this time I even have reason: in one of the commentaries someone says that the network made them make it far more serious. Hence the stupid cancer and adoption plotlines. Lame!
Rub & Tug: More Don McKellar! Here he plays a guy who gets a job as the manager of a "massage parlour". It was fun. I liked the girls, and it gave me an opportunity to play "spot the location in Toronto".
Shall We Dance?: Oh, what a wonderful movie. It's about a Japanese businessman who sees a woman in the window of a dance studio and starts taking classes there, without telling anyone, including his wife, in order to be near her. But it's the dance that sweeps him away in the end. I can't believe anyone thought they could do a successful American remake of this, though, since it's so entirely tied up in Japanese society and the private vs. the public, and how ballroom dance is perceived there.
Six Feet Under (season 3): Hi, these people are messed up. Completely! But it's just so excellent to watch.
Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her: So entirely forgettable that I've forgotten all about it.
Virgin Suicides: I know that some people out there have an immense hatred for Kirsten Dunst, but I really don't. And I thought she was excellently suited for this movie. In fact, I liked the whole movie - the adaptation worked, despite my misgivings (how do you adapt a book that's written in first person plural?), and it was filmed with the right mix of reality and fantasy.
...also Angels in America, Magdalene Sisters and Rent, which I already talked about. And the random assortment of things I already own or was convinced to buy at a 3/$20 sale at HMV.
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Date: 2006-01-19 07:12 pm (UTC)Manchild: But it is British, male, 50-something SATC! Right down to the main-protagonist-as-narrator/cultural anthrophologist person.
SFU: Season 3: Wait until you get to Season Four! It's so messed up, it makes Season Three look like Season One.*
Also, I never knew Shall We Dance was a remake. Figures. I don't think U.S. cinema has had an oringinal idea since 1979.
*Assuming I'm not the only one who re-watches SFU: S1 and thinks, 'Wow this show used to be so normal'.
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Date: 2006-01-19 07:17 pm (UTC)And it the British Coupling. I forgot there even was an American version!
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Date: 2006-01-19 07:16 pm (UTC)Some day, I will watch Empire Records, and now you've got me interested in My Life Without Me.
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Date: 2006-01-19 07:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-19 11:26 pm (UTC)The guy who played the rich girl's (Brooke?) dad was one of my favorites on As the World Turns back in my soap watching days. I always liked seeing him come around again.
The commentaries would be awesome, wouldn't they? Hee!
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Date: 2006-01-19 07:31 pm (UTC)Meanwhile, I'm SO GLAD that someone besides me has seen the original Japanese Shall we dance? because it pissed me off so much to see that Richard Gere was somehow going to be even remotely the right kkind of person for that role. I haven't seen the remake, but I can't imagine it's any good at all.
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Date: 2006-01-19 07:58 pm (UTC)ps. Series 3 of MI-5 comes out January 31!
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Date: 2006-01-19 08:05 pm (UTC)Also, I watched the first two episodes of the fourth season of Six Feet Under. Should be interesting...
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Date: 2006-01-20 12:49 am (UTC)And: is Rory Cochrane in anything else?
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Date: 2006-01-20 01:07 am (UTC)